Looking for a Challenge

I am one book away from finishing my Winter Reading Challenge from Overdue Books. So, having looked around various book blogs, I've decided to join a couple more, just to keep me going. I am signing on to the

Classics Challenge : 5 classics to be read in January & February 2007

1. Miss Marjoribanks / Mrs. Oliphant (the crossover from the Winter Reading Challenge)
2. Mary Barton / Mrs. Gaskell (I love Mrs. Gaskell!)
3. My Antonia / Willa Cather (it's been TBR for ages)
4. The Moonstone / Wilkie Collins
5. The Man who was Thursday / G.K. Chesterton

Alternates for the Classics Challenge - in case I get carried away...

1. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde / Robert Louis Stevenson
2. The Ambassadors / Henry James

I am also signing on to the Chunkster Challenge, although the decisions proved a bit hard for me! I love long books; the length allows you to sink into them and really live for a while in someone else's world. However, I also have to live in my own world, so I must keep the list reasonable. So, according to Bookfoolery's very flexible rules, I will choose 6 books over 600 pages to read within the next 6 months. My choices:

1. Armadale / Wilkie Collins (816 pgs)
2. The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters / Gordon Dahlquist (760 pgs)
3. Camilla / Fanny Burney (956 pgs)
4. Kristin Lavransdatter / Sigrid Undset (1047 pgs)
5. Sir Charles Grandison / Samuel Richardson (1597 pgs)
6. The Little Country / Charles deLint (636 pgs)

Alternates in case one proves dull:

1. The Mists of Avalon / Marion Zimmer Bradley (876 pgs)
2. The Green Darkness / Anya Seton (579 pgs -- it's over 600 in other editions!!;) )

It's shaping up to be a great winter of reading!