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2025: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie
⏱️Duration: 1-Jan-2025 - 31-Dec-2025
Books Read: 2 | Pages Read: 1727
1. War and Peace (1,225 pages) - Achievements: 🕰️📜
2. The Overstory (502 pages) - Achievements: 🎭
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Bernadette
Joni
Amanda
Angie ☯
Sammy
Ashley
Jackie
Shan ~A~
Teddie
Jess
Heather
❡Risa
Tori
Jayne
2025: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie⏱️Duration: 1-Jan-2025 - 31-Dec-2025
Books Read: 1 | Pages Read:
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1. The Outsider by Stephen King, 577p - 01/08 - 4⭐
The Hunting Party, 406p
2. The Outsider, 577p
3. Legendary, 451p
4. The Way of Kings, 1134p
5.
A Soul to Keep by Opal Reyne, 544p
Oathbound by Tracy Deonn, 656p
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang, 545p
The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang, 658p
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros, 779p
City of Gods and Monsters by Kayla Edwards, 760p
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, 1134p
2025: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie⏱️Duration: 1-Jan-2025 - 31-Dec-2025
🌎 Global Goliath: Reader of books from the most countries
🎭 Genre Giant: Reader with the most diverse genres
Books: 27
Pages: 18,296
1. Hawaii/James A. Michener - 1/3; 1,490 pages; 🕰️🌎🎭Historical Fiction
2. You Like It Darker/Stephen King - 1/11; 502 pages; 🎭Horror
3. 1916: A Novel of the Irish Rebellion/Morgan Llywelyn - 1/19; 576 pages; 🌎🎭Irish Literature
4. Alaska/James A. Michener - 2/6; 1,348 pages; 🎭Historical
5. The Year of the Flood/Margaret Atwood - 3/5; 529 pages; 🎭Fiction
6. The Jasmine Throne/Tasha Suri - 3/28; 533 pages; 🌎🎭Fantasy
7. As Good As Dead/Holly Jackson - 3/28 - 500 pages; 🎭Mystery
8. The Oleander Sword/Tasha Suri - 4/9 - 512 pages; 🎭Lesbian
9. The Priory of the Orange Tree/Samantha Shannon - 4/16 - 845 pages; 🎭LGBT
10. Little Women/Louisa May Alcott - 4/17 - 566 pages 🎭Fiction
11. The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos/Judy Batalion - 5/3 - 560 pages 🌎🎭Nonfiction
12. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West/Dee Brown - 5/9 - 509 pages; 🎭History
13. House Rules/Jodi Picoult - 5/18 - 532 pages; 🎭Contemporary
14. The Reformatory/Tananarive Due - 5/31 - 576 pages; 🎭Thriller
15. Tilt/Ellen Hopkins - 6/1 - 608 pages; 🎭Young Adult
16. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt/Edmund Morris - 6/2 - 816 pages; 🎭Biography
17. Theodore Rex/Edmund Morris - 6/10 - 772 pages; 🎭Presidents
18. Colonel Roosevelt/Edmund Morris - 6/20 - 766 pages
19. The Storm Sister/Lucinda Riley - 6/26 - 513 pages; 🎭Romance, 🌎Norway
20. Hannibal/Thomas Harris - 6/29 - 564 pages; 🎭Crime
21. Chesapeake/James A. Michener - 7/3 - 1,024 pages
22. The Quiet Game/Greg Iles - 7/13 - 580 pages
23. Beneath a Scarlet Sky/Mark T. Sullivan - 7/14 - 509 pages; 🎭World War II, 🌎Italy
24. The Vampire and the Case of the Wayward Werewolf/Heather G. Harris - 7/18 - 529 pages; 🎭Urban Fantasy
25. Babel/R.F. Kuang - 7/25 - 560 pages; 🎭Dark Academia, 🌎England
26. The Shadow Sister/Lucinda Riley - 7/25 - 721 pages
27. Onyx Storm/Rebecca Yarros - 8/4 - 776 pages; 🎭Romantasy
28. Mark Twain/Mark Twain - xx/xx - 1,200 pages
Longest book: 1,490
Oldest book: 1959
Newest book: 2021
Genres read: Biography, Contemporary, Crime, Dark Academia, Fiction, Fantasy, Historical, Historical Fiction, History, Horror, Irish Literature, LGBT, Literature, Lesbian, Mystery, Nonfiction, Presidents, Romantasy, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Urban Fantasy, World War II, Young Adult
Countries visited: USA, Ireland, India, Italy, Poland, Norway, England
2025 - I Like Big Books and I Cannot LieDuration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
01/25 Code Name Sapphire by Pam Jenoff[541]
01/31 Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score[572]
04/01 Love & Olives by Jenna Evans Welch[501]
06/12 Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty[512]
06/13 The Rule Book by Sarah Adams[531]
06/16 The Housemaid by Freida McFadden[586]
08/03 The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart[528]
2025: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie (500+)⏱️Duration: 1-Jan-2025 - 31-Dec-2025
🕰️ Tome Titan: Reader of the longest book
📜 Vintage Virtuoso: Reader of the oldest big book
✨ Cutting-Edge Conqueror: Reader of the newest big book
🌎 Global Goliath: Reader of books from the most countries
🎭 Genre Giant: Reader with the most diverse genres
📚 Series Slayer: Reader who completes the most series
Books:
Pages:
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-639 Pgs3.
-874 Pgs4.
-807 Pgs5.
-523 Pgs6.
-852 Pgs7.
-721 Pgs8.
-521 Pgs9.
- 540 Pgs10.
-608 Pgs11.
-700 Pgs12.
= 845 Pgs13.
-762 Pgs14.
-512 PgS15.
-513 Pgs16.
-876 Pgs17.
-528 Pgs18.
-656 Pgs19.
-823 Pgs20.
-962 Pgs21.
- 513 Pgs22.
- 512 Pgs23.
- 651 Pgs24.
- 991 Pgs25.
-880 PgsPlanning in September
Longest book:
Oldest book:
Newest book:
Genres read:
Countries visited: England, Prague,
# of series completed:
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Achievements
🕰️ Tome Titan: Reader of the longest book (1072 pgs)
📜 Vintage Virtuoso: Reader of the oldest big book (1922)
✨ Cutting-Edge Conqueror: Reader of the newest big book (Jan 2025)
🌎 Global Goliath: Reader of books set in the most countries (3)
🎭 Genre Giant: Reader with the most diverse genres (24)
📚 Series Slayer: Reader who completes the most series (2)
Books Read: 24 | Total Pages: 15,280
1. Mr. Mercedes ~ 2/7 | 538 pgs | 🎭 Detective | 🌎 USA
2. Onyx Storm ~ 2/14 | 758 pgs | 🎭 Dragons | ✨Jan 2025
3. Kushiel's Dart ~ 2/19 | 1040 pgs | 🎭 High Fantasy
4. Never Never ~ 2/24 | 586 pgs | 🎭 Book Club
5. On the Savage Side ~ 2/27 | 539 pgs | 🎭 Literary Fiction
6. Lover Unleashed ~ 3/15 | 513 pgs | 🎭 Supernatural
7. The Will of Many ~ 3/16 | 639 pgs | 🎭 Dark Academia
8. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ~ 3/20 | 658 pgs |🎭 Adult | 🌎 Sweden
9. Fractured ~ 3/25 | 530 pgs | 🎭 Mystery
10. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes ~ 4/11 | 541 pgs | 🎭 Teen
11. Darwin's Radio ~ 4/22 | 544 pgs | 🎭 Evolution
12. Song of Susannah ~ 4/27 | 560 pgs | 🎭 Novels
13. The Dark Tower ~ 5/18 | 1072 pgs | 🎭 Epic |🕰️1072 | 📚
14. Finders Keepers ~ 5/26 | 558 pgs | 🎭 Crime
15. The Vampire and the Case of the Wayward Werewolf ~ 6/1 | 🎭 Shapeshifters
16. Illuminae ~ 6/6 | 608 pgs | 🎭 Adventure
17. Boy's Life ~ 6/7 | 627 pgs | 🎭 Coming of Age
18. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet ~ 6/11 | 504 pgs | 🎭 Space Opera
19. Tigana ~ 6/12 | 686 pgs | 🎭 High Fantasy
20. Charming and the Cherry Blossom ~ 6/18 | 550 pgs | 🎭 Slow Burn
21. End of Watch ~ 7/10 | 511 pgs | 🎭 Audiobook | 📚
22. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle ~ 7/16 | 608 pgs | 🎭 Animals
23. Ulysses ~ 7/17 | 933 pgs | 🎭 Banned Books | 📜 1922 | 🌎 Ireland
24. The Sword of Kaigen ~ 7/19 | 651 pgs | 🎭 Magic
Ohhh, we're back! And I'm in!🕰️ Tome Titan: Reader of the longest book
📜 Vintage Virtuoso: Reader of the oldest big book
✨ Cutting-Edge Conqueror: Reader of the newest big book
🌎 Global Goliath: Reader of books from the most countries
🎭 Genre Giant: Reader with the most diverse genres
📚 Series Slayer: Reader who completes the most series
Number of books read: 72
Total pages read: 57842
1. The Corrections - 653 🌎🎭- Fiction
2. Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt - 750🎭 - Historical fiction 📚
3. The Bone Clocks - 640 🌎🎭- fantasy
4. Here One Moment - 512 ✨🌎🎭- audiobook
5. The End of Mr. Y - 502
6. Company of Liars - 576
7. The Man Without Qualities - 1774 🌎🎭- classics 🕰️
8. A Suitable Boy - 1474 🌎🎭- India
9. Altered Carbon - 544🎭- science fiction
10. The Paying Guests - 599
11. The Potato Factory - 739
12. Kushiel's Dart - 1040
13. A Conjuring of Light - 666 📚
14. Words of Radiance - 1088
15. The Complete Sherlock Holmes - 1796 🕰️
16. The Will of the Many - 639
17. Dark Fire - 501
18. Villette - 611 🌎📜
19. The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings - 656 🌎🎭 - History
20. The Bourne Identity - 566
21. The Passage - 784 🎭 - Horror
22. The Fountainhead - 704 🎭 - Philosophy
23. Oathbringer - 1408
24. Wolves of the Calla - 960
25. The Perfect Run - 667 🌎
26. Song of Susannah - 544
27. The Way We Live Now - 776 🎭 - victorian
28. The Twelve - 688
29. The City of Mirrors - 602 📚
30. Rhythm of War - 1232
31. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - 520 🎭 - dystopia
32. The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England - 534 🎭- medieval
33. Anything You Can Imagine - 576 🎭- film 🌎
34. Bruce Lee: A Life - 642 🎭- martial arts
35. Watermelon - 520 🌎 🎭- chick lit
36. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - 5069 pages 🕰️ 📜 (originally written in the 1770s) 🎭 - non-fiction
37. The Dark Tower - 1050 -📚
38. The Reformatory - 576 - 🎭- Paranormal
39. China - 764 🌎 🎭- Asian Literature
40. The Magus - 656 🌎🎭 - Literary fiction
41. The Mists of Avalon - 1009 🎭 - Arthurian
42. Illuminae - 608 🎭 young adult
43. Tommo & Hawk - 688 🎭Drama
44. The Way of Shadows - 672 🎭High Fantasy
45. Boy's Life - 625 🎭 Coming-of-age
46. Tigana - 676 🎭 Epic Fantasy
47. No Tomorrow - 627 🎭 Second chance
48. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - 518 🎭 LGBT
49. Red Sky Mourning - 576 🎭espionage
50. Hearts in Atlantis - 622 🎭 supernatural
51. Elric of Melniboné - 752 🎭Sword and Sorcery
52. The Luminaries - 848 🎭 Book club
53. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - 639 🎭Comics
54. Solomon's Song - 671 🎭20th Century 📚
55. Russka - 960 🌎 🎭 Russian History
56. The Waringham Chronicles, Volume 2: The Wheel of Fortune - 635 🎭 British Literature
57. The Cambridge Centenary Ulysses: The 1922 Text with Essays and Notes - 963 🎭Banned books
58. Little, Big: Or, the Fairies' Parliament - 538 🎭Unfinished
59. Thomas Hardy - 512 🎭 Books about books
60. The Adventures of Brother Cadfael: A Collection of Chronicles - 640 🎭 Mystery
61. The Pillars of the Earth - 976 🎭Novels
62. The Woman in White - 762 🎭 gothic
63. Le Morte d'Arthur - 938 - 🎭 Mythology - 📜1485
64. All Better Now - 528 🎭 speculative fiction ✨ 4 feb 2025
65. Egypt, Greece and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean - 714 🎭 reference
66. Twenty Years After - 845 🎭 France
67. Musashi - 970 pages 🎭Japanese Literature 🌎
68. Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink - 582 pages 🎭 Culinary
69. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - 609 🎭Magical Realism
70. London Fields - 526 🎭 Crime
71. Children of Time - 608 🎭 Space opera
72. Children of Ruin - 597 🎭Aliens
Longest book: 5069 pages
Oldest book: 1485
Newest book: 4 feb 2025
Genres read: (52) Fiction, Audiobook, Historical fiction, Fantasy, Classics, India, Science Fiction, History, Horror, Philosophy, Victorian, Dystopia, Medieval, Film, martial Arts, chick-lit, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Asian Literature, Literary Fiction, Arthurian, young adult, Drama, High Fantasy, coming of age, Epic Fantasy, Second chance, LGBT, espionage, supernatural, Sword and Sorcery, Book club, comics, 20th Century, Russian History, British Literature, Banned Books, Unfinished, books about books, Mystery, novels, gothic, mythology, speculative fiction, reference, France, Japanese Literature, Culinary, magical realism, Crime, space opera, aliens
Countries visited: (14) USA, England, Australia, Austria, India, France, Norway, Italy, New Zealand, Ireland, China, Greece, Russia, Japan
# of series completed: 5
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⏱️Duration: 1-Jan-2025 to 31-Dec-2025
🕰️ Tome Titan: Reader of the longest book
📜 Vintage Virtuoso: Reader of the oldest big book
✨ Cutting-Edge Conqueror: Reader of the newest big book
🌎 Global Goliath: Reader of books from the most countries
🎭 Genre Giant: Reader with the most diverse genres
📚 Series Slayer: Reader who completes the most series
Books Read: 11 | Pages Read: 7319
1. Onyx Storm (527pgs), 16-Feb | Achievements: ✨Jan 2025, 🎭Fantasy
2. JFK (792pgs), 4-Mar | Achievements: 🎭Biography
3. Born to Run (528pgs), 7-Mar | Achievements: 🎭Memoir
4. Fingersmith (592pgs), 15-May | Achievements: 🎭Historical Fiction
5. Five Days at Memorial (558pgs), 18-Mar | Achievements: 🎭Nonfiction
6. The Jasmine Throne (540pgs), 31-Mar
7. The Lies of Locke Lamora (752pgs), 26-Apr
8. The Priory of the Orange Tree (831pgs), 30-Apr
9. Ulysses (861pgs), 30-Jul | Achievements: 🎭Classics
10. The Odyssey (582pgs) | Achievements: 🎭Poetry 📜Published 701
11. Pucking Around (756pgs) | Achievements: 🎭Romance
Do we pick one genre per book, or can we list any MPGs the book happens to work for?Also, do we need to read the entire series this year to qualify for series slayer, or can we count finishing series we've already started too?
2025 - I Like Big Books and I Cannot LieDuration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
1 Shadow's Edge by Brent Weeks - 1/5 - 636 pages
2 Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens - 2/3/25 - 608 pages
3 Kingdoms at War by Lindsay Buroker - 2/26/25 - 515 pages
4 1632 by Eric Flint - 3/29/25 - 597 pages
5 Seven Deadly Wonders by Matthew Reilly - 4/13/25 - 547 pages
6 American Gods by Neil Gaiman - 4/26/25 - 635 pages
7 The General's Daughter by Nelson DeMille - 5/12/25 - 512 pages
8 The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson - 6/4/25 - 503 pages
9 The Honor Of Spies by W.E.B. Griffin - 6/5/25 - 754 pages
10 Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens - 8/3/25 - 817 pages
11 The Bourne Betrayal by Eric Van Lustbader - 8/8/25 - 721 pages
12 The Crow Trap by Ann Cleeves - 8/11/25 - 560 pages
13 Clear and Present Danger by Tom Clancy - 8/22/25 - 688 pages
2025: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie⏱️Duration: 1-Jan-2025 - 31-Dec-2025
Books: 17
Pages: 10405
1. Complicated by Kristen Ashley 02/08 ~ 628 pgs
2. Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions by Duane Tudahl 02/19 ~ 553 pgs
3. Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros 03/08 ~ 544 pgs
4. Push by Nyla K. 03/13 ~ 504 pgs
5. Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward 03/15 ~ 527 pgs
6. Quicksilver by Callie Hart 03/18 ~ 624 ps
7. The Witness by Nora Roberts 03/24 ~ 757 ps
8. The Charlie Method by Elle Kennedy 04/21 ~ 528 pgs
9. Mystery Man by Kristen Ashley 05/04 ~ 528 pgs
10. Wild Man by Kristen Ashley 05/11 ~ 528 pgs
11. A Time to Kill by John Grisham 05/17 ~ 738 pgs
12. Law Man by Kristen Ashley 05/22 ~ 535 pgs
13. Rock Chick Regret by Kristen Ashley 06/15 ~ 542 pgs
14. Breathe by Kristen Ashley 06/28 ~ 643 pgs
15. Rock Chick Revolution by Kristen Ashley 07/23 ~ 566 pgs
16. Twisted Lies by Ana Huang 08/01 ~ 560 pgs
17. Den of Vipers by K.A. Knight 08/05 ~ 654 pgs
18. Marriage of Inconvenience byPenny Reid 08/11 ~ 506 pgs
19.
📌All Books MUST be 500+ pages.
📌You must use the edition you read - if your edition is 499 pages, it does not count, even if there is an edition over 500 pages.
2025: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie1-Jan-2025 - 31-Dec-2025
Number of books read: 27
Total pages read: 17765
1. Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky | 608 | 1.31.25
2. King: A Life by Jonathan Eig | 688 | 2.1.25
3. Gaudy Night | 501 | 2.14.25
4. The Gate of the Feral Gods | 586 | 2.24.25
5. All the Colors of the Dark | 608 | 3.8.25
6. Babel | 544 | 3.7.25
7. The Jasmine Throne | 533 | 3.21.25
8. The Valley of Horses | 577 | 4.3.25
9. The Mammoth Hunters | 753 | 4.7.25
10. Amazonia | 510 | 4.16.25
11. Seven Deadly Wonders | 547 | 4.25.25
12. The Bourne Legacy | 597 | 5.14.25
13. The Reformatory | 576 | 5.31.25
14. Sandstorm 574 | 6.5.25
15. The Swarm: A Novel 1104 | 6.7.25
16. Tigana | 676 | 6.11.25
17. Boy's Life | 627 | 6.20.25
18. Illuminae | 608 | 6.22.25
19. The Old Drift | 576 | 6.26.25
20. Turning Angel | 646 | 6.28.25
21. When the World Tips Over | 528 | 6.30.25
22. The Forgetting Moon | 800 | 7.16.25
23. The Sword of Kaigen | 651 | 7.23.25
24. The Fionavar Tapestry Trilogy | 1181 | 7.29.25
25. The Hunt for Atlantis | 538 | 8.9.25
26. Gemina | 659 | 8.14.25
27. The Hands of the Emperor | 969 | 8.16.25
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Longest book: 1181 The Fionavar Tapestry Trilogy
Oldest book: 1.1.35 Gaudy Night
Newest book: When the World Tips Over 9.24.24
Genres read: Science Fiction, Space Opera, Biography, Mystery, Fantasy, Adventure, Historical Fiction, Prehistoric, Romance, Thriller, Action
Countries visited: US, England (UK), Germany, Zambia, Iceland
# of series completed: 1
2025: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie⏱️Duration: 1-Jan-2025 - 31-Dec-2025
Books: 1
Pages: 640
1. Homecoming by Kate Morton 20/01 - 640 Pages
2. Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky 19/06 - 609 pages
3. The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn - 04/08 - 560 pages
4. The Alice Network by Kate Quinn - 01/09 - 556 pages
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📌All Books MUST be 500+ pages.
📌You must use the edition you read - if your edition is 499 pages, it does not count, even if there is an edition over 500 pages
025: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie⏱️Duration: 1-Jan-2025 - 31-Dec-2025
Books: 3
Pages: 3,001
1.Twisted Hate (522pgs)-1/17/25
2.King's Cage (700pgs)-2/3/25
3.As Good As Dead (500pgs)-2/17/25
4.Crave (575pgs)-4/26/25
5.Crush (704pgs)-6/7/25
📌All Books MUST be 500+ pages.
📌You must use the edition you read - if your edition is 499 pages, it does not count, even if there is an edition over 500 pages.
Me too!2025: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie
⏱️Duration: 1-Jan-2025 - 31-Dec-2025
Books Read: 1 | Pages Read: 2288
1. Krieg und Frieden (2288) - Achievements: 🕰️📜
2. Red Winter: The Complete Trilogy (858)
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Also, do we need to read the entire series this year to qualify for series slayer, or can we count finishing se..."
Genres: Pick the TOP MPG on the GR page (1 per book)
Series: As long as the series is COMPLETED this year, it counts (even if other books were not read this year)
Countries: This refers to the publication origin, not the setting, sorry I didn't clarify!
2025: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie⏱️Duration: 1-Jan-2025 - 31-Dec-2025
Books Read: 5 | Pages Read: 3391
1. Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining by Scarlett Drake - 1/6 - 599 pgs
2. The Mercenary and the Mortician: A Dark Paranormal MM Romance by Alexandra St. Pierre - 2/9 - 770 pgs
3. Into the North by Amber Huxley - 2/11 - 536 pgs
4. Retribution by Sebastian Phoenix - 2/19 - 592 pgs
5. Dune by Frank Herbert - 3/5 - 894 pgs
🕰️ Tome Titan: Reader of the longest book📜 Vintage Virtuoso: Reader of the oldest big book
✨ Cutting-Edge Conqueror: Reader of the newest big book
🌎 Global Goliath: Reader of books from the most countries
🎭 Genre Giant: Reader with the most diverse genres
📚 Series Slayer: Reader who completes the most series
Number of books read: 1
Total pages read: 699
1. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer - 699 pages
Longest book: 699
Oldest book: 2008
Newest book: 2008
Genres read: Paranormal
Countries visited: USA
# of series completed: 1
Ashley wrote: "Sammy wrote: "Do we pick one genre per book, or can we list any MPGs the book happens to work for?Also, do we need to read the entire series this year to qualify for series slayer, or can we coun..."
Countries: This refers to the publication origin, not the setting, sorry I didn't clarify!
How do we find the publication origin country?
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Also, do we need to read the entire series this year to qualify for series slayer,..."
I suppose you're right, this info isn't GR available. Let me think on this and I'll get back with you!
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🌎 Global Goliath: Reader of books set in the most countries
Rules: Must be the story's primary setting (where the majority of the plot takes place). You can only choose 1 per book, so choose wisely!
2025: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie⏱️Duration: 1-Jan-2025 - 31-Dec-2025
Books Read: 7 | Pages Read: 4268
1 What Alice Forgot 546p 03/03/25
2 The Alice Network 503p 04/13
3 By Any Other Name 544p 04/23
4 The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle 511p 5/8/2025
5 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 636p 5/13/2025
6 ’Salem’s Lot 658p 5/16
7Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 870p 6/5/25
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Well, I am here now! I'll update this with my 2025 reads so far.
2025: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie⏱️Duration: 1-Jan-2025 - 31-Dec-2025
Only signing up for the September bonus for Impossible challenge
Total: 3 books 2,225 pages
1.The Golden One by Elizabeth Peters 641 pages Read 02/09/2025
2. Four Past Midnight by Stephen King 930 pages Read 03/09/2025
3. The Night Stalker by Robert Bryndza 654 pages Read 05/09/2025
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Duration: 1-Jan-2025 to 31-Dec-2025
Rules:
📌All Books MUST be 500+ pages.
📌You must use the edition you read - if your edition is 499 pages, it does not count, even if there is an edition over 500 pages.
📌If you listened to the audiobook, use the default edition page count.
📌No Graphic Novels/Comic Books/Cookbooks
📌Re-reads are fine, it just needs to be at least a few months since your last read through.
📌Please put all your books in ONE comment! Just update as you go! (If you run out of room, you can make another comment and link to your first.)
Winner:
The reader who completes the most books wins! In case of a tie, the higher total page count determines the winner.
Fun Achievements:
As you embark on your big book journey for 2025, we want to celebrate your unique reading accomplishments! Below are some fun achievements you can aim for throughout the year. When you add a book to your list, include the emoji(s) for any achievement(s) you're targeting!
🕰️ Tome Titan: Reader of the longest book
📜 Vintage Virtuoso: Reader of the oldest big book
✨ Cutting-Edge Conqueror: Reader of the newest big book
🌎 Global Goliath: Reader of books set in the most countries
🎭 Genre Giant: Reader with the most diverse genres
📚 Series Slayer: Reader who completes the most series
Let’s make 2025 a year of epic reads and fantastic achievements! Happy reading!