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Life has gotten in the way for the past week or so. At first, blogging was the place I went to — I even started catching up on reviews. This because I couldn’t concentrate enough to sit down with a...
View ArticleDewey’s 24-Hour Read-a-Thon
If you’re wondering what I’m up to today, or this weekend, for that matter, I’ll be practically glued to my laptop, but I won’t be posting much here (I may attempt a post or two, though). Tomorrow...
View ArticleRead-a-thon stretch break
Whew, it felt good to stand up and stretch for 5 minutes! I needed that. A line of thunderstorms is approaching my neighborhood at the moment. The rain just started pelting the skylights. My shift...
View ArticleRead-a-thon sign-ups open
The October 2009 read-a-thon is just about 2 weeks away (it starts at 5 a.m. PDT/1 p.m. GMT on October 24, 2009); sign-ups are open, and as of this writing, 147 people have signed up to read, and 39...
View ArticleTrending on Twitter: A read-a-thon mini-challenge
Welcome, read-a-thoners! This Trending on Twitter mini-challenge will take place in two parts. For the first part, you must all work together to get the official read-a-thon hashtag — #readathon —...
View ArticleTrending on Twitter mini-challenge winner
Well, that wasn’t too hard, was it? Since #readathon was already trending when my read-a-thon mini-challenge started, we had an advantage. The highest I saw the #hashtag get was Number 5 on the list;...
View ArticleMoving, Readathon
Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon is less than 3 weeks away — April 10 — and normally I’d be working away on it. But this time I’m not working on it. Instead, we’re moving that weekend. We’re scheduled to...
View ArticleReadathon mini-challenge: Book origami!
Welcome, Readathon-ers! From the moment I first encountered it, I’ve always been drawn to, fascinated by, all the fabulous art made from books or pages of books. It’s all so beautiful and bookish,...
View ArticleMini-challenge winner (and my lily)
I loved seeing the results of all your paper folding! The winner of my mini-challenge is: Shannon @ BooksDevoured, who got her kids involved in the fun, too! Together, they made a butterfly, a boat and...
View ArticleReadathon mini-challenge: Diagram a sentence!
Welcome, Readathon-ers! I know you’re probably tired, but this will definitely be a change of pace, which is a good thing. This mini-challenge pulls many fun aspects of a word-filled life together. I...
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