Bryan's Big Book Challenge 2018

My fifth year of Big Book challenging, managed 14 last year, aiming for 15 in 2018.
I have several on the shelves, both young and old, so no excuses !

1. The Unholy Consult by R. Scott Bakker, 620p.

2. The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, 1026p.

3. Forge of Darkness, by Steven Erikson, 922p.

4. Fall of Light, by Steven Erikson, 837p.

5. Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson, 1243 p.

6. Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset, 1146p.

7. Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay, 793p.

8. Shadow and Claw by Gene Wolfe, 603p.

9. Sword and Citadel by Gene Wolfe, 615 p.

10. I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes, 895 p.

11. City of Saints & Madmen by Jeff Vandermeer, 704p.

12. Area X by Jeff VanderMeer, 881 p.

13. Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton, 1087 p.

14. The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks, 661 p.

15. European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss, 708p.

16. Shadow's Edge by Brent Weeks, 636p.

17. The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne, 713p.

18. Beyond the Shadows by Brent Weeks, 689 p.

19. Elric of Melnibone by Michael Moorcock, 690 p.

Hi Bryan, welcome aboard mate for another year and with our time differences I would like to wish you a Very Happy New Year and hope 2018 is a good one.

Hi Bryan, good to see you!

Thanks John and MissWatson, happy 2018 and happy reading !

A slow start with big books for me, but there are plenty to be getting into - Oathbringer, Great North Road, The Unholy Consult, the Old Testament, Kristin Lavransdatter, complete Edgar Allen Poe, rereads of Ulyssess and His Dark Materials, and plenty more.
Also the prospective The Winds of Winter which we hope will be published later this year, cross everything !

>5 bryanoz: There is a year long group read for Kristin Lavransdatter in the 2018 category challenge thread. We are also tackling Ulysses later on in May.

Thanks Yells, will look at those.

Have looked, and signed up for both, thanks again Yells.

Just started The Penguin Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, just 1026 pages.

Wow, that's quite a brick!

Yes it is MissWatson, I'm reading 40 or so pages a day to finish it this month. Am enjoying many of the stories, there is the well known 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The Fall of the House of Usher' but my favourites so far (360 pages in) is the satirical 'The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq.' and 'How to Write a Blackwood Article'.

The titles sound promising. But I don't think my edition has those. Off to check.

Hope you found those stories MissWatson, I have finished the collection and didn't find too much else to be excited about !?

Hi Bryan, they're not in my edition, but those are selected stories. I found them on Gutenberg, bless them, but I haven't found time for reading them yet.

Just started Fall of Light, next in Steven Erikson's Kharkanas trilogy, 837 epic pages.

Beginning Kristin Lavransdatter, by Sigrid Undset, a reasonable 1126 pages.

Beginning Oathbringer, 3rd and newest volume of Sanderson's Stormlight Archive, 1243 pages .
I have left this for the school holidays so I can relax and enjoy the story at 150 pages or so a day.

Finally managed to read 2 more big books, 3 more coming soon.

Have begun I am Pilgrim for an upcoming book club, not enjoying it at all....:(

It has been too long, have begun City of Saints & Madmen by Jeff Vandermeer, a premier writer in the New Weird Fantasy genre that I know I will love !

Starting Area X by Jeff Vandermeer at 881 pages.

Just received my copy of the second Theodora Goss novel European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman, a bonus that it is 708 pages !

And the upcoming Murakami Killing Commendatore is 608 pages !

Began two big books Great North Road 1087 pages, and The Canterbury Tales at 735 pages, but slow going. Not getting as much reading time as I would like, the lovely Christine's idea of holidays being the time to be busy on lots of jobs is the opposite of mine !??

Soon to begin European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss, at 708 pages. The sequel to The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter and one of my favourite reads of last year.

18 big books read so far, reading Elric of Melnibone at 690 pages now, 19 for the year and happy with that !

You've done great!

Thanks MissWatson, hope you have had a good year reading !
Plenty more big books on my shelves for next year, beginning with The Recognitions in January.

My big books are done for 2018, happy with the total.

A quick browse of the shelves shows some 20 more bfbs to be going on with next year, including The Recognitions, Mason and Dixon, Trollope's The Way We Live Now, Anathem, The Dark is Rising, and plenty more.

Have a great Christmas/ New Year everyone and may our reading in 2019 be bigger and better !

Well done on your BFBs, Bryan! Have a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year, and maybe a few new BFBs under the tree?