Liz's Doorstep Challenge

[Liz]

I have to admit that I haven't been reading many doorstep books recently, but I have a few waiting on the TBR mountain, so hopefully this will encourage me to get stuck into them.
I'll regard anything over 450 pages as a Chunky Read.

READ IN 2007

01) PETER COOK'S UNIVERSE & ALL THAT SURROUNDS IT - P. Hamilton (529)
02) THE INTERPRETATION OF MURDER - Jed Rubenfeld (529)
03) THE PYTHONS' AUTOBIOGRAPHY - The Pythons (463)
04) THE SECRET HISTORY - Donna Tartt (629)
05) TO SERVE THEM ALL MY DAYS - R.F. Delderfield (572)

READ IN 2008

01) STARTER FOR TEN - David Nicholls (469)

[Liz]

To Be Read

Alan Bennett - Writing Home (612)
Wilkie Collins - The Woman In White (646)
Joseph Heller - Catch 22 (519)
Susanna Clarke - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (1006)
Charles Dickens - Pickwick Papers (760)
Stephen King - Firestarter (510)
Dan Brown - Angels & Demons (620)
Bernard Cornwell - Stonehenge (578)
Mervyn Peake - Titus Groan (506)
Stephen Lawhead - Taliesin (512)
R. & R. Miller - The Myst Reader (930)
Elizabeth Kostova - The Historian
William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (800)
Walter Moers - The City of Dreaming Books (456)
John Connolly - The Book of Lost Things (502)
Marisha Pessl - Special Topics in Calamity Physics (514)
Scarlett Thomas - The End Of Mr. Y (452)
Clive James - Cultural Amnesia (851)
Michael Chabon - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (639)
Markus Zusak - The Book Thief (554)
Barbara Kingsolver - The Poisonwood Bible (614)

[Liz]

I see I have not really read many Chunky Reads for a while, so I thought I would have a go at Monty Python's autobiography.

[Roger53]

From Here to Eternity. James Jones. About 900 pages?
Lord of the Rings. JRR Tolkien. About 1000 pages.
Hawaii. James A Michener. About 1000 pages.

I am reading them all. Marvellous books. I love big books.

It took me a year to read Gone with the Wind, but another great book of about 1000 pages.

[Fay]

Dan Brown - Angels and Demons is a fantastic read...but I am a Dan Brown fan!! enjoy!!:D

[Liz]

I haven't been reading many long books recently, so I thought I'd pick up a chunky book to read during half-term. I am going to have a go at The Secret History by Donna Tartt (629 pages).

[Gyre]

You are doing well Liz, I am looking forward to your thoughts on 'The Secret History'. :D

[Liz]

Gyre - have you read it, then?

[Gyre]

Gyre - have you read it, then?

I read it a few months ago. x

[Liz]

I thought I'd choose a chunky read for Christmas, so I have gone with To Serve Them All My Days by R.F. Delderfield, which has 572 pages. This should keep me quiet over Christmas. :D

[Liz]

Finished off To Serve Them All My Days this afternoon and very much enjoyed it. :smile2:

I have not read that many Chunky Reads this year, so hopefully I'll have read a few more by next Christmas.