RAFO Challenges for March-April: tell us your plans.
Rebekah Send a noteboard - 01/03/2011 09:56:33 PM
So, team.
We had fun with January and February's Challenge, and our members shared many great reviews of the books they read.
Following are the challenges for this twomonth.
The Not-So-Dirty Half Dozen Challenge task for March and April:
Read a book by an author from a country you've not read a book from before.
And for extra challenging goodness: write a review of the book for us to enjoy here.
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
And don't forget the 50 Book Challenge or picking up a book you've been meaning to read for ages.
And do tell us how you're getting on with everything!
We had fun with January and February's Challenge, and our members shared many great reviews of the books they read.
Following are the challenges for this twomonth.
The Not-So-Dirty Half Dozen Challenge task for March and April:
Read a book by an author from a country you've not read a book from before.
And for extra challenging goodness: write a review of the book for us to enjoy here.
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
And don't forget the 50 Book Challenge or picking up a book you've been meaning to read for ages.
And do tell us how you're getting on with everything!
*MySmiley*
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
RAFO Challenges for March-April: tell us your plans.
- 01/03/2011 09:56:33 PM
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Hard stuff. Any suggestions? Oh, it doesn't have to be in a different language does it? *NM*
- 01/03/2011 11:09:21 PM
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I already finished Persepolis. I now feel like I should read another one.
- 02/03/2011 09:07:06 AM
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I'd be interested in reading your thoughts on Children of Gebelawi or Palace Walk.
- 02/03/2011 07:06:37 PM
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Children of Gebelawi does sound very interesting
- 02/03/2011 07:08:12 PM
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Keep an eye out for "Children of the Alley" as well - it's the same book in another translation. *NM*
- 02/03/2011 07:17:44 PM
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Is one of the translations better? *NM*
- 02/03/2011 07:30:18 PM
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No clue, never read either. In fact all I've read is the first five or six chapters in Arabic. *NM*
- 02/03/2011 07:30:51 PM
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