Dewey's 24Hour Readathon

Dewey's April 2024 Readathon is over, though I am sure many of our readers are continuing their readathon reading through Sunday. We had a great time, and the admin ream is already discussing what our next dates will be. We will also have a new reading game for those long months between now and the Reverse Readathon (usually at the end of July, but we'll post the date once we've had time to recover from this one and check our calendars). In the meantime, thanks to everyone for helping make April 2024 another successful readathon.

Looks like we've made it! We've reached the last hour-long sprint of our readathon for April 2024. Congratulations! Pick the book you wish to enjoy for your last hour of this event. Drink water, have a snack, stretch a bit, maybe jog in place a bit, and then let's see if we can close out this reading event in great form with one last hour of solid reading.

I'm awake! Are you awake? How is the readathon going? We are at our second to last scheduled hour-long reading sprint. What are you reading for this next one?

The tough half of this readathon has begun to really sink in for many of us, and we are starting to waver. The books are still calling, but the pillow, chores, pets and everything else may be getting harder to ignore, yet we have many hours still to go. Here's a great chance to regroup. Grab your book and your beverage and in this next hour let's launch into a good, solid reading sprint at the top of the hour.

This next hour marks the halfway point in our readathon, as well as our 4th scheduled hour-long reading sprint. Are you joining us for this one? What are you reading?

How many books did you read during this readathon? Did you have any favorites?

How many books did you finish?

Did you accomplish your goals for this readathon?

How did your snacks and meals work out? Are there things you would change about the food and beverages side of your readathon for next time?

How have your sprints gone so far? This coming hour (Hour 12) marks the halfway point in our readathon and our 4th scheduled hour-long reading sprint. Are you joining us for this one? What are you reading?

Half-Point Progress Report

How many books have you been reading? Have you finished any? Are you on track with respect to your readathon goals so far?

Have you eaten real food today? (Not just junk food, ACTUAL HEALTHY FOOD) What was your favorite food or beverage so far?

Have you been participating in any of the activities on our social media (sprints, photo challenges, discussion questions, BINGO, etc.)

Are you growing sleepy? Do you plan to nap, or stop early, or are you extending the readathon hours to include sleep?

Have you been outside yet today? Have you had much exercise (besides the heavy lifting required to hold your book)?

This hour marks the halfway point in our readathon. Our 4th scheduled hour-long reading sprint happens during this hour. Are you joining us for this one? What are you reading?

If you have not eaten real food yet (not junk food, or snacks- actual meal-like food). you may wish to prepare and eat a meal before you dive into this next scheduled reading sprint. If the weather is nice enough, pop your head outside, breathe in some fresh air, drink some water, and then grab your book for our 3rd scheduled reading sprint, starting at the top of Hour 8.

How is your readathon going so far? We have been reading for a couple hours now, and if you have not taken a break yet, you really should stand up, move around, drink something, eat something, pet the reading buddies, etc. Then grab your book for our second scheduled reading sprint. We start at the top of the hour, and the sprint officially ends at the end of Hour 4.