2019 Chunkster Challenge

2019 Chunkster Challenge
Host: Becky's Book Reviews (sign up here)
Duration: December 2018 - December 2019
# of books: Ultimately up to you

Middle Grade and Young Adult Novels over 450 pages -- 3 points

1. Grave Mercy. Robin LaFevers. 2012/2019. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 560 pages. [Source: Review copy] *worth 3 points so far,
2. The Book Thief. Markus Zusak. 2006. Random House. 560 pages. [Source: Bought] *worth 3 points so far
3. Lovely War. Julie Berry. 2019. 480 pages. [Source: Library] * worth three points
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Middle Grade and Young Adult Novels over 700 pages -- 5 points

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Adult Novels over 450 pages -- 5 points

1. Ivanhoe. Walter Scott. 1819. 544 pages. [Source: Bought] *worth 6 points
2. Evelina. Fanny Burney. 1778. 455 pages. [Source: Bought] *worth 7 points
3. Ruled Brittania. Harry Turtledove. 2002. 576 pages. [Source: Library] *worth 5 points
4. Shirley. Charlotte Bronte. 1849. 624 pages. [Source: Bought] *worth 6 points
5. Dune. Frank Herbert. 1965. 687 pages. [Source: Library] *worth 6 points
6. Resistance Women. Jennifer Chiaverini. 2019. 608 pages. [Source: Library]*worth 6 points


Adult Novels over 825 pages -- 10 points

1. Les Miserables. Victor Hugo. Translated by Julie Rose. 1862/2008. Modern Library. 1330 pages. [Source: Bought] *worth 12 points
2.  The Sunne in Splendour. Sharon Kay Penman. 1982. 936 pages. [Source: Library] *worth 10 points
3. Gone With The Wind. Margaret Mitchell. 1936. 1037 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
4. Cecilia. Frances Burney. 1782. 1056 pages. [Source: Bought] *worth 13 points


Nonfiction over 450 pages, any age audience -- 5 points

1.    The Innocents Abroad. Mark Twain. 1869. 560 pages. [Source: Bought] *worth 6 points
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Anthologies (short stories, plays, essays, sermons, poetry) over 450 pages, any audience, 3 points*

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Omnibus edition of an author's work over 450 pages, 3 points

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Any extra bonus points?

• If you complete an entire series and each of the books in the series qualifies as a chunkster, you earn an additional bonus point. 
• If you read four or more (series OR non-series books) by the same author--each one qualifying as a chunkster--you earn an additional bonus point.
• If you read a chunkster that has been translated into English, you earn an additional bonus point. 
• If you read two or more new-to-you authors, you earn an additional bonus point.
• For every chunkster classic you read that was published before 1800, you earn an extra two points.
• For every chunkster classic you read that was published before 1900, you earn an extra one point. 

 

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