Welcome
to the 2015 Chunkster Challenge! I’m your host, Vasilly.
Wondering
what’s a chunkster? A chunkster is an adult or YA book, non-fiction or fiction,
that’s 450 pages or more.
Here’s
the rules for this year’s challenge:
- Audio books and e-books are allowed. You want to listen to a chunkster on audio? Be my guest.
- Essay, short story, and poetry collections are allowed but they have to be read in their entirety to count.
- Books may crossover with other challenges.
- Anyone can join. You don’t need a blog. Feel free to leave your progress on the monthly link-up posts.
- You don’t have to list your books ahead of time.
- Graphic novels don’t count. Reading a chunkster graphic novel isn’t the same as reading a non-graphic chunkster.
Just
like last year, there won’t be any levels with this challenge. How you
challenge yourself is up to you. Read 1 book for this challenge or 20. It’s all
up to you.
I
understand that chunksters can be a bit intimidating. My goal is to encourage
as many people as possible to give chunksters a try. We all love short books
because we can get through them in a sitting or a few days. It’s different with
chunksters. With chunksters, you have to slow down and take your time. The
Chunkster Challenge is all about having fun and reading good books.
All
I ask is that participants either write a post or leave a comment in the
comments section letting the world know that you’re participating. You can also link directly to your post about this challenge below in Mr. Linky.
I’ll be right here to cheer you on. Happy reading.
Mr. Linky is now closed. Please leave your link in the comments.
I’ll be right here to cheer you on. Happy reading.
Mr. Linky is now closed. Please leave your link in the comments.
Yay! My post will go up on Jan. 1! I love this Challenge!
ReplyDeleteI am participating; will post a link on Dec. 31 or Jan. 1
ReplyDeleteI love this challenge, I really like chunkster, but I didn't know these books have a name so weird, chunkster-chunkster-chunkster :D
ReplyDeletecount me in :) Though I'm not a big fan of chunkster, I'd like to challenge myself. I'll make wrap-up post at the end of the year
ReplyDeleteCount me in! I read and blog in Spanish but anyway I want to join! Let's see how many chunksters I can read in these 365 days :P
ReplyDeleteThank you!
I'm intentionally cutting back on my goal for number of books to read this year specifically to read more big books and this is just the added incentive I need.
ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting this, it's great to be joining in with it. I love the design of the image too.
ReplyDeleteSince I'm planning to re-read Dune this year I think this will be a good challenge for me :)
ReplyDeleteI'm in the midst of TWO 800 page books -- how could I resist signing up for your challenge??? Don't have a particular list in mind for this year, I"ll put my thinking cap on.
ReplyDeleteIf anyone needs a book (465 pp. in paperback, somewhat longer in digital editions), you can download the first half of my novel "Irish Firebrands" at my blog, or from Smashwords. When you get to the end of the sample, contact me via my blog Feedback > Guestbook, and I'll send you the rest of the book (be sure to mention that you're doing the Chunkster Challenge). I also have it in audio files (beta edition) - contact me at my blog for this option. I'm at: irishfirebrands.wordpress.com
ReplyDelete- Christine Plouvier
I have several books that qualify for the challenge, and I'm excited to be participating for the first time!
ReplyDeleteAnother first time participant, very excited to get started!
ReplyDeleteThis is my 2nd year, and I'm hoping to tackle 10. Really focused on page count this year for me overall goals rather than book count so that I can read whatever I choose without worrying about how long it is. I've got quite a few chunksters on my TBR this year.
ReplyDeleteI'm signing up for 5, but hoping for more! Here's my link for my sign-up post: http://goo.gl/HnoVtl
ReplyDeleteI am going to try this.
ReplyDeleteLots of my goal books are in this
category.
Rather late signing up! But here we go:
ReplyDeletehttps://onebookbutterfly.wordpress.com/2015/02/10/2015-reading-challenges/
Love this challenge! Sign me up!
ReplyDeleteI just finished reading Quo Vadis? and it's wonderful! I highly recommend this chunkster :)
ReplyDeleteI am up for this too. Here's my official sign up! :)
ReplyDeletehttps://nerderlyne.wordpress.com/2015/05/12/chunkster-challenge/
I'm in! Chunksters are all I need this summer.
ReplyDeleteHere's my post: https://nerderlyne.wordpress.com/2015/05/12/chunkster-challenge/
I'm late to sign up. I thought I had! Here's my link: http://www.rosecityreader.com/2015/05/2015-challenge-chunkster-challenge.html
ReplyDeleteBetter late than never! Here's my post:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.readthisbookyall.com/?page_id=160