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+.

* Above text taken from original challenge.

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I suggest we try something new this year and keep it as a yearly thread with the quarterly challenges integrated into this one thread. The quarterly challenges will continue running as separate mini challenges, but we will have the addition of a grand total for the year. It should make things slightly easier to run (Jax you still up for doing it?)

Example:
Jan - March 2016: Total
xxx - 501 pages
April - June 2016: Total
Jul - Sept 2016: Total
Oct - Dec 2016: Total
Grand total for 2016

Jan - March 2016: 2239 pages
The Elfstones of Shannara - 636
Cibola Burn - 581
Parasite - 502
Blueeyedboy - 520

April - June 2016: 3343
The Passage: 879
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 28: 654
War Factory: 550
Pushing Ice: 580
The Blinding Knife: 680

Jul - Sept 2016: 806
The Broken Eye - 806p

Oct - Dec 2016: Total 2820
Nemesis Games - 530
Forsaken Skies - 570
It - 1100
Seeds of Earth - 620

Grand total for 2016: 9208 pages

Great idea!

My spot:

Jan - March 2016:

April - June 2016:

Jul - Sept 2016:

Oct - Dec 2016:

Grand total for 2016:

Jan - Mar 2016
Turn Coat - 545
Betrayal - 521
Total: 1066

Apr - Jun 2016
Feed - 599
Deadline - 581
Blackout - 621
Age of Iron - 523
Thoughtless - 530
Reckless - 532
Total: 3386

Jul - Sep 2016
Clash of Iron - 533
Heir of Fire - 562
Queen of Shadows - 645
Empire of Storms - 693
A Court of Mist and Fury - 629
Total: 3062

Oct - Dec 2016
Changes - 546
Cast in Honor - 512
Cast in Flight - 540
Total: 1598

TOTAL : 9112 pages

Crusader wrote: "Jax you still up for doing it?"

Happy to. :)

I have a few big ones on my TBR pile this year, so this is the perfect challenge for me.

Jan - March 2016: 
Feb: Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbours, Ann Rule 511
Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon 506

April - June 2016: 
Apr: Agaat, Marlene van Niekerk 692
May: A Million Little Pieces 513
Jun: Paradise Lost, John Milton 848

Jul - Sept 2016: 
Jul: The Way of Kings (unabridged) 1007
Sep: Les Miserables (unabridged, Hapgood Translation) 959

Oct - Dec 2016:  5739
Oct: Outlander, Diana Gabaldon 896
The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt 864
The Book of Strange New Things, Michel Faber 528
Nov: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 636
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 870
Dec: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince 652
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows 784
Whispers, Dean Koontz 509

Grand total for 2016: 10 875 pages

Jan - March 2016: 0 pgs

April - June 2016: 3739 pgs
The Way of Kings, Part 1 - 592
The Way of Kings, Part 2 - 530
Words of Radiance, Part 1 - 653
Words of Radiance, Part 2 - 564
Belgarath the Sorcerer - 840
The Painted Man - 560

Grand Total: 3739 pages

Jan - March 2016:

The Curse of the Mistwraith - 830

Total: 830

April - June 2016:

Theft of Swords - 681

Total: 681

Jul - Sept 2016:
Total

Oct - Dec 2016:
Total

Grand Total for 2016: 1511

Jan - Mar Totals

Crusader - 2239 * Epic Reader!
Dheeran - 830
Jax - 1066
Lu -
Joan - 1017

Apr - Jun Totals

Crusader - 3343
Dheeran - 681
Jax - 3386
Lu -
Joan - 2053
Naz - 3739 * Epic Reader!

Question:
I was 90% (700 pages) done reading The Broken Eye in June, but finished the last 109 on the 2nd. Do I add it to my Apr - Jun total or Jul - Sept total?

Jul - Sept.

I usually count mine from date of completion. :)

Crusader wrote: "Question:
I was 90% (700 pages) done reading The Broken Eye in June, but finished the last 109 on the 2nd. Do I add it to my Apr - Jun total or Jul - Sept total?"

I also use the day I finish the book

Okay, thanks. That was the way I was leaning, but it almost felt wrong. Will update as such.

Jan - March 2016: 0

April - June 2016: 0

Jul - Sept 2016: 912

The Plains of Passage - 912 pages


Oct - Dec 2016:

Grand total for 2016:

Jul - Sep Totals

Crusader - 806
Jax - 3062 * Epic Reader!
Jennifer - 912
Joan - 1966

Just a quick reminder to anyone who hasn't update Oct - Dec yet;
I'll be tallying up everyone's totals tomorrow!

Hope everyone has a super New Year's Eve!

Oct - Dec Totals

Crusader - 2820
Jax - 1598
Joan - 5739 * Epic Reader!

2016 Totals


Crusader - 9208
Dheeran - 1511
Jax - 9112
Jennifer - 912
Joan - 10775 **2016 Epic Reader!
Naz - 3739

Love the graph! Congrats to Joan for being the most epic of epic readers.

Well done everyone!

Well done