It’s literally impossible to watch Jack and not add anything to your TBR

@squidwardtentacles7144

9 ай бұрын

Right! I already want to add "Another Brooklyn" on my tbr!😅

@cyndrianaa

8 ай бұрын

For real, he knows how to sell books to us lol, plus his taste is immaculate so I never think twice

@Mary-uq4ww

8 ай бұрын

I've literally just ordered three books 🙈

@lilymaria2681

8 ай бұрын

I feel seen

@silviagoyarzun

8 ай бұрын

Already on Goodreads 😅

My hobby's buying books. People should know reading them is another hobby.

@ellovescats

9 ай бұрын

i've been saying this!!! such different things. i go through phases where i buy books and don't read them. then i go though another phase where i actually read them. that phase is usually shorter though

@Beyond_Reads_

9 ай бұрын

😂

@ChemicalPenguinn

9 ай бұрын

Don't worry, I already do!

@TalkAsSoftAsChalk

9 ай бұрын

My hobby is buying physical copies of books and then reading other books that I buy digital copies of.

@thenameless9947

9 ай бұрын

​@@ellovescatsoh god same

Jack: “I don’t have hobbies, I have obsessions.” Me: (cries in Pop Culture Dissection)

@bzylarisa

9 ай бұрын

I want this on my t-shirt

@cyndoherty563

9 ай бұрын

Wow I am so old that I have no idea what the comments on a booktube video mean 😂

@emmaberger3748

7 ай бұрын

Cries in autism

I love that we have a Smash or Pass which is related to books. Such fun! Rate books, not people.

@ChemicalPenguinn

9 ай бұрын

Pokhraj Roy, you are everywhere

@user-ny1wo1vp9r

9 ай бұрын

​@@ChemicalPenguinnikr

@PokhrajRoy.

9 ай бұрын

@@ChemicalPenguinn EEAAO

@ritwikatiwari2211

8 ай бұрын

@@ChemicalPenguinn I am always saying that, HE IS EVERYWHERE.

1:04 A Little Luck by Claudia Piñeiro ✅ 2:41 Chain Gang All Stars ❌ 5:03 Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa✅ 6:17 The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood ✅ 7:55 Atalanta by Jennifer Saint ❌ (other books of her are just better but still a good book) 9:31 Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes ✅ (but all the voices sound the same which made it hard to read) 10:29 Yellow Face by Rebbeca F. Kuang ✅ (but a bit too long and repetitive) 12:12 Send Nudes by Saba Sams ❌ (only really liked 2 stories in it) 13:19 The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken ✅ 15:13 Mrs. S by K. Patrick ❌ 16:56 Jazz by Toni Morrison ✅ 19:14 A Man's Place by Annie Ernaux ❌ 20:34 Just by Looking at Him by Ryan O'Connell ✅ 21:35 Self Portrait by Othello by Jason Allen-Pasant ✅ 22:10 Titles Ruin Everything by Aubrey Graham❌ 22:51 Big Swiss by Jen Beagin❌/✅ 24:10 By Grand Central Station I sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart✅ 25:33 I'm a Fan by Sheena Patel✅ 26:33 Idol Burning by Rin Usami ❌ 28:06 You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat ❌ 29:01 Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor ✅ 29:59 The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling✅ (pretty silly, easy reading) 30:51 Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson✅ (you will love it if you liked “a little life”)

@danaklamecki8820

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

“I don’t have hobbies. I have obsessions” Me too Jack, me too

1:04 A Little Luck by Claudia Piñeiro 2:41 Chain Gang All Stars 5:03 Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa 6:17 The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood 7:55 Atalanta by Jennifer Saint 9:31 Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes 10:29 Yellow Face by Rebbeca F. Kuang 12:12 Send Nudes by Saba Sams 13:19 The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken 15:13 Mrs. S by K. Patrick 16:56 Jazz by Toni Morrison 19:14 A Man's Place by Annie Ernaux 20:34 Just by Looking at Him by Ryan O'Connell 21:35 Self Portrait by Othello by Jason Allen-Paisant 22:10 Titles Ruin Everything by Aubrey Graham 22:51 Big Swiss by Jen Beagin 24:10 By Grand Central Station I sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart 25:33 I'm a Fan by Sheena Patel 26:33 Idol Burning by Rin Usami 28:06 You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat 29:01 Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor 29:59 The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling 30:51 Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson

@ChemicalPenguinn

9 ай бұрын

Jack should pin this!

@kreskova1

9 ай бұрын

Thank you❤

@KDCN6

9 ай бұрын

You are amazing!!!

@moose1277

9 ай бұрын

thanks so much!!

@moharagrawal

8 ай бұрын

Thank you❤❤

“Show don’t tell” is my pet peeve, too!! This is why I trust Jack’s recommendations 🙏🏼

@uls-ks9vl

9 ай бұрын

I trust him coz he’s british

@jolenehurtado1363

8 ай бұрын

I agree 💯 on this. I have DNF’d a few books for this reason. However, I do notice that many classics from the 19th century are written this way. For instance, Anna Karenina by Tolstoy which is considered one of the best novels ever written.

@justynafigas-skrzypulec3349

8 ай бұрын

I kinda accept it in many books if they're great otherwise (or if they're old realistic classics) but it's a hard NO in movies for me.

@ddt9164

8 ай бұрын

do you want them to show or do you want them to tell?

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop was so freaking lovely, the vibes are perfect, the characters are so sweet and the quotes are immaculate 👌🏼

Jennifer Saint was my GCSE English teacher!! SUCH a surprise to hear her mentioned in this list!

@Showtunediva

12 күн бұрын

That is so cool!

"i don´t have hobbies i have obsessions" is so real

The amount of "bombastic" side eye you gave during your review of Yellowface, rivaled the side eye on the cover 😂😅

just a heads up on the book "idol, burning", it's actually about jpop (japanese idol industry) and not kpop! some might think this is trivial, but they have very different systems (although, of course, parasocial relationship is universal) + sometimes, there's some racist connotations when people lump every asian thing together...

James Baldwin is amazing, I remember when I first found out about him and read Giovanni's Room I ended up reading all of his books as soon as possible. It's been years and I think I'll reread his books again soon.

“I don't have hobbies, I have obsessions.” -Jack Ben Edwards, 2023

How you describe Atalanta makes me think of my experience with Circe by Madeline Miller - there's no major climax to keep you reading

@arrynwoo322

9 ай бұрын

Totally agree!!

There are actually four other books written by Claudia Piñeiro that has been translated to English; Thursday Night Widows, All Yours, A Crack in the Wall, and Betty Boo.

Annie Ernaux's books are like a symphony. the single parts sound unfinished, but combined you end up with a masterpiece

Wow - thanks so much for the amazing and lovely words about our very own A LITTLE LUCK by Claudia Piñeiro, Jack! We appreciate it. ❤So, so, so pleased you loved it. (And thank you for taking the time to share your bookish thoughts, as always!)

i have been just OBSESSED with your book review videos 😭❤i love how genuine you are with your reviews and opinions!!

literally everytime i watch jack i have my goodreads open in another tab bc the recs are TOO GOOD

I get so excited whenever Jack uploads 😂

@Beyond_Reads_

9 ай бұрын

Me too🤣. Also do check my channel for bookish content 😊 😊

Your reviews are always wonderful. Your enthusiasm and honesty are refreshing and you are so articulate and entertaining. Threat content!

I live for your Goodreads update to try to guess what your next video may be about.

I loved this! I would say with Stone Blind (and most of NH's novels) that it's a COMPLETELY different experience listening to the audiobook, if you haven't already! She read it amazingly well and did all these different voices, and her tone of voice made me find so much more in the text than I would have if I just read it on the page. It's worth listening to her, even if it's just for her immaculate reading style!

I was just watching your old videos for book recommendations to give to my school library, this is perfect ❤

@manjumoond568

8 ай бұрын

Hey are you Indian?

@rashichoudhary2006

8 ай бұрын

@@manjumoond568 Yes.

@rashichoudhary2006

4 ай бұрын

@@manjumoond568 yup

This video might be the key to finding a book that’s compelling enough to draw adhd me in and keep me reading until the end. Thanks, Jack!

Literally love whenever you post!! I'm sick so it's perfect timing

wait the explanation about the iliad and the penelopiad is so cool because i always thought the song of achilles was a a direct callback to the first line of the iliad "sing, goddess muse, of the wrath of achilles" and i thought instead of titling it the wrath of achilles the author went with the song of achilles, which sounds softer knowing we got to read not just about his anger but also his love ! it makes a lot of sense knowing that the iliad literally means the song of troy and first word of the iliad is "sing"

the OG retelling of Classics was German author Christa Wolf (whose Italian translator is supposed to be Elena Ferrante). her book Cassandra is phenomenal! She interweaves a retelling of some Iliyad events through Cassandra w German history and culture after WWII. Worth the read and she even wrote a lecture series on how the book came to be.

“I don’t have hobbies. I have obsessions.” Honestly same 😮‍💨

I am so here for you loving Toni Morrison! I've been into her since high school and never met anyone else who appreciated what she wrote so much. She's magnificent

I’m so happy I found this channel! These reviews are stellar. Appreciate the honesty

I dnf'd Stone Blind because it felt very YA and that wasn't what I was looking for. Also Idol, Burning is about Jpop not Kpop. They actually have very different fan culture and also massive geopolitical conflicts and differences.

@clairvoyantpegasus

8 ай бұрын

Was about to comment the same thing! K-pop and J-pop are intricately different, and as person who has experiences relating to being a fan in both, I'd say Idol, Burning is still such a valuable read. Especially on how becoming part of a fandom can be a way of survival and exerting agency when you feel hopeless/depressed/etc, in the context of the protagonist being a young female student with hints of mental/physical health problems, alongside familial and financial issues. I found the book quite touching honestly :")

@EllenFelicity

8 ай бұрын

You were right to DNF stone blind I wish I had 😂

@karakask5488

8 ай бұрын

@clairvoyantpegasus I agree. I thought it actually had a lot to say about fandom and both the good and bad about becoming so involved with a person that you don't actually know. I wish that Y/N was more like that, that book was disappointing to me.

@karakask5488

8 ай бұрын

@EllenFelicity Oh good! I just couldn't make myself get through it!

@clairvoyantpegasus

8 ай бұрын

@@karakask5488 oh my God yes yes!! I tried reading Y/N for *at least* 4 times and couldn't get past its first few chapters for some reason, despite being really intrigued by its premise & the fact that not a lot of literary fiction touches on K-pop. Something about it must've rubbed me the wrong way! 😅

there’s nothing i love more than listening to jack discuss literature 🥰🥰

ahh i missed jack talking about books like this!! missed the videos actually discussing the reads and jack talking about the themes and likes/dislikes. and omg can we talk about how eloquently he talks? loved it

Yay I love that you're doing reviews again!!!

I love Jack talking. His long videos just make my day.✨

It's wild how much power Jack has over my TBR.

Love seeing you rave about By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept. It’s been a favourite of mine for years, and I don’t think it gets the love it deserves!

Thank you so much for the recommendations! I love this Smash or Pass style because it's fun

Thanks for the tip on Another Brooklyn - it sounds awesome. Great reviews!

I love having your videos on whilst I work 🤎

Mate your old last minute essay videos have carried me through my MSc

My hobby is watching this precious human talk about book.

I felt the exact same way about Big Swiss. It was one of those situations where I knew the whole story after reading just the synopsis and there wasn’t much to it to be honest. There were also so many random, unnecessary facts that took up way too much time, especially the weird dogs…

Paul takes the form of a mortal girl has been my all time favourite book for a while and I’m so glad it’s finally catching the attention it deserves 😌

"My next partial smash is yellowface". doesn't sound great out of context 😭

omg i'm so happy that the penelopiad is finally getting her time to shine. i had to read this for a greek myth class this year and i fkn loved it. my only gripe was that the portrayal of helen was not very girlboss but for being published in 2005 it was still waaay ahead of its time

Aw yay! After reading Elena knows and Funny boy this summer and getting my mind blown, I’ll take all your book recommendations without question. Great video! Just added a big bunch of books to my reading list ❤

all these sound so good I can’t stop switching btwn youtube and my storygraph tbr 😣😣

Your videos are pure serotonin Jack ❤

This is so fun! I love your reviews😂❤

I just bought A Little Luck in Bath while on vacation because I loved Elena Knows so much, so I'm SO excited you loved it too! I think this is also the first not 100% glowing review of Chain Gang All-Stars I've seen. It's intriguing to me but nowhere near the top of my priority list tbh I loved Yellowface and think it's phenomenal. Though, it could've been about 25-50 pages shorter in my opinion. I do think the repetition shows that this type of behaviour and experiences is just nonstop... or maybe that's my interpretation to justify the length :P The climax/confrontation scene at the end of the book is what felt more outlandish to me, despite the satirical genre.

hey jack! you should try any of clarice lispector's works (not sure how many and which ones have been translated), i think her writing style and the themes she tackles are right up your alley :)

Your amazing!! I love your videos! Keep up the great work!

I always end up screenshoting at least half of the books you're talking about to add them to my ever growing whishlist 😭

Would love to see a video about why reading becomes an obsession and is addicting!!

This definitely moved a couple books farther up my TBR! I was wondering, do you read literary magazines/journals? Gutter, Extra Teeth, and CALYX Press feel like they might be your vibe. Also, you should read Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell and The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro.

Thank you for the book rec, Self Portrait as Othello. Maybe a gift purchase for a poetry loving friend. I also did a 'suggest for purchase' with my public library 🌈

Hey jack.. Hope you are doing well.. Really like your channel for insights, suggestion, detailed review and interesting videos.. Got to say your authentic, innovative and fearless personality is my favorite part of your videos!! Keep it going friend!!

I love Siddhartha! Hope you enjoy it ❤ thank you for your video, I am glad I was not the only one struggling with the note from underground.

My TBR is too long to finish within a lifetime because of these videos, because our taste in books is nearly identical. However, the way Jack is so articulate and precise in talking about why he *didn't* like a book also really helps me figure out if I would like it or not. So I will be adding Mrs. S to my TBR bc that sounds like a writing style I would enjoy, and the premise seems awesome too, as well as The Penelopiad, and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop.

heyyy jack! i think you should read "crooked plow" by itamar vieira jr. it's a brazilian book that was just recently translated to english. i would love to know your thoughts about it ps.: the original cover is a lot prettier ahahh the english version does not make it justice

i don't need any more books I DON'T NEED ANY MORE BOOKS

@ChemicalPenguinn

9 ай бұрын

Oh whoops I bought 4 more

Thank you for explaining why I enjoyed but struggled with some of Yellow Face! A really interesting read but almost too much happens and it could be so much more concise

After about 100 pages in on Stone Blind, I DNF'd it. The way it jumped around from character to character was exhausting. I think you put it best when you said everyone spoke in the same tone of voice and therefore made it somewhat confusing to understand who you were reading about. After picking up something else, finishing it and having my palette cleansed, I decided to give Stone Blind another chance and in the end actually really enjoyed it. I guess I just needed to be in the right head space to appreciate it.

Hi Jack! I love your videos, they're such a great way to encourage myself to read and feel excited again about reading. I wanted to ask you because we're going to do a small book club with some friends and I would love to hear some book recommendations for a book club. Like books which could have great topics to discuss with other people. It would be great if you could make a video about it. Thanks and great job man!🎉

Orthello is my favourite from Shakespeare too, so I will definitely be reading self-portrait!

0:04 Jack: one thing about me Me: I'm the baddest alive 🕺 💅

I love your videos and you are the king of books Jack 😊

Completelyyy agree with your thoughts on Yellowface if by any chance anyone who thinks similar was looking for validation on that hahaha

I am looking forward to all the ideas you said in your “building my library” video… btw. please do those.

Hi jack! Can you do books recommendations for general knowledge? History, art, mythology, science,, etc… thanks!

omg also love the Ex hex, if you haven't already you should watch practical magic because the plot is somewhat similar, and Erin Sterling has also written The kiss curse which I think is about the sister in the Ex hex :)

Jazz is such a smash!!! It was the book that introduced me to Toni morrison and I've loved everything from her 😩❤️

Wasn't expecting to see the Ex Hex here :) It was a cozy romance you'd enjoy around autumn with a coffee in hand.

Maybe it's just me because I did not learn greek mythology at high school but I felt like differentiating the different characters in Stone blind was a little hard. Some of them blended together for me up until they would mention something significant they did or happened to them in a previous chapter and I'd go oh that was you.

JACK! HOZIER HAS JUST RELEASED A VIDEO DETAILING HIS FAVOURITE BOOKS. You know what to do King 😤

"i don't have hobbies, i have obsessions" mood

I need a mythology retelling about Persephone! I love her and I would read that in a heartbeat

What you said about ‘drip feeding’ Toni Morrison books is so real… I’m doing the same with Elena Ferrante (reading 1 book per year 😂) because I’m enjoying the Neapolitan novels too much and basically want to grow up alongside the characters

I love your reviews are amazing and always the best ❤

Each individual grain of sand is not, what an accurate Annie Ernaux review👏👏

I love the Ex Hex right at the end❤️😂

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop is on my tbr but wasn’t sure if I’d like. Now I’m for sure thanks to your review 🥰

This is the video we NEEDED

Adding “The Ex Hex” to my October TBR….now if I can just get through everything I meant to read in August before the end of September…😅

The book at 24:20 had the same title from Paulo coehlo “by the river piedra I sat down and wept”😢

This is exactly how I felt about yellow face! I really felt like I didn’t want to spend that many pages with that character

Can't wait to read Penelopaid! Thank you for that awesome little greek fact! I'm going to add it to my 2024 TBR series :)

Bang on about Yellowface… I had same feelings

watching these videos gives me academic validation and motivation

I seriously want jack's cuotes to be put on these silly book covers, because he convinces me to add it to my tbr. Every single time

Toni Morrison is amazing. Song Of Solomon was my first and holds a special place in my heart

Fun fact: Elizabeth Smart’s book title is an allusion to Paulo Coelho’s 1994 book “By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept”

@eilindene

8 ай бұрын

I think both of those are allusions to Psalms 137:1

@jolenehurtado1363

8 ай бұрын

I came to say the same thing but then I found that Coelho’s book came later. Coelho is very well know for his faith and how it influenes his writing so I can see how they were both influenced by this psalms.

@aulbayne

8 ай бұрын

As @jolenehurtado1363 said, this is not true, Coelho’s book is from 1994, and Smart’s book is from 1945

Totally agree with what you said about Annie Ernaux and her work

I would love to see you review/read all the books Isaac reads in heartstopper!

Thank you for recommending The Penenopiad Jack! I loved it!

The chorus of the handmaidens in the Penelopiad also reminds me of the tradition of having a chorus in Ancient Greek plays. It adds another level of cleverness to the book by combining an ancient tradition with the newer trend you were talking about. Anyways Margaret Atwood is a queen