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I want to go for the bigger books on my tbr this year so let's see how this goes!Level One - Chunkster
1 Ninth House
2 Tintenherz
3 Die unendliche Geschichte
Level Two - Flower Presser
4 Die Stadt der Träumenden Bücher
5 The Amber Spyglass
6 Der Tanz der Kraniche
Level 3 - Back Breaker
7 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
8 Loveless
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...and then see a chiropractor!
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Level 1- Chunkster
1. Les Contemplations by Victor Hugo
2. Romola by George Eliot
3. Secondhand Time: The Last of the SovietsbySvetlana Alexievich
Level 2- Flower presser
4. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
5. Crónica del alba, 3 by Ramón J. Sender
6. Christopher and Columbus by Elizabeth von Arnim
Level 3 - Back breaker
7. Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
8. Erniedrigte und Beleidigte by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
9. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
10. Züricher Novellen by Gottfried Keller
I'm in!.
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Chunksters:
Read books that are between 400-599 pages
Level One - Chunkster
✔ 1. The Giver of Stars, 400 pp
✔ 2. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 528 pp
✔ 3. The Bootlace Magician, 416 pp
Level Two - Flower Presser
✔ 4. Boundary Waters, 420 pp
✔ 5. Ask Again, Yes, 400 pp
✔ 6. The Ice Limit, 497 pp
Level 3 - Back Breaker
✔ 7. Lighter Than My Shadow, 516 pp
✔ 8. The Institute, 576 pp
✔ 9. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women, 596 pp
✔ 10. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, 512 pp
✔ 11. How Long 'til Black Future Month?, 433 pp
✔ 12. Pachinko, 502 pp
✔ 13. Red, White & Royal Blue, 425 pp
✔ 14. Yes No Maybe So, 448 pp
✔ 15. The Child Thief, 481 pp
✔ 16. The Grapes of Wrath, 479 pp
✔ 17. Songbird: A Kings Lake Investigation, 488 pp
✔ 18. What the Wind Knows, 416 pp
✔ 19. Triptych, 512 pp
✔ 20. Fractured, 530 pp
✔ 21. Then She Was Gone, 422 pp
✔ 22. Dance of Death, 592 pp
...and then see a chiropractor!
The 2020 Reading Challenge Group2020 Maxi Challenges > Chunksters 2020 (400-599 pgs)
January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
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Love it, I'm in!This challenge is for those of you who want to tackle bigger books on your shelves!
*Books from 400-599 pages count for this challenge.
*For even bigger books, see the Doorstopper Challenge (600+ pgs).
Level One - Chunkster
1 - Nine Perfect Strangers
2 - Truly Madly Guilty
3 - The Reckoning
Level Two - Flower Presser
4 -Making It Up As I Go Along
5 - Becoming
6 - The Third Wife
Level 3 - Back Breaker
7 - The One
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...and then see a chiropractor!
2020 Maxi Challenges > Chunksters 2020 (400-599 pgs)January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
Level One - Chunkster
1. Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991: A Pelican Introduction by Orlando Figes - 473 pages *Read Mar 11*
2. The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton - 432 pages *Read Sep 14*
3. Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami - 506 pages *Read Sep 29*
Level Two - Flower Presser
4. Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami - 436 pages *Read Nov 22*
5. The Portrait Of A Lady by Henry James - 576 pages *Read Nov 29*
6. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller - 570 pages
Level 3 - Back Breaker
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...and then see a chiropractor!
Count me in!Books from 400-599 pages count for this challenge.
Level One - Chunkster
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Level Two - Flower Presser
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Level 3 - Back Breaker
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...and then see a chiropractor!
I'm in:Level One - Chunkster
1 - You Belong to Me
2 - The Institute
3 - No One Left to Tell
Level Two - Flower Presser
4 - The Perfect Wife
5 - Did You Miss Me?
6 - The Rise of Magicks
Level 3 - Back Breaker
7 - Undo It!: How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases
8 - Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
9 - A Clash of Kings
10 - I Owe You One
...and then see a chiropractor!
Adding this as well.Finished: 2021/01/26
Level One - Chunkster
1 Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith (574 pages) ✓
2 Schattenschrei by Erik Axl Sund (448 pages) ✓
3 The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling (503 pages) ✓
Level Two - Flower Presser
4 Wild Orchids by Jude Deveraux (454 pages) ✓
5 City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (503 pages) ✓
6 City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare (476 pages) ✓
Level 3 - Back Breaker
7 City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare (573 pages) ✓
8 City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare (546 pages) ✓
9 Der Teufel in dir by Richard Montanari (446 pages) ✓
10 The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan & Maureen Johnson (441 pages) ✓
...and then see a chiropractor!
Lets see how many big books I can lift this year.Level One - Chunkster
1 Ondjaki - Transparent City
2 Anabel Hernandez - A Massacre in Mexico: The True Story Behind the Missing Forty Three Students
3 Edward Carey - Little
Level Two - Flower Presser
4 David Treuer - The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present
5 Anne Applebaum - Gulag: A History
6 Simon Winchester - Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms & a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
Level 3 - Back Breaker
7 Jonas Jonasson - Le vieux qui ne voulait pas feter son anniversaire
8 David Van Reybrouck - Congo: een geschiedenis
9 Amadou Hampate Ba - Amkoullel, l'enfant Peul
10 Peter Carey - True History of the Kelly Gang
Another one I always enjoy! Books from 400-599 pages count for this challenge.Last updated: 5/2/2020
Complete for Round 1 as of 4/30!
Level One - Chunkster
✔️1 Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed 1/20/2020 (432 pages)
✔️2 Prodigal Summer 1/25/2020 (444 pages)
✔️ 3 The Overstory 2/16/2020 (502 pages, 22 hours of audio)
Level Two - Flower Presser
✔️4 The Night Circus 2/17/2020 (516 pages)
✔️5 Half of a Yellow Sun 3/9/2020 (543 pages)
✔️6 City of Girls 3/19/2020 (470 pages)
Level 3 - Back Breaker
✔️7 The Testaments 3/28/2020 (422 pages)
✔️8 Cinder 4/1/2020 (400 pages)
✔️9 The House of the Spirits 4/24/2020 (482 pages)
✔️10 The Great Believers 4/30/2020 (431 pages)
...and then see a chiropractor!
Start: January 1st, 2020 Finish: December 31st, 2020
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Level 3 - Back Breaker
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Level 1 = Chunkster1 - Pandemic/Robin Cook = 509 pages
This challenge is for those of you who want to tackle bigger books on your shelves! (Books from 400-599 pages count for this challenge)Level One - Chunkster
1. Wuthering Heights (448)
2. Anne of Green Gables (426)
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Level Two - Flower Presser
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Level 3 - Back Breaker
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...and then see a chiropractor!
Chunksters 2020 (400-599 pgs)Duration: 1/1/20 - 31/12/20
Round 1
Level One - Chunkster
1 Risking it All by Tessa Bailey 400 pages - 15/1/20
2 Chances by Jackie Collins 480 pages - 24/1/20
3 Kiss of a Demon King by Kresley Cole 417 pages - 20/4/20
Level Two - Flower Presser
4 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling 453 pages - 10/5/20
5 The Chocolate Apothecary by Josephine Moon 400 pages - 16/5/20
6 Pleasure of a Dark Prince by Kresley Cole 431 pages - 14/6/20
Level 3 - Back Breaker
7 A Song of War: A Novel of Troy by Kate Quinn 444 pages - 16/6/20
8 No-One Ever Has Sex in the Suburbs by Tracy Bloom 400 pages - 20/6/20
9 Dead Days: The Complete Season One by Ryan Casey 422 pages - 1/7/20
10 Time Out by Emma Murray 439 pages - 23/7/20
...and then see a chiropractor!
Count me in, too!Level One - Chunkster
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Have to love a ChunksterLevel 1 - Chunkster
1. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee 502 pages 29 March
2. The Eighth Life (for Brilka) by Nino Haratischvili 934 pages 8 May
3. Weeping Waters by Karin Brynard 507 pages
Level Two - Flower Presser
4. The Way We Live Now 638 pages 15 May
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Chunkster Round 2 (400-599 pages) - COMPLETE!Started: 5/1/2020
Last updated: 9/3/2020
Level One - Chunkster
✔️ 1 Pride and Prejudice 5/21/2020 (430 pages, 11 hours of audio)
✔️ 2 Red, White & Royal Blue 5/24/2020 (421 pages, 12 hours of audio)
✔️ 3 The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor 5/25/2020 (550 pages)
Level Two - Flower Presser
✔️ 4 Seeing Red 5/31/2020 (432 pages)
✔️ 5 Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen 6/14/2020 (400 pages)
✔️6 Small Great Things 7/2/2020 (480 pages)
Level 3 - Back Breaker
✔️7 Long Road to Mercy 8/24/2020 (401 pages)
✔️8 The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration 8/27/2020 (553 pages of real text, 622 with notes and index)
✔️9 The Order 8/31/2020 (496 pages)
✔️10 Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family 8/31/2020 (400 pages, 13 hours of audio)
...and then see a chiropractor!
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Level 1 - Chunkster
11. La tía Julia y el escribidor by Mario Vargas Llosa
12. John Halifax, Gentleman by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
13. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Level 2- Flower presser
14. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
15. Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture by José Saramago
16. Evelina by Frances Burney
Level 3 - Back Breaker
17. Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
18. Light in August by William Faulkner
19. The Mage-Fire War by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
20. The Ambassadors by Henry James
Rosemarie wrote: "Chunksters Round 2Level 1 - Chunkster
11. La tía Julia y el escribidor by Mario Vargas Llosa"
Wow, I wish I knew enough Spanish to read a book in Spanish!
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Done! Whew... See message 10 for my list..
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Rosemarie wrote: "Way to go, Cindy!"Thanks - this one always seems easier for me than the featherweights.
Chunksters Challenge: Round 1 FINISHED 7/10*Books from 400-599 pages count for this challenge.
Level One - Chunkster
1. Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son - 440 pages - 1/17
2. The Heist - 400 pages - 2/7
3. Children of Blood and Bone - 490 pages - 2/22
Level Two - Flower Presser
4. The Boy - 496 pages - 2/22
5. The Queen of the Tearling - 464 pages - 4/19
6. Circe - 416 pages - 5/4
Level 3 - Back Breaker
7. The Last Secret of the Temple - 433 pages - 5/16
8. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - 512 pages - 5/23
9. Blindsighted - 480 pages - 7/2
10. The Absent One - 452 pages - 7/10
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I'm in for round 2:Level 1 - Chunkster
1. The Claverings by Anthony Trollope 560 pages -
2. The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson 4. Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel 882 pages finished 6 September
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4. Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel 882 pages finished 6 Septemberhttps://www.goodreads.com/#
Level Two - Flower Presser
5. The MoonFlower Murders by Anthony Horowitz 559 pages (a book within a book) finished 7 Sept.
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Level Three - Back Breaker
Rosemarie wrote: "Way to go, Brenda!"Thanks, Rosemarie!
Challenge completed (message 12), phew!
Up for another round :)Chunksters 2020 (400-599 pgs)
Duration: 1/1/20 - 31/12/20
Round 2
Level One - Chunkster
1 Dreams of a Dark Warrior by Kresley Cole 515 pages - 1/8/20
2 Lothaire by Kresley Cole 506 pages - 4/8/20
3 Shadow's Claim by Kresley Cole 500 pages - 15/9/20
Level Two - Flower Presser
4 The Massacre of Mankind by Stephen Baxter 464 pages - 25/9/20
5 MacRieve by Kresley Cole 467 pages - 19/10/20
6 Dark Skye by Kresley Cole 432 pages - 19/10/20
Level 3 - Back Breaker
7 Sweet Ruin by Kresley Cole 529 pages - 25/10/20
8 The Professional by Kresley Cole 464 pages - 29/10/20
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...and then see a chiropractor!
At first I didn't decide to participate just in case I didn't read any books over 400Level One - Chunkster
1. Once Upon A Dream - 452 pgs
2. Cilka's Journey - 448 pgs
3. Good Omens - 415 pgs
Level Two - Flower Presser
4. Snow Like Ashes - 416 pgs
5. Stories On The Go 101 Authors - 464 pgs
6. The Black Echo - 482 pgs
Level 3 - Back Breaker
7. How I Found You - 422 pgs
8. Possessed - 438 pgs
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...and then see a chiropractor!
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Level 1:
21. The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
22. Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
23. Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
Level 2:
24. The Walnut Mansion by Miljenko Jergović
25. South Riding by Winifred Holtby
26. Buonanotte, signor Lenin by Tiziano Terzani
Round 2: FINISHEDBooks from 400-599 pages count for this challenge.
Level One - Chunkster
1. Dorothy Must Die - 480 pages - 7/23
2. Cold Cold Heart - 480 pages - 9/3
3. If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood - 428 pages - 9/13
Level Two - Flower Presser
4. Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders - 400 pages - 9/20
5. A Conspiracy of Faith - 503 pages - 9/22
6. Live by Night - 401 pages - 9/30
Level 3 - Back Breaker
7. The Ruin - 400 pages - 10/16
8. The Fellowship of the Ring - 480 pages - 11/10
9. Encounter with Tiber - 560 pages - 11/15
10. The Purity of Vengeance - 452 pages - 12/2
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This challenge is for those of you who want to tackle bigger books on your shelves!
*Books from 400-599 pages count for this challenge.
*For even bigger books, see the Doorstopper Challenge (600+ pgs).
Level One - Chunkster
1
2
3
Level Two - Flower Presser
4
5
6
Level 3 - Back Breaker
7
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9
10
...and then see a chiropractor!