For this week’s Weekly Geek, Becky said,

I was thinking that it might be nice for those bloggers who are Weekly Geeks to pay tribute to Dewey in the next week or so. To take the time to post to their blogs a “Weekly Geek” post about Dewey–maybe share their favorite posts from her site, maybe share a memory or two about participating in weekly geeks, the bookworms carnival, the 24 Hour Readathon, or one of Dewey’s challenges, maybe just share a favorite memory of Dewey in general, what they’ll miss most, how they’ll remember her, etc.

I’m actually lousy at tributes. That’s my husband’s department. (Yeah, we have a tribute department around here…. it comes in handy.) I’m not sure what to share. Except that Dewey was one of those bloggers that I assumed would always be there. She was a pillar in the book blogging community: someone that gathered everyone else around her. She also had brilliant ideas: the read-a-thon, the Bookworms Carnival, the Weekly Geeks. It’s good to know that people will be carrying on those things in her memory.

She did come by my little site once (I do remember being tickled when she linked to me on a Weekly Geeks. I felt like I made it, somehow) or twice, and even left a thoughtful comment or two. I think what I’ll miss most, though, is just knowing that she’s out there, ready to post something thoughtful, or fun, or exciting, or just something Dewey.

She will be missed.

P.S. At the time of her death, Dewey was working with Jackie on a top 10 of 2008 project that would be a part of Weekly Geeks. Jackie said that Dewey would probably want to see it finished, so please go here to vote, and help spread the word to other Weekly Geeks.