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Sunday, April 26, 2015

Dewey's Readathon - Final Thoughts



I had a great time participating in the readathon.  I really couldn't remember if I had done it before, but I do know that I was amazed at the number of people that joined in.  I volunteered to help cheer and was assigned to Team Mr. Popper.  It was a lot of fun to go around and see what others were reading, what they were eating, and where they were from.  This thing is worldwide.  Just amazing!  And I was astounded at the amount of work it takes to sort everyone out and keep up with all the challenges and cheerleaders and prizes and winners and so many social platforms.  Wow!

I was very unstructured in my aims today, other than cheering.  I managed to make it to all the blogs my team was cheering for, plus a bunch more that weren't on my team.  I took a break early in the day - morning - to go walk at the gym/rec center and run a few errands.  I mostly listened to books today, managing only a few pages in regular books.  Probably about 50 or so, but I didn't keep up really.

I listened to over 4 hours of audiobooks.  I finished The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith/J.K. Rowling.  That is the book selection for my mystery book group that will meet next week.  I won't be reviewing that one until after the book group meeting.  I began another book, an Agatha Christie favorite, Murder On The Orient Express, and got a few minutes into that one.

I knew going in that I wouldn't be staying up and reading far into the night.  So, I took myself off to bed at around my usual time.  Overall, I managed about 12 hours - probably half of it reading in some form and about 6 hours cheering.  It was fun.  It was exhausting.  And I'll likely do it again if things allow in the fall.

Thanks so much to all who worked so hard to make this event a success!  And thanks to everyone who stopped by to say hello and cheer me on!

26 comments:

  1. Glad you'd a fun time, Kay! It's been fun for me too reading the updates from my bookblogger friends who participated. Of course that also means more book reviews to read thereafter. :)

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    1. It was a fun time. I would participate again if life allows. :-)

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  2. Sounds like you've had a huge amount of fun. I've never yet been able to make one of these events... always I seem to have something on and this weekend was no exception.

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    1. I know, Cath, this weekend was fine for it, but there are many others that just wouldn't work. One day you'll get to.

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  3. So glad you had fun with this - I am very tempted to join in next time if I don't have any prior engagements. I do love Murder on the Orient Express so I hope you get around to finishing it soon.

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    1. You'd enjoy it, Cleo. And you don't have to participate all day or all night. Just when you can. Many do that. Yes, I decided to listen to my favorite train mystery book. :-)

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  4. Great job! I love that you incorporated audios in. I've never thought to do that. I'm hoping to participate in the fall!

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    1. Katherine, I think audio is the thing that makes it work for many people. You can go on about your day and still be reading. Hope you get to join in soon.

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  5. Glad you had a good time with readathon! I wasn't able to participate since we just got home the night before, but I'm already looking forward to October :)

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    1. It was fun, JoAnn. So, you are home. Bet you had a good time this week. You'll join in the fall event, I'm sure.

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  6. I have never heard of a Readathon. I would love to do that! I am always threatening to take a day of work and do nothing but read, better yet a vacation. Can you tell us about it at our next book club? I bet there are a few others who would like that.

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    1. Gayle, if I don't remember to mention at group, remind me. This readathon occurs in April and again in October. If you go back to my previous post and click on Dewey's 24 hour readathon, it will take you to the website with all the info.

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  7. Thanks for the visit! You did a great job!

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    1. I enjoyed it, Chris. Appreciate the comment.

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  8. I got a bit more reading this time than other times but my favourite part is all the chat on social media. So much fun :)

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    1. I couldn't believe how many people were participants. This thing has grown so much.

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  9. Thanks for visiting my blog yesterday! It sounds like you had a good day. I've been participating in the Readathon for quite a few years, but it always amazes me. It's so many people, all just having fun and reading together.

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    1. I think it reinforces the fact that we are readers first and we already were before the blogs and the other social media. A good thing to remember.

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  10. Sounds like you had an awesome Readathon!

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  11. So glad you had a great Readathon, Kay! It was my first time as both a reader and a cheerleader (I always just cheered in the past) and it was so much fun! And it's such a great community.

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    1. It was fun and glad you got to experience reading and cheering!

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  12. It sounds like you had a great Readathon! It was fun cheering with you on Team Popper!

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    1. Yes, the cheering was really good. Go Team Popper!

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  13. That is an impressive and very successful readathon. Way to go!

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