Nici Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 IT by Stephen King is definately a doorstop! At 1116 pages long its going to keep me busy for a while, but i'm really enjoying it! I would recommend it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggle not Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 The Stand by Stephen King - 1038 pages Princes Of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd - 800 pages Rebels Of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd - 896 pages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~V~ Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 the book i'm reading is 664 pages. i wish it'd hurry up as i'm anxious to read the monthly book before the month is out. (and that's the second time it's happened to me on here! *pout* ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrathofkublakhan Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Ironically I am actually using Robert Jordan's The Fires of Heaven as a doorstop! I know, I know .... the challenge was doorstep.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Out by Natsuo Kirino weighs in at 520 pages, not huge but quite hefty for a paperback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princessponti Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 I aim to start Jonathan Strange on Saturday (have to start again since it's been a year since I last picked it up!!).. hurrah for the online support service; thanks Kell!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 the book i'm reading is 664 pages. i wish it'd hurry up as i'm anxious to read the monthly book before the month is out. (and that's the second time it's happened to me on here! *pout* ) Not to worry - there's no time limit on commenting on the reading circle books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polka Dot Rock Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 I aim to start Jonathan Strange on Saturday (have to start again since it's been a year since I last picked it up!!).. hurrah for the online support service; thanks Kell!! Oh you are in for a treat, Jane! My tip when (re)starting it is to bear with the first few chapters (I remember feeling like "is this worth the slog?"). But it really is BRILLIANT - I'm really looking forward to reading it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmatix Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke The Half Brother - Lars Saaybe Christenson ( approx 700 or so) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Gone With the Wind - 1042 pages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Gone With the Wind - 1042 pages One of my all time favorites! Is this the first time reading it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 One of my all time favorites!Is this the first time reading it? *whisper* Pontalba, I don't think I read this right ....thought we were supposed to be making recommendations for long books, I'm not actually reading it at the moment (but quite frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn). I've probably read it at least three times. It's luvvverly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronny Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 *whisper* Pontalba, I don't think I read this right ....thought we were supposed to be making recommendations for long books, I'm not actually reading it at the moment (but quite frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn). I've probably read it at least three times. It's luvvverly I think I may have to read this, I loved the movie and yet I've never tried the book:blush: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronny Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 I just finished East of Eden by John Steinbeck (really liked it 9/10), my paperback edition was 691 pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyB Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 book thief 584 pages just to let u people know. I'm tempted to make this my May Chunky read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty_kitty Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Gone With the Wind - 1042 pages I got my version from ebay and i love it as it has stills from the film in it and Vivian Leigh and Clark Gable are gorgeous. The book is really battered but you can tell how much it has been read and loved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty_kitty Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 The new Harry Potter books is 608 pages according to amazon. Diana Gabbaldon outlander series i am sure all books are over 500 pages. Jean Auel Earth children series - Again i am such all books are over 500 pages. If youlike Historical books - Elizabeth George books Helen of Troy The Autobiography of Henry VIII The memoirs of Cleopatra I, Elizabeth - Rosalind Miles Magician - Raymond E. Feist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty_kitty Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 My Oh laughs when i tell him i am reading a chunk challenge book as he calls one of my cats Chunk and says to him it sounds like i am teaching the cat to read.Poor Kitty it the one on my Avatar too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasei Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Jean Auel Earth children series - Again i am such all books are over 500 pages. Loooove that series. The first two books especially. The last book was a bit "eh", but I'm hoping the final book will make up for it by tying up all those loose ends...and hopefully it comes out soon! She's been writing that series almost her whole life apparently. :0 I recommend House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, a 709 pager. There are a few chapters that drag, but I found myself unable to put it down for the sheer brilliance of the way the text is laid out (and slowly falls apart) as the novel progresses. It's like you can read the author going mad as you get near the end, it's incredibly intriguing. Lion's Blood by Steven Barnes is also a highly recommended chunker. I inhaled this book when I first got my hands on it back in high school. This novel is more in the sub-genre of historic fantasy as it is set in alternate-universe colonial America where Africans inherited the New World and Irish slaves are imported. It really is a compelling, thought-provoking piece of literature and one of my all-time favorite books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I guess my book counts as part of both the classics challenge and the chunky challenge! I started The Pickwick Papers today, which is 719 pages long! here goes nothing! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angerball Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I recommend House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, a 709 pager. There are a few chapters that drag, but I found myself unable to put it down for the sheer brilliance of the way the text is laid out (and slowly falls apart) as the novel progresses. It's like you can read the author going mad as you get near the end, it's incredibly intriguing. I've got this one at home, but just couldn't get through it. I picked it up, simply because of the text layout, and thought it would be a great read. However, it just got too confusing for me, trying to follow all the different bits of the book (how a notation [i think that's the right word - but I've gone blank!!] would go on for a few pages, and then I'd have to flip back to pick up the main thread of the story. It definitely is an ambitious 'project' by the author though, and I certainly admire the effort that must have gone into the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasei Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I've got this one at home, but just couldn't get through it. I picked it up, simply because of the text layout, and thought it would be a great read. However, it just got too confusing for me, trying to follow all the different bits of the book (how a notation [i think that's the right word - but I've gone blank!!] would go on for a few pages, and then I'd have to flip back to pick up the main thread of the story. It definitely is an ambitious 'project' by the author though, and I certainly admire the effort that must have gone into the book. Yeah, I had a hard time getting through the first portion of the book myself. A few of those chapters he would just ramble on and on about random topics that had nothing to do with anything and it got annoying. And I know exactly what you mean about trying to navigate the book--sometimes it's almost like a maze! x_x But the last half of the book (if you can muscle your way through it to that point) is so interesting and creepy and fun to read because of the layout (the reading also goes faster because he starts spacing out the words a LOT. Sometimes only one to a page) that by the end of it you're sitting there going "woah" and eyeing all of the shadows in your house with mistrust for about a week. If you ever get some time, I think it'd be worth another try, but that's just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angerball Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 If you ever get some time, I think it'd be worth another try, but that's just me. Yep, I'd love to give it another try. It's such a work of art, I'll have to get through to the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skysky69 Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 A book I have on my TBR list which probably falls under the chunky challenge category is Nelson Mandella's A long walk to freedom 751 pages. Quite looking forward to it as it is very different to my normal reading materials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 The current reading circle choice, Out by Natsuo Kirino, comes in at 520 pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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