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Arifel
Posted 2017-01-04 5:34 AM (#14939)
Subject: Giants of Genre: A Long Book Challenge 2017		Quote Reply



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Hi! I'm new here but looking forward to using WWE and especially joining in with the reading challenges this year

So I've always found myself instinctively moving away from certain titles on my TBR pile - I'm sure you know the ones. I have a couple of hardbacks that I pick up occasionally only to put back down, afraid I might need more weightlifting training before holding them for prolonged periods; some Kindle reads that I'll start before checking the page count, inhaling sharply and flipping to something new in a novella anthology instead. Since tracking my reading numbers more consistently this problem has got even worse, as it's far too easy to start thinking in terms of "but how will I read as many books if I have to read these long ones?"

To stop these perverse incentives in their tracks and give these big beautiful books their deserved time in the sun, I created the Giants of Genre Challenge - to read 5, or 10, long-to-you books that you've been intimidated or put off by, in 2017.

I hope the levels come across as fairly modest, though I've gone for some mandatory reviews in both - I figure that if one is spending so long with a book, there will be lots to write about at the end in a review component. I've also discovered that length can be a surprisingly tricky criteria to seek books against, especially if you get most of your recommendations and suggestions online (rather than browsing shelves, where the doorstops are a bit more obvious), and I know that what counts as "long and intimidating" varies from person to person, so I hope people can interpret in a way that feels challenging in a good way rather than just frustrating.

Hope everyone has fun with this, please let me know if you have any suggestions. Would also love to hear what people are intending to read - and doubly so for any unusual and/or diverse books that fall in this category that you think more people should know about.

https://www.worldswithoutend.com/rollyourown.asp?ryo_id=184

(Yes it took me several days between writing the challenge and getting to the forums, sorry about that)

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