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2013 Chubby Chunkster Challenge

1/1/13 ~ 12/31/13
2/3 read at 800 or more pages
1) Outlander 5/25/2013 4♥
2) Gone with the Wind 5/20/13 4♥
3) Voyager
Mor-book-ly Obese
1/1/13 ~ 12/31/13
0/3 read at 800 or more pages
1)Drums of Autumn
2)The Fiery Cross
3)A Breath of Snow and Ashes
Mor-book-ly Obese
read 8 books over 450 pgs
4/8 read
1)The Name of the Wind
2)Dragonfly in Amber
3)An Echo in the Bone (1149pgs)
4)Rock Chick Redemption 1/15/13
5)Rock Chick Revenge 2/13/13
6)Rock Chick Reckoning 3/2/13
7) Lover At Last 5/3/13
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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 three tomes of 800 pages or more. You know you want to.....go on and give in to your cravings.
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Mor-book-ly Obese
1 Jan-31 Dec 2013
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1. Rapture by J.R. Ward, 502 pages
2. Darkness Awakened by Stephanie Rowe, 450 pages
3. The Game of the Kings by Dorothy Dunnett, 543 pages
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RRRC: 2013 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big?
5/5 completed
1- Valley of Silence – Nora Roberts (05.03.2013) - 506 pages
2- The Host - Stephenie Meyer (12.05.2013)- 619
3- Beautiful creatures – kami garcia (30.03.2013) - 563
4- shadow of night - deborah harkness (23.06.2013) - 584
5- city of glass - cassandra clare (11.08.2013) - 541

1 Jan-31 Dec 2013
Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big?
0/5
1. Jennifer Benkau - Dark Canopy (528)

2. Gini Koch - Alien Tango (528)

3. Kim Harrison(781)


4.Cassandra Clare - City of Glass (717)


5. Richard Laymon - In the dark (496)


OR Jennifer Donnelly - Tea rose (686)



Too Big To Ignore Anymore
The current chunksters on my TBR as of today are:
1. Gabriel's Ghost - Linnea Sinclair
2. The Taker - Alma Katsu
3. Iced - Karen Marie Moning
4. Days of Blood & Starlight - Laini Taylor
5. Death Masks - Jim Butcher
6. Opal - Jennifer Armentrout
7. Dearly, Departed - Lia Habel
8. Lover Mine - J.R. Ward
9. Gabriel's Inferno - Sylvain Reynard
10. Love Unscripted - Tina Reber
11. Rock Chick Revenge - Kristen Ashley
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gonna round it up to 15 since I would probably read some of the sequels of the books listed above...

RRRC 2013 Chubby Chunkster Challenge - 25/14 Read (Too Big To Ignore Anymore)
✔1. Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher (479 pages) - 1/3
✔2. Voyager by Diana Gabaldon (870 pages) - 1/9
✔3. The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley (527 pages) - 1/14
✔4. A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin (761 pages) - 1/15
✔5. In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson (464 pages) - 1/20
✔6. The Ballad of Aramei by J.A. Redmerski (453 pages) - 1/20
✔7. Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon (896 pages)- 1/23
✔8. Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (460 pages) - 2/7
✔9. Lethal Rider by Larissa Ione (464 pages) - 2/8
✔10. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (507 pages) - 2/20
✔11. Great Protector by Kathryn Le Veque (471 pages) - 2/20
✔12. The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon (1443 pages) - 3/2
✔13. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (464 pages) - 3/5
✔14. A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin (1178 pages) - 3/15
✔15. Out for Blood (480 pages) - 4/12
✔16. A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon (980 pages) - 6/16
✔17. Affliction by by Laurell K. Hamilton (570 pages) - 7/10
✔18. Ghost Story by Jim Butcher (481 pages) - 7/21
✔19. The Reckless Bride by Stephanie Laurens (464 pages) - 7/22
✔20. Cold Days by Jim Butcher (526 pages) - 7/27
✔21. The Darkest Craving by Gena Showalter (480 page) - 8/22
✔22. Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World by Alison Weir (608 pages) - 8/27
✔23. Tudor: The Family Story by Leanda de Lisle (576 pages) - 9/3
✔24. She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth by Helen Castor (480 pages) - 9/7 -
✔25. Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick (480 pages) - 9/11

Too Big to Ignore:
1. The House of Secrets..Kate Morton(481 pgs)
2. The House at Riverton..Kate Morton(599 pgs)
3. The House of Hades..Rick Riordan(book 4)
5. Fifty Shades Freed..E.L.James(book 3)(read)
6. Iced..Karen Marie Moning(book 6)(4 Jul)
7. Citadel..Kate Mosse(book 3)(26 May)
8. World Without End..Ken Follett(book 2)(1024 pgs)(read)
9. The Fall of Giants..Ken Follett(book 1)
10. Tha Casual Vacancy..J.K. Rowling(503 pgs)(21 Jun)
11. A Clash of Kings..G.R.R. Martin(book 2)
12. A Storm of Swords..G.R.R. Martin(book 3)
13. A Cottage by the Sea..Ciji War(522 pgs)(23 Jan)
14. A Feast for Crows..G.R.R. Martin(book 4)
15. Sheer Mischief..Jill Mansell(504 pgs)(12 Feb)
16. A Light on the Veranda..Ciji Ware(512 pgs)(30 Jan)
17. Midnight on Julia Street..Ciji Ware(501 pgs)(read)
18. Mistress of My Fate..Hallie Rubenhold(book 1)(464 pgs)
19. Tumbleweeds..Leila Meacham(480 pgs)
20. Roses..Leila Meacham(603 pgs)(7 Jun)
21. The Lady of Hay..Barbara Erskine(9 Aug)
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Will post the books as I read along.
1.1.13 - 12.31.13
6/8 READ
UPDATED:9.21.13
LEVEL: Mor-book-ly Obese - (commit to 8 chunksters)
1: Believing the Lie by Elizabeth George 610 pages (1.10)
2: Watermelon by Marian Keyes 520 pages (3.15)
3: Voyager by Diana Gabaldon 870 pages (3.23-3.31)
4: Love Is Murder by Sandra Brown 608 pages(3.30-4.3)
5: Love and War by John Jakes 1,087 pages (5.17)
6: Paris by Edward Rutherfurd 809 pages (7.5-9.21)

The 2013 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
Durationg: 1/01/2013 - 12/31/2013
Last Updated: 12/29/2012
Total Read: 0
LEVELS:
The Chubby Chunkster-
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THE CHUBBY CHUNKSTER
0/3
Lord John and the Scottish Prisoner 560 pages
Drums of Autumn 896 pages
The Fiery Cross 1443 pages




These are 10 of the biggies I am committed to reading in 2013 though there is quite a few others that meet the requirements.
READ: 0/10
1. A Falcon Flies - Wilbur Smith (704 pages)
2. Citadel - Kate Mosse (696 pages)
3. Antarctica - Kim Stanley Robinson (672 pa ges)
4. Curfew - Phil Rickman (625 pages)
5. Shadow of Night - Deborah Harkness (584 pages)
6. Mortal Coil - Derek Landy (572 pages)
7. When the Lion Feeds - Wilbur Smith (544 pages)
8. The Folly of the World - Jesse Bullington (528 pages)
9. Lost Love Found - Bertrice Small (512 pages)
10. The Pleasure of Your Kiss - Teresa Medeiros (506 pages)











3/5
I'll post as I go..
Level: [ Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big? ]
1] Handle With Care by Jodi Piccoult // 648 pages
✔ 2] Angels & Demons by Dan Brown // 713 pages / 12/26
3] The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness // 536 pages
✔ 4] أنت لي by Mona Almarshoud // 1607 pages / 07/31
✔ 5] Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling // 870 pages / 08/14

The 2013 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
Durationg: 1/01/2013 - 12/31/2013
Last Updated: 2/26/13
Total Read: 3 out of 8
Mor-book-ly Obese - This is for the truly out of control chunkster. For this level of challenge you must commit to 8 chunksters...
1. Blackout (659 pages)
2. A Discovery of Witches (579 pages)
3. Rapture (502 pages)
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5. Wild Cards I (496 pages)
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7. Patient Zero (421 pages)
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Danielle's 2013 RRRC Chubby Chunkster Challenge
Level: Mor-Bookly-Obese
Duration: 1 January - 31 December, 2012
Update:
Completed: X/8

Rebecca's 2013 RRRC Chubby Chunkster Challenge
Level: Mor-Bookly-Obese
Duration: January 1- December 31, 2013
Update:
Completed:0/8

January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013
Mor-book-ly Obese: 0/8 Completed
1. Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward
2. Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward
3. Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward
4. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
5. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
6. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
7. City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
8. The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling









January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013
Mor-book-ly Obese: 8/8 Completed
1.For a Few Demons More (The Hollows #5)- by Kim Harrison- 10th Jan- 4 stars- 456p
2.The Outlaw Demon Wails- by Kim Harrison-14th Jan- 3stars- 455p
3. Into the Woods Tales from the Hollows and Beyond- by Kim Harrison- 24th Jan- 4 Stars- 513p
4.White Witch, Black Curse- by Kim Harrison- 28th Jan- 3 Stars- 504p
5.Black Magic Sanction- by Kim Harrison- 3rd Feb- 3 Stars- 546p
6.Pale Demon- by Kim Harrison- 17th Feb- 3 stars- 496p
7.A Perfect Blood- by Kim Harrison- 23rd Feb- 3 stars-560p
8.Helen of Troy- by Margaret George- 26th March- 3 stars- 755p










1 Jan-31 Dec 2013
Do These Books Make My Butt Look Big?
Progress 5/5
1. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl (563 pp) ★★★ 1.16.13
2. The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling (512 pp) ★ 1.18.13
3. Disordered Minds by Minette Walters (544 pp) ★★ 1.30.13
4. The Price Of Butcher's Meat by Reginald Hill (528 pp) ★★★ 2.1.13
5. Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl (503 pp) ★★★★ 2.14.13






RRRC: 2013 Chubby Chunkster Challenge (Mor-book-ly Obese)
January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013
7/8 Read
8. Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia (503 pages)









This year, I'll go with More-Book-ly-Obese and list them as I go.
Good luck to everyone!

I'll list them as I go.
RRRC 2013 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013
Mor-book-ly Obese: 7/8 Completed
1. The Girl Who Played with Fire ✔ 16.01
2. Divergent ✔ 03.02
3. Moscow Rules ✔ 28.04
4. The Deep End of the Ocean ✔
5. The Shadow of the Wind ✔
6. As Cinquenta Sombras de Grey ✔
7. 1Q84 ✔
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1. A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy, #1)
2. American Gods
3. Fury's Kiss (Dorina Basarab, #3)
4. Goliath (Leviathan, #3)
5. Iced (Dani O'Malley, #1)
6. In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
7. Little, Big
8. Midnight's Children
9. Shadow's Claim (The Dacians: Realm of Blood and Mist, #1)
10. The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear (Zamonia, #1)
11. The Compass Rose (One Rose Trilogy, #1)
12. The Rook
13. The Secret Keeper
14. The Woman in White

2013 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
Duration: 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2013
A chunkster is 450 pages or more of fiction or nonfiction
Progress: 11 out of 8 (Mor-book-ly Obese)
1. Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James - *** - 1/3/2013 - 532 Pages
2. Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James - ** - 1/16/2013 - 551 Pages
3. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama - ***** - 2/1/2013 - 453 Pages
4. Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward - *** - 2/6/2013 - 502 Pages
5. Seraphina by Rachel Hartman - ***** - 2/11/2013 - 451 Pages
6. The Lost Recipe for Happiness by Barbara O'Neal - ***** - 2/27/2013 - 452 Pages
7. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand - ***** - 3/18/2013 - 496 Pages
8. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - **** - 3/29/2013 - 550 Pages
9. The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani - ***** - 4/1/2013 - 475 Pages
10. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer - *** - 4/26/2013 - 452 Pages
11. Covet by J.R. Ward - **** - 5/17/2013












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**I had started Witching Hour last year so does that still count??

2013 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
Duration: 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2013
Progress: 0/10
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01. Gone with the Wind (1037 pages)
02. The Secret Keeper (481 pages)
03. The Passage (784 pages)
04. The Twelve (568 pages)
05. Fifty Shades Darker (532 pages)
06. Fifty Shades Freed (579 pages)
07. Divergent (487 pages)
08. Insurgent (525 pages)
10. The Gamble (555 pages)

Progress: 3/8
1. The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva (498 pages) --- finished 1/3/2013
2. Portrait Of A Spy by Daniel Silva (528 pages) -- finished 1/7/2013
3. Iced by Karen Marie Moning (512 pages) -- finished 1/9/2013

2013 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big?
January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013
0/5 completed
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1. A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy, #1)
2. American Gods
3. Fury's Kiss (Dorina Basarab, #3)
4. Goliath (Leviathan, #3)
5. Iced (Dani O'Malley, #1)
6. In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
7. Little, Big
8. Midnight's Children
9. Shadow's Claim (The Dacians: Realm of Blood and Mist, #1)
10. The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear (Zamonia, #1)
11. The Compass Rose by Gail Dayton – 458 pgs. - 1/3 - ♥♥♥♥♥
12. The Rook
13. The Secret Keeper
14. The Woman in White

0/8
1) Son Of A Witch by Gregory Maguire - 502 pages
2) Lover Reborn by J.R. Ward - 572 pages

January 1 - 31, 2013













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0/8 completed
Good Luck fellow Big Book Readers

0/8 read
1. Trying to Score by Toni Aleo
2. The Witness by Nora Roberts
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Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big?
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness 592 pgs. Finished 01/13
Shadow of Night 592 pgs. by Deborah Harkness Finished 01/25
Iced (Dani O'Malley #1) 495 pgs. by Karen Marie Moning Finished 05/31
Juliet 461 pgs. by Anne Fortier Finished 08/11
Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning 594 pgs. Finished 12/26

Mor-book-ly Obese
January 1, 2013 ~ December 31, 2013
Read 7/8
✓1. Ransom by Julie Garwood (547 pages) 2/25/13 ♥♥♥♥
✓2. Insurgent by Veronica Roth (525 pages) 3/18/13 ♥♥♥♥♥
✓3. Lover Mine by JR Ward (653 pages) 3/25/13 ♥♥♥♥♥
✓4. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly (470 pages) 4/17/13 ♥♥♥♥♥
✓5. The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley (507 pages) 5/16/13 ♥♥♥
✓6. Lover Unleashed by JR Ward (498 pages) ♥♥♥♥
✓7. Cat & Mouse by James Patterson (451 pages) ♥♥
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1 Jan-31 Dec 2013
Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big?
1/5
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2. Jennifer Benkau - Dark Canopy (528)

3. Kim Harrison(781)


4.Cassandra Clare - City of Glass (717)


5. Richard Laymon - In the dark (496)


OR Jennifer Donnelly - Tea rose (686)



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Mor-book-ly Obese
1/8 completed
1)Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton (585 pages) finished 1/10
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أنت لي (other topics)
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This challenge has been hosted in the past by Dana and Yz, and then spread over the net in various forms, now we're bringing it to RRRC. So what is the Chubby Chunkster Challenge, you'd ask? It's about reading those damn fat ass books that you've been avoiding, because, let's face it, short books work best for all the challenges, don't they? Well not in this case. And here are the rules for the 2013 Chubby Chunkster Challenge:
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.
[NOTE: if you read e-books, check the hardcover/paperback page count here on GR, it will give you the idea if the book counts]
If the book is ebook-only with NO PRINT EQUIVALENT. then the following rules apply:
1. For the ebook only book, please check Amazon for its estimated page count. Usually underneath the description, there is a drop-down button (online-stores) for Get a copy. Select Amazon from that and it will lead you to the version on Amazon. Check the estimated page number there.
2. If no Amazon page count exists, THEN you can use GR page count and add 50 pages due to its unreliable reputation.
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. 3 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 three 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 (honor code folk, I don't have time to be the challenge police). You may select any number of books over 450 pages but you must LIST THEM ahead of time.
Please repost your list when updating.