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FIRST EVER READATHON!! #LIBRARIESMATTERREADATHON


Hello! Hello! Hello! Even if I get just a few participants for this last minute readathon, I will be one happy camper!!!

IMPORTANT DETAILS ABOUT Libraries Matter Readathon:

Date: Friday, August 11th, 2017 to Saturday, August 12th, 2017

Time: 12 AM EST (Friday) to 9:00 PM EST (Saturday)

Where: WORLDWIDE!!!!! INTERNET!!! WOOOOOHOOO!

What: A readathon! Totally no pressure to read a certain amount of hours or anything, BUT for every hour that you do read:

DONATE at least $1 TO A LIBRARY OF YOUR CHOICE.

How to Participate:

2. Keep your eyes on this blog for updates

3. READ on Friday August 11th-August 12th.

4. Donate for every hour that you read to a library of your choice and tweet @teengriefbookc or tag @teengriefbookclub in a screenshot of the receipt or email confirmation you got. (How much you donate is up to you, but please donate at least $1 per hour)

Other info:

1) Since this is a first readathon AND since it's so last minute, there are no prizes to win except for the prize of feeling amazing for making a difference and keeping libraries funded and alive. (

2. There *will* be challenges and fun stuff to do through out the readathon if you want to participate because personally this is my favorite part of participating in readathons Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon and 24 in 48 Readathon. Keep your eye on this blog for the challenges. As it gets closer and I have more time to think about it, I will let you know the times the challenges will be happening.

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So a *little back story* to why this came about so suddenly and randomly and with SO SHORT notice.

Have you heard of GISHWHES?

You haven't? Well go click that link above and be sad that you didn't join, especially since this might be the last year they are ever going to happen. This handsome dude created them:

(Side note: PLEASE MISHA PLEASE BRING BACK GISHWHES NEXT YEAR. THIS MAKES MY LIFE SO HAPPY EVERY YEAR.)

Okay, anyway, each year, we have this worldwide hunt of awesomeness. This is my 3rd year doing Gishwhes and 2nd year being on the team, Painted Whores.

This year item #172 is this:

"Now that this may be the last gishwhes-as-we-know-it ever, it’s time to reflect on missed opportunities. Let’s see the Item List Misha SHOULD have made all these years. Give us your team’s ideal gishwhes Item List with a minimum of 10 Items. If the majority of the items you create look like no thought was put into them (and you were just quickly writing down items to get the points), you will receive zero points."

and item #173 is:

"Complete one of the more challenging items on your team’s homemade gishwhes Item List."

So I came up with this:

"Library Lives Matter! Libraries are endangered of being defunded and that’s just NOT COOL. So we should do something about it!! Put together a fundraiser where ALL PROCEEDS go to your local library. Be creative. Bonus points for having a nerdy book-themed fundraiser. Promote promote promote on social media the fundraiser leading up to it to reach the widest audience possible using the following hashtags #librariesmatter #librarylivesmatter #saveourlibraries #libraryawareness #gishwhes #item172 #item173 #missedopportunities @mishacollins @gishwhes Submit a collage of pictures from the fundraiser and bonus points for a picture of receipt from the library that you made your donation to."

and Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo

WE HAVE A FUNDRAISER READATHON TO HELP SAVE LIBRARIES BECAUSE:

That's it for now. Just remember to SIGN UP AND READ FOR YOUR LIBRARY!


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