Lea's Tome Challenge

[Lea]

I will try for 5 Tomes, extended to 10 Tomes now that I've finished in March, and extended to 15 Tomes now that I've finished that in July! Finished 15 tomes in September, I'm just going to keep reading and take this as it comes.

1. The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty, 612 pages
2. House of Sky and Breath, 804 pages
3. The Winners, 673 pages
4. Wayward, 816 pages
5. The Priory of the Orange Tree, 827 pages
6. A Day of Fallen Night, 880 pages
7. The Camel Club, 606 pages
8. David Copperfield, 882 pages
9. Demon Copperhead, 526 pages
10. The Land Beyond the Sea, 688 pages
11. Babel: An Arcane History, 544 pages
12. Hell's Corner, 640 pages
13. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, 608 pages
14. The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific, 528 pages
15. Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis, 512 pages
16. PACIFIC Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming of the World's Superpowers., 512 pages
17. The Little Friend, 624 pages
18. The Covenant of Water, 724 pages

[Bill, Moderator]

Lea wrote: "I will try for 5 Tomes.

1. The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty, 612 pages"

One down. 😀

[Lea]

Bill wrote: "Lea wrote: "I will try for 5 Tomes.

1. The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty, 612 pages"

One down. 😀"

:-) 4 to go! I read quite a few book stoppers in December last year; this year, I'm going to try and space them out a bit more.

[Lea]

Well, look at that. It's not even the end of 1st quarter 2023 and challenge complete. I'm not even sure what to do next. I never plan to read large books, I just pick books I want to read and they end up being larger than I thought they'd be. New challenge amount, 12 big books. 15 sounds too many. 10 not enough. But, really, I have no idea.

[Alissa]

Look at you you over-achiever!! Time to extend it to 10!

[Lea]

Alissa wrote: "Look at you you over-achiever!! Time to extend it to 10!"

Done. I can't believe I read so many books. :-)

[Lea]

I just finished both David Copperfield and Demon Copperhead, so I'm at 9 already this year. I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to up my challenge again. For whatever reason, I'm picking fat books this year.

[Lea]

The Land Beyond the Sea was well worth it. I'm going to try to read five more tomes this year, one per month for the rest of the year. 15 total. We'll see if I can do it. I do have bunches of fat and sassy books on my TBR.

[Patricia]

10 Tomes at the halfway point! I'm impressed! Looks like you've read some good ones too.

[Lea]

Patricia wrote: "10 Tomes at the halfway point! I'm impressed! Looks like you've read some good ones too."

Yes! The Winners was my favorite so far, but lots of good ones. In the past, I tended to avoid the longer books...but I've decided "if not now, when?" :-)

[Lea]

I finished #11 today, Babel: An Arcane History.

[Lea]

I finished #12 today, Hell's Corner. It was entertaining.

[Lea]

Finished #13 today, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. It was dense, but very good.

[Lea]

Finished #14 today, The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific. It was about a lot of different countries that I don't have on my Around the World Challenge. Because I have chosen to count each book for either a state or a country, and only one country, but one which I get to select, I selected Tonga for this book, since the author had an audience with the King of Tonga and the differentiation between that country and others in Oceania has stuck with me.

[Lea]

Finished #15 today, Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis I'm just going to keep reading and take this as it comes. Who knows how many big books I'll read. I'm trying to read at least one big book every month, so maybe three more this year? We'll see.

[Lea]

Finished #16 today, PACIFIC Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming of the World's Superpowers.. Gearing up for The Little Friend next month, which will be 624 pages.

[Lea]

Finished #17 today, The Little Friend. :-)

[Lea]

Finished #18, The Covenant of Water. I'm in process on two more, The Alice Network and Fourth Wing, but those will probably finish in 2024.

[Carolien]

That's awesome, Lea. As someone who read nothing over 500 pages this year, I'm very impressed!

[Lea]

Carolien wrote: "That's awesome, Lea. As someone who read nothing over 500 pages this year, I'm very impressed!"

I made a concerted effort this year to try and read at least one tome a month, because I have so many that I never pick up. The only month I failed was in November. I was struggling with 471 page Suttree and had to push back my tome idea for that month. :-)

Hope you pick some good books in 2024, whether they be tomes or not! :-)