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Post by janetandjohn on Dec 29, 2017 11:10:14 GMT
Same questions as last year  Got a Big book? Got a Fat book? Got a Giant book? A hardback you want to read but haven't got round to? A paperback so big to read in bed it may knock you out? List here any BFGs you want to read this year, and over the course of the next 12 months you can tell us how you are going. |
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Post by windysisters on Dec 29, 2017 11:29:58 GMT
My first Reading Group Book of the year is Dominion by CJ Sansom which is huge (fortunately I already have a copy on my kindle from when it was in a deal) Read Jan 2018
I'd also like to tackle A Game of Thrones and Pillars of the Earth this year
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Post by adelynechan on Dec 29, 2017 14:02:34 GMT
This year I really want to read The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell and Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges - both over 500 pages (which is possibly the reason why I keep putting it off!).
Also would like to read Scale: The Universal Laws of Life and Death by Geoffrey West, 400+ pages but I've got it as a hardback that's quite bulky and difficult to carry around, will probably save it for reading at home.
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Post by rosemary3 on Dec 29, 2017 15:51:30 GMT
I saw off a lot of my BFGs last year and haven't added too many new ones.
I think this is all I have that's over 500 pages:
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
Missing Joseph by Elizabeth George Finished 28/6/18, 3 stars
A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon Finished 26/2/18, 4 stars
The Dark-eyed Girls by Judith Lennox Gave away without reading
Julie or the New Heloise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (also in my Mrs Mac challenge)
Contact by Carl Sagan
City Sister Silver by Jachym Topol Finished 26/1/18, 2 stars
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Post by pennylane on Dec 29, 2017 16:38:17 GMT
I did badly on this in 2017 so will choose wisely (ha)
Definately on the list is -
Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon - Reading in Sept
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1) by Robin Hobb
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Oh dear I am not doing so well this year either I haven't read any of these yet but I have read a different one that's been on my shelf a while The Mystery of Mercy Close by Marian Keyes
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Post by eightlegs on Dec 29, 2017 17:28:10 GMT
This year I really want to read The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell I loved this one, I've one of his others that is probably 500+ pages that I should read for this challenge. Will have a look and do a BFG list myself |
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Post by janetandjohn on Dec 29, 2017 18:11:04 GMT
OK. for me, def. these two: Flight Behavior - Barbara Kinsolver The Legacy of Elizabeth Pringle - Kirsty Wark (yes, BBC2's Newsnight KW)
and where on earth is Flight Behavior? Did I read it? Can't find it!!!!
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Post by eightlegs on Dec 29, 2017 22:16:03 GMT
Well my other David Mitchell is too short but I've found 3 that fit the bill, 2 of which have been on the TBR for ages so it's definitely time I got round to them. They are:
A Place of Greater Safety - Hilary Mantel (872 pages!!!)
The Little Shadows - Marina Endicott (527 pages)
Legacy - Susan Kay (647 pages)
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Post by adelynechan on Dec 29, 2017 22:25:10 GMT
I loved this one, I've one of his others that is probably 500+ pages that I should read for this challenge. Will have a look and do a BFG list myself I'm planning to get cracking on this as soon as I'm done with the two I'm currently reading. I've also heard good things about David Mitchell's other book The Cloud Atlas (another 500+), which I'll consider buying and including on my 2019 BFG list if I enjoy this one. |
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Post by peppercricket on Dec 30, 2017 10:34:46 GMT
The Richard Burton diaries for me. Get rid of that one and they'll be room for at least 3 new ones in its place.
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Post by freerange on Jan 9, 2018 20:45:51 GMT
I have got Stalingrad by Antony Beevor as my challenge. It is 492 pages long (432 if you don't count the appendices and index) I have also included it in the 40 book challenge as a book that I've had for over two years but haven't read yet. It is the final book in a list of '101 books to read before you die' which I found on the internet over 10 years ago. I'm sure it wil be a thrilling read... There is a bookmark at the start of chapter 1 which suggests I have already read the preface but I can't remember it. 
Edit: Yay - I finished reading it earlier this year. Not quite as tough going as I was expecting.
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Post by freerange on Jan 9, 2018 20:49:37 GMT
I did badly on this in 2017 so will choose wisely (ha) Definately on the list is - Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1) by Robin Hobb House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Carried over from 2017 - The Lost Time Accidents by John Wray Labyrinth (Languedoc #1) by Kate Mosse House of Leaves - There will be some sections you will fly through |
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Post by pennylane on Jan 9, 2018 22:46:24 GMT
I did badly on this in 2017 so will choose wisely (ha) Definately on the list is - Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1) by Robin Hobb House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Carried over from 2017 - The Lost Time Accidents by John Wray Labyrinth (Languedoc #1) by Kate Mosse House of Leaves - There will be some sections you will fly through I've been meaning to read this for so long - really must do it this year! |
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Post by peppercricket on Jan 10, 2018 8:49:16 GMT
House of Leaves - There will be some sections you will fly through I've been meaning to read this for so long - really must do it this year! It's different! |
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Post by pennylane on Jan 10, 2018 9:33:53 GMT
I've been meaning to read this for so long - really must do it this year! It's different! Yes, I flicked through the pages once - it looks......interesting lol |
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