John's 2024 BIG FAT BOOKS

Hopefully i will reach double figures in my BFB reading this year.

I am hoping for the same! I am trying to read more non fiction in 2024, so that should help.

Thanks for setting things up, John. Good luck in your life and happy reading.

Thanks again for setting up the thread John, best of luck with the big books!

Thanks, Jayne, Jean and Bryan.

Hi John, i'm happy to join this group again for another year of reading Big Fat Books.

Thanks for setting up the group again, John! I hope to do better with my BFBs, now that I'm retired and should have more time. But in real life, pensioners are always busy...

>7 MissWatson: I'm not, Birgit. Lots of free time. I have the morning to do chores and visit Peet and the afternoons are for things like books, jigsaws and fun things to do.

>8 connie53: That sounds great!

No thread for reads yet?

hi John I've set up the thread for a group total, hope that works, regards

>11 bryanoz:, Thanks Bryan.

First BFB of the year finished late last night, A Column of Fire by Ken Follett, PB - 885 pages.

Hey John. Since this is my first foray into the BFB group, had a question about audio books. Is there a suggested benchmark on an audio that makes it a BFB? Or would you just go somewhere to see how long the paper version is and if it exceeds 500, then its in?

For example, I'm just about finished with Return of the King. The audio is 21 hours. The paper copy I have is 506p, so is 21 hours a benchmark, or are you really only tracking pages read?

This curious mind wants to know.

>14 mahsdad:, Hi Jeff, to be honest i haven't thought about audio books, i would err on the side of checking how long a paperback version is as we only really track pages read. I hope this is useful to you mate and maybe other members of the group have some thoughts.

Thanks John, I'll use the page count of the paper version of the book and record those pages to the group's running total. Makes sense. Thanks!

>16 mahsdad: Yes I always use the page count from a paper edition.

>17 kac522: I would do that too.

Second BFB finished recently, The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel, PB - 587 pages.

BFB'S 2, Total Pages 1,472, Page Average 736.

Third BFB finished on 15th April, Close to the Bone by Stuart MacBride, PB - 542 pages.

BFB's read - 3, Total Pages - 2,014, Page Average - 671.33 pages.

Fourth BFB finished on 27th April, A Wanted Man by Lee Child, PB - 524 pages.

BFB's read - 4, Total Pages - 2,538, Page Average - 634.5 pages.

Fifth BFB finished on 13th May, The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett, PB - 897 pages.

BFB's read - 5, Total Pages - 3,435, Page Average - 687 pages.

Finished my Sixth BFB of 2024 on the 25th of July, this was also my Fiftieth, 1,000+ page book read since i started recording my reading on 1st July 1995.

The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith, PB - 1,221 pages.

BFB's read - 6, Total Pages - 4,656, Page Average - 776 pages.

Finished my Seventh BFB of 2024 on 29th August, The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas, PB - 500 pages.

BFB'S read - 7, Total Pages - 5,156, Page Average - 736.57 pages.

Finished books 4 and 5, my goal, of my BFB challenge for the year. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verhese and Wlin Musk by Walter Isaacson