Active Users:935 Time:31/01/2026 01:10:45 PM
Hm nossy Send a noteboard - 15/12/2010 03:15:50 PM
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.


I will have access to a ton of new books, so I'm fairly sure I can commit to this challenge.
Reply to message
2011: a year of RAFO challenges. - 13/12/2010 10:45:30 PM 2714 Views
What do we win? *NM* - 13/12/2010 10:59:45 PM 996 Views
Pride? A feeling of accomplishment? - 13/12/2010 11:01:55 PM 1484 Views
Seems worth it. - 16/12/2010 09:51:48 PM 1513 Views
I demand pie! - 22/12/2010 08:16:19 PM 1461 Views
That looks like fun - 14/12/2010 12:50:54 AM 1496 Views
I like. - 14/12/2010 01:08:36 AM 1578 Views
I think it says "challenge" - 15/12/2010 02:04:34 AM 1564 Views
Competition with yourself, then. - 15/12/2010 03:52:13 AM 1572 Views
I refuse to watch film versions of books if I can help it - 14/12/2010 01:20:21 AM 1517 Views
I generally agree, but sometimes the movies are better than the books. *NM* - 14/12/2010 01:27:44 AM 917 Views
Most of my favorite books are unfilmable. *NM* - 14/12/2010 01:40:04 AM 878 Views
Just like Watchmen! *NM* - 14/12/2010 02:46:14 AM 890 Views
Yup. - 14/12/2010 04:06:14 AM 1552 Views
I never watched that. - 19/12/2010 01:12:19 AM 1615 Views
You are a lucky lady. - 19/12/2010 03:53:30 AM 1685 Views
Name one. *NM* - 14/12/2010 05:07:36 AM 864 Views
Mansfield Park. - 14/12/2010 08:36:23 AM 1643 Views
I'll name a dozen. - 14/12/2010 10:32:04 AM 1610 Views
Not all of those are valid choices. - 14/12/2010 03:32:55 PM 1604 Views
Also Big Fish. - 14/12/2010 08:02:07 PM 1712 Views
I prefer the book version of that, by the way - 14/12/2010 10:45:54 PM 1625 Views
Weird. *NM* - 15/12/2010 05:47:21 AM 897 Views
Lots of poor movies there - 14/12/2010 10:48:59 PM 1540 Views
Yeah, I don't know how any movie could be as bad as that book. *NM* - 15/12/2010 08:06:20 AM 1051 Views
Wonderboys *NM* - 14/12/2010 04:49:47 PM 907 Views
I'm in. *NM* - 14/12/2010 10:43:14 AM 986 Views
Seems nice, I will try to do the half-dozen challange *NM* - 14/12/2010 07:32:20 PM 1027 Views
Question: Can books count for multiple challenges? *NM* - 14/12/2010 09:34:28 PM 965 Views
Preferably not. But we can be tolerant if you're running out of time. - 14/12/2010 09:49:26 PM 1488 Views
So... - 15/12/2010 04:13:27 PM 1779 Views
A single book can count for many things... - 15/12/2010 04:17:59 PM 1637 Views
Oooh. This sounds great, count me in! - 15/12/2010 12:38:39 AM 1968 Views
A challenge I'm toying with for 2011: - 15/12/2010 04:00:36 AM 1660 Views
I'm in. *NM* - 15/12/2010 05:20:04 AM 887 Views
Hmm, exciting - 15/12/2010 08:10:50 AM 1851 Views
A condition and an observation - 15/12/2010 11:27:29 AM 1578 Views
Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian? - 15/12/2010 01:08:04 PM 1714 Views
I liked The Road and No Country For Old Men as well. - 22/12/2010 06:23:23 PM 1593 Views
Is The Road really a western, though? *NM* - 22/12/2010 10:30:44 PM 923 Views
Karl May? - 15/12/2010 07:27:03 PM 1656 Views
I'm sorry, but I keep reading "Karl Marx?" *NM* - 18/12/2010 04:51:40 AM 760 Views
Yeah, they're rather different. *NM* - 18/12/2010 01:33:23 PM 838 Views
Hm - 15/12/2010 03:15:50 PM 1683 Views
I've read a western. I'm counting that! - 30/12/2010 10:50:46 PM 1759 Views
- 30/12/2010 10:51:55 PM 1524 Views
You'd think two things here that aren't true - 30/12/2010 11:56:22 PM 1590 Views
Re: <will watch interestedly as you play> - 16/12/2010 12:22:54 PM 1548 Views
I think you should try to do one challenge now issued by myself - 16/12/2010 01:07:18 PM 1575 Views
Re: If I can afford it, then of course I'll read it. - 17/12/2010 12:35:02 PM 1622 Views
I am so doing this! - 16/12/2010 09:55:19 PM 1512 Views
Question: - 17/12/2010 01:56:50 AM 1648 Views
I think we can accept that. - 17/12/2010 09:05:55 PM 1753 Views
Ok cool. Thanks *NM* - 17/12/2010 09:34:30 PM 836 Views
Dirty half dozen and genre challenges for me - 17/12/2010 12:14:00 PM 1571 Views
I think that would definitely qualify. - 17/12/2010 09:07:28 PM 1587 Views
Re: I think that would definitely qualify. - 20/12/2010 12:45:42 AM 1586 Views
As always, I won't succeed at the 50 book challenge, but the others... - 20/12/2010 07:05:30 AM 1524 Views
I'm going for the 120 book challenge. - 22/12/2010 06:18:25 PM 1585 Views
I think you missed a trick here. - 30/12/2010 09:19:20 AM 1666 Views
I think that one is always understood. *NM* - 30/12/2010 09:36:38 AM 975 Views
I don't think it is. - 30/12/2010 04:20:41 PM 1479 Views
Well. - 30/12/2010 04:55:00 PM 1582 Views
More questions - 16/01/2011 08:39:01 PM 1490 Views
Re: More questions - 16/01/2011 08:48:09 PM 1536 Views
Re: More questions - 16/01/2011 08:51:37 PM 1612 Views
Faulkner? - 16/01/2011 08:58:12 PM 1585 Views
Hmmm. Maybe. *NM* - 16/01/2011 09:11:25 PM 1693 Views
Re: More questions - 16/01/2011 08:57:51 PM 1571 Views
Re: More questions - 16/01/2011 09:00:23 PM 1573 Views
Hm. - 16/01/2011 09:11:29 PM 1723 Views
Re: Hm. - 16/01/2011 09:13:50 PM 1517 Views
- 16/01/2011 09:16:42 PM 1548 Views
Re: - 16/01/2011 09:50:09 PM 1854 Views
Re: - 16/01/2011 10:09:10 PM 1651 Views
Re: - 16/01/2011 10:15:09 PM 1795 Views
Re: More questions - 16/01/2011 10:35:07 PM 1701 Views
I have read a Family Chronicle - 18/01/2011 03:03:48 AM 1766 Views
Nice try. *NM* - 18/01/2011 06:19:48 PM 782 Views
You disagree? - 19/01/2011 01:30:45 AM 1574 Views

Reply to Message