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Chunkster Challenge 2008

January 10, 2008 at 2:32 pm · Filed under Books Etc

I always thought the Chunkster Challenge sounded a bit daunting. Not because of the length of the books, per se, but because I tend to assume long books will also be tedious. However, a number of books on my TBR list that I’m salivating over also qualify as chunksters, so I’m committing myself: 4 12 books of at least 450 pages in 2008.

Here’s my list:

  1. Touchstone by Laurie R. King (548 p.)
  2. Trade Wind by M.M. Kaye (551 p.)
  3. Widdershins by Charles de Lint (560 p.)
  4. The Grand Tour by Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer (469 p.)
  5. Xenocide by Orson Scott Card (592 p.)
  6. The Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer (497 p.)
  7. Ender’s Shadow by Orson Scott Card (467 p.)
  8. The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold (470 p.)

Total pages: 4,154 (an average of 519 pages/book)

Alternates:

  • The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray (819 p.)
  • The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (576 p.)
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (784 p.)
  • The Tiger Claw by Shauna Singh Baldwin (565 p.)
  • Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
  • Downbelow Station or Cyteen by C.J. Cherryh
  • Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
  • London or The Forest by Edward Rutherfurd
  • White Teeth by Zadie Smith
  • Don Quixote ยป Cervantes

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4 Comments »

Eva wrote, on January 11th, 2008 at 12:32 pm:

I’m looking forward to your review of Touchstone. I love Laurie King’s Mary Russell series, but the summary of this one makes me hesitant to touch it.

Poodlerat wrote, on January 11th, 2008 at 4:06 pm:

Really? Well, I’m just about to start it, so that review should be up in a day or two!

Myrthe wrote, on January 16th, 2008 at 5:38 am:

I finished HP two days ago. The first half was a bit slow, but the speed picked up in the second part. I am not a HP-fanatic: I haven’t read all seven books (yet ;-) ) , but I do enjoy the series a lot. I will post my review some time soon (I hope - if I can find the time).

I read The Book Thief last year. A very good book, one that you won’t be able to put down. At one point my boyfriend and I were reading it at the same time, so we were fighting over who got to read it! He loved it as well. When I read the book I didn’t know it was considered YA-literature, I only found out later. I can see why it falls in the YA-category, but it definitely is one of those YA-books that appeal to adults as well. I am looking forward to your thoughts!

Poodlerat wrote, on January 16th, 2008 at 5:04 pm:

I’m a pretty big HP fan, although obviously not enough of one to have read the last book before now!

I loved one of Markus Zusak’s other books, I Am the Messenger, which I read a few months ago. I felt the same way about his writing—that it may qualify as YA, but it’s better than most stuff intended for adults.

I’ve got a few HP reviews bookmarked for after I read the book. If you do end up writing one, it’ll be added to my list!

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