Read-a-thon Introduction

[Cait]

Morgan, that sounds incredible. I would've loved something like that at school. Actually, I'd still love to do something like that now, which is probably why I'm so looking forward to the Readathon!

[Adriana]

If you still don't know how to fit the read-a-thon in your schedule, here's some good ideas from Barnes&Noble :P

[Anne]

I'm bummed. :( This falls over the weekend of one of my big trade shows for work (and involves 3 days of standing in my booth plus 1700 miles of driving each way to Dallas and back home), so I won't be able to participate in this one... hoping to put the next one on my calender tho!!

[Anastasia]

We have plans that day, but I can take a book to read with me during down times. Multitasking the fun stuff. :)Count me in.

[Ashleigh]

I'm currently going mad and doing the Underhyped Readathon this week! It's my first time actually participating in a readathon and I'm really getting in to it so I'm looking forward to the one hosted on here! It actually falls on the day I finish at uni for Easter so I may just forget work for a little while and devote time to reading! :D

[Michelle, Mod Assistant]

Ashleigh, that's the best plan I've ever heard. ;)

[Maple]

I am excited for this!!

[Labeba]

It sound so amazing I am so excited
I think I will participate but ofcourse not for 24hr yas it the end of the week in my country but I am a Mom I have another objects
we are +2 time zone
is this mean that it will start at 6 bm?

[Carol]

I am up for this.....My family will be gone to an event most of Saturday, so this should work out well. I am going to start earlier in the day on Friday just because I can, no one home but me for most of the day. I already have my books picked out that I will read that day.

[Tina]

Oh fun! I happen to be free those days, March 20-21 so I think I'm going to buy a six pack of Red Bull and try to pull an all-nighter. It'll be perfect timing because I will have been in Vegas the week before (week 11 of the challenge) and will have had no time to read there. So I will read challenge weeks 11 and 12 during the read-a-thon and maybe move on to week 13 or something not even on the list.

FUN! Can't wait!

[Cristina]

I am counting down the days until the first term read-a-thon! Nothing makes me more excited than to have a great excuse to do nothing more than read...

[.•*¨`*•✿ ✿•*¨`*•. Christine .•*¨`*•✿ ✿•*¨`*•]

I might try. Having kid commitments makes it difficult to set aside a block of time for reading.

[Sophie]

I wasn't sure I would be able to participate, but it sounds so much fun that I just asked my boyfriend to find some activities to do on the 21th so I could be alone with my books! I'm a bit behind on the challenge and looking forward to see how many pages I'll be able to read!

The discussions and mini games are also a good way to make some pauses without entirely putting down the books.

[Tanya]

Home alone for the weekend, so I will have plenty of time to read!

[Ebba]

Catharina wrote: "This sounds like a lot of fun! I could probably never put in 24h of reading (HA! I wish!) but I can certainly do my best. I work on the 20th so depending on starting time I'll probably be late jump..."

I haven't seen this until now, sorry ^^ where are you from? :)

[Katie]

If it begins March 20, 8:00pm CST, then most of the read-a-thon will take place on Saturday, March 21st, right? Several people have mentioned that the 20th is a Friday and they have school or work, but it would begin that evening, so maybe they could participate? :)
I am getting ready! I have several books ready to go!

[Michelle, Mod Assistant]

That is correct, Katie. It goes through the night into Saturday and most of Saturday.

[Ebba]

Catharina wrote: "Ebba wrote: "Catharina wrote: "This sounds like a lot of fun! I could probably never put in 24h of reading (HA! I wish!) but I can certainly do my best. I work on the 20th so depending on starting ..."

Helsingborg, Sweden :D Rocking the amazing skånska :p

[Michelle, Mod Assistant]

Yes, indeed! And I am so stoked! We are going to have a grand ol' time.

[Brittany (tinsel hoarding bookdragon)]

i'm excited for this readathon since this is my first one ever! i'm going to have to modify the times that i'm doing it though because i work most of today...so i'll probably start my 24 hours after work :)

[Michelle, Mod Assistant]

No problem! Start when/where you can! It's all about having fun and I know we're going to have a good time. I've already worked out some fun little games and challenges for us and I'm excited to see everyone's responses, see what everyone's reading, their goals, etc.

[.•*¨`*•✿ ✿•*¨`*•. Christine .•*¨`*•✿ ✿•*¨`*•]

Well, my participation got messed up a bit with family commitments, but I'm going to start a bit early (today 9am EST) and get my daughter to participate for 6 hours or so.

[Renee (Larimel)]

I'm going to try completing all my chores and assignments during the day so I can completely commit to this readathon. My first ever. It helps that I'm a bit ill, I can stay in bed Saturday and no one will bother me :D

[Berit]

I will be reading all weekend, I have so many challenges going on :-) I do love these challenges :-) although I have been all over the place on this one :-) can't wait to see what games and little challenges you all have in store for us :-)

[Michelle, Mod Assistant]

Ooh, hope you feel better soon Renee. But, hey, I say there's nothing better for recuperation than books! Mountains of books!

[Michelle, Mod Assistant]

C'mon Read-a-Thonners! The hour is nearly upon us! Who is ready to read? We're going to rock this 24 hours like only book nerds can!

[Sophie]

That's some pep talk Michelle!! I'm starting now not to fall asleep! Et c'est parti....

[Michelle, Mod Assistant]

Thanks Sophie! I'll be here all day and night to keep you all motivated and engaged. I <3 Read-a-Thons!

If you haven't already guys, come check in on the Pre-Read-a-Thon Post and tell us your plans for this event. :)

[Teresa]

I am in.. I am committing to 5 books!

[Alen]

Jessica wrote: "If you're new to readathons, it can be overwhelming at first. You may have a lot of unanswered questions about the event, but hopefully this introductory guide will help you out.


Mighty thrilled.Can't wait..