Aussie Readers discussion

In 2016 I want to wipe a few of the heftier tomes off my TBR. I've selected 7 to begin with, but may add others during the year. I figure if I can get through about one every couple of months, I'll be doing well.

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry 624pages ★★★★★
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara 736pages ★★★★★
A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel 985pages ★★★☆
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 852pages
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts 1108pages ★★★☆
The Sunne In Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman 1169pages
The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye 1319pages ★★☆

Go, Andrea! I've thought The Sunne in Splendour and The Far Pavilions would be good, but I've not been game to tackle them yet...!

Good luck Andrea :) They are daunting aren't they!

Good luck Andrea :)

Kathryn wrote: "Go, Andrea! I've thought The Sunne in Splendour and The Far Pavilions would be good, but I've not been game to tackle them yet...!"

I must admit The Sunne in Splendour gives me palpitations, just thinking about it, and it's not even the longest!

Good luck Andrea!

I'm planning to do the same thing this year as I have far too many chunky books on my bookshelf being overlooked in favour of their slimmer shelf- mates.

Time to select my first chunky read for the year. I have all but one of these in eBook format, so I thought I might knock off the paperback - A Fine Balance - but when I flipped it open and saw how tiny the writing is I quickly put it back on the bookshelf!!

I might go for Shantaram instead, as I also have that in the Aussie Author challenge.

And I might need to keep an eye out for a cheap e-copy of A Fine Balance ;-)

So far, so good, with two 5★ reads.

A GR friend recently gave The Goldfinch a most intriguing review, so I'm tempted to go there next. I've loved the other two Donna Tartt novels I've read.

But first I need to knock off a few more quick reads.

I've fallen a little bit behind, so last night I embarked on the chunkiest book on the list, The Far Pavilions. I could be gone for some time.

I loved the far pavilions, I was pretty young when I first read it but I got back to it a few years ago and still found it pretty good.

Deborah wrote: "I loved the far pavilions, I was pretty young when I first read it but I got back to it a few years ago and still found it pretty good."

That's good to know. I'm finding the writing pretty dense so far, but I'm hoping that's just because it's the introductions; characters, landscape, history, politics etc

I'm holding up the white flag on this challenge! There's not enough time left this year to read another, and I don't think I have the will anyway, having only finished The Far Pavilions last night.

The 2 remaining chunkies have been added to my personal challenge for 2017.

I don't blame you Andrea! Congratulations on the monsters you've read :) Feel proud of yourself!

Brenda wrote: "I don't blame you Andrea! Congratulations on the monsters you've read :) Feel proud of yourself!"

Thanks Brenda. What I have learned from this is that although I am a slow reader, there is no need to be scared of long books.

Really??!! I don't think I'll venture to the size of your reads ;)

Andrea wrote: "I'm holding up the white flag on this challenge! There's not enough time left this year to read another, and I don't think I have the will anyway, having only finished [book:The Far Pavilions|10222..."

Great job, Andrea! I haven't finished most of my challenges this year - but never mind, there's always another year to add them to! Or to scratch them completely and start again entirely new!!