Task 10: Read a Book Over 500 Pages Long

[Book Riot]

This thread is for dropping ideas, questions, resources, comments, and discussion about Task 10: Read a Book over 500 Pages Long.

A few helpful resources to get you started:

http://bookriot.com/2015/01/21/door-s...

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

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[Pat]

Just bought Donna Tartt's "The Little Friend"at the local book fair.Will set aside a weekend for it!!!!

[Rainey]

I plan on reading A Brief History of Seven Killings

[SibylM]

Rainey wrote: "I plan on reading A Brief History of Seven Killings"
I love that book so much! The best book I read last year, and it's definitely in my all time top ten. Marlon James is a genius.
I've got a plethora of choices for this . . . I have a thing for big novels (to quote the saying, I like big books and I cannot lie!). The three that are on the top of my list for next year are City on Fire, The Queen of the Night, and Carry On.

[Tatiana]

I am leaning toward All the Light We Cannot See but I have so many I could choose for this topic...

[Leslie (updates on SG)]

I'm going to read Middlemarch, which was recently named best British novel by international critics:

http://www.theguardian.com/books/book...

[Trudie]

Rainey wrote: "I plan on reading A Brief History of Seven Killings"

Oh yes, it is between that and A Little Life for me. Although I do have City on Fire on my shelf I have read mixed reports so I am kind of awaiting more reports from readers in here ;)

[Cheryl]

I am probably going to read .--done

[Laura]

I have All the Light We Cannot See and The Goldfinch on my shelves, plus a few other 500+ pagers; this is going to be a tough choice so I'll announce when the time comes.

Added a few of the books mentioned in this post to my to-read list, thank you all for the recommendations!

[Beachesnbooks]

I love really long books, so this will be a fun one for me! I'm thinking I might go with one of these that are already on my TBR list for next year:

[Bea]

Jaleenajo, I am just the opposite and often pass up a book that is over 500 pages. However, I've been wanting to read The Cider House Rules for years now, so maybe I will get up the nerve to tackle it for this task.

[Ollie Z]

I've got quite a few of these on my TBR but I think I'll read Black Wolves by Kate Elliott. It was included on one of the 2015 monthly "Best Books We Read" post by book riot and sounds like it's right up my alley!

[[deleted user]]

My wife bought me the Booker Shortlist for (pre)Christmas, so I plan to do some big reads with A Little Life and A Brief History of Seven Killings :)

[Brandyn]

One of my personal goals for 2016 is to tackle some of the harder big books that I keep putting off. My goal is 10 books over 500 pgs. Hopefully I end up with lots of choices for this category:) I'll probably start with "The Goldfinch".

[May]

I'm planning on reading "a wise man's fear" by Patrick Rothfuss - "the name of the wind" was quite good too, and well over 500pp.

[Karin]

I recently got City on Fire which is well over 500 pages as well.

[Kathryn]

I started Dragonfly in Amber last year but fizzled. Going to start again for this category.

[Cheryl]

May wrote: "I'm planning on reading "a wise man's fear" by Patrick Rothfuss - "the name of the wind" was quite good too, and well over 500pp."

Both are great. I can hardly wait for the third book to come out.

[Cheryl]

Tatiana wrote: "I am leaning toward All the Light We Cannot See but I have so many I could choose for this topic..."

If you do chose another, this book could be used for Task 9 too, in audiobook format anyway.

[Beachesnbooks]

Brandyn wrote: "One of my personal goals for 2016 is to tackle some of the harder big books that I keep putting off. My goal is 10 books over 500 pgs. Hopefully I end up with lots of choices for this category:) I'..."

That's a great idea for a reading goal, Brandyn...I may end up trying that too!

[Annie]

I can't decide between Persona: A Biography of Yukio Mishima or Wizard of the Crow. I mean. I guess Persona for the biography task? but...hm.

[Nelly]

For this i'm reading "The Night Circus"..it's 508 pages..been wanting to read it for a while :)

[Sean]

Taking a bit of a risk for this one. I've started and set down Quicksilver a couple times before. Not that I find it disinteresting, but both times were periods where I was struggling to read anyhow, so hopefully I'll make it through this time.

[Sarah]

It looks like A Gathering of Shadows the second book in the Darker Shade of Magic duology (that now looks like it might be a trilogy?) by Victoria Schwab that comes out in February is expected to be over 500 pages base on the Goodreads description. I will plan on using that book for this category.

[Luce]

Nelly wrote: "For this i'm reading "The Night Circus"..it's 508 pages..been wanting to read it for a while :)"

May wrote: "I'm planning on reading "a wise man's fear" by Patrick Rothfuss - "the name of the wind" was quite good too, and well over 500pp."

Those are both great choices! I would totally reread those, but I'm trying to read only books that are new (to me) for the challenge.

IF it's true that Winds of Winter is coming out in 2016, I'll read that for this category, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up too soon ;)

[Louise]

This one should be easy, I love longer reads. I might go for Fingersmith by Sarah Waters.

[Jo]

The Night Circus is wonderful - I envy anyone reading it for the first time.

I'm going with either Best Served Cold or City of Saints and Madmen, they've both been waiting for me for awhile now...

[Laura]

Nelly wrote: "For this i'm reading "The Night Circus"..it's 508 pages..been wanting to read it for a while :)"

The Night Circus is one of my favorite books! It's been a while since I've read it; might just double up if I have time.

[Nelly]

Lucia wrote: "Nelly wrote: "For this i'm reading "The Night Circus"..it's 508 pages..been wanting to read it for a while :)"

May wrote: "I'm planning on reading "a wise man's fear" by Patrick Rothfuss - "the na..."

Hope it's true Lucia ! Unfortunately where i live - in Egypt - books don't come out at the same time as they do in the US..it's the shipping time..etc, in addition English books are pretty expensive..i do lots of orders over amazon, yet, they take a long time as well to arrive :D wishing you a happy reading :)

[Nelly]

Laura wrote: "Nelly wrote: "For this i'm reading "The Night Circus"..it's 508 pages..been wanting to read it for a while :)"

The Night Circus is one of my favorite books! It's been a while since I've read it; m..."

I'm reading it for the first time Laura, i hold my breath most of the time ! i'm still on page 250 - almost midway - yet, it's really amazing ! been a while since i've read something that good and that gripping !

[Marian]

Nelly wrote: "For this i'm reading "The Night Circus"..it's 508 pages..been wanting to read it for a while :)"

I've read this and thoroughly enjoyed it, a lovely read which was recommended to me and I probably wouldn't have chosen it otherwise, love those happy surprises! :)

[Rachel]

A Brief History of Seven Killings! Just bought the kindle book.

[Shirley]

I'm looking at the blind assassin by Atwood, Jonathan strange and mr norrell as have been meaning to read that for a long time, the time travellers wife and I'm thinking of listening to middlemarch if that counts? The goldfinch is calling my name too

[Robin P]

Shirley wrote: "I'm looking at the blind assassin by Atwood, Jonathan strange and mr norrell as have been meaning to read that for a long time, the time travellers wife and I'm thinking of listening to middlemarch..."

All good choices. A couple of them are well over 500 pages! I loved Jonathan Strange but it did take a long time to read, as it's also very "dense". On the other hand, The Time Traveller's Wife flew by, and the others were somewhere in between. Listening to a book certainly counts, even if it's not the audiobook category..

[Shirley]

Robin wrote: "Shirley wrote: "I'm looking at the blind assassin by Atwood, Jonathan strange and mr norrell as have been meaning to read that for a long time, the time travellers wife and I'm thinking of listenin..."

Thank you , that's good to know. I'm thinking of starting this task earlier in the year so I don't stress myself out trying to complete it later. I'm also on holiday the first week in January so a good time to start a chunkster

[Karen]

Definitely "A Little Life" by Hanya Yanagihara ....

[Jess]

The Fiery Cross is up next for me in the Outlander series, so that works here!

[Bonnie G.]

I don't plan my books in advance, but I am starting the challenge now with my 500 page book (I will not have finished before the new year.) Purity is in process.

I have 2 other books on my tbr right now which also would fit here: A Brief History of Seven Killings and A Little Life. I guess I have to make time for lots of long books in 2016.

[Bonnie G.]

Brandyn wrote: "One of my personal goals for 2016 is to tackle some of the harder big books that I keep putting off. My goal is 10 books over 500 pgs. Hopefully I end up with lots of choices for this category:) I'..."

Loved the Goldfinch SO much. Hope you enjoy. I also have at least 3 books over 500 pages waiting to be read soon. Its going to be a busy reading year.

[Martha]

Jaleenajo wrote: "I love really long books, so this will be a fun one for me! I'm thinking I might go with one of these that are already on my TBR list for next year:
[bookcove..."

I loved The Scar. I also loved The Wise Man's Fear.

[Martha]

I have so many books to read in this category. I'm not going to plan ahead in this category and may not record the first 500+ page book that I read.

[Megnews]

I'm going to finish My Name is Resolute by Nancy Turner.

[Nelly]

I was planning on "The Night Circus" was i mentioned above..i started on the 13th of December and thought i wouldn't finish before the beginning of the year to count it among the challenge books..but then it got very gripping and interesting ! i gobbled 200 pages down in one sitting !!! :D
I will probably read "Atlas Shrugged" for that one..been on my reading list for a few years now, probably it's time

[Rainey]

I have read atlas shrugged. Enjoy.

[Nelly]

Rainey wrote: "I have read atlas shrugged. Enjoy."

thanks Rainey, i've heard a lot about it and how interesting it is :)

[Kate]

Current shortlist:

The Blind Assassin
The Brothers Karamazov
Americanah

[Julia]

Ashley Bell is looking good to me

[Rainey]

Kate wrote: "Current shortlist:

The Blind Assassin
The Brothers Karamazov
Americanah"

Oh Americanah. I really liked that book. Her writing is amazi g. I picked her for the feminist task. We Should All Be Feminists

[Kate]

Rainey wrote: "Kate wrote: "Current shortlist:

The Blind Assassin
The Brothers Karamazov
Americanah"

Oh Americanah. I really liked that book. Her writing is amazi g. I p..."

I'm considering that one for that task, too!

[Bobby]

I have some long books scheduled for several other categories, but for this one I would like to finally get around to reading Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. Now I just need to figure out which translation to read.