Why read a Mammoth? (A book over 800 pages)
On Booktube a "mammoth" is the term used for a book over 800 pages long. March of the Mammoths is a Booktube event designed to encourage us to pick up and start a "mammoth" in the month of March. March of the Mammoths is the brainchild of Jason @OldBluesChapterandVerse
In this video I look at what I might read for March of the Mammoths and also the benefits of reading long books.
#marchofthemammoths
Books Shown or Mentioned
Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens (648 pages)
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (910 pages)
Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag Montefiore (850 pages)
Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens (802 pages)
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (806 pages)
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1400 pages +)
The Eight Life by Nino Harataschwili (1258 pages)
Let me know in the comments if you plan to read a mammoth in March.
0:00 Intro
0:35 March of the Mammoths
2:04 Why read big books?
5:34 Outro
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I loved your discussion on sort of the reason for reading larger books and stuff in your video, well thought out.
@jimsbooksreadingandstuff
5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. Will you be reading any big books in March? Any mammoths?
You have inspired me to read Eight Life. Thank you! The Biggest book on my virtual shelf (a Kindle) is Zibaldone by Giacomo Leopardi. My version is 3300 pages.
@jimsbooksreadingandstuff
5 ай бұрын
Thank me if you enjoy it, I am hoping to make a start of the Eighth Life in March.
I am really enjoying The Eighth Life which I hope to finish this week. For March of the Mammoths I have chosen Paul Auster’s 4321. I like your arguments for mammoth reading 😊
@jimsbooksreadingandstuff
5 ай бұрын
Glad you are enjoying Eighth Life, I hope to be reading it in March. I haven't read any Paul Auster, usually I find big books a little daunting.
I appreciate all that you said here, but I am in the stage of my life when taking on a big book does not appeal to me. Though I do have a mammoth I’m thinking of at least starting.
@jimsbooksreadingandstuff
5 ай бұрын
I only managed two books over 800 pages last year, they are a bit daunting, when I started Booktube I was reading Dombey and Son, which made it awkward talking about what I was reading as it took a long time to finish. Now I read around three books at a time, so if I am making sluggish progress on one I can talk about the others. And what pray tell is the mammoth you are considering?