War and Peace was my dads favourite book. He read it 3 times. Once as a young man, once in middle age and he revisited it as one of his last books at 79. On finishing he said to me, “they are correct it’s the beat book ever written. “ I have his copy and I haven’t read it! You have reminded me & tempted me….. Thank you
I read _War and Peace_ in January and liked it. So many of the scenes have stuck. Next month I hope to start _Les Miserables_ which Classics and Company are doing. I no longer remember why but I much preferred the Frame translation over Screech for Montaigne. Happy reading!
I really like the idea of having a reading theme for a year. Glad to have found your channel through March of the Mammoths. I haven't read any of these ( except some of Montaigne's essyas), but out of the ones you showed Victor Hugo and Susanna Clarke I've heard tons of good things about. Good luck with your reading
Just found your channel and am glad to have discovered another booktuber with such similar reading taste. War and Peace and Les Mis were mammoth reads for me last year, absolutely live up to their reputations. This month the mammoth I’m reading is Mirror and Light by Hilary Mantel, the last in the Cromwell series. Also about halfway through The Way We Live Now by Trollope, which is delightful and extremely chunky. Vanity Fair is unread on my shelf, glad to hear your glowing review!
The Way We Live Now is pretty high on my Trollope list, that sounds like an excellent one. I've been meaning to finish the Comwell books for many years now, but it's been so long since I read Wolf Hall I'm afraid I have to re-read that first before I tackle the rest. Good luck!
I love a good mammoth! I'm reading The Arabian Nights (Malcolm Lyons translation; just 10pgs/day); Forever Amber (finished); and starting Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell today. Happy reading!
I’m picking up The Count of Monte Cristo again. I got about 200 pages in before the holidays, and then put it down. Time to finish it! Such an adventure! I’ve read W&P, Vanity Fair, and Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. 😊
I've just finished my mammoth, The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili, sometimes described as the 'Georgian War and Peace' (944 pages in hardback, 1258 pages on Kindle) it was a very immersive experience. I have read Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, I enjoyed it but felt it could have been cut down to a less mammoth book.
This recommendation was definitely why I decided to finally pick up War and Peace this year. I don't typically read many classics, but I do enjoy them when I do read them. I found your channel recently and am having a great time listening to you recommend and review books in your bookshelf!
Thanks and welcome! Happy to tempt you to read some classics. I wasn't much of a classics reader until I forced myself to read my own bookshelf, where I apparently stashed many years' worth of classics.
Awww! Loved your story about reading War & Peace on the beach and feeling the winter. 🥰♥️ I do want to read it at some point. I’m hoping to tackle one of these three: Byzantium by StephenR. Lawhead, Gone with the Wind, or Way of Kings for the Mammoth 🦣 challenge.
Haven't read Byzantium or Way of the Kings, but I love Gone with the Wind, despite how problematic it is to read now. Happy to see it's still on people's TBRs!
I am not reading any mammoths this March, but I am watching people’s videos when they talk about big classics. My goal this month is to tackle the ARCs that are piling up on my shelf and to mix that in with some novellas. However, I do plan on reading David Copperfield later this year.
I'm reading Anna Karenina this month. Then maybe The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish. I've got a few mammoth fantasy novels, too. I'm promising myself to tackle one every quarter.
I agree on how easily readable Les Mis was. It’s one of my all time favorites. I couldn’t quite get into his other classic, The Hunchback… and dnf’d it not too far into the book. Did you read it Julie? Anyone know if it’s worth going back to?
Thanks for your recommendations. I’m reading "The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois" by Honoree Fannonne Jeffers. It’s 801 pages in paperback. I’m about 20% in and I’m loving it so far. It’s about an American Black and Native American family from slavery to modern times. I’ve had it in my Kindle library for a few years and this challenge pushed me to start it. I’m so glad I did. I want to read Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett next and then maybe War and Peace or Middlemarch by George Elliott soon. Vanity Fair and Jonathan Strange are going on my list after this video. I loved seeing the Broadway play of Les Miserables and need to see how it differs from the book. Thanks for the suggestions. 😊
The Love Songs of WEB Du Bois has been intriguing me for a while, it sounds like the kind of multigenerational family history that I quite enjoy. Let me know how you go with it!
I've had The Love Songs of W. E. B. Dubois on my shelf for years. I plan to tackle it this month. I also want to read Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel because it would force me out of my comfort zone.
Im currently in the middle of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell and its amazing. Such a joy and an incredibly believable historical fantasy world. Its probably the best contemporary book ive read thus far.
I like the ideas of readathons, but what ends up happening is I will participate one or two times then I will forget or the books I want to read won't apply to the theme. With March of the Mammoths I want to participate, but I'm thinking of the books that won't take me as long to read. I'm glad I'm not the only one who notices the Dickensianess of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell.
I love War and Peace and I want to reread it someday. I started the Essays of Montaigne last year and haven't made much progress. I should probably try to read some of the essays in March. What I really want to pick up this year in March is David Copperfield and to start The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon (the abridged version, even that is a mammoth). Happy reading!
Decline and Fall is a "one day maybe" project for me, after I get through all of my unread shelf first of course. I have heard rave reviews about how beautifully written it was.
@@juliereadsherbookshelf I'm reading through the histories on the list provided in The Well-Educated Mind by Susan Wise Bauer and Gibbon is the next on the list.
I agree that W&P is the must read mammoth. I don't know anyone who has ever not liked it. I am halfway through Our Mutual Friend, and I am starting The Count of Monte Cristo today which is a reread from decades ago. I plan to read Vanity Fair later this year. I hope you enjoy Les Mis. It is so good, but there are definitely parts that drag. But you will make it through fine since you made it through Proust. I read Swann's Way this year and I don't intend to read the rest.
I'm actually currently reading war and peace but I'm doing the year long readalongs for it. I'm rather behind (other books appeared) so I might take mammoth march to get myself back up to date with it. I read Jonathan strange and Mr norrell about a year after it came out. So a long time ago. It definitely reads more like a Victorian book than Victorian historical fiction. I can still remember the end and loved the blending of fantasy into the world. If I didn't have other reading plans, I think I would finally get around to the count of monte cristo.
You're absolutely right, Jonathan Strange is written more like Victorian fiction. I haven't read much of Susanna Clarke otherwise so I've been curious to read her other books for a while now. I wonder if her other books are written in the same style.
No I have not. The only Dostoevsky I've read at this stage is Crime and Punishment. I do have vague plans to work through his body of work eventually though
I'm not sure what I want to read for March of the Mammoths. War and Peace and Le Miserable were possibilities. I'm going to have slight difficulty choosing, because I'm a mood reader and my Kindle is full of options. Happy reading!
Mood reading and mammoths are a difficult mix! I myself find it difficult to get in the mood to read an 800+ page book most days, but once I force myself to start, I usually get into it. Good luck!
War and Peace was my dads favourite book. He read it 3 times. Once as a young man, once in middle age and he revisited it as one of his last books at 79. On finishing he said to me, “they are correct it’s the beat book ever written. “ I have his copy and I haven’t read it! You have reminded me & tempted me….. Thank you
How special to have your dad's copy. I plan on reading War and Peace *at least* 3 times too!
I read _War and Peace_ in January and liked it. So many of the scenes have stuck. Next month I hope to start _Les Miserables_ which Classics and Company are doing.
I no longer remember why but I much preferred the Frame translation over Screech for Montaigne.
Happy reading!
I will be spreading out my reading of Les Miserables so you might actually catch me!
I really like the idea of having a reading theme for a year. Glad to have found your channel through March of the Mammoths. I haven't read any of these ( except some of Montaigne's essyas), but out of the ones you showed Victor Hugo and Susanna Clarke I've heard tons of good things about. Good luck with your reading
Thanks and welcome!
Just found your channel and am glad to have discovered another booktuber with such similar reading taste. War and Peace and Les Mis were mammoth reads for me last year, absolutely live up to their reputations. This month the mammoth I’m reading is Mirror and Light by Hilary Mantel, the last in the Cromwell series. Also about halfway through The Way We Live Now by Trollope, which is delightful and extremely chunky. Vanity Fair is unread on my shelf, glad to hear your glowing review!
The Way We Live Now is pretty high on my Trollope list, that sounds like an excellent one. I've been meaning to finish the Comwell books for many years now, but it's been so long since I read Wolf Hall I'm afraid I have to re-read that first before I tackle the rest. Good luck!
Great plans!! I'm reading Truman by David McCullough for March of the Mammoths. Happy reading!
I love a good mammoth! I'm reading The Arabian Nights (Malcolm Lyons translation; just 10pgs/day); Forever Amber (finished); and starting Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell today. Happy reading!
I’m picking up The Count of Monte Cristo again. I got about 200 pages in before the holidays, and then put it down. Time to finish it! Such an adventure!
I’ve read W&P, Vanity Fair, and Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. 😊
Rereading Return of the King and also Woman in White. Both over 800 pgs. ☺️
Love Les Mis - hope you really enjoy it!
I just started The FAR PAVILLIONS by M.M. Kaye which is 1,197.
I haven't heard of that one before but I love books set in India. Will put it on my 'one day' list for when I get through my bookshelf finally!
I've just finished my mammoth, The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili, sometimes described as the 'Georgian War and Peace' (944 pages in hardback, 1258 pages on Kindle) it was a very immersive experience. I have read Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, I enjoyed it but felt it could have been cut down to a less mammoth book.
Has anyone read Steven Demogorgon?
This recommendation was definitely why I decided to finally pick up War and Peace this year. I don't typically read many classics, but I do enjoy them when I do read them. I found your channel recently and am having a great time listening to you recommend and review books in your bookshelf!
Thanks and welcome! Happy to tempt you to read some classics. I wasn't much of a classics reader until I forced myself to read my own bookshelf, where I apparently stashed many years' worth of classics.
Awww! Loved your story about reading War & Peace on the beach and feeling the winter. 🥰♥️ I do want to read it at some point. I’m hoping to tackle one of these three: Byzantium by StephenR. Lawhead, Gone with the Wind, or Way of Kings for the Mammoth 🦣 challenge.
Haven't read Byzantium or Way of the Kings, but I love Gone with the Wind, despite how problematic it is to read now. Happy to see it's still on people's TBRs!
I am not reading any mammoths this March, but I am watching people’s videos when they talk about big classics. My goal this month is to tackle the ARCs that are piling up on my shelf and to mix that in with some novellas. However, I do plan on reading David Copperfield later this year.
right on I am reading Parade's End and didn't even realize this is going on lol
I'm reading Anna Karenina this month. Then maybe The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish.
I've got a few mammoth fantasy novels, too. I'm promising myself to tackle one every quarter.
The Susanna Clark was fabulous. It wasn’t my usual read either. It reminded me of Wilkie Collin’s in many ways.
I agree on how easily readable Les Mis was. It’s one of my all time favorites. I couldn’t quite get into his other classic, The Hunchback… and dnf’d it not too far into the book. Did you read it Julie? Anyone know if it’s worth going back to?
Thanks for your recommendations. I’m reading "The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois" by Honoree Fannonne Jeffers. It’s 801 pages in paperback. I’m about 20% in and I’m loving it so far. It’s about an American Black and Native American family from slavery to modern times. I’ve had it in my Kindle library for a few years and this challenge pushed me to start it. I’m so glad I did. I want to read Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett next and then maybe War and Peace or Middlemarch by George Elliott soon. Vanity Fair and Jonathan Strange are going on my list after this video. I loved seeing the Broadway play of Les Miserables and need to see how it differs from the book. Thanks for the suggestions. 😊
The Love Songs of WEB Du Bois has been intriguing me for a while, it sounds like the kind of multigenerational family history that I quite enjoy. Let me know how you go with it!
I've had The Love Songs of W. E. B. Dubois on my shelf for years. I plan to tackle it this month. I also want to read Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel because it would force me out of my comfort zone.
I'm reading Love Songs of W. E. B. Dubois as well. I'm really loving it so far. Happy Reading!😀
Im currently in the middle of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell and its amazing. Such a joy and an incredibly believable historical fantasy world. Its probably the best contemporary book ive read thus far.
I’m picking up Les Miserables this year for the very first time!
I like the ideas of readathons, but what ends up happening is I will participate one or two times then I will forget or the books I want to read won't apply to the theme. With March of the Mammoths I want to participate, but I'm thinking of the books that won't take me as long to read. I'm glad I'm not the only one who notices the Dickensianess of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell.
I love War and Peace and I want to reread it someday. I started the Essays of Montaigne last year and haven't made much progress. I should probably try to read some of the essays in March. What I really want to pick up this year in March is David Copperfield and to start The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon (the abridged version, even that is a mammoth). Happy reading!
Decline and Fall is a "one day maybe" project for me, after I get through all of my unread shelf first of course. I have heard rave reviews about how beautifully written it was.
@@juliereadsherbookshelf I'm reading through the histories on the list provided in The Well-Educated Mind by Susan Wise Bauer and Gibbon is the next on the list.
I agree that W&P is the must read mammoth. I don't know anyone who has ever not liked it. I am halfway through Our Mutual Friend, and I am starting The Count of Monte Cristo today which is a reread from decades ago. I plan to read Vanity Fair later this year. I hope you enjoy Les Mis. It is so good, but there are definitely parts that drag. But you will make it through fine since you made it through Proust. I read Swann's Way this year and I don't intend to read the rest.
I'm actually currently reading war and peace but I'm doing the year long readalongs for it. I'm rather behind (other books appeared) so I might take mammoth march to get myself back up to date with it.
I read Jonathan strange and Mr norrell about a year after it came out. So a long time ago. It definitely reads more like a Victorian book than Victorian historical fiction. I can still remember the end and loved the blending of fantasy into the world.
If I didn't have other reading plans, I think I would finally get around to the count of monte cristo.
You're absolutely right, Jonathan Strange is written more like Victorian fiction. I haven't read much of Susanna Clarke otherwise so I've been curious to read her other books for a while now. I wonder if her other books are written in the same style.
Have you read "Demons" by Dostoevsky?
No I have not. The only Dostoevsky I've read at this stage is Crime and Punishment. I do have vague plans to work through his body of work eventually though
I'm not sure what I want to read for March of the Mammoths. War and Peace and Le Miserable were possibilities. I'm going to have slight difficulty choosing, because I'm a mood reader and my Kindle is full of options. Happy reading!
Mood reading and mammoths are a difficult mix! I myself find it difficult to get in the mood to read an 800+ page book most days, but once I force myself to start, I usually get into it. Good luck!
The essays look interesting also though I would get it from the library.
I am now convinced RUclips’s algorithm is crap. Why has it taken this long to have your channel recommended to me?