Dewey #readathon April 2016
What is Dewey’s 24-Hour Read-a-thon? For 24 hours, we read books, post to our blogs, Twitters, Tumblrs, Goodreads and MORE about our reading, and visit other readers’ homes online. We also participate in mini-challenges throughout the day. It happens twice a year, in April and in October.
It was created by the beloved Dewey (her blog is archived at the Wayback Machine). The first one was held in October 2007. Dewey died in late 2008. We’re still saddened by her absence, but the show must go on. The read-a-thon was renamed to honor its founder in 2009.
Dewey’s 24-Hour Read-a-thon is hosted by Heather and Andi of The Estella Society, with help from volunteers.
My Top Five Bookish Childhood Memories:
Learning to read with The Pokey Little Puppy in my basement during a Hurricane when I was 3 years old.
Reading through the entire works of Dickens by the time I was 9 or 10 (Yes, I was THAT kid).
Discovering Mom’s Stephen King novels at 10.
Girl Talk Book Club in the 4th grade (age 9)
Sitting and reading by flashlight in my bedroom closet, usually David Copperfield, by Dickens, of course!
Bonus Bookish Memory – In high school, reading The Green Mile by Stephen King, and drawing a parallel between it being released as a serial novel and Dickens’ Pickwick Papers having been serialised at it’s original release and how many of Dicken’s original works were serial releases in literary magazines and the like. And the joy and glee at discovering something my Lit teacher didn’t know.
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