2017 Big Book Summer Wrap-Up

Since I've been posting about it since May, you probably know that I once again hosted my Big Book Summer Challenge this summer! Basically, it's just about reading some of the bigger books (400+ pages) that may have been on your want-to-read shelf or list forever (or new big books you want to read!). You can read all about the challenge and the simple rules on the challenge page.

It was another wonderful Big Book Summer, with 22 people joining the challenge this year, either linking up on the challenge page or through the Goodreads group for those who don't have blogs. I enjoyed reading all your reviews of Big Books, and we had some great discussions in the Goodreads group! You can check out reviews and wrap-up posts on the challenge page.

For my own Big Book Summer Challenge, I had hoped to read 6 Big Books. I did read 6 in all, though they were not all the ones I planned to read! That's just the way it goes some years. I decided to finish a series, add a classic, and luckily, one of my review books for Shelf Awareness turned out to be a Big Book, too.

Here's what I read for the 2017 Big Book Summer Challenge:

• The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater - YA (409 pages)
• Shift (Silo Trilogy, Book 2) by Hugh Howey (570 pages)
• Dust (Silo Trilogy, Book 3) by Hugh Howey (480 pages)
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (507 pages)
• Overpowered by Mark H. Kruger - YA (423 pages)
• The Hunting Accident: A True Story of Crime and Poetry by David L. Carlson & Landis Blair (graphic novel - 464 pages)

Links are to my reviews here on the blog (Shelf Awareness has not yet published my review of The Hunting Accident, but I will link to it here when it is posted - it was excellent!).

I will announce the winner of the Big Book Summer Giveaway in a separate post - I want to check with the winner first.

Congratulations to everyone who participated! I hope that YOU will join the fun next year!