Chunkster Challenge 2010

February 1, 2010 – January 31, 2011

Many thanks to Dana who has hosted this challenge for the past couple of years and has generously handed over the reins to me in 2010. I am keeping most of Dana’s rules and definitions…Why? Because why fix something that isn’t broken?!??!

To read all about the challenge, and to join, please visit the dedicated blog.

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I’ve picked the Mor-book-ly Obese level of participation: read 6 or more chunksters OR 3 tomes of 750 pages or more.

1. Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel (532 pages) – COMPLETED February 20, 2010; rated 3/5; read my review.
2. The Children’s Book, by A.S. Byatt (675 pages) – COMPLETED March 14, 2010; rated 5/5; read my review.

Here are some books from my stacks which would meet the requirements of the challenge:

• South of Broad, by Pat Conroy (512 pages)
• Beach Music, by Pat Conroy (768 pages)
• The Hakawati, by Rabih Alameddine (513 pages)
• The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver (507 pages)
• Roses, by Leila Meacham (609 pages)
• Devil’s Brood, by Sharon Kay Penman (728 pages)
• Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese (536 pages)
• Under the Dome, by Stephen King (1072 pages)
• No Angel, by Penny Vincenzi (626 pages)
• Something Dangerous, by Penny Vincenzi (710 pages)
• Into Temptation, by Penny Vincenzi (654 pages)