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The 2010 Chunkster Challenge


I’ve joined another challenge for 2010! The Chunkster Challenge, running from February 1st 2010 to January 31st 2011. Because there are so many chunksters on my TBR list that I’ve been meaning to get to for ages, I’ve decided to do the Mor-book-ly obese level, six or more tomes. Here’s my list:

1. Penmarric, by Susan Howatch
2. A Hollow Crown, by Helen Hollick
3. The Eagle and the Raven, by Pauline Gedge
4. The Mitfords, by Charlotte Mosley
5. Lark Rise to Candleford, by Flora Thompson
6. No Angel, by Penny Vincenzi
7. Within the Fetterlock, by Brian Wainwright
8. The Physician, by Noah Gordon
9. Harold the King, by Helen Hollick
10. City of Light, by Lauren Belfer
11. Lords of the White Castle, by Elizabeth Chadwick
12. The Falcons of Montabard, by Elizabeth Chadwick
13. Shadows and Strongholds, by Elizabeth Chadwick
14. The Lady Tree, by Christie Dickason
15. The Botticelli Secret, by Marina Fiorato
16. The Lute Player, by Norah Lofts
17. Vainglory, by Geraldine McCaughrean
18. Miss Marjoribanks, by Margaret Oliphant
19. They Were Sisters, by Dorothy Whipple
20. To Defy a King, by Elizabeth Chadwick
21. Into the Wilderness, by Sara Donati
22. Evelina, by Fanny Burney
23. Legacy, by Susan Kay
24. Jorvik, by Sheelagh Kelly
25. The Floating Book, by Michelle Lovric
26. The King's General, by Daphne Du Maurier
27. Green Dragon, White Tiger, by Annette Motley
28. Avalon, by Anya Seton
29. The Abyss, by Marguerite Yourcenar
30. The Campaigners, by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
31. Lion of Ireland, by Morgan Llywellyn
32. A Prologue to Love, by Taylor Caldwell

Again, I’m not committing to anything at the present moment…

Comments

Serena said…
Good luck with the chunkster challenge....

I hope you'll consider the War Through the Generations reading challenge for next year:

http://warthroughthegenerations.wordpress.com/current-challenge-and-sign-up-info-2010/
Misfit said…
That's the way to do it. I'd never make it through a challenge committed to certain books. Moods change...

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