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January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Too Big To Ignore Anymore
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2021 Chubby Chunkster ChallengeDuration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Level: Mor-book-ly Obese
READ: 8/8
β� 1. Jinn - Matthew B.J. Delaney (640 pages) 2/13
β� 2. Plain Bad Heroines - Emily M. Danforth (623 pages) 3/13
β� 3. Shifters and Vampires and Demigods, OH MY! - Nancy Corrigan (642 pages) 4/6
β� 4. The Snowman - Jo NesbΓΈ (550 pages) 4/17
β� 5. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - Christopher Paolini (878 pages) 6/21
β� 6. Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea - Gary Kinder (560 pages) 8/10
β� 7. The Walled City - Ryan Graudin (464 pages) 9/25
β� 8. The Forever Sea - Joshua Phillip Johnson (464 pages) 11/22
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
I'M IN!Too Big To Ignore Anymore
1 The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon (848 pgs) - 10 APR
2 Still Life with Crows - Douglas Preston (592 pgs) - 17 MAY
3 The Last Templar - Raymond Khoury (523 pgs)
4 The Likeness - Tana French (553 pgs) - 27 APR
5 Rock Bottom Girl - Lucy Score (532 pgs) - 15 FEB
6 Only the Innocent - Rachel Abbott (459 pgs)
7 The Back Road - Rachel Abbott (472 pgs)
8 Graceling - Kristin Cashore (471 pgs) - 3 MAY
9 A Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness (579 pgs)
10 Black Order - James Rollins (509 pgs) - 24 MAR
11 King of Scars - Leigh Bardugo (527 pgs) - 28 APR
12 Private India - James Patterson (476 pgs) - 11 FEB
13 The Alexandria Link - Steve Berry (480 pgs)
14 Crash - Harper Dallas (498 pgs)
15 The Black Echo - Michael Connelly (482 pgs)
16 The Concrete Blonde - Michael Connelly (484 pgs)
17 Untamed Cowboy - Maisey Yates (473 pgs)
18 A Gathering of Shadows - V.E. Schwab (521 pgs)
19 The Crush - Sandra Brown (480 pgs)
20 American Traitor - Brad Taylor (464 pgs) - 3 FEB
21 A Summer Fling - Milly Johnson (484 pgs)
22 Riot House - Callie Hart (483 pgs)
23 Mermaid Inn - Jenny Holiday (465 pgs)
24 The Poppy War - R.F. Kuang (531 pgs)
25 Destino - Sienna Mynx (468 pgs)
2021 Chubby Chunkster ChallengeJanuary 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Level: The Chubby Chunkster
Progress: 2/3
1. Habibi - 672
2. The Midnight Gang - 480
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Chubby Chunkster ChallengeDo These Books Make my Butt Look Big?
1 Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, 5 STARS, 7th Feb, 867 PAGES
2 Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth, 2 STARS, 19th June, 640 PAGES
3 Bones Never Lie by Kathy Reichs, 3 STARS, 2nd Aug, 512 PAGES
4 Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4) by Stephenie Meyer, 5 STARS, 6th Nov, 756 PAGES
5 A βCourt of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas, 3 STARS, 26th, 757 PAGES
Mor-book-ly Obese1. Ashes to Ashes by Tami Hoag (576 pages)
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (607 pages)
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2021 Chubby Chunkster ChallengeJanuary 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big?
Read: 1/5
1. The Structure of Evolutionary Theory by Stephen Jay Gould
2. A Promised Land by Barack Obama
3. Love Unscripted by Tina Reber (15/8/2021)
4. Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
5. The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway
Chubby Chunkster ChallengeDuration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Level: Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big?
Completed: 3/5
1.Ashes in the Wind by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss (664 pages) (3/31)β β β β
2.Lover Unveiled by J. R. Ward (495 pages) (5/31)β β β β
3.Devil Takes a Bride by Gaelen Foley (469 pages) (6/18)β β β β β�
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2021 Chubby Chunkster ChallengeJanuary 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Too Big To Ignore Anymore
Progress: 0/12
1.All the Light We Cannot See
2.Villette
3.Gone with the Wind
4.The Secret Keeper
5.The Lake House
6.Killing Floor
7.The 7Β½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
8.The Time Traveller's Wife
9.Pretty Girls
10.The Alibi
11.The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
12.One Secret Summer
2021 Chubby Chunkster ChallengeJanuary 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big? (450+ pgs)
5/5 DONE 6/13/21 π
1. The Dragon's Path 6/7
2. With a Bullet 4/24
3. House of Earth and Blood 2/4
4. Queen of Fire 1/6
5. Silver Silence 3/30
Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big?450+ pages
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Im in Level : Chubby Chunkster - Approx 2000 pages
1.Zemindar 799 pages
2.The Thorn Bir[bookcover:The Thorn Birdsds|3412] 692 pages.
3The Last Mughal: The F[bookcover:The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857all of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857|124429] 535 pages
If I manage through and I still have time then I would love to read
Approx pages 1000
I think I am going to try this one this year. I have a couple I can think of I think will qualify. Level: Chubby Chunkster (3 books of 450+ pages)
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Duration: 01 January to 31 December 2021
Books Read: 16/8
This is for the truly out of control chunkster. A chunkster is 450 pages or more. For this level of challenge you must commit to 8 chunksters OR 3 tomes of 800 pages or more.
01. Vengeance in Death β� Read: 19/02 β� 5 πππππ β� 464 pages
02. Conspiracy in Death β� Read: 22/02 β� 5 πππππ β� 496 pages
03. Loyalty in Death β� Read: 23/02 β� 5 πππππ β� 480 pages
04. Divided in Death β� Read: 10/03 β� 5 πππππ β� 513 pages
05. Purity in Death β� Read: 28/02 β� 5 πππππ β� 480 pages
06. Born in Death β� Read: 14/03 β� 5 πππππ β� 465 pages
07. New York to Dallas β� Read: 24/04 β� 5 πππππ β� 479 pages
08. Secrets in Death β� Read: 17/05 β� 5 πππππ β� 464 pages
09. Shards of Hope β� Read: 15/06 β� 5 πππππ β� 496 pages
10. Silver Silence β� Read: 19/06 β� 5 πππππ β� 467 pages
11. Whiskey Beach β� Read: 15/08 β� 3 πππ β� 770 pages
12. The Rise of Magicks β� Read: 13/09 β� 3 πππ β� 454 pages
13. High Noon β� Read: 16/09 β� 4 ππππ β� 492 pages
14. Wildest Dreams β� Read: 19/09 β� 3 πππ β� 563 pages
15. The Moonstone β� Read: 27/09 β� 3 πππ β� 695 pages
16. Necroscope II Wamphyri! β� Read: 09/10 β� 5 πππππ β� 496 pages
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2021
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Chubby Chunkster ChallengeDuration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Level: Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big?
Completed: 5/5 - All Done!
1.Ashes in the Wind by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss (664 pages) (3/31)β β β β
2.Lover Unveiled by J. R. Ward (495 pages) (5/31)β β β β
3.Devil Takes a Bride by Gaelen Foley (469 pages) (6/18)β β β β β�
4.Claimed by J.R. Ward (509 pages) (8/11)β β β β
5.The Outlandish Companion, Volume Two by Diana Gabaldon (656 pages) (8/26)β β β β β�
2021 Chubby Chunkster ChallengeJanuary 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big?
1) Jane Eyre (489 pages) - 04.02.21
2) The Brothers Karamazov (796 pages) - 29.10.21
3) El tiempo entre costuras (638 pages) - 04.11.21
4) Gargantua and Pantagruel (1,041 pages)
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I've done two.Mor-book-ly Obese #1
1. Hideaway by Nora Roberts β� 5 Feb (464 p.)
2. Say You're Sorry by Karen Rose β� 22 Feb (656 p.)
3. Into the Dark by Karen Rose β� 24 Feb (593 p.)
4. Say No More by Karen Rose β� 28 Feb (688 p.)
5. The Mark of the Rose by Marsha Canham β� 14 Mar (464 p.)
6. Black Hills by Nora Roberts β� 20 May (545 p.)
7. Say Goodbye by Karen Rose β� 10 Aug (640 p.)
8. Lonely Planet Western Balkans 3 by Lonely Planet β� 31 July (480 p.)
Mor-book-ly Obese #2
1. Lonely Planet Southeastern Europe by Lonely Planet β� 31 July (656 p.)
2. Fodor's Essential Ireland 2021: With Belfast and Northern Ireland by Jillian Bolger et al. β� 29 Aug (656 p.)
3. Rick Steves Ireland by Rick Steves β� 29 Aug (624 p.)
4. Lonely Planet Ireland by Lonely Planet β� 29 Aug (736 p.)
5. The Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legends by Peter Berresford Ellis β� 3 Sept (626 p.)
6. Rick Steves Rome by Rick Steves β� 26 Sept (608 p.)
7. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown β� 30 Sept (736 p.)
8. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown β� 4 Oct (496 p.
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January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
They're large. They're in charge. And they're calling your name. They are the big mommas of your TBR, the mountain more than the molehill - these busty babies have been waiting for you to crack them open and take a nice, long perusal of their contents. If you've been waiting and delaying your chunkster reading, this challenge is for you!
1. Definition of a Chunkster:
- A chunkster is 450 pages or more of fiction or nonfiction. A chunkster should be a challenge.
- If you read large type books your book will need to be 525 pages or more... The average large type book is 10-15% longer or more so I think that was a fair estimate.
[NOTE: if you read e-books, check the hardcover/paperback page count here on GR, it will give you the idea if the book counts]
If the book is ebook-only with NO PRINT EQUIVALENT. then the following rules apply:
1. For the ebook-only book, please check Amazon for its estimated page count. Usually underneath the description, there is a drop-down button (online-stores) for Get a copy. Select Amazon from that and it will lead you to the version on Amazon. Check the estimated page number there.
2. If no Amazon page count exists, THEN you can use GR page count and add 50 pages due to its unreliable reputation.
3. If no Amazon page count and GR page count exists, then the book cannot be used for this challenge.
Please ask any questions if you have any doubts. You can also post the book title in this thread if you have any trouble and I'll check for you.
2. The Rules:
- Audiobooks count.
- Re-reads are fine, as long as you don't skim or skip sections.
- Short Stories and Essay collections will not be counted.
- Books may crossover with other challenges.
- You can join in anytime, but you have till the end of the year to read it all.
- You don't need to list your books ahead of time.
- Once you pick a level, that's it...you're committed to that level!
- When you post your updates, put page count by each chunkster.
- If you completed a level before the end of the year and you want to sign up again, you're more than welcome to do so.
3. You must pick a level of participation:
- The Chubby Chunkster - this option is for the reader who has a couple of large tomes on their TBR list, but really doesn't want to commit to much more than that. Three books is all you need to finish this challenge.
- Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big? - This option is for the slightly heavier reader who wants to commit to 5 Chunksters over the remainder of the year.
- Mor-book-ly Obese - This is for the truly out of control chunkster. For this level of challenge you must commit to 8 chunksters OR 3 tomes of 800 pages or more. You know you want to.....go on and give in to your cravings.
- Too Big To Ignore Anymore - this option is for those chunksters on your TBR list. You may select any number of books over 450 pages but you must LIST THEM ahead of time.