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Well. Rebekah Send a noteboard - 30/12/2010 04:55:00 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.

We can rectify that in the official posts for each challenge. :)
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2011: a year of RAFO challenges. Rebekah - 13/12/2010 10:45:30 PM 2774 Views
What do we win? *NM* Tavi - 13/12/2010 10:59:45 PM 1017 Views
Pride? A feeling of accomplishment? Rebekah - 13/12/2010 11:01:55 PM 1543 Views
Seems worth it. ? - 16/12/2010 09:51:48 PM 1567 Views
I demand pie! Myrdhyn - 22/12/2010 08:16:19 PM 1529 Views
That looks like fun ranagrande - 14/12/2010 12:50:54 AM 1557 Views
I like. Darth_Katie - 14/12/2010 01:08:36 AM 1642 Views
I think it says "challenge" Camilla - 15/12/2010 02:04:34 AM 1676 Views
Competition with yourself, then. Darth_Katie - 15/12/2010 03:52:13 AM 1638 Views
I refuse to watch film versions of books if I can help it Larry - 14/12/2010 01:20:21 AM 1572 Views
I generally agree, but sometimes the movies are better than the books. *NM* ranagrande - 14/12/2010 01:27:44 AM 943 Views
Most of my favorite books are unfilmable. *NM* Larry - 14/12/2010 01:40:04 AM 894 Views
Just like Watchmen! *NM* Craig - 14/12/2010 02:46:14 AM 914 Views
Yup. Darth_Katie - 14/12/2010 04:06:14 AM 1591 Views
I never watched that. Cockatiel of Doom - 19/12/2010 01:12:19 AM 1680 Views
You are a lucky lady. Darth_Katie - 19/12/2010 03:53:30 AM 1752 Views
Name one. *NM* Tom - 14/12/2010 05:07:36 AM 890 Views
Mansfield Park. Rebekah - 14/12/2010 08:36:23 AM 1702 Views
I'll name a dozen. ranagrande - 14/12/2010 10:32:04 AM 1669 Views
Not all of those are valid choices. Tom - 14/12/2010 03:32:55 PM 1656 Views
Also Big Fish. Craig - 14/12/2010 08:02:07 PM 1763 Views
I prefer the book version of that, by the way Larry - 14/12/2010 10:45:54 PM 1694 Views
Weird. *NM* Craig - 15/12/2010 05:47:21 AM 919 Views
Lots of poor movies there Larry - 14/12/2010 10:48:59 PM 1602 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 1081 Views
Wonderboys *NM* Mark - 14/12/2010 04:49:47 PM 928 Views
I'm in. *NM* Camilla - 14/12/2010 10:43:14 AM 1013 Views
Seems nice, I will try to do the half-dozen challange *NM* ursidae - 14/12/2010 07:32:20 PM 1053 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 1053 Views
Question: Can books count for multiple challenges? *NM* Great Lord of Chaos - 14/12/2010 09:34:28 PM 991 Views
Preferably not. But we can be tolerant if you're running out of time. Rebekah - 14/12/2010 09:49:26 PM 1557 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 1584 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 1611 Views
So... Kaldric - 15/12/2010 04:13:27 PM 1838 Views
A single book can count for many things... Jacob - 15/12/2010 04:17:59 PM 1704 Views
Oooh. This sounds great, count me in! Avendesora - 15/12/2010 12:38:39 AM 2018 Views
A challenge I'm toying with for 2011: Tom - 15/12/2010 04:00:36 AM 1737 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 1652 Views
I'm in. *NM* Missa Sedai - 15/12/2010 05:20:04 AM 911 Views
Hmm, exciting BlackAdder - 15/12/2010 08:10:50 AM 1913 Views
A condition and an observation Camilla - 15/12/2010 11:27:29 AM 1640 Views
Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian? Larry - 15/12/2010 01:08:04 PM 1782 Views
I liked The Road and No Country For Old Men as well. Jessie - 22/12/2010 06:23:23 PM 1651 Views
Is The Road really a western, though? *NM* Legolas - 22/12/2010 10:30:44 PM 947 Views
true. Not so much, I just always pigeonhole McCarthy as a westernish writer. *NM* Jessie - 25/12/2010 02:20:54 AM 841 Views
Karl May? Legolas - 15/12/2010 07:27:03 PM 1706 Views
I'm sorry, but I keep reading "Karl Marx?" *NM* Tom - 18/12/2010 04:51:40 AM 783 Views
Yeah, they're rather different. *NM* Legolas - 18/12/2010 01:33:23 PM 863 Views
Hm nossy - 15/12/2010 03:15:50 PM 1751 Views
I've read a western. I'm counting that! snoopcester - 30/12/2010 10:50:46 PM 1817 Views
snoopcester - 30/12/2010 10:51:55 PM 1586 Views
You'd think two things here that aren't true snoopcester - 30/12/2010 11:56:22 PM 1651 Views
Re: <will watch interestedly as you play> Danae al'Thor - 16/12/2010 12:22:54 PM 1611 Views
I think you should try to do one challenge now issued by myself Larry - 16/12/2010 01:07:18 PM 1631 Views
Re: If I can afford it, then of course I'll read it. Danae al'Thor - 17/12/2010 12:35:02 PM 1682 Views
I am so doing this! ? - 16/12/2010 09:55:19 PM 1572 Views
Question: ? - 17/12/2010 01:56:50 AM 1732 Views
I think we can accept that. Legolas - 17/12/2010 09:05:55 PM 1813 Views
Ok cool. Thanks *NM* ? - 17/12/2010 09:34:30 PM 859 Views
Dirty half dozen and genre challenges for me Stephen - 17/12/2010 12:14:00 PM 1624 Views
I think that would definitely qualify. Legolas - 17/12/2010 09:07:28 PM 1646 Views
Re: I think that would definitely qualify. Stephen - 20/12/2010 12:45:42 AM 1647 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 1581 Views
I'm going for the 120 book challenge. Jessie - 22/12/2010 06:18:25 PM 1634 Views
I think you missed a trick here. Michael - 30/12/2010 09:19:20 AM 1717 Views
I think that one is always understood. *NM* Camilla - 30/12/2010 09:36:38 AM 1035 Views
I don't think it is. Michael - 30/12/2010 04:20:41 PM 1537 Views
Well. Rebekah - 30/12/2010 04:55:00 PM 1635 Views
More questions Camilla - 16/01/2011 08:39:01 PM 1549 Views
Re: More questions Larry - 16/01/2011 08:48:09 PM 1602 Views
Re: More questions Camilla - 16/01/2011 08:51:37 PM 1671 Views
Faulkner? Larry - 16/01/2011 08:58:12 PM 1628 Views
Hmmm. Maybe. *NM* Camilla - 16/01/2011 09:11:25 PM 1756 Views
Re: More questions Rebekah - 16/01/2011 08:57:51 PM 1637 Views
Re: More questions Camilla - 16/01/2011 09:00:23 PM 1643 Views
Hm. Rebekah - 16/01/2011 09:11:29 PM 1781 Views
Re: Hm. Camilla - 16/01/2011 09:13:50 PM 1569 Views
Rebekah - 16/01/2011 09:16:42 PM 1602 Views
Re: Camilla - 16/01/2011 09:50:09 PM 1915 Views
Re: Rebekah - 16/01/2011 10:09:10 PM 1715 Views
Re: Camilla - 16/01/2011 10:15:09 PM 1859 Views
Re: More questions Legolas - 16/01/2011 10:35:07 PM 1769 Views
I have read a Family Chronicle ranagrande - 18/01/2011 03:03:48 AM 1838 Views
Nice try. *NM* Legolas - 18/01/2011 06:19:48 PM 805 Views
You disagree? ranagrande - 19/01/2011 01:30:45 AM 1639 Views
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