I'm having a little break today from Shakespeare (though I hope to finish my Woolf challenge later today). I've had a busy day going through finances and paperwork, which was a nightmare, so I thought I'd have a little kick about blogland, and via Allie I came across the "Chunkster Reading Challenge" where you read so many books at least 525 pages or more). I thought it would be great for me, however I've pulled some books off my shelf and come up with no less than twenty-one books I want to read that fit the criteria! I'm signing up for eight books:
For this level of challenge you must commit to EIGHT or more Chunksters of which three tomes MUST be 750 pages or more.And, the books I've pulled off my shelves, which I want to read eight or more of are as follows (largest first):
- The Shorter Pepys by Samuel Pepys (1669 pages). For the 'Books I Ought To Have Read By Now' / TBR Challenge / Off The Shelf Challenge.
- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1444 pages). Another re-read, the first time I read it far too quickly.
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (1426 pages). Also for my 100 Greatest Books Challenge.
- Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1194 pages). 100 Greatest Books, 'Books I Ought To Have Read By Now' / TBR Challenge / Off The Shelf Challenge.
- Bleak House by Charles Dickens (935 pages). 100 Greatest Books.
- Ulysses by James Joyce (933 pages). I want to read this for the Ireland Reading Challenge, too.
- He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope (930 pages). Also for the Seven Classics in 2012 Challenge and New Authors Challenge 2012.
- Tom Jones by Henry Fielding (877 pages). 'Books I Ought To Have Read By Now' / TBR Challenge / Off The Shelf Challenge.
- London: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd (829 pages)
- Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (822 pages).
- The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens (804 pages). 'Books I Ought To Have Read By Now' / TBR Challenge / Off The Shelf Challenge.
- Le Morte D'Arthur by Thomas Malory (804 pages)
- The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (675 pages). This is for my 100 Greatest Books Challenge, too.
- Vanity Fair by William Thackery (671 pages). Also for 100 Greatest Books, 'Books I Ought To Have Read By Now' / TBR Challenge / Off The Shelf Challenge.
- The Devils by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (669 pages). 'Books I Ought To Have Read By Now' / TBR Challenge / Off The Shelf Challenge.
- Midnight's Children by Salman Rushie (647 pages). Another one for my 100 Greatest Books Challenge!
- The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (637 pages).
- A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (614 pages). 100 Greatest Books.
- The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (609 pages). 100 Greatest Books.
- The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne (588 pages).
- Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (549 pages).
I'm glad you're joining in! I think this is one of the easiest challenges to accomplish since many of the books I want to read are on the larger side anyway. :)
ReplyDeleteWe have a lot of titles in common for 2012, which is pretty exciting. I look forward to seeing all of your thoughts on everything!
Same here, I'm hoping it won't be too difficult, and I've mixed some challenges up.
ReplyDeleteYou know what was interesting - looking at how many pages there are in some of these. Like, my copy of Don Quixote is a hardback and the paper is quite thick, on inspection. I was expecting a good 1000 pages, in fact, it's about as thick as my paperback War and Peace, and a lot thicker than Bleak House. Also expected Three Musketeers to be a lot longer as well!
Really happy to see you'll be joining in this year!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Wendy - I'm really looking forward to this one! :)
ReplyDeletegreat selection of books-I read all the Pepys Diary about ten years ago-I still have it and hope to reread it one day -reading it was an incredible experience-I have on my 2012 tbr list the Grossman translation of Don Quixote, Vanity Fair and Bleak House-I would like to read A Fine Balance also-I have read most of the other you listed-in most cases decades ago-I will very much look forward to reading your thoughts on these works-
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