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I finished my book but don't think I count as completing the challenge - see my blog.

Whew! That was a lot harder than I thought, but I did have fun.

That was great! Thanks, and I hope to do it again next year.

It's my pleasure to take part in this! Thanks for hosting the challenge! (L)

Phew! My brain wants cotton candy now. Thanks for another great year, MotherReader!

I read for the March of Dimes :)

Thanks again for hosting this, I had a lot of fun and raised a lot of money for a wonderful cause!

This was an amazing activity. I'm so glad I participated in it.

I was supporting no-kill animal shelters.

http://www.hua.org/

Pam, thank you so much for doing this! It was great.

Just posted final summery and I'm offically brain dead!
Thank you MotherReader for a fun event! It's been really fun to visit all the blogs that participated and now I have a big list of books that have been reviewed that I have to read!

I'm donating money to Bridget Zinn, but it's based on how many people complete the challenge and how many are then 20+ club (which, for the first year, wasn't me)

While I only did 19.5 hours this year, I'm waiting to see if anyone tops last year's 42!

I did it!

Thanks so much for hosting.

Another great challenge, Pam! I made it to 29 hours, which is $87 for the Bridget Zinn fund (and that puts me in the 20+ club, Jennie, but I couldn't come close to your impressive total from last year - I like sleep too much).

I am a slooowww reader but I am so proud of what I accomplished! Congratulations to all! I am donating $25.88 to two charities based on a $1 for each 50 pages I read. :)

What an awesome challenge! This was my first time playing, and I had a blast. Kudos to those who raised money for causes. I'd like to do that next year.

Stephanie

I finished the challenge but I didn't meet my own expectations. I will be donating four books to Color Online to match the four books I read.

I pledged $2 per hour read to Flying Horse Farms. I owe them a bit over 40, so I'm going to round up to $50. I had great fun this weekend and even managed to keep the house from falling apart. All-in-all, not a bad way to spend the weekend!

I did it! Thanks for hosting a wonderful challenge. I hope to participate in future challenges, it was a lot of fun.

I didn't have the numbers that some did, but I'm happy to say I finished a really hard book along the way that left me with lots to think about! Thanks for the challenge. :)

Absolutely FABULOUS challenge. Thank you so much for arranging it for the fourth time. You're AWESOME, MR(S :)).

Steph

Just wanted to say thank you for hosting this! I'm so glad I participated and will certainly be back next year.

Yay! I had a blast participating and got 21.5 hours of reading done. I was reading and blogging for the Brooklyn Public Library, and there's still time to boost my donation by commenting on my blog. *hint hint* I should have a total donation amount by tomorrow night.

I finish in 15 minutes but I decided to take the last hour to blog and relax! I was giving to the WWF :)

I don't think I remembered to comment here originally, but I did the challenge and blogged over at Active Voice.

Our charity is Room to Read, roomtoread.org.

My summary post is here: http://www.active-voice.net/2009/06/07/bookathon-summary-becky-edition/

Hey Pam, one thing--my total changed from 21.5 to 23 hours because I had no idea social networking could be included. I estimated down since I didn't time my online time, but yeah. If you're already doing tallies, could you edit it for me?

Thanks!

Thanks for inspiring some great reading this weekend. It was wonderful to escape from my kid a bit. I only read 9 1/2 hours, but I haven't read this much for a while (chasing around 3 young kids). The social aspect was definitely motivating and fun!

I decided to do this at the last minute, and made it through 14 books and a whole lot of blogging in 21hours, 45 minutes. Next year, I will be more organized about it... thanks for the chance to do this! The community aspect is what really made the experience for me.

i had so much fun doing the challenge! thanks motherreader! i cant wait to see who wins:)

Leah:)

Thanks for hosting such a fun weekend! :)

Made it to 20 hours, but man, I'm worn out! What a fun weekend! Thank you for the experience. :)

http://kungfufighting.livejournal.com/191523.html

Yay for MotherReader's having organised another amazing Challenge!

My sum-up post is here and I donated $50 to Books for Africa.

Sorry! I messed up the Mister Linky page! (Hit 'enter' first while it just had the URL of my blog, not of the final post.) The first Lady-Schrapnell link could be deleted if that's possible. *needs more tea*

I contributed to an ovarian cancer research committee in memory of a friend who passed away last week.

Thanks again, Pam, for your organization of this terrific Challenge, my first one!

34 1/2 hours, 30 books, and 7,850 pages. I know pages didn't count, but I didn't keep track last year and felt bad about it.

This is a lot of work for you, Mother Reader. Thanks for all that you have done to give us all the opportunity to focus on reading.

Thanks for hosting!

Opps. I almost forgot to say thank you for hosting this very cool event! My charity that I picked for my first time was DonorsChoose.Org. :D

Thanks as usual, MR -- my TBR pile is (a bit) smaller!

I really had a great time participating. What an awesome idea, and thanks for coordinating, etc.

I had a great time reading and blogging. Thanks for hosting the challenge!

I was raising money for the Alannah and Madeline Foundation, which assists children in Australia who have experienced or witnessed violence. My readers donated over $1000 AUD in total, which I think is just sensational of them

My post is about the event which some of the Central Ohio KidLit Bloggers were supporting with their book buying for the 48 Hour Book Challenge. Together they raised more than $200 for Casting for Recovery. ($234 if I'm counting correctly...)

THANK YOU BLOGGER FRIENDS!!! I hope to be reading with you next year!!!

Is it okay to add more hours if we overshot the time? Like we wanted to continue the books immediately after the challenge ended? Cos if so, my total would be different. :S

Well, sorry I keep forgetting to post here. I finished up my journey! Thanks a bunch!

I did 48 hours of reading and 2 hours of internet blogging/socializing for a total of 50 hours. Don't be discouraged, I know someone out there beat me!

navybrat76@yahoo.com
http://military76brat.blogspot.com

Forgot to mention that I would have done less reading on the last 30 hours of my journey had I had a computer and internet at my house, but the darn thing broke on me last week!

navybrat76@yahoo.com
http://military76brat.blogspot.com

Thank you so much for the nice comment on my blog!
I will certainly be back for the next 48 Hour Book Challenge :-)

Hi, I put mine at 56, but only linked to my blog instead of my finish line post. Sorry. So now I'm also at number 90, but correctly linked.
Thank you so much for putting this all together. It was a great experience (though I'll chalk this on up to practice and be better prepared for the 5th Annual)!

Thanks Pam!

I made it and am finished! I slept in due to crashing and burning after I finished reading last night so I barely made it with my post but after I posted, I signed in here. Anyway, this was so much fun. Next year I'll definitely have to get the days off work and consume more caffeine.

Thanks so much for hosting this challenge. It was fantastic!

I just wanted to thank you again for doing this...this was my first year for the 48 Hour Book Challenge and my colleague Amanda Blau really encouraged me to read. I'm so glad I did. I find it so interesting with such intense reading time, books that seemingly have nothing in common do in fact have things in common. I had a Venn Diagram running through my head the whole time.

I've been in a reading slump since I was married in 2005 (the allure of HGTV and a much longer commute)... these last 48 hours have really gotten me out of that slump. I can't wait to finish those books I missed! Just in time too, today is the last day of school and kids are here looking for something to read!

Thanks again! See you next year!

I wish I could have read more this weekend - usually I'm a super reader. But alas we can't always have what we want. But finishing, yay!

Can't wait for next year!

Happy Birthday Mother Reader! :D

Such fun, Pam. I really enjoyed the Twitter & blog updates along the way--thanks for bringing together so many avid readers and generating some fun books talk on the web. It's a great thing.

Sorry for the delay in posting my link but my son had a ped day and I had to run and do some shopping. He graduates kindergarden on Friday and I wanted to get something nice to wear.

Thanks for hosting this challenge. I had alot of fun looking forward to taking part next year.

Congrats to us all.

I failed in that I did not check in, I did not blog and I did not network but I read yesterday in the car. Forgot that I was away for the weekend.
My post is here: http://tinyurl.com/njcu9v