AllergicToChunksters

Moby-Dick | Herman Melville

Here are the 5 books I'm reading for #AllergicToChunksters as part of my #2026Reads. A couple more may be added but starting with these 5 and seeing how it goes.

Thanks to @julieclair for setting up this challenge, in the wings there are 2 more books that I could not fit into the Long Reads Workout 2026 Challenge I've setup on Storygraph. This workout is one of my #3BookChallenge2026 to (hopefully) make my reading next year go smoother.

julieclair This is a great list! 👍 12h

AnishaInkspill @julieclair thanks, listing is easy, reading on the other hand ... 😂 7h

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julieclair

The Queen of the Night | Alexander Chee

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Fascinating look at Paris in the last half of the 19th Century, as seen through the eyes of a woman who experienced life in all social stratas. The grit and the glamour, she lived it all, from circus performer to courtesan to famous opera singer. But even as a smart, talented woman, she was at the mercy of people - primarily men - more powerful. On the whole, a rather sad tale.

#BookedInTime #ParisBelleEpoque @Cuilin
#AllergicToChunksters

dabbe The spreadsheet has been updated! 🤩

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sLpOtIgy6SwJkyU0wwno2MN4YUbe0ldjPwSusW3g... 10h

julieclair @dabbe 💙🩵🩶 now

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So many thanks to all of the Littens who run @LitsyEvents. You are what keep us engaged and actively participating in all things Litsy. 💙🤍🩵

Link to the #LELH spreadsheet:
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TieDyeDude What an endeavor! Thanks for compiling this document 😻 6d

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🤩 Truly, Thank You Littens of LitsyEvents 💚🤍❤️. 6d

AnnCrystal And Thank You for this lovely spreadsheet 👏🏼🥳👍🏼💚🤍❤️. 6d

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I got the idea from Scarathlon; our fearless leaders would put all of the games on one spreadsheet so everyone could find them! Thanks, everyone. Let me know what to add or change! 💚🤍♥️ 6d

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Chrissyreadit 😘😘🎉🎉🎉 5d

Chrissyreadit how do i add? 5d

Lcsmcat Wow! This is a massive accomplishment ! Thank you so much! 5d

dabbe @Chrissyreadit To make it the same for everyone, I'm thinking I'll be the editor on this spreadsheet if that's okay. You can send me your info (email or text or #bbb), and I'll be sure to add it! 💚🤍♥️ 5d

dabbe @Lcsmcat TY! 💚🤍♥️ 5d

do-re-mi @ dabbe Thank you for taking the time to create this. So incredibly helpful! I'm bookmarking the G doc. 👍 📚 🌲 (Also, thank you to the person, or people, who post updates for Litsy Events.) (edited) 5d

Chrissyreadit just wondering about adding the staycation in time swap to list 5d

dabbe @Chrissyreadit Just put it on there! I posted the one from 6 months ago; when you do a new one, I'll change it! 💚🤍♥️ 5d

dabbe @do-re-mi YW! 💚🤍♥️ 5d

julieclair What an amazingly helpful idea!! Thank you, @dabbe ! 💙👏💙. Here is the link to the original post for #BooksToSavor , for inclusion in the #LELH spreadsheet. 2d

julieclair Original post for #AllergicToChunksters is: julieclair's post on Litsy https://litsy.com/p/WnFEQ1hvcDkz 2d

julieclair Original post for #ReadOrDonate is: julieclair's post on Litsy https://litsy.com/p/R2VnWlRXVXNP 2d

julieclair Original post for 2026‘s #MonthlyNonfiction is: julieclair's post on Litsy https://litsy.com/p/MjRRSHRmOUlF 2d

julieclair Original post for #ClearTheCozies is: julieclair's post on Litsy https://litsy.com/p/eVNOZWdmY0Fa 2d

julieclair Original post for #FictionalTraveler is: julieclair's post on Litsy https://litsy.com/p/cjZzcnVCYm1u 2d

julieclair Thanks, @dabbe, for including these links in the #LELH spreadsheet. 💙🩵💙 2d

dabbe @julieclair Got it; thanks! 🩵🤍💙 1d

dabbe @julieclair Got it! 🩵🤍💙 1d

julieclair Forgot to attach the #BooksToSavor link . 🤪 Here it is: julieclair's post on Litsy https://litsy.com/p/NW9Nako1djVO 1d

dabbe @julieclair Got it! 🤍🩵🩶 1d

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BarkingMadRead

Shirley by Charlotte Bronte, Fiction | Charlotte Bront�

Ok #hashtagbrigade it‘s about that time again! Our first book of 2026 is Shirley! Drop a comment below if you‘d like to join in! Anyone can join, but please know that my hashtags are often ridiculous and always chapter spoilers, so you should read the chapter before you read my post!

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BarkingMadRead @eeclayton @deblovestoread @julieclair @ruthiella @jenniferw88 @bklover @dabbe @peanutnine @willaful @cuilin @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @quietjenn @jewright @jacqmac @lapreader 7d

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Bookwormjillk I‘ll be there! 7d

kwmg40 I‘d like to join, please! 7d

TheBookHippie Me!!! 7d

eeclayton 🙋‍♀️ I've already borrowed a copy from my local library 🙂 7d

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 7d

JacqMac Me, please! 7d

Daisey I‘m in for this one! 7d

mcctrish I‘ve got an actual physical copy for this one, kicking off the new year in style 🎉 7d

ElizaMarie I‘m in!!!! Need to secure my copy now! 7d

Clare-Dragonfly I‘m always in for a Brontë! 7d

Ruthiella I‘m in! 7d

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 7d

TheAromaofBooks Another 500 page novel, why not 😂 7d

Larkken I've never read this Bronte, maybe this group will keep me engaged! I'm in. 7d

Bklover I‘m in! I have the same version you have. 😊 7d

BarbaraJean I own a copy and I haven‘t read this one, so: yes! I‘m in! @TheAromaofBooks 😂😂 Right?! 7d

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 7d

AnishaInkspill when I saw this I was tempted but withthe other books I've lined up for Jan, but I'm sorry to say I can't think of how I can read this as well and am happy to tag along or keep an eye out for your posts 6d

dabbe Count me in! Hey, we can all claim this as a #chunkster for @Amiable's challenge and #allergictochunksters for @julieclair's! 😍 6d

Amiable Yay for chunkster love! 🙌🏼 6d

Cuilin Yes. Definitely 💯 already have my copy. 6d

BarkingMadRead @AnishaInkspill do you want me to tag you in the daily posts? Or keep you on the tag list for the brigade? 6d

lil1inblue I'm definitely in for this one! 😍 6d

willaful @TheAromaofBooks bonus, perfect for the #AllergicToChunksters challenge! 😁 6d

willaful Looking forward to Shirley, it's the only Charlotte I could never read. 6d

Crinoline_Laphroaig I will attempt it. 6d

CindyMyLifeIsLit One of the few Brontes that I haven‘t read! Looking forward to it! 6d

rubyslippersreads I‘ve read this, so I won‘t reread. But please tag me, because I know I‘ll enjoy the hashtags. 😄 6d

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 6d

peanutnine Searching for a copy but count me in! 6d

quietjenn Yes, please! 6d

melissajayne What is the hashtagbrigade? 5d

BarkingMadRead @melissajayne we are an offshoot of the #pemberlittens we started reading Jane Austen during the pandemic and it turned into us reading classics. We read a chapter a day and I summarize each chapter each day with hashtags 5d

melissajayne @BarkingMadRead count me in. 5d

Tineke Yes, I'm in. I acquired my copy through Vinted. 5d

AllDebooks Count me in, please 🙂 2d

julieclair I‘m in! I found it on Serial Reader. And it will work perfectly for #AllergicToChunksters , as @dabbe and @willaful have noted! 2d

KAO Please add me in! 13h

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Chunky | Yehudi Mercado

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I‘m “allergic” to chunksters, so I tend to avoid them. But there are SO many great books that are chunksters! So, #AllergicToChunksters is back for another year! If you would like to tackle a few chunksters yourself this year, do join me!

My definition of a chunkster is any book over 500 pages long, but feel free to use whatever definition makes sense to you. If it scares you, it counts!

BarkingMadRead Ohhhhhh I love this! 1w

kspenmoll I am starting with Belle Greene 1w

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julieclair

Spunky Chunks | Mary Ann Callan

I‘m “allergic” to chunksters, so I tend to avoid them. But there are SO many great books that are chunksters! So, #AllergicToChunksters is back for another year! If you would like to tackle a few chunksters yourself this year, do join me!

My definition of a chunkster is any book over 500 pages long, but feel free to use whatever definition makes sense to you. If it scares you, it counts!

Everyone welcome! Tagging those who participated in 2025.

mcctrish, tpixie, JenlovesJT47, Lizpixie, Gissy, Born.A.Reader, mrp27, BookBelle84, MatchlessMarie, Booksblanketsandahotbeverage, Andrew65, Sace, TheBookgeekFrau, CSeydel, Ruthiella, TheSpineView, dabbe, Enchanted_Bibliophile, PuddleJumper, Meshell1313, willaful

julieclair The rules are simple. Choose a chunkster. Begin to read it. Eventually, you will finish it. Post about it, so we can all congratulate, praise and admire you! Then, choose another chunkster and repeat the process! (edited) 1w

julieclair There is a StoryGraph challenge, for those who like to track their reading: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/d5eef854-0b0a-4007-a8d4-86ffacc... 1w

mcctrish I‘m in again - The Weight of Ink and The Winners are on my 2026 chunksters list 1w

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CSeydel I‘m definitely in 1w

Ruthiella I‘m definitely up for the challenge in 2026! For sure this monster will qualify!

The Count of Monte Cristo

IriDas I would like to try. I‘ve been wanting to read

Don Quixote

TheBookgeekFrau I have to see if I have any scary Chunksters. If I do I'll let you know 1w

JenlovesJT47 Me! 🙋🏻‍♀️ 1w

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I‘m in again ⚔️ I want to read more fantasy/romantasy and it feels like they‘re all over 500 pages… lol 1w

willaful I don't know if I still have any chunksters on my list but I definitely have some plenty that scare me... 1w

AnnCrystal I'm with #ChunksterChallenge! Can I also join your #AllergicToChunksters??? ☺️📚💝. (edited) 1w

Enchanted_Bibliophile I'm definitely in again! 1w

AnishaInkspill I'd like to join this, I'm with the other chunkster challenge that you're setup, but these include ones that the length is intimidating and I have been putting off to that elusive 'next year'. And thanks for the storygraph link, I'll join that too. 1w

AnishaInkspill I've now joined the storygraph challenge and I also like how this will complement the Long Reads Workout 2026 I created on storygraph, a workout i came up with as I really wanted to read my longer books but struggled to know to get to them, so it's nice that we're thinking along the same lines. 1w

JessClark78 I‘m in. I have plenty of chunksters I need to get done. 1w

tpixie I plan on finishing Les MIs- which I failed to finish last year… plugging along! 1w

Roary47 I‘m in! 🥰 1w

julieclair @TheBookgeekFrau The chunksters don‘t have to be scary books… you just have to be scared (intimidated) to read them! 😬 1w

TheBookgeekFrau @julieclair 😊 Oops, that's what I meant by scary, intimidating, not eerie 😊 I did the most intimadating ones this year, but there might be others lurking 1w

dabbe Yay! If we get through Proust, that will certainly count--even if we don't get through all seven books! Thanks for hosting again! 🤣😍🤣 1w

Suet624 Yes please! 1w

melissajayne Yes please 5d

TheBookgeekFrau @julieclair Ok - I did still have a few intimidating Chunksters on my shelves, so I'm in for 2026! 😊 3d

julieclair @mcctrish Glad you‘re back! I‘d like to read The Weight of Ink at some point, too. 1d

julieclair @CSeydel Yay! Glad you‘re joining us. 1d

julieclair @Ruthiella Indeed it will! I‘m planning to read that too, and I‘m definitely scared. But I know it will be fun because it‘s with the #HashtagBrigade ! We‘re in this together! 1d

julieclair @IriDas Yay! Glad you‘re joining us! 1d

julieclair @TheBookgeekFrau Glad you‘re with us. You‘ll conquer those lurkers this year! 1d

julieclair @JenlovesJT47 Hooray! Glad you‘re in! 1d

julieclair @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I‘ve noticed the same thing about that genre. And I‘ve shied away from as a result. But I, too, would like to read more of them. 1d

julieclair @willaful If they scare you, they count! 😂 1d

julieclair @AnnCrystal You can definitely join us! I do both challenges, too. 😀💙 1d

julieclair @Enchanted_Bibliophile Yay! Glad you‘re in for another year! 1d

julieclair @AnishaInkspill I‘m so glad you‘re joining us! And thanks for the heads up about your Long Reads Workout 2026 challenge on StoryGraph. I have joined it! I like how you included shorter chunksters as well as longer ones. 😀 1d

TheBookgeekFrau @julieclair 🤞🏼😊 1d

julieclair @JessClark78 Hooray! Glad you‘re in! 1d

julieclair @tpixie I‘m glad you‘re still plugging along. I was a Les Mis dropout and I regret it. I‘m hoping to do better with Proust this year. 🤞 1d

julieclair @Roary47 Yay! Glad you‘re joining! 1d

julieclair @dabbe Proust alone could count for at least 3 prompts! 😂 1d

julieclair @Suet624 Yay! So glad you‘re with us! 1d

julieclair @melissajayne Hooray! Glad you‘re joining us! 1d

dabbe @julieclair Boy, you said it! 🤣 1d

AnnCrystal @julieclair 🤩👌🏼📚💝 perfect, Thank You 🥳👍🏼📚💝💝💝. 1d

AnishaInkspill @julieclair I'm about to post the books I've lined up for both challenges. It's really good we're doing both together as I'm nervous of some of the books I am planning to read in 2026, so included shorter chunkters to tackle this and to warmup to and make the longer ones less intimidating (well, that's what I'm hoping) 😂, so your #AllergicToChunksters is perfectly timed as this resonates with exactly how I am feeling. 19h

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