24-hour Readathon wrap-up

We may not have a logo yet, but the first LibraryThing Readathon was a success. A lot of the fun is reading the thread on Book Talk where participants described their hour of reading. It was interesting to find out where other people chose to read for their designated hour, and absolutely wonderful to hear about the books everyone's reading right now. You can read the whole thread here, which includes touchstones to the books read. Participants could also tag the book(s) they read. People also started including an excerpt from what they had read, which added a sense of nowness.

It was really fun helping in the creation of a new kind of event, which felt very community-oriented yet very easy to participate in. I myself woke up, grabbed my book, and started reading in bed. Sure, there wasn't any brie provided (unlike the Boston meetup), but it also didn't require getting out of bed.

We called it a beta test, because we weren't sure what would need changing during the event, or for future events. We'll talk about what to change, so know we're planning on another event sometime in the spring. If you'd like to join in the organizing conversation, jump in.