LOOOONGEST BOOKS ON MY TBR | 10 Big Books I'm Excited About!

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Welcome to my library! You guys know how much I love the big books - I always gravitate towards them when I'm book shopping or looking for my next read! So I thought it would be fun to see what the 10 longest books on my TBR are on Goodreads and WOW they all sound soooo good. So grab a cup of tea and come have a chat with me. :)
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Books Mentioned:
- The Sunne In Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
- The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischwili
- Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
- The First Man In Rome by Colleen McCullough
- Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
- Shogun by James Clavell
- The Wheel of Fortune by Susan Howatch
- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
- "... And Ladies Of The Club" by Helen Hooven Santmyer
- The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
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Thanks for watching!
-Melissa (And Butter and Lily)

[bethanywhite]

Read War & Peace! It is an amazing book!

[kfp]

Melissa I challenge you to read Ladies of the club. It is about best friends who are graduating college and then it follows their families till hey are old. Through their eyes you see tons of US history. It’s set in Ohio. I’ve read it twice and ready for a reread. What do you say in a few months or so?

[jenniferblazek]

...also you have wonderful contagious enthusiasm and I like folks who like labradors ( as do I)...happy reading

[harrietreynolds]

Forever Amber is one of the best books I have ever read!

[lameshahale]

The Sunne in Splendour is EPIC! The author died on Jan 22nd of this year 😢😢😢 RIP Sharon 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[BarbaraBocan]

I just found you & I love big books too. I have read a few of your books & have the others on my TBR. I see you have Trinity, which is on my bookshelf & need to read. Great choice!!

[jenniferblazek]

I commend you for committing to long books.( dedication helps me get thru a long read when I get disinterested; sometimes I want to just brag to friends I've read it lol.( I believe age, experience and patience and general thirst for knowledge in general contributes to ability to get through long books, esp. books that use archaic/ intricate language( Victorian usage esp).I've read 8 of the 10 on your list.May I suggest Moby Dick as your next long read.Love of language in all it's diversity helps to( I was a college English/ education major, enjoyed Romance languages and history too)and advanced reader as a kid)

[mizsuzee]

Loved this video! I have Forever Amber and ...And the Ladies of the Club on my TBR shelf! My daughter in law read "Ladies" really enjoyed it and gave me her copy. Can't wait to read them both!

[alisharosey]

Forever Amber is my favourite ever historic fiction. It's shockingly underrated. Such an adventure ahhhh. I adore it. Have you read it yet? One I love equally to Forever Amber is the Bronze Horseman series by Paulina Simons (also very long books). I try to read Amber at least once a year in May but I'm trying to read other books so haven't read it this year hehe.

[debbiemurphy]

I love BIG books, as well! You have some great books there and Forever Amber is one of my favorites. The ending is delicious; I hope you get to it soon. Enjoy!!

[ladyking]

I think back in the day, I might of read The Wheel of Fortune and Ladies of the club,
can't remember, but those were the kinds of books I read when I was younger.
Sometimes when the book is good, you don't realize how long it is.
I like when its filled with multi generation of families.

[IReadToday]

OMG our tbrs are so similar!!! Some friends and I are hosting a War and Peace Readalong in March and April to help people get through it! Maybe it'd be something you'd be interested in joining!

[NovelLife]

Such a good list!! I was waiting for an Outlander book to show up!! 😂

[christineheckman]

I am reading the Outlander series also I am still in the first book loving it very much though so I can't wait to hear your review of the fifth book love your Channel love this video I love long books also and big books in my opinion the bigger the book the better the story LOL

[kristopher]

Also, not knowing you knew this or not, but Colleen McCullough's First Man in Rome... SHE drew all the portraits, just as she drew out ALL the maps. I've yet to finish the series, getting thru both First Man... and The Grass Crown. I know there's more... 😉

[LifeBetweenWords]

DEFINITELY added Shogun and The Eighth Life to my tbr! (Already had several of these on my list—Kristin Lavrensdatter!)

[ComfortingGrace]

I would love to read The Eighth Life and would try to tackle War and Peace at some point as well.

[springintoreading]

I just landed on The Eighth Life for the booktube spin!! Oh my

[Europa]

I have read Forever Amber twice....one of my all time favorites.

[ComfortingGrace]

I have always been afraid and intimidated by books over 400 PGS! But I have recently been reading longer books and I definitely can see the appeal in that you are really living in the novel since it takes longer and obviously has more detail. Currently reading the first Outlander...I am pretty sure it will be the longest book I have every read when I am done...and it isn't even that long compared to some of the ones you are showing in this video! 😂