HIGH PAGE COUNT BOOKS THAT ACTUALLY SCARE (!!) ME
When it comes to books with a high page count, well, these kind of scare me! I remember seeing The Count of Monte Cristo at a store, and was tempted to pick it up because I love the adaptations, but then seeing the page count, well, it promptly went back on the shelf! Needless to say, I’m not a long book reader. I love 320 or so concise stories. Still, I know there are amazing books with high page counts out there, and they too deserve a mention so let’s feature those.
BOOKS with a HIGH PAGE COUNT
LITTLE WOMEN, LOUISA MAY ALCOTT 600+ pages
TO WHISPER HER NAME, TAMERA ALEXANDER 400+ pages
MANSFIELD PARK, JANE AUSTEN 500+ pages
ROOK, SHARON CAMERON 400+ pages
A THOUSAND HEARTBEATS, KIERA CASS 500+ pages
HIGH PAGE COUNT BOOKS THAT ACTUALLY SCARE (!!) ME. Talking #books with a high page count! Have you read any of these? #Classics #TTT #TopTenList #BookList Share on XLIST | OTP FAVORITES: THE LOVE STORY OF CORA AND LIAM FROM ‘PROVIDENCE FALLS’
MY CALAMITY JANE + MY CONTRARY MARY, CYNTHIA HAND and BRODI ASHTON and JODI MEADOWS 500+ pages
NOTHING LIKE the MOVIES, LYNN PAINTER 400+ pages
THE LADY’S MINE, FRANCINE RIVERS 400+ pages
UNTIL LEAVES FALL in PARIS, SARAH SUNDIN 400+ pages
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Have Little Women on my list too. Oh, I like the sound and look of Until Leaves Fall in Paris. Thanks for the recommendation :)
Hope you enjoy Sarah’s if you read it. :) I’ve enjoyed her books a lot through the years. Ideally I’d enjoy Little Women, but the page count is too high.
Little Women was such a good read.
I think I’d quite like Little Women, I just let the page count “scare” me away. ;)
To Whisper Her Name looks like my sort of book.
Thanks for the list.
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I did read that one years ago and cannot remember much about it specifically, but do know I liked her books back in the day. :)
I love Little Women. Such a good chunker.
I think I’d enjoy it too. I just have to decide to actually read it. ;)
“long books scare me” was my exact thought for this weeks prompt!
Glad I’m not alone in this feeling, Bree. They intimidate me like crazy. ;)
I love big books and I cannot lie 😂 They don’t scare me but I do have to be in a certain frame of mind to read them and commit to them. I love the first Jane book, but I haven’t read the second and third in the series. I was so sad when Netflix canceled the series.
I need to read more of the Jane books! It was lots of fun. Hope we both enjoy more in the collection. So glad you enjoy long books. :)
I didn’t realize Little Women was so long! Thanks for stopping by RimSP earlier :)
Right?! That one IS lengthy. So many pages.
I really enjoyed Little Women and Mansfield Park, but it has been a while since I read them!
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So glad to know this! I feel like I would love both, I’d just have to first get past the page count. ;)
Oh you just remined me that I wanted to read Rook!
That one does still sound fun! :)
Once upon a time, I enjoyed reading big books. Now, anything over 400 pages scares me. LOL!
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So much SAME, Pam! Glad I’m not alone in this. :)
Lol I have only read Little Women.
If I could get past the page count, Little Women seems to be a great read. :)
I remember enjoying Little Women and it’s one I want to read again to see if I would enjoy it again, some for Gone with The Wind, but I don’t know if I actually will, LOL! I am like you, these days I prefer 400 pages or under. Have a great week!
Yes! I am a “short” book reader. I like a good story, yes, but I also like to be able to feel as if there is an end in sight. Probably because I read so slow already that reading a 500, 600, 700 or larger book means I may “never” get it all read. ;) Hope you enjoy Little Women and GWTW if you read them again!
Thanks Rissi, those chunksters are daunting for sure! If I decide to read one, I start with a chapter a day to make it more manageable and less overwhelming.
That’s smart, Cindy! Kind of like what you see people say about the Bible, too. :)
That’s true! I hadn’t thought of it in that way!
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I tend to shy away from anything over about 400 pages, although I have read LITTLE WOMEN (many times) and the whole Lady Jane/Mary series. ROOK is on my TBR list. An occasional really long book doesn’t phase me, but I usually only read a few of them per year. Great list!
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They do intimidate me, Susan… but I think part of that is because I feel like not finishing a book is a “failure” so it’s daunting to start something, and maybe not like it but have to read all those pages! ;) I would like to try Little Women someday! It seems like a book I’d enjoy. I wonder if the Lady Janies will write another series at some point? My Lady Jane sure was fun!
I agree with you! I’m not much for long books. I have read Little Women but it’s been many, many years.
I’d like to think I could read Little Women! It seems like a great story. :)
Nobody ever talks about Rook, but it is one of those undiscovered gems in my opinion.
I’ve had that one for YEARS, Alicia, but am still curious about it. :)
Great list! I read Little Women as a kid, and never realized that it was as long as it was, but I loved it anyway. There really are so many great books out there with high page counts, but sometimes a quick read is just what I’m looking for. Hopefully you overcome your fears and check some of these out!
I’d like to give Little Women a fair change, Leah so I hope I do too! In the meantime, I’ll read my “short and sweet” books. ;)