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I can't decide on one book so I'm calling ALL of them! :) In September, I'll be hosting a Read-a-Thon for Literacy Week. Feel free to sign up now and get your reading list ready! My goal is for us all to chip in and read at least 50,000 pages that week! Info to follow below. (If you're a member of the Susan Mallery group you may recognize this from last year!)
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2012 National Family Literacy Week Read-a-Thon
September 10 – September 16
Come join us at the The Challenge Factory group for a Literacy Week Read-a-Thon. We hope you will invite your friends and family to join us and help us promote literacy. Here are a few statistics for the United States:
Many of the ills plaguing the USA, for example, are directly related to illiteracy.
Literacy is learned. Illiteracy is passed along by parents who cannot read or write. One child in four grows up not knowing how to read. 43% of adults at Level 1 literacy skills live in poverty compared to only 4% of those at Level 5 3 out of 4 food stamp recipients perform in the lowest 2 literacy levels 90% of welfare recipients are high school dropouts 16 to 19 year old girls at the poverty level and below, with below average skills, are 6 times more likely to have out-of-wedlock children than their reading counterparts. Low literary costs $73 million per year in terms of direct health care costs. A recent study by Pfizer put the cost much higher.*(http://www.begintoread.com/research/l...)
We hope to see you join us! Thank you for your time. Happy Reading!
I replied to the message/email that I would participate. I can't even guess how many pages I will read. I work full time so I read when I can. My choices for books will be what I am currently reading. Will add once it gets closer to the read-a-thon
Awesome, I'm in. I don't know exactly what I'll be reading, but I'll aim for 1000 pages. The last read-a-thon I did was 48 hours and I read just over 400 pages. BUUUUT I neglected chores, husband, etc to do so, and I know I can't neglect my other responsibilities for a whole week... So 1000 pages it is. And even that might be too much. We'll see!
Count me in! If I can write 50K in one month for NaNoWriMo, by golly I can read 50K in one week! I just won't sleep:)
I'm in! I don't remember how many pages I managed the last time around, but I'll put my goal at 3500 for now. :)2012 National Family Literacy Week Read-a-Thon
Time Span: 10 September 2012 - 16 September 2012
Goal: 3500 pages
Completed: 3538/3500 (Last Update: 16 Sep 2012)
I'm definitely in for this one. I'm gonna try for 3000 pages, but I'll likely read more than that.1208/3000
Bah, Humbug! - 95 pages - Finished 9/12
The Forever Girl: Sophia's Journey - 350 - Finished 9/12
Coveted - 304 pages - Finished 9/14/12
Biting Cold - 352 pages - Finished 9/16/12
Eternal Starling - Finished 106 pages by 9/16/12
I'm in and will aim to read at least 1500 pages.2012 National Family Literacy Week Read-a-Thon
Duration: September 10, 2012 - September 16, 2012
Goal: 1500
Completed: 164/1500
Mallory- wrote: "Count me in! If I can write 50K in one month for NaNoWriMo, by golly I can read 50K in one week! I just won't sleep:)"I did Nano for the first time last year! My book was terrible, nothing I'd ever show to anyone, but the more often you write, the better you get... right? lol
I'm in for at least 1000 pages. I've currently read 1500 pages this week, so I shouldn't have a problem hitting 1000 and possibly more!! I'll update a list once I get my review books caught up and see what I have left:)
I'm in. Can't say how many pages at this point. I've just started a new job so I'm still getting used to my new schedule.410/500
09/10: pages 10-77 in Tell It to Naomi
09/11: pages 78-154 in Tell It to Naomi
09/12: pages 155-200 in Tell It to Naomi
09/14: pages 1-75 in The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq
09/15: pages 76-181 in The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq
09/16: pages 182-219 in The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq
Finished
352 pagesFinished
Read 352 pagesFinished
Read 416 pages
Read 58 pages of
Total as of 9/16/12
1,178 pages
2012 National Family Literacy Week Read-a-Thon
Time-frame: 10th Sept - 16th Sept
Goal 2,425/1,000 pages
☑ Dragon's Time ☑ Night of the Purple Moon
Date: 9/11/12 Date Read: 9/11/12
Pages Read: (352 pp) Page: (186 pp)
☑ The Lost Dogs: ☑ Old Mother West Wind
Date Read: 9/12/12 Date Read: 9/12/12
Page: (279 pp) Page: (112 pp)
☑ The Enchantress ☑ Forest Born
Date Read: 9/14/12 Date Read: 9/15/12
Page: (513 pp) Page: (389 pp)
☑ Lamb in His Bosom ☑ Les Misérables
Date Read: 9/16/12 Date Read: 9/10 – 9/16
Page: (368 pp) Page: (98 pp)
☑ Story of Doctor Dolittle
Date Read: 9/12/12
Page: (128 pp)
I'm in and am going to shoot for 1000.2012 National Family Literacy Week Read-a-Thon
Time Span: 10 September 2012 - 16 September 2012
Goal: 1000 pages
1504/1000 pages read
9/10: Read pg. 84-299 of Ill Wind by Rachel Caine
9/11: Finished Ill Wind - 38 pg
Read pg. 1-229 of Daughter of Smoke and Bone
9/12: Finished Daughter of Smoke and Bone - 187 pg
Read pg. 1-55 of Ecstasy in Darkness
9/13: Read pg. 56-381 of Ecstasy in Darkness
9/14: Finished Ecstasy in Darkness - 121 pg
9/16: Read You Slay Me - 334 pg
I will aim for 750 pages. I am sure to read at least 2 books. Never done this before do we keep a daily tally and check in/post daily?
2012 National Family Literacy Week Read-a-ThonDuration 9/10/12 - 9/16/12
Goal: 1100/600 pages
9/10 100 pgs read to complete
9/10 > 9/11
4.5/5♥ 389pgs + 100pgs = 489 total9/12 > 9/14
100pgs
188pgs288 + 489 = 777pgs
9/15/12
3.5/5&hearts 116pgs + 777 = 893
3.5/5♥ 85pgs + 893 =9789/15 > 9/16
read 122 pgs + 978 = 1100pgs total
I'm in shall try to read at least two books2012 National Family Literacy Week Read-a-Thon
Timeframe: 10th Sept - 16th Sept
Goal 0/800 pages
I'm in although I can't tell you how many pages I will read but I will try my hardest to get to everyone else's goals. :)
I'm in too. I'll set my goal to 1000 pages, I think it's reasonable... :)2012 National Family Literacy Week Read-a-Thon
Timeframe: 10th Sept - 16th Sept
Goal 1111/1000 pages
Day 1: QI: The Book of General Ignorance - pages 46-222
Day 2:QI: The Book of General Ignorance - pages 223-300;
Dragonflight*- pages 1-29
Day 3:Dragonflight*- pages 30 - 117
Day 4:Dragonflight* - pages 118 - 217
Day 5:Rocannon's World - pages 1 - 140;
The Shining - pages 1 - 68
Day 6:The Shining - pages 69 - 348
Day 7:The Shining - pages 348 - 499
*Ebook pages!
This should be fun, I have4 7 day books from the library i have to read so count me in for 1200 pages for the week
I'm in for 1000 pages - hopefully more!Day 1: 143 pages. Finished The Key on the Quilt and started Shattered Silence
Day 6: I have been reading, promise! Started a little slow but catching up the last couple of days! 840 pages total so far. :) Finished Shattered Silence and A Heartbeat Away: A Novel since I updated last. What to read next???
I'm in too!!2012 National Family Literacy Week Read-a-Thon:
(September 10th to 16th)
Read 0/2000 Pages.
I'm game...... I'll try to read 1000 pages. Luckily I have read quite a bit today because of dr apps that were running late :-D. I'm assuming that you just count from today on books that are in progress
2012 National Family Literacy Week Read-a-Thon:(September 10th to 16th)
Read 752/750 Pages.
Day 1 Sept 10 - 360 pages
145 pages
185 pages
30 pages
Day 2 Sept 11 - 185 pages
165 pages
20 pages
Day 3 Sept 12 - 40 pages
23 pages
17 pages
Day 4 Sept 13 - 53 pages
53 pages
Day 5 Sept 14 - 20 pages
20 pages
Day 6 Sept 15 - 94 pages
94 pages
Read 224/2000No Beginning, No End - 217 Pages - 09/11/2012 - 5 Stars
Crazy Emma - 7 Pages - 09/12/2012 - 1 Star
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