Chunkster Reading Challenge: 2010

**Please note - the linkies here are now CLOSED. To link to reviews for the 2011 Challenge, please go here.

Here is where you can give us a link to your reviews of the books you read for the challenge...but please remember, the challenge starts FEBRUARY 1st - any books read prior to this date do not count!!

I am planning to ultimately create a list of books which could be eligible for the chunkster challenge and I want to organize them by page count...so when you provide the link to your review, please use the following format:

YOUR NAME (Title of Book - page count)

Example: Wendy (Shantaram - 944)

When you provide your link on Mr. Linky, please link DIRECTLY to your review (not the main page of your blog). Links which only lead to the main blog will be deleted.

Finally, if you do not have a blog, please leave a comment telling me which book you read, your thoughts on it, and how many pages it was!

Thanks...and have fun!!!!

1. Melanie (Can You Forgive Her? - 898)
2. beastmomma (the blind assassin-521)
3. Lynne (THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE - 562)
4. Mel u-The Reading Life (The Woman in White)-617
5. Caitlin @ chaotic compendiums (Slaves in the Family) - 505
6. Mel u -The Reading Life (Jane Eyre-493)
7. Helen (The Far Pavilions - 960)
8. Lesley (Someone Knows My Name - 512)
9. Mel u-The Reading Life (The City of Dreaming Books-453)
10. Bibliofreak (The Forgotten Legion-509)
11. Cafeshree (Owl Killers - 495)
12. Amy (Blame-525 large-print pages)
13. Lynne (THE LOST SYMBOL - 509)
14. Caitlin @ chaotic compendiums (Wolf Hall - 532)
15. Beth (The Book of Negroes-470)
16. Wendy (Wolf Hall - 532)
17. Rose City Reader (Three Loves - 559)
18. Jeff (The Robber Bride - 466)
19. Allie-The Mill on the Floss-608
20. Kymmie (World Without End - 1014)
21. April (The Help - 451)
22. Shonna (Burmese Lessons - 463)
23. Caitlin @ chaotic compendiums (Naamah's Kiss - 645)
24. Babblings of a Belligerent Bibliophile (Museum of Innocence - 532)
25. Caitlin @ chaotic compendiums (The Swan Thieves - 564)
26. Cafeshree (Crimson Petal & the White 920)
27. Michelle's Masterful Musings (Dune - 535)
28. Mel u-The Reading Life(The Name of the Rose -501 pages)
29. Book Psmith (Great Expectations - 468)
30. Jeff (The black Hole War - 470)
31. Pam (Angle of Repose)
32. schatzi (The Group - 487)
33. schatzi (The Morland Dynasty: The Emperor 512)
34. Michelle's Masterful Musings (Little Dorrit - 852)
35. Juanita (Ulysses - 1040)
36. Matt (Creation - 593)
37. Helen (Drood - 775)
38. Wendy (The Children's Book - 675)
39. the little reader (Firefly Lane - 528)
40. Kaye-The Girl from Junchow-500 pages
41. Allie-Little Women-489
42. Mel u-The Reading Life (The Broken Tower: The Life of Hart Crane-492)
43. the little reader (The Great Hunt - 705)
44. Melissa (The Corrections - 568)
45. Kymmie (Sashenka - 511)
46. Kaye (The Russian Concubine-517)
47. Kaye (Sons of Fortune-562)
48. Pam (The Adventures of Augie March-586)
49. Mel u-The Reading Life (Villette -656)
50. Matt (City of Nets - 495)
51. Carin (Swan Thieves 565)
52. Carin (Outlander 853)
53. Jeff (A Perfect Spy - 475)
54. Helen (In a Far Country - 640)
55. the little reader (To Say Nothing of the Dog - 493)
56. Caitlin @ chaotic compendiums (Lonesome Dove - 945)
57. the little reader (The Poisonwood Bible - 576)
58. Miss Moppet (When Christ and His Saints Slept - 909))
59. Jenny@All Lit Up (The Children's Book - 624)
60. Wendy (The Little Stranger - 463)
61. pinuccia (The Eye of the World - 800)
62. Caitlin @ chaotic compendiums (City of Night - 467)
63. Tracey (The Lacuna - 507)
64. Tracey (Cutting For Stone - 560)
65. Wendy (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - 465)
66. Elena (A Distant Mirror-597)
67. Kaye (Russka-945)
68. Kymmie (The Time Traveler's Wife - 518)
69. Miss Moppet (Mistress of the Revolution - 514))
70. Allie-Alias Grace-468
71. Kaye (The Founding-560)
72. Jenny@All Lit Up (The Balkan Trilogy - 1033)
73. Helen (Wild Swans - 650)
74. Matt's (Dangerous Pilgrimages - 528)
75. Cat (Blood Royal - 578)
76. Kymmie (Those Who Save Us - 479)
77. Allie-The Brothers Karamazov-796
78. Allie-The Count of Monte Cristo-1462
79. Laurie (The Beth Book, 528 p.)

80. Shonna (Crow Road - 501)
81. Miss Moppet (The King's Mistress - 560)
82. Becky from Page Turners (The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver - 507pg)
83. Becky from Page Turners (The Legacy by Kirsten Tranter - 438pg))
84. Becky from Page Turners (The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James - 626pg)
85. Becky from Page Turners (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 636pg)
86. Helen (Tess of the D'Urbervilles - 464)
87. Bibliofreak (American American Gods 588)
88. Matt (Justinian - 640)
89. Becky from Page Turners (The Girl who Played with Fire - 569pg)
90. Becky from Page Turners (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - 531pg)
91. Miss Moppet (To Defy a King - 516)
92. Carolyn (The Eustace Diamonds - 739)
93. Melanie (the Passage- 784)
94. Miss Moppet (The Rich Are Different - 568 and Sins of the Fathers - 660))
95. Julie (New Moon - 563)
96. Alyce (The Post-Birthday World - 528)
97. Melanie (The Girl who Played with Fire- 724)
98. the little reader (The Things That Keep Us Here - 480)
99. Christina (Centennial)
100. Christina (Lancaster Brides)
101. elise (The Historian- 676)
102. Shonna The Passage - 766)
103. Feminist Texican (The Crime of Father Amaro - 480)
104. Pam (A House for Mr Biswas-564)
105. Dominique (The Knife of Never Letting Go- 496)
106. Cat ( New York - 1017)
107. Shonna (A Fierce Radiance - 527)
108. Elena (Plutarch-706 & The Small House at Allington-640)
109. Melwyk (Gaudy Night-557)
110. Melwyk (Green Dolphin Country-575)
111. Cafeshree (Evil Genius -537)
112. Cafeshree (Memoirs Highland Lady - 660)
113. Cafeshree (Girl w/Dragon Tattoo -644)
114. Cafeshree (Red Pyramid - 516)
115. Sumthinblue (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - 608)
116. Kinna Reads (Wolf Hall - 535)
117. Tony (The Makioka Sisters - 530)
118. Tony (Barchester Towers - 499)
119. Tony (A House for Mr. Biswas - 564)
120. Tony (Doctor Thorne - 557)
121. Tony (Cloud Atlas - 529)
122. Tony (The Small House at Allington - 663)
123. Tony (The Slap - 496)
124. Tony (The Last Chronicle of Barset)
125. Tony (Oscar and Lucinda - 528)
126. Tony (The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - 469)
127. Dominique (The Children's Book - 615)
128. The Passage - 766 pgs (Jules' Book Reviews)
129. Tony (A Fine Balance - 614)
130. Sumthinblue (Millennium trilogy 2 &3 - 649 746
131. Miss Moppet (Calais - 767)
132. Matt (The Dominion of War - 544)
133. Wendy (Cutting for Stone - 688)
134. beastmomma (Nineteen Minutes-455)
135. Carolyn (Villette - 573)
136. Carolyn (Wives & Daughters - 648)
137. Melanie ( The Neutronium Alchemist, PT 1- 591)
138. Megan (The Bishop - 523)
139. Dominique (The Passage - 766)
140. Lynne (DEVIL'S BROOD - 730)
141. Lynne (HOUSE RULES - 532)
142. the little reader (Someone Knows My Name)
143. Melissa (Freedom - 562)
144. Alyce (The French Blue - 584)
145. Alyce (An Echo in the Bone - 832)
146. Cat(The Woman in White -574)
147. Julie (Lily White - 579)
148. Michelle (Dragonfly in Amber - 974)
149. Melwyk (Middlemarch -908)
150. Wendy (The Search - 488)
151. Laurie- (Anthropology of an American Girl- 624)
152. Jenny@All Lit Up (The Exception - 576)
153. Jenny@All Lit Up (The Lacuna - 507)
154. Jenny@All Lit Up (Museum of Innocence - 532)
155. Pam (Main Street-562)
156. Bibliophile (Oscar and Lucinda - 520)
157. Margaret (Her Mother's Hope - 450)
158. Margaret (Lassoed in Texas - 896)

159. Margaret (Charles Towne Belles - 960)
160. Margaret (A Hope Undaunted 505)
161. The Book Whisperer (East Lynne - 640)
162. The Book Whisperer (The Little Stranger - 512)
163. The Book Whisperer (The Help - 462)
164. The Book Whisperer (The Book of Negroes - 576)
165. The Book Whisperer (The Likeness - 704)
166. The Book Whisperer (A Room Swept White - 480)
167. The Book Whisperer (The Ice Cream Girls - 480)
168. beastmomma(The Help-464)
169. The Sixth Surrender (Jules)
170. Feminist Texican (Some Sing, Some Cry - 558)
171. Feminist Texican (Freedom - 562)
172. Julie (Shocking Pink-498)
173. Jules - (Ireland - 651)
174. Sumthinblue (Pillars of the Earth- 973)
175. Bibliophile (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - 800 )
176. Matt (Sharks & Little fish - 505)
177. Miss Moppet (The People's Queen - 534)
178. Miss Moppet (Time and Chance - 496)
179. Miss Moppet (The Valley of Decision - 768)
180. Miss Moppet (The Mists of Avalon - 1024)
181. Miss Moppet (Chances - 608)
182. Sumthinblue (Grotesque - 467)
183. Elizabeth (Possession - 555)
184. Matt (To the Hermitage - 498)
185. Rose City Reader (Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)
186. Rose City Reader (Echoes)
187. Miss Moppet (Legacy - 647)
188. Elizabeth (The Lacuna - 544)
189. Tony ('Devils' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - 694)
190. Wendy (Freedom - 562)
191. Pam (Of Human Bondage-712)
192. The Spellsong Cycle by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. -- 2933 total pages (Alysha DeShaé)
193. Three Dan Brown Books -- 1417 total pages (Alysha DeShaé)
194. Julie (The Lost Symbol - 575)
195. Cat (Musashi-970)
196. Elizabeth (The House at Riverton-468)
197. Bibliophile (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - 800 )
198. Pam (The Boys of Summer-474)
199. Tony (An Equal Music - 484 & American Gods - 635)
200. Carin (Outlander - 853)
201. Carin (The Swan Thieves - 565)
202. Carin (Schulz and Peanuts- 566)
203. Carin (Girl With Dragon Tattoo - 590)
204. Carin (A Short History of Nearly Everything - 544)
205. Carin (Cutting for Stone - 533)
206. Carin (Blue Latitudes - 496)
207. Carin (Gone With the Wind- 862)
208. Carin (At Home - 497)
209. Becky (Lady Anna, 560)
210. Becky (He Knew He Was Right, 992)
211. Becky (Blackout, 512)
212. Becky (Desiree, 608)
213. Becky (Emma Brown, 464)
214. Becky (Doctor Thorne, 639)
215. Becky (North and South, 452)
216. Becky (Pamela, 540)
217. Becky (Anna Karenina, 864)
218. Becky (Armadale, 880)
219. Becky (Tenant of Wildfell Hall, 496)
220. Becky (Bleak House, 912)
221. Becky (Moonstone, 544)
222. Becky (Doomsday Book, 592)
223. Tony (He Knew He Was Right, 823)
224. Tony (Buddenbrooks, 759)
225. Laurie (Marcella- 560)
226. Violette (A Suitable Boy-1,474)
227. Violette (Rembrandt Affair-484)
228. Violette (Company of Liars-465)
229. beastmomma(The Book Thief-550)
230. Shonna (The Forgotten Garden 549)
231. Aimee (The Sparrow - 502)
232. Aimee (The Likeness - 693)
233. Julie (Pet Sematary - 562)
234. Aimee (The Woman in White - 609)
235. Shonna (The Ship of Brides 482)

February 1, 2010 - January 31, 2011

Many thanks to Dana who has hosted this challenge for the past couple of years and has generously handed over the reins to me in 2010. I am keeping most of Dana's rules and definitions...Why? Because why fix something that isn't broken?!??!

Definition of a Chunkster:

A chunkster is 450 pages or more of ADULT literature (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.

The Rules:

No Audio books in the chunkster. It just doesn't seem right. Words on paper for this one folks.
No e-Books allowed - we are reading traditional, fat books for this challenge.
Short Stories and Essay collections will not be counted.
Books may crossover with other challenges
Anyone may join. If you don't have a blog, just leave me a comment on this post with your progress (and to let me know you are playing)
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!

You must pick a level of participation (thanks again to Dana for the humor in these categories!):

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. 3 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 4 Chunksters over the next twelve months.
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.

Some Other Questions you Might Have:

To review or not to review, that is the quesion...Reviews are not mandatory, but they are strongly encouraged. I will be putting up a Mr. Linky at the beginning of the challenge for links to your reviews. I will also be posting a Mr. Linky for wrap up posts at the end of the challenge.
Will there be prizes? Perhaps. I am still thinking on this...but I may consider some bookish giveaways as the challenge progresses! If I were you, I would subscribe to this blog just in case I announce something important.
Is there anything else we need to know? Um, not that I can think of right now. But, lately I have been into being flexible. And I may decide to add some fun stuff to this blog, or even have a guest poster or two. Check back in occasionally (or subscribe to the feed) just in case!

To sign up, please use Mr. Linky below by linking DIRECTLY to your post about the challenge (please, please - do NOT link to your main blog page!!). If you do not have a blog, just enter your name in the name part of Mr. Linky and hit enter (also leave me a comment telling me which level of participation you will be doing).

1. wendy Booger Bottom Books
2. Booklover Book Reviews
3. Theresa
4. Paige
5. Kris
6. Rose City Reader
7. Carin (Caroline Bookbinder)
8. Jo
9. Chloe Connelly
10. Bea (How Novel!)
11. Caitlin (chaotic compendiums)
12. Sarah from Sarah's Books
13. otterevilreads
14. Brittanie (A Book Lover)
15. Book Snob Wannabe
16. The Inkwell
17. Chèli
18. eve
19. Honey (Coffeespoons)
20. Patti (Reading Distractions)
21. Shonna
22. MJ @ Creative Madness
23. Whitney {She is too fond of books}
24. Miss Moppet
25. Melissa
26. schatzi @ the stacks my destination
27. Cassandra - Adventist Homemaker
28. Mlle
29. Bcteagirl (Fabulous Canadian Freebies)
30. Kisha
31. Between the Covers
32. A Reader's Respite

33. Laura
34. Laurre
35. Nique (Nique's Life)
36. Kati Gormley
37. Pam (SocrMom78)
38. Manasa
39. Jeff
40. Amanda (Life in a Suitcase)
41. Jenny
42. Darlene
43. Kymmie
44. Megan
45. Boof (The Book Whisperer)
46. Allie-A Literary Odyssey
47. Manasa
48. Elena (roots of mountains)
49. Tracey (A Book Sanctuary)
50. Tweezle@Just One More Paragraph
51. Rachel (Beyond Words Book Club)
52. Eva (A Striped Armchair)
53. Dominique (Coffee Stained Pages)
54. Dreadful Penny
55. Becky (Page Turners)
56. Susie (All Things Royal)
57. Pam (iwriteinbooks)
58. Matt (Matt's Book Blog)
59. pinuccia
60. Juanita (Life at Home)
61. The Morland Dynasty: The Emperor
62. Kristen (BookNAround)
63. Melissa (Avid Reader)
64. Kinna Reads

65. the little reader
66. The Feminist Texican [Reads]
67. Jo's Bookshelf (Johanna)
68. Carolina
69. Julie (Reading Without Restraint!)
70. larissabookgirl
71. kdreader
72. Sumthinblue
73. damnvixen
74. Funandfearless
75. Dead White Guys
76. Carolyn (A Few of My Favourite Books)
77. Stepford Mum
78. Moony
79. Jenn @ Once Upon a Time...
80. Judith (Reader in the Wilderness)
81. Joy Renee @ Joystory
82. iusepseudonyms
83. iusepseudonyms
84. Zoe
85. Tony's Reading List
86. Notorious Spinks Talks
87. Donna
88. Meg (BeNonsensical)
89. Bibliophile (Reading in Reykjavik)
90. Alysha DeShaé
91. Julie (Reading Without Restraint)
92. Elizabeth (Beyond the Brush)
93. Orly (My Wuthering Heights)
94. Abigail
95. Martha G

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