Uncovering the Shocking Truth Behind the "March of the Mammoths"!

[@KetevanReads]

I don't think I have any mammoths on my actual shelf, but there are two I've been eyeing at the library-- Red Comet, the biography of Sylvia Plath and The Legacy of Violence, a history of the British empire. I'm not sure I'll start either of those in March but I will aim to read 1-2 500+ pages, which is already outside my comfort zone!

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

Did you get to either of the mammoths you were eyeing up?

[@wordfullyyours]

Good job on the use of the mammoth! 🙂

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

Thank you :)

[@ScullyPop]

Jim is like bees and honey when it come to books and analyses.

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

That's good? I hope. Thanks.

[@pensivelyreading]

I think my comfort zone for book length is similar to yours as most of the books I read tend to fall in that range. I’m planning to read Middlemarch for March of the Mammoths. My edition is 896 pages without notes. I’ve not read any of your picks but, of the authors you mentioned, I’m most familiar with Dickens. Whatever you decide to go with, happy reading!

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

I read Middlemarch a few years ago, but prefer Silas Marner, which is more in my comfort zone. Good luck with Middlemarch it is George Eliot's most acclaimed novel.

[@revenantreads]

Dickens liked to write bricks! Good luck with whatever mammoth you choose.

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

Dickens was paid for how many words he wrote, so he wrote a lot, like Tolstoy and other 19th century writers whose novels were released in monthly segments usually over 18 months or so.

[@BookZealots]

I don't think I've ever heard of Cryptonomicon. It's a book my son is more likely to read, but every once in awhile I think one sci-bi book will intrigue me. Yes! March of the Mammoths is a challenge I look forward to every year. I haven't even considered what to tackle this year. =)

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

I'll see how the poll goes on my community tab, but I think I will be reading Martin Chuzzlewit and the Stalin book.

[@BookZealots]

@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff I voted. The top two current winners both sound good. =)

[@anotherbibliophilereads]

I loved The Cryptonomicon, but I was a computer programmer, and the parts about historical and modern computers tickled my fancy.

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

Cryptonomicon is quite intimidating both in its size and in its subject matter. I did enjoy Snow Crash, which I read back in the days when I played Second Life.

[@anotherbibliophilereads]

@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff Snow Cash is my least favorite of his books that I’ve read.

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

@@anotherbibliophilereads I think Snow Crash appealed to me because of the similarities to Second Life. I haven't read anything else by Neal Stephenson.

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

I'll be attempting Cryptonomicon again in March 2024.

[@anotherbibliophilereads]

@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff I found it completely fascinating but I was a computer programmer so I could really get into those parts of the story.

[@readandre-read]

My mammoth contenders are David Copperfield, Bleak House and The Count of Monte Cristo. I was thinking of Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson but it only has just over 700 pages.

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

David Copperfield is my favorite of Dickens' novels.

[@TH3F4LC0Nx]

Noooooo!!! Heed my advice and steer clear of Cryptonomicon! It's not worth it! That was literally one of the most godawful books I've ever read. It may be 1,000 pages long but it only actually should have been about 400. It bad. 🤮

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

If it doesn't work for me I will DNF it....