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2011: a year of RAFO challenges. Rebekah Send a noteboard - 13/12/2010 10:45:30 PM
Hi Rafonauts

We've decided to set a few challenges for people to complete in 2011. Details for each are below.

The beauty of these challenges is that you get to choose your own books within the set parameters. If you'd like suggestions for books within genres just ask.

We'll do update posts every two months (you'll see why below ;)) so you can tell everyone how you're getting on!


The Not-So-Dirty Half Dozen Challenge.

The Rules:
Every two months you must complete a task. You'll have all of those two months to complete each task. (Thus Task One is for January and February, Task Two is for March and April, etc.) We reserve the right to change one of the tasks when we make the first post on 1 January 2011, but we promise it won't be the first task.

So.

The Tasks:
1. Read a work of Classic literature - one you've never read before.
2. Read a book by an author from a country you've not read a book from before.
3. Read one Scifi, one Fantasy and one Spec Fic book (i.e. three separate books, and they can be books you've read before, if you like).
4. Read a graphic novel, a play or a collection of poetry you've not read before.
5. Read a book and then watch a film of that book (again, you can have read the book before).
6. Read a non-fiction book you've not read before.


Genre Challenge

Quite simply, just read one book from each of the genres below before the year is out. Rereads are allowed; it's up to you whether you choose all new books or not. I probably won't.

- Historical Fiction/Alternative History
- Western
- Horror
- Mystery
- (Auto-) Biography
- History
- Family chronicle
- Allegory/parody/satire
- Surrealist novel
- Extra option for those who can: a novel in a foreign language


Old Favourite:

The 50 Book Challenge. Says it all, really.

If you're an extra-speedy reader then make it 100 books. List 'em all, starting from January.


And one more thing:

It's a good time for you to pick up a book you've been meaning to read for ages. Just tell us which book it is in the post that will be made on 1 January and then read it sometime in 2011.


Does that all make sense? Post comments, complaints and compliments below!
*MySmiley*

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
This message last edited by Rebekah on 20/12/2010 at 08:53:18 PM
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2011: a year of RAFO challenges. - 13/12/2010 10:45:30 PM 2438 Views
What do we win? *NM* - 13/12/2010 10:59:45 PM 822 Views
Pride? A feeling of accomplishment? - 13/12/2010 11:01:55 PM 1228 Views
Seems worth it. - 16/12/2010 09:51:48 PM 1271 Views
I demand pie! - 22/12/2010 08:16:19 PM 1201 Views
That looks like fun - 14/12/2010 12:50:54 AM 1240 Views
I like. - 14/12/2010 01:08:36 AM 1294 Views
I think it says "challenge" - 15/12/2010 02:04:34 AM 1285 Views
Competition with yourself, then. - 15/12/2010 03:52:13 AM 1324 Views
I refuse to watch film versions of books if I can help it - 14/12/2010 01:20:21 AM 1269 Views
I generally agree, but sometimes the movies are better than the books. *NM* - 14/12/2010 01:27:44 AM 734 Views
Most of my favorite books are unfilmable. *NM* - 14/12/2010 01:40:04 AM 715 Views
Just like Watchmen! *NM* - 14/12/2010 02:46:14 AM 707 Views
Yup. - 14/12/2010 04:06:14 AM 1295 Views
I never watched that. - 19/12/2010 01:12:19 AM 1376 Views
You are a lucky lady. - 19/12/2010 03:53:30 AM 1430 Views
Name one. *NM* - 14/12/2010 05:07:36 AM 698 Views
Mansfield Park. - 14/12/2010 08:36:23 AM 1394 Views
I'll name a dozen. - 14/12/2010 10:32:04 AM 1336 Views
Not all of those are valid choices. - 14/12/2010 03:32:55 PM 1363 Views
Also Big Fish. - 14/12/2010 08:02:07 PM 1441 Views
I prefer the book version of that, by the way - 14/12/2010 10:45:54 PM 1346 Views
Weird. *NM* - 15/12/2010 05:47:21 AM 714 Views
Lots of poor movies there - 14/12/2010 10:48:59 PM 1287 Views
Yeah, I don't know how any movie could be as bad as that book. *NM* - 15/12/2010 08:06:20 AM 865 Views
Wonderboys *NM* - 14/12/2010 04:49:47 PM 735 Views
I'm in. *NM* - 14/12/2010 10:43:14 AM 813 Views
Seems nice, I will try to do the half-dozen challange *NM* - 14/12/2010 07:32:20 PM 831 Views
Question: Can books count for multiple challenges? *NM* - 14/12/2010 09:34:28 PM 801 Views
Preferably not. But we can be tolerant if you're running out of time. - 14/12/2010 09:49:26 PM 1247 Views
So... - 15/12/2010 04:13:27 PM 1527 Views
A single book can count for many things... - 15/12/2010 04:17:59 PM 1400 Views
Oooh. This sounds great, count me in! - 15/12/2010 12:38:39 AM 1567 Views
A challenge I'm toying with for 2011: - 15/12/2010 04:00:36 AM 1376 Views
I'm in. *NM* - 15/12/2010 05:20:04 AM 721 Views
Hmm, exciting - 15/12/2010 08:10:50 AM 1602 Views
A condition and an observation - 15/12/2010 11:27:29 AM 1335 Views
Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian? - 15/12/2010 01:08:04 PM 1458 Views
I liked The Road and No Country For Old Men as well. - 22/12/2010 06:23:23 PM 1334 Views
Is The Road really a western, though? *NM* - 22/12/2010 10:30:44 PM 766 Views
Karl May? - 15/12/2010 07:27:03 PM 1407 Views
I'm sorry, but I keep reading "Karl Marx?" *NM* - 18/12/2010 04:51:40 AM 617 Views
Yeah, they're rather different. *NM* - 18/12/2010 01:33:23 PM 697 Views
Hm - 15/12/2010 03:15:50 PM 1397 Views
I've read a western. I'm counting that! - 30/12/2010 10:50:46 PM 1484 Views
- 30/12/2010 10:51:55 PM 1275 Views
You'd think two things here that aren't true - 30/12/2010 11:56:22 PM 1349 Views
Re: <will watch interestedly as you play> - 16/12/2010 12:22:54 PM 1294 Views
I think you should try to do one challenge now issued by myself - 16/12/2010 01:07:18 PM 1313 Views
Re: If I can afford it, then of course I'll read it. - 17/12/2010 12:35:02 PM 1340 Views
I am so doing this! - 16/12/2010 09:55:19 PM 1254 Views
Question: - 17/12/2010 01:56:50 AM 1420 Views
I think we can accept that. - 17/12/2010 09:05:55 PM 1503 Views
Ok cool. Thanks *NM* - 17/12/2010 09:34:30 PM 684 Views
Dirty half dozen and genre challenges for me - 17/12/2010 12:14:00 PM 1307 Views
I think that would definitely qualify. - 17/12/2010 09:07:28 PM 1361 Views
Re: I think that would definitely qualify. - 20/12/2010 12:45:42 AM 1345 Views
As always, I won't succeed at the 50 book challenge, but the others... - 20/12/2010 07:05:30 AM 1254 Views
I'm going for the 120 book challenge. - 22/12/2010 06:18:25 PM 1335 Views
I think you missed a trick here. - 30/12/2010 09:19:20 AM 1400 Views
I think that one is always understood. *NM* - 30/12/2010 09:36:38 AM 806 Views
I don't think it is. - 30/12/2010 04:20:41 PM 1237 Views
Well. - 30/12/2010 04:55:00 PM 1339 Views
More questions - 16/01/2011 08:39:01 PM 1246 Views
Re: More questions - 16/01/2011 08:48:09 PM 1280 Views
Re: More questions - 16/01/2011 08:51:37 PM 1345 Views
Faulkner? - 16/01/2011 08:58:12 PM 1354 Views
Hmmm. Maybe. *NM* - 16/01/2011 09:11:25 PM 1443 Views
Re: More questions - 16/01/2011 08:57:51 PM 1298 Views
Re: More questions - 16/01/2011 09:00:23 PM 1305 Views
Hm. - 16/01/2011 09:11:29 PM 1401 Views
Re: Hm. - 16/01/2011 09:13:50 PM 1257 Views
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Re: - 16/01/2011 10:09:10 PM 1398 Views
Re: - 16/01/2011 10:15:09 PM 1544 Views
Re: More questions - 16/01/2011 10:35:07 PM 1442 Views
I have read a Family Chronicle - 18/01/2011 03:03:48 AM 1496 Views
Nice try. *NM* - 18/01/2011 06:19:48 PM 632 Views
You disagree? - 19/01/2011 01:30:45 AM 1322 Views

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