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I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie: A Different Sort of Handbook for Readers | Lori Oster

Yes , I think I will try this challenge this year ! I have read #chunksters before, when I read War & Peace I got to the point I had goals of 20 pages every time I picked it up. Did finish it , did love it. Admittedly, failed on some of them too. The titles that come to mind , A Little Life and the third in The Outlander series, Voyager.
Thanks to @Amiable for hosting!
Is there a chunkster lurking on your TBR?

Amiable Yay! Do you know which one(s) you will try this year? I‘m working my way through “Anna Karenina” right now. 2mo

Leftcoastzen @Amiable yes! Should have phrased that better in my post ! Need to read A Little Life & Voyager, the 3rd in Outlander series. I was digging around looking for my copy of A Little Life 2mo

Leftcoastzen @Amiable I finished Anna Karenina about 6 years ago , I think? Liked it but I struggled at times , had to set a page goal on that one too. As I recall short chapters , so that helped. 2mo

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Amiable @Leftcoastzen Yes, short chapters in AK is making it easy to progress steadily. Plus the story is fairly engaging, which helps! 2mo

Amiable @Leftcoastzen I read “A Little Life” when it came out. That‘s a difficult read. Well written, but emotionally exhausting. 2mo

mrp27 Oh! I totally forget about Voyager. I have that one too I can add to my chunkster list. 2mo

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Avanders

What the Woods Took | Courtney Gould

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Quick book reviews!

Tagged (audio): slow start, excellent creepy horror, nice personal growth. Def read more by this author! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

5th Season: Excellent slow build epic fantasy; purchased 2&3 already. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Morris: #coffeebeanbookclub #cbbc quick read, fun fresh start, ghosts/spirits & murder. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Coming to you @Mommamanzi !

Also, more than doubled last yr‘s goal! This year? 36 - plan to read some #chunksters. ☺️

Happy 2025 all! 💜

Ruthiella You crushed it! Happy New Year to you! 🍾🥂🥳 2mo

dabbe 🤩🥳🤗 2mo

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Andrew65

The Evening and the Morning | Ken Follett

Starting off #JubilantJuly by listening to The Evening and The Morning.

A big book, which I am already 1/3 of the way through, but I still have over 16 hours of it to listen to.

#SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView
#Chunksters @Tove_Reads

TheSpineView Enjoy! 2y

Andrew65 @TheSpineView Thanks, am enjoying it. A big book though. 2y

CoverToCoverGirl I love this series. This was my favourite, so far. 2y

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Andrew65

The Evening and the Morning | Ken Follett

Started listening to The Evening and The Morning, the prequel in the superb Kingsbridge Series. At 24.33 hours it might take a while. Decided to re-read the whole Series. Hoping it will help me get back in a reading flow.

Can‘t wait for the new book to be published in September.

#SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView
#Chunksters @Tove_Reads

Cuilin I‘m looking forward to new book too. Loved this prequel. Sorry you‘re having a reading slump. I hate when that happens. 2y

CoverToCoverGirl I love Follett! I can‘t wait either.. 2y

TheSpineView This is a fabulous series!💙📖📚 2y

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Tove_Reads Wow! Was thinking about doing the same 😊 You‘ve been in a slump as well 🙁🤦🏼‍♂️🙁 I remember when we pretty much didn‘t sleep during the time we read these books some years back 🤣 2y

Andrew65 @Tove_Reads Yep wall to wall reading it was. Never remember a slump this bad. Like a stuttering car I get going again then grind to a halt. 2y

Tove_Reads A proper book depression then. Horrrible feeling! I usually need a quicker read to get out of one. And a fantastic one. Coben? Or a new series that‘ll draw you in. Ooh, Cork O‘Connor by William Kent Krueger! 2y

Andrew65 @Tove_Reads That is what I am trying, not helped by a lot of issues I‘ve had to help resolve at a school I was working with. Taken up all my brain power. Trying to build it day by day at the moment. It‘s finding the right new series. I‘m scouting books with red coats on the cover. 😂 (edited) 2y

Andrew65 @Cuilin @covertocovergirl @TheSpineView he always writes such great books. 2y

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dabbe

Untitled | Untitled

#TwoforTuesday
@Eggs 🤗🤩😍

1. My challenges are going so-so. Still trying to trudge through WAR AND PEACE for #Chunksters, still caught on last month's #AuthoraMonth. Finished (and loved) OLD FANCIES & NEW FRIENDS with the #pemberlittens. However, my actual #TBR shelf just sits there. I think I'm going to have to give up some challenges if I want to shorten my books on the shelves.
2. Time to whittle down my books on the shelves.

Eggs 💙💙 2y

Eggs @TheSpineView 2y

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Andrew65

April | Gabrielle Lord

Here‘s my April Reading Record :

29 books finished (which includes three short stories or novellas)
10,463 Pages Read
11 #SeriesLove2023 books @TheSpineView
6 #AuthorAMonth Books @Soubhiville
13 #ARCApril books
11 #Audiobooks
2 #Chunksters
Only 1 #OffMyShelves 😣

Soubhiville 🤩 2y

TheSpineView Wow! Great job! 2y

Andrew65 @TheSpineView Thanks 😁 2y

Andrew65 @Soubhiville I really got on a roll with Ruth Ware. 2y

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Bookish.SAM

Quinte West Public Library - Trenton Main Branch | Trenton, Ontario, Canada (Library)

After a bit of a freeze on book buying another #booksale #bookhaul !! 📚😬

I guess this is what happens when you restrict yourself 🤷🏻‍♀️

But at least it was another #supportyourlocallibrary situation.

#ilikebigbooks
#chunksters

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Clwojick

A Court of Mist and Fury | Perfection Learning Corporation

January was a savage reading month, thanks to the motivation of #Jumpstart2023, #JoyousJanuary, #20in4, #sharreadathon, #BacklistReadathon, and all the mini challenges that I‘m taking part in.

Stats:
💥118 total books
💥6 DNFs
💥 26 from #netgalley
💥32 from #chirp
💥 6 from #kindle collection
💥 20 from #scribd
💥 2 from my physical shelf
💥3 #chunksters
💥55 were part of a series
💥4 series finished
💥25 series started
💥 $35.29 spent on books

Lizpixie, Andrew65, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks, TheSpineView, TheAromaofBooks

TheSpineView Holy cow!!! Way to go!!🥳🥳🥳 2y

peanutnine Amazing 🤯 2y

5feet.of.fury Awesome! Did you love ACOTAR? 2y

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suvata Holy guacamole! Impressive. 2y

Clwojick @5feet.of.fury the first one was my least favourite, but still enjoyable. The second was my favourite, and the third following shortly after that. I definitely preferred Rhys‘ story to Tamlin‘s. ❤️ 2y

MrsMalaprop Savage alright! So impressive 🔥 2y

5feet.of.fury @Clwojick same! 🦇 2y

TheAromaofBooks Absolutely fabulous!!! 2y

Sargar114 Wow 😮 🤩 2y

Julsmarshall Amazing! 2y

Andrew65 I‘m repeating Lisa @TheSpineView Holy cow! We are not worthy! 2y

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AllDebooks

The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot | Robert Macfarlane

#JoyousJanuary

I completely forgot to update on Monday. I finished Demon Copperhead and David Copperfield, a result in itself #chunksters
Bailed on An intro to English poetry 😴
Still dipping into Holly McNish's delicious anthology and the tagged.
I did get distracted by 2 excellent #Netgalley reads Weyward and The wheel of the year.

All on all, a success. Although the journal still awaits 🙈

@Andrew65

Andrew65 That‘s brilliant, well done 👏👏👏🙌🍾🥂🥳🥰 I think we all get distracted at times 🤷‍♂️ 2y

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TheEllieMo

Dissolution: A Shardlake Novel | C. J. Sansom

I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join in if you want!

#ABookADay2023

dabbe I have read all of these, and they are WONDERFUL! Matthew Shardlake is the detective (actually a lawyer) with a hunched back (which is important in the books). The stories take you through the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII's reign all the way through the Tudor line. Fascinating history + mystery + detective = 🙌! These would probably qualify as #Chunksters, too! 🤣 2y

TheEllieMo @dabbe I‘ve read Dark Fire, and loved it, but for some unknown reason, for which I have no excuse, I haven‘t got around to reading any of the other books in the Shardlake series, despite loving mystery novels and the Tudor period, and in particular the Dissolution, being a period of history that has fascinated me for a long time. I didn‘t have this series in my #SeriesLove2023 list but I‘m going to add it now, I think this one will be my next read 2y

dabbe They are huge books, and there are 7 of them! ❣️ I might have to go back and reread at some point because they truly take you out of the here and now. I should have used the term “hunched“, but that's how Shardlake himself describes his condition, yet still ... sorry about that. 🫢 2y

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