http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ Talk about the books you've read en Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:40:56 +0000 http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2010-enthusiasm-questions-and-comments/page/5#post-5117 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:24:59 +0000 Jordan 5117@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ <p>Yes, both count. </p> http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2010-enthusiasm-questions-and-comments/page/5#post-5115 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:00:43 +0000 TahiriVeila 5115@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ <p>I have a question... do devotions count? Like if I were reading a devotional book, say Our Daily Bread or something, would that count? We can count the bible too, right?</p> <p>~TahiriVeila </p> http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2010-enthusiasm-questions-and-comments/page/5#post-5061 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:57:42 +0000 Janin of Yen 5061@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ <p>Ha! That's funny! <br />No, I just loved the book and want to read it again, but if it didn't count I thought I'd better read something that did. :)<br />Thanks! </p> http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2010-enthusiasm-questions-and-comments/page/5#post-5060 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:51:21 +0000 Jordan 5060@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ <p>Yes, you can read a book twice in a row if you'd like. Don't anybody get any ideas, but we had somebody last year who decided he'd try to read the same book over and over for three months, because he'd have it memorized and could read it faster and rack up more pages.<div><br /></div><div>So as long as that's not your goal, go for it!</div> </p> http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2010-enthusiasm-questions-and-comments/page/5#post-5058 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:13:34 +0000 Janin of Yen 5058@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ <p>So... if you read a book, flip it over and read it again, (literally, cover to cover twice,) does that count as reading it twice? You said rereading old favorites, but twice in a row? </p> http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2010-enthusiasm-questions-and-comments/page/5#post-4846 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:33:07 +0000 Jordan 4846@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ <p>*Is a happy camper every year, so far...*<div><br /></div><div><br /> <blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span">(Just the same,&nbsp;it never ceases to amaze me at the sheer volume of pages some people are capable of devouring in an afternoon!)</span></blockquote> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Me too. I came in last place in the first Read-a-Thon. :-D</span></div> </p> http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2010-enthusiasm-questions-and-comments/page/5#post-4839 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:07:12 +0000 RoadToGrinnell 4839@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ <p>Understood.&nbsp; Yes, all of the peer's works I would be reading (or, I actually have an audio book of one friend's work!) would be type-written.&nbsp; I will convert all of them to those type specifications before taking a page count.&nbsp; Thank you!</p> <p>Absolutely.&nbsp; It's not the prizes, anyway... it's the challenge.&nbsp; Thou&nbsp; mayest as well start being a happy camper right now, as I've already read a book that's been hiding in my basement for 2+ years!!&nbsp; I'm very happy about that, and there's more on my shelf begging for attention.&nbsp; But I'm&nbsp;finishing a library book first.&nbsp; :)&nbsp; </p> <p>(Just the same,&nbsp;it never ceases to amaze me at the sheer volume of pages some people are capable of devouring in an afternoon!) </p> http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2010-enthusiasm-questions-and-comments/page/5#post-4837 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:28:38 +0000 Jordan 4837@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ <p>In a previous Read-a-Thon, we ruled against counting your own work because that makes it too easy to write something insignificant and read it over and over. For the same reason, I'll carry that over to this Read-a-Thon.<div><br /></div><div>But reading a peer's work... Sure! It's not handwritten, right? So either figure out how many pages it is when printed, or check in your word processor for how many pages it is at... Let's say 12-point, single-spaced. That work for you?</div><div><br /></div><div>By the way, let me make a little note:</div><div><br /></div><div>I understand the push to read a lot. But as I end up pointing out every year, this isn't just about reading the most. We purposely made it possible for anybody, regardless of reading speed, to have a chance to win a prize. If you end up reading during your summer when you might otherwise have not, then you've fulfilled the goal of the Read-a-Thon and made me one happy camper. :-)</div> </p> http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2010-enthusiasm-questions-and-comments/page/5#post-4833 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:06:09 +0000 RoadToGrinnell 4833@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ <p>Audio books will be an interesting way of sneaking in some extra pages.&nbsp; Like Melody, there's a lot of times when I'm working that I could have an audio book, instead of music, going on in the background.</p> <p>I have another question.&nbsp; If I read something substantial a peer (or I!) wrote, can I count the pages in some way?&nbsp; As a writer, I am often reading other people's drafts, as well as re-reading my own.&nbsp; Is there some way I can count this reading?&nbsp; Thanks! </p> http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2010-enthusiasm-questions-and-comments/page/5#post-4832 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:05:14 +0000 Melody Kondrael 4832@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ <p>I'd read while knitting but it's a little hard to cable and turn pages at the same time. ;) </p> http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2010-enthusiasm-questions-and-comments/page/5#post-4831 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:02:07 +0000 Jordan 4831@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ <p>Audio books take just as much time to listen to as actually reading a book, sometimes longer. &nbsp;So you're spending the same amount of time doing it.<div><br /></div><div>The point is not just to read lots of pages, but also to be exposed to literature and books. To understand them. If listening to audio books helps you with that, I'm glad to count them.</div> </p> http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2010-enthusiasm-questions-and-comments/page/5#post-4830 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:32:19 +0000 wyatt 4830@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ <p>&nbsp;I don't really think you should be able to LISTEN to audio books and count them as "pages".&nbsp;The R.A.T. should just be for reading books and not listening to them. </p> http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2010-enthusiasm-questions-and-comments/page/5#post-4828 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:59:22 +0000 Jordan 4828@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ <p>They're books, right? So yes, craft books, sewing books, etc. count. </p> http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2010-enthusiasm-questions-and-comments/page/5#post-4824 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:16:24 +0000 TahiriVeila 4824@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ <p>Okay, someone was saying they had read a sewing book or something... do craft books, sewing books, cooking books, and that kind of stuff count? My little sister and I have "raided" those sections in our library for our local Summer Reading Program.</p> <p>~TahiriVeila </p> http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/read-a-thon-2010-enthusiasm-questions-and-comments/page/4#post-4818 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:49:07 +0000 Melody Kondrael 4818@http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/ <p>Thanks, Jordan! I don't actually have any audio books, I only have FOFRT, but next time I get up to the library, I'll see what I can find for unabridged readings. :)&nbsp; (...I wish they had the Rob Inglis LotR cds, but they don't... I'll see what else there is. :D)</p> <p>Oh, I think there are websites that do audio books of out-of-print classics. I should look that up! :) </p>