2024: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Duration: 1-Jan-2024 to 31-Dec-2024

Rules:
📌All Books MUST be 500+ pages.
📌You must use the edition you read - if your edition is 499 pages, it does not count, even if there is an edition over 500 pages.
📌If you listened to the audiobook, use the default edition page count.
📌No Graphic Novels/Comic Books/Cookbooks
📌Re-reads are fine, it just needs to be at least a few months since your last read through.
📌Please put all your books in ONE comment! Just update as you go!

Winner:
The person who reads the most books!
If 2 (or more) people read the same amount of books, the person with the higher page count is the winner.

Fun Achievements:
🕰️ Reader of the Longest Book
📜 Reader of the OLDEST Big Book
✨ Reader of the NEWEST Big Book

PS - I know I'm late posting this, so search through your read books and add them all!
PPS - If you have a suggesting for a "Fun Achievement", let me know!!

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Readers:

Ashley (mod)
Anastasia
Shan ~A~
Ashley R (m6)
Sammy
Richard
Angie
Truitt_T
christene_littlelibrary
Amanda
Jackie
Karen
Michelle's Empty Nest
LaurLa
Eunice
Tori
Heather
Shaw
Joni
Bernadette
bamaace83
Vicki
❡Risa

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

2024: I Like Big Books & I Cannot Lie
Books: 24 | Pages: 14,873

1. Glow (page count: 705), 1-Jan-2024
2. The Sinner (page count: 512), 17-Jan-2024
3. Gold (page count: 646), 21-Jan-2024
4. From Blood and Ash (page count: 622), 25-Jan-2024
5. A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (page count: 637), 5-Feb-2024
6. House of Flame and Shadow (page count: 853), 18-Feb-2024
7. Things We Never Got Over (page count: 572), 23-Feb-2024
8. Demon Copperhead (page count: 560), 6-Mar-2024
9. Dance of Thieves (page count: 507), 31-Mar-2024
10. The Winners (page count: 671), 2-Apr-2024
11. Daughter of No Worlds (page count: 520), 19-May-2024
12. Heir of Fire (page count: 562), 1-Jun-2024
13. The Reckoning (page count: 561), 20-Jun-2024
14. The Most Fun We Ever Had (page count: 532), 28-Jun-2024
15. Queen of Shadows (page count: 645), 1-Jul-2024
16. The Count of Monte Cristo (page count: 1085), 3-Jul-2024 🕰️📜
17. Shadow Princess (page count: 724), 14-Jul-2024
18. The Bee Sting (page count: 658), 23-Aug-2024
19. Twisted Hate (page count: 522), 28-Aug-2024
20. A Discovery of Witches (page count: 579), 3-Sep-2024
21. The Serpent and the Wings of Night (page count: 504), 15-Sep-2024
22. The Games Gods Play (page count: 509), 4-Oct-2024
23. Goldfinch (page count: 679), 22-Oct-2024 ✨(Pub September 24, 2024)
24. Beneath a Scarlet Sky (page count: 509), 7-Nov-2024

[Anastasia]

Anastasia's 2024 Big Book list

1.Four Past Midnight by Stephen King read 12/01/2024 930 pages
2.Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley read 17/01/2024 884 pages
3. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens read 03/02/2024 544 pages
4.The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky read 07/02/2024 1013 pages
5.Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham read 10/02/2024 684 pages
6.The Missing Ones by Patricia Gibney read 22/02/2024 529 pages
7.The Iliad by Homer read 06/03/2024 848 pages
8.The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy read 22/03/2024 872 pages
9.The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James read 03/04/2024 635 pages
10.The Arabian Nights by Anonymous read 04/04/2024 1049 pages
11.The Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen read 15/04/2024 803 pages
12.Doctors by Erich Segal read 19/04/2024 675 pages
13.Running Blind by Lee Child read 21/04/2024 512 pages
14.Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros read 24/04/2024 854 pages
15.The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins read 26/04/2024 672 pages
16.The Witness by Nora Roberts read 13/02/2024 757 pages
17.The Lion's Game by Nelson DeMille read 17/04/2024 720 pages
18.Immoral by Brian Freeman read 10/04/2024 743 pages
19.The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud read 01/05/2024 736 pages
20.Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling read 02/05/2024 652 pages
21.The Stone Monkey by Jeffery Deaver read 04/05/2024 612 pages
22.Temple by Matthew Reilly read 06/05/2024 788 pages
23.The Night Stalker by Robert Bryndza read 08/02/2024 654 pages
24.The Empty Chair by Jeffery Deaver read 14/01/2024 594 pages
25.Nemesis by Jo Nesbø read 10/05/2024 695 pages
26.Ashes to Ashes by Tami Hoag read 24/03/2024 592 pages
27.The Crow Trap by Ann Cleeves read 14/05/2024 560 pages
28.The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver read 05/06/2024 528 pages
29.The Doctors Book of Food Remedies: The Latest Findings on the Power of Food to Treat and Prevent Health Problems--From Aging and Diabetes to Ulcers and Yeast Infections by Selene Yeager read 21/05/2024 720 pages
30.The Odyssey by Homer read 17/05/2024 582p
31.Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire read 23/05/2024 519 pages
32.Lord of the Silent by Elizabeth Peters read 23/05/2024 708 pages
33.The Golden One by Elizabeth Peters read 11/06/2024 512 pages
34.A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin read 03/07/2024 837 pages
35.The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition by Robert Graves read 07/07/2024 729 pages
36.The Vanished Man by Jeffery Deaver read 08/07/2024 560 pages
37.Tidewater: A Novel of Pocahontas and the Jamestown Colony by Libbie Hawker read 15/07/2024 539 pages
38. The Poet by Michael Connelly read 17/07/2024 597 pages
39. Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers read 18/07/2024 544 pages
40. Great TV and Film Detectives: A Collection of Crime Masterpieces Featuring Your Favorite Screen Sleuths by Maxim Jakubowski read 19/07/2024 512 pages
41. Lethal White by Robert Galbraith read 21/07/2024 650 pages
42. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer read 27/07/2024 504 pages
43. The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith read 27/07/2024 1462 pages
44. Children of the Storm by Elizabeth Peters read 29/07/2024 581 pages
45. Bad Love by Jonathan Kellerman read 02/08/2024 512 pages
46. Hawaiian Mythology by Martha Warren Beckwith read 03/08/2024 608 pages
47. Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team by Elise Hooper Read 04/08/2024 512 pages
48. The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty read 06/08/2024 569 pages
49. The Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer read 10/08/2024 528 pages
50. Last Breath by Robert Bryndza read 16/08/2024 610 pages
51. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas read 17/08/2024 704 pages
52. Small Sacrifices by Ann Rule read 18/08/2024 741 pages
53. The Bee Sting by Paul Murray Read 19/08/2024 656 pages
54. Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters Read 20/08/2024 544 page
55. In the Woods by Tana French Read 29/08/2024 593 pages
56. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas Read 01/09/2024 641 pages
57. The Twelfth Card by Jeffery Deaver Read 01/09/2024 576 pages
58. The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson read 02/09/2024 738 pages
59. A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas read 04/09/2024 719 pages
60. Chronicle of the 20th Century by Clifton Daniel read 12/09/2024 1356 pages
61. Hannibal by Thomas Harris read 14/09/2024 564 pages
62. Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King read 18/09/2024 970 pages
63. Agatha Christie: An Autobiography by Agatha Christie read 19/09/2024 560 pages
64. Firestarter by Stephen King read 19/09/2024 564 pages
65. The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent read 23/09/2024 504 pages
66. On Target by Mark Greaney read 24/09/2024 534 pages
67. Envy by Sandra Brown read 09/25/2024 549 pages
68. It by Stephen King read 27/09/2024 1116 pages
69. The Snowman by Jo Nesbø read 27/09/2024 530 pages
70. Royal Flush by Lynda La Plante read 01/10/2024 545 pages
71. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin read 04/10/2024 791 pages
72. Needful Things by Stephen King Read 05/10/2024 933 pages
73. A ​Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas read 05/10/2024 757 pages
74. Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs read 08/10/2024 532 pages
75. Game Set & Match (RPND by Len Deighton read 10/10/2024 857 pages
76. The Fourth Estate by Jeffrey Archer read 14/10/2024 742 pages
77. Feeling Great: The Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression and Anxiety by David D. Burns read 17/10/2024 735 pages
78. Hocus Pocus & The All New Sequel by A.W. Jantha read 22/10/2024 521 pages
79. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown read 23/10/2024 736 pages
80. Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy read 31/10/2024 518 pages
81. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir read 01/11/2024 549 pages
82. Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville read 03/11/2024 720 pages
83. Yes I Can: The Story of Sammy Davis, Jr. by Sammy Davis Jr. read 05/11/2024 754 pages
84.The Shining by Stephen King read 11/05/2024 674 pages
85. The Liar by Nora Roberts read 05/11/2024 512 pages
86. The Roman Hat Mystery by Ellery Queen read 08/11/2024 648 pages
87. The Cold Moon by Jeffery Deaver read 08/11/2024 656 pages
88. The Essential Guide to Herbal Safety by Simon Y. Mills read 16/11/2024 704 pages
89. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell read 19/11/2024 1037 pages
90. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson read 22/11/2024 590 pages
91. Kane & Abel by Jeffrey Archer read 22/11/2024 592 pages
92. Bag of Bones by Stephen King read 23/11/2024 736 pages
93. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer read 23/11/2024 513 pages
94. The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith read 24/11/2024 580 pages
95. Prior Bad Acts by Tami Hoag read 24/11/2024 525 pages
96. The Stand by Stephen King read 28/11/2024 1348 pages
97. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling read 28/11/2024 734 pages
98. Robbins Basic Pathology by Vinay Kumar read 30/11/2024 946 pages
99. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens read 02/12/2024 608 pages
100. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens read 02/12/2024 1215 pages
101. Ivanhoe by Walter Scott read 06/12/2024 588 pages
102. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens read 06/12/2024 974 pages
103. Stirred by J.A. Konrath read 07/12/2024 504 pages
104. The Wire In The Blood by Val McDermid read 08/12/2024 546 pages
105. Suicide Med by Freida McFadden read 08/12/2024 523 pages
106. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas read 09/12/2024 1469 pages
107. Bonbons and Broomsticks by H.Y. Hanna read 10/12/2024 535 pages
108. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling read 11/12/2024 912 pages
109. Magyk by Angie Sage read 12/12/2024 588 pages
110. Essentials of Musculoskeletal Care by M.d. Sarwark John F. read 13/12/2024 1259 pages
111. Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith read 13/12/2024 944 pages
112. Bedfordshire Clanger Calamity by Steve Higgs read 17/12/2024 542 pages
113. The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent read 17/12/2024 665 pages
114. Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith read 17/12/2024 721 pages
115. Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith read 20/12/2024 609 pages
116. Devil's Waltz by Jonathan Kellerman read 20/12/2024 528 pages
117. Hook, Line, and Sinker by Len Deighton read 26/12/2024 730 pages

Total: 117 books Number of pages: 82,124
Continued message 33

[Shan ~A~]

2024: I Like Big Books & I Cannot Lie
Book Read: 15
Total Pages: 8,710

Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score ~ 02/26 ~ 572 pgs
Things We Hide from the Light by Lucy Score ~ 03/07 ~ 594 pgs
Things We Left Behind by Lucy Score ~ 03/20 ~ 592 pgs
All Rhodes Lead Here by Mariana Zapata ~ 03/28 ~ 572 pgs
Wolfsong by T.J. Klune ~ 04/02 ~ 528 pgs
East of Eden by John Steinbeck ~ 04/12 ~ 601 pgs
Hands Down by Mariana Zapata ~ 04/28 ~ 550 pgs
Firestarter by Stephen King ~ 05/06 ~ 564 pgs
Ravensong by T.J. Klune ~ 06/07 ~ 512 pgs
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros ~ 06/18 ~ 517 pgs
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros ~ 07/10 ~ 640 pgs
The Gamble by Kristen Ashley ~ 07/26 ~ 679
Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs ~ 08/07 ~ 532
Sweet Dreams by Kristen Ashley ~ 08/17 ~ 657 pgs
Until I Get You by Claire Contreras ~ 09/07 ~ 600 pgs

[Ashley]

Ashley R's 2024 Big Books
3 books so far
2,374 pages so far

1. Fire & Blood -2/27/24-786 pages
2. Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could - 3/12/24- 528 pages
3. A Feast for Crows - 7/31/24-1,060 pages

[Sammy]

Ohhhh, I should probably join this one! Any chance it can be added to the water balloon bonuses too?

Love me some biiiiiig books!


Total books read: 110
Total pages read: 77461


1. Covenants - 548 pages
2. Jane Eyre - 532 pages
3. The Count of Monte Cristo - 1276 pages
4. Elantris - 638 pages
5. Barnaby Rudge - 744 pages
6. Our Mutual Friend - 801 pages
7. The Gallows Curse - 564 pages
8. Doomsday Book - 587 pages
9. Empire of the Vampire - 739 pages
10. A Spot of Bother - 503 pages
11. Cibola Burn - 587 pages
12. Tower of Dawn - 663 pages
13. City of Last Chances - 500 pages
14. Empire of Storms - 693 pages
15. Ashes of the Sun - 592 pages
16. Sunshine Over Wildflower Cottage - 512 pages
17. Playing with Monsters - 514 pages
18. The Embroidered Book - 655 pages
19. The Possessed (The Devils) - 733 pages
20. The Forsyte Saga - 872 pages
21. The Glass Bead Game - 558 pages
22. The Mysteries of Udolpho - 654 pages
23. La Reine Margot - 560 pages
24. Revelation Space - 585 pages
25. The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen with Nigel Slater - 580 pages (has 'cookbooks' mpg, but is a book talking about food, not a recipe book)
26. Hunger: The Complete Trilogy 931 pages
27. Sarum: The Novel of England - 912 pages
28. The Three Musketeers - 625 pages
29. The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes - 589 pages
30. Empire of the Damned - 709 pages
31. Groom of the Tyrannosaur Queen - 507 pages
32. Strangers - 704 pages
33. The Will of the Many - 639 pages
34. A Court of Wings and Ruin - 703 pages
35. Heir of Fire - 576 pages
36. Queen of Shadows - 648 pages
37. A Court of Mist and Fury - 641 pages
38. Hunted - 670 pages
39. To Say Nothing of the Dog - 528 pages
40. Legendborn - 502 pages
41. Against the Day - 1082 pages
42. Faust - 503 pages
43. Cold Granite - 584 pages
44. The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters - 753 pages
45. The Book That Wouldn’t Burn - 567 pages
46. The Mad Ship - 906 pages
47. Freedom - 562 pages
48. Shards of Earth - 548 pages
49. Termination Shock - 708 pages
50. The Storm Sister - 513 pages
51. The Whalebone Theatre - 558
52. The Crimson Petal and the White - 922
53. Wizard and Glass - 845
54. The Agency for Scandal - 528
55. The Witching Hour - 1207
56. Tara Road - 648
57. The Blade Itself - 515
58. Wolfsong - 511
59. The Square of Sevens - 528
60. Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World - 516
61. The Nightingale - 564
62. The Nix - 625
63. Eyes of the Void - 596
64. The Tommyknockers - 747
65. The Five - 518
66. The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien - 708
67. The Dragon Republic - 658
68. Dying Light - 519 pages
69. The Shadow Sister - 721 pages
70. Broken Skin - 594
71. Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History - 688
72. Swan Song - 956
73. The Goldfinch - 771
74. Moby-Dick - 720
75. Can You Forgive Her? - 847
76. The Red and the Black - 577
77. Fury - 595
78. The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean - 783
79. Dombey and Son - 880
80. Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon - 668
81. The Brothers Karamazov - 1013
82. Sketches by Boz - 688
83. All the Light We Cannot See - 544
84. Hard Time - 544
85. Lonesome Dove - 960
86. Wanderers - 845
87. The Pearl Sister - 702
88. The Moon Sister - 742
89. The Betrothed - 720
90. David Copperfield - 882
91. The Stand - 1415
92. A Man on the Moon - 685
93. The Secret History - 559
94. The Old Curiosity Shop - 736
95. Cecilia: Or Memoirs of an Heiress - 1056
96. Naamah's Kiss - 645
97. Oliver Twist - 608
98. The Charterhouse of Parma - 532
99. Tree of Smoke - 614
100. The Sun Sister - 848
101. Middlemarch - 912
102. The Missing Sister - 805
103. The Way of Kings - 1009
104. Little Dorrit - 1021
105. The Faerie Queene - 1248 📜 (pub 1590)
106. Great Mythologies of the World - 1137
107. The Swarm - 881
108. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 734
109. Celtic Myths and Legends - 528
110. Nemesis Games - 535

[Richard]

HOB - 2024: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie

500+ pages, from Jan to Dec (no cookbooks)

Total books: 135
Total: pages: 116,870


1. The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Signs and Symbols - 659
2. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values - 540
3. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA - 514
4. Castles, Customs, and Kings: True Tales by English Historical Fiction Authors - 532
5. Lonely Planet Vietnam - 1,376
6. Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi - 724
7. Biochemistry For Dummies - 522
8. A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books - 717
9. Decline and Prosper!: Changing Global Birth Rates and the Advantages of Fewer Children - 575
10. Eternal Troubadour: The Improbable Life Of Tiny Tim - 680
11. Inside the Dream Palace: The Life and Times of New York's Legendary Chelsea Hotel - 501
12. Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant - 625
13. Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe - 505
14. THE Sex & Pleasure Book: Good Vibrations Guide to Great Sex For Everyone - 605
15. We Are The Nerds: The Birth and Tumultuous Life of Reddit, the Internet's Culture Laboratory - 514
16. Michael Jackson: The Magic, The Madness, The Whole Story, 1958-2009 - 812
17. Season of the Witch: The Book of Goth - 543
18. The Norton Field Guide to Speaking Review Copy - 1,254
19. Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam - 512
20. The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change - 592
21. Chasing Gold - 527
22. A Short History of (Nearly) Everything Paranormal - 544
23. Jingle Jangle Morning: Folk-Rock in the 1960s - 1,769
24. This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress - 595
25. City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York - 771
26. Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential - 1,026
27. A History of Philosophy, Vol. 6: Modern Philosophy, from the French Enlightenment to Kant - 528
28. Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story - 656
29. Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe - 718
30. A Promised Land - 768
31. It's Not OK to Feel Blue (and other lies): Inspirational people open up about their mental health - 547
32. Agatha Christie: An Autobiography - 560
33. Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything—Even Things That Seem Impossible Today - 531
34. 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List - 961
35. Og Mandino's University of Success: The Greatest Self-Help Author in the World Presents the Ultimate Success Book - 554
36. A Guide to Additive Manufacturing - 557
37. Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military - 580
38. Heuristics and Biases: The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment - 881
39. The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero - 604
40. Over the Top and Back: The Autobiography - 503
41. Africa's World War: Congo, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Making of a Continental Catastrophe - 563
42. Oxford Handbook of Endocrinology and Diabetes - 902
43. Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original - 625
44. Word Origins - 576
45. Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath - 1,154
46. Oxford Handbook of Emergency Medicine - 795
47. The High Cost of Free Parking: Updated Edition - 808
48. Encylopedia of Freemasonry and Its Kindred Sciences - 1,027
49. Oxford American Handbook of Disaster Medicine - 864
50. The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou - 1,186
51. Thinking, Fast and Slow - 512
52. Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy - 1,249
53. Break on Through: The Life and Death of Jim Morrison - 576
54. 1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die: A Food Lover's Life List - 1,009
55. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List - 1,217
56. Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence and Security, 3 volume set - 1,300
57. White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India - 580
58. The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857 - 534
59. Fodor's Essential China - 544
60. Lonely Planet Paris - 999
61. KISS: Behind the Mask - Official Authorized Biography - 737
62. Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad - 848
63. Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist - 638
64. Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story - 681
65. Napoleon - 805
66. 100 IS THE NEW 30: HOW PLAYING THE SYMPHONY OF LONGEVITY WILL ENABLE US TO LIVE YOUNG FOR A LIFETIME - 542
67. Unleashing Creativity - 528
68. Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base - 708
69. Know This: Today's Most Interesting and Important Scientific Ideas, Discoveries, and Developments - 611
70. A Dictionary of Euphemisms: How Not To Say What You Mean - 522
71. White Terror: The Ku Klux Klan Conspiracy and Southern Reconstruction - 557
72. The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine - 4 Volume set - 2,000
73. Killing Rasputin: The Murder That Ended The Russian Empire - 570
74. Dust & Grooves: Adventures in Record Collecting - 537
75. Quotationary - 1,056
76. KGB: The Inside Story of Its Foreign Operations from Lenin to Gorbachev - 832
77. Queen: The Life and Music of Dinah Washington - 576
78. My Word is My Bond: The Autobiography - 513
79. Mosby's Drug Reference for Health Professions - 1,744
80. A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity - 960
81. First Aid for the Emergency Medicine Boards 2/E - 1,088
82. Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First - 907
83. A History of Evil in Popular Culture 2 volumes : What Hannibal Lecter, Stephen King, and Vampires Reveal about America 2 volumes - 1,231
84. Encyclopedia of Military Science - 1,928
85. Armada: The Spanish Enterprise and England’s Deliverance in 1588 - 718
86. Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created Mad and Revolutionized Humor i - 644
87. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer - 1,341
88. Colloquial Yoruba: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series - 589
89. I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft - 1,148
90. Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee - 1,360
91. Oxford Handbook of Critical Care - 704
92. The Slave Trade: The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1440-1870 - 912
93. Napoleon Bonaparte: A Life - 1,158
94. Mozart: The Reign of Love - 832
95. DK Slovenia - 565
96. The Ultimate Guide to U.S. Army Survival Skills, Tactics, and Techniques - 1,008
97. Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel - 514
98. Effective Communication Skills Mastery Series: 4 Books in 1 Boxset: Improve Your Conversation Skills, Social Intelligence & Public Speaking and Learn How ... Your Communication and Social Skills) - 552
99. Horror Literature through History: An Encyclopedia of the Stories that Speak to Our Deepest Fears 2 volumes - 1,686
100. Rationality: From AI to Zombies - 2,101
101. The Practice of Chinese Medicine: The Treatment of Diseases with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs - 1,540
102. Picasso: A Biography - 510
103. Automotive Technology - 1,664
104. Principles of Biochemistry - 1,119
105. Encyclopedia of Gastroenterology - 2,311
106. Cannabis Grower's Handbook: The Complete Guide to Marijuana and Hemp Cultivation - 1,243
107. The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had - 512
108. Anything You Can Imagine: Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-earth - 592
109. Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis - 824
110. Boogie Man: The Adventures of John Lee Hooker in the American Twentieth Century - 656
111. The Languages and Linguistics of Europe: A Comprehensive Guide - 929
112. How to think ahead in chess : the methods and techniques of planning your entire game - 515
113. The New Yale Book of Quotations - 1,168
114. Horror Films of the 1980s - 1,615
115. Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan - 608
116. A Thesaurus of English Word Roots - 1,079
117. The Anthology of Rap - 920
118. UXL Encyclopedia of World Mythology - 1,078
119. 5001 Nights at the Movies - 960
120. Microbiology with Diseases by Body System - 936
121. The Essential Wayne Dyer Collection - 801
122. A History of Ghosts, Spirits and the Supernatural - 731
123. Mexico - 1,028
124. The New Makers of Modern Strategy: From the Ancient World to the Digital Age - 1,200
125. The 120 Days of Sodom and Other Writings - 800
126. The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing & Allied Health - 2,762
127. When the Screaming Stops: The Dark History of the Bay City Rollers - 568
128. My Life - 1,056
129. Bush - 832
130. Lionheart - 624
131. A History of Philosophy, Vol 2: Medieval Philosophy - 624
132. The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney - 624
133. The Dreams That Stuff Is Made Of: The Most Astounding Papers of Quantum Physics--and How They Shook the Scientific World - 1,088
134. Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East - 662
135. Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders - 1,200

Ran out of room

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Sammy wrote: "Ohhhh, I should probably join this one! Any chance it can be added to the water balloon bonuses too?"

You would need to discuss with the mod running that one... :)

[Truitt_T]

I'm in.

I keep thinking I'll find the time to add my books, but it hasn't happened yet.....

Total books:
Total: pages:

1.

??. Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir 8/21 - 538p
??. The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle 8/25 - 560p

[Angie ☯]

2024: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2024

Books Read: 41 | Total Pages: 24,234
1. Pretty Girls ~ 1/6 | 548 pgs
2. Iron Flame ~ 1/13 | 884 pgs
3. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes ~ 2/4 | 541 pgs
4. Billy Summers ~ 2/8 | 612 pgs
5. The Da Vinci Code ~ 2/14 | 597 pgs
6. Charming and the Cherry Blossom ~ 2/19 | 550 pgs
7. Lover Mine ~ 2/25 | 673 pgs
8. The Skeleton Key ~ 3/6 | 545 pgs
9. The Lost Symbol ~ 3/17 | 658 pgs
10. Demon Copperhead ~ 3/28 | 550 pgs
11. Night Sins ~ 4/16 | 576 pgs
12. A Faint Cold Fear ~ 4/28 | 528 pgs
13. Project Hail Mary ~ 5/8 | 549 pgs
14. The Red Pyramid ~ 5/19 | 529 pgs
15. Identity ~ 5/21 | 505 pgs
16. Northern Lights ~ 5/30 | 673 pgs
17. Faithless ~ 6/19 | 576 pgs
18. Age of Vice ~ 6/23 | 560 pgs
19. How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying ~ 6/27 | 528 pgs
20. The Search ~ 6/30 | 528 pgs
21. The Never Game ~ 7/2 | 544 pgs
22. Inferno ~ 7/9 | 578 pgs
23. The Book That Wouldn't Burn ~ 7/22 | 571 pgs
24. Thunder with a Chance of Lovestruck ~ 7/28 | 554 pgs
25. The Tale of the Young Witch ~ 7/31 | 551 pgs
26. Beyond Reach ~ 8/4 | 594 pgs
27. The Bee Sting ~ 8/13 | 658 pgs
28. Origin ~ 8/19 | 638 pgs
29. Harrow the Ninth ~ 8/25 | 538 pgs
30. The Liar ~ 9/10 | 512 pgs
31. The Serpent and the Wings of Night ~ 9/16 | 504 pgs
32. The Ghost Who Loved Diamonds ~ 9/17 | 523 pgs
33. Nona the Ninth ~ 9/30 | 502 pgs
34. The Outlaw Demon Wails ~ 10/13 | 544 pgs
35. Changes ~ 10/22 | 560 pgs
36. Divine Evil ~ 10/30 | 578 pgs
37. An Echo in the Bone ~ 11/11 | 1186 pgs
38. Fairy Tale ~ 12/3 | 607 pgs
39. The Secret History ~ 12/7 | 646 pgs
40. Ghost Story ~ 12/26 | 608 pgs
41. The Survivors Club ~ 12/27 | 528 pgs

[christene_littlelibrary]

✨✨✨

2024: I Like Big Books & I Cannot Lie
Book Read: 3
Total Pages: 1,608

1. A Curse So Dark and Lonely 7/14 - 507p
2. A Crown This Cold and Heavy 7/15 - 532p
3. The City of Brass 8/1 -569p

[Amanda]

2024: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie
1. Lord of Silver Ashes--8/11--511 Pages
2. Hunt Me! I Crave the Chase--8/9--535 Pages
3. There Are No Gays in Football--8/21--764 Pages
4. The First to Die at the End-10/4--560 Pages
5. Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms-10/22-515 Pages
6. Herald of the Witch's Mark-10/24-561
7. Wolfsong-11/2-518
8. Ravensong-11/3-517
9. Brothersong-11/4-576
10. Fiorenzo-11/8-685
11. Lor-12/6-619
12. Luck of the Devil-12/22
13. Impulsive Connections-12/29

[Jackie]

2024: I Like Big Books & I Cannot Lie

1 Memorial Day by Vince Flynn - 2/3 - 608 pages
2 Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope - 2/14 - 557 pages
3 The Ghost Who Loved Diamonds by Bobbi Holmes - 2/18 - 523 pages
4 The Secret of Excalibur by Andy McDermott - 3/18 - 530 pages
5 The Hero's Guide to Being an Outlaw by Christopher Healy - 5/2 - 529 pages
6 Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope - 5/19 - 573 pages
7 The Janus Man by Colin Forbes - 5/21 - 562 pages
8 Thunderhead by Douglas Preston - 6/3 - 531 pages
9 The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy - 6/18 - 645 pages
10 The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope - 6/19 - 695 pages

Starting for Olympic Challenge:
The Fire Witness by Lars Kepler - 8/2 - 512 pages
Absolute Power by David Baldacci - 8/6 - 550 pages
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin - 8/10 - 538 pages
The Magic of Recluce by L.E. Modesitt Jr. - 8/11 - 501 pages
Killing Floor by Lee Child - 8/13 - 562 pages
The Cardinal of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy - 8/22 - 547 pages
Consent to Kill by Vince Flynn - 8/25 - 675 pages
Salvation by Peter F. Hamilton - 9/4 - 576 pages
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson - 9/6/24 - 638 pages
Kingdom of the Wicked by Derek Landy - 9/10/24 - 607 pages
Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors by James Lovegrove - 9/12/24 - 536 pages
Bloody Rose by Nicholas Eames - 9/20/24 - 512 pages
The Outsider by Stephen King - 9/21/24 - 561 pages
Stalker by Lars Kepler - 9/26/24 - 560 pages
Qualify by Vera Nazarian - 10/1/24 - 600 pages
Deadlock by Colin Forbes - 10/2/24 - 507 pages
The Bourne Legacy by Eric Van Lustbader - 10/4/24 - 597 pages
The Lions of Lucerne by Brad Thor - 10/6/24 - 544 pages
The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch - 10/8/24 - 650 pages
Die Trying by Lee Child - 10/12/24 - 567 pages
The Towers of the Sunset by L.E. Modesitt Jr. - 10/14/24 - 536 pages
Dark Fire by C.J. Sansom - 10/16/24 - 501 pages
The Rabbit Hunter by Lars Kepler - 10/18/24 - 528 pages
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz - 10/22/24 - 505 pages
The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence - 10/30/24 - 559 pages
Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz - 11/1/24 - 608 pages
Narcissus in Chains by Laurell K. Hamilton - 11/11/24 - 644 pages
Kingdoms at War by Lindsay Buroker - 11/13/24 - 515 pages
Cursor's Fury by Jim Butcher - 11/16/24 - 704 pages
The Covenant of Genesis by Andy McDermott - 11/18/24 - 535 pages
Split Second by David Baldacci - 11/22/24 - 512 pages
The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks - 11/30/24 - 645 pages
Compete by Vera Nazarian - 12/4/24 - 608 pages
Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare - 12/19/24 - 893 pages
The Salzburg Connection by Helen MacInnes - 12/20/24 - 532 pages

45 books

[Karen]

2024: Big Books challenge.

I just saw this.

1.Hidden Empire, 654 pages
2. Of Blood and Fire, 541 pages
3. The Doors of Eden, 609 pages
4. James Monroe: A Life, 738 pages
5. Cyteen, 680 pages
6. The Will of the Many, 639 pages
7. Eon, 504 pages
8. The Shadow of What Was Lost, 602 pages
9. Ulysses, 925 pages

This is up to july 12, 2024

July 26 and forward for Olympic challenge:

10: A Deepness in the Sky, 606 pages, read 07/27/24
11. Blood Over Bright Haven, 527 pages, 07/29/24
12. The Summoner, 638 pages, 08/01/24
13. The Scarab Path, 721 pages, 08/09/24
14. The Blood King, 615 pages, 08/20/24
15.Horizon Storms, 672 pages, 08/28/24
16: Malice, 628 pages, 09/07/24
17. Red Mars, 519 pages. 09/08/24
18.Osebol, 816 pages 09/15/24
19. Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, 512 pages
20. The Sea Watch, 697 pages
21. Nevermore, 543 pages

[Michelle's Empty Nest, The Challenge Whisperer]

2024: Big Books Challenge
= or > 500 pages


1. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 3-21-2024; 671 pages

2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling 4-4-2024; 734 pages

3.The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 4-20-2024; 546 pages

4. Eldest by Christopher Paolini 5-12-2024; 704 pages

5. The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver 5-15-2024; 528 pages

6. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski 5-20-2024; 710 pages

7. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving 5-30-2024; 637 pages

8. The Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrie 6-19-2024; 522 pages

9. The Secret History by Donna Tartt 6-20-2024; 559 pages

10. The Winds of War by Herman Wouk 7-16-2024; 896 pages

11. Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs 7-17-2024; 532 pages

12. I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe 7-18-2024; 738 pages

13. The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell 7-21-2024; 576 pages

14. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 7-26-2024; 506 pages

15. Almost Heaven by Judith McNaught 8-12-2024; 544 pages

16. Dear Aaron by Mariana Zapata 8-13-2024; 500 pages

17. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton 8-19-2024; 505 pages

18. Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell 9-6-2024; 574 pages

19. A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present by Howard Zinn 9-19-2024; 729 pages

20. The Shape of Things to Come by H.G. Wells 9-25-2024; 573 pages

21. Dune by Frank Herbert 9-27-2024; 658 pages

[LaurLa]

I know I won't beat out Sammy or Richard but... maybe I can win for oldest or newest... depending if that means oldest published or oldest on your TBR. Or maybe that can be another FUN achievement?

[LaurLa]

I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie
July - December 2024

My Big Books Challenge (msg 16)

Books Read🚦



🚥Unraveled🚦501 pp🚦08.14 ★★★★
🚥added July 2014🚦published December 2011

🚥Dreamfever🚦514 pp🚦10.25 ★★★★
🚥added January 2022🚦published August 2009

🚥Things We Never Got Over🚦572 pp🚦11.10 ★★★★
🚥added January 2024🚦published January 2022

[Eunice]

2024: I Like Big Books & I Cannot Lie

1. Angels & Demons - 620 pages - 1/23
2. The Da Vinci Code - 590 pages - 2/28
3. Déjà Dead - 532 pages - 6/4
4. The Kingdom of Copper - 625 pages - 6/7
5. Legendborn - 502 pages - 7/14
6. Silver Under Nightfall - 512 pages - 8/1
7. The Cabinet of Curiosities - 629 pages - 8/3
8. Powerless - 523 pages - 8/7
9. Illuminae - 608 pages - 8/10
10. The Shadow of the Gods - 529 pages - 8/20
11. Witches Steeped in Gold - 544 pages - 8/24
12. The Eye of the World - 800 pages - 8/26
13. Origin - 542 pages - 9/10
14. Bridesmaid Undercover - 506 pages - 9/20
15. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - 538 pages - 10/6

[Tori]

2024: I Like Big Books & I Cannot Lie Books: 25 | Pages: 16,294

1. Double-Edged by Nyla K. - 1/14/24 - 606 pages
2. Pretty Boy by Jett Masterson - 2/3/24 - 527 pages
3. Good Boy by Jett Masterson - 2/7/24 - 601 pages
4. Daddy's Boy: by Jett Masterson - 2/8/24 - 557 pages
5. #Rev by Cambria Hebert - 2/28/24 - 564 pages
6. The Dominant Doctor Volume 6: Sweet Boy's Split Decision ~and~ Patient Doctor by Sammy D Adams - 5/7/24 - 582 pages
7. The Dominant Doctor Volume 8: Boys in the Sun ~and~ The Doctor and his boy by Sammy D Adams - 5/7/24 - 565 pages
8. Safe by Taylor McNiff - 6/21/24 - 571 pages
9. Antidote - Jack L. Pyke - 6/23/24 - 558 pages
10. The Trust: A Dark Gay Cartel Romance by C. Azzo - 7/7/24 - 1103 pages
11. Between the Devil and the Sea by Chani Lynn Feener - 7/13/24 - 524 pages
12. What We Were by Jen Samson - 7/26/24 - 555 pages
13. His Reluctant Omega by Kelex - 8/15/24 - 633 pages
14. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling - 8/20/24 - 734 pages
15. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling - 8/21/24 - 912 pages
16. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling - 8/21/24 - 652 pages
17. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling - 8/21/24 - 759 pages
18. Rerouting River by D. Dove - 8/24/24 - 617 pages
19. Alpha Bait: Three Werewolves for Dylan by D.J. Heart - 8/25/24 - 778 pages
20. NoX by Adrienne Wilder - 9/7/24 - 534 pages
21. Anubis by Adrienne Wilder - 9/7/24 - 726 pages
22. Fallocaust by Quil Carter - 9/9/24 - 829 pages
23. Every Breath After: Part 1 by Jessie Walker - 9/10/24 - 700 pages
24. On Edge by Brooke Matthews - 9/20/24 - 532 pages
25. The Husband Game by Brigham Vaughn - 9/30/24 - 575 pages

[Heather]

Duration: 1-Jan-2024 to 31-Dec-2024
Rules:
📌All Books MUST be 500+ pages.
📌You must use the edition you read - if your edition is 499 pages, it does not count, even if there is an edition over 500 pages.
📌If you listened to the audiobook, use the default edition page count.
📌No Graphic Novels/Comic Books/Cookbooks
📌Re-reads are fine, it just needs to be at least a few months since your last read through.
📌Please put all your books in ONE comment! Just update as you go!

2024: I Like Big Books & I Cannot Lie
Books: 5
Pages: 3,180
1. Narcissus in Chains (644pgs)-1/24/24
2. Cerulean Sins (529pgs)-2/3/24
3. Incubus Dreams (722pgs)-2/24/24
4. A Soul of Ash and Blood (703pgs)-3/30/24
5. After (582pgs)-6/27/24

[Shaw]

Books Read:21 | Total Pages: 13,974

1. - 576 pages - 1/4/24
2. - 592 pages - 1/24/24
3. - 625 pages - 3/16/24
4. - 603 pages - 3/19/24
5. - 736 pages - 4/7/24
6. - 518 pages - 7/28/24
7. - 673 pages - 6/5/24
8. - 590 pages - 06/14/24
9. - 835 pages - 7/10/24
10. - 652 pages - 7/23/24
11. - 657 pages - 7/24/24
12. - 688 pages - 8/4/24
13. - 986 pages - 08/12
14. - 597 pages - 8/14
15. - 571 pages - 08/20
16. - 660 pages - 08/25
17. - 791 pages - 08/30
18. - 905 pages - 9/25
19. - 534 pages - 9/27
20. -660 pages - 10/19
21. - 525 pages - 10/22
22. - 592 pages - 10/29
23. - 525 pages - 11/3
24. - 704 - 12/5
25. - 739 pages - 12/31

[jonidyan]

2024: I Like Big Books & I Cannot Lie
Books: 9 | Pages: 5,252



02/02 A ​Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas 757p
02/08 The Titanic Sisters by Patricia Falvey 500p
05/07 New Moon by Stephanie Meyer 563p
05/13 Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer 756p
08/24 The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera 560p
08/30 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins 576p
10/07 The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow 517p
11/02 The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 506p
12/06 Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 517p
12/12 The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence 559p

[Bernadette]

2024: Big Books challenge.

I just saw this.

2024: I Like Big Books & I Cannot Lie
Books: 38
Pages: 23,939

1. Steve Jobs/Walter Isaacson - 630 pages - 1/1
2. Love and War/John Jakes - 1,087 pages - 1/3
3. Cress/Marissa Meyer - 552 pages - 1/11
4. Winter/Marissa Meyer - 827 pages - 1/14
5. Angels & Demons/Dan Brown - 732 pages - 1/20
6. The Firm/John Grisham - 1/21 - 501 pages
7. Fourth Wing/Rebecca Yarros - 2/1 - 528 pages
8. The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler/David I. Kertzer - 2/11 - 523 pages
9. Heaven and Hell/John Jakes - 2/17 - 781 pages
10. False Impression/Jeffrey Archer - 2/18- 538 pages
11. The Lost Symbol/Dan Brown - 3/17 - 509 pages
12. Iron Flame/Rebecca Yarros - 3/24 - 640 pages
13. Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team/Elise Hooper - 3/27 - 512 pages
14. P.S. I Love You/Cecelia Ahern - 5/4 - 512 pages
15. The Poisonwood Bible/Barbara Kingsolver - 5/23 - 543 pages
16. Anna Karenina/Leo Tolstoy - 5/29 - 964 pages
17. The Most Fun We Ever Had/Claire Lombardo - 6/2 - 532 pages
18. All Rhodes Lead Here/Mariana Zapata - 6/5 - 572 pages
19. King: A Life/Jonathan Eig - 6/21 - 688 pages
20. Inferno/Dan Brown - 7/12 - 530 pages
21. Black River Orchard/Chuck Wendig - 7/16 - 640 pages
22. A Prayer for Owen Meany/John Irving - 7/22 - 637 pages
23. The Book That Wouldn’t Burn/Mark Lawrence - 8/4 - 559 pages
24. All the Colors of the Dark/Chris Whitaker - 8/12 - 608 pages
25. The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear/Kate Moore - 8/14 - 560 pages
26. The Bee Sting/Paul Murray - 8/21 - 656 pages
27. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz/Erik Larson - 8/23 - 546 pages
28. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer/Kai Bird - 9/7 - 721 pages
29. Everything the Light Touches/Janice Pariat - 9/10 - 512 pages
30. The Yearling/Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings - 9/19 - 513 pages
31. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents/Isabel Wilkerson - 9/21 - 544 pages
32. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War/Erik Larson - 9/27 - 565 pages
33. The Serpent and the Wings of Night/Carissa Broadbent - 9/30 - 506 pages
34. Crime and Punishment/Fyodor Dostoevsky - 10/1 - 671 pages
35. Antkind/Charlie Kaufman - 10/14 - 720 pages
36. The Once and Future Witches/Alix E. Harrow - 10/16 - 517 pages
37. Midnight’s Children/Salman Rushdie - 10/19 - 647 pages
38. It/Stephen King - 10/24 - 1,116 pages

[bamaace83]

Jumping in this one and playing catch up!

2024: Big Books challenge.

2024: I Like Big Books & I Cannot Lie
Books: 7
Pages: 4202

1. Running Blind by Lee Child 2-21-24 546 pages
2. Killing Floor by Lee Child 2-28-24 575 pages
3. Pine River by Tijan 4-27-24 554 pages
4. Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door by Lucy Score 7-16-24 519 pages
5. Love Unwritten by Lauren Asher 7-22-24 551 pages
6. Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness 8-15-24 721 pages
7. The Bee Sting by Paul Murray 8-18-24 736 pages
8. Consider Me by Becka Mack 8-20-24 541 pages
9. Devious Obsession by S. Massery 8-25-25 512 pages
10. The Bonus by T.L. Swan 8-30-24 555 pages
11. The Liar by Nora Roberts 9-5-24 501 pages
12. Powerless by Elsie Silver 10-4-24 504 pages

[Vicki]

2024: Big Books challenge.

2024: I Like Big Books & I Cannot Lie
Books: 11
Pages: 6,283

1. The Covenant of Water 724 pages (6 January)
2. The Reformatory 576 pages (19 February)
3. Fourth Wing 517 pages (25 February)
4. Homecoming 547 pages (9 March)
5. Things We Left Behind 592 pages (30 May)
6. A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire 570 pages (5 July)
7. Taking Shots 594 pages (1 August)
8. The Book That Wouldn’t Burn 559 pages (5 August)
9. By Any Other Name 528 pages (26 August)
10. The Nightingale 564 pages (9 September)
11. The Fountains of Silence 512 pages (15 September)

[❡MaRisa]

I'm joining this too, I'll update my books later!

2024: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie
⏱️Duration: 1-Jan-2024 - 31-Dec-2024

Books Read: 46 | Pages Read: 32.238

📚Booklog
1. Iron Flame 09/01/24 955 pages
2. Wenn ein Stern erstrahlt 11/01/24 893 pages
3. Their Dark Valkyrie: The Complete Series 22/01/24 789 pages
4. Murtagh - Eine dunkle Bedrohung 01/02/24 784 pages
5. Clockwork Prince 23/02/24 578 pages
6. The Stand 02/03/24 1152 pages
7. Twisted Hate 05/03/24 522 pages
8. Twisted Lies 15/03/24 530 pages
9. Black and Silver 25/04/24 526 pages
10. Ulysses 18/03/24 925 pages
11. Das verlorene Symbol 765 pages
12. Rake 31/05/24 522 pages
13. Goldener Käfig 13/06/24 640 pages
14. Black Witch: Prophezeiung 20/06/24 600 pages
15. Vengeful Gods 30/06/24 622 pages
16. Wenn die Schatten sich erheben 960 pages
17. Throne of the Fallen – Verführt 12/07/24 736 pages
18. Wütender Sturm 19/07/24 784 pages
19. Sick Boys 19/07/24 517 pages
20. Forced Bonds 539 pages
21. Unbroken Bonds 28/11/24 532 pages
22. Blood Bonds 28/7/24 539 pages
23. Savage Bonds 24/7/24 500 pages
24. Tragic Bonds 24/7/24 540 pages
25. Die Heilerin 27/7/24 576 pages
26. Gods & Monsters 31/7/24 640 pages
27. Moby-Dick or, The Whale 11/08 720 pages
28. The Return of Sherlock Holmes / His Last Bow 14/08/24 635 pages
29. Ohne ein einziges Wort 19/08/24 528 pages
30. Crooked Kingdom We Hunt the Flame27/08/24 536 pages
31. Die Königin 01/09/24 608 pages
32. Die Zeuginnen 05/09/24 576 pages
33. Tintenherz 06/09/24 575 pages
34. Don Quijote von der Mancha 13/09/24 1488 pages
35. We Hunt the Flame 13/09/24 512 pages
36. The Serpent and the Wings of Night 22/09/24 537 pages
37. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 25/09/24 1006 pages
38. Clockwork Princess 27/09/24 616 pages
39. It 30/09/24 1116 pages
40. Der Graf von Monte Christo 17/10/24 937 pages
41. Der Club der Rabenschwestern 22/10/24 520 pages
42. The Goldfinch 864 p 08 Nov
43. Shadow and Ember 784 12 Nov
44. Der Wüstenplanet 800 22 Nov
45. Der Meister und Margarita 576 29 Nov
46. The Mindf*ck Series 638 26 Oct

🎖️ Fun Achievements:
Reader of the Longest Book
My current longest read book: Don Quijote von der Mancha 1488 pages
Reader of the OLDEST Big Book
My current oldest read book: Don Quijote von der Mancha January 1, 1605
Reader of the NEWEST Big Book
My current newest read book: Wenn die Schatten sich erheben Jan 30 2024

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Richard wrote: "ran out of room"

Richard, just start an additional comment :)

[Richard]

HOB - 2024: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie

500+ pages, from Jan to Dec (no cookbooks)

Total books: 135 + 59 = 194
Total: pages: 116,870 + 55,746 = 172,816

136. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend (Facts on File Library of Religion and Mythology) 2 Vol. Set - 1,200
137. Asimov's New Guide To Science - 940
138. Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People by Tim Reiterman - 1,097
139. Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology: Humanity, Culture and Social Life - 1,164
140. From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean, 1492 - 1969 - 608
141. Encyclopedia of Animal Science (Print) - 952
142. Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible, Second Edition - 960
143. Cultural Amnesia: Notes in the Margin of My Time - 1,104
144. Electrical Diseases of the Heart: Genetics, Mechanisms, Treatment, Prevention - 850
145. Biochemistry: The Chemical Reactions Of Living Cells - 1,164
146. Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures Topics - Volume 1; Cultures - Volume 2 - 1,111
147. The Complete David Bowie: New Edition: Expanded and Updated - 2,013
148. FREEDOM: The End of the Human Condition - 804
149. The World's Great Speeches - 944
150. Jungle of Stone: The True Story of Two Men, Their Extraordinary Journey, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya - 528
151. Encyclopedia of Bioprocess Technology: Fermentation, Biocatalysis and Bioseparation, 5 Volume Set - 2,798
152. From the Tree to the Labyrinth: Historical Studies on the Sign and Interpretation - 640
153. Life - 576
154. My Boring-Ass Life: The Uncomfortably Candid Diary of Kevin Smith - 512
155. Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela - 638
156. Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success - 528
157. All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson - 512
158. Kennedy and King: The President, the Pastor, and the Battle over Civil Rights - 528
159. Moon Maine - 1,271
160. Overtaken by the Night: One Russian's Journey through Peace, War, Revolution, and Terror - 584
161. Unearthing the Lost World of the Cloudeaters: Compelling Evidence of the Incursion of Giants, Their Extraordinary Technology, and Imminent Return - 504
162. Anna Karenina - 1,235
163. Pakistan: A Hard Country - 609
164. The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Societies. The Ultimate A-Z of Ancient Mysteries, Lost Civilizations and Forgotten Wisdom - 576
165. Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry - 1,755
166. Dictionary of Contemporary Slang - 510
167. The Works of Niccolò Machiavelli - 1,035
168. Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities - 1,011
169. The Codebreakers: The Story of Secret Writing - 1,164
170. Universe or Multiverse? - 536
171. The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Philosophy - 848
172. Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: The Complete A-Z for the Entire Magical World - 1,877
173. The Secret of Chanel No. 5: The Intimate History of the World's Most Famous Perfume - 690
174. Becoming Elizabeth Arden: The Woman Behind the Global Beauty Empire - 512
175. Lonely Planet Greece - 2,115
176. Art of the 20th Century: Painting, Sculpture, New Media, Photography - 840
177. Judy: The Life, Legend, and Tragedy of an American Icon - 645
178. Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II - 592
179. Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year - 544
180. The World: A Traveller's Guide to the Planet - 2,193
181. Endless Highway - 647
182. Lonely Planet Australia - 2,384
183. 1001 Inventions That Changed the World - 960
184. Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe - 512
185. The Invention of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times - 585
186. Lonely Planet Germany, Austria & Switzerland's Best Trips - 849
187. Introduction to Clinical Psychology - 530
188. Prince: All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track - 648
189. Sugar: A Bittersweet History - 538
190. The Devil's Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science - 543
191. Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness - 722
192. Scotland Yard: A Bloody History - 557
193. Einstein's Beets - 792
194. Etymological Dictionary of Greek (2 Vols.) (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary) - 1,862

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Attention Big Book Challenge participants! 📚

As we wrap up 2024, it's crucial to update your threads. This will help easily identify our champion and achievement earners.

Remember our current achievements:
🕰️ Reader of the Longest Book
📜 Reader of the OLDEST Big Book
✨ Reader of the NEWEST Big Book

Now, get ready for some exciting news! 🎉 The 2025 challenge is bringing some thrilling additions:

New Fun Achievements for 2025:
🌎 Global Goliath: Reader of books from the most countries
🎭 Genre Giant: Reader with the most diverse genres
📚 Series Slayer: Reader who completes the most series

Plus...
🏆 Quarterly Champions: We'll recognize the top reader for each quarter!

Let's finish 2024 strong and gear up for an epic 2025 filled with massive tomes and fantastic achievements! Happy reading, everyone! 📚🏆

[Vicki]

SO excited to see all of the new challenges in 2025!!

[Sammy]

Sounds like loads of fun!

[Anastasia]

Ran out of room in message 4
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

118.The Illuminati: The Secret Society That Hijacked the World by Jim Marrs read 28/12/2024 808 pages

Total : 118 books 82,932 pages

[Richard]

I'm finished for the year. Happy New Year, everyone.

Total books: 194
Total pages: 172,816

[LaurLa]

Well, I got a whole 3 done since July!
Updated post: My Big Books Challenge (msg 16)

Books Read🚦3



🚥Unraveled🚦501 pp🚦08.14 ★★★★
🚥added July 2014🚦published December 2011

🚥Dreamfever🚦514 pp🚦10.25 ★★★★
🚥added January 2022🚦published August 2009

🚥Things We Never Got Over🚦572 pp🚦11.10 ★★★★
🚥added January 2024🚦published January 2022

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Everyone update those posts! I will try to have winner, etc posted by the end of the week! :)

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Congratulations to all the participants of the 2024 "I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie" Reading Challenge! Here are our outstanding winners in various categories:

Most Books Read
🥇 Richard - 194 books
🥈 Anastasia - 118 books
🥉 Sammy - 110 books

Richard takes the crown with an impressive 194 books read, followed closely by Anastasia and Sammy. What an incredible achievement by all!

🕰️ Reader of the Longest Book
🥇 Richard - 2798 pages
🥈 ❡Risa - 1488 pages
🥉 Anastasia - 1469 pages

Richard continues to dominate, tackling a mammoth 2798-page book. ❡Risa and Anastasia also showed their dedication with their lengthy reads.

📜 Reader of the OLDEST Big Book
🥇 Sammy - The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser, 1248 pages (published 1590)
🥈 ❡Risa - Don Quijote (published 1605)

Sammy takes the top spot with "The Faerie Queene," an epic poem from 1590, while ❡Risa follows closely with the classic "Don Quijote" from 1605. Both readers showed an impressive commitment to historical literature!

✨ Reader of the NEWEST Big Book
❡Risa - published Jan 2024

❡Risa stays on top of current releases, reading a book hot off the press from January 2024.

Congratulations to all our winners and participants! Your love for reading and dedication to tackling big books is truly inspiring. Keep turning those pages!