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<title>Jordan on "Read-a-Thon 2011 Sign-up Thread"</title>
<link>http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2011-sign-up-thread#post-5727</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 04:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
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<description>&#60;p&#62;This is the thread where you can sign up for Summer Read-a-Thon 2011. If you haven't yet &#60;a href=&#34;http://incredibooks.com/read-a-thon/rules/&#34;&#62;read the rules&#60;/a&#62;, you should do that before you sign up.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;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), &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.holyworlds.org/fantasy/&#34;&#62;Holy Worlds Fantasy&#60;/a&#62;, and &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.holyworlds.org/scifi/&#34;&#62;Holy Worlds Sci-fi&#60;/a&#62;.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;For the sake of the sanity of the organizers and just plain simplicity, we ask that you &#60;strong&#62;please only post the books you've read on the forum you signed up on.&#60;/strong&#62; Feel free to talk in the chatter threads on any of the three forums you are a member of, however.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;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.  &#38;lt;img src=&#38;quot;http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif&#38;quot; title=&#38;quot;:-)&#38;quot; class=&#38;quot;bb_smilies&#38;quot; /&#38;gt; 
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<title>Jordan on "Read-a-Thon 2010"</title>
<link>http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2010#post-4564</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 08:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jordan</dc:creator>
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<description>&#60;p&#62;This is the thread to post the books that you've read for Read-a-Thon '09.&#60;div&#62;&#60;/div&#62;&#60;div&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Be sure to join before registration closes on June 7th.&#38;nbsp;&#60;/strong&#62;Visit&#38;nbsp;&#60;a href=&#34;http://incredibooks.com/read-a-thon/sign-up/&#34;&#62;the sign-up page&#60;/a&#62;&#38;nbsp;to register. Check out&#38;nbsp;&#60;a href=&#34;http://incredibooks.com/read-a-thon/&#34;&#62;the Read-a-Thon site&#60;/a&#62;&#38;nbsp;for the all the details.&#60;/div&#62;&#60;div&#62;&#60;br /&#62;&#60;/div&#62;&#60;div&#62;&#60;/div&#62;&#60;div&#62;This thread will open on June 1st, when the Read-a-Thon begins. Until then, keep watching the&#38;nbsp;&#60;a href=&#34;http://incredibooks.com/category/blog/&#34;&#62;Incredibooks blog&#60;/a&#62;, and stop by the&#38;nbsp;&#60;a href=&#34;http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2010-enthusiasm-questions-and-comments&#34;&#62;Read-a-Thon questions, comments, and enthusiasm thread&#60;/a&#62;&#38;nbsp;to vent your excitement.&#60;/div&#62;
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<title>Jordan on "Announcing the Incredibooks Read-a-Thon Survey"</title>
<link>http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/announcing-the-incredibooks-read-a-thon-survey#post-4454</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jordan</dc:creator>
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<description>&#60;p&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&#38;amp;formkey=dGN5eHh6eGNLVHhWNnY3bUVDTUwteFE6MA&#34;&#62;&#60;img alt=&#34;Read-a-Thon Survey Banner&#34; src=&#34;http://incredibooks.com/wp-content/images/survey-banner.jpg&#34; title=&#34;Read-a-Thon Survey Banner&#34; /&#62;&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;It's that time again! The &#60;a href=&#34;http://incredibooks.com/read-a-thon/&#34;&#62;Incredibooks Summer Read-a-Thon&#60;/a&#62; 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 &#60;a href=&#34;http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&#38;amp;formkey=dGN5eHh6eGNLVHhWNnY3bUVDTUwteFE6MA&#34;&#62;Read-a-Thon survey&#60;/a&#62; 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.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Once you've finished that, you'll want to check out the &#60;a href=&#34;http://incredibooks.com/read-a-thon/&#34;&#62;Read-a-Thon site&#60;/a&#62;. Be sure to &#60;a href=&#34;http://incredibooks.com/read-a-thon/sign-up/&#34;&#62;sign up&#60;/a&#62; to be notified when registration is open!&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;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 &#60;a href=&#34;http://incredibooks.com/read-a-thon/sponsors/sponsorship-information/&#34;&#62;sponsorship information page&#60;/a&#62;.
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<title>Jordan on "Read-a-Thon &#039;09"</title>
<link>http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-09#post-3640</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 05:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jordan</dc:creator>
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<description>&#60;p&#62;This is the thread to post the books that you've read for Read-a-Thon '09.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Be sure to join before registration closes on June 7th.&#60;/strong&#62; Visit &#60;a href=&#34;http://incredibooks.com/read-a-thon/sign-up/&#34;&#62;the sign-up page&#60;/a&#62; to register.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Check out &#60;a href=&#34;http://incredibooks.com/read-a-thon/&#34;&#62;the Read-a-Thon site&#60;/a&#62; for the all the details.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;This thread will open on June 1st, when the Read-a-Thon begins. Until then, keep watching the &#60;a href=&#34;http://incredibooks.com/category/blog/&#34;&#62;Incredibooks blog&#60;/a&#62;, and stop by the &#60;a href=&#34;http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-enthusiasm&#34;&#62;Read-a-Thon questions, comments, and enthusiasm thread&#60;/a&#62; to vent your excitement.
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<title>Jordan on "Sibling Sprint"</title>
<link>http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/sibling-sprint#post-4066</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jordan</dc:creator>
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<description>&#60;p&#62;Welcome to the second of the Incredibooks Read-a-Thon Mini Races!&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;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&#38;#39;t have younger siblings, don&#38;#39;t fret! Anyone younger than you counts, be they cousin, friend, or someone you babysit.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;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&#38;#39;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:&#60;/p&#62;
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<title>Jordan on "2nd Annual Read-a-Thon"</title>
<link>http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/2nd-annual-read-a-thon-1#post-102</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 05:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jordan</dc:creator>
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<description>&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;center&#62;2nd Annual Incredibooks Summer Read-a-Thon&#60;br /&#62;
Guidelines&#60;/center&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;The goal&#60;/strong&#62; is to read as many pages as you can during the summer.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;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.&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;center&#62;General Rules:&#60;/center&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;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:&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;hr /&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;	Redwall, by Brian Jacques. 333 pages.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;	Lord Brocktree, by Brian Jacques. 345 pages.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;	Running total: 678 pages&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;hr /&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;The Read-a-Thon starts on June 1st, 2008 and ends August 31st, 2008.&#60;/strong&#62; 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.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;center&#62;Details:&#60;/center&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;What counts as a page?&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;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.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;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!&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Insights&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;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.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;The Winners&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;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! &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;The prizes consist of four books. &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.dragonsinourmidst.com/eindex.html&#34;&#62;&#60;em&#62;Beyond the Reflection's Edge&#60;/em&#62;&#60;/a&#62; by Bryan Davis, &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.dragonkeeper.us/books/dragonspell/main.shtml&#34;&#62;&#60;em&#62;DragonSpell&#60;/em&#62;&#60;/a&#62; by Donita K. Paul, &#60;a href=&#34;http://enterthedoorwithin.blogspot.com/&#34;&#62;&#60;em&#62;Isle of Fire&#60;/em&#62;&#60;/a&#62; by Wayne Thomas Batson (signed by the author!), and &#60;a href=&#34;http://dragonsinourmidst.com/raising.html&#34;&#62;&#60;em&#62;Raising Dragons&#60;/em&#62;&#60;/a&#62; by Bryan Davis.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;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.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;&#60;center&#62;Questions about the Read-a-Thon?&#60;/center&#62;&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Post your questions about the Read-a-Thon in &#60;a href=&#34;http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/questions-about-the-2nd-annual-read-a-thon&#34;&#62;the Read-a-Thon questions thread&#60;/a&#62;.
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