i turned my house into a bookshop

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  • @witabif
    @witabif8 ай бұрын

    this is giving "5 year old setting up the fake supermarket" vibes and honestly? slay.

  • @zahy4225

    @zahy4225

    8 ай бұрын

    This one wins lol. very adorable, very accurate!

  • @nefertitimontoya

    @nefertitimontoya

    8 ай бұрын

    A thousand times yes

  • @sn0wflake

    @sn0wflake

    8 ай бұрын

    It absolutely is and I’m SO here for it. Especially when he got to the till.

  • @moeshrooms385

    @moeshrooms385

    7 ай бұрын

    This is honestly such a fun and cozy video for this reason haha, I wish it were longer!

  • @9cloudrachel207

    @9cloudrachel207

    7 ай бұрын

    A little kid playing with his dolls 😂😂😂

  • @stephanieharvey3876
    @stephanieharvey38768 ай бұрын

    Jack: my job.. is just.. book. Us: and what a good job you do at book!

  • @AsuraSantosha

    @AsuraSantosha

    7 ай бұрын

    Omg. I just realized this is a Barbie reference.

  • @trebaneconapise7793

    @trebaneconapise7793

    2 ай бұрын

    he books better than ken beaches!

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy.8 ай бұрын

    Jack is totally the type of person who’d have the indie bookstore with best vibes.

  • @betycestuje

    @betycestuje

    8 ай бұрын

    so true

  • @killallchadspfpusers9158

    @killallchadspfpusers9158

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@DontReadMyProfilePicture.104ok

  • @amypyrc
    @amypyrc8 ай бұрын

    "There's a fly in the room, is that my first customer?" killed me XD

  • @MsBlulucky
    @MsBlulucky8 ай бұрын

    And that's why sorting books alphabetically by author names is superior - you don't have to endlessly search for specific books

  • @hauthot287

    @hauthot287

    8 ай бұрын

    It also make it more like a bookstore

  • @patjones3305

    @patjones3305

    8 ай бұрын

    Yes! The chaos that some people live in with shelves not in order baffles me!

  • @adah5195

    @adah5195

    8 ай бұрын

    honestly i just know what colors my books are really well so it’s easy to find them with rainbow order :) but yeah alphabetical seems easier haha

  • @jmsl_910

    @jmsl_910

    8 ай бұрын

    ms blu--how do you think your comment made jack feel?

  • @jmsl_910

    @jmsl_910

    8 ай бұрын

    @@adah5195same!!!

  • @azzavk.5691
    @azzavk.56918 ай бұрын

    This man is sooo unserious I just can't help falling in love with him every time

  • @irene2958
    @irene29588 ай бұрын

    I'm always getting caught by surprise by Jack's unhinged decisions and I love it 😂❤

  • @rosiemason10
    @rosiemason108 ай бұрын

    It's like the bookshop in Good Omens - absolutely beautiful, but doesn't actually sell any books. Both the best and worst bookshop ever at the same time 😂

  • @luiiiandmovieee

    @luiiiandmovieee

    8 ай бұрын

    This is literally a perfect comparison

  • @ossswin

    @ossswin

    7 ай бұрын

    Jack 🤝🏼 Aziraphale having a personal library and passing it off as a book store

  • @morganmeadowes6861

    @morganmeadowes6861

    7 ай бұрын

    It’s also giving "Jim organised my books alphabetically by first sentence so now I can’t find AntHiNG" so it’s perfect on every level.

  • @aforalek
    @aforalek8 ай бұрын

    Honestly, if Jack ever had a bookshop in real life, I'd fully expect it to be called Read the Room. 🤣❣️

  • @cyanha
    @cyanha8 ай бұрын

    I really think you should keep the room in this layout! Every month, you could have your current faves as those facing outwards, and keep your monthly TBR on the island! Plus, it's just happy vibes :)

  • @StellaBezemer
    @StellaBezemer8 ай бұрын

    literal goals tbh, experiencing the dopamine rush of walking into a bookstore and seeing so many beautiful book covers, but at home, for free. Genius.

  • @vesperxverse
    @vesperxverse8 ай бұрын

    at this point, jack could really open a book exhibition, let's be honest-

  • @shruti9268

    @shruti9268

    8 ай бұрын

    For real! His upcoming video in 6 months:

  • @vesperxverse

    @vesperxverse

    8 ай бұрын

    @@shruti9268 bahahahaha yes🤭🤭😭

  • @vesperxverse

    @vesperxverse

    8 ай бұрын

    @@shruti9268 by the way, gurll your pfp is ELITE. 💅✨✨

  • @shruti9268

    @shruti9268

    8 ай бұрын

    @@vesperxverse thank you gurlll~

  • @vesperxverse

    @vesperxverse

    8 ай бұрын

    @DontReadMyProfilePicture.104 wasn't gonna anyway.

  • @elinblock
    @elinblock8 ай бұрын

    This video was so much fun! I work in a book shop, and i can tell you that writing those little recommendation notes, and people trusting them enough to buy the book is pure joy! And if they then come back and say they loved the book and want more recommendations?? Christmas!

  • @lazedaisies
    @lazedaisies8 ай бұрын

    this is the most wholesome content ever, from jack building his dream library to playing pretend as an independent book seller.

  • @SteveRamsey
    @SteveRamsey8 ай бұрын

    This is so perfect!

  • @haleypham
    @haleypham7 ай бұрын

    This is so genius

  • @madeehaislam1821

    @madeehaislam1821

    7 ай бұрын

    haley what r u doing here🤭

  • @josephscott4997

    @josephscott4997

    7 ай бұрын

    Hayleyyyyy....I love ur vids.

  • @29gamming93

    @29gamming93

    7 ай бұрын

    Hi

  • @mariyamsiddiqui5101
    @mariyamsiddiqui51018 ай бұрын

    "My toy to play with now" only Jack Edwards can say it for a room filled with books... 😂

  • @books-on-a-wire
    @books-on-a-wire7 ай бұрын

    This is giving me the vibes of when my grandparents let me convert their living room into a library with my papa's recliner and TV tray my desk to check out books. Each wall was their own genre, they were signs to be quiet, and every book in the house had a library card in it. It stayed that way for years. #notspoiled 😂

  • @Not_convinced
    @Not_convinced7 ай бұрын

    Sorry for making this about me, but I just want to let you know that I started watching you a year ago and you have inspired me to pursue a Literature degree. I just finished at community college and I’ll be transferring to my dream university in a couple of months at an unconventional age because watching your channel made me realize that I would not be satisfied with my life if I didn’t just go for it. Your channel is inspiring and really makes me excited about reading and writing books.

  • @rishika5783
    @rishika57838 ай бұрын

    This is such a perfect and wholesome idea! Absolutely Indie bookstore pinterest vibes.

  • @betycestuje

    @betycestuje

    8 ай бұрын

    totally!

  • @ameliagoesontour
    @ameliagoesontour8 ай бұрын

    As a Waterstones employee, you absolutely nailed it!! My favourite thing is setting up the displays and writing reviews for books I love ☺️

  • @anuradhakulkarni8121
    @anuradhakulkarni81218 ай бұрын

    I just love Jack Edwards! he motivates me to read soooooo much!!

  • @betycestuje

    @betycestuje

    8 ай бұрын

    same!!

  • @purpleway1713
    @purpleway17138 ай бұрын

    The facing books on the middle shelf look incredible, I was already in love with it from your last video, but gosh

  • @melanygomez613

    @melanygomez613

    8 ай бұрын

    Yesss, I noticed in last video too. It looks amazing!

  • @thirdoctoberchild
    @thirdoctoberchild8 ай бұрын

    The Woman in Black is actually short. The edition I read had 160 pages. This edition includes four other ghost stories by Susan Hill.

  • @rachlh

    @rachlh

    7 ай бұрын

    I'm glad you commented! I was sitting here like, 'I do NOT remember this book being so long when I studied it for English'

  • @cilburr
    @cilburr8 ай бұрын

    I feel kinda proud when I realise that I can recognise most of the books just by their spines.

  • @mirimariana

    @mirimariana

    8 ай бұрын

    Am I tripping? Aren't the names on the spines? 😭

  • @cilburr

    @cilburr

    8 ай бұрын

    @@mirimarianaIn Jack's video you can't always see the titles but if you know the book you'll recognise them just by their colors and design.

  • @patjones3305
    @patjones33058 ай бұрын

    Soooo you legit just created my dream. I want to be an independent bookstore so badly, just terrified of the financial burdens that might hit my family.

  • @TheSuperNats

    @TheSuperNats

    8 ай бұрын

    Same 😭😭

  • @hiitsme9086
    @hiitsme90868 ай бұрын

    If this was a real public book shop I would come every day!

  • @nnnnn2010
    @nnnnn20108 ай бұрын

    I wish jack would state his opinion about the recent Audible drama about the prices and how they are basically monopolistic in the audio book industry.. it’s sad and needs more people to talk about it..

  • @erin_explorestheoutdoors
    @erin_explorestheoutdoors7 ай бұрын

    This brought me so much joy! "Read the Room Bookstore" is the perfect name!

  • @megreads9
    @megreads98 ай бұрын

    I laughed so much when you said " I turned my home library to bookshop ", my mom always say that to me saying if I sell my books I can make fortune but no my books are the richness it self 😂

  • @rubyanddelilahandnani

    @rubyanddelilahandnani

    8 ай бұрын

    Same. I’m a stay at home mom, but make enough money to pay my own bills by painting and donating plasma.. but sometimes I do struggle to pay something and my husband says “you can just sell your books” pffff as if. I tell him they are an investment lol.. they’ll be my kid’s books one day too.

  • @megreads9

    @megreads9

    8 ай бұрын

    @@rubyanddelilahandnani yes totally right books are meant to be for generation not only for us, I was building my own library since I was a little one and it grows with me, some people spent their money on vacation, expensive clothes a d nothing goes wrong with that of they have money but for me having more books is my ultimate target, I am now 46 and I have more than 6000 books, let's see if I could have more in the future which almost is a crazy decision to make right now due to the economic crises but I did put honestly the September month of every year to buy some books especially English because I really don't have so much and this is making me frustrated and angry due to their expensive prices. If someone could gifted me some I will be so thankful and delightful. Thanks for stopping by and comment. Wish you a good health

  • @snowingonolympus8588
    @snowingonolympus85888 ай бұрын

    As a bookseller, this made me giggle the entire video

  • @nefertitimontoya
    @nefertitimontoya8 ай бұрын

    This is 12 minutes and 54 seconds of joy and play. More of this in life please!!!!

  • @eridofthegalaxies
    @eridofthegalaxies8 ай бұрын

    "READ THE ROOM" is a fantastic name for a bookstore tbh?!!!

  • @AvinaGreen
    @AvinaGreen8 ай бұрын

    My one real dream in life is to have a home library/ cafe that people could drop by and borrow/ buy for a donation or completely free. Just in like a detached shed. So this is serious vibes. I just feel like there arent enough free places people can go to simply be and some places don't have accessible libraries

  • @jdromero6902
    @jdromero69028 ай бұрын

    Jack's play pretend is our entertainment. Thanks Jack! 🤓

  • @fegrace_1
    @fegrace_18 ай бұрын

    This was a fun video to watch! Suggestion: Jake maybe consider doing a series interviewing and/or a day in the life of a someone working in books: author, editor, bookstore keeper, someone that works in archives, a book binder, a collector of rare books, and someone with a unique private library etc!

  • @cottagebirder

    @cottagebirder

    8 ай бұрын

    that's such a good idea!

  • @lindamoi5445
    @lindamoi54458 ай бұрын

    "...everything the light touches is your kingdom." 😂 Great bookdom!

  • @lumreads
    @lumreads8 ай бұрын

    This video is just made with humour, lots of sweat, and a lot of vibes ❤😂

  • @xoanna08
    @xoanna088 ай бұрын

    Jack is a child with 0 self control who thinks he can do anything trapped in a adults body… and I am so in love with thoes vibes

  • @anabelen3813
    @anabelen38138 ай бұрын

    The ending is giving Aziraphale doing everything in his power to not sell one single book

  • @kimerlyhogan6567
    @kimerlyhogan65678 ай бұрын

    Jack! Your bookstore looks FANTASTIC, and you’ve given me many ideas for my own bookshelves! Thank you!❤️

  • @luci_lene
    @luci_lene8 күн бұрын

    Just bought my first house and the idea for the library was exactly to make into a bookstore for myself! The closet has stationery and totebags, the table in the middle has all the 12 editions of Outlander I own ❤

  • @niannadsahmar832
    @niannadsahmar8328 ай бұрын

    It is really giving of cozy bookshop vibe... that we come across in a small deserted alley... between the city rush. Really cool!!! Loved the video ✨

  • @D_ammz
    @D_ammz8 ай бұрын

    I would love to come to this book store😩The dedication.

  • @ChemicalPenguinn
    @ChemicalPenguinn8 ай бұрын

    It reminds me of the tiny room-bookshop that sprung up in my local train station. If I saw pictures of that on google, I'd definitely think bookstore

  • @lenareis8946
    @lenareis89468 ай бұрын

    the bunny placement is killing me for gods sake jack put it in the middle!!!!!!!!!! it should've been where mrs. S was!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @lenareis8946

    @lenareis8946

    8 ай бұрын

    also in the japanese fiction the two pink books side by side and the red on top WHERE is the color composition jack WHERE

  • @jordanjulian8197
    @jordanjulian81977 ай бұрын

    “Jack-ademia” 🤣 I can’t. The witty puns are too good

  • @themurderbotfeed7688
    @themurderbotfeed76888 ай бұрын

    Is this a bookshop or a pharmacy? Jack really hitting us with that unreadable derpy handwritting. Dont take it personally, im just jealous of the library and disposable income lol

  • @sabeanbean
    @sabeanbean8 ай бұрын

    This video made me smile so much. This is peak of 'doing what makes you happy.'

  • @jo.mb97
    @jo.mb978 ай бұрын

    The thumbnail itself gives me serotonin ❤

  • @elliembh1726
    @elliembh17268 ай бұрын

    As a bookstore worker this is exactly how I go about shelving things and it's so sweet to see someone enjoying it

  • @MariahRayneArt
    @MariahRayneArt7 ай бұрын

    oh my gosh... When I have enough room to have my library be it's own thing I am 1000% doing this. It is giving me so much joy watching this.

  • @luci_lene
    @luci_lene8 күн бұрын

    I laughed so hard with the fly being the first customer 😂

  • @liyana3426
    @liyana34268 ай бұрын

    im usually a quiet audience and doesn’t comment here but i NEED a video of jack organizing the shelves like how libraries do!! it’s the former library staff and INFJ in me that i just have to watch it 🥲🫠

  • @laurenschenck5355
    @laurenschenck53558 ай бұрын

    Looks like an actual bookstore INCREDIBLE JOB Jack amazing work! ❤

  • @gannahossam2820
    @gannahossam28208 ай бұрын

    This really just kept getting better. I love the dedication but also I know want my own home library to play with. And the lines killed me! Dark jackademia!! 😂😂

  • @marycasey5095
    @marycasey50958 ай бұрын

    Love this! We all need little indie book stores in our homes. Such a vibe.

  • @simplyfira568
    @simplyfira5688 ай бұрын

    This is giving ME when i was little, with everything i had, i made boutiques of my clothes, a shoe store, bookstore, stationery shop, a miscellaneous store (very creative ha ha), obviously a toy store and what not..... this video made me so happy

  • @kazerzinorange
    @kazerzinorange8 ай бұрын

    this is such a vibe...imagine just "shopping" for a book in your own home. luv it.

  • @lululolo200
    @lululolo2007 ай бұрын

    I laughed so hard when I thought of you turning your whole appartment into a bookstore and every furniture in every room is just used as a book display 😂

  • @Larissa_KD
    @Larissa_KD8 ай бұрын

    "I love them all dearly", whilst having Dune in the background 😂

  • @Geneticallyugly
    @Geneticallyugly8 ай бұрын

    ‘There’s a fly in the room- is that my first customer?’ Looove 😂😂

  • @obsessivestargazer28
    @obsessivestargazer287 ай бұрын

    i nearly cried watching this. its so beautiful. you are living the dream.

  • @harrietfreeman5304
    @harrietfreeman53047 ай бұрын

    This just kept getting better and better, love how much fun he had with it !!

  • @laibakausar8161
    @laibakausar81618 ай бұрын

    All the cloth binds are gorgeous. Jack did such a great job. I loved this type of video from him.

  • @mozhgan93
    @mozhgan938 ай бұрын

    Love that you share your honest ideas with us … Makes me feel like I am not alone 😊

  • @caora100
    @caora1008 ай бұрын

    the shaky camerawork really ties it all together

  • @afrox
    @afrox8 ай бұрын

    this is so delightful! all it needs is a cosy reading nook

  • @RyeReadsBooks
    @RyeReadsBooks7 ай бұрын

    Okay but having your tbr on top of the cabinet may be satisfying

  • @noelroquevinluan7499
    @noelroquevinluan74998 ай бұрын

    Well Done Jack!! Love your cozy book shop!

  • @imogentait5744
    @imogentait57448 ай бұрын

    Okay this is just SO SATISFYING. It looks so fricken good 😍 I’m moving our *big bookshelf* into my room soon so, get ready for me to make an even more budget version of this 🤣

  • @japjeesharma7973
    @japjeesharma79738 ай бұрын

    this was ahonestly such an endearing video. i was smiling from beginning to end. jack your energy is truly infectious

  • @AnnaSalinas17
    @AnnaSalinas177 ай бұрын

    not me being shocked at how cute this book shop turned out. I’m genuinely smiling at this 😂

  • @RaisingtheWoofs
    @RaisingtheWoofs7 ай бұрын

    I started watching your videos in the middle of the night when I just had my daughter and of course didn’t sleep for months 🤣 I still watch you now she’s 2 and she recognises your voice and it instantly comforts her 🥹 so thank you for getting me through the insanity of sleep deprivation x ur a real 1 x

  • @candiceb8605
    @candiceb86057 ай бұрын

    This is adorable. I would love to see people (friends, family, neighbours maybe) interact with the space and actually choose books to read. It would bring even more life into it

  • @doreene11
    @doreene118 ай бұрын

    "Harper Collins - what's good?" I bursted out at that one ngl 😂😂

  • @stel_r7741
    @stel_r77418 ай бұрын

    This is definitely one of my fav vids, I mean, I enjoy each video that gets uploaded, but this one, specifically, gave me so much joy

  • @sercemwksiazkach3446
    @sercemwksiazkach34467 ай бұрын

    This video was SO much fun. I actually work at a bookstore, and setting books like that is my pride and joy. And yes, I alsp display my faves whenever I get the chance. You did a marvelous job at recreating a bookstore! This might genuinely become my favorite video of yours because it's a little silly but so, so fun.

  • @Khushi_Kishore
    @Khushi_Kishore8 ай бұрын

    The way I adore this video and the idea in itself😍 Now I’m all excited to do something new with my reading corner!

  • @coke-cinelle
    @coke-cinelle8 ай бұрын

    This video is so riculous but so extra at the same time ! So much fun, I love it ! Looks exactly like an independant bookstore

  • @officerjazzi
    @officerjazzi7 ай бұрын

    I subscribed because of your library - and it looks so GOOD as an independent eclectic bookstore ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Please keep playing around with your library, you are putting dreams to reality! 🤗🤗🤗

  • @9cloudrachel207
    @9cloudrachel2077 ай бұрын

    This video really is… watching a man playing with his books. This is everything.

  • @pabloboteyo7109
    @pabloboteyo71098 ай бұрын

    It's the way you were LIVING and GIDDY for your library. I'm here for it and am moving to do the exact same thing!

  • @aprilromero2065
    @aprilromero20658 ай бұрын

    I honestly love how wholesome this felt

  • @Lisa-vb3gn
    @Lisa-vb3gn8 ай бұрын

    I love this and I would be tempted to leave part of it up to perhaps spark reading or writing ideas. Just needs a rug and a cosy chair/lamp/side table!😊

  • @jesshennigan3916
    @jesshennigan39167 ай бұрын

    seeing your new books, I'm excited. I saw that you were learning french when you were in Paris, honestly for learning a language, reading books in that language is so helpful, especially when you passionate about it

  • @danhorton8689
    @danhorton86897 ай бұрын

    Jack you are the absolute cutest! Your love and enthusiasm for your books is infectious!! Youve just taken the childhood home corner role play to true bibliophile level!! Love you amd your videos and I look forward to the bext one!! 🙂

  • @Lulu_Reads_Books
    @Lulu_Reads_Books8 ай бұрын

    This is the kind of stuff I used to do as a kid and I couldn't love it more! Well done!

  • @mollydentith3645
    @mollydentith36457 ай бұрын

    the master and margarita is one of the best books i’ve ever read, its just incredible

  • @Unapologeticallylilibaby
    @Unapologeticallylilibaby7 ай бұрын

    “My job?” “It’s just book!” 😂❤ Love this

  • @KaileyWurr
    @KaileyWurr8 ай бұрын

    I love this so much 😭😭😭 jack needs to do this for real one day

  • @laurenschenck5355
    @laurenschenck53558 ай бұрын

    Hope you write more books you are amazing writer and so talented and gifted Jack 😊

  • @AudhildTjugen
    @AudhildTjugen8 ай бұрын

    Ohmygosh Jack it looks so great!!! The first impression when entering the room actually made me squeal haha This basically made me (a librarian) want to go straight to work and cover my assigned sections with recommendation cue cards

  • @jeef0322
    @jeef0322Ай бұрын

    This was genuinely really fun to watch

  • @MatildaTheBookDragon
    @MatildaTheBookDragon8 ай бұрын

    Gorgeous! I hope you keep it this way 🥰

  • @junychup
    @junychup8 ай бұрын

    it's really giving aziraphale from good omens (as if there was another aziraphale), building your own bookshop without the intention of ever selling a single book

  • @junychup

    @junychup

    8 ай бұрын

    5:16 there's a fly in his room, are you kidding me? now this really is good omens, huh?

  • @junychup

    @junychup

    8 ай бұрын

    12:40 is probably an actual quote from aziraphale

  • @an-katrienderoover2174
    @an-katrienderoover21748 ай бұрын

    Honestly this is just watching an adult play and it's the best thing, especially when it's all with books. Had a blast watching this!

  • @lucafrances
    @lucafrances8 ай бұрын

    love the “jack playing with his books” video’s lol

  • @Sunmedallion_
    @Sunmedallion_8 ай бұрын

    Jack doing literally anything but organizing this library

  • @TheApplesauce1992
    @TheApplesauce19922 күн бұрын

    this snowballed into jaw dropping happiness