Yells: The Ongoing Quest to Clear the Shelves, pt 2

I am definitely in for another year. I have quite a few larger novels in the pile and will make a concerted effort to get to them in 2018. These include:

Infinite Jest by Wallace
Suitable Boy by Seth
The rest of the Outlander series
Emperor of Ocean Park by Carter
The rest of the Game of Thrones series (I finished the first one only)
The Kindly Ones by Littell

Welcome aboard again Danielle and Rob and wishing you a Very Happy New Year.

Hi, you've got some very big books there. Happy reading!

1) Forsyte Saga by Galsworthy. 912 pages

2) Fiery Cross by Gabaldon. 967 pages

3) A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Gabaldon. 967 pages

4) Kristin Lavransdatter by Undset. 1168 pages

5) An Echo in the Bone by Gabaldon. 813 pages

6) Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Gabaldon. 1152 pages

7) The Talisman by King and Straub. 930 pages

>9 frahealee: I actually just asked this question on the main thread so perfect timing :)

It seems that the rules are up to the individual. I had a situation where I was reading a box set of books (Little House on the Prairie) but then I switched to an e-book compilation with all the books in one. I wouldn't count the individual books in a series but wondered if people were counting it if it was a compilation. It looks like some do and some don't. Some also count an omnibus with 2 or 3 books combined. So I think the rule is that as long as you are comfortable counting something and it hits the magic 600 page mark, it's all good.

I joined last year also in an attempt to read more longer books. I find that it does help - I also post in the main thread and it's fun to see the numbers climb. Why not join in? Some of us add a few and some add a lot but all are welcome!

BTW, The Blind Assassin is long but quite well written. I have Doctor Zhivago in my TBR pile and would love to get to it soon. I have stalled in the middle of Don Quixote - it's a wacky read but exhausting at the same time.

>11 frahealee: I did forget to mention that I read Moby Dick last year (I think... times flies) and yes, it took forever to get the story going. At first I was a little annoyed with the flipping between story and lessons on all things whale, but once it got going, I found it rather fascinating.

Yah Audiobooks! I 'discovered' them years ago when I had a longer commute. If done right (you definitely need a tolerable voice!), they are great. I rarely have the radio on these days; it's usually book podcasts or audiobooks.

8) The Tommyknockers by King. 992 pages. Loooooooong and weird.

9) It by King. 1152 pages. Also looooooong and weird.

10) Killing Commendatore by Murakami. 704 pages

11) Ulysses by Joyce. 736 pages

12) Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas. 928 pages

13) Don Quixote by de Cervantes. 992 pages. Forgot to add this one :)

I generally ignore the chunksters in favour of the shorter ones, but this year I wanted to change that a bit.