The Not-So-Dirty Half Dozen Challenge.
1. Read a work of Classic literature - one you've never read before.
Since Camilla mentioned Spenser, I think I might go for another classic from Renaissance England: Milton's Paradise Lost (and Paradise Regained, I suppose). I did start that one before and read a good part of it, but didn't get halfway.
I guess if I add another one that I've started but never finished, two halves of never-read classics add up to one whole one, yes? Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, in that case.
And I'll probably read Dickens' Tale of Two Cities which would qualify as well.
Extra challenge for this task: write a review of the book and post it on the board.
But of course.
Old Favourite:
The 50 Book Challenge. Says it all, really.
Will do this, we'll see how many I end up with. Maybe it'll be a hundred (definitely if I keep up this pace, but I probably won't), maybe not.
And one more thing:
It's a good time for you to pick up a book you've been meaning to read for ages. Just tell us which book it is in this post and then read it sometime in 2011.
I suppose Paradise Lost qualifies... or I could give GGM's Cien Años de Soledad a go.
2011 Challenges: For January and February the challenge is...
01/01/2011 11:54:05 AM
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I'll play
01/01/2011 12:32:07 PM
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Have you read any Kelly Link?
03/01/2011 06:27:02 PM
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Re: Have you read any Kelly Link?
03/01/2011 07:36:28 PM
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We have two of her collections, yes.
03/01/2011 11:28:27 PM
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Both of those are available online (legally and free) as well (if anyone else wants to read them). *NM*
04/01/2011 10:07:58 PM
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Sei Shonagon's Pillow Book
21/01/2011 06:52:06 PM
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Let's see, what classic can I pick...
01/01/2011 01:39:53 PM
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A few questions...
01/01/2011 04:07:09 PM
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A few answers.
01/01/2011 04:31:24 PM
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Sounds good.
01/01/2011 05:14:26 PM
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To Kill a Mockingbird is, indeed, a great book.
01/01/2011 06:28:40 PM
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Re: To Kill a Mockingbird is, indeed, a great book.
01/01/2011 06:47:37 PM
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I have my own challenge.
01/01/2011 06:39:08 PM
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I found L'Étranger quite dull, but my French was very poor when I read it.
01/01/2011 07:45:27 PM
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Sweet. I'll knock out the family chronicle in a foreign language this month.
01/01/2011 07:41:37 PM
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I challenge you to help me!
02/01/2011 12:46:51 AM
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It's pretty much impossible to choose a best Classic. They're all so different.
02/01/2011 10:12:35 AM
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I'm going to...
02/01/2011 01:35:17 AM
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I'm in, I'll read "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
03/01/2011 02:38:48 AM
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That's a fun book. And yeah, that's kind of the idea, that people will inspire each other. *NM*
03/01/2011 05:57:43 PM
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I'm doing that too. Got it on my kindle and am 20% done now. *NM*
03/01/2011 09:28:28 PM
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Question on Genre Challenge
03/01/2011 03:31:28 AM
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We tried to get some less-mentioned genres, so makes sense, but you can interpret them widely.
03/01/2011 06:23:43 PM
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What would this count as?
05/01/2011 02:20:24 AM
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Man its weird being on this board again. Wacky.
10/01/2011 09:59:43 PM
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Hey Ryan! Long time no see, alright. How's married life treating you?
11/01/2011 09:51:48 PM
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