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snoopcester Send a noteboard - 30/12/2010 10:51:55 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.
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2011: a year of RAFO challenges. Rebekah - 13/12/2010 10:45:30 PM 2775 Views
What do we win? *NM* Tavi - 13/12/2010 10:59:45 PM 1019 Views
Pride? A feeling of accomplishment? Rebekah - 13/12/2010 11:01:55 PM 1545 Views
Seems worth it. ? - 16/12/2010 09:51:48 PM 1572 Views
I demand pie! Myrdhyn - 22/12/2010 08:16:19 PM 1531 Views
That looks like fun ranagrande - 14/12/2010 12:50:54 AM 1559 Views
I like. Darth_Katie - 14/12/2010 01:08:36 AM 1645 Views
I think it says "challenge" Camilla - 15/12/2010 02:04:34 AM 1678 Views
Competition with yourself, then. Darth_Katie - 15/12/2010 03:52:13 AM 1642 Views
I refuse to watch film versions of books if I can help it Larry - 14/12/2010 01:20:21 AM 1575 Views
I generally agree, but sometimes the movies are better than the books. *NM* ranagrande - 14/12/2010 01:27:44 AM 944 Views
Most of my favorite books are unfilmable. *NM* Larry - 14/12/2010 01:40:04 AM 896 Views
Just like Watchmen! *NM* Craig - 14/12/2010 02:46:14 AM 916 Views
Yup. Darth_Katie - 14/12/2010 04:06:14 AM 1594 Views
I never watched that. Cockatiel of Doom - 19/12/2010 01:12:19 AM 1683 Views
You are a lucky lady. Darth_Katie - 19/12/2010 03:53:30 AM 1753 Views
Name one. *NM* Tom - 14/12/2010 05:07:36 AM 892 Views
Mansfield Park. Rebekah - 14/12/2010 08:36:23 AM 1704 Views
I'll name a dozen. ranagrande - 14/12/2010 10:32:04 AM 1670 Views
Not all of those are valid choices. Tom - 14/12/2010 03:32:55 PM 1660 Views
Also Big Fish. Craig - 14/12/2010 08:02:07 PM 1765 Views
I prefer the book version of that, by the way Larry - 14/12/2010 10:45:54 PM 1698 Views
Weird. *NM* Craig - 15/12/2010 05:47:21 AM 921 Views
Lots of poor movies there Larry - 14/12/2010 10:48:59 PM 1603 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 1082 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 1015 Views
Seems nice, I will try to do the half-dozen challange *NM* ursidae - 14/12/2010 07:32:20 PM 1054 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 1054 Views
Question: Can books count for multiple challenges? *NM* Great Lord of Chaos - 14/12/2010 09:34:28 PM 992 Views
Preferably not. But we can be tolerant if you're running out of time. Rebekah - 14/12/2010 09:49:26 PM 1561 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 1588 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 1612 Views
So... Kaldric - 15/12/2010 04:13:27 PM 1840 Views
A single book can count for many things... Jacob - 15/12/2010 04:17:59 PM 1705 Views
Oooh. This sounds great, count me in! Avendesora - 15/12/2010 12:38:39 AM 2022 Views
A challenge I'm toying with for 2011: Tom - 15/12/2010 04:00:36 AM 1738 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 1656 Views
I'm in. *NM* Missa Sedai - 15/12/2010 05:20:04 AM 914 Views
Hmm, exciting BlackAdder - 15/12/2010 08:10:50 AM 1914 Views
A condition and an observation Camilla - 15/12/2010 11:27:29 AM 1643 Views
Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian? Larry - 15/12/2010 01:08:04 PM 1783 Views
I liked The Road and No Country For Old Men as well. Jessie - 22/12/2010 06:23:23 PM 1653 Views
Is The Road really a western, though? *NM* Legolas - 22/12/2010 10:30:44 PM 948 Views
true. Not so much, I just always pigeonhole McCarthy as a westernish writer. *NM* Jessie - 25/12/2010 02:20:54 AM 842 Views
Karl May? Legolas - 15/12/2010 07:27:03 PM 1708 Views
I'm sorry, but I keep reading "Karl Marx?" *NM* Tom - 18/12/2010 04:51:40 AM 784 Views
Yeah, they're rather different. *NM* Legolas - 18/12/2010 01:33:23 PM 865 Views
Hm nossy - 15/12/2010 03:15:50 PM 1753 Views
I've read a western. I'm counting that! snoopcester - 30/12/2010 10:50:46 PM 1820 Views
snoopcester - 30/12/2010 10:51:55 PM 1589 Views
You'd think two things here that aren't true snoopcester - 30/12/2010 11:56:22 PM 1654 Views
Re: <will watch interestedly as you play> Danae al'Thor - 16/12/2010 12:22:54 PM 1614 Views
I think you should try to do one challenge now issued by myself Larry - 16/12/2010 01:07:18 PM 1635 Views
Re: If I can afford it, then of course I'll read it. Danae al'Thor - 17/12/2010 12:35:02 PM 1683 Views
I am so doing this! ? - 16/12/2010 09:55:19 PM 1573 Views
Question: ? - 17/12/2010 01:56:50 AM 1736 Views
I think we can accept that. Legolas - 17/12/2010 09:05:55 PM 1815 Views
Ok cool. Thanks *NM* ? - 17/12/2010 09:34:30 PM 860 Views
Dirty half dozen and genre challenges for me Stephen - 17/12/2010 12:14:00 PM 1627 Views
I think that would definitely qualify. Legolas - 17/12/2010 09:07:28 PM 1648 Views
Re: I think that would definitely qualify. Stephen - 20/12/2010 12:45:42 AM 1648 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 1585 Views
I'm going for the 120 book challenge. Jessie - 22/12/2010 06:18:25 PM 1636 Views
I think you missed a trick here. Michael - 30/12/2010 09:19:20 AM 1720 Views
I think that one is always understood. *NM* Camilla - 30/12/2010 09:36:38 AM 1036 Views
I don't think it is. Michael - 30/12/2010 04:20:41 PM 1538 Views
Well. Rebekah - 30/12/2010 04:55:00 PM 1637 Views
More questions Camilla - 16/01/2011 08:39:01 PM 1551 Views
Re: More questions Larry - 16/01/2011 08:48:09 PM 1604 Views
Re: More questions Camilla - 16/01/2011 08:51:37 PM 1674 Views
Faulkner? Larry - 16/01/2011 08:58:12 PM 1629 Views
Hmmm. Maybe. *NM* Camilla - 16/01/2011 09:11:25 PM 1758 Views
Re: More questions Rebekah - 16/01/2011 08:57:51 PM 1640 Views
Re: More questions Camilla - 16/01/2011 09:00:23 PM 1646 Views
Hm. Rebekah - 16/01/2011 09:11:29 PM 1783 Views
Re: Hm. Camilla - 16/01/2011 09:13:50 PM 1570 Views
Rebekah - 16/01/2011 09:16:42 PM 1604 Views
Re: Camilla - 16/01/2011 09:50:09 PM 1920 Views
Re: Rebekah - 16/01/2011 10:09:10 PM 1717 Views
Re: Camilla - 16/01/2011 10:15:09 PM 1862 Views
Re: More questions Legolas - 16/01/2011 10:35:07 PM 1770 Views
I have read a Family Chronicle ranagrande - 18/01/2011 03:03:48 AM 1839 Views
Nice try. *NM* Legolas - 18/01/2011 06:19:48 PM 806 Views
You disagree? ranagrande - 19/01/2011 01:30:45 AM 1642 Views
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