NPF 50 Book Challenge

Jeneralissimo · 10-14-2006, 10:21 AM

Now that I have established that there are several other hardcore readers on the forum, I figured I would make another thread for those who wish to participate in the 50 book challenge. Remember this is a motivational tool. If you read more than 50, that's great. If you don't make it, you probably still read more than when you weren't keeping track. You can start whenever you want. Post when you feel like it. I will probably try to post at the end of each month. (I'll start in November, since I am partway in two books right now.) Try to include a little synopsis of each book so that others can see if they would like it.

Just a few things to keep in mind: don't post spoilers unless it's under a spoiler tag, and if you're going to write long reviews, remember to code them.

Shishio · 10-16-2006, 11:42 AM

I started this past Saturday with Animal Farm by George Orwell which mirrors real life so well (Despite the fact it's about anthropomorphic animals.) it's scary.

Fifthfiend · 10-16-2006, 11:42 PM

Stickied because eh, what the hell.

Roy_D_Mylote · 10-21-2006, 12:53 PM

What's this now?

Jeneralissimo · 10-21-2006, 05:56 PM

Well, it started with this thread, which has a link to the livejournal 50bookchallenge. Basically it is motivation for people to finish (or at least try to read) 50 books in a year.

Nathan_Rahl · 10-21-2006, 07:39 PM

i dunno. I think since the beggining of January i've already read 50 books. That's not including ones for school. I particularily enjoyed 'The Romanovs', a biography of the final days of the last tzar, and analyzes all the false claims of people who want to be Romanovs.

Shishio · 11-13-2006, 09:24 AM

Finished The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle today. Before that I read A Fine and Private Place by the same author.

Crashtester · 12-01-2006, 02:20 AM

hmmm, that sounds pretty awesome, I'll definitely take that challenge up.

RakkaQueen · 12-05-2006, 08:08 PM

Ok....I started. It sounds like a good use of my time, and if it's not at least i will enjoy myself.

Muffin Mage · 12-08-2006, 08:05 PM

I'll start on the first of the year. Keep it nice and dramatic, and particularly meaningless when I finish it in mid-July.

10-14-2006, 10:21 AM	#1
Jeneralissimo Happy quails come from California Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Neverwhere Posts: 682	NPF 50 Book Challenge Now that I have established that there are several other hardcore readers on the forum, I figured I would make another thread for those who wish to participate in the 50 book challenge. Remember this is a motivational tool. If you read more than 50, that's great. If you don't make it, you probably still read more than when you weren't keeping track. You can start whenever you want. Post when you feel like it. I will probably try to post at the end of each month. (I'll start in November, since I am partway in two books right now.) Try to include a little synopsis of each book so that others can see if they would like it. Just a few things to keep in mind: don't post spoilers unless it's under a spoiler tag, and if you're going to write long reviews, remember to code them. __________________ Hey, if they expected writers to know grammar, they wouldn't hire editors. ~ Fifthfiend *Warning: Long-time exposure to chat8bit has been known to cause severe brain damage, mental retardation, seizures, eyeball bleeding, violent fits, spontaneous combustion, death, reanimation, and a total disregard for physics. ~ RZ

10-16-2006, 11:42 AM	#2
Shishio Shyguy Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 155	I started this past Saturday with Animal Farm by George Orwell which mirrors real life so well (Despite the fact it's about anthropomorphic animals.) it's scary. __________________ One-liners - Come for the laughs, stay for the abuse. Updates every Friday. <TsukiGoKim> We like you, Shishio. At least, the masochistic parts of us do.

10-16-2006, 11:42 PM	#3
Fifthfiend for all seasons Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 19,409	Stickied because eh, what the hell. __________________ check out my buttspresso

10-21-2006, 12:53 PM	#4
Roy_D_Mylote Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: The sky. Posts: 1,030	What's this now? __________________ I hate roleclaims.

10-21-2006, 05:56 PM	#5
Jeneralissimo Happy quails come from California Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Neverwhere Posts: 682	Well, it started with this thread, which has a link to the livejournal 50bookchallenge. Basically it is motivation for people to finish (or at least try to read) 50 books in a year. __________________ Hey, if they expected writers to know grammar, they wouldn't hire editors. ~ Fifthfiend *Warning: Long-time exposure to chat8bit has been known to cause severe brain damage, mental retardation, seizures, eyeball bleeding, violent fits, spontaneous combustion, death, reanimation, and a total disregard for physics. ~ RZ

10-21-2006, 07:39 PM	#6
Nathan_Rahl GAR General Fisto Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ottawa, ON Posts: 65	i dunno. I think since the beggining of January i've already read 50 books. That's not including ones for school. I particularily enjoyed 'The Romanovs', a biography of the final days of the last tzar, and analyzes all the false claims of people who want to be Romanovs. __________________ TriadicBaton on XBL General Fisto pretty much everywhere else.

11-13-2006, 09:24 AM	#7
Shishio Shyguy Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 155	Finished The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle today. Before that I read A Fine and Private Place by the same author. __________________ One-liners - Come for the laughs, stay for the abuse. Updates every Friday. <TsukiGoKim> We like you, Shishio. At least, the masochistic parts of us do.

12-01-2006, 02:20 AM	#8
Crashtester Shyguy Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 109	hmmm, that sounds pretty awesome, I'll definitely take that challenge up. __________________ http://lettersandlines.blogspot.com/

12-05-2006, 08:08 PM	#9
RakkaQueen What ho and what not... Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: California Posts: 5	Ok....I started. It sounds like a good use of my time, and if it's not at least i will enjoy myself. __________________ `I quite agree with you,' said the Duchess; `and the moral of that is--Be what you would seem to be--or if you'd like it put more simply--Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise.' -Alice in wonderland