Monday, June 11, 2012

Musing Mondays


Musing Monday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. She gives us a question and we answer it. This week's question is:
What is the longest book you have ever read? How long did it take you to read it?


My answer is:
Under the Dome by Stephen King. It was 1,072 pages and took me two weeks to read. It was a great book, although the middle was a little too slow for my taste. 

What's the longest book you've ever read? Leave me an answer in the comments.

16 comments:

  1. really, what is it with Mr. King and these Giant Books?

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    1. He usually does write pretty big books. If you're looking for something shorter, he has a novella called The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. It's really good as well.

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  2. I need to read that one soon, it's been on my TBR shelf for a while now. I love Stephen King :) My copy is only around 800 pages, though.

    http://bookyaddict.blogspot.ie/2012/06/musing-mondays-3.html

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    1. I have the hardcover first edition. I loved Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I read it in under a day, and it was well worth it.

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  3. I haven't read Under the Dome yet. I'm a new follower. here's my MM: http://meganm922.blogspot.com/2012/06/musing-mondays.html

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    1. It's really good. I haven't read the Bible the whole way through yet, but I've read bits and pieces.

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  4. My longest book was King's The Stand. I have yet to read Dome.

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    1. The Stand is on my tbr list. I hope to read it pretty soon. My husband and I have two copies of it.

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  5. Oh, I know that King does do giant books...I recently read his 849 page 11/22/63...but here's MY MUSING MONDAYS POST

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    1. I haven't read 11/22/63 yet, but it's on my tbr list. I've been wanting to read Gone with the Wind for a long time.

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  6. Wow that is a loooong book. I can't imagine writing something that long lol. My Musing Monday

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    1. I love the Harry Potter series. Stephen King has wrote several books almost that long.

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  7. Stephen King has written several long ones...I haven't read The Stand or Under the Dome...his newest one is shorter, at 849 pages, which I read in between other reads.

    Here's MY MUSING MONDAYS POST

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  8. Wow, I didn't know about Under the Dome. I learned something new. :-)

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    1. Under the Dome is great. I definitely recommend it.

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  9. I think the longest book I read was "Gotham" which is a non-fiction book. The history of New York from the Dutch through the 19th century. A little over 1400 pages. I think it took about 3 weeks to read- but I usually have 10 or so other books going. It took me a while to read it because it wasn't an ebook and I had to read it sitting at a desk because it was too heavy. Not only a huge number of pages, but it was an oversized book. Very good, though, won the Pulitzer for History.

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