You described the joy of reading mammoth books perfectly. It's been well over twenty years since I've read This Much is True, but I recall enjoying it in a 4 star way without being blown away by it. Les Miserables, however, I was blown away by..❤
Julie!!! Look at you! You’re channel blew up because of this video! That’s amazing!! I have a few mammoths on my physical tbr as well but I’m thinking that a lot of them will be left on my tbr until the end of my tbr project. I’d love to participate in this reading channel next year. I also have Vanity Fair, I actually just bought it at a charity shop last week, and I have Anna Karenina and a few other tomes. I’m excited to hear your thoughts on all the books you chose!
Hi Julie! I am planning to read my bookshelves, too! This is a wonderful plan! I am reading The Count of Monroe Cristo for the Mammoth reading event. I have subscribed and look forward to following your progress! 🌸🇨🇦📚
I've always thought 'Hard Times' was a bit atypical for Dickens, it's grittier and more industrial than most of his other books. 'Bleak House' is terrific.
That's what I heard. I'm def going to attempt a more typical Dickens novel. Don't think I'm being fair if all I've read of him is a bit of Hard Times and a Christmas Carol!
I am currently Reading I know this much is true and I can honestly say: while it is not an easy read, it is mesmerizing. It is heartbreaking, human and pulls you into the story fiercly and mercilessly. It tells the story about two twin brothers, one of them a shizophrenic, the other one his guardian and how they are bound to each other even though they dont want to be and how it effects their life.
Yay! Just discovered your channel, great to see another Australian on booktube. I've become terrible at picking up mammoths to read despite having more than enough on my shelves. I still haven't read any of those ones. I started The Luminaries when it first came out but didn't have the headspace for it at the time and need to go back to it. I'm currently reading the 2023 Stella longlist and will dip into the 2023 womens prize longlist, all from my local library so I might have to do a mammoth March next year. Happy Reading.
I've just discovered your channel. I'm sort of on the same path of reading all my unread books, so good luck to both of us! I'll be reading Anna Karenina for the first time for March of the Mammoths, but I don't expect to finish it in one month, it's more like a long term project for me. I'm going to browse your channel now! Bye!
Hey. Really enjoyed the video. To get into Dickens, my suggestion is to start with Great Expectations. It's a masterpiece and it opens the door to read more of his books
I'm a new subscriber to your channel. I am reading Les Miserables as my mammoth, and oh my!, those excursions. But I don't mind them too much. Just don't ask any questions about them later! I read Bleak House a couple of years ago, it lends itself very well to reading in short blocks. I think I read about 30 pages a day, and for the most part that saw me to the end of chapters and, as the book is written in intertwining threads, to the end of a thread so that I wasn't breaking off in the middle of a scene. Those threads all pull together at the end, I'm not a huge Dickens fan but I really appreciated how he did that. I hope you are enjoying your March's book pick.
Interested to know how you go with Les Mis. I've heard conflicting things about it - either that it's the most amazing book in the world or completely unreadable because of the tangents.
Love me chunky books also and I'm not afraid to read them 😂 I’m doing a buddy read of Les Miserables this month and I'm loving it so far. I have vanity fair carded for June of this year. Hope you have a wonderful reading month.
Hi, new subscriber! I would participate in March of the Mammoths, but the chunky books I'm reading don't exactly fit the number criteria. Still reading some chunksters and I want to read a few short stories this month.
I just discovered your channel! Great content. I love the idea of reading from your own shelves exclusively. I’m trying very hard to do that. 😊 I Know This Much Is True is fantastic! But I’m a Wally Lamb fan so it’s a subjective statement for sure. 😅
I just read Les Miserables and absolutely loved it. I set Bleak House aside. I should pick it back up. I Know This Much Is True is a favorite but I understand it’s not for everyone. Vanity Fair is great. I hope you enjoy your Mammoth 😊
Yay Australian BookTuber! I've read most of Dickens work, and I don't rate Hard Times very highly at all (from what I remember of it). Bleak House is (arguably) his best, though David Copperfield and Our Mutual Friend were two of my other favorites. Great Expectations, Oliver Twist and Nickolas Nickleby are maybe the next tier (I think Great Expectations is one of the shorter ones so it gets assigned more often in school). A Tale of Two Cities is another one that gets assigned because its relatively short, but it relies alot of coincidence and it's very paternalistic so it's maybe B tier for me. Everything else is okay, but not worth going out of your way for, IMO. TL;DR: Dickens is very wordy and the sexism in his stories leans more towards paternalistic than anything else so it's tolerable, but not great. But he was, overall, very progressive for his time on a number of issues.
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Les Misérables will be the most monumental read of your life. Absolutely transformative. Can’t praise it enough.
I don’t know why but I can listen to you talk about any book. You have such insightful thoughts. ❤
You described the joy of reading mammoth books perfectly. It's been well over twenty years since I've read This Much is True, but I recall enjoying it in a 4 star way without being blown away by it. Les Miserables, however, I was blown away by..❤
Les Miserables is a high contender for next year!
I loved I Know This Much Is True! I read it when it first came out.
Julie!!! Look at you! You’re channel blew up because of this video! That’s amazing!!
I have a few mammoths on my physical tbr as well but I’m thinking that a lot of them will be left on my tbr until the end of my tbr project. I’d love to participate in this reading channel next year. I also have Vanity Fair, I actually just bought it at a charity shop last week, and I have Anna Karenina and a few other tomes. I’m excited to hear your thoughts on all the books you chose!
Aww thank you. I'm loving Vanity Fair atm so I'd say go for it!
Wow! This is quite a list of Mammoths. My Mammoth is just under, but it is all I have on my shelves at about 800. The Luminaries is amazing. +1
Just started watching your channel and cant wait to watch more. Good luck with Vanity Fair this month. I need to read that one book.
Hi Julie! I am planning to read my bookshelves, too! This is a wonderful plan! I am reading The Count of Monroe Cristo for the Mammoth reading event. I have subscribed and look forward to following your progress! 🌸🇨🇦📚
I've always thought 'Hard Times' was a bit atypical for Dickens, it's grittier and more industrial than most of his other books. 'Bleak House' is terrific.
That's what I heard. I'm def going to attempt a more typical Dickens novel. Don't think I'm being fair if all I've read of him is a bit of Hard Times and a Christmas Carol!
I love the premise of your channel! Subscribed ❤
I am currently Reading I know this much is true and I can honestly say: while it is not an easy read, it is mesmerizing. It is heartbreaking, human and pulls you into the story fiercly and mercilessly.
It tells the story about two twin brothers, one of them a shizophrenic, the other one his guardian and how they are bound to each other even though they dont want to be and how it effects their life.
Oh good. I don't know much about it other than what's written on the blurb. Might keep it for later in the year!
Loved I Know This Much Is True!!!
All of Wally Lamb's books are fantastic!!!
Yay! Just discovered your channel, great to see another Australian on booktube. I've become terrible at picking up mammoths to read despite having more than enough on my shelves. I still haven't read any of those ones. I started The Luminaries when it first came out but didn't have the headspace for it at the time and need to go back to it.
I'm currently reading the 2023 Stella longlist and will dip into the 2023 womens prize longlist, all from my local library so I might have to do a mammoth March next year. Happy Reading.
Likewise happy to see an Aussie! Very few around.
Wally Lamb is amazing. I Know This Much is about a survivor of a school shooting. The book She's Come Undone is good too. Books named after songs.
Phew! Those are some heavy hitters you have! Best of luck with March of the Mammoths!
I've just discovered your channel. I'm sort of on the same path of reading all my unread books, so good luck to both of us! I'll be reading Anna Karenina for the first time for March of the Mammoths, but I don't expect to finish it in one month, it's more like a long term project for me. I'm going to browse your channel now! Bye!
Thanks ! Good luck with Anna K, you will love it ❤️
Keep the Wally Lamb!
Hey.
Really enjoyed the video.
To get into Dickens, my suggestion is to start with Great Expectations. It's a masterpiece and it opens the door to read more of his books
A few people have told me that. Adding it to my library list!
I'm a new subscriber to your channel. I am reading Les Miserables as my mammoth, and oh my!, those excursions. But I don't mind them too much. Just don't ask any questions about them later! I read Bleak House a couple of years ago, it lends itself very well to reading in short blocks. I think I read about 30 pages a day, and for the most part that saw me to the end of chapters and, as the book is written in intertwining threads, to the end of a thread so that I wasn't breaking off in the middle of a scene. Those threads all pull together at the end, I'm not a huge Dickens fan but I really appreciated how he did that. I hope you are enjoying your March's book pick.
Interested to know how you go with Les Mis. I've heard conflicting things about it - either that it's the most amazing book in the world or completely unreadable because of the tangents.
Love me chunky books also and I'm not afraid to read them 😂 I’m doing a buddy read of Les Miserables this month and I'm loving it so far. I have vanity fair carded for June of this year. Hope you have a wonderful reading month.
love the premise of your channel, just subscribed! i'm hoping to tackle some big books this month too 😄
Hi, new subscriber! I would participate in March of the Mammoths, but the chunky books I'm reading don't exactly fit the number criteria. Still reading some chunksters and I want to read a few short stories this month.
Keep the Wally Lamb book. All of his book are great.
I just discovered your channel! Great content. I love the idea of reading from your own shelves exclusively. I’m trying very hard to do that. 😊 I Know This Much Is True is fantastic! But I’m a Wally Lamb fan so it’s a subjective statement for sure. 😅
Thanks, I might keep the Wally Lamb, it seems to have had a moment when it was published but isn’t talked about much anymore. Will give it a try!
Just finished Bleak House yesterday and loved it! Also hope to tackle Vanity Fair this year. Enjoyed your thoughts on these chunkers.
I’ve heard a few recommendations for Bleak House. It’s just so big I’m lacking the motivation to commit!
I just read Les Miserables and absolutely loved it. I set Bleak House aside. I should pick it back up. I Know This Much Is True is a favorite but I understand it’s not for everyone. Vanity Fair is great. I hope you enjoy your Mammoth 😊
Yay Australian BookTuber! I've read most of Dickens work, and I don't rate Hard Times very highly at all (from what I remember of it). Bleak House is (arguably) his best, though David Copperfield and Our Mutual Friend were two of my other favorites. Great Expectations, Oliver Twist and Nickolas Nickleby are maybe the next tier (I think Great Expectations is one of the shorter ones so it gets assigned more often in school). A Tale of Two Cities is another one that gets assigned because its relatively short, but it relies alot of coincidence and it's very paternalistic so it's maybe B tier for me. Everything else is okay, but not worth going out of your way for, IMO.
TL;DR: Dickens is very wordy and the sexism in his stories leans more towards paternalistic than anything else so it's tolerable, but not great. But he was, overall, very progressive for his time on a number of issues.
Well that makes me feel better about outright dnf-ing Hard Times. I will give BleakHouse a try this year!
I hope you will enjoy Vanity Fair as much as I did!! It's excellent 👌