Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Dewey's 24-Hour-Read-A-Thon happens twice a year and its almost time to participate once again!

When: October 22nd Noon (GMT Time)
Who: People all around the world who love to read
Where: Anywhere and everywhere (join the fun online!)
Why: Because who couldn't use a day dedicated to reading.

I participated in the April read-a-thon and it was a ton of fun. Every hour they put up a mini-challenge and give away great prizes for those participating. I won 2 ARC books last year that turned out to be great reads.

Check out the website for more info and to sign-up: HERE

On that note, I will be participating, anyone else?

hey..just signed up..what kind of challenge would it be?

I am signing up!

Yay for more signups!

I'm joining too! Thanks for the heads-up, Jex. I'm really excited!

It looks like they got hacked. Thats horrible.

Nicki wrote: "I tried to go to the site and got this error from my anti-virus software, Kaspersky:

"The requested URL could not be retrieved

While trying to retrieve the URL:

http://24hourreadathon.com/2011/0..."

I'm getting a page that said it is hacked! There are so many jerks out there.

That's terrible! I wonder if they're still planning to do it...

I don't know. I guess just keep watching for it. They have a facebook and twitter page you can follow as well.

http://www.facebook.com/readathon
http://twitter.com/#!/readathon

I tried to go there too, Jex, and my McAfee anti-virus kicked in. Such a shame.

They said they are working on fixing it.

That's good to know, thanks!

The site is back up now. Hopefully no more issues.

Signed up. this is my first time, really looking forward to it. :D

Cheerleader signups are posted. Whether you're reading in it or not, you can cheer on those plugging away :-)

The read-a-thon is tomorrow :-) Too bad it starts at 5am my time

I want to but I'm going car shopping tomorrow and dinner with my book club tomorrow night.

I signed up! I don't know if I can read all day but I'll try

I signed up, even though I'll be at my family's house most of the day. =)

I did it last year even though I had to work for 8 hours of the day. It's just fun, no one cares if you're not reading the whole time :-P

That's what I figured! It seems like previously people have had a great time, so I'm still planning to participate even though I have to wake up early and won't be able to read for a majority of the time.

Hey Jex, you finished a book already!?

Well...I started 72% of the way into it so I kind of cheated :-P

All my updates can be found on my blog if anyone's interested: Everything and Nothing

Hehehe I'm reading hereafter. What are you up to now?

About to grab a new book off the shelf. Finished reading Hereafter up to today's spot...trying to decide whether to continue or not because I don't think I want to get too far ahead.

I finished a book and starting on another now. let me see how long I plug before I fall flat. It's difficult choosing which book to read next!

I'll be honest...I look at my shelf and grab the one that looks the smallest :-P

Vi, what are you reading? Try Kate Daniels series?

I started reading a bit late. I was supposed to start at 8AM but I started at 11:30 right now I'm reading You Against Me

I'm working on Bourne Identity... its a bit longer than most readathon books that people are reading.

Anomander wrote: "Vi, what are you reading? Try Kate Daniels series?"

Read and loved. I'm trying to catch up on challenge reading - so far on my second book. How are you all doing?

Jex wrote: "I'll be honest...I look at my shelf and grab the one that looks the smallest :-P"

Ah, good one Jex. I'll give that a try for the next book.

Hey Sashana! Hows your book? And Amy, is Bourne Identity boring? The power's back so I'll start on my second book..

Jex wrote: "I'll be honest...I look at my shelf and grab the one that looks the smallest :-P"

lol.

I didn't sign up for this Read-a-thon but good luck to those who did. :)

Anomander wrote: "Hey Sashana! Hows your book? And Amy, is Bourne Identity boring? The power's back so I'll start on my second book.."

It's going good. It reminds me of Return to Paradise. I'm thinking that maybe I should have started off with a smaller book instead of diving into 400+ pages.

Sashana wrote: "Anomander wrote: "Hey Sashana! Hows your book? And Amy, is Bourne Identity boring? The power's back so I'll start on my second book.."

It's going good. It reminds me of [book:Return to Paradise|95..."
Hey as long as you keep reading. :-)

Thanks niquae!

I may have fallen asleep reading. Now that the naps out of the way. Time to continue

Jex wrote: "I may have fallen asleep reading. Now that the naps out of the way. Time to continue "
*giggles* How is it?

I haven't been able to read for the last few hours, but I did wake up a 7 to begin reading! Right now, I'm reading . I think it's a great one to start off with, because it's pretty addicting!

I'm reading and I'm finding myself constantly putting the book down. Of course, me being sleepy could also be the cause (its 3 AM here). I'm probably gona hit the sack once I finish the book.

I'm thinking of starting a series - I've shortlisted due to their availability:


The Jim Butcher book is overdue for a read though. Has anyone read the Michelle Sagara West book?

I finished this morning and started

Congrats on finishing something, Erin!

Isn't Bloodlines by Richelle Mead too? Keep giving up on that book again and again!

Time to take a lunch break and turn on an audiobook. My tummy is growling.

Been reading Bite Me and I honestly cringe whenever Abby becomes the narrator again. She's all valley girl style and starts every paragraph with 'Kayso...

Anomander wrote: "Hey Sashana! Hows your book? And Amy, is Bourne Identity boring? The power's back so I'll start on my second book.."

No it's not boring but I feel behind when I see other people have already finished books. At close to 600 pages its taking me a while.

Oh boy..600pages? Good luck, Amy! :-)

Amy J. wrote: "Anomander wrote: "Hey Sashana! Hows your book? And Amy, is Bourne Identity boring? The power's back so I'll start on my second book.."

No it's not boring but I feel behind when I see other people ..."

I had that issue last read-a-thon. Read books that were too long and read way too slow due to having to work as well. I think I finished 1 book last time.

Who's still up?

I'm up after a good sleep. I managed to finish but barely. I'm off to do the dreaded job of picking the next book.

Btw, Anomander, I loved Bourne Identity. It was the first "adult" book I remember reading when I was 15 from my father's bookshelf. It's a bit long but engrossing read.