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Incredibooks Discussion Forum » Forum: Read-a-Thons - Recent Topics http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ Talk about the books you've read en Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:48:03 +0000 Jordan on "Read-a-Thon 2011 Results!" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2011-results#post-6141 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:43:23 +0000 Jordan 6141@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ And now the moment you have all been waiting for. After much counting and recounting we have counted all your pages and are ready to reveal the winners. Sure, most of you know the top reader of your forum, but don't forget that this was a tri-forum contest and you must compete with complete strangers as well. Here's how the winners are chosen. First we picked the person who read the most of all the forums put together. Then we picked the top winner from the other two forums. Then we picked the second highest reader from all three. There are six prizes left over that will be awarded to randomly drawn winners at a later date. So if you didn't win by highest prize count, don't leave yet! Your turn is coming up. So! The grand winner is Fara of Holy Worlds Science Fiction who read an astonishing total of 45,103 pages! Congratulations, Fara! The top winners of the other two forums are Hannah Marie from Holy Worlds Fantasy at 27,266 and OrdinaryDay of Incredibooks at 22,080. Second place goes to wolfluvr42 of Incredibooks at 19,976, Elly of Holy Worlds Fantasy at 18,458, and Andi Loyd of Holy Worlds Science fiction at 10,000. If you are a winner you will be notified shortly by PM to claim your prize. Once all the winners have been notified we'll draw members at random for the remaining prizes. And now here's my favorite part: some trivia for you. The forum with the most pages read is Holy Worlds Fantasy, which had 47 participants who read 187,478 pages. Second was Incredibooks with 26 participants who read 143,398 pages. Science Fiction came in third with 3 participants who read 67,657 pages. Grand total number of pages read for the entire contest was 398,533. (Say that number out loud and then high five the person next to you, fictional or otherwise.) The average number of pages overall per participant was 5,313, For Fantasy the average was 5,066, for Incredibooks: 5,515, and for Science fiction 7,517, thus proving that HWFantasy only has the highest page count because of the sheer number of participants, and that science fiction writers read 2K more pages on average than fantasy writers and book reviewers. Thus ends the official announcement. Remember to stick around for the drawings later on! Thank you so much for participating and making this the best ever Read-a-Thon, and we hope to see you again next year! Jordan on "Read-a-Thon 2011 Chatter Thread" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2011-chatter-thread#post-5729 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 04:54:54 +0000 Jordan 5729@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ This is where you can chatter randomly about the Read-a-Thon. This will keep (most of) the extraneous chatter out of the sign up and books-read threads. Jordan on "Read-a-Thon 2011 Page Counts" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2011-page-counts#post-5810 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 04:53:51 +0000 Jordan 5810@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ And they're off! If you need help with how to post your page counts, <a href="http://incredibooks.com/read-a-thon/rules/">see the rules for details.</a> Jordan on "Read-a-Thon 2011 Sign-up Thread" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2011-sign-up-thread#post-5727 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 04:51:43 +0000 Jordan 5727@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ This is the thread where you can sign up for Summer Read-a-Thon 2011. If you haven't yet <a href="http://incredibooks.com/read-a-thon/rules/">read the rules</a>, you should do that before you sign up. Here's the drill: Because this year's Read-a-Thon is taking place on three forums, you may sign up on any of the participating forums. Those are Incredibooks (you are here), <a href="http://www.holyworlds.org/fantasy/">Holy Worlds Fantasy</a>, and <a href="http://www.holyworlds.org/scifi/">Holy Worlds Sci-fi</a>. For the sake of the sanity of the organizers and just plain simplicity, we ask that you please only post the books you've read on the forum you signed up on. Feel free to talk in the chatter threads on any of the three forums you are a member of, however. So, without further ado, this thread is open for signing up until June 30! And the Read-a-Thon starts on June 13, so hop to it. <img src="http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" /> Jordan on "Announcing Summer Read-a-Thon 2011!" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/announcing-summer-read-a-thon-2011#post-5712 Wed, 25 May 2011 14:33:08 +0000 Jordan 5712@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ Hello all! We have something very exciting to announce to you all. In the wake of my announcement that Incredibooks would be shortening the Read-a-Thon to just July this year, RoadtoGrinnell (a former participant) proposed a summer reading program to the forum team over at Holy Worlds. Her plan was to host an event based off of the Summer Read-a-Thon we'd been doing here at Incredibooks. When we heard about it, we gave the Holy Worlds teams our blessing, but it didn't take long for the teams from both forums to wonder why we didn't just join forces. Which we promptly did. So this year, Incredibooks and Holy Worlds have teamed up to present a tri-forum Summer Read-a-Thon for 2011! The knowledge and resources of Incredibooks, combined with the energy and staff of Holy Worlds, and the creativity and dedication provided by both sites work together to come up with something I promise will be truly remarkable. What is a Read-a-Thon? The goal is to read as many books during the summer as you can, and race with your friends and other users to accomplish that goal. We've also got some prizes in the works that we'll have more on later. Now, I know I said earlier that we were shortening the Read-a-Thon to span only the month of July. That's all changed. You can sign up starting June 1st, and the Read-a-Thon starts June 13th. Late signups will be accepted through June 30th. The contest ends on August 13th. <a href="http://incredibooks.com/read-a-thon/rules/">The rules are hosted here on Incredibooks.</a> Please check them out for more details! Sign-up and Reporting threads will be started on all three participating forums, as well as general chatter. Sign-ups are required to be eligible for prizes. Happy reading! <img src="http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" /> Jordan on "Read-a-Thon 2010 Results" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2010-results#post-5358 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:04:08 +0000 Jordan 5358@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ Here are the results from Read-a-Thon 2010! This year was the biggest yet with 33 participants. We've double-checked all the scores for accuracy and fixed them where necessary. Some of you may notice that you read more than you thought! Here are the official totals: Septimus -- 315 Talon -- 755 monkeygal693 -- 846 Dieki Kondrael -- 1,115 LucyLou -- 2,091 Isaact -- 2,502 RoadToGrinnell -- 2,545 Rebekah -- 2,763 Wyatt -- 2,886 LauranaLincy -- 3,686 Ruth -- 3,717 Ben -- 4,269 Kyle -- 4,983 narnia365 -- 5,013 Glittermouse11 -- 5,142 Jordan -- 5,234 Alassiel -- 6,518 Vivace Kondrael -- 6,913 Owan -- 7,400 Sarah -- 7,691 Lady DragonKeeper -- 8,527 ForeverFan -- 8,795 TahiriVeila -- 9,542 Adalin -- 10,514 Melody Kondrael -- 11,469 C Triebold -- 12,090 Janin of Yen -- 13,475 Amanda Lynn Kondrael -- 13,940 equinegirl5595 -- 18,489 FunshineSheppard -- 26,207 minihorse77 -- 35,705 Pip -- 41,448 All together, we read the amazing grand total of 286,585 pages. Give yourselves a hand And please give a big hand to my two lovely assistants, Rebekah and Ruth. It may look like I'm the one running this, but I couldn't have done it without their help. Pip was the person who read the most pages so she gets first choice from our prize list below. Our random winners are Isaact, LauranaLincy, Narnia365, Glittermouse11, Amanda Lynn Kondrael, and Equinegirl5595. After Pip has posted her choice, our random winners can give us their choices in this thread on a first come, first served basis. Prizes available: <ul> <li><strike>The Swords of the Six by Scott Appleton (Signed by the author.)</strike></li> <li><strike>Starlighter by Bryan Davis (Signed by the author.)</strike></li> <li><strike>Ryann Watters and the King's Sword by Eric Reinhold (Signed by the author.)</strike></li> <li>Set of bookmarks from various authors (One set left.)</li> <li><strike>A Read-a-Thon t-shirt.</strike></li> </ul> Winners, after you've posted your choice in this thread, please send Ruth a private message with your choice and address. Whoever picks the shirt, please also send your shirt size and choice of color. Choices are here: <a href="http://incredibooks.com/read-a-thon/read-a-thon-shirts/">http://incredibooks.com/read-a-thon/read-a-thon-shirts/</a> (Don't worry, we'll keep your address completely private.) Thanks to everyone for participating! I hope you all had a good time reading this summer! If you want to be notified when we're ready for registration for the next Read-a-Thon, please see this page: <a href="http://incredibooks.com/read-a-thon/sign-up/">http://incredibooks.com/read-a-thon/sign-up/</a> Jordan on "Read-a-Thon 2010 Shirts" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2010-shirts#post-4962 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:03:57 +0000 Jordan 4962@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ Hey everybody! We've been working on getting some Read-a-Thon shirts for you, and we can do them if we get enough orders to cover our minimum purchase. So, would you buy a shirt like the ones below (available in navy blue or chocolate brown) for $13.99, which includes US shipping? Here's a mock-up of what they'll look like: <img src="http://incredibooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Shirt-mock-up-smaller.jpg" /> Here's a closer look at the design: <img src="http://incredibooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Reading-t-shirt-design-smaller.png" /> If enough people say yes, we'll make them and take orders. Jordan on "Read-a-Thon 2010" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2010#post-4564 Thu, 06 May 2010 08:28:23 +0000 Jordan 4564@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ This is the thread to post the books that you've read for Read-a-Thon '09.<div></div><div>Be sure to join before registration closes on June 7th. Visit <a href="http://incredibooks.com/read-a-thon/sign-up/">the sign-up page</a> to register. Check out <a href="http://incredibooks.com/read-a-thon/">the Read-a-Thon site</a> for the all the details.</div><div> </div><div></div><div>This thread will open on June 1st, when the Read-a-Thon begins. Until then, keep watching the <a href="http://incredibooks.com/category/blog/">Incredibooks blog</a>, and stop by the <a href="http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2010-enthusiasm-questions-and-comments">Read-a-Thon questions, comments, and enthusiasm thread</a> to vent your excitement.</div> Jordan on "Read-a-Thon 2010 Enthusiasm, Questions, and Comments" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2010-enthusiasm-questions-and-comments#post-4524 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:42:31 +0000 Jordan 4524@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ Back by popular demand! We're working on getting ready for the official announcement in a few weeks, but until then, what has you excited about the Read-a-Thon this year?<div> </div><div>(Somebody remind me... Did I sticky this thread last year?)</div> Jordan on "Announcing the Incredibooks Read-a-Thon Survey" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/announcing-the-incredibooks-read-a-thon-survey#post-4454 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:05:03 +0000 Jordan 4454@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ <a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dGN5eHh6eGNLVHhWNnY3bUVDTUwteFE6MA"><img alt="Read-a-Thon Survey Banner" src="http://incredibooks.com/wp-content/images/survey-banner.jpg" title="Read-a-Thon Survey Banner" /></a> It's that time again! The <a href="http://incredibooks.com/read-a-thon/">Incredibooks Summer Read-a-Thon</a> is back for its fourth year. This time, we need your feedback. We want to know what you think about a few things as we plan for the Read-a-Thon. So hop on over to our <a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dGN5eHh6eGNLVHhWNnY3bUVDTUwteFE6MA">Read-a-Thon survey</a> and fill it out. It's short and won't take you more than a few minutes. The survey will be open for a week and will close on March 19th. Once you've finished that, you'll want to check out the <a href="http://incredibooks.com/read-a-thon/">Read-a-Thon site</a>. Be sure to <a href="http://incredibooks.com/read-a-thon/sign-up/">sign up</a> to be notified when registration is open! We're also looking for people to sponsor the Read-a-Thon this year. If you or someone you know would like to sponsor an event that promotes literacy, please go to our <a href="http://incredibooks.com/read-a-thon/sponsors/sponsorship-information/">sponsorship information page</a>. Jordan on "Read-a-Thon 2009 Results" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2009-results#post-4264 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:18:51 +0000 Jordan 4264@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ The results are in! Thanks to everybody who participated this year. All together we had 21 participants. Ruth and I have double-checked all the scores for accuracy and fixed them where necessary. Some of you may notice that you read more than you thought! Here are the official totals: Isacct – 1,180 pages wyatt – 2,176 pages Kyle – 2,996 pages DaughterofLight – 3,521 pages Alyosha – 3,600 pages monkeygal693 – 3,735 pages Rebekah – 4,781 pages Jordan – 4,823 pages Owan – 5,898 pages narnia365 – 6,346 pages Alassiel – 6,955 pages billy – 7,127 pages Sarah – 7,253 pages Ben – 7,617 pages graciegirl – 7,669 pages Glittermouse11 – 7,823 pages Ruth – 9,502 pages ForeverFan – 12,334 pages C Triebold – 12,925 pages Adalin – 15,430 pages Legossi – 15,481 pages All together, that's 149,172 pages! So, this year, we had prizes for first, second, and third-most pages read. That makes Legossi, Adalin, and C Triebold our winners, respectively. We'll need each of you, in the order above, to pick a prize from the list below. Once they've made their choices, our eight randomly drawn winners can pick from the remaining prizes on a first come, first served basis. Our random winners are Alassiel, Glittermouse11, Isaact, billy, narnia365, graciegirl, ForeverFan, and monkeygal693. The prizes are (crossed out ones are claimed): <ul> <li><strike>Ryann Watters and the Shield of Faith by Eric Reinhold. (Signed by the author.)</strike></li> <li><strike>Beyond the Reflection's Edge by Bryan Davis. (One copy left. Signed by the author.)</strike></li> <li><strike>The Vanishing Sculptor by Donita K. Paul. (Signed by the author.)</strike></li> <li><strike>DragonKeeper series t-shirt, size youth XL. (One of two shirts.)</strike></li> <li><strike>The Bark of the Bog Owl by Jonathan Rogers. (Unsigned.)</strike></li> <li>Set of bookmarks. (<a href="http://incredibooks.com/wp-content/images/read-a-thon/bookmarkprize.jpg">Picture</a>)</li> </ul> We'll need the winners to post their picks here and also private message Ruth with your choice and address. Don't worry. We won't sell or give your address to anybody. Thanks to everybody who participated! Jordan on "Crunch Time Race" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/crunch-time-race#post-4178 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:57:26 +0000 Jordan 4178@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ The last week of the Read-a-Thon has arrived, and we have one more mini-race up our sleeves. And this one is the easiest of the bunch. Whoever reads the most pages during these final seven days will win this great set of bookmarks. <img src="http://incredibooks.com/wp-content/images/read-a-thon/bookmarkprize.jpg" /> Just post your new pages counts in here when you post them in the main Read-a-Thon thread. Keep a running total of pages for this race just like in the main thread. It's the final week. And the clock is ticking. Ready, Get set, GO! Jordan on "Read-a-Thon '09" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-09#post-3640 Fri, 08 May 2009 05:45:57 +0000 Jordan 3640@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ This is the thread to post the books that you've read for Read-a-Thon '09. Be sure to join before registration closes on June 7th. Visit <a href="http://incredibooks.com/read-a-thon/sign-up/">the sign-up page</a> to register. Check out <a href="http://incredibooks.com/read-a-thon/">the Read-a-Thon site</a> for the all the details. This thread will open on June 1st, when the Read-a-Thon begins. Until then, keep watching the <a href="http://incredibooks.com/category/blog/">Incredibooks blog</a>, and stop by the <a href="http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-enthusiasm">Read-a-Thon questions, comments, and enthusiasm thread</a> to vent your excitement. Jordan on "Read-a-Thon '09 Enthusiasm, Questions, and Comments" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-enthusiasm#post-3591 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:27:24 +0000 Jordan 3591@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. Ruth and I are slaving away (okay, working) at a Read-a-Thon section of the Incredibooks site. I was thinking it'd be fun to have a few testimonials/quotes. That's where you come in! Did you participate in the Read-a-Thon last year? Tell us your (hopefully positive) thoughts! Excited about this year's Read-a-Thon? Tell us about it! Add your blurbs to this thread. Please include how you would like to be mentioned (forum username is fine), and your Web site URL so we can link to you. And if all else fails, use this thread to dump some excitement while you wait for the official Read-a-Thon '09 announcement. <img src="http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_wink.gif" title=":wink:" class="bb_smilies" /> Jordan on "Sibling Sprint" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/sibling-sprint#post-4066 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:14:24 +0000 Jordan 4066@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ Welcome to the second of the Incredibooks Read-a-Thon Mini Races! Get ready for the reading race of your lives! Your missions? To thrill your younger siblings by reading them as many books as they can possibly stand. The person who reads the most pages to their siblings wins a prize. For those of you who don't have younger siblings, don't fret! Anyone younger than you counts, be they cousin, friend, or someone you babysit. Keep track of the books and page counts in this thread and discover who, in the eyes of their siblings (or other younger children), totally rocks! You've got until August 10th to score as many pages as possible. Whoever reads the most pages to their younger siblings wins a set of bookmarks: <img src="http://incredibooks.com/wp-content/images/read-a-thon/bookmarkprize.jpg" />