Chunkster Reading Challenge 2021
Host: Annette @ Impressions in Ink
bellevieanne@gmail.com
Duration: January 1 to December 31, 2021
Amount: The number of books read or audiobooks is up to you. The amount of pages in the book is the important guideline. The books must have 450 pages or greater to be a chunkster.
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List of my books read for this challenge:
1. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. Page count 608. This review was posted July 16, 2021.
2. The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson. Page count 634. This review was posted July 17, 2021.
3. Gerard Manley Hopkins, The Major Works. Page count 480. This review was posted August 7, 2021.
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My post about the challenge: https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2020/12/2021-reading-challenges-chunkster.html Thanks for hosting!!!
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I read my first book for the challenge: https://operationreadbible.blogspot.com/2021/01/4-robinson-crusoe.html
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Thank you so much. I read your review yesterday. I love your honest review (slightly comedic).
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I read my second book for the challenge: https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2021/01/10-to-say-nothing-of-dog.html
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I have just finished The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan. https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2021/05/48-eye-of-world.html
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I finished reading Connie Willis’ Blackout: https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2021/02/19-blackout.html
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I read my fourth book for the challenge–a chunkster nonfiction title. Radium Girls: https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2021/03/23-radium-girls.html
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I read BELINDA by Maria Edgeworth: https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2021/03/25-belinda.html
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I’ve read The Historians by Cecilia Ekback: https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2021/04/32-historians.html I agree with your review of the book!!!
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I just finished the second in the Wheel of Time fantasy series. The Great Hunt: https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2021/06/49-great-hunt.html
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I read the third book in the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan: https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2021/06/50-dragon-reborn.html
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I read The Shadow Rising the fourth book in the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan. https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2021/06/53-shadow-rising.html
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I finished Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan: https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2021/07/56-fires-of-heaven.html
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I read The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness. https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2021/07/60-knife-of-never-letting-go.html
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I reviewed The Bone Maker: https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2021/07/61-bone-maker.html
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Hi I will try to participate, because this year I only read small books, and I neglected the big ones, 😺 I will be in my instagram @tess.and.books
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Wonderful 😊
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Tessie! I’d follow you on Instagram, but I do not have an account there.
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I have so many long books on my TBR that I just never seem to get to! My sign-up post for 2021 reading challenges is here: http://ivycladideas.blogspot.com/2020/12/reading-challenge-sign-ups-2021.html
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Awesome!
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I am so glad that you are hosting this challenge. I did it a few years ago and love having the feel of a huge book in my hands. My sign-up link is here: https://readingbooksagain.blogspot.com/2020/12/chunkster-reading-challenge-2021.html.
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Awesome! Welcome to the challenge
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Haha. The remaining books on my classics club list are basically all chunksters. This will be helpful motivation.
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Forgot to add, here’s my sign up post (also included in my Back to the Classics sign up.) https://mounttoberead.blogspot.com/2021/01/2021-back-to-classics-and-chunkster.html
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Do short story collections that exceed the page length count towards this challenge? I am reading a collection of short stories by George MacDonald that total over 650 pages and a collection of Father Brown stories by GK Chesterton that total over 750 pages. Would those work for the challenge?
Do series that are read as individual books (not as an omnibus) that exceed the page count work for this challenge too? I plan to read all of the Chronicles of Narnia this year, which I own as individual books – would that count?
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Yes. I think all this will be fine. Thank you for joining.
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Yay! I will submit a sign-up post soon.
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I am joining this challenge with 7 chunkers on my 2021 reading goal list!
https://thefloatinglibrary.blogspot.com/2020/12/2021-reading-goals.html
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I’m in, I love a good chunkster and this will inspire me to cross some more off my list!
Here’s a link to the post with my possible reading list:
https://karensbooksandchocolate.blogspot.com/2021/01/two-more-reading-challenges-wwii.html
Thanks for hosting, I’ve already started my first chunkster of the year.
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Welcome!
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I’m in! Here is my post: https://sarrod22.blogspot.com/2021/01/2021-chunkster-reading-challenge.html
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Welcome to the challenge! Happy Reading!
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I’ve been looking for some reading challenges and I’ll definitely be doing this one! I have a blog https://elementarymydearbookblog.wordpress.com/ and I’m on twitter (@elementarybooks) and instagram (@elementarymydear_). Thank you so much for hosting!
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You are most welcome 🫖☕️
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Here’s my signup-post: https://kingmagu.blogspot.com/2021/01/reading-challenges-announcement-post.html
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Thank you for hosting! I’m joining in with 2 on my list – http://www.readingonarainyday.com/2021/01/2021-reading-goals-and-plans.html
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Totally on board. Here be my link, m’lady: https://juulna725191629.wordpress.com/chunkster-reading-challenge-2021/
Thanks so much for putting this together! I love reading long books anyway. ❤ Let's see how many I can get alongside all my other challenges….
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Welcome to the challenge! Happy Reading!
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Signing up for it! https://www.theramblingbooknerd.com/post/i-do-love-a-challenge
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Welcome to the challenge
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For this month, I have 8 books on my list.
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer
Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin
Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff
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For February:
1. Fall by Kristen Callihan
2. A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J Maas
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March: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
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My Chunkster Books for April 2021 are:
Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare
Sanctum by Hannah McBride
Prey by Hannah McBride
Legacy by Hannah McBride
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo
The Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer L Armentrout
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June Monthly Roundup :
Famine by Laura Thalassa
Grace and Glory by Jennifer L Armentrout
Lord of the Fading Lands by C.L. Wilson
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July
Gleam by Raven Kennedy
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August Monthly Roundup:
Gods & Monsters by Shelby Mahurin
A Touch of Malice by Scarlett St. Clair
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My sign-up and tracking post: https://avidseriesreader.blogspot.com/2020/12/2021-chunkster.html
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First book for the challenge: The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1965823737
Second book for the challenge: The Lake House by Kate Morton https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1411984507
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My first book completed for this challenge! If I can read at least a dozen chunksters this year, I’ll be very happy.
https://karensbooksandchocolate.blogspot.com/2021/02/green-dolphin-street-by-elizabeth-goudge.html
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Third book for the challenge: The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1331042171
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Finished my second book for the challenge, I loved it!
https://karensbooksandchocolate.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-collected-stories-of-stefan-zweig.html
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I have read 2 out of the 7 chunksters I plan to read this year:
-The George MacDonald Treasury (650 pages)
https://thefloatinglibrary.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-george-macdonald-treasury.html
-The Circle Opens Quartet by Tamora Pierce
https://thefloatinglibrary.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-circle-opens-by-tamora-pierce.html
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(The Quartet was a total of 1,266 pages.)
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Wow! You go Amy!
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Thanks!
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I was already planning on reading Shirley by Charlotte Bronte before I realized it would be considered a chunkster! Three out of five chunksters read for the year!
https://thefloatinglibrary.blogspot.com/2021/04/shirley-by-charlotte-bronte.html
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I can’t remember if I posted this review but here it is: http://readingbooksagain.blogspot.com/2021/02/with-no-one-as-witness.html?m=0.
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My 4th book for the challenge: The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3936872746
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Oh! I have several chunky books languishing on my TBR, so this is the perfect reading challenge! I’ll be playing along on Instagram @jess_schira. I guess I’m kicking off with Space by James Michener, which I read in January. Next up with be Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O
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Awesome. Welcome!
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I have just reviewed The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson: http://readingbooksagain.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-code-breaker.html?m=0
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I have just published my review of The Cartiers. http://readingbooksagain.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-cartiers.html?m=0
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I have just published Empire of Pain. It’s about the Sackler pharmaceutical family and their role in pushing oxycontin
http://readingbooksagain.blogspot.com/2021/06/empire-of-pain.html?m=0
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I just reviewed My Dear Hamilton which is about Alexander Hamilton’s wife Eliza: http://readingbooksagain.blogspot.com/2021/06/my-dear-hamilton.html?m=0
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I just published my review of Beneath an Indian Sky: http://readingbooksagain.blogspot.com/2021/06/beneath-indian-sky.html
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My latest chunky read is America’s First Daughter. It a biography of Thomas Jefferson’s daughter Patsy. http://readingbooksagain.blogspot.com/2021/06/americas-first-daughter.html?m=0
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5th book for the challenge: Midnight on Julia Street
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3485540746
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My 11th book for the challenge is a historic fiction novel called China.
https://readingbooksagain.blogspot.com/2021/08/china.html?m=0
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6th (goal) book for the challenge: Old Flames
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4161711104
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I have just posted my 12th book for the challenge: Dan Silva’s The Cellist: https://readingbooksagain.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-cellist.html?m=0
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Here is my newest chunkster review, Steve Saylor’s Dominus.
https://readingbooksagain.blogspot.com/2021/09/dominus.html?m=0
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The Sweet Tooth comic was just published as a compendium edition. Here is my review. https://readingbooksagain.blogspot.com/2021/09/sweet-tooth-compendium.html?m=0
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7th book for the challenge (1 past goal): The Seven Sisters
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3722443533
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