Bloggiesta Wrap-Up: In Which We Pat Ourselves on Our Backs and a Few Win Books!
Sorry folks that I didn’t post the Bloggiesta wrap up sooner! I think I went into a self-induced comatose state after it was over and then had a bit of a staycation. But I promised that I wouldn’t post anything on my blog until I got this post done, thus the lack of posts for the past two days as I read, tallied up and commented on all the participants posts.
So how did we do with the first blog improvement marathon? 965+ hours of blog improvement from more than 80 participants. That’s a lot of blogging! Fantastic! From the blog posts and twitter stream, it seemed that everybody had a fantastic time! And for some, it was surprisingly so! I’m thrilled that it was truly a fiesta!
The mini-challenges may have ended up to not be so mini, but they were a huge hit thanks to our great hosts! I am thrilled with how the Bloggiesta turned out and I can’t wait to host it again. Perhaps, two times a year?
But there are books to be given away! And our winners are . . .
Mini-Challenge Winners:
- Nicole from Linus’s Blanket
- Melanie from Melanie’s Musings
- Nan from Nan’s Corner of the Web
- Avis from She Reads and Reads
- Kristen from Bookworming in the 21st Century
- Drea from Book Blather
- Cindy from Cindy’s Love of Books
- Melissa from One Librarian’s Book Reviews
- J.C. from The Biblio Blogazine
- Pam from MotherReader
- Joanne from The Book Zombie
- Amy from Haiku Amy
Winner for Most Hours Spent on Challenge:
- Liyana from Liyanaland – Big surprise! She spent 48 hours on the 48 Hour Book Challenge, so I was not surprised to see her devote 48 hours (with a couple very, very short naps) on this challenge!
Winner for Most Comments Left on Participating Blogs:
- Sheila from One Person’s Journey Through a World of Books – Sheila left a comment on every single wrap up post!
Winners, Just for the Pure Joy of Playing the Game:
Many thanks to our Bloggiesta sponsors!
- Tilbury House (U.S./Canada addresses)
- Remember Me: Tomah Joseph’s Gift to Franklin Roosevelt by Donald Soctomah and Jean Flahive, illus. by Mary Beth Owens
- Amadi’s Snowman by Katia Novet-Saint Lot, illus. by Dimitrea Tokunbo (Maw Books review)
- Under the Night Sky by Amy Lundebrek, illus. by Anna Rich
- Tor and Forge Books (U.S. addresses)
- A Trace of Smoke by Rebecca Cantrell (two copies)
- Henry Holt (U.S./Canada addresses)
- The Embers by Hyatt Bass (three copies)
- Unbridled Books (U.S. addresses)
- Conscience Point by Erica Abeel
- The Wonder Singer by George Rabassa
- FSB Associates (U.S addresses)
- Horse Soldiers (Audio version) by Doug Stanton
- The Lie by Fredrica Wagman
- 7 Great Prayers by Paul and Tracy McManus
- The Chris Farley Show by Tom Farley Jr. and Tanner Colby
- The Compass by Tammy Kling & John Spencer Ellis
- Annie’s Ghosts by Steve Luxenberg
- Wounded by School by Kirsten Olson
- Maw Books (for our international participants only)
- $15 gift certificates to the online bookseller of your choice (two winners)
I am pretty sure I know which of our winners are from Canada and international and which are U.S. But to be on the safe side though, I won’t assign books to winners until I have your mailing address. So please contact me, so I can pass on your info to our sponsors.
Thank you everybody for a fantastic Bloggiesta! Let’s do it again!
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Thank you for all of your work on the Bloggiesta, and congratulations to all of the winners!
on July 7th, 2009 at 1:53 amThanks for hosting this Natasha! One of the best ideas I’ve ever seen. We must do this again, I think there are loads of stuff to be done. (Any great layout sites?)
COngrats to the winners!
on July 7th, 2009 at 1:59 amI was completely out to lunch on this…it was ramping up just as I was leaving for my trip to Poland. I am hoping that I will be around and won’t be entrenched in something my kids are doing next time, and will be able to participate! Really, way to go Natasha for leading the way!
on July 7th, 2009 at 3:14 amSounds like it was a great success! Next time I’ll try to clear my weekend so I can try some of the challenges and fun too!
on July 7th, 2009 at 4:37 amYou did a fabulous job organizing and running this event. I had a fabulous time and accomplished more than I would have had it not come to pass. Thank you!
on July 7th, 2009 at 4:40 amWow – that is exciting to see all the hours logged! Thanks for the event – I am definitely in for the next one.
If you need a mini challenge host I wold be happy to participate in that way as well.
on July 7th, 2009 at 6:08 amThanks again for organizing this, Natasha, and twice a year sounds good to me! I’m thrilled that I was one of the mini-challenge winners! Congrats to all the other winners too, especially Liyana!
on July 7th, 2009 at 7:55 amThis was such a fabulous idea and I hope to be better involved for the next one. Congrats to the winners.
on July 7th, 2009 at 10:42 amCongrats to the winners! It was fun to host a mini-challenge. Hope I can participate as a “player” next time.
on July 7th, 2009 at 10:44 amI am speechless Avis left me a message saying I was a winner so I had to come and check it out. Thank you so very much and congrats to the other winners too.
Wow almost 1,000 hours of blogging. We did great and thank You so much Natasha for organizing this one. I really think twice a year would be great. A good way to keep things updated etc.
Hope you enjoyed your stayacation.
on July 7th, 2009 at 1:32 pmThis was such a fun event Natasha! Thank you so much for organizing. That is a lot of hours that we logged.
Congrats to all of the winners!
on July 7th, 2009 at 7:03 pmCongrats to all of the winners…especially the phenomenal Liyana.
And thanks again for organizing such a great event!!
on July 7th, 2009 at 9:45 pmThank you, thank you, thank you, Natasha. You rock the virtual blogging house. Congrats to all the other winners and participants too. It was fun.
on July 7th, 2009 at 11:29 pmHopefully next time I’ll get to participate! Was on a roadtrip this time and missed the whole thing! Looks like you guys accomplished a lot!
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on July 8th, 2009 at 12:24 pmOver 965 hours!! Wow that is fantastic! The Bloggiesta was such a great event, thanks Natasha for organizing this – you’re a superwoman! Can’t wait for the next one
on July 9th, 2009 at 8:38 amNatasha, I feel a bit dumb, but I just figured out that the copy of The Embers that I recently received came because of you! Thank you!
on September 29th, 2009 at 11:35 am