Yells will try to read the biggest books on the shelf before the house collapses

Talk2017- BIG FAT BOOKS CHALLENGE

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Yells will try to read the biggest books on the shelf before the house collapses

1Yells
Aug 11, 2017, 1:25 pm

What's another challenge?! :) I have been trying to prioritise the chunksters so maybe this is the push I need to move those up the pile. I have read a few already this year so will update those soon. I want to read Suitable Boy and Infinite Jest in the near future.

2MissWatson
Aug 11, 2017, 1:34 pm

Welcome and good luck with removing the chunksters before structural damage happens!

3mabith
Aug 11, 2017, 1:50 pm

Good luck!

4connie53
Aug 11, 2017, 2:48 pm

Welcome from another newbie.

5floremolla
Aug 11, 2017, 4:08 pm

hi and welcome - I'm also new and also have Infinite Jest lurking...

Good luck with your reading, I'm looking forward to hearing what you think of your two chunksters. :)

6johnsimpson
Aug 11, 2017, 5:01 pm

Welcome and enjoy the chunksters.

7bryanoz
Aug 12, 2017, 2:03 am

Welcome Yells, both Infinite Jest and A Suitable Boy are great reads, plus the satisfaction you get from having actually read them !

8cbfiske
Aug 13, 2017, 9:58 pm

I'm here to add my welcome too, Yells. Happy Reading!

9Yells
Edited: Sep 16, 2017, 10:39 pm

Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber by Gabaldon. Both rereads - I will perhaps progress beyond book four this time.

10connie53
Sep 18, 2017, 1:43 pm

>9 Yells: Yes, please do! I've read every book in the series twice and loved them even better the second time around.

11Yells
Sep 19, 2017, 7:22 am

Voyager by Gabaldon.

I didn't think the series would be so long so I was going to wait for her to finish and then read them through. But since that could be the twelfth of never, I have some catching up to do!

12Yells
Sep 26, 2017, 11:43 pm

Drums of Autumn by Gabalon

13Yells
Oct 9, 2017, 11:24 pm

1001 Arabian Nights by Scott. A year long project finally completed.

14Yells
Oct 21, 2017, 2:20 pm

Testament of Youth by Brittain. A wonderful memoir of World War I and women's rights.

15Yells
Edited: Oct 22, 2017, 10:58 pm

The Woman in White by Collins. A rather gripping mystery that kept me reading all day.

16floremolla
Oct 26, 2017, 6:59 pm

>15 Yells: Glad you enjoyed The Woman in White, it's on my TBR pile for 2018!

17Yells
Dec 24, 2017, 12:22 pm

Blonde by Oates. An interesting mix of fact and fiction about the short life of Norma Jeanne Baker/Marilyn Monroe.

18Yells
Dec 27, 2017, 10:32 pm

From Here to Eternity by Jones. 851 pages. Loved the movie but was rather bored with the book. Way too long for the story he was telling. There were enough interesting bits to keep me going though.