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2025: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie
️Duration: 1-Jan-2025 - 31-Dec-2025
Books Read: 2 | Pages Read: 1727
1. War and Peace (1,225 pages) - Achievements: 🕰️�
2. The Overstory (502 pages) - Achievements: 🎭
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2025: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie️Duration: 1-Jan-2025 - 31-Dec-2025
Books Read: 1 | Pages Read:
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1. The Outsider by Stephen King, 577p - 01/08 - 4�
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2025: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie️Duration: 1-Jan-2025 - 31-Dec-2025
🌎 Global Goliath: Reader of books from the most countries
🎭 Genre Giant: Reader with the most diverse genres
Books: 10
Pages: 7,371
1. Hawaii/James A. Michener - 1/3; 1,490 pages; 🕰️🌎�
2. You Like It Darker/Stephen King - 1/11; 502 pages; 🎭
3. 1916: A Novel of the Irish Rebellion/Morgan Llywelyn - 1/19; 576 pages; 🌎
4. Alaska/James A. Michener - 2/6; 1,348 pages
5. The Year of the Flood/Margaret Atwood - 3/5; 529 pages; 🎭
6. The Jasmine Throne/Tasha Suri - 3/28; 533 pages;🎭 🌎
7. As Good As Dead/Holly Jackson - 3/28 - 500 pages; 🎭
8. The Oleander Sword/Tasha Suri - 4/9 - 512 pages
9. The Priory of the Orange Tree/Samantha Shannon - 4/16 - 845 pages
10. Little Women/Louisa May Alcott - 4/17 - 566 pages 🎭
Longest book: 1,490
Oldest book: 1959
Newest book: 2021
Genres read: Historical Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Fiction
Countries visited: USA, Ireland, India
2025 - I Like Big Books and I Cannot LieDuration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
01/25 Code Name Sapphire by Pam Jenoff[541]
01/31 Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score[572]
04/01 Love & Olives by Jenna Evans Welch[501]
TBR
Things We Hide from the Light[594]
Things We Left Behind[592]
Final Offer[583]
Rule of the Aurora King[512]
Fate of the Sun King[556]
Tale of the Heart Queen[672]
House of Earth and Blood[803]
House of Sky and Breath[805]
House of Flame and Shadow[835]
Here One Moment[512]
The Bright Sword[673]
By Any Other Name[528]
Their Freefall At Last[516]
2025: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie (500+)️Duration: 1-Jan-2025 - 31-Dec-2025
🕰� Tome Titan: Reader of the longest book
📜 Vintage Virtuoso: Reader of the oldest big book
� Cutting-Edge Conqueror: Reader of the newest big book
🌎 Global Goliath: Reader of books from the most countries
🎭 Genre Giant: Reader with the most diverse genres
📚 Series Slayer: Reader who completes the most series
Books:
Pages:
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-639 Pgs3.
-874 Pgs4.
-807 Pgs5.
-523 Pgs6.
-852 Pgs7.
-721 Pgs8.
-521 Pgs9.
- 540 Pgs10.
-608 Pgs11.
-700 Pgs12.
= 845 Pgs13.
-762 Pgs14.
Longest book:
Oldest book:
Newest book:
Genres read:
Countries visited: England, Prague,
# of series completed:
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2025: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2025
Books Read: 3 | Total Pages: 2,336
1. Mr. Mercedes ~ 2/7 | 538 pgs
2. Onyx Storm ~ 2/14 | 758 pgs
Ohhh, we're back! And I'm in!🕰� Tome Titan: Reader of the longest book
📜 Vintage Virtuoso: Reader of the oldest big book
� Cutting-Edge Conqueror: Reader of the newest big book
🌎 Global Goliath: Reader of books from the most countries
🎭 Genre Giant: Reader with the most diverse genres
📚 Series Slayer: Reader who completes the most series
Number of books read: 31
Total pages read: 25211
1. The Corrections - 653 🌎🎭
2. Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt - 750🎭📚
3. The Bone Clocks - 640 🌎🎭
4. Here One Moment - 512 ✨🌎�
5. The End of Mr. Y - 502
6. Company of Liars - 576
7. The Man Without Qualities - 1774 🌎🎭🕰�
8. A Suitable Boy - 1474 🌎🎭
9. Altered Carbon - 544🎭
10. The Paying Guests - 599
11. The Potato Factory - 739
12. Kushiel's Dart - 1040
13. A Conjuring of Light - 666 📚
14. Words of Radiance - 1088
15. The Complete Sherlock Holmes - 1796 🕰�
16. The Will of the Many - 639
17. Dark Fire - 501
18. Villette - 611 🌎📜
19. The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings - 656 🌎🎭
20. The Bourne Identity - 566
21. The Passage - 784 🎭
22. The Fountainhead - 704 🎭
23. Oathbringer - 1408
24. Wolves of the Calla - 960
25. The Perfect Run - 667 🌎
26. Song of Susannah - 544
27. The Way We Live Now - 776 🎭
28. The Twelve - 688
29. The City of Mirrors - 602 📚
30. Rhythm of War - 1232
31. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - 520 🎭
Longest book: 1796 pages
Oldest book: 1853
Newest book: Sep 2024
Genres read: Fiction, Audiobook, Historical fiction, Fantasy, Classics, India, Science Fiction, History, Horror, Philosophy, Victorian, Dystopia
Countries visited: USA, England, Australia, Austria, India, France, Scandinavia (Norway/Denmark, Sweden etc.), Italy
# of series completed: 3
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️Duration: 1-Jan-2025 to 31-Dec-2025
🕰� Tome Titan: Reader of the longest book
📜 Vintage Virtuoso: Reader of the oldest big book
� Cutting-Edge Conqueror: Reader of the newest big book
🌎 Global Goliath: Reader of books from the most countries
🎭 Genre Giant: Reader with the most diverse genres
📚 Series Slayer: Reader who completes the most series
Books Read: 3 | Pages Read: 1847
1. Onyx Storm (527pgs), 16-Feb | Achievements: ✨Jan 2025, 🎭Fantasy
2. JFK (792pgs), 4-Mar | 🎭Biography
3. Born to Run (528pgs), 7-Mar | 🎭Memoir
Do we pick one genre per book, or can we list any MPGs the book happens to work for?Also, do we need to read the entire series this year to qualify for series slayer, or can we count finishing series we've already started too?
2025 - I Like Big Books and I Cannot LieDuration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
1 Shadow's Edge by Brent Weeks - 1/5 - 636 pages
2 Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens - 2/3/25 - 608 pages
3 Kingdoms at War by Lindsay Buroker - 2/26/25 - 515 pages
4 1632 by Eric Flint - 3/29/25 - 597 pages
5 Seven Deadly Wonders by Matthew Reilly - 4/13/25 - 547 pages
2025: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie️Duration: 1-Jan-2025 - 31-Dec-2025
Books: 2
Pages: 1,181
1. Complicated by Kristen Ashley 02/08 ~ 628 pgs
2. Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions by Duane Tudahl 02/19 ~ 553 pgs
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📌All Books MUST be 500+ pages.
📌You must use the edition you read - if your edition is 499 pages, it does not count, even if there is an edition over 500 pages.
2025: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie1-Jan-2025 - 31-Dec-2025
Number of books read: 10
Total pages read: 5908
1. Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky | 608 | 1.31.25
2. King: A Life by Jonathan Eig | 688 | 2.1.25
3. Gaudy Night | 501 | 2.14.25
4. The Gate of the Feral Gods | 586 | 2.24.25
5. All the Colors of the Dark | 608 | 3.8.25
6. Babel | 544 | 3.7.25
7. The Jasmine Throne | 533 | 3.21.25
8. The Valley of Horses | 577 | 4.3.25
9. The Mammoth Hunters | 753 | 4.7.25
10. Amazonia | 510 | 4.16.25
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Longest book: 753 The Mammoth Hunters
Oldest book: 1.1.35 Gaudy Night
Newest book: 5.16.23
Genres read: Science Fiction, Space Opera, Biography, Mystery, Fantasy, Adventure, Historical Fiction, Prehistoric, Romance, Thriller, Action
Countries visited: US, England (UK), Brazil, Austria (Stone Age Danube)
# of series completed:
2025: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie️Duration: 1-Jan-2025 - 31-Dec-2025
Books: 1
Pages: 640
1. Homecoming by Kate Morton 20/01 - 640 Pages
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📌All Books MUST be 500+ pages.
📌You must use the edition you read - if your edition is 499 pages, it does not count, even if there is an edition over 500 pages
025: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie️Duration: 1-Jan-2025 - 31-Dec-2025
Books: 2
Pages: 1,222
1.Twisted Hate (522pgs)-1/17/25
2.King's Cage (700pgs)-2/3/25
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📌All Books MUST be 500+ pages.
📌You must use the edition you read - if your edition is 499 pages, it does not count, even if there is an edition over 500 pages.
Me too!2025: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie
️Duration: 1-Jan-2025 - 31-Dec-2025
Books Read: 1 | Pages Read: 2288
1. Krieg und Frieden (2288) - Achievements: 🕰️�
2. Red Winter: The Complete Trilogy (858) - Achievements: 🌎
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Also, do we need to read the entire series this year to qualify for series slayer, or can we count finishing se..."
Genres: Pick the TOP MPG on the GR page (1 per book)
Series: As long as the series is COMPLETED this year, it counts (even if other books were not read this year)
Countries: This refers to the publication origin, not the setting, sorry I didn't clarify!
2025: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie️Duration: 1-Jan-2025 - 31-Dec-2025
Books Read: 5 | Pages Read: 3391
1. Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining by Scarlett Drake - 1/6 - 599 pgs
2. The Mercenary and the Mortician: A Dark Paranormal MM Romance by Alexandra St. Pierre - 2/9 - 770 pgs
3. Into the North by Amber Huxley - 2/11 - 536 pgs
4. Retribution by Sebastian Phoenix - 2/19 - 592 pgs
5. Dune by Frank Herbert - 3/5 - 894 pgs
🕰� Tome Titan: Reader of the longest book📜 Vintage Virtuoso: Reader of the oldest big book
� Cutting-Edge Conqueror: Reader of the newest big book
🌎 Global Goliath: Reader of books from the most countries
🎭 Genre Giant: Reader with the most diverse genres
📚 Series Slayer: Reader who completes the most series
Number of books read: 1
Total pages read: 699
1. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer - 699 pages
Longest book: 699
Oldest book: 2008
Newest book: 2008
Genres read: Paranormal
Countries visited: USA
# of series completed: 1
Ashley wrote: "Sammy wrote: "Do we pick one genre per book, or can we list any MPGs the book happens to work for?Also, do we need to read the entire series this year to qualify for series slayer, or can we coun..."
Countries: This refers to the publication origin, not the setting, sorry I didn't clarify!
How do we find the publication origin country?
Mod
Also, do we need to read the entire series this year to qualify for series slayer,..."
I suppose you're right, this info isn't GR available. Let me think on this and I'll get back with you!
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🌎 Global Goliath: Reader of books set in the most countries
Rules: Must be the story's primary setting (where the majority of the plot takes place). You can only choose 1 per book, so choose wisely!
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (other topics)Rhythm of War (other topics)
City of Gods and Monsters (other topics)
The City of Mirrors (other topics)
Seven Deadly Wonders (other topics)
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Matthew Reilly (other topics)Louisa May Alcott (other topics)
Samantha Shannon (other topics)
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Frank Herbert (other topics)
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Duration: 1-Jan-2025 to 31-Dec-2025
Rules:
📌All Books MUST be 500+ pages.
📌You must use the edition you read - if your edition is 499 pages, it does not count, even if there is an edition over 500 pages.
📌If you listened to the audiobook, use the default edition page count.
📌No Graphic Novels/Comic Books/Cookbooks
📌Re-reads are fine, it just needs to be at least a few months since your last read through.
📌Please put all your books in ONE comment! Just update as you go! (If you run out of room, you can make another comment and link to your first.)
Winner:
The reader who completes the most books wins! In case of a tie, the higher total page count determines the winner.
Fun Achievements:
As you embark on your big book journey for 2025, we want to celebrate your unique reading accomplishments! Below are some fun achievements you can aim for throughout the year. When you add a book to your list, include the emoji(s) for any achievement(s) you're targeting!
🕰� Tome Titan: Reader of the longest book
📜 Vintage Virtuoso: Reader of the oldest big book
� Cutting-Edge Conqueror: Reader of the newest big book
🌎 Global Goliath: Reader of books set in the most countries
🎭 Genre Giant: Reader with the most diverse genres
📚 Series Slayer: Reader who completes the most series
New for 2025:
🏆 Quarterly Champions: Keep your post up to date, we will be recognizing the top reader for each quarter!
Let’s make 2025 a year of epic reads and fantastic achievements! Happy reading!