It’s here.

The Dewey 24-hour readathon. Several times a year a collective group of like-minded individuals put together an amazing twenty-four marathon reading session to engage readers across the world. There’s usually mini-challenges, discussion posts, BINGO cards as well as general cheerleading of other readers by following hashtags and plugging in to the Goodreads group and their website. It was born from a woman named Dewey who was inspired by her husband and son’s 24 hour comics day yet sadly she only ran a few before she passed away. That was over 10 years ago.

I’ve been doing them for only the last several years, when I had first heard about them and if you read my blog or know me IRL, I love a good challenge. You can see my edublog posts, my foray into making every sandwich in the Sandwiches! book, and even my challenge to myself to blog every day in April. So it’s not a stretch to think I’d enjoy this. Plus, I’m always going to try to break my previous time. And I also try to recruit people when I can.

I actually have two special guests joining me for this one. While my sons’ have routinely sat and read with me at the very beginning or very end of the readathon, this year, at 11 years old and while social distancing, they asked if they could really participate (which was really code for can we stay up past our bedtime or potentially skip sleeping altogether Mom, please?) And as the great meme goes:

I also think a few of my colleagues will pop in for a little which is part of it’s beauty too. For the relaxed reading types, they’ll sit to read for a few hours just to do it. For the hardcore reading types such as myself, it’s a new teacup or t-shirt, a book pile, planned and prepped snacks, and a wide-open calendar.

Depending on where you are in the country or world, you may be a little late to the readathon party, but you can check out the reading start times on the website if you’re unsure. All I know is that I have overnight oats and a mimosa planned to start my day after a morning workout and at 8am I will happily ignore you until 8am on Sunday morning.

Join us!