Reading the Chunksters discussion

Please post any books that you want to nominate for this upcoming discussion. Please remember that a book should be at least 500 pages long, and in this themed read, it is also a work of fiction.

Post any chunskter that you plan to read in the nearest future from your TBR list and feel free to campaign!

Let the fun begin!

My nomination is A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Hi Zulfiya! Welcome back and I hope you had safe and happy travels!

I am currently undecided on whether I want to nominate John Fowles' The Magus or Jonathan Franzen's soon-to-be-released Purity (available Sept. 1). I'm kind of leaning toward the Magus at the moment, but would welcome any input anyone may have!

I personally think Fowles was the most talented writer of the twentieth century. His writing is superb on many levels: ideas, language, plot execution, characters, etc, and what is more, I think he knew that he was the most talented of the bunch. He was always writing knowing his supremacy; he was never snobbish, but he knew very well that he was superb. :-)

Eragon

Welcome back Z.

Well, if John nominates The Magus, I'll second it.

I'll nominate The Magic Mountain.

I want to nominate The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton.

I can't ignore that endorsement - I will nominate The Magus. I think you have taken care of the "campaigning" part for me, thanks :)

The Luminaries has also been on my list for quite a while!

I will second the nomination of A Little Life

Teanka wrote: "I want to nominate The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton."

I'll second "The Luminaries."

I'll second the Magus.

No nominations from me this round, three of these books are already on my TBR list. :)

I'll third The Luminaries!

The Luminaries is on my shelf, but I'd like to nominate Wolf Hall.

Dustin wrote: "The Luminaries is on my shelf, but I'd like to nominate Wolf Hall."

Check out the Archives, Dustin..."WH" was read in 2013, I think?

Yes, we did. Dustin, do you have any other books you want to read?

Xan Shadowflutter wrote: "Welcome back Z.

Well, if John nominates The Magus, I'll second it.

I'll nominate The Magic Mountain."

Xan, I am going to add the link to your nomination.

The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann

I can't lead another discussion so soon, since I have to get back to other books to lead discussions of, but if I'm not required to lead the discussion, I'll nominate Trollope's Orley Farm.

Orley Farm
Anthony Trollope

Xan Shadowflutter wrote: "Welcome back Z.

Well, if John nominates The Magus, I'll second it.

I'll nominate The Magic Mountain."

If I'm allowed to second as well as nominate (I just nominated a book) I'll second The Magic Mountain. It's time I reread it.

You can do both :-)

I will have this thread open for a couple of days when you can still nominate a book, and later I will let you know when the poll is up!

Everyman wrote: "Xan Shadowflutter wrote: "Welcome back Z.

Well, if John nominates The Magus, I'll second it.

I'll nominate The Magic Mountain."

If I'm allowed to second as well as nominate (I just nominated a b..."

I have recently started reading The Magic Mountain and am happy to second it too.

No more nominations are accepted at that point. feel free to post anything else here except nominations. I am currently working on the poll for the upcoming read.

Hi All - Looks like The Luminaries is our next Contemporary Chunkster. I haven't seen anywhere yet where we've set a schedule and such. I'm wlling to put one together and take a stab at leading discussion unless someone else much more skilled than I am would like to take a whack at it. What does everyone think?

I am working at the schedule right now ... I will post it later today. :-)