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The epic challenge is for 500+ page tomes - those 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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Example:
Quarter 1: Jan - March 2021: Total xxxx pages
Book Title 1 - xxx pages
Book Title 2 - xxx pages

Quarter 2: April - June 2021: Total

Quarter 3: Jul - Sept 2021: Total

Quarter 4: Oct - Dec 2021: Total

Grand total for 2021: xxxxxx

This challenge is co-hosted by Crusader and Jax.

Quarter 1: Jan - March 2021: Total 2172 pages
Gardens of the Moon - 657
Deadhouse Gates - 843 pages
Guns of the Dawn - 672

Quarter 2: April - June 2021: Total 4856
The Calculating Stars - 508
Iron Gold - 601 pages
Tiamat's Wrath - 570
Proxima - 500
Off Armageddon Reef - 800
Ultima - 517
By Schism Rent Asunder - 720
By Heresies Distressed - 640

Quarter 3: Jul - Sept 2021: Total 3625
Rose Madder - 595
The Doors of Eden - 597
Absolution Gap - 756
Shards of Earth - 560
Dune - 577
Alphabet Squadron - 540


Quarter 4: Oct - Dec 2021: Total 3623
Dracul - 591
The Human - 524
The Relentless Moon - 700
Dragon Age - Tevinter Nights - 507
The Thousand Deaths of Ardor Benn - 741
Leviathan Falls - 560

Grand total for 2021: 14276

My Spot:

Quarter 1: Jan - March 2021: Total 561

Leviathan Wakes - 561

Quarter 2: April - June 2021: Total

Quarter 3: Jul - Sept 2021: Total

Quarter 4: Oct - Dec 2021: Total

Grand total for 2021: xxxxxx

Quarter 1: Jan - March 2021: Total pages: 2324
Pachinko - 531 pages
Double Down: Game Change 2012 - 512 pages
Wives and Daughters - 679 pages
A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution - 602 pages


Quarter 2: April - June 2021: Total 2159 pages
Doctor Thorne - 557 pages
Palace Walk - 501 pages
One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway - 528 pages
Framley Parsonage - 573 pages

Quarter 3: Jul - Sept 2021: Total 1012
Possession -511 pages
The Beautiful Mystery - 501 pages

Quarter 4: Oct - Dec 2021: Total 1822 pages
Jerusalem: The Biography - 628 pages
The Golden Age of Murder - 502 pages
The Small House at Allington - 695 pages

Grand total for 2021: 7317pages

Wayne's Spot:

Quarter 1: Jan - March 2021: Subtotal: 4304
1. Centennial - 909
2. Wrongful Death - 500
3. Bel Vino: A Year of Sundrenched Pleasure Among the Vines of Tuscany - 514
4. The Better Angels of Our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity - 1026
5. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - 746
6. Children of Dune - 609 (late)

Quarter 2: April - June 2021: Subtotal: 6 169
7. The Haj - 566
8. Spoor - 544
9. The Golden Bough: 756
10. A Game of Thrones: 837
11. Russia: A Journey to the Heart of a Land and its People: 568
12: Stones from the River: 525
13: One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway: 528
14. Showdown at the Red Lion: The Life and Time of Jack McLoughlin: 515
15. The Welensky Papers: 1330

Quarter 3: Jul - Sept 2021: Subtotal: 3360

16. A Clash Of Kings: 741
17. Foucault's Pendulum: 533
18. Middlemarch: 908
19. The Casual Vacancy: 568
20. The World According to Garp: 610


Quarter 4: Oct - Dec 2021: Total: 8 540
21. Koors: 584
22. A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow:663
23. The Thorn Birds: 591
24. A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold: 637
25. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume the Fifth: 554
26. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: 636
27. Space: 622
28. A Feast for Crows: 936
29. Barchester Towers: 511
30. Palace Walk: 501
31. A Dance with Dragons: 1016
32. The Pillars of Hercules: A Grand Tour of the Mediterranean: 523
33. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: 766

Grand total for 2021 : 22 373

Quarter 1: January 2021 - March 2021
Pages: 1456
Troubled Blood - 944 pages
The Goodbye Man - 512 pages

Quarter 2: April 2021 - June 2021
Pages: xx

Quarter 3: July 2021 - September 2021
Pages: xx

Quarter 4: October 2021 - December 2021
Pages: xx

Total pages 2021: 1456

Quarter 1: Jan - March 2021:
Little Women (Kindle Edition) - Louisa May Alcott - 647 pages
Secondhand Time (ebook) - Svetlana Alexievich - 582 pages

Quarter 2: April - June 2021: Total
Book Title 1 - xxx pages
Book Title 2 - xxx pages

Quarter 3: Jul - Sept 2021: Total
Book Title 1 - xxx pages
Book Title 2 - xxx pages

Quarter 4: Oct - Dec 2021: Total
Book Title 1 - xxx pages
Book Title 2 - xxx pages

Grand total for 2021: xxxxxx

Quarter 1: Jan - March 2021: Total xxxx pages
Book Title 1 - xxx pages
Book Title 2 - xxx pages

Quarter 2: April - June 2021: Total

Quarter 3: Jul - Sept 2021: Total

Quarter 4: Oct - Dec 2021: Total

Grand total for 2021: xxxxxx

Quarter 1: Jan - March 2021: Total pages


Quarter 2: April - June 2021: Total

Quarter 3: Jul - Sept 2021: Total

Quarter 4: Oct - Dec 2021: Total

Grand total for 2021:

Quater 1: Jan - March 2021 Total Pages:

Quater 2:
Quater 3:
Quater 4:

Challenge Accepted!
I read ebooks and can confirm that some formats do have page counts. (mine always do).

Quarter 1: Jan 2021 - March 2021
Pages: XXX

Quarter 2: April 2021 - June 2021
Pages: XXX

Quarter 3: July 2021 - Sept 2021
Pages: XXX

Quarter 4:
Oct 2021 - Dec 2021
Pages: XXX

Quarter 1: Jan - Mar 2021: Total 501 pages
Darkwalker on Moonshae - Douglas Niles - Ebook - 501 pages

Quarter 2: Apr - Jun 2021: Total

Quarter 3: Jul - Sept 2021: Total

Quarter 4: Oct - Dec 2021: Total

Grand total for 2021:

Quarter 1: Jan - March 2021: 2672
The Way of Shadows - 645
The Eye of the World - 832
The Great Hunt - 707
The Iron Fin - 520

Quarter 2: April - June 2021: 2916
The Dragon Reborn - 699
The Shadow Rising - 1031
Guns of the Dawn - 658
Heir to the Shadows - 528

Quarter 3: Jul - Sept 2021: Total

Quarter 4: Oct - Dec 2021: Total

Grand total for 2021:

Quarter 1: Jan - March 2021: Total - 4708
The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks (645)
Shadow's Edge by Brent Weeks (636)
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (832)
Beyond the Shadows by Brent Weeks (689)
The Bad Place by Dean Koontz (500)
The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan (707)
The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan (674)

Quarter 2: April - June 2021: Total - 1031
The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan (1031)

Quarter 3: Jul - Sept 2021: Total - 912
The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan (912)

Quarter 4: Oct - Dec 2021: Total - 3650
Cast in Shadow by Michelle Sagara (507)
Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan (1035)
A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan (762)
The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan (655)
Winter's Heart by Robert Jordan (691)

Grand total for 2021: 10808 Pages

The results for the 1st Quarter are in:
Wayne 3695
Bibliogothica 4708
Jax 2672
Crusader 2172
Diane 1776
Robert 1456
Babz 1229
Carolien 1043
Lu 561
Marina 501

Our epic reader for the first quarter is Wayne. Congratulations!

Edit:
Bibliogothica, Diane & Jax updated after totals were announced.

Crusader wrote: "The results for the 1st Quarter are in:
Wayne 3695
Bibliogothica 2802
Crusader 2172
Robert 1456
Babz 1229
Carolien 1043
Lu 561
Marina 501

Our epic reader for the first quarter is Wayne. Congratula..."

Thank you

My spot:

Quarter 1: Jan - March 2021: Total 1776 pages
The Human Mind by Robert Winston [528 pages]
Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson [1248 pages]

Quarter 2: April - June 2021: Total 4231 pages
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon [848 pages]
Jade City by Fonda Lee [560 pages]
Rhythm of War [Stormlight Archive #4] by Brandon Sanderson [1232 pages]
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz [501 pages]
One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway by Asne Seierstad [530 pages]
The Missing Sister by Lucinda Riley [560 pages]

Quarter 3: Jul - Sept 2021: Total 559 pages
The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang [559 pages]

Quarter 4: Oct - Dec 2021: Total 5239 pages
Prey by Michael Crichton [507 pages]
Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty [516 pages]
At Home Bill Bryson [512 pages]
The Rose Code by Kat Quinn [624 pages]
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak [552 pages]
The Kingdom by Jo Nesbo [560 pages]
Meet Me Under the Ombu Tree by Santa Montefiore [608 pages]
James Herriot Dog Stories [544 pages]
Never by Ken Follett [816 pages]

Grand total for 2021: 11 805

Crusader wrote: "The results for the 1st Quarter are in:
Wayne 3695
Bibliogothica 2802
Crusader 2172"

Oh man! I'm going to need to set myself reminders this year!
I completely forgot to update! *facepalm*

I feel only slightly better, because it looks like Bibliogothica did too...

Jax wrote: "Crusader wrote: "The results for the 1st Quarter are in:
Wayne 3695
Bibliogothica 2802
Crusader 2172"

Oh man! I'm going to need to set myself reminders this year!
I completely forgot to update! *..."

As long as you don't dethrone Wayne, I'm fine if you still want to post updates. I might have been in a hurry to get the totals up before I forgot about them.

Next time I'll wait at least a week.

Just a reminder for everyone to update their information as the end of the quarter is approaching fast. Results for the 2nd quarter will be calculated by 9 July.

Crusader wrote: "Just a reminder for everyone to update their information as the end of the quarter is approaching fast. Results for the 2nd quarter will be calculated by 9 July."

Eek! Thanks for the reminder!!

The results for the second quarter are in:

Wayne - 6169
Crusader - 4856
Diane - 4231
Jax - 2916
Carolien - 2159
Bibliogothica - 1031

Congrats to Wayne for being our Epic Reader.

Crusader wrote: "The results for the second quarter are in:

Wayne - 6169
Crusader - 4856
Diane - 4231
Jax - 2916
Carolien - 2159
Bibliogothica - 1031

Congrats to Wayne for being our Epic Reader."
Thank you

Quarter 3: Total Pages = 550

1. The Oath - Frank Pereti

I hope everyone has had time to update their totals.

The results for the third quarter are:
Crusader - 3625
Wayne - 3360
Carolien - 1012
Bibliogothica - 912
Diane - 559
Marlese - 550

Good luck for the fourth quarter!

Congrats to Crusader on carrying off the 3rd Quarter Epic Challenge honours

Congrats, Crusader!

Well done, Crusader! You're on a roll :-)

Remember to update your epic reads for the last (fourth) quarter. I'll be compiling the results next weekend.

Results for the 4th quarter are in:
Wayne - 8540
Diane - 5239
Bibliogothica - 3650
Crusader - 3623
Carolien - 1822

Congrats Wayne!

Yearly totals:
Wayne - 22373
Crusader - 14276
Diane - 11805
Bibliogothica - 10808
Carolien - 7317
Jax - 5588
Robert - 1456

And the epic reader for 2021 is Wayne! Congratulations.

Crusader wrote: "Results for the 4th quarter are in:
Wayne - 8540
Diane - 5239
Bibliogothica - 3650
Crusader - 3623
Carolien - 1822

Congrats Wayne!

Yearly totals:
Wayne - 22373
Crusader - 14276
Diane - 11805
Bibl..."

Thanks Crusader, and thank you for the time you put in to moderate this challenge.

Wow, Wayne and Crusader! You guys are chunkster legends! Well done and happy reading for quarter 1.

Diane wrote: "Wow, Wayne and Crusader! You guys are chunkster legends! Well done and happy reading for quarter 1."

Thanks Diane. Hope you have a great reading quarter too.

Well done, all of you!