You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

Slick's Slugs


1. Stone's Fall (594 pgs) FALL in title
2. Fall of Giants (985 pgs) WWI
3. A Soldier of the Great War (880 pgs) wartime
4. Winter in Madrid (537 pgs) same author: SANSOM
5. Sovereign (583 pgs) Royal Rulers
6. Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (642 pgs) Linking to Micks's with real historical characters in both books

Mickey Mouse's Marchers


1. The Whiskey Rebels (519 pages) american historical fiction
2. The Son (576 pages) male authors who are both bald/balding
3. The Angel's Game (531 pages) mystery
4. Armadale (721 pages) one word title
5. Fingersmith (582 pages) water link: author last name and word in title
6. We Are Water (561 pages)

Road Runner's Races

Last book in MM: We are Water by Wally Lamb
Link from MM: Male authors, both born in New England

1 A Prayer for Owen Meany (543 pages) on my tbr since 2010
2 The Lacuna (508 pages) both books start with 'The'
3 The Firebird (539 pages)female authors
4 Cane River (522 pages) both authors born in CA
5 The 19th Wife (525 pages)historical fiction
6 When the Lion Feeds (544 pages)





My goal/challenge is complete! If I read any other chunks I'll slot them into Taz. :D

Reserved for TDT

Reserved for BLB (considering series reads for this last group)

Just had to pop in and cheer you on. So glad you're doing this! Although it goes without saying you'll chunkster me under the table but it's all good lol! :D

don't be so sure about that! I tend to get distracted easily by other reads going on around me. ;)

hehe

You are rolling along. :) *waves pompoms*

I'm excited now that there is a planned list for the early part of the year. :)

Do you think you'll be able to stick to it? I'm afraid to post mine because I have a feeling it'll change. I bet you'll be much better at sticking to yours.

Well, there is that. I was a little hesitant to post too but I thought, wth, I can always change it around. Deciding then will be as much fun deciding now so it will double the fun if I have to change it around later. ;)

Haha good point!

:)

I'm so glad you have A Soldier of the Great War in your Slick's list! I'm dying to read it. Can't wait. I can't remember the last time I was so excited to read six different books, but Slick keeps calling..... :D

me too. The more I think about it, the more excited I get by it. I should have it in soon from the library to take a look through it. I may have to rethink The Goldfinch again...lol. :) Which really, I guess would be ok except that I'd still read it but not get credit for it. Although it would open up a slot for another book, which means more planning fun. God, what a book geek I am. ;)

nevermind my comment about the goldfinch. I totally misunderstood the response I got. I actually can use it, lol.

I hope you enjoy it! Come on, January! :)))

I have your C.J. Sansom books on my list too. You will get to them before me so I will look forward to your thoughts.

Btw- love your profile pic- very festive :)

Aw, thanks Marnie. :)

Have you read any in this series yet?

I've read Dissolution and loved it. I am going to use this challenge to complete the series- can't wait :).

I have Fall of Giants on my list too. If we get to it about the same time would you like to do a buddy read?

Absolutely! :)

Congratulations on finishing Slick's Tasha! Hope you have fun with Mickey.

thank you!!

Good job on completing Slick's Slugs. :) You have some interesting titles for Mickey's selections. The Whiskey Rebels sounds intriguing.

I just finished it, Janice, it was good!

Your Mickey's list does look good, T. ;)

We have so many Speedy Readies in this group!!! :D

I'll add Whiskey Rebels to my TBR.

So far, my Mickey's list are possibilities. I have a bunch of audiobooks that I'm holding because they're chunksters, so we shall see what ends up on the final list.

I hear ya. That plays a huge role in every book I read, especially these fatties. The audio needs to be available (and hopefully, well done).

Yep, I totally copied Whiskey Rebels from Laura. :)

Thanks guys. I am really looking forward to this grouping.

Those are some giant tomes you finished! Congrats! :)

Thanks :D

Nice job on Mickey-love the link about the balding authors!

Haha, that is a great one, T. :)

I got a kick out of it too when I thought of it. lol :D

Great job on finishing your challenge Tasha!

Thanks, Peggy!

Great finish, Tasha. I have A Prayer for Owen Meany in the que in my Audible account, but I have a few other books to finish before I will have the time to listen to it. My daugher said it was great!

I really enjoyed Prayer for Owen Meany.

thanks, Cherie. :)

I only gave Owen Meany 3 stars but it was a good, solid read. I would definitely rec it. I bet it would be good on audio.

The audio for Owen Meany is excellent. I believe John Irving hand picked the narrator to give Owen his unique voice to portray him just the way Irving wanted.

Sounds like that one would have probably been a better to do on audio then.