I’m joining the Chunkster Challenge 2008, mostly because I realized the other day that my attention span is becoming more and more limited. I read lots and lots of dinky little novels, some of them even challenging in their own ways, but fewer and fewer long involved novels. The rules are:
To qualify the book must be 450 pps regular type OR 750 pps large text.
You must read FOUR chunksters (one each quarter); you OBVIOUSLY may read more.
The Challenge will run Jan 7th, 2008 – Dec 20th, 2008 (the only chunky thing occupying my mind over Christmas is ME! AND I am using my foresight remembering my inbox on Dec 31st/ Jan 1 of THIS year when all the challenges ended). BUT any chunkster started after Jan 1 qualifies.
This format means that I can read one “chunkster” now, finish it during my blog break, and post about it when I get back toward the end of March. I have two books on deck that fit this challenge: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, which I started in December, but didn’t finish, and The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon, the same author who wrote The Speed of Dark, a favorite read in January of last year.
Ooooh – I read Les Miserables last year. It was a huge investment in time, but I loved it. Are you reading the translation by Lee Fahnestock and Norman MacAfee??
I’m joining the Chunkster Challenge 2008, mostly because I realized the other day that my attention span is becoming more and more limited. I read lots and lots of dinky little novels, some of them even challenging in their own ways, but fewer and fewer long involved novels. The rules are:
Ooooh – I read Les Miserables last year. It was a huge investment in time, but I loved it. Are you reading the translation by Lee Fahnestock and Norman MacAfee??