Did you succeed with all you were doing?
The Not-So-Dirty Half Dozen Challenge.
The Tasks:
1. Read a work of Classic literature - one you've never read before.
The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
2. Read a book by an author from a country you've not read a book from before.
Slightly cheated here. I'm counting Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami because although I've read a few Kazuo Ishiguro books before Ishiguro is tempermentally British.
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).
The Drowned World for SciFi, aDwD for Fantasy, and Fahrenheit 451 for Spec Fic.
4. Read a graphic novel, a play or a collection of poetry you've not read before.
Oedipus Rex for the play, Traansmetropolitan for the graphic novel, not enough poetry.
5. Read a book and then watch a film of that book (again, you can have read the book before).
Somehow never did this.
6. Read a non-fiction book you've not read before.
Eh, should have done it.
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
Soulless by Gail Carriger.
- Western
Nope
- Horror
Pass
- Mystery
Maltese Falcon by Dashiel Hammett
- (Auto-) Biography
No
- History
Nope.
- Family chronicle
I'm counting the Tiger's Wife although that's slightly cheating.
- Allegory/parody/satire
Cat's Cradle.
- Surrealist novel
The Crying of Lot 49
- Extra option for those who can: a novel in a foreign language
Old Favourite:
The 50 Book Challenge. Says it all, really.
Stopped counting in July. I'm guessing around 30-35 which seems to be my average.
If you're an extra-speedy reader then make it 100 books. List 'em all, starting from January.
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 the post that will be made on 1 January and then read it sometime in 2011.
Probably did this. Half the books I read were ones I've meant to read since I was 13-14.
"I mean, if everyone had a soul, there would be no contrast by which we could appreciate it. For giving us this perspective, we thank you." - Nate
The 2011 RAFO Challenges: how did you get on?
- 01/01/2012 11:05:22 AM
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I achieved some and failed at others.
- 01/01/2012 11:32:00 AM
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Some interesting things in your list... a few that I really need to read.
- 01/01/2012 01:58:34 PM
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I really couldn't get into The Dervish House when i tried to read it.
- 01/01/2012 02:06:31 PM
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Re: Some interesting things in your list... a few that I really need to read.
- 01/01/2012 04:02:41 PM
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Not quite there.
- 01/01/2012 01:39:09 PM
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As the year progressed I didn't follow it as much, but I got most of them one way or another.
- 01/01/2012 01:43:29 PM
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