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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. :)
*MySmiley*

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
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2011: a year of RAFO challenges. Rebekah - 13/12/2010 10:45:30 PM 2904 Views
What do we win? *NM* Tavi - 13/12/2010 10:59:45 PM 1100 Views
Pride? A feeling of accomplishment? Rebekah - 13/12/2010 11:01:55 PM 1662 Views
Seems worth it. ? - 16/12/2010 09:51:48 PM 1679 Views
I demand pie! Myrdhyn - 22/12/2010 08:16:19 PM 1643 Views
That looks like fun ranagrande - 14/12/2010 12:50:54 AM 1666 Views
I like. Darth_Katie - 14/12/2010 01:08:36 AM 1755 Views
I think it says "challenge" Camilla - 15/12/2010 02:04:34 AM 1857 Views
Competition with yourself, then. Darth_Katie - 15/12/2010 03:52:13 AM 1759 Views
I refuse to watch film versions of books if I can help it Larry - 14/12/2010 01:20:21 AM 1685 Views
I generally agree, but sometimes the movies are better than the books. *NM* ranagrande - 14/12/2010 01:27:44 AM 1012 Views
Most of my favorite books are unfilmable. *NM* Larry - 14/12/2010 01:40:04 AM 963 Views
Just like Watchmen! *NM* Craig - 14/12/2010 02:46:14 AM 990 Views
Yup. Darth_Katie - 14/12/2010 04:06:14 AM 1704 Views
I never watched that. Cockatiel of Doom - 19/12/2010 01:12:19 AM 1838 Views
You are a lucky lady. Darth_Katie - 19/12/2010 03:53:30 AM 1879 Views
Name one. *NM* Tom - 14/12/2010 05:07:36 AM 963 Views
Mansfield Park. Rebekah - 14/12/2010 08:36:23 AM 1831 Views
I'll name a dozen. ranagrande - 14/12/2010 10:32:04 AM 1798 Views
Not all of those are valid choices. Tom - 14/12/2010 03:32:55 PM 1799 Views
Also Big Fish. Craig - 14/12/2010 08:02:07 PM 1877 Views
I prefer the book version of that, by the way Larry - 14/12/2010 10:45:54 PM 1804 Views
Weird. *NM* Craig - 15/12/2010 05:47:21 AM 994 Views
Lots of poor movies there Larry - 14/12/2010 10:48:59 PM 1713 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 1163 Views
Wonderboys *NM* Mark - 14/12/2010 04:49:47 PM 995 Views
I'm in. *NM* Camilla - 14/12/2010 10:43:14 AM 1094 Views
Seems nice, I will try to do the half-dozen challange *NM* ursidae - 14/12/2010 07:32:20 PM 1122 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 1139 Views
Question: Can books count for multiple challenges? *NM* Great Lord of Chaos - 14/12/2010 09:34:28 PM 1064 Views
Preferably not. But we can be tolerant if you're running out of time. Rebekah - 14/12/2010 09:49:26 PM 1671 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 1697 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 1735 Views
So... Kaldric - 15/12/2010 04:13:27 PM 1958 Views
A single book can count for many things... Jacob - 15/12/2010 04:17:59 PM 1821 Views
Oooh. This sounds great, count me in! Avendesora - 15/12/2010 12:38:39 AM 2152 Views
A challenge I'm toying with for 2011: Tom - 15/12/2010 04:00:36 AM 1866 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 1770 Views
I'm in. *NM* Missa Sedai - 15/12/2010 05:20:04 AM 997 Views
Hmm, exciting BlackAdder - 15/12/2010 08:10:50 AM 2034 Views
A condition and an observation Camilla - 15/12/2010 11:27:29 AM 1778 Views
Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian? Larry - 15/12/2010 01:08:04 PM 1926 Views
I liked The Road and No Country For Old Men as well. Jessie - 22/12/2010 06:23:23 PM 1765 Views
Is The Road really a western, though? *NM* Legolas - 22/12/2010 10:30:44 PM 1016 Views
true. Not so much, I just always pigeonhole McCarthy as a westernish writer. *NM* Jessie - 25/12/2010 02:20:54 AM 908 Views
Karl May? Legolas - 15/12/2010 07:27:03 PM 1817 Views
I'm sorry, but I keep reading "Karl Marx?" *NM* Tom - 18/12/2010 04:51:40 AM 854 Views
Yeah, they're rather different. *NM* Legolas - 18/12/2010 01:33:23 PM 937 Views
Hm nossy - 15/12/2010 03:15:50 PM 1869 Views
I've read a western. I'm counting that! snoopcester - 30/12/2010 10:50:46 PM 1942 Views
snoopcester - 30/12/2010 10:51:55 PM 1704 Views
You'd think two things here that aren't true snoopcester - 30/12/2010 11:56:22 PM 1771 Views
Re: <will watch interestedly as you play> Danae al'Thor - 16/12/2010 12:22:54 PM 1730 Views
I think you should try to do one challenge now issued by myself Larry - 16/12/2010 01:07:18 PM 1745 Views
Re: If I can afford it, then of course I'll read it. Danae al'Thor - 17/12/2010 12:35:02 PM 1797 Views
I am so doing this! ? - 16/12/2010 09:55:19 PM 1691 Views
Question: ? - 17/12/2010 01:56:50 AM 1863 Views
I think we can accept that. Legolas - 17/12/2010 09:05:55 PM 1929 Views
Ok cool. Thanks *NM* ? - 17/12/2010 09:34:30 PM 929 Views
Dirty half dozen and genre challenges for me Stephen - 17/12/2010 12:14:00 PM 1743 Views
I think that would definitely qualify. Legolas - 17/12/2010 09:07:28 PM 1763 Views
Re: I think that would definitely qualify. Stephen - 20/12/2010 12:45:42 AM 1745 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 1701 Views
I'm going for the 120 book challenge. Jessie - 22/12/2010 06:18:25 PM 1754 Views
I think you missed a trick here. Michael - 30/12/2010 09:19:20 AM 1843 Views
I think that one is always understood. *NM* Camilla - 30/12/2010 09:36:38 AM 1150 Views
I don't think it is. Michael - 30/12/2010 04:20:41 PM 1684 Views
Well. Rebekah - 30/12/2010 04:55:00 PM 1800 Views
More questions Camilla - 16/01/2011 08:39:01 PM 1672 Views
Re: More questions Larry - 16/01/2011 08:48:09 PM 1751 Views
Re: More questions Camilla - 16/01/2011 08:51:37 PM 1792 Views
Faulkner? Larry - 16/01/2011 08:58:12 PM 1737 Views
Hmmm. Maybe. *NM* Camilla - 16/01/2011 09:11:25 PM 1875 Views
Re: More questions Rebekah - 16/01/2011 08:57:51 PM 1749 Views
Re: More questions Camilla - 16/01/2011 09:00:23 PM 1772 Views
Hm. Rebekah - 16/01/2011 09:11:29 PM 1927 Views
Re: Hm. Camilla - 16/01/2011 09:13:50 PM 1700 Views
Rebekah - 16/01/2011 09:16:42 PM 1710 Views
Re: Camilla - 16/01/2011 09:50:09 PM 2036 Views
Re: Rebekah - 16/01/2011 10:09:10 PM 1840 Views
Re: Camilla - 16/01/2011 10:15:09 PM 1986 Views
Re: More questions Legolas - 16/01/2011 10:35:07 PM 1882 Views
I have read a Family Chronicle ranagrande - 18/01/2011 03:03:48 AM 1959 Views
Nice try. *NM* Legolas - 18/01/2011 06:19:48 PM 866 Views
You disagree? ranagrande - 19/01/2011 01:30:45 AM 1765 Views
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