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Bah! These things never work. rebelaessedai Send a noteboard - 04/09/2011 02:41:18 AM
*In the interest of fairness towards our Antipodean friends, I figured it was time to balance things up a bit. For that matter, I can't speak for the rest of the Northern Hemisphere, but what with the weather we've had in Belgium, it might as well have been winter here too.

Anyhow. It's not only a new month today, it's also time for the next one of our six <a href="http://www.readandfindout.com/books/messageboard/179214/">RAFO challenges</a>, which is... *drumroll*

Read a book and then watch a film of that book. And then, you know, tell us about it. :P

I think this is a challenge that can be done in very different ways, perhaps even more so than the others. You can read a book that you already know, then watch the movie version you hadn't seen yet - or the opposite. You can take it as an excuse to just read and watch an old favourite again, in the speculative fiction genre or outside it. Or you can choose some less obvious case, with a movie that is more distantly related to the novel it's inspired by, like Blade Runner inspired by Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, or, why not, 10 Things I Hate About You inspired by Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew (yes, I did like that movie :P ). In short, possibilities galore and, I should think, also lots of possibilities for discussion - here or on the Movies board - of how well a particular movie succeeded in bringing its source book to the screen.

Don't forget the other parts of the RAFO challenge either, the genre list, and of course the 50 Books Challenge.

Anyway, bottom line: what's on the menu for this month, challenge-related or not? Do share.

I'll just share the last month with you. I finished City Without End and Prince of Storms by Kay Kenyon, the end of her Entire and the Rose series. Great story, definitely recommended. I read two arcs, Ashes by Ilsa j. Bick and Icefall by a guy named Kirby. Ashes is a zombiepocalypse-ish story and it was really good, with a fucked up ending. I'm desperate for the next book and the first isn't even out yet. And crap, I forgot the last one I read. Edit: oh duh, it was Asaro's Diamond Star, very readable and good but a bit underwhelming for the series as a whole.
Anyway, this month I am studying basic pathology while the US Open is on TV, since I can multitask at that and not so much with reading. So I'm reading Pathologic Basis of Disease by Robbins, which has my head spinning with neurons firing that haven't had use in a long time. :P
Atheism is a religion like abstinence is a sex position. - Bill Maher
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So winter* draws to an end, and a new Challenge steps up! Any good reads planned for September? Legolas - 01/09/2011 09:40:05 PM 1468 Views
I read slow. Nate - 01/09/2011 09:58:28 PM 1111 Views
That's a pretty hefty list of things to be reading at the same time. Legolas - 01/09/2011 10:06:02 PM 996 Views
I can never decide what type of book I should be reading, so I just do all of them at once. Nate - 01/09/2011 10:52:29 PM 1033 Views
Currently reading a few things Stephen - 02/09/2011 04:26:10 AM 996 Views
I will finish the Western book, and I also fell into The Scarlet Pimpernel Camilla - 02/09/2011 04:37:17 PM 1087 Views
I started Truman Capote's In Cold Blood Camilla - 10/09/2011 07:50:56 AM 983 Views
I'm just trying to find time to read Tom - 03/09/2011 05:29:39 PM 1031 Views
I am currently reading everything I can find. nossy - 03/09/2011 08:59:55 PM 960 Views
Well, you know what the next step is... Legolas - 03/09/2011 10:19:47 PM 1063 Views
Yeah, yeah. nossy - 05/09/2011 01:36:25 AM 1069 Views
Turns out maybe I should. nossy - 14/09/2011 04:12:36 PM 1015 Views
Current project: The Qur'an (in Arabic with translation). Legolas - 03/09/2011 10:22:40 PM 1072 Views
Re: Current project: The Qur'an (in Arabic with translation). Camilla - 03/09/2011 11:35:43 PM 1100 Views
I would think that would be a thankless and tedious task Tom - 04/09/2011 09:53:45 PM 1183 Views
I should've known you'd react that way, after your Luxemberg readings. Legolas - 04/09/2011 11:22:30 PM 1091 Views
Altering the Qur'an can and must happen Tom - 05/09/2011 12:33:03 AM 865 Views
I agree with Tom that it might be boggy nossy - 05/09/2011 01:19:13 AM 1050 Views
Read LeCarre's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy inbetween, but nothing else... oops. Legolas - 17/09/2011 10:29:43 PM 887 Views
Oh, that's a totally good idea! Rebekah - 17/09/2011 10:46:35 PM 938 Views
Wait, which challenge? Legolas - 17/09/2011 11:41:11 PM 1072 Views
Re: Wait, which challenge? Rebekah - 17/09/2011 11:47:07 PM 1049 Views
Re: Wait, which challenge? Camilla - 21/09/2011 08:42:42 PM 1390 Views
Yes Rebekah - 21/09/2011 08:44:22 PM 1029 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 21/09/2011 08:46:21 PM 1333 Views
Nice way of putting it. Legolas - 21/09/2011 09:08:36 PM 1065 Views
Re: Nice way of putting it. Camilla - 21/09/2011 09:10:01 PM 1114 Views
Now you made me realize I could do The Constant Gardener, too... Legolas - 21/09/2011 09:10:56 PM 910 Views
! Camilla - 22/09/2011 06:10:02 PM 1050 Views
It's possibly the world's most amazing cast ever. Rebekah - 22/09/2011 06:42:15 PM 1139 Views
Re: It's possibly the world's most amazing cast ever. Camilla - 22/09/2011 06:42:59 PM 1023 Views
Bah! These things never work. rebelaessedai - 04/09/2011 02:41:18 AM 1177 Views
I decided to illustrate current planned reads (and a few already finished) via pictures and dialogue Larry - 04/09/2011 05:04:11 AM 1197 Views
I finally started the book I've been meaning to read for ages ranagrande - 08/09/2011 06:01:31 PM 1014 Views
I read Dune for the first time last year, and it was not what I was expecting. Darth_Katie - 08/09/2011 06:45:22 PM 1153 Views
Dune was another I couldnt finish. rebelaessedai - 09/09/2011 11:26:08 PM 999 Views
Just finished Ready Player One. James - 10/09/2011 12:05:48 AM 1130 Views
Roight. Rebekah - 17/09/2011 09:34:34 PM 1082 Views
Lovely Bones Two Wongs - 21/09/2011 04:25:18 PM 1129 Views
That was pretty much the impression I get from the trailer and reviews, yes... Legolas - 21/09/2011 09:13:28 PM 1214 Views
Nail / head. *NM* Two Wongs - 03/10/2011 01:06:18 PM 416 Views
Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels *NM* Vodalus - 27/09/2011 04:17:50 AM 494 Views
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