Welcome to Monday Potpourri. Today’s event is Musing Mondays, hosted by Should Be Reading.
Prompt:
What is the longest book you have ever read? How long did it take you to read it?
Wow, that’s quite a question! I know that I did read the whole Bible when I was a teenager, and can’t remember how long it took.
Another long one was Gone with the Wind, and again…I don’t know how long it took, since I read it in high school, sandwiched in between homework, school, etc. But I do recall that I read it about three times! On Amazon, it lists the number of pages as 960…I do recall the book I read had more than 1,000 pages.
I bought it a few months ago so that I could reread it.
I also read Forever Amber in high school; Amazon shows 976 pages. Again…sandwiched in between other activities. I can barely remember high school…lol; but I do remember reading those two books, along with many other favorites.
I almost forgot: War and Peace, at 1296 pages and Atlas Shrugged, at 1200.
Nowadays, when I have a chunkster to read, I usually read it only occasionally, in between other books.
What about the rest of you? What’s your largest chunkster?
Hmmm…I have read Gone With The Wind and Forever Amber…but perhaps Discovery Of Witches?
And after I wrote this, I remembered some others, which I’ve added: War and Peace and Atlas Shrugged.
I haven’t read Discovery of Witches. Heard a lot about it. Thanks for visiting, Patty.
Gone With the Wind seems to be a popular answer. I’ve always wanted to read it. If you’ve read it three times maybe I should try it lol. My Musing Monday
I bought it recently so I can reread it again…wonder if I’ll enjoy it as much as I did back then?
Thanks for stopping by, Harley….
WOW you have a great memory! I do have your book, which I didn’t realize until after I downloaded it that it had 600 pages. However, as I stated in my answer, and I’m sure it will be the same as Web of Tyranny, if it is good and I get so engrossed, I forget about the page #. Thank you for stopping by. Have a great week.
Yes, that happens to me, too; as for the number of pages in the books I mentioned, I had to look a few up on Amazon. It has been more than fifty years since I read some of them! lol
Thanks for stopping by, Cheryl, and I hope you do get engrossed in Web of Tyranny.
GWTW was my choice of longest book I’ve read. I’ve only read it once, my self. Thanks for the visit today.
Glad you could stop by, Gigi Ann….I am curious if I’ll enjoy GWTW when I reread it…again.
Yeah I’ve never read any of those books and I know they are classics but they just don’t interest me enough. Thanks for stopping by. Wow War and Peace, I bow my head to you hehe.
We have to go with our reading preferences….it doesn’t do any good to read something we don’t enjoy! Thanks for stopping by, Cathy, and have a great week.
Not sue I actually red GWtW..if I did, it was decades ago. And I don’t count the Bible, since I did not read it front to back but skipped around. So I will go with Lord of the Rings.
But I think I have lost all hope of putting up with huge books. Give me one great smaller one than one no so great hulking huge tone.
I have less patience for the bigger books these days, but because I have a few chunksters on my stacks, I joined a challenge to help me get through them this year….
Thanks for visiting, Caite.
I don’t mind reading big books since I got my Nook!
The Kindle is a lot lighter than a big book…thanks for stopping by, Kwizgiver.
It is hard to remember how long it took when I read a book a long time ago. I’m like you with long books today. I read in small pieces between other books.
Yes, back in the day, I just read when I got a chance and never thought about how long it took. Thanks for stopping by, Jo, and enjoy your reads, short or long!
I think my longest books were Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, but that was a long time ago when I had more patience, even though they were quick reads (relatively speaking). Gone with the Wind is on my TBR but I keep putting it off!
It’s hard to believe that most of my biggest books were read when I was younger and busy with school, social activities, etc. But then I wasn’t trying to finish the books within a time frame like I am now that I’m blogging.
Thanks for stopping by, ocd reader…
I KNOW! Now that I blog about books it feels like there is a timeline…such pressure
Definitely! As much as I enjoy blogging about books, it does start to feel a bit like a job!…sigh
Hi! Thanks for the visit to my blog! Sorry it took me so long to reply as I was knee deep in grading papers all week.
Great books! All classics I am ashamed that I have not read yet.
No worries…glad you could come on by, no matter when! Thanks, Wuthering Willow, and enjoy your week.