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After careful deliberation... Camilla Send a noteboard - 03/05/2011 01:44:08 PM
Half-Dozen Challenge:

Read one Sci-fi, one Fantasy and one Spec Fic book (i.e. three separate books, and they can be books you've read before, if you like).


I haven't really decided yet. I suppose I'll count Lies of Locke Lamora as spec fic. And I have been meaning to read Larry Niven's Ringworld, so that is sci fi. Fantasy... I'll leave that to fate. Maybe I can fit Mapa del tiempo or whatever it was called into the spec fic category, and shift Locke Lamora into fantasy. Time will tell.

Extra challenge for May and June: review one of the three books and share your review on the board.


:P
I keep meaning to write reviews. But I also feel guilty whenever I am taking time to write anything lengthy these days if it is not my phd.

Genre Challenge

Quite simply, just read one book from each of the genres below before the year is out. Rereads are allowed; it's up to you whether you choose all new books or not. I probably won't.

- Historical Fiction/Alternative History


Done: Quicksilver
- Western


I have a plan.

- Horror


Done: Pretty Monsters
- Mystery/Crime


Done: Murder of Roger Ackroyd
- (Auto-) Biography


I am reading several, but I haven't finished any of them yet.

- History


I think I am currently reading three of them. I suppose I will finish one soon.

- Family chronicle


Done: Brideshead Revisited (although I may find one that fits better later in the year)

- Allegory/parody/satire


Done: lots of Pratchett and Heart of a Dog.

- Surrealist novel


Not sure which one to pick here. I'm sure something will come along.

- Extra option for those who can: a novel in a foreign language


Currently reading two, and if I end up with Mapa del Tiempo for one of the categories this month, that will tick this box.

Are you on track for your 50 Book Challenge (or however many you chose)?


Yes.

And have you managed to read the book you've been meaning to read for ages? If so, what was it, and will you review it for us?


Hehehe. No. I had completely forgotten about that. I am not 100 % sure this will happen.
*MySmiley*
structured procrastinator
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RAFO Challenges for May and June: what are your choices? Rebekah - 01/05/2011 10:56:11 AM 1107 Views
Right. I have decided. Rebekah - 03/05/2011 12:59:32 PM 899 Views
So. Finished the first of my three. Rebekah - 09/05/2011 07:49:32 PM 866 Views
Are we the only two left doing these challenges? Also: I finished my first as well Camilla - 09/05/2011 07:53:18 PM 843 Views
Maybe. Rebekah - 09/05/2011 07:55:46 PM 896 Views
Re: Maybe. Camilla - 09/05/2011 07:58:03 PM 869 Views
Not at all. But it'll probably be for June, for me, Vanity Fair is taking a while. *NM* Legolas - 10/05/2011 08:11:02 PM 388 Views
No, I'm just wildly behind. Stephen - 10/05/2011 10:07:37 PM 937 Views
And I've changed my mind. Rebekah - 18/05/2011 01:52:16 PM 917 Views
After careful deliberation... Camilla - 03/05/2011 01:44:08 PM 1024 Views
I don't know what that means. nossy - 10/05/2011 05:02:15 PM 885 Views
I'm counting Summer Tree as spec fic nossy - 10/05/2011 07:16:15 PM 843 Views
I figure the idea is "spec fic" covers everything that's, well, spec fic, without being fantasy / SF Legolas - 10/05/2011 08:09:31 PM 825 Views
Huh Camilla - 10/05/2011 10:28:58 PM 910 Views
That was what I meant, maybe I phrased that badly... Legolas - 11/05/2011 08:53:14 PM 914 Views
Re: That was what I meant, maybe I phrased that badly... Camilla - 11/05/2011 08:54:52 PM 840 Views
I'd have to agree with Rebekah that e.g. The Time Traveller's Wife qualifies. Legolas - 11/05/2011 09:00:03 PM 831 Views
Gaiman's short stories? Camilla - 12/05/2011 10:54:59 AM 913 Views
Some of them would be, yes. Rebekah - 12/05/2011 11:12:05 AM 852 Views
Replay by Ken Grimwood. Rebekah - 11/05/2011 09:00:32 PM 878 Views
MIdnight's Children? jh - 11/05/2011 09:11:24 PM 937 Views
Thomas Ligotti. Michael Cisco. Algernon Blackwood. Larry - 11/05/2011 11:14:45 PM 993 Views
Indeed. Rebekah - 10/05/2011 10:37:51 PM 873 Views
I'm glad our fearless leaders are so sure. nossy - 11/05/2011 01:31:52 AM 975 Views
Speculative Fiction ranagrande - 11/05/2011 02:03:12 PM 901 Views
I entirely agree, evidently I phrased my opinion badly though... *NM* Legolas - 11/05/2011 08:55:00 PM 373 Views
Sure, I'll give it a shot. *NM* Legolas - 10/05/2011 08:10:04 PM 416 Views
Pure pimpage: In a few weeks, I'll have a story being published in an anthology that'd meet this Larry - 11/05/2011 11:18:17 PM 867 Views
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