2025 Reading Challenge discussion

This thread is to discuss Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell.

Pages: 509 pages

Length: 1 Month (November)

Participants: oshizu, Alexxy.

Everyone reads at their own pace during a Buddy Read. Because participants can be at different parts of the book at different times, it is extremely important to mark spoilers so that the book is not ruined for someone who is not as far along as others!!!

Mark spoilers by placing {spoiler} before the text and {/spoiler} after the text but use the < and > instead of the { and }.


Happy Buddy Reading!

Hi I'd like to sign up to read, Cloud Atlas, I'm finding Goodreads very difficult to use how do I sign up please thank you.

Suzanne wrote: "Hi I'd like to sign up to read, Cloud Atlas, I'm finding Goodreads very difficult to use how do I sign up please thank you."

Hi Suzanne!

To read Cloud Atlas this month you are in the right place! It looks like oshizu and Alexxy haven't started yet but you can read the book and post your thoughts on it as often as you want and the others can catch up and respond when they start.

There's a good overview of this group here , and there are instructions for Buddy Reads specifically here.

Enjoy!

Welcome to the Cloud Atlas discussion, Suzanne!

I will not be starting this book until the middle of November.
Please do post your thoughts and impressions if you start earlier, indicating which book section you cover and using spoiler tags.
:D

I'm looking forward to starting this book!

Alexxy and Suzanne, have you started reading Cloud Atlas yet?
I am starting this book this evening.

I just want to say that I started this book last night.
After Chapter 1, I wondered if I could finish the book.
After Chapter 2 (there are 11 total), I thought I might read a chapter a day until I finished.
By the time I finished Chapter 3 this afternoon, I felt fully invested in this story and can't wait to continue reading.

oshizu wrote: "Alexxy and Suzanne, have you started reading Cloud Atlas yet?
I am starting this book this evening."
Hi Oshizu apologies for the very late reply ive had to take Goodreads off my phone due to not having enough space for the app so Ive put it on my laptop instead unfortunatly both my daugher and i both use the same computer so i wont be online all the time.
Im hoping to start Cloud Atlas this evening and at the weelend and will try and message during the week.
I will check my emails for messages and notifications.
Im very pleased to chat with you all here online looking forward to it till next time
Have a great Weekend all the best
Suzanne

So I've been reading the wrong book 😂 (The Cloud Atlas)
Anyway, I just wanted to thank Ohizu for mentioning that the book has 11 chapters and making me realize something's wrong. I'll start the actual book tomorrow.

Hi Alexxy Ive started reading Cloud Atlas:-) so far I'm luving the book i think I've just started though a few pages in.
I feel that this book is going ti be very in depth and with a lot of detail which can be good I luv that the book has an aspect of travel and I like the language of the merchant sailers