March of the Mammoths TBR & Tips! 🦣 2023

[@Maryjane022]

That's true! Its serialized and not tend to read in a single day. Plus its more fun to read the book in your own phase and not hurry just because u have to😊

[@novelsandcrumbs3558]

The seven madmen and The flamethrowers is my at this moment. I hoping to read Terra Nostra. Good luck.

[@ramblingraconteur1616]

Arlt and Fuentes were fantastic writers! I hope you enjoy both. Cheers, Jack

[@barbaraboethling596]

Awesome. I have the exact same set of Outlaws of the Marsh! I'm starting it soon. I had read excerpts of it years ago, and was captivated! This will be fun!

[@ramblingraconteur1616]

Have you read anymore on the Outlaws? I’ve been dipping in and out this month.

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

I have three mammoths on my March TBR to pursue... Cryptonomicon (910 pages), Martin Chuzzlewit (802) and Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar (850). I'll be happy to finish one. Good luck hunting down and devouring your mammoths...Kin looks intriguing.

[@ramblingraconteur1616]

I hope you enjoy those, Jim. I read Cryptonomicon a long time ago. It was the first Neal Stephenson book I read, and I enjoyed quite a few elements of it. Cheers, Jack

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

@@ramblingraconteur1616 Thanks Jack, I don't expect I'll read all three mammoths in March, but I will try to make at least a dent in each of them.

[@anotherbibliophilereads]

I have that edition of Outlaws of the Marsh on my shelf, unread. Kin is on my long list to pick up. Miss MacIntosh My Darling is another on my shelf. Christianity is read as audiobook last year. For me this year, The Recognitions by William Gaddis.

[@ramblingraconteur1616]

Outlaws of the Marsh has been fairly interesting so far. It mixes, action, humor, and pathos quite well. I'll be opening up Kin this week to see where it takes me. Is The Recognitions a reread for you, Greg? I loved that one. Cheers, Jack

[@WaterWhirld]

I just got my mammoth today: An NYRB that just came out. The Story of A Life by Konstantin Paustovsky.

[@ramblingraconteur1616]

I’ve heard good things about that one; hope you enjoy it! Cheers, Jack

[@sidclark1953]

"Journey to the West" by Wu Cheng'en is mammoth.

[@josmith5992]

Kin really appeals to me and I think the Septology books definitely could count as one mammoth as they seamlessly follow on one from the other. I’ve read a mammoth Dickens the last three years for this readathon but this year am going non fiction with Ramachandra Guha’s India After Ghandi: The World’s Largest Democracy which I can safely say will not get finished in one month! 😉

[@ramblingraconteur1616]

I’ve heard some very good things about that work on India, Jo, and I hope that you enjoy it! Cheers, Jack

[@TheBookclectic]

I have not seen a video by you on my subscription page for a really long time, nor have I noticed anyone mention you in their videos. I thought you were no longer posting. Then this one shows up... I watch it... really good potential reads btw... so I go to your actual channel page to see when you started posting again... and you have TONS of recent videos! NONE of them have been on my subscriptions tab! 😳 But it's so nice to see you again Jack! Even though you apparently never went anywhere!

[@ramblingraconteur1616]

Still around! I hope you are doing well. Cheers, Jack

[@wordfullyyours]

This month, I'm planning on getting to Empire of the Vampire, but it's only 725 pages. It's just a baby mammoth 😅🧛

[@ramblingraconteur1616]

How has Empire been? Cheers, Jack

[@wordfullyyours]

@@ramblingraconteur1616 I haven't gotten very far, but it reads like an anime. I sort of like it, and sort of not.

[@TheCodeXCantina]

That chair...

[@ramblingraconteur1616]

It's very relaxing. Sometimes, my daughters come in to read in it.

[@StephanieJCohen]

“Before G.R.R. Martin publishes the Winds of Winter.” 😂 I was thinking about which book to read, and with current events, it might be the Jimmy Carter biography I have.

[@ramblingraconteur1616]

Glad someone caught that reference, Stephanie. I hope you enjoy what ever you end up choosing. Cheers, Jack

[@ellethinks]

I’m considering reading Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell in the month. The only one you mentioned that I’ve read is Monte Cristo. I read the translation you’re making your way through. Took me two months to get through and I really loved the journey!

[@ramblingraconteur1616]

Did you end up going for those magicians? Cheers, Jack

[@ellethinks]

@@ramblingraconteur1616 yes I did! I'm currently about a quarter of the way through it.

[@ramblingraconteur1616]

@@ellethinks it keeps developing from there. I hope you enjoy it!

[@AnnNovella]

I will tackle Les Misérables, and The Catholic School by Alberto Albinati

[@ramblingraconteur1616]

Hope you enjoy those!

[@AnnNovella]

@@ramblingraconteur1616 Me even more. 🤣

[@Leebearify]

I am thinking of a new one that just arrived called The Novel it appears to be a history of the novel. secondary title is An Alternative History. I am going to bookend that with Wolfe Hall and perhaps the other two. We shall see. If my latest order arrives it may have Secular Enlightenment or The History of Deceit and Lying. We shall see. Have heard that Kirsten's Daughter is excellent according to Sandy from Sandy Reads A lot. I have it but have not cracked it, sounds wonderful a generational novel. Oh have you heard of these The Nephilium trilogy by Willem McCloud? The first 2 just arrived.

[@ramblingraconteur1616]

I read Steven Moore’s work last year and loved it. I’ve been slowly reading more of the works he discussed in it, particularly those from Asia. Wolf Hall is one that my wife and I both love. Happy reading! Cheers, Jack

[@rickallen9099]

read JR by Gaddis yet?

[@ramblingraconteur1616]

Yes, about 13-14 years ago. It was hilarious, mordant, and less complex once the different voices became distinguishable. Have you read it? Cheers, Jack

[@toryreads]

I think I may do volume 3 of Elric Saga, from the newly released Saga Press editions. It’s around 950 pages I think! Sorry for the off topic question, but I was wondering if I could ask what your educational background is? If I recall you are a math professor, but you speak so incredibly about literature, I had to ask! Thanks!

[@ramblingraconteur1616]

Moorcock is fantastic! I did my undergraduate degree in molecular biology, and I’ve been teaching for about 12 years now. I’ve taught both science and mathematics, but the past several years it has been exclusively mathematics. Thanks for the kind words, Tory. I hope you enjoy more Elric! Cheers, Jack

[@davidnovakreadspoetry]

Sometimes, the Mammoth comes, and rolls around in the watering hole, to the extent that all the water is displaced, so that, whether you “kill” it or not, all the future sustenance you had counted on is used up, which leads to a death by thirst. Just one of the potential downsides of “Mammoth hunting” that is seldom mentioned. Would-be mammoth hunters take note! I’m seriously thinking about that history of Christianity, but I’m holding out for the edition which uses the cross for the “t” in the title-I think it’s British, and the price of that here (in the US) is higher. (If I see either edition at the charity I’ll grab it.) It’s been a while since I was thinking about _Outlaws_ or _Water Margin_ as it were, but none of the available translations struck me as adequate. All abridged in some way or another but I really can’t remember.

[@ramblingraconteur1616]

I’ve really been enjoying MacCulloch’s work. It’s very detailed but remains quite engaging, and he does a nice job of connecting ideas across centuries and continents. Hope you have a great week. Cheers, Jack

[@JeansiByxan]

Wait, you mean not every month is mammoth month?