A BIG book TBR for the #bigbooksummerchallenge

#bigbooksummer

Hi everyone!
The big book summer challenge is one of my favorite events on booktube. It has been ran by @SueJacksonDE for several years.

It is super easy to participate. Simply read a big book this summer. My TBR focuses on books that I have as part of my projects for 2024. I love a big book! ❤️

January - No selection
February - The Princes of Cleves by Madame de LaFayette
March - The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall
April - Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud
May - The Waves by Virginia Woolf
June - Love's Work by Gillian Rose
July - The Flame Throwers by Rachel Kushner
August - No Selection
September - The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen
October - The Real Charlotte by Edith Sommerville and Martin Ross
November - Anagrams by Lorrie Moore
December - The Life and Death of Harriet Frean by May Sinclair

The 1001 Book Countdown is a passion project where I am reading all of the books in the 1001 Books you must read before you die list by Peter Boxall. I combined all editions of the list so there are actually 1315 books all total to read. I started my reading project on YouTube in 2021 and have been documenting my way through the last 1001 books. I hope you enjoy watching me make my way through this MASSIVE project!

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Thank you for watching!

Sandy aka Ms Reads A Lot

[elenagreads]

Oh my God, Tirant Lo Blanc!! It was compulsory reading when I was in highschool here in Barcelona! I was so surprised to see it in your TBR, I've never seen it mentioned in an English booktube channel. It was a tough read but I think that was because I think I was a bit too young to fully appreciate and comprehend it, but I remember it having very funny moments!

[bethannebruninga-socolar]

Wow, those are some MASSIVE books! Good luck!! 😊

[ToddsBookTube]

I started talking to Sue Jackson when she only had 500 subscribers! I'm glad she's getting more attention!

[ellethinks]

That looks like a nice diverse range of genres for the big book challenge. I'm always inspired by your ability to make a TBR and keep to it! That Gertrude Stein one looks like a doozy.
Good luck with your summer reading Sandy!😊

[EntertheBook]

Wow I have one summer chunky book (Rebel Yell) and I just hope to get thru it - you go girl! 😂

[LaurieInTexas]

Wow that's a stack of mammoths! I just started These Truths by Jill Lepore so I will definitely have one that qualifies. I may add something else in August, but we'll see. I've already read a few big books this year so I'm okay with my limited number this summer when I'll be doing less reading.

[noteworthyfiction]

Lol, glad I'm not the only one who ended up putting mostly mammoths on my list. And now I'm tempted to add The Good Soldier Sjvek on there as well...we'll see!

[Ihearbooks]

You have really made a challenge there! I have one on my TBR The Count of Monte Cristo. I has been on my shelf for over 3 years and I am so anxious to read it. Heard so many people love it and I'm hyped. Just waiting for the audio from Libby to use as well as print. Good luck with yours.

[julieaulava]

I've got Caledonian Road at 650, Cutting For Stone at 650, Iron Flame at 620.
And then Ordinary Monsters and A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding on deck. I might move up system so mag because I love the title and cover. I also have the Paoloni - hmmmm

[awebofstories]

Sue's definition for a big book is 400+ pages, so all of your books definitely qualify!

[novelideea]

Sue said anything over 400 pages is a 'Big Book' ! You went diehard! 😂
I am doing Big Book Summer, but I don't have a TBR for it. I'm just going to count them when I read them! I know the Mistborn books will count. I have The Doomsday Book by Willis, Wall of Storms by Liu (on hold 2 library), that I know will be read sometime this summer also.

[nancyg]

'It' is also one i'd like to read. I currently have James Clavell's 'Shōgun' staring at me from my coffee table. With 1123 pages it's quite a chunker too. I'm going to try to start it this weekend. 😂

[bookwalk]

Oh, such interesting books! I own To Sleep in a Sea of Stars and just got the ebook of The Good Soldier Svejk. These sound wonderful! Good luck with your reading!

[Michelelynnreads]

This is my first year doing the big book summer challenge. Looking forward to it!

[amusicalbookworm]

Great TBR! I’ve been wanting to try that Paolini book since it came out, but I got scared off because i heard some mixed things. I’ll be reading The Tale of Genji and continuing my reread through the Stormlight Archives, and rereading Mistborn, so that is probably as ambitious as I will get!

[LeeKempter]

I am determined to read all of Tale of Genji. It is something I have wanted to read for over a year and this summer I am doing it !!! Just that no other huge books however.

[Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

I'm reading Kristin Lavransdatter, Gone with the Wind (since i put it off in April), Barchester Towers and a few more I'm not sure of.

[lorrainestreetman]

I'm doing The Count of Monte Cristo.

[betsymaher]

I think I'd pass on the Gertrude Stein one.

[betsymaher]

Hi Sandy. I don't know if you'd be interested in this but I just realized I've almost got my own little book countdown going on. I had lots of books lined up to read before I started watching book tube videos but since then I've gone book crazy even though I'm a slow reader, partly because I like to read alound sometimes. I have a book shelf with books I bought a while ago and then newer books in boxes in my closet. I have to do things systematically so quite a while ago I started rotating between the books on my shelf and the books in the boxes. I'll be 68 years old in July so I don't know how I'm ever going to get through these books but it is a goal. I also have been getting books from the library which I slip in between. Right now I'm reading The Secret History by Donna Tartt which was recommended by Susan at Road Reads. Anyway, I just wanted to tell you about that. Your channel is one of my favorites and I've purchased or gotten from the library many of the books you've recommended. I haven't counted the books I have. Maybe I should do that though. I have about 12 boxes of books.