tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253113231066239423.post6218344218651960613..comments2023-03-27T08:37:01.128-07:00Comments on Chunkster Reading Challenge: Mid-August QuestionnaireVasillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08463689838763126048noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253113231066239423.post-39962692055642525752012-10-22T12:45:25.069-07:002012-10-22T12:45:25.069-07:00Oh dear, here it is Oct and I have finished 3 book...Oh dear, here it is Oct and I have finished 3 books, but committed to 6. I got bogged down with Teh Mill on the Floss by: George Eliot, just couldn't seem to slog through. I'm starting Time Spike by: Eric Flint it's 467pgs. just barely over the limit. Hopefully I will be able to fit in 2 more after that. Beverly Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11812383663317524692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253113231066239423.post-70220547065416049452012-08-26T19:50:49.046-07:002012-08-26T19:50:49.046-07:00Neer, congrats on finishing the challenge! I haven...Neer, congrats on finishing the challenge! I haven't heard of Black and Blue, so I'll definitely look it up. What did you think of The Shadow of the Wind?Vasillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08463689838763126048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253113231066239423.post-2593983271235205052012-08-26T19:02:56.020-07:002012-08-26T19:02:56.020-07:00I have finished the challenge, though haven't ...I have finished the challenge, though haven't found the time to do a wrap-up post. I committed to reading 4 books, I have read 5: Drood, Black and Blue, Miss Timmins' School for Girls, The Shadow of the Wind, The Kashmir Shawl. Rankin's Black and Blue was the best of the lot.<br /><br />neerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01986509319841061021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253113231066239423.post-89176352749043093032012-08-21T08:26:18.253-07:002012-08-21T08:26:18.253-07:00I have seven on my list, too, already, and am rath...I have seven on my list, too, already, and am rather shocked; I really thought it would take me longer to finish with six, but I quite enjoyed them all. <br /><br />My favourites were Lawrence Hill's The Book of Negroes (for a novel), Isabel Wilkerson's The Warmth of Other Suns (for non-fiction) and Charles de Lint's Dreams Underfoot (for short stories, and my introduction to the Newford universe). <br /><br />For later in the year? I'm thinking of trying for one additional book in each page count category, so am aiming for The Woman in White and Forever Amber, but every time someone else mentions another, I remember that it, too, in on my TBR list: it's hard to choose, because I've been avoiding longer books for so long!Buried In Printhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808249065026802365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253113231066239423.post-63321158825651346832012-08-20T08:08:22.067-07:002012-08-20T08:08:22.067-07:00Srivalli, congrats on finishing the challenge!Srivalli, congrats on finishing the challenge!Vasillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08463689838763126048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253113231066239423.post-56465255016596378472012-08-20T08:07:29.358-07:002012-08-20T08:07:29.358-07:00Hope that helps!Hope that helps!Vasillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08463689838763126048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253113231066239423.post-90815900786712406262012-08-20T08:07:12.433-07:002012-08-20T08:07:12.433-07:00I had to go and look up The Agony and the Ecstasy....I had to go and look up The Agony and the Ecstasy. It sounds amazing! Have you thought about just reading nonfiction chunksters? I haven't read A Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson yet but I've read nothing but amazing things about it. There's also The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt which won the Pulitzer earlier this year.Vasillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08463689838763126048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253113231066239423.post-67052443390836774462012-08-20T06:26:37.672-07:002012-08-20T06:26:37.672-07:00No, no, it's not *that* bad. Really. The thing...No, no, it's not *that* bad. Really. The thing is, I'm not liking the series, but I keep reading, because... how can I stop? And I had heard that this was the worst of the series so far, but I don't agree at all!<br />And I know I've been reading too much fantasy and speculative fiction lately -- that's why I am looking forward to Fall of Giants. The last chunkster I really adored was The Agony and the Ecstasy, last year. Oh well, I'm sure the good books are out there somewhere! ;-)Scribacchinahttp://parolediscribacchina.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253113231066239423.post-29631384364342802042012-08-20T04:53:40.442-07:002012-08-20T04:53:40.442-07:00I read 4 books, North and South by Gaskell, The Mi...I read 4 books, North and South by Gaskell, The Middlemarch by George Eliot, The Holcroft Covenant by Robert Ludlum, The Leopard by Jo Nesbo. I am currently reading Thorn Birds by Colleen Mccollugh, Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy and The Women's Room by Marlyin French. I signed up 4 books. It means Challenge complete. I will write Middlemarch review and then post wrap-up. I enjoyed them all. srivallihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09908875938685251911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253113231066239423.post-27529237413194786742012-08-19T11:19:03.846-07:002012-08-19T11:19:03.846-07:00Your thoughts on A Feast of Crows made me laugh. W...Your thoughts on A Feast of Crows made me laugh. Was it that bad?! :-) S, do you read a lot of fantasy? What kind of genres or books do you really love? Maybe I can suggest a few books.<br /><br />Fingersmith is on my reading list for this year too. I hope you end up enjoying the books on your reading list.Vasillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08463689838763126048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253113231066239423.post-9944327534262339322012-08-19T10:54:56.182-07:002012-08-19T10:54:56.182-07:00Richard, you are amazing! I'm going to look up...Richard, you are amazing! I'm going to look up Backward Ran Sentences. Telegraph Avenue is a book that so many people are just waiting to get their hands on. Happy reading! Vasillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08463689838763126048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253113231066239423.post-58215101373598226052012-08-19T09:17:29.292-07:002012-08-19T09:17:29.292-07:00Oh, questions. Good.
So far I'm doing fine, h...Oh, questions. Good. <br />So far I'm doing fine, having read 3 (finishing now the 4th) out of six. But I seem to have troubles finding something for the 450-550-pages category. Any good suggestion? *browses the suggestions page*<br />Best one? I must admit I haven't completely liked any so far. I should say best one was "A Feast for Crows" by George R.R. Martin, but only because I was expecting it to be much worse. As for worst one, I have no doubt, it's the one I am currently reading, "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon, a real pain for me. (Oh, wait, maybe I can not count it for the challenge and read something else instead.)<br />As for what I am looking forward, there is "Fingersmith" by Sarah Waters (which in my edition just barely fits the 450-550 pages rule, yay!), and there's "Fall of Giants" by Ken Follett for the Book Club, but mostly I am looking forward to "Shogun" by James Clavell, which sounds very different from anything I ever read.<br />I'm looking forward to read what other challenge participant will answer!Scribacchinahttp://parolediscribacchina.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253113231066239423.post-4459518505776603402012-08-18T22:22:19.967-07:002012-08-18T22:22:19.967-07:001 I am ahead of my pace. I committed to reading si...1 I am ahead of my pace. I committed to reading six chunksters, and so far I've read seven. <br /><br />2. The best chunkster I've read this year is "Backward Ran Sentences," a compilation of profiles, parodies, short stories, reviews and Talk of the Town pieces by New Yorker writer Wolcott Gibbs. One gets a thorough understanding of a fine writer from the 1930s, '40s and '50s.<br /><br />3. I'm looking forward to reading four more chunksters -- "Wolf Hall" by Hillary Mantel; <br />"Freedom" by Jonathan Franzen; "Telegraph Avenue" by Michael Chabon; and "In Sunlight and Shadow" by Mark Helprin. Richard LeComtehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13986639064661051138noreply@blogger.com