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Spunky Chunks
Spunky Chunks | Mary Ann Callan
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Spunky Chunks is a complete phonogram (chunk) word study program makes learning fun and increases fluency with poetry supports Academic Content Standards for K-2 teaches reading and writing strategies reinforces skills through self illustrating works in one on one, small and large group instruction benefits auditory, visual and tactile learning styles provides teachers and parents with lesson plans, games, reference materials, and the amazing self editing tool, Boom! Boom! Chop! Chop! Check. Check.
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julieclair
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To my utter amazement, I find myself currently enmeshed in various stages of FOUR different chunksters. How did this even happen? Hoping I can finish at least one of them by the end of February. 😳🤪
#AllergicToChunksters

TheBookHippie 😂😂😂😂😂 1w
dabbe You go, girl! 🤩😂😘 1w
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julieclair
Spunky Chunks | Mary Ann Callan
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In looking at my overstuffed bookshelves, I realized had quite a few books I would most likely never read, because I‘m “allergic” to chunksters, and continually avoid them. So I decided to challenge myself to read 3 chunksters this year. All are welcome to join me. My definition of a chunkster is any book over 500 pages long, but feel free to use whatever definition makes sense to you.

The rules are simple:
1. Begin reading a chunkster. ⬇️

julieclair 2. When you finish it, post using the hashtag #AllergicToChunksters , so we can all celebrate with you! 2mo
julieclair 3. Begin reading another chunkster. 2mo
julieclair I made a StoryGraph Challenge for those who would find it helpful: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/1b8466be-7818-4594-9d7a-1cf09bf... 2mo
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MatchlessMarie I love this and will (hopefully 😂) be successful in joining you. I have 2 that immediately come to mind, but I am sure I have more. Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky and House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski 🤞 2mo
PuddleJumper Joining! I've got a couple that I don't want to start because they are so long. I really struggle with stopping at the moment, I only want to read things I can read in one sitting which isn't always possible for a 500 page book! 2mo
willaful I definitely want to go more for quality than quantity in the new year. With the help of #Bookspin I've read a number of more intimidating books and it was worth it! 2mo
TheBookgeekFrau I love this! I have a few that have been collecting dust on my TBR shelves. Thanks for this hopeful dose of allergy medicine 😂 2mo
BookBelle84 This might motivate me to start The Way Of Kings ! 2mo
Meshell1313 Fun! I‘m down! 2mo
Born.A.Reader Oh gosh I have multiple books on my TBR that fit this description! I'm in! 2mo
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I‘m so in. I have at least 4 chunky books on my shelf that are giving me judgy eyes 😒🤣 2mo
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @PuddleJumper Same! KU has ruined my attention span… 😱 2mo
Enchanted_Bibliophile Excellent idea!
I'll definitely join in, as most of my unread books are the chunksters.
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PuddleJumper @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage 😂 😂 I'm cancelling my membership in January. I read a lot of crap on it 2mo
mcctrish I‘m in, I have a bunch I‘ve been ‘saving‘ 🤣🤣 (edited) 2mo
mcctrish And I sent a friend request on StoryGraph 2mo
mrp27 Great idea! I need to read my chunksters too so I‘m joining. 2mo
julieclair @MatchlessMarie @PuddleJumper @willaful @TheBookgeekFrau @BookBelle84 @Meshell1313 @Born.A.Reader @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @Enchanted_Bibliophile @mcctrish @mrp27 Hooray! So glad I‘m not the only one suffering with this allergy! 😘 We will support each other as we overcome our hefty tomes! 2mo
julieclair @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @PuddleJumper Y‘all are so right! KU is so easy. But not necessarily quality literature. 🤓 2mo
julieclair @mcctrish Thanks for the heads up about SG. The friend request didn‘t come through, so I‘ve now sent you one. 🤞 2mo
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @mcctrish @julieclair Sent some SG friend requests :) 2mo
julieclair @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage and @mcctrish We‘re now official SG friends! 🏆 2mo
Andrew65 Have joined the Storygraph challenge, just need to get my Storygraph account up to date for the last 2 months. 1mo
julieclair @Andrew65 Keeping all the book trackers current is sometimes a struggle. In fact, I have decided to stop tracking on Goodreads for 2025, and use SG as my primary tracker. It dawned on me that I was getting no real benefit from tracking on both. 1mo
Sace Add me to the list! I‘d love to tackle a chunkster or two. 1mo
julieclair @Sace Yay! Glad you‘re joining us! 😀 1mo
JenlovesJT47 I‘m the same way, I avoid chunksters because I feel like I could read 3-4 other books in the time it takes me to read it. I‘ll be joining you! 🙃 1mo
julieclair @JenlovesJT47 I feel exactly the same way. I‘m hoping that having an open-ended time line, without having to finish a book in any given month, will help me be more inclined to read them. So glad you‘re joining us! 😀 1mo
CSeydel I love chunksters but I keep getting caught up in book club reads or impulse reads and setting them aside for “some other time when I can really savor it” - yeah, ok. I have several that have been waiting patiently for years! This is the year!! 1mo
julieclair @CSeydel Same! So glad you‘re joining us! 😀 1mo
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LitsyEvents
Spunky Chunks | Mary Ann Callan
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repost for @Amiable:

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! It's the return of the #Chunksterchallenge2024! So many Littens took down a variety of chunksters in 2023 - let's do it again in 2024! The goal of this challenge is to tackle the giant books that intimidate us or that we put off reading because we are focused on that year-end book total instead. It's time to get them off the TBR!

Remember: “The journey through a thousand pages begins on page 1

Amiable Thank you, @LitsyEvents ! 13mo
Texreader @Gilly18 — Here‘s how to identify the chunksters! Fun, right? 11mo
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RebelReader
Spunky Chunks | Mary Ann Callan
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I'm spending the last few days of 2017 organizing my office, book shelves and picking the final books for my 2018 reading challenges. Here are 14 of the 15 chunksters I'm committing to reading for#yearofthechunckster. Not pictured is Rebellion by Molly Patterson which I haven't acquired yet!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I spy Greg Iles ❤️❤️❤️ 7y
Ashley_Nicoletto I loved Hearts Invisible Furies so much! ❤️ 7y
cathysaid A Little Life 💔 It's so good but such tough subject matter. I still think about these characters a year after reading it. 7y
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bookaholic1 Greg Iles, love them 7y
Dolly I just picked up A Suitable Boy today at the library. If no one hears from me it's because I fell asleep and the book fell on me. (edited) 7y
tricours I‘ve been writing a list for my 2018 challenge and noticed how it ended up being like 80% chunksters! Perhaps they just catch my eye more easily on my shelves... 7y
blondie I just did something similar! I need to finally read some of those bigger books on my shelves. 7y
RebelReader @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @bookaholic1 I have had the Iles trilogy on my radar for awhile. Time to get it read. 😊 7y
RebelReader @Dolly I laugh at your comment because sometimes the book does fall on my face! It just happened to @HoneyBaby recently too when she stayed overnight! We might not wanna read this one in bed at night! 😱 (edited) 7y
bookaholic1 @RebelReader I need to get the last one but will wait for paperback, easier on the hands 7y
HoneyBaby @RebelReader I was testing If I was ready to sleep yet!! 7y
RebelReader @cathysaid I resisted this book because I hate the cover, but I've heard all positive things about it so when I got it for $1 I bit the bullet. I probably wouldn't have picked up THIF either @Ashley_Nicoletto if all you Littens hadn't raved about it! Thank goodness for Litsy! 7y
RebelReader @blondie @tricours I love a big book and trust me I still have more on my shelves that I didn't include in my challenge. I guess I just don't want good stories to end! 😉 7y
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Sace
Spunky Chunks | Mary Ann Callan
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I are Chunk. I are goofy. I make @thequeerspiderwoman smile?

TricksyTails Hi Chunk! You are cute! 😻 7y
Leftcoastzen So cute ! Super Chunk! 7y
queerbookreader Omg Chunk 7y
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queerbookreader Is that really his name 7y
Bookzombie 💕🐱 7y
DebinHawaii He is adorable! Love his name too! 🐱❤️ 7y
LauraBrook Omg I love Chunk and I just met him! Give him some smooches and a squeeze from me! 7y
Sace @DebinHawaii thank you! 7y
Sace @LauraBrook I'd love to but he's afraid of everything. Eye contact sends him running under the bed. Until food time. Then he gets close and whores himself out for treats. 😂 7y
AmandaL 😻😻😻 7y
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