19 August 2011

Book Blogger Hop: Size Matters

Book Blogger Hop

It's been a relatively slow book blogging week for me.  I've been trying to get lost in a couple of good books but it hasn't been working.  I read a couple that were of moderate interest but nothing more.  So it's fun to join in the hop since I've not been reviewing.  This week's question, sponsored weekly by Crazy for Books provides another short answer for me. What is the LONGEST book you've ever read, excluding religious or spiritual texts?

Because I do not have the page count in front of me for the editions I read, I'm not sure which one of these wins, but since each book weighs in at over 1,000 pages, they're both contenders: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (according to iPage, a current one volume trade paperback is 1,231 pages)) and my one volume edition of The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien (which according to iPage is 1,178 pages).  Either way, it's close.  

What about you?  What's the longest work you've ever read? 
Posted by at
Labels: ,

12 comments:

  1. JexAugust 19, 2011 at 10:13 AM

    I have an all in one edition of Lord of the Rings. It sits on my shelf unread because the thickness is so daunting :-P Glad to see you made it through.

    Jex @ Everything and Nothing

    ReplyDelete
  2. KarenAugust 19, 2011 at 10:52 AM

    I need to take a week and finally read Les Mis! Mine is a similar type of book!
    Karen @ Books Beside My Bed

    ReplyDelete
  3. Becky LeJeuneAugust 19, 2011 at 11:46 AM

    Hm, King would have to be mine. The Stand and Under the Dome both clock in at over 1,000 pages. Deliciously long reads! I can't wait until his new one comes out. I might have to take some vacation time to dive into that tome!

    ReplyDelete
  4. AnonymousAugust 19, 2011 at 1:16 PM

    Great book and movie, happy Friday!

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2011/08/book-blogger-hop_19.html

    ReplyDelete
  5. Madigan MirzaAugust 19, 2011 at 3:32 PM

    Les Miserables is such a long book... I've never finished it. I enjoyed the musical though.

    ReplyDelete
  6. AnonymousAugust 19, 2011 at 7:04 PM

    I'm pretty sure Outlander takes the prize for me. 1000+ page books just make me nervous.

    ReplyDelete
  7. AnonymousAugust 19, 2011 at 7:08 PM

    It was a loooong book! And my answer as well :)
    happy hop
    jfeldt

    ReplyDelete
  8. *^_^*August 20, 2011 at 1:44 AM

    I think I can finish reading it! ;D

    ReplyDelete
  9. Danielle ZappavignaAugust 20, 2011 at 2:33 AM

    I've never attempted either of those books, but good work getting through them!!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Mel uAugust 20, 2011 at 4:27 AM

    I have read the Lords of the Rings Trilogy twice-liked it a lot-I want to Les Miserables this year-I read Hunchback not long ago and liked it a lot

    ReplyDelete
  11. Sharon LovejoyAugust 20, 2011 at 1:10 PM

    I think for me it was War and Peace. By the end of the first week both my wrists were killing me.

    And hey there Emiy, I DO work every day...so idyllic being in Maine, but I am not on vacation...although every day feels like one to me.

    Love,

    S

    ReplyDelete
  12. Laurie @ What She ReadAugust 20, 2011 at 5:34 PM

    I'm just about finished with my War & Peace read-along. It's definitely my ultimate chunkster so far...

    ReplyDelete

Please, sir, may I have some more? (Comments, that is!)

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)