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Incredibooks Discussion Forum » Tag: reading - Recent Topics http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ Talk about the books you've read en Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:31:24 +0000 OrdinaryDay on "What Are You Reading?" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/what-are-you-reading#post-7006 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:26:54 +0000 OrdinaryDay 7006@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ I'm now reading Ivanhoe & Much Ado About Nothing....& I Just finished the hunger games trilogy!!! <img src="http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_razz.gif" title=":P" class="bb_smilies" /> Katie on "Reading "Endworlds"" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/reading-endworlds#post-6899 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:10:50 +0000 Katie 6899@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ Hey i've just finished a book called "Endworlds" it's a really good read It's kind of a sci-fi book but it's also a new kind of book called "reality literature" where events that happen in the real world are then written into the book, then the evens in the book dictate new events in the real world. Seriously amazing!!After the first book it leads to a treasure hunt in the real world and the people who find the treasure are written into the sequel! So that means YOU could be in a book!! I don't think i've seen a book like it before check it out - <a href="http://bit.ly/wMYrSt" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/wMYrSt</a> Would be great to have a group on here to discuss it, to help with the clues, puzzles ect! K 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" /> Pip on "Keeping Track" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/keeping-track#post-957 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:10:13 +0000 Pip 957@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ How do y'all keep track of the books you've read? Or do you? I've been keeping a list of every book I've read since easter 2003, and recently passed my goal of reading 1,000 books! 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 "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 '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 "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" /> Sarah on "Picture Books" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/picture-books#post-2650 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:58:36 +0000 Sarah 2650@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ I thought I'd start a thread on the subject, considering the Picture Book Palooza is starting tomorrow! (I never knew what that word was before. <img src="http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_lol.gif" title=":lol:" class="bb_smilies" /> ) Sarah on "Swallows and Amazons Forever!" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/swallows-and-amazons-forever#post-2420 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:54:10 +0000 Sarah 2420@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ I've read the first book in the series and plan to read the others. Pip on "Poetry" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/poetry#post-911 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:31:19 +0000 Pip 911@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ What are y'all's take on poetry? I love it, when it's not ridden with ten-dollar words or dreadfully long. Longfellow and Dickinson both are wonderful, and "Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight" is one of my favorite poems. Funny, I can read and listen to music, but I can't do that with poetry. "Favorite Poems Old and New" is a big fat satisfying book seperated into sections (a few are redundant) and is a very good poetry resource. So what about it? Pip on "Movies vs. Books" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/movies-vs-books#post-339 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:59:16 +0000 Pip 339@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ I have found great enjoyment in reading literature and then watching the movie or show based on it! It's so fun to compare. Netflix and the local library are great places to find book-based movie material... Someone try it and tell me their success (or lack thereof, not all movie adaptations are that great!). Jordan on "Your reading nook/shelves" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/your-reading-nookshelves#post-342 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:01:16 +0000 Jordan 342@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ Let's see some photos of your shelves or favorite reading nook! If you want to be in the picture, that's fine, but it's not necessary. See <a href="http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/images">this post</a> for image posting instructions. Jordan on "2nd Annual Read-a-Thon" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/2nd-annual-read-a-thon-1#post-102 Thu, 15 May 2008 05:01:58 +0000 Jordan 102@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ <center>2nd Annual Incredibooks Summer Read-a-Thon Guidelines</center> The goal is to read as many pages as you can during the summer. Important! Make sure that you join the Read-a-Thon before the cut-off on August 15th. After August 15th, we will not be accepting any new entries. If you are already in the Read-a-Thon, you can keep recording your books read, but nobody new will be able to join. <center>General Rules:</center> Read a book, then post the title, author, and number of pages in the 2008 Summer Read-a-Thon thread. Then at the bottom of your post, keep a running total of pages you’ve read so far. Here's a sample: <hr /> Redwall, by Brian Jacques. 333 pages. Lord Brocktree, by Brian Jacques. 345 pages. Running total: 678 pages <hr /> The Read-a-Thon starts on June 1st, 2008 and ends August 31st, 2008. All the books that you post must be read in the time between those two dates. This thread will be opened on June 1st, 2008. <center>Details:</center> What counts as a page? Any book that is in or above your approximate reading level counts toward the number of pages read. We're not going to be super strict on this, but try to stay near your reading level. Books below your reading level do count if read aloud to others. So if you read a picture book to a younger sibling, you can count those pages! Insights Last year, most of the participants began to give their thoughts on the books that they had completed as they were listing them. This is fine, in fact, we encourage that you do this. Tell everybody that the last book you read was great, and that they need to read it! Also, don't forget that you can discuss the book in greater detail by starting a thread about it on the Incredibooks forum. The Winners After August 31st, we will post a list of participants and the number of pages that they read during the Read-a-Thon. Then we'll announce the winners of the prizes! The prizes consist of four books. <a href="http://www.dragonsinourmidst.com/eindex.html">Beyond the Reflection's Edge</a> by Bryan Davis, <a href="http://www.dragonkeeper.us/books/dragonspell/main.shtml">DragonSpell</a> by Donita K. Paul, <a href="http://enterthedoorwithin.blogspot.com/">Isle of Fire</a> by Wayne Thomas Batson (signed by the author!), and <a href="http://dragonsinourmidst.com/raising.html">Raising Dragons</a> by Bryan Davis. The person who reads the most pages will receive their choice of the prizes. We will then randomly choose from the participants for the other prizes. Incredibooks reviewers and their families cannot win prizes, so in the event that one of them reads the most pages, we will pick the person who has read the next most. <center>Questions about the Read-a-Thon?</center> Post your questions about the Read-a-Thon in <a href="http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/questions-about-the-2nd-annual-read-a-thon">the Read-a-Thon questions thread</a>. Pip on "The Source" http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/the-source#post-1178 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:26:59 +0000 Pip 1178@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ Where do you find books? Do you order them? Do you own all your readings or frequent the library, or both? I own hundreds (literally) of books and can prance down the library isles saying "Oh yeah, I've read that!" Mom orders 'penny books' from Amazon for cheap at B-days, Christmas and Tax Time, and the librarians know my name. I've recently discovered a cool new site called Paperback Swap (.com) taht lets you trade books for practically free. Anyone use that? You can sell your unwanted books (and they don't haveta be paperbacks, they sell hardback and audios too) for 'credits', and with every credit, you can order a book. There are printable mailing sheets with the addresses, and all you haveta do is meet a deadline to ship a book and pay for the postage (books you order are at the sender's expense). The nasty thing is, you get a LOT of emails and books that were once posted on the site and sold out are still on there, so if you're looking for something specific and they don't have it, you won't know when another copy's gonna come in. You can put it on your Wish List and they'll notify you with an email if a copy's come in...but that may never happen! All in all, it's a cool site, cheap, and fun to order things meself. Of course...Amazon's always there with cent books for those you can't find here: <a href="http://www.paperbackswap.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.paperbackswap.com/</a> ! <img src="http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_wink.gif" title=";)" class="bb_smilies" />