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24-Hour Readathon: End of Event Report

Here we go! It’s the end of the 24-Hour Readathon, and I’m posting my report.

I actually joined the Readathon at the last minute this year, because I realized I couldn’t let the year go by without me joining at least one Readathon. I hadn’t counting on making it home in time for the event, and I did, so I hurriedly grabbed some books from the shelf, took a photo, booted up my lappy and joined the Readathon. And I’m so glad I did. The Readathon is a really fun event that fosters the community spirit across the globe, and I’m always happy to be part of it.

October 2010 marks my 3rd readathon, and I’m looking forward to the next one.

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24 Hour Readathon: 4 hours to go!


A few more hours to go for this October’s 24-Hour Readathon. Just clocking in to let you know how I’m doing before I do my wrap-up later on.

I read two books last night, but the novel got a bit too scary for me so I took it up to bed around 1am and switched on the reading light. It was a shivery-good tale and so I crawled under the blankets and that was a mistake, because I was snoring soundly until 9 am! The light was still on this morning but the batteries had gone kaput! And then I had to read like a maniac until hour 20 to make up for it!

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24-Hour Readathon: The Reading List

I was bummed to have missed last April’s 24-Hour Readathon, so I resolved to join today’s readathon. I’ve joined a couple of readathons in the past and they’ve always been a lot of fun, and I didn’t want the year to end without at least one readathon.

24-hour read-a-thon is an event mounted in memory of Dewey, a blogger and a reader who started the event in October 2007. Dewey passed away in November 2008, and the 24-hour read-a-thon is continued by those who’ve helped Dewey organize the past read-a-thons, and hundreds of book bloggers in the world.

I spent most of the day today in line to see the 17th century galleon replica, the Galeon Andalucia at the South Harbor, and when I got home, I spent the first hour of the readathon starting my first book.

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24-hour Read-A-Thon end-of-event meme

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This is a bit delayed, as the read-a-thon officially ended at 8pm (Philippine time) last night, but my internet was on the fritz for the weekend and I couldn’t even post a midway update.

It was a tough weekend for me as I was up late the night before working on a painting, and then I was out all day for several meetings (I had to read through one of them) until I got home past midnight.  And then I was going to update, but found out I didn’t have an internet connection at home!

I’d like to thank all those who dropped by to wish me well on the reading, though, even though I didn’t have any updates posted. Cheers to all the readers and cheerleaders, and hope to see you again on the next read-a-thon!

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