To qualify for the Big Book Summer challenge, books have to be at least 400 pages. These ten are all in my possession and most have been on my TBR list for at least a year. They’re in the order I plan (sort of) to read them.
Reading this on a recommendation from my sister from several years ago. She lent me her copy and I kept it so long without reading it, I finally returned it to her. Now, I’ve borrowed it back. What better time to tackle an almost 800-page historical novel?
This book has been languishing in my collection for a while. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell is a literary masterpiece, but it took me a long time to attempt it due to its daunting length (544 pages), so I’m hoping for the same here.
This was in our family Christmas 2019 gift swap, when we swapped books that we liked and thought others would also like. I’ve always meant to read Pat Conroy and never have.
Opening lines of Red Sister, first in this fantasy trilogy: “It is important, when killing a nun, to ensure that you bring an army of sufficient size. For Sister Thorn of the Sweet Mercy convent Lano Tacsis brought two hundred men.”
Look at that! A blurb by Pat Conroy on the cover! The paperback of this one came out in 2005 and I have the hardcover, so that gives you an idea of how long I’ve hung onto this one.
Honestly, I’ll probably never read this one, but I liked Snow Crash (on audio) so much that I’ve thought for years about reading another book by Neal Stephenson, and I found this copy used.
Have you read any of these? Should I move one up or down the list?
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lydiaschoch
3 years ago
I DNF The Three-Body Problem, but I hope you like it more than I did! (Good story, just slow paced in my opinion).
Wow, those are some BIG books. I tend to shy away from books that long since most of the really long books I’ve read really don’t need to be that long. Unnecessary length irritates me. Good length makes me happy, if that makes sense.
I love a good long book, usually. It’s just I tend to save them for when I’m going to have a big stretch of open time, and life has been too distracting lately!
The Thousand Autumns is one of David Mitchell’s most readable novels. I liked it a lot (reviewed it on May 15, 2012).
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eliotthecat
3 years ago
Looking over my past summer reads, I’ve read a few lengthy novels during the the pan. I really want to check out some of these on your list. (I love that Christmas tradition…a friend of mine does that with her family, too.)
Welcome to the 2020 Big Book Summer Challenge, Laurie! So glad you decided to join the fun!
That is an awesome stack of Big Books you have to choose from – something for every mood! I also loved Cloud Atlas but haven’t read any other David Mitchell novels yet. I read The City of Mirrors for 2019 Big Book Summer and LOVED it – it’s a really great wrap-up of the trilogy.
And I have never read any Pat Conroy nor Elena Ferrante, but I keep meaning to get to both.
Hope you enjoy your Big Books this summer!
You can come back to the challenge page later to add Big Book reviews or challenge updates to the 2nd links list 🙂
I DNF The Three-Body Problem, but I hope you like it more than I did! (Good story, just slow paced in my opinion).
My TTT .
Wow, those are some BIG books. I tend to shy away from books that long since most of the really long books I’ve read really don’t need to be that long. Unnecessary length irritates me. Good length makes me happy, if that makes sense.
Happy TTT!
Susan
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Good luck!
Thanks, Sis! 😉
I love a good long book, usually. It’s just I tend to save them for when I’m going to have a big stretch of open time, and life has been too distracting lately!
It’s so far down on my list, I don’t expect to actually get to it!
The Thousand Autumns is one of David Mitchell’s most readable novels. I liked it a lot (reviewed it on May 15, 2012).
Looking over my past summer reads, I’ve read a few lengthy novels during the the pan. I really want to check out some of these on your list. (I love that Christmas tradition…a friend of mine does that with her family, too.)
I hope all of these books are good reads.
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thanks for stopping by earlier.
Maybe I should move it up the list!
This was our first year doing a book swap, but I think we’re going to make it a tradition!
I hope you enjoy them! I have some fat books sitting on my shelf that I’ve been avoiding.
Welcome to the 2020 Big Book Summer Challenge, Laurie! So glad you decided to join the fun!
That is an awesome stack of Big Books you have to choose from – something for every mood! I also loved Cloud Atlas but haven’t read any other David Mitchell novels yet. I read The City of Mirrors for 2019 Big Book Summer and LOVED it – it’s a really great wrap-up of the trilogy.
And I have never read any Pat Conroy nor Elena Ferrante, but I keep meaning to get to both.
Hope you enjoy your Big Books this summer!
You can come back to the challenge page later to add Big Book reviews or challenge updates to the 2nd links list 🙂
Sue
2020 Big Book Summer Challenge
Great! Will do!
I do love a chunkster! I used to choose books to buy based on how thick the book was.