Are you an old book blogger? Do you wish you could discover other bloggers who read the same books you do? Read-a-thon is for you!
If you an old blogger or a new blogger and you want to have fun with reading and fun with blogging, then I invite you to sign up for Dewey's 24-Hour Read-a-thon.
I became a book blogger by accident. I took a class online, a 23 Things class, a class where you learn about all the cool tools of Web 2.0. Part of the class was creating a blog. I thought I'd create a blog for the class and that would be it.
An unexpected 663 posts later, here I still am. Reading. Writing about reading. And reading some more.
One of the things that hooked me on blogging was the readathon. Dewey's 24-Hour Read-a-thon was the first book blogging event I participated in, way back in June of 2008. I did every challenge. Wow. I visited other people's blogs. Wow. Other people visited my blog. Wow. And left comments. Wow. Some people became followers. Wow.
All of a sudden, I realized there was this Whole Big World of Readers out there. I met some of my favorite bloggers, bloggers I still visit every week, during Read-a-thon.
So, I encourage you to join in, too. The read-a-thon will be Saturday, October 13. I hope I'll see you there!
For more information:
Read-a-thon Home
Read-a-thon FAQ
Start Times for the Read-a-Thon
Oh I'd so love to participate in this. I'm not sure that I will have the domestic situation to be able to participate in this this year. But one year I will.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a Night Owl, so I tend to aim for completing a Read-a-thon Lite. It's just as much fun.
ReplyDeleteHi Deb!I've never participated in a Read-a-thon, though I've seen them around a lot. Perhaps I'll think about this one. :)
ReplyDeleteIt's enormous fun!
DeleteI love the Read A Thon! This year I will probably not read the full 24 hours, but I'm getting a few books together just for the event. Thanks for the post - I posted about my current read and my participation in the readathon as well.
ReplyDeleteI have only read for the full 24 hours one time!
DeleteOMG, the 23 Things is also what got me blogging! I really enjoyed that class and feel like it jumpstarted a lot of what I do today! I am in the middle of a blogging break, but am going to post a Sunday Salon today... it feels needed.
ReplyDeleteI have loved doing the read-a-thon in the past, but won't do it this time around. Have a fantastic time!
I now teach a small version of 23 Things (called 7 Things) to teachers!
DeleteI haven't joined a readathon yet (they are different from readalongs, right?). So with readathons, you can read different books? :)
ReplyDeleteYes, you can read anything you want! And there are games and mini-challenges. And, of course, reading and blogging. Very fun.
ReplyDeleteI first participated in a Read-a-thon earlier this year, and love how you can do it at your comfort level. I tend to shy away from heavy duty commitments...lol. It was great to visit other blogs and see what everyone was doing.
ReplyDeleteI have also enjoyed Bloggiesta, which is at the end of this month.
Love how you fell into blogging. That happened to me, too, in a different way. The publishing consultant who worked on my first book suggested blogging; I thought, okay. But it was a year after I started my first blog in 2008 that I "fell into" the community, and I've been hooked ever since. Hundreds of blog posts and numerous blogs later (12, at one point there were 20!), I am still having fun.
Here's MY SUNDAY SALON POST
I guess I am an OLD book blogger since I know about th Readathon and Bloggiesta. For some reason (I guess the pressure!), I've never participated. But blogging -- who addictive :)
ReplyDeleteYay! I've signed up for the read-a-thon. If I get enough homework done before the event, I'll read as much as I can. If not, I'm doing a Read-a-thon Lite too.
ReplyDeleteI feel like it's fate I visited your blog today because I love participating in events around the book blogs but I tens to forget when they are and to search for them, so I was especially excited to see you were discussing Dewey's 24-Hour Read-a-thon today! I've participated since I started my book blog 3 years ago and always enjoy it. I don't get a lot of reading done because I enjoy the challeges and visiting blogs, too, but that's okay!
ReplyDeleteYour story about how you became a book blogger is wonderful! And a testament to what a fun,friendly and interesting place this is.
Time to signup!
I did this last year and had a lot of fun. I'm definitley doing it this year, especially because I won't feel like I'm wasting a day of housework. I have off the following Monday so I can catch up on "important" household stuff then :) Thanks for reminding me about the readathon Deb!
ReplyDeleteI'll have to check my schedule. I've hosted mini-challenges, been a cheerleader and a reader in the past, and they were all lots of fun. I would love to do something again, it's just a matter of seeing what I have time for.
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