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I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie
I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie: A Different Sort of Handbook for Readers | Lori Oster
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I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie is not a reading textbook, it is a guide to help readers transform their ways of thinking about text. In straightforward, accessible language, Lori Oster discusses the most common habits successful readers share, and walks readers through steps anyone can take to make those habits their own. What started as basic handouts for Oster's students has evolved into a time-tested approach to helping high school and college students develop the reading skills they need to be successful both in the classroom, and out.
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shawnmooney
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suvata
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candc320
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🤣🤣🤣

Tamra 😂🤣 1y
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InkedBookworm13
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arubabookwoman
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#GB101020
I like Big Books, and here are only a few of my favorites (some multi-volume):

Life A User‘s Manual by Perec
The Raj Quartet by Scott
Buddenbrooks by Mann
Life and Fate by Grossman
My Struggle by Knausgaard (6 vols)
War at the End of the World by Llosa
The Sunne in Splendour by Pennman
The Kindly Ones by Littell
August 1914 by Solzhenitsyn
Palace Walk Trilogy by Mahfouz

Each of these kept me eagerly turning pages, lost in their world.

arubabookwoman Thanks for the tag @GatheringBooks. 4y
Tanisha_A Wow! That's pretty amazing 4y
GatheringBooks I loooove big books too!! What a great list! Awesome! Thank you soo much for reposting! 💕🧚🏼‍♀️📚 4y
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BarbaraBB Such great choices ❤️ 4y
LeahBergen The Sunne in Splendour! ❤️❤️ 4y
Leftcoastzen Need to get to Palace Walk & Buddenbrooks, Huge fan of Life and Fate & My Struggle , excellent list. 4y
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InkedBookworm13
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Saw this on Instagram today and had to repost it. 😍
#itsfunnybecauseitstrue.

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Chrissyreadit
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readingjedi
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They don't make books like this anymore.

Freespirit I love old books too.... 5y
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SW-T
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😂😂😂

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Reveurs
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Actually books and tea are a tie ❤

#pick3 @GypsyKat

GypsyKat Great choices! ❤️ 5y
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CampbellTaraL
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I do! I do!

I'm a relatively slow reader anyway so I don't worry about how much time a long book will take versus a shorter one. If the book starts to drag or isn't good, I know I can either skip ahead or stop reading, so no pressure.

Besides, a lot of non fiction science, and SFF, require longer page counts. Maybe that's why I don't give much thought to the length of books.

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@SilversReviews

RavenLovelyReads 🙋🏻‍♀️ i do!! 5y
SilversReviews Love your answer....thanks. 😊 And...thanks for playing and re-posting. 5y
CampbellTaraL @SilversReviews Happy Tuesday! 5y
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AnneCecilie
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Yes. I love getting lost in a big book, and most of my all time favorites are chuncksters #tuesdaytidbits

SilversReviews 😊 I prefer no chunksters. Thanks for playing and re-posting. 5y
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Balibee146
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Yup I love a sizeable tome!
#tyesdaytidbits @SilversReviews

SilversReviews 😊 😊 I like 350 or less...thanks for playing and re-posting. 5y
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AsYouWish
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Yes, if it is something I really want to read. I usually read smaller books, but sometimes you just have to read a big books!!!!

#TuesdayTidbits @SilversReviews

SilversReviews You do have to read BIG books at times. 😊 Thanks for playing and re-posting. 5y
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TheSpineView
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#tuesdaytidbits @SilversReviews

Of course! Good stories come in all sizes!

LittleBug Those are the best😉 5y
TheSpineView Agreed!😊 5y
Nu-Bibliophile Yes definitely! 5y
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jb72 Yes I definitely like to find a large book to read. 5y
SilversReviews 😊 Thanks for playing and for re-posting. 5y
TheSpineView @SilversReviews ☺ No worries! 5y
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ShananigansReads
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I like big books and I cannot lie or yes 😂
#TuesdayTidbits @SilversReviews

SilversReviews Love your comment. 😊 Thanks for playing and re-posting. 5y
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InBooksILive
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#Day5. These are all my #BIGBooks 😊 the bigger the better, I say!
#31BookPics @howjessreads

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EadieB
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Day 5 - #bigbooks #31bookpics

I will probably finish my 200 book goal by the end of October so in November and December I can read some of my Big Books in order to help me with my 100,000 pages goal for this year. So far I have read 71,121 pages and 182 books. I read 4 or 5 books a week so I think I can make both my goals.

kspenmoll 🙌🏻🙌🏻 6y
erzascarletbookgasm Wow. 👏 You can do it! 6y
EadieB @erzascarletbookgasm Thanks for your confidence in me! 6y
Reecaspieces NICE STACK! 6y
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Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures
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A friend of mine posted this on her Facebook. I couldn‘t not share it! #booklove #babygotbook

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TheKidUpstairs
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2BR02B 😆😆 6y
Cinfhen Perfect 🎵😃 6y
CindyMyLifeIsLit ❤️❤️❤️😂😂 6y
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BarbaraBB Great 😂😍 6y
KristinaRay 😂 I love it!!! 6y
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I missed the first few minutes because I couldn't find the channel and assumed I had missed it. But yay! Loving this! Plus I got to see Pillars of the Earth! One of my most recent read books!

Cortg I rarely watch TV and it would take me 1/2 the show to find the channel I was looking for. Then, our cable company came out with a voice remote so I can say “PBS” and it goes right to the channel. Amazing! 6y
TheFunkyBookworm Omg the same thing happened to me! I missed the first 10 min searching for the channel 😂😂😂 6y
knittedgnome @TheFunkyBookworm so frustrating!! But it was so fun to watch! 6y
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knittedgnome @Cortg oh that's awesome! I'm not much of a tv person and get so annoyed looking for something to watch. 6y
RadicalReader @knittedgnome channel surfing much more fun than frantic channel searching 6y
knittedgnome @RadicalReader yes!!! I don't watch much TV and am not familiar with what channel is what so I was freaking out! 6y
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GripLitGrl
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#GetMovin #thatswhatilike @Cinfhen @eanderson
I just had to go for a with the funny on this one😄😄

Cinfhen Love it 😜#SirMixAlot 6y
eanderson Yes!!! I love this!!! 6y
SandyW Ack! Earworm! 6y
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vkois88
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This will forever be #somethingfunny 😂😂😂 #HopIntoSpring @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

**Picture taken from Pinterest**

rather_be_reading love pinterest! 6y
GripLitGrl Love this❣❣❣😂 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 6y
vkois88 @rather_be_reading it's my second favorite app! @GripLitGrl @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 😘😘😘❤❤❤ This never fails to make to smile. 6y
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Check out this fantastic article by fellow Nashville-area Litten @HeatherBookNerd !! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 She‘s awesome (I recommend following her if you‘re not already)!

https://bookriot.com/2018/03/12/how-to-tackle-giant-books/

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HeatherBookNerd
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I got the idea for this post when I met up with my Nashville Littens earlier this year. @britt_brooke mentioned doing an Infinite Jest buddy read and it got me to thinking about how big books can be challenging. So thanks to her and the rest of the cool women that day for all the great book talk. We need to have another #nashvillemeetup soon!

https://bookriot.com/2018/03/12/how-to-tackle-giant-books/

@LouLouLane @mom2bugnbee @Booksnchill

Soubhiville I‘d love to try to make the next one! I‘m in Knoxville. 6y
LouLouLane I was going to send an email out this week to see if we can pick a date for another get together. It‘s been too long! 6y
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LouLouLane Oh and love the idea of a buddy read! 6y
britt_brooke This just made my day! 🤗 Great article and good advice! Infinite Jest was long, hard, and complicated. Being able to discuss with @JenP (our host), @LeahBergen, and several others was such an amazing experience. 6y
Booksnchill @louloulane I am up for both! 6y
LeahBergen @britt_brooke I feel like I can take on ANY huge read after our victory over that one. 😆😆 6y
britt_brooke @LeahBergen That‘s no lie!! 😆🙌🏻 6y
JenP @britt_brooke aw, I feel the same way. I wouldn‘t never have made it through the book without all of you! 6y
HeatherBookNerd @britt_brooke I remember what an impact that #infinitejestbuddyread had on you when you told us about it. I love how people share books and reading experiences ❤️ That‘s why Litsy is so awesome. 6y
Cortg Yay! I love this! 6y
mom2bugnbee Yes! Yes, we do! 😘 6y
mom2bugnbee Just read your article - great stuff, Heather! 6y
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knittedgnome
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I have a good friend that has an Etsy shop. When she posted this I knew I had to have one. I had a cutsy picture of it at then used bookstore where I work but I can't get that to post. Perfect for toting my stuff and books to work!

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Too good not to share. I think I saw it on pinterest or fb

TheWhiteHatter OMG this is so great lol 6y
PurpleyPumpkin Hilarious! First time I‘ve seen/read all the “lyrics.” Thanks for sharing!👍🏽 6y
Allkat Love that! 6y
Lyn-Mara 😅😂😅😂😅 6y
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LeslieO
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True. And small books. And medium books. Basically all sizes. #christmaspresent #ilovetotebags

LittleMummyMe That's a great bag 👍 6y
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Tanisha_A
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😂 Bang on!

Laura317 I just rapped this to my coworkers. Can‘t. Stop. Laughing. 6y
minkyb I am belting this out in my kitchen. I think my husband is calling an ambulance! 🤣🤣🤣 6y
Tanisha_A @Laura317, @minkyb You guys! 😂 6y
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BookBabe
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Flo: “It‘s a VERY big book.”
😂🙌🏻

#OmnivorousReadersBookClub

Sydsavvy That's great!!! 😂😂😂 6y
RadicalReader @BookBabe give It a run for the money 😂 6y
[DELETED] 3803335244 I haven‘t even meet Flo but I love her! She‘s awesome, that is one huge book! 6y
Cortg Fun! I had someone walk into our library recently and see the oversized book section that we relocated. They asked if they could check them out and their jaw about fell to the floor when we said “Yes! Of course!” Big books are fun! 6y
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