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I don't think it is. Michael Send a noteboard - 30/12/2010 04:20:41 PM
I think a lot of people read a lot here, and are happy to comment in other people's threads, but that is quite different to actually posting a review. The vast bulk of reviews are posted by the same few names, and it can be quite daunting to post a review if your not one of the regulars. I was quite nervous about posting a review for the first time, and I can imagine others are.

I think that explicitly encouraging people to post reviews is a positive, and incorporating that as a reading challenge would have been a good idea. The only part of the site where there is frequent explicit encouragement to post reviews is over on Books and Tv, because Jens takes every opportunity to remind people.

As I say, I feel a trick was missed.
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2011: a year of RAFO challenges. Rebekah - 13/12/2010 10:45:30 PM 2288 Views
What do we win? *NM* Tavi - 13/12/2010 10:59:45 PM 753 Views
Pride? A feeling of accomplishment? Rebekah - 13/12/2010 11:01:55 PM 1059 Views
Seems worth it. ? - 16/12/2010 09:51:48 PM 1123 Views
I demand pie! Myrdhyn - 22/12/2010 08:16:19 PM 1047 Views
That looks like fun ranagrande - 14/12/2010 12:50:54 AM 1082 Views
I like. Darth_Katie - 14/12/2010 01:08:36 AM 1128 Views
I think it says "challenge" Camilla - 15/12/2010 02:04:34 AM 1128 Views
Competition with yourself, then. Darth_Katie - 15/12/2010 03:52:13 AM 1176 Views
I refuse to watch film versions of books if I can help it Larry - 14/12/2010 01:20:21 AM 1105 Views
I generally agree, but sometimes the movies are better than the books. *NM* ranagrande - 14/12/2010 01:27:44 AM 664 Views
Most of my favorite books are unfilmable. *NM* Larry - 14/12/2010 01:40:04 AM 639 Views
Just like Watchmen! *NM* Craig - 14/12/2010 02:46:14 AM 629 Views
Yup. Darth_Katie - 14/12/2010 04:06:14 AM 1150 Views
I never watched that. Cockatiel of Doom - 19/12/2010 01:12:19 AM 1216 Views
You are a lucky lady. Darth_Katie - 19/12/2010 03:53:30 AM 1255 Views
Name one. *NM* Tom - 14/12/2010 05:07:36 AM 627 Views
Mansfield Park. Rebekah - 14/12/2010 08:36:23 AM 1235 Views
I'll name a dozen. ranagrande - 14/12/2010 10:32:04 AM 1186 Views
Not all of those are valid choices. Tom - 14/12/2010 03:32:55 PM 1212 Views
Also Big Fish. Craig - 14/12/2010 08:02:07 PM 1273 Views
I prefer the book version of that, by the way Larry - 14/12/2010 10:45:54 PM 1181 Views
Weird. *NM* Craig - 15/12/2010 05:47:21 AM 637 Views
Lots of poor movies there Larry - 14/12/2010 10:48:59 PM 1133 Views
Yeah, I don't know how any movie could be as bad as that book. *NM* BlackAdder - 15/12/2010 08:06:20 AM 785 Views
Wonderboys *NM* Mark - 14/12/2010 04:49:47 PM 650 Views
I'm in. *NM* Camilla - 14/12/2010 10:43:14 AM 742 Views
Seems nice, I will try to do the half-dozen challange *NM* ursidae - 14/12/2010 07:32:20 PM 769 Views
This is a really good idea. I like the challenges. I wonder if I can be arsed to do one. Or more. *NM* M & M Maddy - 14/12/2010 08:23:42 PM 795 Views
Question: Can books count for multiple challenges? *NM* Great Lord of Chaos - 14/12/2010 09:34:28 PM 730 Views
Preferably not. But we can be tolerant if you're running out of time. Rebekah - 14/12/2010 09:49:26 PM 1103 Views
But the challenge-books can count towards the 50 and the book you'd been meaning to read. Legolas - 14/12/2010 10:17:12 PM 1072 Views
Re: But the challenge-books can count towards the 50 and the book you'd been meaning to read. Rebekah - 14/12/2010 10:22:06 PM 1148 Views
So... Kaldric - 15/12/2010 04:13:27 PM 1377 Views
A single book can count for many things... Jacob - 15/12/2010 04:17:59 PM 1238 Views
Oooh. This sounds great, count me in! Avendesora - 15/12/2010 12:38:39 AM 1354 Views
A challenge I'm toying with for 2011: Tom - 15/12/2010 04:00:36 AM 1207 Views
Inspired somewhat by Tom's post, here's one I'm toying with for next year Larry - 15/12/2010 04:46:05 AM 1197 Views
I'm in. *NM* Missa Sedai - 15/12/2010 05:20:04 AM 638 Views
Hmm, exciting BlackAdder - 15/12/2010 08:10:50 AM 1456 Views
A condition and an observation Camilla - 15/12/2010 11:27:29 AM 1167 Views
Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian? Larry - 15/12/2010 01:08:04 PM 1297 Views
I liked The Road and No Country For Old Men as well. Jessie - 22/12/2010 06:23:23 PM 1160 Views
Is The Road really a western, though? *NM* Legolas - 22/12/2010 10:30:44 PM 692 Views
true. Not so much, I just always pigeonhole McCarthy as a westernish writer. *NM* Jessie - 25/12/2010 02:20:54 AM 588 Views
Karl May? Legolas - 15/12/2010 07:27:03 PM 1250 Views
I'm sorry, but I keep reading "Karl Marx?" *NM* Tom - 18/12/2010 04:51:40 AM 552 Views
Yeah, they're rather different. *NM* Legolas - 18/12/2010 01:33:23 PM 629 Views
Hm nossy - 15/12/2010 03:15:50 PM 1237 Views
I've read a western. I'm counting that! snoopcester - 30/12/2010 10:50:46 PM 1326 Views
snoopcester - 30/12/2010 10:51:55 PM 1127 Views
You'd think two things here that aren't true snoopcester - 30/12/2010 11:56:22 PM 1196 Views
Re: <will watch interestedly as you play> Danae al'Thor - 16/12/2010 12:22:54 PM 1139 Views
I think you should try to do one challenge now issued by myself Larry - 16/12/2010 01:07:18 PM 1147 Views
Re: If I can afford it, then of course I'll read it. Danae al'Thor - 17/12/2010 12:35:02 PM 1190 Views
I am so doing this! ? - 16/12/2010 09:55:19 PM 1096 Views
Question: ? - 17/12/2010 01:56:50 AM 1262 Views
I think we can accept that. Legolas - 17/12/2010 09:05:55 PM 1313 Views
Ok cool. Thanks *NM* ? - 17/12/2010 09:34:30 PM 605 Views
Dirty half dozen and genre challenges for me Stephen - 17/12/2010 12:14:00 PM 1139 Views
I think that would definitely qualify. Legolas - 17/12/2010 09:07:28 PM 1192 Views
Re: I think that would definitely qualify. Stephen - 20/12/2010 12:45:42 AM 1178 Views
As always, I won't succeed at the 50 book challenge, but the others... A Deathwatch Guard - 20/12/2010 07:05:30 AM 1089 Views
I'm going for the 120 book challenge. Jessie - 22/12/2010 06:18:25 PM 1172 Views
I think you missed a trick here. Michael - 30/12/2010 09:19:20 AM 1222 Views
I think that one is always understood. *NM* Camilla - 30/12/2010 09:36:38 AM 737 Views
I don't think it is. Michael - 30/12/2010 04:20:41 PM 1082 Views
Well. Rebekah - 30/12/2010 04:55:00 PM 1193 Views
More questions Camilla - 16/01/2011 08:39:01 PM 1092 Views
Re: More questions Larry - 16/01/2011 08:48:09 PM 1123 Views
Re: More questions Camilla - 16/01/2011 08:51:37 PM 1191 Views
Faulkner? Larry - 16/01/2011 08:58:12 PM 1189 Views
Hmmm. Maybe. *NM* Camilla - 16/01/2011 09:11:25 PM 1298 Views
Re: More questions Rebekah - 16/01/2011 08:57:51 PM 1143 Views
Re: More questions Camilla - 16/01/2011 09:00:23 PM 1152 Views
Hm. Rebekah - 16/01/2011 09:11:29 PM 1229 Views
Re: Hm. Camilla - 16/01/2011 09:13:50 PM 1111 Views
Rebekah - 16/01/2011 09:16:42 PM 1136 Views
Re: Camilla - 16/01/2011 09:50:09 PM 1463 Views
Re: Rebekah - 16/01/2011 10:09:10 PM 1226 Views
Re: Camilla - 16/01/2011 10:15:09 PM 1373 Views
Re: More questions Legolas - 16/01/2011 10:35:07 PM 1280 Views
I have read a Family Chronicle ranagrande - 18/01/2011 03:03:48 AM 1351 Views
Nice try. *NM* Legolas - 18/01/2011 06:19:48 PM 569 Views
You disagree? ranagrande - 19/01/2011 01:30:45 AM 1151 Views
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