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message 1: by Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief (new)

Moderators of NBRC | 33604 comments Mod
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I like big books and I cannot lie
You other readers can't deny
When a book on a shelf has an itty bitty spine
It just wont make you pine
Unless it's fat, then you'll pull out your purse
Cause you notice those big books first


Duration: You set the pace

Rules:
Read fat books! Books over 450 pages. Paper, ebooks and audio are O.K. For audiobooks, use default edition for page count or books over 12 hours.

Levels:
✦ In for a penny, in for a pound: 1 book
✦ Two's company, three's a crowd: 2 - 3 books
✦ Four or five to feel alive : 4 - 5 books
✦ 2, 4, 6, 8, bog in, don't wait: 6 - 8 books
✦ 9, 10, read it again: 9 - 12 books
✦ Bakers dozen: 13+


Example:
At Home A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson default edition - 497 pages or Audible - 16 hrs and 38 mins


message 2: by Kristie (new)

Kristie | 3601 comments Omg...

I like big books and I cannot lie
You other readers can't deny
When a book on a shelf has an itty bitty spine
It just wont make you pine
Unless it's fat, then you'll pull out your purse
Cause you notice those big books first


So crazy creative!!! :D


message 3: by Kristie (last edited Aug 22, 2015 07:51AM) (new)

Kristie | 3601 comments I'm in. I have a few longer books I want to read right now.


Duration: 11/1/14-8/8/15
Completed: 7/7

Cress 550 pgs 1/29/15
I Am Pilgrim 624 pgs 3/26/15
The Name of the Wind 662 pgs 1/18/15
Shift 608 pgs 12/9/14
Big Little Lies 480 pgs 11/13/14
Dust 458 pgs 5/10/15
The Mark of Athena 528pgs 8/8/15


message 4: by Renee (last edited Feb 13, 2015 05:29AM) (new)

Renee (reneeconoulty) | 3309 comments I've been alternately singing that song then giggling for the past month waiting to post this challenge, so I'd better join in and do it.

Bakers Dozen 13+
Will post as I go.

1. Hello From the Gillespies - 624
2. The Time Traveler's Wife - 615
3. The Lies of Locke Lamora - 752
4. Outlander - 850
5. Shift - 608
6. The Knife of Never Letting Go - 479
7. The Forgotten Garden - 648
8. Feed - 609
9. City of Bones - 485
10. Dark Lover - 458
11. 11/22/63 - 849
12. Lover Eternal - 480
13. What Alice Forgot - 496
14. The Two of Us - 464
15. Dust - 464
16. Afterworlds - 608
17. Gone Girl - 560
18. The Girl with All the Gifts - 460


Hello From the Gillespies by Monica McInerney The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1) by Scott Lynch Outlander (Outlander, #1) by Diana Gabaldon Shift (Silo, #2) by Hugh Howey The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1) by Patrick Ness The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton Feed (Newsflesh Trilogy, #1) by Mira Grant City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1) by Cassandra Clare Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #1) by J.R. Ward 11/22/63 by Stephen King Lover Eternal (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #2) by J.R. Ward What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty The Two of Us by Andy Jones Dust (Silo, #3) by Hugh Howey Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey


message 5: by Sonia (last edited Oct 22, 2014 06:43AM) (new)

Sonia (darktalynn) | 11599 comments Yeah, me too. I wonder why?
*looks at Renee*

IN!
Date start: Oct. 22, 2014

Bakers dozen: 13+

1.


message 6: by Kristie (new)

Kristie | 3601 comments lol I'm sure I'll have it stuck in my head all day now too. :)


✿~Danielle~✿ (dmh1) | 5791 comments Kristie wrote: "lol I'm sure I'll have it stuck in my head all day now too. :)"

Me too lol


message 8: by ✿~Danielle~✿ (last edited Dec 19, 2014 04:04AM) (new)

✿~Danielle~✿ (dmh1) | 5791 comments Baby Got Book
Duration: set your own pace
Start date: 22/10/14 |

Level: Bakers Dozon 13+
Completed: 17


Rules: Read fat books! Books over 450 pages. Paper, ebooks and audio are O.K. For audiobooks, use default edition for page count or books over 12 hours.

01) The Gamble - 24/10/14 [688 pages]
02) The Night Circus - 31/10/14 [13h 42m]
03) Covet - 03/11/14 [497 pages]
04) Closer Than You Think - 08/11/14 [544 pages]
05) Rock Chick Rescue - 13/11/14 [500 pages]
06) Deception - 21/11/14 [511 pages]
07) Rock Chick Renegade - 23/11/14 [499 pages]
08) Nemesis - 23/11/14 [522 pages]
09) Obsession - 24/11/14 [520 pages]
10) The Darkest Craving - 24/11/14 [480 pages]
11) Rock Chick Revenge - 28/11/14 [496 pages]
12) Light My Fire - 02/12/14 [493 pages]
13) Rock Chick Reckoning - 04/12/14 [484 pages]
14) The Darkest Touch - 04/12/14 [496 pages]
15) Rock Chick Regret - 12/12/14 [504 pages]
16) Assassin's Apprentice - 14/12/14 [480 pages]
17) Rock Chick Revolution - 18/12/14 [532 pages]

The Gamble (Colorado Mountain, #1) by Kristen Ashley The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Covet (Fallen Angels, #1) by J.R. Ward Closer Than You Think (Faith Corcoran, #1) by Karen Rose Rock Chick Rescue (Rock Chick, #2) by Kristen Ashley Deception (Southern Comfort #3) by Lisa Clark O'Neill Rock Chick Renegade (Rock Chick, #4) by Kristen Ashley Nemesis (Southern Comfort, #4) by Lisa Clark O'Neill Obsession (Southern Comfort, #5) by Lisa Clark O'Neill The Darkest Craving (Lords of The Underworld, #10) by Gena Showalter Rock Chick Revenge (Rock Chick, #5) by Kristen Ashley Light My Fire (Dragon Kin, #7) by G.A. Aiken Rock Chick Reckoning (Rock Chick, #6) by Kristen Ashley The Darkest Touch (Lords of the Underworld, #11) by Gena Showalter Rock Chick Regret (Rock Chick, #7) by Kristen Ashley Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1) by Robin Hobb Rock Chick Revolution (Rock Chick, #8) by Kristen Ashley


message 9: by Srividya (last edited Dec 19, 2014 04:19AM) (new)

Srividya Vijapure (theinkedmermaid) | 1160 comments Am in as well. :)

Baby Got Book
Duration: Set your own pace
Start Date: 22/10/14 -

Level: Bakers Dozen 13+
Completed:


Planned:

✔1. Red Seas Under Red Skies - [786 pages] [Kindle Edition] 11/28
✔2. Crime and Punishment -720 pages - Kindle Edition 11/24
✔3. The Auschwitz Escape - 480 pages - 11/14
✔4. The Silkworm - 455 pages - 11/21
✔5. All the Light We Cannot See - 544 pages - 12/12

Will post the remaining as I read


message 10: by Annina (last edited Jan 09, 2016 12:28AM) (new)

Annina I just need to do this too.

Baby Got Book
Duration: Set your own pace


Level: Four or five to feel alive : 4 - 5 books
Completed: 5


1. The Husband's Secret 31/10/2014

2. Middlesex 23/12/2014

3. The Count of Monte Cristo

4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 31/7/2015

5. Big Little Lies 8/11/2015


message 11: by ❀Tea❀ (last edited Feb 08, 2015 07:40AM) (new)

❀Tea❀ (ttea) | 9690 comments just say no... just say no... just say no...

Come on! You can do this... N-O!


Duration: until done
Level: Bakers dozen

: 11/13+

1. Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts - 11.11.14 - ★★★ - de 484 p
2. 2. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch - 29.11.14 - ★★★ - 674 p
3. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien - 13.12.14 - ★★★ - 480 p
4. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien - 27.12.14 - ★★★★★ - 576 p
5. Hidden Away by Maya Banks - 27.12.14 - ★★★★ - 486 p
6. Plameni inkvizitori by Marija Jurić Zagorka - 14.01.15 - ★★★★★ - 955 p
7. Twisted Mercy by Elaine Levine - 21.01.15 - ★★★ - 468 p
8. Prince Charming by Julie Garwood - 25.01.15 - ★★ - de 560 p
9. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss - 26.01.15 - ★★★★ - 720 p
10. Sanctuary by Nora Roberts - 28.01.15 - ★★★ - 528 p
11. Beneath the Stain by Amy Lane - 06.02.15 - ★★★★ - 473 p


message 12: by Jojobean (new)

Jojobean | 447 comments Im in.

Baby Got Book
You set the pace:
Level: Bakers dozen: 13+


message 13: by Kristie (new)

Kristie | 3601 comments ❀Tea❀ wrote: "just say no... just say no... just say no...

Come on! You can do this... N-O!"


I have this same conversation with myself all the time, but somehow it always turns out yes...apparently I find myself quite persuasive. ;)


message 14: by ~Melissa~ (new)

~Melissa~ Baby Got Book
Duration: set your own pace
Start date: 11/1/14
✦ Two's company, three's a crowd: 2 - 3 books



Big Little Lies 480 pgs
The Husband's Secret 573 pgs


message 15: by Rosina (last edited Nov 02, 2014 12:28PM) (new)

Rosina | 1800 comments Baby Got Book (450+ pages)
Duration: Set your own pace
Start Date: Oct 22, 2014

Level: Bakers Dozen 13+
Completed: 

1.The Blood Gospel p. 717 pages Oct 27/14 ****
2. The Lies of Locke Lamora


message 16: by Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief (new)

Moderators of NBRC | 33604 comments Mod
Welcome to the challenge everyone!


message 17: by Stacie (last edited Dec 19, 2014 05:02AM) (new)

Stacie (thesebooksaremyfriends) With all the reading I've got coming up and extra points in TTIII for big books, why not?

Baby Got Book (450+ pages)
Duration: Set your own pace
Start Date: Oct 25, 2014 to December 13, 2014. I read 13 books. I may do this over again starting January 1 just to see what I do in a year.

Level: Bakers Dozen 13+
Completed:

1. Brie Embraces the Heart of Submission: After Graduation 542 pages
2. 11/22/63 866 pages
3. Rock Chick Rescue 500 pages
4. Whiskey Beach 484 pages
5. Rebel Angels 576 pages
6. The Knife of Never Letting Go 479 pages
7. A Discovery of Witches 581 pages
8. Wool Omnibus 509 pages
9. The Darkest Minds 488 pages
10. Gabriel's Inferno 506 pages
11. Thoughtless 530 pages
12. Skin Game 454 pages
13. The Sweet Far Thing 819 pages


message 18: by Mad Giles (last edited Feb 11, 2018 10:26PM) (new)

Mad Giles (Giles A. Madding) (gilesamadding) | 106 comments I'm in.

Start Date: Oct, 25 2014
Level: Bakers Dozen

13/13 Completed


1.) Of Moths and Butterflies(4stars, 9/15/15)

2.) Masters at Arms & Nobody's Angel (3stars, 4/09/16)

3.) Dead Reckoning: A Caribbean Pirate Adventure(4stars, 7/21/15)

4.) Dreaming of Laughing Hawk (4stars, 12/21/15)

5.) The Ties That Bind(3stars, 10/21/15)

6.) Heart of the Witch (3stars, 1/30/16)

7.) Awatangi (4 stars, 12/08/2014)

8.) Under the Blue by Josephine Dillon(3stars, 2/11/18)

9.) Alien Species Intervention Books 1-3 (4stars, 6/08/15)

10.) The Disciples of Goedric: A Trilogy (4stars, 6/14/15)

11.) Through the Dark Wood (4stars, 10/05/15)

12.) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume I (4stars, 6/13/16)

13.) The Weight of a Crown (5 stars, 4/01/2014)



message 19: by Patty (new)

Patty (plv77) | 45 comments I'm in!

Baby Got Book
Duration: Set your own pace
Start Date: 10/26/14 -

Level: Bakers Dozen 13+
Completed:

1.


message 20: by ❀Tea❀ (new)

❀Tea❀ (ttea) | 9690 comments Welcome to the challenge Stacie, Mad & Patty ☺


message 21: by Nancy (last edited Feb 07, 2015 04:31AM) (new)

Nancy (nancyhelen) | 1469 comments I have that song in my head now...SO much better than the original.

I'll do this too. I'll aim for the Baker's Dozen

Start Date: 25 Oct
Completed: 6 Feb 2015

Read: 13/13

1. ✔Plague Ship by Clive Cussler - 29.10.14 ★★★ (518 pages)
2. ✔The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch - 17.11.14 ★★★★ (537 pages)
3. ✔The Likeness by Tana French - 27.11.14 ★★★★★ (553 pages)
4. ✔The Yard by Alex Grecian - 28.11.14 ★ (581 pages)
5. ✔American Gods by Neil Gaiman - 29.11.14 ★★★★★ (588 pages)
6. ✔The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness - 1.12.14★★★★ (479 pages)
7. ✔Silent in the Sanctuary - Deanna Raybourn - 4.12.14 ★★★★ (552 pages)
8. ✔The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman - 6.12.14 ★★★★★ (464 pages)
9. ✔The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters - 13.12.14 ★★★★★ (576 pages)
10. ✔The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco - 22.12.14 ★★★★ (502 pages)
11. ✔Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - 30.12.14 ★★★★ (656 pages)
12. ✔Depths of Glory: A Biographical Novel of Camille Pisarro by Irving Stone - 27.1.15 ★★★ (653 pages)
13: ✔Agent 6 by Tom Rob Smith - 6.2.15 ★★★ (545 pages)


message 22: by Renee (new)

Renee (reneeconoulty) | 3309 comments Welcome to the challenge Nancy Helen!


message 23: by ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) (last edited Nov 09, 2014 10:36AM) (new)

ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) (ilovebakedgoods) | 226 comments Nice. I'm in.

I'll figure out as I go! I'm currently reading a fatty now.

Level: Whatever!
Start: 10/26/14 - ??
Finished: 1/??


1. Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1) by Kami Garcia - 10/26/14 (***) - 563 pages


message 24: by Renee (new)

Renee (reneeconoulty) | 3309 comments Welcome to the challenge Teresa!


message 25: by Teresa (new)

Teresa Scott (goodreadscomknitknat) | 65 comments I'm in for 4-5 books
Start Date - October 27, 2014

I am off to download a big book on my Nook. Will post as I read.


message 26: by Renee (new)

Renee (reneeconoulty) | 3309 comments Welcome to the challenge Teresa!


message 27: by Megan (last edited Jul 17, 2015 04:56PM) (new)

Megan (megantron119) | 159 comments I am hoping to read all 13 of them. I may not have some that are quite long enough, but I shall find some that are. I'm just going to add them as I read them.

I will be adding series together when I read them as well. Even if I don't have the complete series I will include the ones I do have and read. I am also using the amount of page numbers in my e-book copies, not according to goodreads.

Megan's Baby Got Book Challenge
Duration: October 28, 2014 - ?
Level: Baker's Dozen
Books Read: 28


1. An Amish Christmas: December in Lancaster County 508 pages - 12/2/14
2. Before I Fall 470 pages - 12/5/14
3. Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Ignite Me, Unite Me 1,404 pages - 12/21/14
4. The Luxe, Rumors, Envy, Splendor 1,652 pages - 1/1/15
5. Matched, Crossed, Reached 863 pages - 1/16/15
6. Fallen, Torment, Passion, Fallen in Love, Rapture 1,987 - 2/5/15
7. Beautiful Creatures, Beautiful Darkness, Dream Dark, Beautiful Chaos, Beautiful Redemption
1,509 - 3/6/15
8. Cinder, Scarlet, Cress 1,035 - 3/28/15
9. Gone with the Wind 1,024 - 5/2/15
10. Grave Mercy, Dark Triumph, Mortal Heart 1,378 - 7/17/15
11.
12.
13.


message 28: by Rosina (new)

Rosina | 1800 comments Updated my post #15


message 29: by ☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ (last edited Feb 09, 2015 04:34PM) (new)

☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ | 7238 comments Baby Got Book
Duration: set your own pace
Start date: Oct. 28,2014


Level: Bakers Dozon 13+
Completed: 12


1. Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts (484 pages) 11/18/14
2. The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1) by Patrick Ness (479 pages) 11/27/14
3. Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (460 pages) 11/15/14
4. The Book of Life (All Souls Trilogy, #3) by Deborah Harkness (561 pages) 11/28/14
5. The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1) by Scott Lynch (722 pages) 11/14/14
6. Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2) by Marissa Meyer (452 pages) 12/25/14
7. Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3) by Marissa Meyer 552 pages) 1/2/15
8. The Map of Time (Trilogía Victoriana, #1) by Félix J. Palma (613 pages) 1/18/15
9. The Pillars of the Earth (The Pillars of the Earth, #1) by Ken Follett (973 pgs) 1/11/15
10. The Search by Nora Roberts (488 pgs) 1/3/15
11. The Help by Kathryn Stockett (451 pgs) 1/23/15
12. Divergent (Divergent, #1) by Veronica Roth (487 pages) 1/27/15
13.


message 30: by Renee (new)

Renee (reneeconoulty) | 3309 comments Welcome to the challenge Xaviera, Megan and Carmen!


message 32: by Barbara ★ (last edited Oct 30, 2015 03:28PM) (new)

Barbara ★ I'll give myself a year to read 13 biggies. These are the ones currently on tap though early 2015.


READ: 22/13

1. A Dance With Dragons - George R.R. Martin (1125 pages)
✔2. Written in My Own Heart's Blood - Diana Gabaldon (825 pages) 12/23
✔3. The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters - Gordon Dahlquist (760 pages) 3/7
✔4. The Host - Stephanie Meyer (620 pages) 11/30
✔5. The Exiled Queen - Cinda Williams Chima (586 pages) 11/28
✔6. Blue Dragon - Kylie Chan (567 pages) 11/19
✔7. Cross My Heart - James Patterson (544 pages) 12/19
✔8. The Pyramid Of Doom - Andy McDermott (496 pages) 11/7
✔9. The Map of Time - Felix Palma (613 pages) 4/18
✔10. Last Stand of Dead Men - Derek Landy (604 pages) 3/16
✔11. The Gray Wolf Throne - Cinda Williams Chima (517 pages) 3/28
✔12. Shadow Scale - Rachel Hartman (608 pages) 4/17
✔13. The Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones - Jack Wolf (560 pages) 4/28
✔14. City of Heavenly Fire - Cassandra Clare (725 pages) 5/17
✔15. The Crimson Crown - Cinda Williams Chima (598 pages) 5/22
✔16. The Dying of the Light - Derek Landy (605 pages) 5/25
✔17. Heir of Fire - Sarah Maas (562 pages) 9/13
✔18. Crave - J.R. Ward (454 pages) 9/27
✔19. Tall, Dark & Heartless - R.L. Mathewson (470 pages) 9/29
✔20. Fifty Shades Freed - E.L. James (579 pages) 10/6
✔21. Fingersmith - Sarah Waters (582 pages) 10/8
✔22. Butterfly - Kathryn Harvey (544 pages) 10/17
✔23. Queen of Shadows - Sarah J. Maas (648 pages) 10/27

A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5) by George R.R. Martin Written in My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander, #8) by Diana Gabaldon The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters (Miss Temple, Doctor Svenson, and Cardinal Chang, #1) by Gordon Dahlquist The Host (The Host, #1) by Stephenie Meyer The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms, #2) by Cinda Williams Chima Blue Dragon (Dark Heavens, #3) by Kylie Chan Cross My Heart (Alex Cross, #21) by James Patterson The Pyramid Of Doom (Nina Wilde & Eddie Chase, #5) by Andy McDermott The Map of Time (Trilogía Victoriana, #1) by Félix J. Palma Last Stand of Dead Men (Skulduggery Pleasant, #8) by Derek Landy The Gray Wolf Throne (Seven Realms, #3) by Cinda Williams Chima Shadow Scale (Seraphina, #2) by Rachel Hartman The Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones by Jack Wolf City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments, #6) by Cassandra Clare The Crimson Crown (Seven Realms, #4) by Cinda Williams Chima The Dying of the Light (Skulduggery Pleasant, #9) by Derek Landy Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3) by Sarah J. Maas Crave (Fallen Angels, #2) by J.R. Ward Tall, Dark & Heartless (Pyte/Sentinel, #3) by R.L. Mathewson Fifty Shades Freed (Fifty Shades, #3) by E.L. James Fingersmith by Sarah Waters Butterfly (Butterfly Trilogy, #1) by Kathryn Harvey Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4) by Sarah J. Maas


message 33: by Renee (new)

Renee (reneeconoulty) | 3309 comments Welcome to the challenge Barbara!


message 34: by Sanskriti (last edited Oct 29, 2014 05:39AM) (new)

Sanskriti Nagar | 328 comments Baby Got Book
Start: 29 Oct '14
Done: 0/13 - Baker's Dozen


1.


message 35: by Renee (new)

Renee (reneeconoulty) | 3309 comments Welcome to the challenge Sanz!


message 36: by Megan (new)

Megan (megantron119) | 159 comments Renee wrote: "Welcome to the challenge Xaviera, Megan and Carmen!"

Thanks, Renee! This is going to be fun.


message 37: by Renee (last edited Dec 31, 2015 10:18AM) (new)

Renee (pontiacgal501) | 124 comments I'm in. I have several big books at home that I need to read.

Baby Got Book
Start: 11-01-2014
Level: Baker's Dozen 13+

1. The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith (455) 11/30/14
2. The Casual Vacancyby J.K. Rowling (503) 12/9/14
3. The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff (514)
4. Eyes of a Child by Richard N. Patterson (594)2/21/15
5.Anywhere But Hereby Jason Morrow (453) 2/24/5
6. No Safe Placeby Richard N. Patterson (497) 3/8/15
7. Divergentby Veronica Roth (487)4/12/15
8. The Book Thiefby Markus Zusak (560) 6/14/15
9. Under the Wide and Starry Skyby Nancy Horan (496) 7/1/15
10. Natchez Burning (816) 8/16/15
11. City of Lost Souls (544) 10/8/15
12. Queen (670) 12/19/15
13. Northern Lights (576) 10/13/15


message 38: by Megan (new)

Megan (megantron119) | 159 comments I was looking and I have one book that has 449 pages, I think I will go ahead and add it when I read it though. :)


message 39: by Angie (new)

Angie | 185 comments Baby Got Book
Start Date: 29/10/14
Level: Bakers Dozen


1 -


message 40: by Chris (last edited Aug 22, 2015 06:52PM) (new)

Chris (cdavies1951) | 2192 comments I'm starting 10/30
Level: Baker's Dozen
Completed: 31/39

✔1. Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts - Completed 11/11 496 pages
✔2. The Lies of Locke Lamoraby Scott Lynch - 752 pages 11/12/14
✔3. Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett - 1098 pages 12/07
✔4. The Map of Time by Felix Palma - 613 pages
✔5. The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith - 464 pages 11/28
✔6. The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae 12/11 496 pages.
✔7. A Gentleman's Honor 464 pages 12/24
✔8. The Fields Of Death by Simon Scarrow - 608 pages
✔9. The Unlikely Spy 12/30 752 pages
✔10. The Son 496 pages 01/08
✔11. Red Seas Under Red Skies - 786 pages - 01/14
✔12. No Time for Goodbye 01/15 - 482 pages
✔13. Fearsome 464 pages 01/25

I'll Play again

✔1. The Rose Garden 01/26 - 476
✔2. Desire's Prize 02/10 - 458
✔3. Resurrectionist 02/15 - 472
✔4. The Stonecutter 565
✔5. Sarum: The Novel of England 912
✔6. Beyond Seduction 462 - 03/14
✔7. Motorcycle Man 522 03/20
✔8. Company of Liars 454 03/30
✔9. A Knight in Shining Armor464 04/08
✔10. Promised 480 04/13
✔11. Rob Roy 540 - 4/30
✔12. The Winter King 518 - 05/02
✔13. Silent in the Sanctuary 494


✔1. Lover Avenged 513 05/13
✔2. Moving Target464 05/14
✔3. The French Lieutenant's Woman 470 05/18
✔4. The Whiskey Rebels 520 05/23
✔5. Big Little Lies 460 - 06/04
✔6. Warleggan 464 - 06/18
✔7. The Woman in White - 672 - 07/06
✔8. The Alienist - 498 - 07/20
✔9. The Tempting of Thomas Carrick- 456 - 07/26
✔10. The Contractors - 505 -08/01
✔11. The Pillars of the Earth 973 - 08/10
✔12. The English Spy 501 8/22
13.


message 41: by Suzanne (last edited Aug 14, 2015 08:41AM) (new)

Suzanne (esmerelda1) | 1314 comments Novel Books & Reading Challenges
Baby Got Book
Duration:
11/1/2014 - Til Done!

Progress: 14 out of 14

Read books over 450 Pages

1. The King by J.R. Ward - **** - 11/17/2014 - 593 Pages
2. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey - ** - 11/22/2014 - 480 Pages
3. Cress by Marissa Meyer - **** - 12/10/2014 - 550 Pages
4. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin - ***** - 2/1/2015 - 835 Pages
5. Saga Deluxe Edition, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan - ***** - 2/21/2015 - 504 Pages
6. Nefertiti by Michelle Moran - *** - 2/26/2015 - 463 Pages
7. Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor - *** - 4/13/2015 - 517 Pages
8. Meet Me at the Cupcake Café by Jenny Colgan - ***** - 4/23/2015 - 456 Pages
9. Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor - *** - 4/30/2015 - 613 Pages
10. The Shadows by J.R. Ward - ***** - 5/12/2015 - 592 Pages
11. The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson - ***** - 5/26/2015 - 503 Pages
12. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson - ***** - 6/17/2015 - 563 Pages
13. Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke - **** - 7/8/2015 - 663 Pages - 663 Pages
14. One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson - **** - 8/12/2015 - 456 Pages

The King (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #12) by J.R. Ward The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1) by Rick Yancey Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3) by Marissa Meyer A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George R.R. Martin Saga Deluxe Edition, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan Nefertiti by Michelle Moran Days of Blood & Starlight (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #2) by Laini Taylor Meet Me at the Cupcake Café (At the Cupcake Café, #1) by Jenny Colgan Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #3) by Laini Taylor The Shadows (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #13) by J.R. Ward The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2) by Stieg Larsson The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Millennium, #3) by Stieg Larsson Inkdeath (Inkworld, #3) by Cornelia Funke One Summer America, 1927 by Bill Bryson


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Tawallah | 410 comments Novels Books and Reading Challenges
BABY GOT BOOK

Duration:??
Level: 4 or 5 to feel alive

Progress: 19/5


1.✔Vanity Fair COMPLETED JAN 3
2. ✔ The Name of the WindCompleted Feb 2015
3. ✔ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo JUN 2015
4.✔Shift COMPLETED DEC 6
5. ✔ Cress Completed March 9

Other big books read:
The Other Queen (The Tudor Court, #7) by Philippa Gregory The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking, #2) by Patrick Ness Emma by Jane Austen The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) by Brandon Sanderson The Help by Kathryn Stockett The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2) by Stieg Larsson The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett Elantris (Elantris, #1) by Brandon Sanderson The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins


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❀Tea❀ (ttea) | 9690 comments Welcome to the challenge Renee, Angie, Chris, Suzanne & June! ☺


message 44: by Kate S (last edited Jan 01, 2015 11:39AM) (new)

Kate S | 1998 comments I love big books. I am in

Duration 11/1/14-?
Level: Baker's Dozen (13+)

I will post as I read.

1. Hood by Stephen R. Lawhead (490 pages) Read 11/3/14
2. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (499 pages) Read 11/11/14
3. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (479 pages) Read 11/17/14
4. Collected Stories by William Faulkner (900 pages) Read 11/24/14
5. Under Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway (456 pages) Read 12/8/14
6. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (544 pages) Read 12/28/14


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Renee (reneeconoulty) | 3309 comments Welcome to the challenge Kate!


message 46: by Ruth (new)

Ruth (ruthie1) Baby Got Book
Duration: set your own pace
Start date: 11/2/14

Level: ✦ Bakers dozen: 13+



message 47: by Renee (new)

Renee (reneeconoulty) | 3309 comments Welcome to the challenge Ruth!


message 48: by Dana (aNovelAllure) (last edited Jun 19, 2015 04:41PM) (new)

Dana (aNovelAllure) (dana7lynn9) | 19 comments I'm in!
Level: ✦ Bakers dozen: 13+ (Books Over 450 pages)
Start Date: 11/02/14

READ 13/13 - CHALLENGE COMPLETED!!! 06/19/15

1. Burned - Karen Marie Moning (475 pages) 02/07/15 ★★★★
2. Rock Chick Rescue - Kristen Ashley (500 pages) 03/30/15 ★★★★★
3. Rock Chick Reckoning - Kristen Ashley (470 pages) 03/31/15 ★★★★★
4. Rock Chick Revenge - Kristen Ashley (494 pages) 04/02/15 ★★★★★
5. Rock Chick Regret - Kristen Ashley (04/04) ★★★★★
6. Rock Chick Revolution - Kristen Ashley (530 pages) 04/05/31 ★★★★★
7. Kane and Abel - Jeffrey Archer (656 pages) 4/30/15 ★★★★★
8. Keeping Faith - Jodi Picoult (480 pages) 05/05/15 ★★★★★
9. Little Beach Street Bakery - Jenny Colgan (464 pages) 04/08/15 ★★★★★
10. The Gamble - Kristen Ashley (688 pages) 05/09/15 ★★★★
11. Firefly Summer - Maeve Binchy (662 pages) 05/28/15 ★★
12. Affliction- Laurell K. Hamilton (570 pages) 06/16/15 ★★★★★
13. Dead Ice - Laurell K. Hamilton (566 pages) 06/19/15 ★★★★★

Burned (Fever, #7) by Karen Marie Moning Rock Chick Rescue (Rock Chick, #2) by Kristen Ashley Rock Chick Reckoning (Rock Chick, #6) by Kristen Ashley Rock Chick Revenge (Rock Chick, #5) by Kristen Ashley Rock Chick Regret (Rock Chick, #7) by Kristen Ashley Rock Chick Revolution (Rock Chick, #8) by Kristen Ashley Kane and Abel (Kane and Abel, #1) by Jeffrey Archer Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult Little Beach Street Bakery (Little Beach Street Bakery, #1) by Jenny Colgan The Gamble (Colorado Mountain, #1) by Kristen Ashley Firefly Summer by Maeve Binchy Affliction (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #22) by Laurell K. Hamilton Dead Ice (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #24) by Laurell K. Hamilton


message 49: by [deleted user] (last edited Feb 18, 2015 06:50PM) (new)

Baby Got Book: Taryn's Challenge

FINISHED CHALLENGE 2/18/2015

You know that I'm starting this challenge! It might help that I am currently reading two books that are about 700 pages long. And it might encourage me to read longer books to get more points for Tower Teams. I'm adding in all the buddy list ones now. Will put a date next to it when they are completed!

Level: Baker's Dozen 13+
Read books over 450 pages long

✔︎1. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (719 pages) Completed-11/8/2014
✔︎2. Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais (712 pages) Completed 11/10/2014
✔︎3. Inkspell by Cornelia Funke Completed 01/11/2015 (635 pages)
✔︎4. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon Completed 01/22/2015 (947 pages)
✔︎5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (870 pages) Completed 01/15/2015
✔︎6. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (458 pages) Completed 12/17/2014
✔︎7. The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (800 pages) Completed 12/9/2014
✔︎8. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (627 pages) Completed 11/29/2014
✔︎9. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Completed 2/18/2015 (945 pages)
✔︎10.A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin Completed 2/1/2015(778 pages)
✔︎11. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling Completed 01/24/2015
✔︎12. Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch (706 pages) Completed 11/22/2014
✔︎13. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (735 pages) Completed 12/13/2014

The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1) by Scott Lynch Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard, #2) by Scott Lynch Outlander (Outlander #1) by Diana Gabaldon The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time, #1) by Robert Jordan Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) by J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) by J.K. Rowling Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2) by Diana Gabaldon Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) by J.K. Rowling A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2) by George R.R. Martin Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry


message 50: by ClaireB (last edited Jun 14, 2015 12:55PM) (new)

ClaireB | 4316 comments Baby Got Book

Books with more than 500 pages
Duration: 2/11/14 - 14/06/14

Level: Bakers Dozon 13+
Progression: 13/13

✓ 1) The Lies of Locke Lamora 531 pages
✓ 2) Queste 624 pages
✓ 3) Red Seas Under Red Skies 786 pages
✓ 4) London Orbital 577 pages
✓ 5) Small Island 533 pages
✓ 6) Cress 550 pages
✓ 7) Wizard's First Rule 836 pages
✓ 8) Dragonfly in Amber 947 pages
✓ 9) Syren 656 pages
✓ 10) Alias Grace 534 pages
✓ 11) The Rook 512 pages
✓ 12) Succubus Nights 506 pages
✓ 13) Les Âmes mortes 512 pages

The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1) by Scott Lynch Queste (Septimus Heap, #4) by Angie Sage Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard, #2) by Scott Lynch London Orbital by Iain Sinclair Small Island by Andrea Levy Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3) by Marissa Meyer Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1) by Terry Goodkind Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2) by Diana Gabaldon Syren (Septimus Heap, #5) by Angie Sage Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood The Rook (The Checquy Files, #1) by Daniel O'Malley Succubus Nights (Georgina Kincaid, #2) by Richelle Mead Les Âmes mortes by Nikolai Gogol

COMPLETED


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