SA Book & Challenge Lovers discussion

The epic challenge is for 500+ page tomes - the epic novels we sometimes shy away from especially when trying to complete other reading challenges. You only need to read one 500+ page book in the 3-month period to complete the challenge, but you can read as many as you want and list them here, with the number of pages you've read.

To make things easier for me and to be sure I get the tally right at the end of the challenge, please use one post for planning and keeping track of your total page count, and be clear about how much you've read. You can post individual updates and chat about your books, as long as you have one post with all the info :)

Happy reading!


Rules
- Books must be at least 500 pages long.
- Because some people read eBooks that don't have page counts, they are allowed to choose an *appropriate* page count from the editions listed on Goodreads. To avoid being unfair to those reading print copies, they may also choose a higher page count from the list, even if it differs from their copy. After all, you can't always choose the print copy you buy, because of price, availability, etc.
- Note that I said an *appropriate* page count. Use basic editions, not large print, or editions with extra content that you haven't read. Also, you may only use the editions in the language in which you read the book.
- Omnibus editions are not allowed.
- Short story anthologies are allowed.
- If reading a book with indexes or any other content that you skip, make sure the page count of what you actually read amounts to 500+.

To Read

Currently Reading

Completed
The Museum of Innocence - 728
The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch: 800

Pages: 1528

My spot:
Zero Point - 576 [based on number from publisher]
Jupiter War - 500 [the hardcover is 480 pages, so the MMPB when it's released should be 500+]
The Shining: 683
Doctor Sleep: 544
Ark: 540
The Long War: 500 (MMPB states 528 for 2014 release)
Hilldiggers: 551
Moonrise: 570
Moonwar: 500
Last Days: 530

TOTAL: 5494

My spot :)

I'm here!
Night Film 624p
The Great Trek Uncut: Escape from British Rule: The Boer Exodus from the Cape Colony 1836 560p
Last Stand of Dead Men 576p
Dust 512p

Dec end Total: 2272

Thanks :)
I don't know how to swap things anymore :(

Total: 4728 pages

Allegiant 544p
Under the Dome 1120p
The House of Hades 608p
Last Stand of Dead Men 604p
James Potter and The Morrigan Web 740p
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed 576p
Flood 536 pages

Dead Beat - 513pg
Proven Guilty - 551pg
Little Women - 528pg

Total: 1592pg

The red Pyramid - 515 pages

I am in,
My book?
Inheritance
I bought it when it first came out (very excited to read it) and still have not opened up frightened by the shear HUGENESS of it.

I have already read the book but you might ask for a buddy in the buddy read topic. There might be someone willing to read and discuss the book with you and that might make it easier for you to start and read the book.

Thanks - I think I will do that. :)

The Epic Reader: Crusader 5494 pages!

Varla Fiona: 4728
Claudia: 2272
Jax: 1592
Lauren: 1528
Barbara: 515

Well done Crusader!

Thanks!

Congrats Crusader :)

Since it's the end of the year I tallied up all the numbers. Someone needs to check my math.

Looks like I missed the Jan - March one in the totals. Updated with the correct totals now.

Yearly totals for epic read challenge:
Varla 17004
Crusader 15418
Claudia 11996
Jax 10404
Lauren 5411
Roz 3743
Henri 2397
Lu 2368
Riana 1463
Rochelle 533

And me :)
2368

Um.. according to my spreadsheet,
my yearly total is 10,404
Jan-Mar - 2443
Apr-Jun - 4012
Jul-Sep - 2357
Oct-Dec - 1592

And also - Congrats Crusader!
And Varla!! :)

Fixed the totals. Missed the Jan - March one.

Congrats Crusader.

I forgot to update (and have been super busy with silly season - REALLY looking forward to a break on 20 Jan!!).

My 4th quarter total was actually 4728 (so Crusader still won) and my grand total was 17004.

Wow, that's a lot of long books!

Updated :)

Congrats guys! Those are some seriously impressive totals :)

Crusader - I think you might have left out Barbara's final total?

Gah, and I didn't save the spreadsheet. She can just post her final total and I'll add it, not keen on compiling them all again.

Don't worry. I have just made my final update for the October-December portion of the challenge (yes I did manage to read one). I haven't read that many epic books this year. Didn't read that much overall anyway because of the new job. I haven't made the top three so it isn't that important.