Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge discussion

There is interest in kicking off our "challenge of the month" this month instead of waiting until next month.

Because a few people have already started their 600-page book, we would start with that one.

Again, this is totally optional and you can participate one month but not another month based on your interest/schedule/remaining prompts/etc.

I'll leave this discussion thread open for a day or so to gauge interest and then (if there's support) I'll open up a thread for discussing what we are reading, how many pages we are in, how far we have to go, other words of wisdom and inspiration.

So ... whaddya think?

Works for me. I'm working on my 600+ pager, as well.

yes please! I'm working on my 600+ pager this month!

Sounds great! I'll be finishing up the book I'm currently reading, then I'll start on my 600 page selection :)

Sounds great! 70% through my 600 pager now.

Mike wrote: "Sounds great! 70% through my 600 pager now."

Show off! ;-)
/kidding

Make sure you pop in and offer encouragement in the discussion thread.

Hmm...I will have to see if I can make this happen! I am currently reading two books. Neither is 600 pages though. once I finish one of them I may try to start a 600 pager. Was going to read Winter, but I may not be able to get my hands on a copy in time :) That's ok, though, because I love big books!

Sara wrote: "That's ok, though, because I love big books! ."

... and I cannot lie!

I am having the same problem, Sara. I am reading my book club book right now and have my "book with a protagonist with the same occupation" on e-book loan from the library. That one is 538 pages (aaah so close but I'm not bitter.)

I'm working on a book that's over 600 pages also, because I purposely decided to start with a long one -- The Once and Future King

I plan on starting Winter of the World by Ken Follett this month. I will probably be using it for my 600+ book. Not so sure if I will finish it this month though since I tend to have several books going at once.

So, for this prompt, I'm reading a book that's been on my shelves for quite a while: A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth.

This probably the biggest novel to be published recently: the paperback version is 1470 pages long. First few pages, you wonder wether the book will work for you but then you get hooked! The book is constructed in 19 parts, each made of subchapters of a few pages - thus enabling the "just one more chapter" syndrome!

The background of the novel is the North of India in the early Fifties, still coping with the new independence and the ensuing partition. We follow the tribulations and romantic entanglements of a wide set of characters in a very conservative but also rapidly evolving society, durably marked by religious divisions altogether traditional and revived by the partition.

There's no doubt that I'll finish this book; how long it will take me is open to some doubt. I'm now at page 160 or so, having just finished part 3. To finish the book before Jan 31, I'd need to read about 70 pages a day, which is quite a tall order, especially on weekdays! Then again, that's why it's called a challenge, right?

Sounds good to me. I'll try and finally finish Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Juanita wrote: "Sara wrote: "That's ok, though, because I love big books! ."

... and I cannot lie!

I am having the same problem, Sara. I am reading my book club book right now and have my "book with a protagonis..."

I found my solution. I'm putting my audiobook of Rebecca (classic from the 20th century) on hold and picking back up my audio of Written in My Own Heart's Blood which I had only just started rereading recently. It's over 800 pages (varies some depending on version). Since I have the kindle copy as well I can use whisper sync to switch between them. I still have 35 hours left on the audio, but I should be able to knock it out this month :)

This is a great idea! I had begun with my 600 page book (Nineteen Eighty-Four) yesterday in hopes that I could knock it out before my grad school classes start later this month. I have the kindle copy that came with the audio book so hopefully I can finish it by the end of next week!

1984 was 600 pages? Really? I read that in high school, maybe they used thinner paper or smaller type back then.

Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "1984 was 600 pages? Really? I read that in high school, maybe they used thinner paper or smaller type back then."

That's what I thought too, but when I pulled up the Kindle copy it was 667 pages so I saved reading it for the challenge. Worked out because I was supposed to read it in high school but never did and always wanted to come back to it.

Double check. I pulled it up and none of the copies are much more than 300. Are you sure it's pages and not "locations"? Some of my kindle books are not done in pages but something called locations.

I'm going to do some shuffling and try to pick up my 600 page book after my Self-Improvement book so I can participate in this with you guys and gals :)

My copy of 1984 also included Animal Farm.

I just read it before Christmas and it was nowhere near 600 pages! I don't think it was over 300.

My reader always ends up with way more "pages" than the actual book because it doesn't hold a full page so I can see how it could be 600+ ereader pages

That's not how the e-reader figures it, Teresa. (At least my kindle.) I think my kindle has 2-3 screens/page.

I see how most others are around 300 now that I'm looking at more editions but my kindle still says 667 pages (not locations). I can't seem to find a reason as to why the difference unless its the ereader pages but that is still a huge difference.

So I just read an article and it said that with kindle unlimited editions the pages are different because the author's are paid per page so they make them one screen per page. Guess i need a new 600 pager, any suggestions?

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

Here's a good listing that you can browse to see if any thing sparks your interest. Of course there's always Harry Potter...

You can go to your to-read shelf and sort by page number and see if there's anything else you were previously interested in. :)

Thanks for that! I'm trying to not reread for this challenge, so Harry Potter might only fit in to the guaranteed to bring you joy prompt :)

I started with "Based on a Fairytale", "Set in your Home State", and "NY Times Bestseller", but after I'm finished with those three I can start my 600 pager. I probably won't be finished, but I can have something to add at least!

After realizing that my library has a hold for almost every 600+ page book that I have interest in, I've decided to finish up Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I started it about a month back, but only got 50 pages in before I got too busy to read.

I've opened up the book discussion thread for January so I am closing this one for new comments.

Be sure to go over to the February 2016 thread to suggest our next challenge.