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Book Blog Hop (14)

The Book Blog Hop is a weekly meme hosted by Jen at Crazy for Books.  It is a great way to hook up with other bloggers and check out cool blogs.  I am sorry I am posting this so late, my new job is keeping me pretty busy!

This week's question:  What is the longest book you have ever read?

I am not sure which is the longest, but I have read War and Peace, Atlas Shrugged, and The Stand and they are all super long!

What about you?

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  1. New follower from the Book Blogger Hop. I love your blog name! I designed a t-shirt that said that. When I googled longest novels it brought up Atlas Shrugged as one of the top 10 longest. Check out my answer here: http://misclisa.blogspot.com/2011/08/book-blogger-hop-12-and-follow-friday-9.html

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  2. new follower - come by and visit us www.seducedbybooks.blogspot.com

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  3. Thanks for stopping by my blog! Yay for The Stand :-) I've not read AS or W&P but they're whoppers too!

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  4. I think War and Peace is probably the longest on you list. It has just under 1500 depending on which edition you read. Good on you. I got half way through. I ended up reading something else in between and didn't go back to it even though I was enjoying it. I think I would need to start again now.

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  5. Whew, your list is impressive! I've never read War and Peace, but one day I plan to tackle it. That one day is probably decades away, though...

    My answer is here: http://www.libereading.com/2011/08/long-books.html

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  6. I do want to read War and Peace one day, but I think my Steven King days are behind me. I'm too much of a scaredy-cat any more. I was a lot braver when I was younger. Now I can't risk a sleepless night!

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