2023 Chubby Chunkster Challenge

[Fran, Moderator]

2023 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023


They're large. They're in charge. And they're calling your name. They are the big mommas of your TBR, the mountain more than the molehill - these busty babies have been waiting for you to crack them open and take a nice, long perusal of their contents. If you've been waiting and delaying your chunkster reading, this challenge is for you!


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.

If the book is ebook-only with NO PRINT EQUIVALENT. then the following rules apply:

1. You can use the ebook edition you are reading for the page count found here on Goodreads.

2. If Goodreads does not show a page count for your ebook, please look on Amazon. Check the estimated page number there.

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. Three 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 3 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. You may select any number of books over 450 pages but you must LIST THEM ahead of time.

[Fran, Moderator]

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[ShelbyNina]

Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big? 5 Books

1. Runaway Groomsman Meghan Quinn 463pgs
2. Court of the Vampire Queen Katee Robert 498pgs
3. Hideaway Penelope Douglas 541pgs
4. Faking with Benefits 562pgs
5. Forever After All 474pgs

[Barbara ★]

Mor-book-ly Obese - 8 Chunksters or 3 Tomes

READ: 30/8
Tomes = 1
Chunksters = 29

1. [560 pages] Forging Silver into Stars - Brigid Kemmerer 1/11
2. [902 pages] Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone - Diana Gabaldon 1/27
3. [512 pages] Song of Silver, Flame Like Night - Amélie Wen Zhao 1/28
4. [507 pages] Never Fade - Alexandra Bracken 2/2
5. [669 pages] Upon a Burning Throne - Ashok K. Banker 2/12
6. [528 pages] River of Darkness - Rennie Airth 2/20
7. [508 pages] A Dark Queen Rises - Ashok K. Banker 3/3
8. [496 pages] The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi - S.A. Chakraborty 3/5
9. [496 pages] Ghost Ocean - S.M. Peters 4/1
10. [518 pages] The Hive Child - Rebecca L. Fearnley 4/15
11. [522 pages] Kingdoms at War - Lindsay Buroker 4/21
12. [594 pages] The Winter King - C.L. Wilson 4/23
13. [480 pages] Liar, Liar - Lisa Jackson 4/27
14. [581 pages] Inca Gold - Clive Cussler 5/2
15. [576 pages] Alaskan Fire - Sara King 5/14
16. [699 pages] War Song of the Wild - Rebecca L. Fearnley 5/21
17. [464 pages] The Cleaner, the Cat and the Space Station - Fay Abernethy 5/25
18. [496 pages] Never Let You Go - Katy Regnery 6/17
19. [672 pages] The Dragon Republic - R.F. Kuang 7/16
20. [622 pages] The Burning God - R.F. Kuang 7/19
21. [519 pages] Blood Trinity - Sherrilyn Kenyon/Diana Love 7/26
22. [513 pages] Angels Falling - Harriet Carlton 8/11
23. [606 pages] A Queen of Thieves & Chaos - K.A. Tucker 9/26
24. [453 pages] Cold Blooded Liar - Karen Rose 9/13
25. [483 pages] Ice Like Fire - Sara Raasch 10/20
26. [502 pages] The Book of Fire - Marjorie Kellogg 10/1
27. [528 pages] House of Correction - Nicci French 11/11
28. [610 pages] The Olympian Affair - Jim Butcher 12/8
29. [576 pages] The Book That Wouldn’t Burn - Mark Lawrence 12/9
30. [512 pages] Delicious Monsters - Liselle Sambury 12/22



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

[Mei ☽︎]

Mor-book-ly Obese - 8 Chunksters
6/8



1. Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco (512 pages)
2. Pucking Around by Emily Rath (750 pages)
3. The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem (523 pages)
4. Between the Devil and the Sea by Chani Lynn Feener (524 pages)
5. Lor by Lily Mayne (619 pages)
6. Vicious Devotion by Aveda Vice (551 pages)
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[Hayley]

Mor-book-ly Obese - 8 Chunksters or 3 Tomes

1. To Each This World Julie E. Czerneda
2. Wolf's Bane Auryn Hadley
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[Catherine]

I did this once or twice before! going to try it this year again.

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[Aminko]

2023 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Read: 1/5

1. Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
2. The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
✔️ Gemina by Amie Kaufman (1/1/2023)
4. Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster by Allan J. McDonald
5. Devices and Desires by K.J. Parker

[=MYSTIQUE=]

🥀

💟📚📖2023 Chubby Chunkster Challenge📖📚💟
January 01 - December 31, 2023
(🥀 = task completed)
✅✅✅Challenge Completed✅✅✅
Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big? - 5

Progress: 8/5

🥀1 - You're My Home (460 pages) 2/13/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🥀2 - Bite Me! - You Know I Like It (600 pages) 7/12/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🥀3 - Moth (451 pages) 8/4/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🥀4 - Broken Beasts of Beauty (577 pages) 9/6/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🥀5 - The Necromancer's Smile (501 pages) 10/12/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🥀6 - Taking Care of Business (461 pages) 10/16/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
🥀7 - Possess Me! - I Want You To (490 pages) 10/30/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🥀8 - Human Omega: Babied by His Guardian Mates (480 pages) 11/8/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Tammie]

Mor-book-ly Obese

Read - 43

1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Stieg Larsson | 1/21 | 675p
2. Along Came a Spider, James Patterson | 1/23 | 528p
3. Murder List, Julie Garwood | 2/22 | 448p
4. Final Offer, Lauren Asher | 3/29 | 594p
5. Firekeeper's Daughter, Angeline Boulley | 4/7 | 496p
6. Addiction, Ivy Smoak | 4/26 | 479p
7. Homecoming, Ivy Smoak | 5/1 | 455p
8. Angels Fall, Nora Roberts | 5/9 | 460p

9. Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer | 5/10 | 629p
10. Montana Sky, Nora Roberts | 5/12 | 469p
11. Kings of the Wyld, Nicholas Eames | 5/14 | 528p
12. Dr. Stanton, T.L. Swan | 5/29 | 504p
13. The City of Brass, S.A. Chakraborty | 6/7 | 569p
14. The Becoming, Nora Roberts | 6/10 | 464p
15. Devotion, Ivy Smoak | 6/13 | 469p
16. Lassiter, J.R. Ward | 6/16 | 468p

17. 11/22/63, Stephen King | 6/26 | 866p
18. Forever, J.R. Ward | 7/7 | 480p
19. Bounty, Kristen Ashley | 7/8 | 540p
20. The Chemist, Stephenie Meyer | 7/14 | 523p
21. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith | 7/21 | 528p
22. The Mister, E.L. James | 7/24 | 514p
23. Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros | 7/27 | 644p
24. The Collector, Nora Roberts | 8/10 | 754p

25. Illuminae, Amie Kaufman | 8/15 | 608p
26. Public Secrets, Nora Roberts | 8/24 | 512p
27. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough | 9/1 | 704p
28. The Midnight Rose, Lucinda Riley | 9/8 | 689p
29. Fifty Words for Rain, Asha Lemmon | 9/10 | 463p
30. Thankless in Death, J.D. Robb | 9/11 | 557p
31. Breathe, Kristen Ashley | 9/22 | 649p
32. Things We Left Behind, Lucy Score | 9/29 | 592p

33. American King, Sierra Simone | 10/5 | 485p
34. Cress, Marissa Meyer | 10/9 | 566p
35. American Dirt, Jeanine Cummins | 10/14 | 480p
36. Winter, Marissa Meyer | 10/17 | 832p
37. The Missus, E.L. James | 10/21 | 461p
38. Child 44, Tom Rob Smith | 10/22 | 509p
39. Storm and Silence, Robert Thier | 10/28 | 793p
40. Chasing Fire, Nora Roberts | 11/3 | 462p

41. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak | 11/8 | 578p
42. Kulti, Mariana Zapata | 11/14 | 570p
43. Iron Flame, Rebecca Yarros | 11/25 | 884p
44. Secrets, Jude Deveraux | 11/28 | 482p
45. Suddenly Royal, Nichole Chase | 11/29 | 466p
46. Gemina, Amie Kaufman | 12/3 | 680p
47. I Came to Say Goodbye, Caroline Overington | 12/12 | 464p

[Rachel]

2023 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023


Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big? 5 chunkers over the year

0/1
Page count:

1.Outlander By Diana Gabaldon (850 Pages)
2.Dragonfly in Amber By Diana Gabaldon ( 947 Pages)
3.Voyager By Diana Gabaldon ( 870 pages)
4.Drums of Autumn By Diana Gabaldon (880 pages)
5.The Fiery Cross By Diana Gabaldon (1443 pages)

[Shan ~A~]

2023 Chubby Chunkster Challenge ~ Done!!
January 1st - December 31st

Mor-book-ly Obese
Progress: 8/8
1. Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah (479 pgs) ~ 01/22
2. Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev (499 pgs) ~ 03/06
3. Gabriel's Inferno by Sylvain Reynard (506 pgs) ~ 03/17
4. The Do-Over by T.L. Swan (553 pgs) ~ 03/28
5. Barbarian Prince by Michelle M. Pillow (508 pgs) ~ 04/13
6. Sea of Ruin by Pam Godwin (482 pgs) ~ 05/05
7. Twisted Hate by Ana Huang (522 pgs) ~ 05/25
8. Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning (608 pgs) ~ 05/28

[Julianna]

Chubby Chunkster Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Level: Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big?
Completed: 4/5

1.What a Dragon Should Know by G.A. Aiken (460 pages) (2/28)★★★1/2
2.Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale (553 pages) (3/31)★★★★
3.Last Dragon Standing by G.A. Aiken (468 pages) (4/20)★★★★1/2
4.Lassiter by J.R. Ward (465 pages) (5/19)★★★★1/2
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[Jamie (TheRebelliousReader)]

~Chubby Chunkster Challenge 2023~
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Level: Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big?
Completed: 4/5

Those Who Wait by Haley Cass (629 pages) [7/18/23] ★★★★★★
Chef's Special by Susan X. Meagher (501 pages) [4/7/23] ★★★★★
No Return by Fletcher DeLancey (860 pages)
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters (528 pages) [6/14/23] ★★★
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (662 pages) [6/11/23] ★★★

[Rachel]

☕️📚Chubby Chunkster Challenge📚☕️
Level: The Chubby Chunkster

3/3 Completed
☑️An Ember in the Ashes (Pages 456) - Jan 17th
☑️Kulti (Pages 570) - May14th
☑️Torn (Pages 522) - May 15th

[Sherece]

Chubby Chunkster Challenge 2023
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Level: Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big?

Progress: 0/5

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[Suzanne]

Romance Readers Reading Challenges
2023 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Progress: 8 out of 8

They're large. They're in charge. And they're calling your name. They are the big mommas of your TBR, the mountain more than the molehill - these busty babies have been waiting for you to crack them open and take a nice, long perusal of their contents. If you've been waiting and delaying your chunkster reading, this challenge is for you!


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.

2. You must pick a level of participation:

- 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 3 tomes of 800 pages or more. You know you want to.....go on and give in to your cravings.

1. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown - ***** - 1/13/2023 - 736 Pages
2. The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon - ***** - 2/8/2023 - 979 Pages
3. Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty - **** - 3/7/2023 - 453 Pages
4. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - ***** - 3/8/2023 - 476 Pages
5. The Witches of New York by Ami McKay - ***** - 3/23/2023 - 529 Pages
6. Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult - ***** - 4/24/2023 - 464 Pages
7. Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir - ***** - 6/2/2023 - 479 Pages
8. The Choice of Magic by Michael G. Manning - ***** - 8/15/2023 - 626 Pages

[Rebecca]

Chubby Chunkster Challenge

Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big?

1 ~ The Good House by Tananarive Due, 4 STARS, 16th March, 597 PAGES

2 ~ Lady Smoke by Laura Sebastian, 3 STARS, 12th May, 512 PAGES

3 ~ Ember Queen by Laura Sebastian, 3 STARS, 19th May, 512PAGES

4 ~ Mythology by Edith Hamilton, 3 STARS, 20th June, 497 PAGES

5 ~ The Witching Hour by Anne Rice, 5 STARS, 3rd Dec, 1207 PAGES

[♡︎]

Mor-book-ly Obese 📚 (over 800 pages)

TBR:

1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2. Don Quixote
3. The Priory of the Orange Tree


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[Lacy]

The Chubby Chunkster!

3/3 Finished!

1. The Obsession - Nora Roberts - 480 Pages - 4/24 - 🍁🍁🍁🍁
2. The Ferryman - Justin Cronin - 538 Pages - 7/14 - 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
3. The Help - Kathryn Stockett - 538 Pages - 12/31 - 🍁🍁🍁🍁

[Trina]

- 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. Three books is all you need to finish this challenge.
1. Sucker Punch pg 624 3/12/23
2. Hollen the Soulless pg 502 3/24/23
3. The Bane Chronicles pg 507 11/30/23

[Mave]

2023 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Too Big To Ignore Anymore
1A Tale of Love and Darkness
2.The House of the Spirits
3. All the Light We Cannot See
4. Gone with the Wind
5. The Lake House
6.Villette
7. One Secret Summer
8.The Grapes of Wrath
9.Doctor Zhivago
10. The Casual Vacancy
11.Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!
12. The Lady of the Rivers

[minnemoo]

2023 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Level: Mor-book-ly Obese!

Completed: 8/8 chunksters 📚

✔️1. The Golden Spider - 482 pages - 3/16
✔️2. Beautiful Beast - 469 pages - 4/5
✔️3. Carnal Innocence - 512 pages - 4/12
✔️4. Scarlet - 454 pages - 5/9
✔️5. A Soul to Keep - 543 pages - 5/12
✔️6. Entreat Me - 461 pages - 5/22
✔️7. Champagne Venom - 632 pages - 8/4
✔️8. Whiteout - 514 pages - 8/9

[Shea]

2023 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

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

Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big? (5 Books)

0/5 Completed

1. Troubled Blood (944pp)

2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (759pp)

3. Catch-22 (453pp)

4. Billy Summers (515pp)

5. The Ink Black Heart (1408pp)

[[deleted user]]

2023 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Mor-book-ly Obese
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[Keeley]

Mor-book-ly Obese
6/8 completed
1. The Right Move by Liz Tomforde (530 pages) - 2/18/23
2. Play With Me by Becka Mack (569) - 2/19/23
3. Terms and Conditions by Lauren Asher (494) - 3/6/23
4. Kiss and Don't Tell by Meghan Quinn (450) - 3/7/23
5. Final Offer by Lauren Asher (583) - 3/10/23
6. Offside by Avery Keelan (568) - 2/21/23
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[Lilli Gilliam]

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.
450+ pages

1.) Imagine Me (480)

2.) Fear Street The Beginning: The New Girl; The Surprise Party; The Overnight; Missing (552)

3.) By a Thread (582)

4.) Opposite of Always (451)

5.) Under Wildwood (559)

[Rachel]

I Finished!!!

☕️📚Chubby Chunkster Challenge📚☕️
Level: The Chubby Chunkster

3/3 Completed
☑️An Ember in the Ashes (Pages 456) - Jan 17th
☑️Kulti (Pages 570) - May14th
☑️Torn (Pages 522) - May 15th

[Lilli Gilliam]

Finished!

[Shan ~A~]

Shan ~A~ wrote: "2023 Chubby Chunkster Challenge ~ Done!!
January 1st - December 31st

Mor-book-ly Obese
Progress: 8/8
1. Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah (479 pgs) ~ 01/22
2. [book:Prid..."

Thanks for a fun challenge!!

[Fran, Moderator]

Congratulations Rachel, Lilli Gilliam, and Shan -A-!!!

[Leena]

Im going to give this a go.
Level 2 DO THESE MAKE MY BUTT LOOK BIG
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[minnemoo]

Challenge completed! :)

2023 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Level: Mor-book-ly Obese!

Completed: 8/8 chunksters 📚

✔️1. The Golden Spider - 482 pages - 3/16
✔️2. Beautiful Beast - 469 pages - 4/5
✔️3. Carnal Innocence - 512 pages - 4/12
✔️4. Scarlet - 454 pages - 5/9
✔️5. A Soul to Keep - 543 pages - 5/12
✔️6. Entreat Me - 461 pages - 5/22
✔️7. Champagne Venom - 632 pages - 8/4
✔️8. Whiteout - 514 pages - 8/9

[minnemoo]

Now for Round 2:

2023 Chubby Chunkster Challenge
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Level: Mor-book-ly Obese! (Round 2)

Completed: 2/8 chunksters 📚

✔️1. Champagne Wrath - 478 pages - 8/11
✔️2. Best Kept Secrets - 545 pages - 8/21
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[Fran, Moderator]

Congratulations minnemoo!!

[Kriss]

If I join now do books I’ve already read this year count towards them ?😊

[ShelbyNina]

Finished my first 5 a while back. Doing more.

Mor-book-ly Obese

1. Pucking Around 752pgs
2. Haunting Adeline 537pgs
3. The Fine Print 450pgs
4. Kill Switch 668pgs
5. Savage Tracker 463pgs
6. Den of Vipers 643pgs
7. Pucking Wild 622pgs
8. Nightfall 752pgs

Read a handfull more than this 2nd round but i don't want to make another post haha

[Fran, Moderator]

Kriss wrote: "If I join now do books I’ve already read this year count towards them ?😊"

Yes! So sorry for the late reply!

[Julianna]

Chubby Chunkster Challenge - ALL DONE!
Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Level: Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big?
Completed: 5/5

1.What a Dragon Should Know by G.A. Aiken (460 pages) (2/28)★★★1/2
2.Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale (553 pages) (3/31)★★★★
3.Last Dragon Standing by G.A. Aiken (468 pages) (4/20)★★★★1/2
4.Lassiter by J.R. Ward (465 pages) (5/19)★★★★1/2
5.Cold Days by Jim Butcher (614 pages) (10/31)★★★★★

[Fran, Moderator]

Congratulations Julianna!!

[Julianna]

Thanks, Fran!

[Trina]

Finished

[Fran, Moderator]

Way to go Trina!