BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! It's the return of the #Chunksterchallenge! 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.“ 😃
#ChunksterChallenge2024
Balibee146 I'm up for this in 2024....👍 1y
Ruthiella I‘m in! Brothers Karamazov, here we come! 😃 1y
Larkken Haha, maybe I can pick back up some slumbering chunksters and give this another go🫣 1y
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Amiable @Balibee146 @Ruthiella Hooray! 1y
Amiable @Larkken You can do it! 1y
AmyG I still need to finish last years chunkster! 🤣 1y
Amiable @AmyG One page at a time until the end! 😃 Which one were/are you reading? (edited) 1y
dabbe I like big books and I cannot lie ... 🤩 1y
Deblovestoread 2024 is the year of reading from my shelves including the chunksters. 1y
TheBookHippie I‘ve got so many 😅😂 1y
GinaKButler So excited! This is our lineup: Q1: Peter The Great; Q2: David Copperfield; Q3: The Source; Q4: Vanity Fair 🎉 1y
quietlycuriouskate Count me in! I have many to choose from, but first I need to finish this excellent one (about 200 pages to go).![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
The Eighth Life: (for Brilka) The International Bestseller 1y
The Eighth Life: (for Brilka) The International BestsellerWorldsOkayestStepMom I managed to read 5 books that were 500+ pages this year! I'm proud of myself! 1y
Amiable @WorldsOkayestStepMom Yay! Fabulous job! It feels so good when you finish a chunkster, doesn't it? 1y
Amiable @GinaKButler Ooh, depending on how things are going by Q4, I might hop on board with “Vanity Fair.“ I've been wanting to revisit that one for decades, ever since I read and didn't enjoy/understand in high school! 1y
Amiable @quietlycuriouskate Excellent! 1y
Cuilin Yay!! Still deciding but to start definitely readingThe Brothers Karamazov 1y
The Brothers KaramazovGinaKButler @Amiable we would love to have you join!! ❤️ 1y
Meshell1313 Yes! I loved it this year! Count me in again! 1y
Mollyanna I‘m in again. I‘ll start withDavid Copperfield 1y
David CopperfieldAmiable @Meshell1313 @Mollyanna Hooray! 1y
Morr_Books I'm in too! I'm starting with the chunksterMiddlemarch 1y
MiddlemarchJenReadsAlot I'm in! Going withPath to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson I 1y
Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson Ifredthemoose @JenReadsAlot Yay!! 1y
fredthemoose I‘d love to join! I‘m working on getting through a biography of each US President and a lot of those are really chunky. 1y
JenReadsAlot @fredthemoose oh I'm glad you saw this I forgot to tag you!! 1y
mom2bugnbee Okay, I'm really going to do this this year! I never did finish The Count of Monte Cristo, so I want to go back to the beginning & read it this year! 1y
PuddleJumper I'm up for this! I've got a few thick books I've been avoiding 1y
Amiable @JenReadsAlot Oh, I was thinking about this one, too! 1y
Amiable @fredthemoose I am also doing a presidential bio challenge! Well, I‘ve been slowly and casually doing it for years as the mood hits me, that is. I may do FDR or LBJ this time. (edited) 1y
Amiable @mom2bugnbee You can do it ! 👍🏼👍🏼 1y
Amiable @PuddleJumper @Morr_Books Excellent! Welcome aboard! (edited) 1y
fredthemoose @Amiable oh, great! If you think about it, please let me know if any you liked! 1y
Amiable @fredthemoose Are you reading the bios in order? I‘ve been hopping around as the mood strikes. Which is really not the best way to get the full picture of the history of the presidency, I fully admit. 😬 1y
fredthemoose @Amiable I mostly bounce around, although I did the first 8 or so in order a couple of years ago and filled in what I was missing from Truman through the first Bush this year. Now I need to fill in between around the Civil War and WWII. 😬 1y
Amiable @fredthemoose I just downloaded this one for FDR if you haven‘t done him yet:FDR 1y
FDRLcsmcat I haven‘t decided yet (I know - better hurry!) but I‘m in. 1y
Amiable @Lcsmcat No rush —you have a whole year to read it! 😀 1y
Lcsmcat @Amiable Well I know it won‘t be anything by Samuel Richardson. 😂 1y
Amiable @Lcsmcat Is there such a thing as PCPTSD— “Post-Clarissa Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder”? 😄 1y
Lcsmcat @Amiable I don‘t know, but if there is, we have it. 😂 1y
Bookwormjillk @fredthemoose the new James A Garfield bio was pretty good.President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier 1y
President Garfield: From Radical to UnifierBookwormjillk Count me in for 2024! Last year I made a list and read from that, but I think this year I‘ll track my chunksters and see how they fall out naturally. 1y
Amiable @Bookwormjillk Ooh, I read a bio of Garfield a while back —but this one looks really good. I was impressed by him and thought it was a shame that he didn‘t live long enough to complete his term. I think he would have done good things. 1y
Amiable @Bookwormjillk That‘s what I‘m going to do, too. After I finish my “official” chunkster, I‘ll be seeing what piques my fancy. 1y
Bookwormjillk @Amiable me too. At one point I determined that if I could go back in time and change history I would have let him live. 1y
Smarkies I am planning to do the Wolf Hall trilogy this year. Wish me luck! 1y
Amiable @Smarkies Oh, it‘s so good! Enjoy! 1y
rubyslippersreads @Smarkies What a great choice! I‘ve only read the first book, but would love to tackle the trilogy one day. 1y
Andrew65 I need to target the Chunksters this year so am joining this! I‘ll be starting off with the last book in the Kingsbridge Series by Ken Follett. This is a super Chunkster at 1024 pages. 1y
Amiable @Andrew65 Fabulous! Welcome to the chunkster crew! 1y
Andrew65 @Amiable Thanks 😍 1y
Bluebird I‘ll join this year! I‘ve got several chunksters on my radar for 2024. Currently readingThe Evening and the Morning 1y
The Evening and the MorningAmiable @Bluebird Hooray! More chunkster love! 😍 1y
Airykah13 I don‘t know how many chunksters I will get in this year, but I‘m in for the challenge 1y
Amiable @Airykah13 Excellent! Any amount of chunksters is a worthy goal. Just tackling a giant book is an accomplishment by itself. 🙂 1y
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