*A chunkster is 450 pages or more of ADULT literature (fiction or nonfiction) Don't complain folks, I read all thousands of pages of the Twilight series and they were good, but not a challenge. A chunkster should be a challenge.
*If you read large type books your book will need to be 525 pages or more I asked around and the average LT book is 10-15% longer or more so I think that was a fair estimate.
*No Audio books in the chunkster. It just doesn't seem right. Words on paper for this one folks.
* You may start any time after signing up. You must complete your reads before or on Nov 15th.
*Short Stories and Essay collections will not be counted.
*Books may crossover with other challenges (see option 4 for a collaborative effort with TBR challenge)
*Only option 4 requires that you make a set list of books to complete the challenge.
It's too late to sign up for the TBR Challenge or I'd do that too, but I'm going to go for option 3:
It's too late to sign up for the TBR Challenge or I'd do that too, but I'm going to go for option 3:
*Mor-book-ly Obese - This is for the truly out of control chunkster. For this level of challenge you must commit to 6 or more chunksters OR three tomes of 750 pages or more. You know you want to.....go on and give in to your cravings.
I don't have a full list of books I want to read yet, but I'll post that soon. I'll be starting with Terry Jones' Who Murdered Chaucer? A Medieval Mystery. Surprisingly, it's only 360 pages of text (not counting notes and so on); the book weighs a ton, because it's printed on fancy shiny paper. There are small color illustrations throughout, not just in an insert. I have no idea whether it's any good, or historically plausible, or anything like that--I had always thought that Chaucer died of the plague--but I like Terry Jones, and I enjoyed his Barbarians quite a bit, so here goes.
A preliminary, tentative list:
1. Who Murdered Chaucer?
2. Liberal Fascism
3. The Forgotten Man
4. Carlyle's French Revolution
5. ?
6. ?
I don't have a full list of books I want to read yet, but I'll post that soon. I'll be starting with Terry Jones' Who Murdered Chaucer? A Medieval Mystery. Surprisingly, it's only 360 pages of text (not counting notes and so on); the book weighs a ton, because it's printed on fancy shiny paper. There are small color illustrations throughout, not just in an insert. I have no idea whether it's any good, or historically plausible, or anything like that--I had always thought that Chaucer died of the plague--but I like Terry Jones, and I enjoyed his Barbarians quite a bit, so here goes.
A preliminary, tentative list:
1. Who Murdered Chaucer?
2. Liberal Fascism
3. The Forgotten Man
4. Carlyle's French Revolution
5. ?
6. ?
Gee, I think I need some fiction in there. Maybe some Dickens?
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