Friends, if you entering proof of 24 hours read, please share a direct link to your Litsy post showing the screenshot, not just to your profile. We expect 300+ entries and it takes a long time to go through them all when we have to check your profile. If you don't know how to share a direct link, click the arrow button at the bottom of your post, copy the link, and paste it into the form directly.
Hour 48 is here. Which means the readathon is gone. We are so proud of you, no matter how much time you read. Check out the Hour 48 post on 24in48.com to enter your proof of 24 hours of reading and to get the date of the next #24in48. There‘s also a closing survey we‘d love for you to fill out to let us know about your weekend. We love this incredible community so much. As always, happy reading! 📖📖📖
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HOME STRETCH! Hour 45 is here and you are ALMOST. THERE. This is the part where your hosts start to get all shmoopy about how much we love this weekend, this community, the power of books to bring people together. Hop on over to 24in48.com or comment below to let us know how things are going for you, and get ready to feel allllll the feelings. We'll be back at Hour 48 for a final update + a ton of info. In the meantime, read on!
Hour FORTY TWO! The last challenge of this round of #24in48 is upon us, and we want to hear about the best book you read this weekend. Let us know and be entered to win prizes from @algonquinbooks and @flatiron_books. Be sure to include the #24in48 hashtag in your posts so other readers can build their TBR piles! (And head over to 24in48.com to see if you won a challenge prize from our Hour 36 challenge about your best literary loot.)
As we get well into day 2 of #24in48, a reminder that getting up and moving in some way can be a great way to reset your energy and power through! Try a new location, go for a walk (if it's not too hot...), stretch. Then check 24in48.com to see if you won one of this hour's door prizes from @littlebrown, and then back to the books. (Image of an open book with text overlay that reads, "Hour 39: Get up and go go go! Time to check in at 24in48.com")
We've talked a lot about books this #24in48 weekend... now let's see some of your best book swag! The Hour 36 challenge is all about your favorite bookish items, and brings you a chance to win some awesome new book-themed loot from @outofprint. Hop on over to 24in48.com for details (and to check to see if you won a prize in the Hour 30 YA Challenge!)
Welcome to Hour 33 of #24in48, which for many of our US readers is roughly the start of Day 2. Quick check-in to see how things are going; we've seen a few people already hit 24 hours (amazing!) and some others with big plans for today. If you're not going to hit 24, that's cool too! Remember, this is all about making time and space for reading. (And don't forget to hop over to 24in48.com to see if you won one of this hour's door prizes.)
Hour 30 is here and we‘ve got a great challenge for you. We love YA & middle grade books for readathon because they read really fast.
Check out the challenge on 24in48.com and enter to win a prize from @simonkids. (Don‘t forget to enter the link to your direct challenge entry instead of your profile link!)
Hour 24! We made it halfway! And surprise!! We‘ve got a giveaway for those of you still awake and/or just waking up. To enter for a chance to win either the @outofprint Paradise tote bag (US winners) or a Bookishly Classic Edition for European readers, comment below and tell me your favorite classic novel. This giveaway will be open until Hour 27.
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Don‘t forget to check 24in48.com to see if you won. #24in48
Hour 21! As we approach the end of day one of #24in48, let's check in. How are things going? How's your day been? What are your day two plans? ➡️ Head on over to 24in48.com to see if you've won a door prize from @graywolfpress, and get some encourage from The Doctor while you're there. (And don't forget there's three more hours to enter the Hour 18 Romance challenge!)
HOUR 18 of #24in48, and you know what that means? Another challenge! This time around, we're talking about romance, and entrants will be entered to win one of the prize books provided by @avonbooks or @williammorrowbooks. [Don't forget to check the post at 24in48.com to see if you won one of the prizes from the #audiobook challenge!]
Reminder: When entering a challenge, please link directly to your challenge entry, not your overall profile.
It's Hour 15, readers, which means it's time for another check-in, which means it's time for more door prizes! Head on over to 24in48.com to see if you won one of our prizes! We're loving all of your posts, snacks, and stacks! Keep it up, you're ALL doing a GREAT job! #24in48
Hour 12! That's a QUARTER of the way through the weekend, and halfway through day one. Y'all are crushing it, and we love seeing your updates about what you're reading/eating/doing this #24in48. ♥️
We've got a new challenge up all about #audiobooks, with a chance to win an audiobook prize from Hachette Audio! We've also picked winners for the Hour 6 challenge, which just closed, so be sure to check out 24in48.com to see if you won a prize!
Friends, if you‘re entering challenges, don‘t forget that you must enter an actual link to your challenge post, not just your profile handle. If we can‘t see the actual post, we won‘t go looking for it on your feed and you may not win. #24in48
We're at Hour 9 of the #24in48 weekend, which means it's time for a quick check-in! How is everyone doing? Just starting out, or already hours into your books? Who else is hiding inside from the crazy heat?? ➡️ While you're here, don't forget to check 24in48.com to see if you were one of our first door prize winners!!
Our first challenge of the #24in48 readathon is up at 24in48.com. Show us all your SFF and be entered to win a prize. (A reminder for you newbies: you must enter your challenges entry into the form on the post on our site. Comments here won‘t count) and stay tuned for an Instagram Live with cohost @kristenlcoates at Hour 10. So much great reading happening - y‘all are doing amazing!
First check in of the ‘thon coming at you. You can still sign up at 24in48.com. How‘s everyone‘s readathon going so far? Don‘t forget we‘ve got an Instagram live coming up at Hour 10 with @kristenlcoates (Yes, that‘s two of your three hosts in Paris. Host number three taking the pic.)
It's here, it's time, it's the summer #24in48! This is our favorite weekend, and you're our favorite people to spend it with. Head over to 24in48.com to get all the info you need to start things off right, find everything you're looking for, and fill out the intro survey so we know where to find you and where you're reading from this weekend! Now, settle in, crack those spines, and start those timers. We'll check in with y'all in a few hours!
OH BOY OH BOY do we have some amazing prizes to share with you all this round of #24in48 thanks to our incredible donors! Check out our Twitter feed or Instagram stories for more of a sneak peek and stay tuned on social and at 24in48.com for chances to win prizes all weekend! (Reminder that you must be officially signed up to be eligible to win a prize, so be sure to sign up at 24in48.com if you haven't already.)
🚨5🚨 days to go & host Rachel is here to tell you all about her #24in48TBR, which always includes lots of audio and digital titles paired with 2/3 pitch-perfect print books. Any mostly digital readers out there keeping her company?🙋♀️
➡️ It‘s not too late to sign up for a full weekend of reading, snacks, prizes, & more, friends! ➡️ 24in48.com.
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1 WEEK TO GO (make sure you‘re signed up 24in48.com💻). Frantic preparations are underway & we‘re rolling out our annotated host #24in48 TBR stacks. First up is Kristen. “I save a few frontlist fiction titles every time to start with➕YA/middle grade for quick hits➕pull one off my shelves that I‘ve been meaning to read for too long➕round things out with romance 📚 Share your stack for next using ➡️ #24in48TBR ⬅️ we‘ll be back with more host stacks!
pickWEEKEND ESSENTIALS FOR #24in48: (1) many books from many genres (2) caffeine of choice (3) merchhhhhhhh (4) bookmark options (5) SNACKS. Have you signed up to join us in just over two weeks?! If not, fix that at 24in48.com! 🗣 If you‘ve joined us before, share your tips for readathon success in the comments below or use #24in48!📚
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Where will you travel during the next #24in48 weekend? Be sure to sign up to join us for a weekend of reading, prizes, and the best bookish community on the interwebs this July 20-21! (Sign-ups are at 24in48.com).
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It‘s HERE! July‘s #24in48 readathon is officially open! Go sign up and join us on July 20-21. It‘s going to be ah-mah-zing. AHMAHZING! Go to 24in48.com to sign up!
Pssssst! If you participated in the most recent #24in48, don't forget to check the weekend's posts at 24in48.com to see if you won a door or challenge prize! We're closing the prize claim form at midnight EST tonight. (And as a reminder, you won't receive an email confirming individual hour or challenge prizes.)
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HOUR 48! The end! We did it! YOU did it. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 congrats to everyone that participated. We‘ve got one last round of challenge winners on the blog along with instructions for posting your 24-hour proof and a closing survey to let us know how this weekend went for you. Lastly, here‘s your formal announcement that the next #24in48 will be held on July 20-21, 2019!
We're staring down the last few hours of this incredible, amazing weekend, and feeling all the feels about this amazing bookish community. Come check in with us, let us know how #24in48 is going for you, and cheer on other readers to the finish line. WE LOVE YOU ALL! YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB!! #readathon #bookstagram
It's hour 42 of this #24in48 and that means our last challenge of the weekend is up at 24in48.com! Come tell us about your "Swiss Army" book rec (and don't forget to check to see if you won a past door or challenge prize).
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Slow your roll, it's Hour 39! Over at 24in48.com, we're offering some encouragement, pulling more door prize winners, reminding you to get up and move, and gearing up for another reading sprint. Check in with us (and with other readers!): How's it going? What are you reading? Have any great tips or book recs to share? #24in48 #bookstagram #bookworm #bookrecommendations
As most of you US readers get going on day 2, a few reminders: 1) check the hourly posts to see if you won, 2) don‘t stress about whether you hit 24 hours, the point is to have fun and read, 3) there is no such thing as failing #24in48, 4) log your books! (Link in profile), 5) audiobooks def count, and 7) if you‘re entering challenges you need to use a static link. Have any more questions? Drop a comment or DM! Now! Back to the books!
New challenge up on the site! Tell us your favorite series for a chance to win. And don‘t forget to check past posts to see if your name was listed. Happy readathoning! #24in48
Who‘s still awake? Where are my international ‘thon-ers holding the fort down? We‘re more than halfway there and you guys are chugging right along. We pulled more door prize winners for this check-in (along with lots of unclaimed prizes from previous posts). Don‘t forget to scroll through and check to see if you won. Okay, back to the books! You‘re doing great! #24in48
We did it! We hit the halfway point! So many prize winners announced this hour! Check to see if you won (and don‘t forget to look at past check in posts for your name - still lots of unclaimed prizes up for grabs.) Are you still going strong as we head into day 2? #24in48
It‘s our last challenge of day one, and it‘s one of our favs. We‘re highlighting one of our favorite grassroots organizations, #WeNeedDiverseBooks, which “advocates essential changes in the publishing industry.” For this challenge, we want to see and hear about diverse books that you love, and the ways you work to diversify your bookshelves.📚 Head to 24in48.com to enter, check past challenge and check-in posts to see if we drew your name! #24in48
HOLY CATS, we‘re 1/4 of the way through this thing! It‘s time for challenge number two over at 24in48.com; you can find a link to our hourly posts in our bio! 📚 REMINDER: your challenge entries cannot be on your insta story, they need to be static posts with a link AND submitted through the google form on our site to be eligible.
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Hour 9 hitting you fast and strong! All three of your hosts are up and thoning together. (With Rachel 8 hours ahead it‘s a narrow window of #24in48 togetherness but we‘re milking it.) how‘s everyone out there doing? Picking good books? Drinking good coffee? Go check 24in48.com to check if you won a door prize yet and enter some challenges! And happy reading!!!
It‘s time for our first challenge of the #24in48 readathon! Head to 24in48.com or follow the link in our profile to get the deets and enter. (It‘s a good one!) And don‘t forget to check the Hour 3 post to see if you won a door prize. Plus the Hour 0 Intro Survey is still up until Hour 24 tonight! You guys are doing great so far!
Three hours in and we‘re announcing our first door prize winners. Go check out 24in48.com to see if you won. #24in48
AND WE‘RE OFF!! Welcome to this edition of #24in48 - we‘re so happy to have you. All 2,500 of you! 😍😍😍😍 check out the Hour Zero post on the site and fill out the intro survey and check up on all the updates throughout the weekend. Now tell us, what book are you starting with tonight?
LESS THAN TWO DAYS TO GO! We are so excited to read with you all! Get all your last minute questions answered at 24in48.com, build those #TBR piles, and prep your snacks! It‘s almost time, y‘all. #24in48
We‘re cozy with a stack of books and coffee and a whole bunch of prep as the days tick by and #24in48 comes ever closer! Only two weeks to go, readers! You‘re joining us, right?!?! Link in bio to sign up! #readathon #tbr #cozy #winterreads #amreadjng #snowday
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pickIt‘s a snowy wonderland here, and we‘re alternating reading this atmospheric, gorgeous story and prepping for #24in48. What are you reading today, friends? .
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🚨 We‘re three weeks away from #24in48 and we‘ve got MORE for you! Head over to our site (link in profile) to find a curated list of #TBR recommendations AND an entire post full of #readathon tips and tricks from your fellow readers!
📚 While you‘re there, make sure you‘re signed up so you don‘t miss any of the fun on Jan 26-27!! 👯♀️👯♂️.
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3 wks from today we‘ll all be cozied up in our reading, going strong with #24in48! This is cohost Kristen‘s excited face, because it‘s almost time AND her merch arrived! If you haven‘t ordered yet, there‘s still time for it to arrive before the 26th! We added a new monochromatic option that looks better on teepublics darker colors ➡️ Link in profile to order and sign up if you haven‘t yet! #readathon #bookswag #literaryloot #bookworm #tbr
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