Have you always wanted to tackle War & Peace, Les Miserables or any of the other giant books that double as paperweights, but the page counts intimidate you? Join us for the 5th annual #ChunksterChallenge! It‘s structured with levels to help build up your stamina to take down those super-sized tomes and claim the bragging rights. Because the secret to completing the Colossal Chunkster is simple math – one page at a time!
#ChunksterChallenge2025
Amiable @ginakbutler I changed the names of the categories this year -- because who doesn't want to take down a COLOSSAL CHUNKSTER? 😃 12mo
Amiable In 2025, I plan to complete at least this chunkster:![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
Anna Karenina 12mo
Anna Kareninayouneverarrived I‘ve been telling myself I‘ll read this for a few years but never have - maybe this will give me the incentive to read it 💕The Count of Monte Cristo 12mo
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Amiable @youneverarrived I really liked that one, actually! It‘s very readable. And if I recall correctly, it qualifies as a Colossal Chunkster! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 12mo
Deblovestoread Going to try to read Les Mis this year with @TheBookHippie 🤞🏼 12mo
Deblovestoread And your post reminded me I did finish a chunkster this year. Will post soon. 12mo
Mollyanna One of my favorite challenges (although I didn‘t do so well this past year, a couple bitsys)! I‘ll have to look at my chunksters and decide. 12mo
TheSpineView I was going to read War and Peace last year. However, I kept putting it off and before I knew it the year was over. Maybe 2025 will be THE year. 12mo
TheBookHippie I love chunksters …shhhhh don‘t tell it upsets the peeps 🤣 12mo
Amiable @Mollyanna I hear you. I had 10 this year that would count: 2 Chunksters, a couple of Petites and a few Bitsys. I missed the big-boy level —just didn‘t have the attention span. 12mo
JenReadsAlot I skipped this year so will be back in 2025!! 12mo
Amiable @TheSpineView Start on Jan. 1 with a chapter a day! It‘s a lot more manageable if you break it down into tiny bites. 12mo
Amiable @JenReadsAlot Yay!! Do you have a specific one in mind? 12mo
Amiable @TheBookHippie Ha ha, right? There‘s nothing as satisfying as taking down one of the giants, though! 😀 12mo
JenReadsAlot Nope 😂 I stil have a couple days! 12mo
quietlycuriouskate I have a goodly stack (more of a pillar, really) to choose from. 😊 12mo
Amiable @quietlycuriouskate Nice! We‘ll whittle down that pillar to a tall post. 😀 12mo
Liz_M @LitsyEvents 12mo
dabbe Yay for this! I know I have 3 for this year: TOMBLAND for #ShardlakeSeriesBR, LES MIS, which @TheBookHippie is going to get me through (after already trying 3 times in the past), and JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR. NORRELL--just because. Hope I can do it! 🤩 12mo
Amiable @dabbe Les Mis was a struggle for me, too—thank goodness I‘m stubborn! I also am thinking about starting Robert Caro‘s mammoth works about LBJ. Although he‘s 89 and still writing the last one and I‘ll be really bummed if the series doesn‘t get completed. 😬The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson I (edited) 12mo
The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson IGinaKButler @Amiable I love this!! @Kelly326 and I are deciding on our Q2-4 picks, but we‘re starting the year withNapoleon: A Life 12mo
Napoleon: A LifeLaughterhp I totally failed at this in 2024, bring it on 2025! 12mo
Amiable @GinaKButler I think I have that book on my e-reader -- looking forward to hearing your and @kelly326 's thoughts on it! 12mo
Amiable @Laughterhp No worries-- “War & Peace“ will always be there. Waiting. Patiently. While staring at you in an inscrutable Russian way. 😀 12mo
Cuilin Reading Les Mis and some Dickens 🩵 12mo
daena I am thinking of finally jumping in and reading a qualifying chunksterThe Luminaries 12mo
The LuminariesAmiable @daena Oh, nice! That one is still in my pile. Would love to hear your thoughts on it ! 12mo
Amiable @Cuilin 😍 I really should tackle “Bleak House” at some point. 12mo
daena Bleak House is also on my list for this challenge @Cuilin @Amiable 12mo
Sace I‘m going to try to read more chunksters this year! 12mo
Amiable @Sace Hooray! 🎉 🥳 12mo
AnnCrystal 📚I'm joining on🥳👍💝. 12mo
Amiable @AnnCrystal Yay!! 🎉🥳 12mo
Read4life I‘m joining again! 💙💙💙 12mo
Amiable @Read4life Yippee!! Welcome back! 12mo
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