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2022 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022


They're large. They're in charge. And they're calling your name. They are the big mommas of your TBR, the mountain more than the molehill - these busty babies have been waiting for you to crack them open and take a nice, long perusal of their contents. If you've been waiting and delaying your chunkster reading, this challenge is for you!


1. Definition of a Chunkster:

- A chunkster is 450 pages or more of fiction or nonfiction. A chunkster should be a challenge.
- If you read large type books your book will need to be 525 pages or more... The average large type book is 10-15% longer or more so I think that was a fair estimate.

If the book is ebook-only with NO PRINT EQUIVALENT. then the following rules apply:

1. You can use the ebook edition you are reading for the page count found here on Goodreads.

2. If Goodreads does not show a page count for your ebook, please look on Amazon. Check the estimated page number there.

3. If no Amazon page count and GR page count exists, then the book cannot be used for this challenge.

Please ask any questions if you have any doubts. You can also post the book title in this thread if you have any trouble and I'll check for you.

2. The Rules:

- Audiobooks count.
- Re-reads are fine, as long as you don't skim or skip sections.
- Short Stories and Essay collections will not be counted.
- Books may crossover with other challenges.
- You can join in anytime, but you have till the end of the year to read it all.
- You don't need to list your books ahead of time.
- Once you pick a level, that's it...you're committed to that level!
- When you post your updates, put page count by each chunkster.
- If you completed a level before the end of the year and you want to sign up again, you're more than welcome to do so.

3. You must pick a level of participation:

- The Chubby Chunkster - this option is for the reader who has a couple of large tomes on their TBR list, but really doesn't want to commit to much more than that. Three books is all you need to finish this challenge.

- Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big? - This option is for the slightly heavier reader who wants to commit to 5 Chunksters over the remainder of the year.

- Mor-book-ly Obese - This is for the truly out of control chunkster. For this level of challenge you must commit to 8 chunksters OR 3 tomes of 800 pages or more. You know you want to.....go on and give in to your cravings.

- Too Big To Ignore Anymore - this option is for those chunksters on your TBR list. You may select any number of books over 450 pages but you must LIST THEM ahead of time.

Mor-book-ly Obese

1. Glitter Baby, Susan Elizabeth Phillips | 1/7 | 450p
2. The Becoming, Nora Roberts | 1/19 | 464p
3. Mystery Man, Kristen Ashley | 2/8 | 512p
4. The Stopover, T.L. Swan | 2/26 | 521p
5. Wild Man, Kristen Ashley | 3/3 | 528p
6. Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone, Diana Gabaldon | 3/6 | 902p
7. Fancy Pants, Susan Elizabeth Phillips | 3/10 | 495p
8. The Takeover, T.L. Swan | 3/21 | 477p

9. One with You, Sylvia Day | 4/3 | 482p
10. Law Man, Kristen Ashley | 4/5 | 535p
11. The Casanova, T.L. Swan | 4/7 | 507p
12. Genuine Lies, Nora Roberts | 4/29 | 530p
13. Midnight Sun, Stephanie Meyer | 5/28 | 833
14. Thoughtless, S.C. Stephens | 6/6 | 530p
15. Effortless, S.C. Stephens | 6/7 | 487p
16. Love Unscripted, Tina Reber | 6/17 | 690p

17. A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin | 6/22 | 819p
18. Motorcycle Man, Kristen Ashley | 6/25 | 540p
19. The Witness, Nora Roberts | 6/27 | 492p
20. Tattooed Memories, L.Ann | 7/4 | 542
21. The Wall of Winnipeg and Me, Mariana Zapata | 7/11 | 537
22. Reckless, S.C. Stephens | 7/15 | 546
23. The One for You, Roni Loren | 7/24 | 450
24. Twilight, Stephanie Meyer | 7/26 | 513

25. Chasing Fire, Nora Roberts | 8/4 | 462
26. Kulti, Mariana Zapata | 8/11 | 570
27. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson | 8/13 | 658
28. Divergent, Veronica Roth | 9/3 | 501
29. The Four Winds, Kristen Hannah | 9/6 | 464
30. Morning Glory, LaVyrle Spencer | 9/13 | 480
31. Fifty Shades Freed, E.L. James | 9/16 | 579
32. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling | 9/17 | 815

33. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling | 9/18 | 784
34. The Green Mile, Stephen King | 9/18 | 548
35. The Girl Who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson | 10/2 | 738
36. New York to Dallas, J.D. Robb | 10/22 | 479
37. The Do-Over, T.L. Swan | 10/24 | 553
38. Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir | 10/27 | 549
39. Heartbreaker, Julie Garwood | 10/30 | 520
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☕️📚Chubby Chunkster Challenge📚☕️
Level: Too Big To Ignore Anymore

Here's hoping I can get through these (especially since they're all relating to other challenges I'm joining as well.) 🤭🤭🤭

9/15 Completed

🔲Spirit Bound (489 pages)
☑️Blood Promise (503 pages) - Jan 26th
🔲Last Sacrifice (594 pages)
🔲Starcrossed (487 pages)
🔲Say the Word (458 pages)
☑️My Familiar Stranger (474 pages) - Nov 16th
🔲Cress (552 pages)
☑️Hunting Prince Dracula (480 pages) - Jan 16th
☑️A Voice in the Wind (520 pages) - Mar 31st
☑️Executive Power (512 pages) - June 21st
☑️Memorial Day (574 pages) - July 1st
☑️The Duke and I (464 pages) - May 25th
☑️The Viscount Who Loved Me (469 pages) - May 30th
☑️Consent to Kill (508 pages) - Sept 9th
🔲Under Locke (497 pages)

2022 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
TOO BIG TO IGNORE ANYMORE
0/10 COMPLETE

Definition of a Chunkster:

- A chunkster is 450 pages or more of fiction or nonfiction. A chunkster should be a challenge.

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
House of Sky and Breath
Chain of Iron
Jade City
The Rage of Dragons
The Poppy War
Malice
Lady of the Lake
Seven Blades in Black
A Dance with Dragons

Chubby Chunkster Challenge

Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big?

1 ~ In the Garden of Spite by Camilla Bruce, 3 STARS, 6th March, 480 PAGES

2 ~ Bleak House by Charles Dickens, 3 STARS, 9th Aug, 1017 PAGES

3 ~ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, 5 STARS, May 31st, 759 PAGES

4 ~ Everyday Horrors by Rick Gualtieri, 3 STARS, 5th June, 543PAGES

5 ~ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë, 3 STARS, Aug 31st, 576 PAGES

Chubby Chunkster Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Level: Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big?
Completed: 4/5

1.Immortal by J.R. Ward (458 pages) (1/12)★★★★1/2
2.One Night of Sin by Gaelen Foley (471 pages) (3/31)★★★★★
3.Ghost Story by Jim Butcher (481 pages) (6/30)★★★★1/2
4.Count to Ten by Karen Rose (550 pages) (7/12)★★★★
5.

2022 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Too Big To Ignore Anymore
Progress: 0/12
1.All the Light We Cannot See
2.Villette
3.Gone with the Wind
4.The Secret Keeper
5.The Lake House
6.Outlander
7.The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
8.The Time Traveller's Wife
9.Pretty Girls
10.The Alibi
11.The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
12.One Secret Summer

Chubby Chunkster Challenge
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2022
Level: Mor-book-ly Obese

Tomes = 3
Chunksters = 16

READ: 19/8

1. [925 pages] 1Q84 - Haruki Murakami 1/25
2. [530 pages] The Poppy War - R.F. Kuang 2/27
3. [528 pages] Steel Crow Saga - Paul Krueger 3/7
4. [536 pages] Ascendant - Michael R. Miller 3/20
5. [612 pages] Tome of the Undergates - Sam Sykes 4/30
6. [659 pages] Gemina - Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff 5/1
7. [618 pages] Obsidio - Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff 5/2
8. [512 pages] Good At Games - Jill Mansell 5/30
9. [757 pages] Assassin's Quest - Robin Hobb 6/8
10. [624 pages] A Court of Mist and Fury - Sarah J. Maas 6/11
11. [512 pages] Daughter of the Moon Goddess - Sue Lynn Tan 6/18
12. [672 pages] Ordinary Monsters - J.M. Miro 7/4
13. [592 pages] Rule of Wolves - Leigh Bardugo 7/28
14. [544 pages] Eighteen Below - Stefan Ahnhem 8/28
15. [576 pages] The Kraken King - Meljean Brook 9/6
16. [848 pages] The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon 9/21
17. [560 pages] The Starless Crown - James Rollins 10/14
18. [608 pages] Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo 11/12
19. [866 pages] The Crow Girl - Erik Axl Sund 12/30



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

2022 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
January 1 - December 31, 2022

- A chunkster is 450 pages or more of fiction or nonfiction.

Level - Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big?

1. Dark Tides - 1/9/22 - 464 pgs
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2022 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Too Big To Ignore Anymore -
Progress: 1/13

1. Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn -555 pgs
2. Beneath a Scarlet Sky - Mark Sullivan - 5133.
3. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas - 832 pgs
4. A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara - 816 pgs
5. The Institute - Stephen King - 557 pgs
6. The Outsider - Stephen King - 560 pgs
✔7. The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas - 1243 pgs
(Penguin Edition) finished on 1/20 - 5💥
8. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens - 765 pgs
9. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins - 512 pgs
10. Don Quixote - Cervantes - 768 pgs
11. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray - 719 pgs
12. A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations (2 in 1 Oprah edition ) - 834 pgs
13. The Lincoln Highway - Amor Towles - 576 pgs
14. True Evil - Greg Iles - 640 pgs
15. Turning Angel - Greg Iles - 672 pgs

The Chubby Chunkster

1.Marriage for One
520 pages ✅️ 7/2

2. A Suitable Boy

3. A little Life

🧊Level : Mor-book-ly Obese (6/8)
Books must be over 525 pages.

✔1. Outlander 864 pages 26/1/22
✔2. Duncton Wood 736 pages 12/2/22
✔3. Pandemic 720 pages 21/3/22
✔4. Sophie's Choice 684 pages. 1/6/22
✔5. Angels & Demons 736 pages. 15/8/22
✔6. The Pillars of the Earth 1076 pages 25/8/22
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2022 Chubby Chunkster Challenge - 450 pages or more
Duration: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Level: Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big?
Completed: 0/5

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2022 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Level : Mor-book-ly Obese
450 pgs or more

8/8 Finished! 6/8/22

1. The Long Game - 453 pgs; 4/27
2. Wild Country - 492 pgs; 4/25
3. Capture the Crown - 464 pgs; 4/22
4. The Girl in the Mist - 512 pgs; 4/10
5. Tribute - 464 pgs; 3/31
6. Wait for It - 670 pgs; 3/30
7. The Blade Itself - 536 pgs; 3/27
8. Uprooted - 465 pgs; 3/15

2022 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022

Mor-book-ly Obese

1. Drums of Autumn (880 pages) - 2/28/22
2. Things We Never Got Over (570 pages) - 2/11/22
3. The Fiery Cross (994 pages) - 3/27/22
4. A Breath of Snow and Ashes (980) - 4/16/22
5. Written in My Own Hearts Blood (825) - 9/12/22
6. A Discovery of Witches (579) 10/11/22
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🌹My masterlist of challenges 🌹

2022 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022

Mor-book-ly Obese
450 pages or more
Read 8/8!

1. Darling Venom (712 pages) | 1/1/22
2. Twisted Hate (510 pages) | 3/28/22
3. Fated Throne (823 pages) | 4/24/22
4. Kulti (570 pages) | 5/7/22
5. All Rhodes Lead Here (551 pages) | 5/9/22
6. Moth (451 pages) | 06/01/22
7. Faking with Benefits (560 pages) | 06/06/22
8. Bad Alpha (506 pages) | 10/01/22

💕💕2022 Chubby Chunkster Challenge💕💕
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Level : Mor-book-ly Obese
All Completed: 8/8 !!

Definition of a Chunkster: A chunkster is 450 pages or more of fiction or nonfiction. A chunkster should be a challenge.

✔️1-Forever Destined by Anna Zaires: #830
06/01/2022✔️
✔️2- Tormented Obsession by Anna Zaires: #692
06/01/2022✔️
✔️3-Luna and the Lie by Mariana Zapata: #580 05/02/2022.✔️
✔️4- Wait for It by Mariana Zapata: #670. 17/03/2022✔️
✔️5- Worth it All: MMA Fighter, The Complete Seriesby Vi Keeland: #686
19/03/2022 ✔️
✔️6- Perception by Nicole Edwards #490 13/05/2022✔️
✔️7- The Witness by Nora Roberts #492
15/05/2022✔️
✔️8-Shards of Hope by Nalini Singh #484
23/05/2022✔️




All my challenges

Congratulations LillianaPassions!

Thank you Fran ! Thanks to motivate us ! 💕💕

Romance Readers Reading Challenges
2022 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022

Progress: 8 out of 8

They're large. They're in charge. And they're calling your name. They are the big mommas of your TBR, the mountain more than the molehill - these busty babies have been waiting for you to crack them open and take a nice, long perusal of their contents. If you've been waiting and delaying your chunkster reading, this challenge is for you!

1. Definition of a Chunkster:
(view spoiler)[- A chunkster is 450 pages or more of fiction or nonfiction. A chunkster should be a challenge.
- If you read large type books your book will need to be 525 pages or more... The average large type book is 10-15% longer or more so I think that was a fair estimate.

If the book is ebook-only with NO PRINT EQUIVALENT. then the following rules apply:

1. You can use the ebook edition you are reading for the page count found here on Goodreads.

2. If Goodreads does not show a page count for your ebook, please look on Amazon. Check the estimated page number there.

3. If no Amazon page count and GR page count exists, then the book cannot be used for this challenge.

Please ask any questions if you have any doubts. You can also post the book title in this thread if you have any trouble and I'll check for you. (hide spoiler)]

2. The Rules:
(view spoiler)[- Audiobooks count.
- Re-reads are fine, as long as you don't skim or skip sections.
- Short Stories and Essay collections will not be counted.
- Books may crossover with other challenges.
- You can join in anytime, but you have till the end of the year to read it all.
- You don't need to list your books ahead of time.
- Once you pick a level, that's it...you're committed to that level!
- When you post your updates, put page count by each chunkster.
- If you completed a level before the end of the year and you want to sign up again, you're more than welcome to do so. (hide spoiler)]

3. You must pick a level of participation:

- Mor-book-ly Obese - This is for the truly out of control chunkster. For this level of challenge you must commit to 8 chunksters OR 3 tomes of 800 pages or more. You know you want to.....go on and give in to your cravings.

1. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - * - 1/6/2022 - 928 Pages
2. Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon - ***** - 1/28/2022 - 880 Pages
3. Watcher's Test by Sean Oswald - *** - 4/13/2022 - 658 Pages
4. Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century by Sam Kashner - ***** - 5/11/2022 - 500 Pages
5. The Witching Hour by Anne Rice - ***** - 5/20/2022 - 965 Pages
6. The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn - ***** - 6/22/2022 - 480 Pages
7. Pachinko by Lee Min-jin - *** - 7/26/2022 - 490 Pages
8. The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-PoohA.A. Milne - ***** - 7/30/2022 - 557 Pages

Way to go Suzanne!!

Chubby Chunkster Challenge - All Done!
Duration: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Level: Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big?
Completed: 5/5

1.Immortal by J.R. Ward (458 pages) (1/12)★★★★1/2
2.One Night of Sin by Gaelen Foley (471 pages) (3/31)★★★★★
3.Ghost Story by Jim Butcher (481 pages) (6/30)★★★★
4.Count to Ten by Karen Rose (550 pages) (7/12)★★★★
5.Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon (902 pages) (8/31)★★★★★

Congratulations Julianna!

Thanks, Fran!

2022 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
TOO BIG TO IGNORE ANYMORE
10/10 COMPLETE

Definition of a Chunkster:

- A chunkster is 450 pages or more of fiction or nonfiction. A chunkster should be a challenge.

☑ To Sleep in a Sea of Stars 878
☑ House of Sky and Breath 806
☑ Chain of Iron 591
☑ Jade City 560
☑ The Rage of Dragons 544
☑ The Poppy War 531
☑ Malice 470
☑ Lady of the Lake 560
☑ Seven Blades in Black 704
☑ A Dance with Dragons 1125

Congratulations Courtney!!

Chubby Chunkster Challenge
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2022
Level: Mor-book-ly Obese

Tomes = 3
Chunksters = 16

READ: 19/8

1. [925 pages] 1Q84 - Haruki Murakami 1/25
2. [530 pages] The Poppy War - R.F. Kuang 2/27
3. [528 pages] Steel Crow Saga - Paul Krueger 3/7
4. [536 pages] Ascendant - Michael R. Miller 3/20
5. [612 pages] Tome of the Undergates - Sam Sykes 4/30
6. [659 pages] Gemina - Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff 5/1
7. [618 pages] Obsidio - Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff 5/2
8. [512 pages] Good At Games - Jill Mansell 5/30
9. [757 pages] Assassin's Quest - Robin Hobb 6/8
10. [624 pages] A Court of Mist and Fury - Sarah J. Maas 6/11
11. [512 pages] Daughter of the Moon Goddess - Sue Lynn Tan 6/18
12. [672 pages] Ordinary Monsters - J.M. Miro 7/4
13. [592 pages] Rule of Wolves - Leigh Bardugo 7/28
14. [544 pages] Eighteen Below - Stefan Ahnhem 8/28
15. [576 pages] The Kraken King - Meljean Brook 9/6
16. [848 pages] The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon 9/21
17. [560 pages] The Starless Crown - James Rollins 10/14
18. [608 pages] Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo 11/12
19. [866 pages] The Crow Girl - Erik Axl Sund 12/30



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Way to go Barbara- Congrats!

Just FYI, I was way too ambitious with this one for 2022. Gonna try again next year, but with a more manageable list of Chunksters. :)