If anyone wants to look back on this to find a book: 02:06 - the seven husbands of evelyn hugo 03:13 - the adventures of tintin 03:31 - extremely loud and incredibly close 04:29 - the circle 05:49 - know my name 06:50 - notes on a crocodile 07:17 - the housekeeper and the professor 08:12 - let's explore diabetes with owls 09:05 - the secret life of bees 10:10 - one hundred years of solitude 10:42 - northanger abbey 12:18 - another time 12:32 - what i talk about when i talk about running 13:52 - a moveable feast 14:28 - anne of green gables 14:56 - man and superman 15:28 - call me by your name 16:31 - the midnight library 17:34 - to have and have not 17:46 - 84 charing cross road 18:22 - boy erased 18:47 - lana del rey's poetry 19:34 - ready player one 20:14 - papillon 21:06 - my year of rest and relaxation & dead poets society 21:58 - Thursday murder club 23:08 - i know why the cage bird sings (description at 23:56) 23:11 - letter to my daughter 24:17 - american dirt 25:09 - conversations with friends 25:49 - circe 26:22 - a little life 27:01 - klara and the sun 29:05 - night sky with exit wounds 30:34 (list of celebrity poetry he already reviewed in another video) 31:10 - confessions of a mask 31:45 - 20 000 leagues under the sea 32:08 - the karamazov brothers
Hating movie covers on books is probably the most non-controversial thing ever. Honestly, at this point I wonder what idiots still print these, because I feel like every reader on earth avoids them.
I actually like them because my country is weirdly obsessed with putting photos of real people (But only models) on the covers. Most of the times they don't even look the slightest like the protagonists and it becomes obvious the designers didn't even read the blurb. SO I prefer the film versions most of the times because at least it goes with the story and genre :)
@@chinares Infinite Country By Patricia Engle is a newly released story about a Colombian family moving to the US. The Author is Colombian and its receiving a bunch of great reviews and it was picked as Reese's book of the month!
My copy of Me Before You has one of those stickers that aren’t actually stickers but look like stickers on, and it’s of the movie cover and I hate it!😭
That’s so sweet you bought that book for your GF and want to read it yourself to learn and understand the female perspective 🥺 we need more men like this!
@@prunelle9068 it’s just... a joking comment? Like, it’s not like the comics were this big new thing recently and he just missed out on it? That was all I wanted to say, dear god
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@@AikiraBeats honestly, I love scribd. my lecturers will be like yo have u read my book and I’d be like yeah and they’re like OMG U PAID 4 IT and I’m like, nah, hell no I used scribd ma dude
I loved this video! I'm so so glad that I found your channel today. Also, love that you talk about Jane Austen in present tense as if she is alive and well.
I'm equally sad and angry that math gets so butchered in school people never want to hear anything about it again, and it's actually a really fascinating and inspiring subject/field of science.
I genuinely dont understand math. Ive always hated it, ive cried and been so angry and stressed because I didnt get it. And honestly ill never get it, I was interested in it in one class and it changed my view slightly but I got my highest grade in that class (D). But hearing my boyfriend being so excited and interested in math, really trying to explain things to me changed my view on it. And just reading about it in books, people having passion for math, its so fun. I wish I could understand, but Im still glad other things outside of school made me interested even if it just means hearing about it from others. I wish school didnt kill potential passions for people
@@samh7206 I've seen so many people stressed in school cause of math - and we've had amazing professors - it's honestly depressing. We need more people like your boyfriend, for math and for everything else in education. And I agree, seeing people doing science in books always motivates me to do something similar and learn new things.
@@Aiyume7 i feel like its similar to learning a language. People in my class who never really learned english in the beginning like everyone else would have a hard time as it got more complicated, then they wouldnt get it because it was too hard. Then they would skip class, cry, break down, just accept it as a failed class because they never got it in the first place and no one slowed down for their sake. I mean, you cant fake knowing a language? Its the same with math, its language you dont understand. I think schools fail us really early on and then when you want to learn when you get older its too late for many cause its too hard. Or you dont want to go back all the way to third grade. Many people who hated English class /can/ go on and read a book and think, well reading was quite nice and I like it. But how do you just...realize you like math after school? And pick up on it like reading or writing? You wont. Its really sad honestly
@@samh7206 True that... plus it seems to me like we always tie numbers to negative things like "this cost so and so", "i need to pay bills", "my student loan is x and i'll need so many years to repay it", taxes etc. No enjoyment or math magic there.
Jack, I just wanted to tell you that your words for the memoir Know My Name " I actually think that, as men, we should be reading things like these" made me so proud of you, and wonder if only every man would think that way.
This is the first video of yours I've watched and at the 6:30 mark when you said as a bloke you thought you should read "Know My Name" it was an immediate *Subscribe* for me. And having watched the entire video I have also added a bunch of the books to my tbr list, which is a bonus. Thanks!
“100 years of solitude” is undoubtedly a great book... but also a bit of a tough cookie if you haven’t read any magical realism before and if you haven’t heard about some of the historical events mentioned. My advice: - go online and find a family tree of the main characters. This is a must. Half of them have the same name, it can be very hard to keep track of who’s who. - read about the historical events mentioned in the book. Eg: the Banana Massacre (funny name for something actually terrible). - read “Love in the time of cholera”, also by Gabriel García Márquez. It is a great book too (I personally prefer this one by far) and there is little magical realism going on. Gripping and deeply moving
i'm reading this now and about 200 pages in- it was pretty good in the beginning but i'm finding it to be overwhelming with all the different happenings / characters! definitely want to get back in again though considering all the good reviews, thank you for this !!
hearing you say acapulco (which is in mexico, and where i live lol) was honestly surreal. also, i’ve been avoiding american dirt because i’ve heard of how badly it represents the situation here. let us know what you think of it and if it is really worth it, and if you can please research more about my hometown beforehand please do soo!!!
I came across this comment and I almost died! Boy Erased is such an incredible book and it is crazy that you were responsible for the Spanish translation! Garrad Conley is an incredible writer and yeah it took a lot out of me reading it due to it being so heavy. But kuddos to you! Also hey Jack! Love your channels!
I just discovered your video on ranking celebrities poetry and wow I have been on a binge ever since! Gotta love how articulate and smart you are but then just completely chaotic in the next second. It's so refreshing 😂💛
I've sort of been passively watching your videos over the last maybe two years, but Booktube-Jack is one of my favourite youtubers as of this past year or so!! loving all the book contend
me: impressed that these are the only books on your TBR. I can’t relate 😩😅!!! You’ve got some wonderful selections though and I’m excited for your thoughts on them 🔥
You make every book sound so good! I swear I literally have no time to read anything, but whenever you recommend a book and you talk about a book, I immediately wish I was reading it. I've had awful English classes which have taken my love of reading away, but watching your videos has started to help me "see the light" again. So thank you!!!
I just have to say that gabriel garcia marquez is not brazilian, but colombian... apart from that yeah 100 years of solitude is for sure a masterpiece! 😁 glad to see you picking up so so many books! Murakami is my favorite author ever so I am so happy to see you spreading the love!
@@jkim6140 unfortunately she left it I think last year, but people are still picking books and talking about them on the goodreads, I think. She’s just not involved any longer. :(
@Scarabeoid best believe I now have, know my name, the seven husbands of evelyn hugo, 84 charing cross road, the secret life of bees, and let's explore diabetes with owls on the way for delivery 😅i am now also broke HAHA
Have you thought about going on storygraph? You can put your good reads on there and then you get graphs and data on the books you’ve read. I still use goodreads because everyone else is on there but I am loving storygraph along side it
OMG sameeee! That video of Call Me By Your Name last scene with Fine Line.... lovely, that's what I saw the movie at first place and got obsessed immediately. Hands down one of the best movie, and bet song
Since you talked about people asking you to read brazilian literature, I feel that as a Brazilian I should then recommend some titles: Dom Casmurro - by Machado de Assis; The posthumous memoirs of Brás Cubas - by Machado de Assis; The hour of the star - by Clarice Lispector; The sad end of Policarpo Quaresma - by Lima Barreto; The Slum - by Aluísio Azevedo.
@@larissaprates1384 Oh man, I really don't read many contemporary books, or at least not as many as I should, but I definitely have in my to read list Torto Arado by Itamar Vieira Junior, but I don't really know if there is an English translation of it yet.
@@larissaprates1384 FELIPE CATILHO'S BOOKS!!! It's actually fantasy, but this man is AMAZING! I don't know if his books are translated to English already tho. I'll try to think of other authors to recommend you.
I just wanted to say, I seriously find you one of THE BEST Booktubers. You have such a nice taste in books I find really enjoyable. You don't just present the "mainstream" books most people in the booktube community already know of, but give inspiration for so much intellectual and interesting other publications.
One hundred years of solitude is unbelievably enthralling and I couldn't put it down despite its length! It definitely made my train rides to uni a lot more enjoyable in 2019 (it's Colombian btw). Love your channel! 🤩
AH! So many recommendations, I love it! I've gotten back into reading after years and years of dry-spell. I'm going to be roaming through the library to find these!
it’s literally the only movie book cover I kinda liked! I guess that’s also because it’s a rather aesthetic one and not just the face of the celebrities plastered on the cover
Hey Jack, if you read American Dirt, you should look into the controversey surrounding it. Among other things, the author called migrants at the American border a 'faceless brown mass', the barbed wire motif on the cover was used for things like manicures and table settings at book events, and there was a lot of objections around the book from Latinx authors
i'm halfway through a little life, and it is definitely not for everyone. it tackles such heavy topics that i had to pause for each chapter. it is heartbreaking and excruciatingly painful. it's not the kind of book you read just because you feel like crying; the hurt felt by the characters will pierce through you that you won't ever want to pick this book up again. please see the content warnings. though, it is indeed amazingly written - please be cautious if you are planning to read this.
Me, looking at 2203 books on my Goodreads TBR shelf: Yeah, I'm not planning to buy *all* of them. Or even read all of them. But it's nice to have a wide range of options to choose from
@@daniyalkaleem26 to be fare, I had my GR account for 3 years now, so it took me some time to pile them all up, but yeah... I'm addicted to Booktube, that's all I can say.
My issue was that I started my Goodreads when I was like 14 and I realized that 75% of the books on my TBR aren't as appealing to me now that I'm 25. I seriously loved YA lol. I just ended up making a new account this year and I still have hundreds of books on my TBR, but at least it isn't full of YA werewolves, fairies, vampires, and angels. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
@@samh7206 I recently started to cleanse my shelves - I feel like over the last 3 years I finally figured out my bookish taste, and now I can actually feel the difference between the stuff which sounds interesting and stuff I know I personally would love. I have so many YA on my GR shelves, which I now know I'm not interested in, but damn booktubers can be persuasive! Good luck to me on cleaning them up! My current goal in 1000 TBR books.
Hey Jack, just so you know, Latin American countries are also referred to as “American” and many people from Latin America often become irate when the term “American” is specified to mean only the US. After all, the continents together are called the Americas. I’ve definitely made that mistake, but after studying abroad in the Caribbean and taking classes for my Latin American Studies minor I’ve learned how important this is to many people :)
Hello! Just out of curiosity, would you suggest people call Latin American literature just "American literature"? Wouldn't that be confusing, considering American literature is associated with authors from the US? I completely understand the argument about the Americas, but in practice, the term "American" is so closely associated with the US that it's hard to really take it out of that context. I'm really interested in this whole discussion, so I hope you don't take my question as rude - I genuinely want to know how to be as respectful as possible, while also not causing confusion.
@@KitKatTay hi! I’m from Brazil and I’m probably not the most knowledgeable person to answer this but I’d like to chime in the conversation 😅 I’m not one of those who get angry, though it does cause a discomfort, because you see, as colonized people, that linguistic distinction has consequences in power relations. I agree with you, it would probably be very confusing. But an alternative would be saying North American literature, once Canadian literature is already a coined term, and so is Mexican. You see? Both these countries are part of North America and they have their own terms for it. Terms like Americans and America are instantly recognizable and linked to the United sates. I don’t think things/terms/ideas will change for a long time because it’s Ingrained already. Although that doesn’t mean we can try
Adding into thinking conversation, and because I'm curious as I wasn't previously aware 'Latin America' was a controversial term - in Australia we tend to say 'South America' to refer to Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela etc. Is that an acceptable term? Or would the preference still be that people just say America? We use North America sometimes to mean Canada and the US, but when people say 'America' in Australia they are often just referring to the US. Anyway, just interested for my future knowledge 😊
One hundred years of solitude is one of the best books ever. Every book I've picked up by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is just amazing. His writing is incredible, you find yourself easily wrapped in the story telling. I'm glad you got it and I can't wait to see your commentary on it
I think dystopia definitely got me into literature too-when we were teenagers teen fiction was full of it after all 😅 I actually ended up writing my dissertation on Victorian feminist utopias, and it now makes so much sense that I was most fascinated by how the dystopian social systems were put together and how they were often presented as or started out as ‘utopian’ before going wrong and being challenged.
One of the things I miss the most about the UK is how cheap books were. Here in Chile books are expensive! I can buy just one a month, and only if I have some money left after paying all my bills, lmao. I love watching these videos, helps my anxiety, lol.
Hii! Yeah so i finished the book today and i gave it 4 Stars! Its an easy to read, captivating story about a famous actress Evelyn Hugo who after decades has decided that she wants to talk about her life in an exclusive with a fellow journalist Monique Grant. Its all about the glitz and glamour of the world of stardom, and it focuses on Evelyn, her identity as an actress, her rise to fame, and the topic that is most talked about, her love life which includes marriage to 7 men. If you like reading about scandals, celebrity culture and drama, you'd like this one for sure. Like Jack said, the twist at the end was definitely unexpected and made me see Evelyn in a whole new way.
The Midnight Library is amazing. I read it just before Christmas and it got me out of a massive reading slump (aside from the reading I had to do for uni). I’d never read Matt Haig before but I absolutely fell in love with that book. This was a dangerous video for me to watch because I’ve 100% just added half these books to my TBR list!😂
Just read the midnight library ! I highly recommend putting it on top of your TBR 😍 Also, I have to say thank you, your book channel helped me getting back into reading this year and I’m looking forward for each upload!
So happy that your videos are getting monetized now!❤️✨I really enjoy your videos. My glory days of reading was so over years back. I find it therapeutic that you enjoy reading that much.
I have to say that I recently discovered your channel and I love your videos! Your enthusiasm for literature has awoken the bookworm in me that I thought was long gone. I used to think I should only be reading classics and "good books" which killed my spirit for reading. Recently I started picking books that always intrigued me or the coverage intrigued me and now I find myself reading everyday. Thank you for that. Now I can't wait for the next video!
I'll patiently await the "where to get cheap/free books" video. I've just bought lots of books directly from Amazon, then later discovered Abebooks and I am mad about it.
Also check out some of the shops that sell on Abebooks - my local secondhand bookstore sells through Abebooks and I imagine some of the other shops must have brick and mortar locations too. (PS, now that travel is opening back up, anyone coming to Toronto should be sure to check out BMV, it's an absolute treasure trove of affordable books)
I love The Circle! I'm shocked you haven't found any good reviews about it. It was super intriguing and I honestly got second hand stress from the characters from how well it was written.
Jack!! You should totally put your subscriber count in the description, we'd love to see how this channel grows too :) Congratulations on being monetised!!
Jack if you want to read Brazilian literature I would recommend reading Clarice Lispector!! Her books are a little crazy and filled with weird metaphors, gives me Franz Kafka vibes! She’s originally from Western Ukraine, moved to Brazil when she was a baby with her family, due to the First World War.( hahaha like a lot of Brazilian families that are just made up of immigrants from wars all around the world ) Btww love your channel, amazing recommendations alwaysss - Brazilian journalism student, living in the UAE
Jack! You are costing me so much money lol. I love your show and the book overviews you give but on the flip side, having bought a new bookshelf, I’ve had to go out and buy many of the books you have recommended. Let’s just say, I have A LOT of reading now to do but it has rejuvenated my love for reading, so between yourself and Ruby, thank you!!! What I would like you to consider for future videos, is publications and poetry. I am very much drawn to certain publications but I don’t know why, possibly because I’ve had a few translated books and hated some but loved others (even though it was the same book)! I am also very afraid of poetry and don’t understand it, it scares the living daylights out of me and I don’t know where to start in order to change my mind. I would also like to know more about the different poetry styles so if you have any entrance level, non scary poetry book recommendations, then please could you share?!!! Thanks again, I’m going back to work so I can afford more books :-)!
I loved what you had to say about Know My Name. I read it last year and it’s one of the most powerful books I’ve ever read. Thank you for wanting to learn more about the experiences of women. It’s more important than you know.
The Brothers Karamazov is my favorite book of all time and I am so happy you bought it! Please please let us know your thoughts when you read it. I am so excited for you, this is a book I wish I could read again for the first time.
@@evilsisterslol it's completely fine to think that! I just personally read it at a time when I needed to hear some of the things in that book so it's really changed a lot of things for me - I hope you still enjoyed it in some way ☺
So excited to see you picking up one hundred years of solitude. An absolute classic of magical realism and a great way to expose yourself to the genre. It’s a wild read but as a Colombian American, I’m so proud of that part of my heritage and think more folks in the English speaking world NEED to explore it
Omg You gotta add The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami in your list. I also LOVE Murakami, and this book is so weird!! Its a collection of his short stories, and its just.. I just.. I cant. Just, just read it.
I did a degree in maths at the University of Brighton and honestly Maths really can be elegant and extraordinary - it really can be applied everywhere, even in English Literature and Language - there was a paper that looked at verb-/noun couplings and patterns and what different those patterns indicate Love the channel so much thank you for saving lockdown haha
i was so so thrilled to see "anne of green gables" in this video and to hear you say that you want to watch "anne with an e"!! it's my fav show of all time and it's quite different to the book (and imo it's better bc of the extensive amount of important and relevant topics it manages to cover in a very sensitive and meaningful way) but they both have the same whimsical vibes
the Midnight Library is the first book I read in 2021 and it was SO therapeutic and philosophical and full of wit and it's just an absolute page turner! THE GO-TO BOOK when you're experiencing serious self-doubt and/or when you start second guessing what your life would be like if you had made another decision! I highlighted so many paragraphs and definitely will read it again!!! My first Matt Haig book was "How to Stop Time" and that book got me reading every single Matt Haig book I can get my hands on. If you like "Reasons to Stay Alive", you'll also like his "Notes on a Nervous Planet" (easy to read yet wisdom-packed!!!)
If anyone wants to look back on this to find a book:
02:06 - the seven husbands of evelyn hugo
03:13 - the adventures of tintin
03:31 - extremely loud and incredibly close
04:29 - the circle
05:49 - know my name
06:50 - notes on a crocodile
07:17 - the housekeeper and the professor
08:12 - let's explore diabetes with owls
09:05 - the secret life of bees
10:10 - one hundred years of solitude
10:42 - northanger abbey
12:18 - another time
12:32 - what i talk about when i talk about running
13:52 - a moveable feast
14:28 - anne of green gables
14:56 - man and superman
15:28 - call me by your name
16:31 - the midnight library
17:34 - to have and have not
17:46 - 84 charing cross road
18:22 - boy erased
18:47 - lana del rey's poetry
19:34 - ready player one
20:14 - papillon
21:06 - my year of rest and relaxation & dead poets society
21:58 - Thursday murder club
23:08 - i know why the cage bird sings (description at 23:56)
23:11 - letter to my daughter
24:17 - american dirt
25:09 - conversations with friends
25:49 - circe
26:22 - a little life
27:01 - klara and the sun
29:05 - night sky with exit wounds
30:34 (list of celebrity poetry he already reviewed in another video)
31:10 - confessions of a mask
31:45 - 20 000 leagues under the sea
32:08 - the karamazov brothers
damn - thank you!!
@@jack_in_the_books lol no problem! Was marking some for myself, so thought might as well do them all if anyone needs it hahah
CAME SEARCHING FOR IT THANK YOU
Thank you so much!
Thank you sooo much!!
Hating movie covers on books is probably the most non-controversial thing ever. Honestly, at this point I wonder what idiots still print these, because I feel like every reader on earth avoids them.
I think it’s because people who liked the movie will buy it? Us readers, however, will avoid it like the plague.
@@luuuuux_ I even would accept film cover stickers on books if it prevented them from being printed with that covers.
@@xkathygee I would too. The film stickers are way better than the movie covers
14 year old me wanted that twilight cover with Robert Pattinsons handsome face on it :D other than that, I agree
I actually like them because my country is weirdly obsessed with putting photos of real people (But only models) on the covers. Most of the times they don't even look the slightest like the protagonists and it becomes obvious the designers didn't even read the blurb. SO I prefer the film versions most of the times because at least it goes with the story and genre :)
As a Colombian, I can tell you that One hundred years of solitude is the pride of my country. Hope you like it Jack
As a Mexican I’m proud of other latin american prides 😅 orgullo latino 🇲🇽🇨🇴
Can you recommend other Colombian authors/books? I would love to read them.
@@luiscarloscr7144 Can you recommend me Mexican books please? ))
@@chinares Infinite Country By Patricia Engle is a newly released story about a Colombian family moving to the US. The Author is Colombian and its receiving a bunch of great reviews and it was picked as Reese's book of the month!
I was looking for this. I love SO much this book. Actually Gabo's work in general. He is a Genius.
I agree that movie covers for books is just the worst. I don't know why but i HATE it haha.
Even worse when they supplement with stickers on them too :((
Yes! i am still looking for a Perks of Being a Wallflower without the movie cover.
Most of them are also lazy as hell.
My copy of Me Before You has one of those stickers that aren’t actually stickers but look like stickers on, and it’s of the movie cover and I hate it!😭
I hate movie tie in covers.
I feel less lonely whenever I watch Jack anyone else feel this way? He just seems like such a nice person to hang around :)
That’s so sweet you bought that book for your GF and want to read it yourself to learn and understand the female perspective 🥺 we need more men like this!
“I feel like Tintin was maybe slightly before my time?”
The comics are from the 1930s, they were absolutely before your time, Jack, don’t worry
Lol I love tintin and I'm 14
tintin is never before anyone's time! i kind of grew up with the comics
@@prunelle9068 it’s just... a joking comment? Like, it’s not like the comics were this big new thing recently and he just missed out on it? That was all I wanted to say, dear god
@@ninabuelens9312 people are very defensive about Tintin lol
i grew up with the animated movies and only in my twenties found out there were comics 😅😅
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Sooo... Jack is inviting us to bulk up our TBR list even though we already have like 100 books in it???... LOVE IT!!!!
If I bought every book in my TBR I would buy over 600 books and be completely broke (and probably in debt) 😳😅
Right I use scribd and getting these books were a must
@@AikiraBeats honestly, I love scribd. my lecturers will be like yo have u read my book and I’d be like yeah and they’re like OMG U PAID 4 IT and I’m like, nah, hell no I used scribd ma dude
Closer to 900 😬😬
my tbr list has almost 700 books on it. i am a fast reader, but like, not THAT fast, i think i need a potion of immortality lol
I loved this video! I'm so so glad that I found your channel today.
Also, love that you talk about Jane Austen in present tense as if she is alive and well.
Wait how have we not had a vid about reading horrifically bad fan fiction yet, I feel like there’s so much opportunity there
OMG YES
this!!
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I'd "love" to get Jack's take on _My Immortal_
@@anttibjorklund1869 i was about to comment that 😂
Jack: a literature graduate
Also jack: "it will take me much longer than it tAkED him" XD
🤣🤣🤣
I think he said ‘it will take me much longer than it takes him’
jack is in his booktuber era and i’m loving it
Still is ❤
Gabriel Garcia Márquez used to live down the street from my grandma's house in Mexico. His writing is like magic, hope you enjoy his work!
I have literally just realised...Jack in a box...jack in the books...cleverrrrr
Omg I did not even realise 😭
So glad you pointed it out cuz i never would have realised 😂😂
this comment made me laugh and I don’t even know why because I realised this ages ago
😂😂😂😂
I'm equally sad and angry that math gets so butchered in school people never want to hear anything about it again, and it's actually a really fascinating and inspiring subject/field of science.
I genuinely dont understand math. Ive always hated it, ive cried and been so angry and stressed because I didnt get it. And honestly ill never get it, I was interested in it in one class and it changed my view slightly but I got my highest grade in that class (D). But hearing my boyfriend being so excited and interested in math, really trying to explain things to me changed my view on it. And just reading about it in books, people having passion for math, its so fun. I wish I could understand, but Im still glad other things outside of school made me interested even if it just means hearing about it from others. I wish school didnt kill potential passions for people
@@samh7206 I've seen so many people stressed in school cause of math - and we've had amazing professors - it's honestly depressing. We need more people like your boyfriend, for math and for everything else in education.
And I agree, seeing people doing science in books always motivates me to do something similar and learn new things.
@@Aiyume7 i feel like its similar to learning a language. People in my class who never really learned english in the beginning like everyone else would have a hard time as it got more complicated, then they wouldnt get it because it was too hard. Then they would skip class, cry, break down, just accept it as a failed class because they never got it in the first place and no one slowed down for their sake. I mean, you cant fake knowing a language? Its the same with math, its language you dont understand. I think schools fail us really early on and then when you want to learn when you get older its too late for many cause its too hard. Or you dont want to go back all the way to third grade. Many people who hated English class /can/ go on and read a book and think, well reading was quite nice and I like it. But how do you just...realize you like math after school? And pick up on it like reading or writing? You wont. Its really sad honestly
@@samh7206 True that... plus it seems to me like we always tie numbers to negative things like "this cost so and so", "i need to pay bills", "my student loan is x and i'll need so many years to repay it", taxes etc. No enjoyment or math magic there.
Would math be classified as a “subject/field” of science?
I’m genuinely curious.
I know you need math to *do* science.
But aren’t they separate?
Jack, I just wanted to tell you that your words for the memoir Know My Name " I actually think that, as men, we should be reading things like these" made me so proud of you, and wonder if only every man would think that way.
I wish I had a friend like you who I could discuss books with. Your enthusiasm is infectious. 😊
Love your videos 💖
He is infectious and I hope there's no cure haha!
Jack has become a full fledged main stream booktuber🤣. I love it
Ikr😂
This is the first video of yours I've watched and at the 6:30 mark when you said as a bloke you thought you should read "Know My Name" it was an immediate *Subscribe* for me. And having watched the entire video I have also added a bunch of the books to my tbr list, which is a bonus. Thanks!
“100 years of solitude” is undoubtedly a great book... but also a bit of a tough cookie if you haven’t read any magical realism before and if you haven’t heard about some of the historical events mentioned. My advice:
- go online and find a family tree of the main characters. This is a must. Half of them have the same name, it can be very hard to keep track of who’s who.
- read about the historical events mentioned in the book. Eg: the Banana Massacre (funny name for something actually terrible).
- read “Love in the time of cholera”, also by Gabriel García Márquez. It is a great book too (I personally prefer this one by far) and there is little magical realism going on. Gripping and deeply moving
i'm reading this now and about 200 pages in- it was pretty good in the beginning but i'm finding it to be overwhelming with all the different happenings / characters! definitely want to get back in again though considering all the good reviews, thank you for this !!
he’s read several murakamis, I’m sure he’s good on magical realism....
@@alessandrab.6261 bold of you to assume that Latin American magical realism and Japanese magical realism are the same thing...
this is helpful...I have brought the book and gonna start reading soon
Yeah I also liked love in the time of cholera more but they were both amazing reading experiences that got me hood on Márquez
hearing you say acapulco (which is in mexico, and where i live lol) was honestly surreal. also, i’ve been avoiding american dirt because i’ve heard of how badly it represents the situation here. let us know what you think of it and if it is really worth it, and if you can please research more about my hometown beforehand please do soo!!!
I’m reading American Dirt at the moment- I’m really enjoying it and not taking it as gospel. Would love to know more about your hometown
The book starts off really strong but the ending was so disappointing in my opinion
@@Lifewithms.m yeah it wasn't the most satisfying ending- I like to finish a boom and wonder what would happen next
@@rachael5923 the characters went on this complex journey to escape and the ending made it seem so easy.
@@Lifewithms.m yeah, seemed like such a rushed ending. Enjoyed the bulk of the book though just the ending was disappointing.
As the Spanish translator of Boy Erased (a little promo moment, haha), I really recommend it! It's really sad tbh, but still great.
YOU TRANSLATED IT?!?!?! WOAH HELLO!!!
I came across this comment and I almost died! Boy Erased is such an incredible book and it is crazy that you were responsible for the Spanish translation! Garrad Conley is an incredible writer and yeah it took a lot out of me reading it due to it being so heavy. But kuddos to you! Also hey Jack! Love your channels!
THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY IS AMAZING! it completely restores your love for life
I just discovered your video on ranking celebrities poetry and wow I have been on a binge ever since! Gotta love how articulate and smart you are but then just completely chaotic in the next second. It's so refreshing 😂💛
I'm from Taiwan!!!! The fact that you're reading a book from a Taiwanese author brings me to tears!!!
I'm so glad this channel exists. I can hear you talk about books for HOURS
I've sort of been passively watching your videos over the last maybe two years, but Booktube-Jack is one of my favourite youtubers as of this past year or so!! loving all the book contend
me: impressed that these are the only books on your TBR. I can’t relate 😩😅!!! You’ve got some wonderful selections though and I’m excited for your thoughts on them 🔥
You make every book sound so good! I swear I literally have no time to read anything, but whenever you recommend a book and you talk about a book, I immediately wish I was reading it. I've had awful English classes which have taken my love of reading away, but watching your videos has started to help me "see the light" again. So thank you!!!
Am I supposed to be reading? Yes. Am I going to watch this video first? Yes.
I’m taking a quick reading break to watch this cause I saw my favorite book in the thumbnail lol.
@@heatherlawson3472 Which book was it? Mine was ready player one...
@@rahat7132 ready player one is a book?
@@jordansiarya762 yh? and it's 10x better than the film imo
I just have to say that gabriel garcia marquez is not brazilian, but colombian... apart from that yeah 100 years of solitude is for sure a masterpiece! 😁 glad to see you picking up so so many books! Murakami is my favorite author ever so I am so happy to see you spreading the love!
so glad to know i'm not the only one who doesn't like movie tie-in covers
I also hate them but like the Call Me by Your Name cover. Taste 👌🏻
People can say what they want about the age gap in Call Me By Your Name, but no one can deny how incredibly well written it is
Idea for a video: reading all the books recommended on emma Watson’s book club on goodreads?
omg yes.
Is her club still active?
Yessss
@@jkim6140 unfortunately she left it I think last year, but people are still picking books and talking about them on the goodreads, I think. She’s just not involved any longer. :(
But isn't there like 1000 books?
add "watering the soul" to your tbr!! its light and sweet poetry that speaks to the soul. absolutely love!!
let's see which books Jack will make me buy today
@Scarabeoid best believe I now have, know my name, the seven husbands of evelyn hugo, 84 charing cross road, the secret life of bees, and let's explore diabetes with owls on the way for delivery 😅i am now also broke HAHA
Have you thought about going on storygraph? You can put your good reads on there and then you get graphs and data on the books you’ve read.
I still use goodreads because everyone else is on there but I am loving storygraph along side it
Jack woke up and chose ‘broke from buying books’ for all of us. Thanks a lot 😂
OMG sameeee!
That video of Call Me By Your Name last scene with Fine Line.... lovely, that's what I saw the movie at first place and got obsessed immediately.
Hands down one of the best movie, and bet song
these videos are so entertaining, love it!
The Circle creeped me out so much!! It's the kind of book that get's stuck in your head and I still think about that ending and just chills!
i’m in the middle of a workout but idc this is more important
Lol I was literally about to do yoga but said oh now this is more important 😂
@@missraredoesstuff pahahah 😂
Good doggo, doin' workout and all.. 👍
@@missraredoesstuff omggg literally SAME
@@pragatipriya2302 Priorities! loool
The fact that you refered to Jane Austen as if she was still alive made me so happy. Authors never die. 🙏
Since you talked about people asking you to read brazilian literature, I feel that as a Brazilian I should then recommend some titles:
Dom Casmurro - by Machado de Assis;
The posthumous memoirs of Brás Cubas - by Machado de Assis;
The hour of the star - by Clarice Lispector;
The sad end of Policarpo Quaresma - by Lima Barreto;
The Slum - by Aluísio Azevedo.
Definitely, The Slum is my favorite Brazilian book ever. He could read Guimarães Rosa and Fernando Pessoa (he's Portuguese though) too
What a selection 👏🏼 do you know any contemporary Brazilian fiction you would recommend?
@@larissaprates1384 Oh man, I really don't read many contemporary books, or at least not as many as I should, but I definitely have in my to read list Torto Arado by Itamar Vieira Junior, but I don't really know if there is an English translation of it yet.
ai gente que mico, para
@@larissaprates1384 FELIPE CATILHO'S BOOKS!!! It's actually fantasy, but this man is AMAZING! I don't know if his books are translated to English already tho. I'll try to think of other authors to recommend you.
I just wanted to say, I seriously find you one of THE BEST Booktubers. You have such a nice taste in books I find really enjoyable. You don't just present the "mainstream" books most people in the booktube community already know of, but give inspiration for so much intellectual and interesting other publications.
FINALLY someone saying what needs to be said about book covers
One hundred years of solitude is unbelievably enthralling and I couldn't put it down despite its length! It definitely made my train rides to uni a lot more enjoyable in 2019 (it's Colombian btw). Love your channel! 🤩
Jack is slowly becoming a booktuber and I’m living for it
AH! So many recommendations, I love it! I've gotten back into reading after years and years of dry-spell. I'm going to be roaming through the library to find these!
same here, I hate movie covers on books!!! but the CMBYN one is acceptable.
it’s literally the only movie book cover I kinda liked! I guess that’s also because it’s a rather aesthetic one and not just the face of the celebrities plastered on the cover
@@charlottexedits8364 especially compared to original cover, movie cover for CMBYN is simply gorgeous!
@@charlottexedits8364 Yes exactly, you can see some actual design went into it, and it's not just a still from the movie or a typical movie poster
i brought a copy of cmbyn because of it's aesthetic cover and also the storyline intrigued me so much
This guy is literally living the nerd dream and I am both jealous and inspired by it
Hey Jack, if you read American Dirt, you should look into the controversey surrounding it. Among other things, the author called migrants at the American border a 'faceless brown mass', the barbed wire motif on the cover was used for things like manicures and table settings at book events, and there was a lot of objections around the book from Latinx authors
Made the same comment before seeing this.
Came here to say this!!
Thanks for pointing that out. I'm Mexican, fuck that book.
i'm halfway through a little life, and it is definitely not for everyone. it tackles such heavy topics that i had to pause for each chapter. it is heartbreaking and excruciatingly painful. it's not the kind of book you read just because you feel like crying; the hurt felt by the characters will pierce through you that you won't ever want to pick this book up again. please see the content warnings. though, it is indeed amazingly written - please be cautious if you are planning to read this.
I'd have to declare bankruptcy if I bought every book on my TBR lmao
Same lol it is over 400
@@evanfitzpatrick5173 650 here, help
Me too. I think I’m at 2,200 on my goodreads list lol.
350+ here
start a youtube channel and monitize it 😃😂
The more I watch your videos, the more my passion for books increases. That's what I needed to read again, thank you!!
Me, looking at 2203 books on my Goodreads TBR shelf: Yeah, I'm not planning to buy *all* of them. Or even read all of them. But it's nice to have a wide range of options to choose from
Damn, and I thought my 72 was a huge number.
@@daniyalkaleem26 to be fare, I had my GR account for 3 years now, so it took me some time to pile them all up, but yeah... I'm addicted to Booktube, that's all I can say.
My issue was that I started my Goodreads when I was like 14 and I realized that 75% of the books on my TBR aren't as appealing to me now that I'm 25. I seriously loved YA lol.
I just ended up making a new account this year and I still have hundreds of books on my TBR, but at least it isn't full of YA werewolves, fairies, vampires, and angels. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
This made me stressed. I can barely have 60 books on my TBR, I go through it like 3 times a year and remove anything I dont want to read
@@samh7206 I recently started to cleanse my shelves - I feel like over the last 3 years I finally figured out my bookish taste, and now I can actually feel the difference between the stuff which sounds interesting and stuff I know I personally would love. I have so many YA on my GR shelves, which I now know I'm not interested in, but damn booktubers can be persuasive! Good luck to me on cleaning them up! My current goal in 1000 TBR books.
Hey Jack, just so you know, Latin American countries are also referred to as “American” and many people from Latin America often become irate when the term “American” is specified to mean only the US. After all, the continents together are called the Americas. I’ve definitely made that mistake, but after studying abroad in the Caribbean and taking classes for my Latin American Studies minor I’ve learned how important this is to many people :)
Hello! Just out of curiosity, would you suggest people call Latin American literature just "American literature"? Wouldn't that be confusing, considering American literature is associated with authors from the US? I completely understand the argument about the Americas, but in practice, the term "American" is so closely associated with the US that it's hard to really take it out of that context. I'm really interested in this whole discussion, so I hope you don't take my question as rude - I genuinely want to know how to be as respectful as possible, while also not causing confusion.
@@KitKatTay hi! I’m from Brazil and I’m probably not the most knowledgeable person to answer this but I’d like to chime in the conversation 😅 I’m not one of those who get angry, though it does cause a discomfort, because you see, as colonized people, that linguistic distinction has consequences in power relations. I agree with you, it would probably be very confusing. But an alternative would be saying North American literature, once Canadian literature is already a coined term, and so is Mexican. You see? Both these countries are part of North America and they have their own terms for it. Terms like Americans and America are instantly recognizable and linked to the United sates. I don’t think things/terms/ideas will change for a long time because it’s Ingrained already. Although that doesn’t mean we can try
Adding into thinking conversation, and because I'm curious as I wasn't previously aware 'Latin America' was a controversial term - in Australia we tend to say 'South America' to refer to Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela etc. Is that an acceptable term? Or would the preference still be that people just say America? We use North America sometimes to mean Canada and the US, but when people say 'America' in Australia they are often just referring to the US. Anyway, just interested for my future knowledge 😊
Omg I'm embarrassed for me 'adding into the conversation'
Stfu
I waited for Book Thief. I reccomended all of my friends and they literally fall in love with it. I belive you can like too.
Same 💙
The book thief was incredible!
One hundred years of solitude is one of the best books ever. Every book I've picked up by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is just amazing. His writing is incredible, you find yourself easily wrapped in the story telling. I'm glad you got it and I can't wait to see your commentary on it
I think dystopia definitely got me into literature too-when we were teenagers teen fiction was full of it after all 😅 I actually ended up writing my dissertation on Victorian feminist utopias, and it now makes so much sense that I was most fascinated by how the dystopian social systems were put together and how they were often presented as or started out as ‘utopian’ before going wrong and being challenged.
What books did you read for your dissertation? I would love to read some victorian feminist utopias
One of the things I miss the most about the UK is how cheap books were. Here in Chile books are expensive! I can buy just one a month, and only if I have some money left after paying all my bills, lmao. I love watching these videos, helps my anxiety, lol.
I WAS JUST GONNA START READING EVELYN HUGO TODAY AND YOU GAVE IT 5 STARS THE UNIVERSE HAS SPOKEN-
Write a short review here please.
All the love!
second that^ a review plss!
Hii! Yeah so i finished the book today and i gave it 4 Stars!
Its an easy to read, captivating story about a famous actress Evelyn Hugo who after decades has decided that she wants to talk about her life in an exclusive with a fellow journalist Monique Grant. Its all about the glitz and glamour of the world of stardom, and it focuses on Evelyn, her identity as an actress, her rise to fame, and the topic that is most talked about, her love life which includes marriage to 7 men. If you like reading about scandals, celebrity culture and drama, you'd like this one for sure. Like Jack said, the twist at the end was definitely unexpected and made me see Evelyn in a whole new way.
@@khushalishah29 You literally wrote a complete review on it! You're the sweetest.Thanks❤️
Omg I LOVE the secret life of bees!! And the fact that Jade recommended it to you makes me so happy as well
Everyone's favourite booktuber 😌
And everyone's favourite white boy
without a doubt my favorite person on yt. it came to a point where a 32 minutes video is not enough.
32:22
That wobble is so satisfying. Love me a floppy book.
The Midnight Library is amazing. I read it just before Christmas and it got me out of a massive reading slump (aside from the reading I had to do for uni). I’d never read Matt Haig before but I absolutely fell in love with that book.
This was a dangerous video for me to watch because I’ve 100% just added half these books to my TBR list!😂
THIRTY MINUTES WE'VE BEEN BLESSED
Just read the midnight library ! I highly recommend putting it on top of your TBR 😍 Also, I have to say thank you, your book channel helped me getting back into reading this year and I’m looking forward for each upload!
I can't contain my excitement when I saw 7 husbands of Evelyn hugo as the 1st book. I absolutely loved that 1
Its so insane because I just downloaded the pdf and then jack posted this video giving it 5 stars so I'm so excited!
So happy that your videos are getting monetized now!❤️✨I really enjoy your videos. My glory days of reading was so over years back. I find it therapeutic that you enjoy reading that much.
why did I laugh when you said pandemi lovato 😭
I laughed too, don't worry 😂
The way you say Tintin with your accent is the cutest thing ever
- a french viewer -
Do you think he did an English Literature degree? 😂
I have to say that I recently discovered your channel and I love your videos! Your enthusiasm for literature has awoken the bookworm in me that I thought was long gone. I used to think I should only be reading classics and "good books" which killed my spirit for reading. Recently I started picking books that always intrigued me or the coverage intrigued me and now I find myself reading everyday. Thank you for that. Now I can't wait for the next video!
I'll patiently await the "where to get cheap/free books" video. I've just bought lots of books directly from Amazon, then later discovered Abebooks and I am mad about it.
ThriftBooks is also a great option :)
Also check out some of the shops that sell on Abebooks - my local secondhand bookstore sells through Abebooks and I imagine some of the other shops must have brick and mortar locations too. (PS, now that travel is opening back up, anyone coming to Toronto should be sure to check out BMV, it's an absolute treasure trove of affordable books)
I love The Circle! I'm shocked you haven't found any good reviews about it. It was super intriguing and I honestly got second hand stress from the characters from how well it was written.
Jack!! You should totally put your subscriber count in the description, we'd love to see how this channel grows too :) Congratulations on being monetised!!
the show anne with an e is so SO good! It covers so many important topics and is also just amazing🥰
Jack if you want to read Brazilian literature I would recommend reading Clarice Lispector!! Her books are a little crazy and filled with weird metaphors, gives me Franz Kafka vibes! She’s originally from Western Ukraine, moved to Brazil when she was a baby with her family, due to the First World War.( hahaha like a lot of Brazilian families that are just made up of immigrants from wars all around the world )
Btww love your channel, amazing recommendations alwaysss - Brazilian journalism student, living in the UAE
Jack! You are costing me so much money lol. I love your show and the book overviews you give but on the flip side, having bought a new bookshelf, I’ve had to go out and buy many of the books you have recommended. Let’s just say, I have A LOT of reading now to do but it has rejuvenated my love for reading, so between yourself and Ruby, thank you!!! What I would like you to consider for future videos, is publications and poetry. I am very much drawn to certain publications but I don’t know why, possibly because I’ve had a few translated books and hated some but loved others (even though it was the same book)! I am also very afraid of poetry and don’t understand it, it scares the living daylights out of me and I don’t know where to start in order to change my mind. I would also like to know more about the different poetry styles so if you have any entrance level, non scary poetry book recommendations, then please could you share?!!! Thanks again, I’m going back to work so I can afford more books :-)!
"what i talk about when i talk about running" is a book that inspired me to run a marathon so beware, it's really powerful
I loved what you had to say about Know My Name. I read it last year and it’s one of the most powerful books I’ve ever read. Thank you for wanting to learn more about the experiences of women. It’s more important than you know.
you should try reading kids books for a video - i recommend heidi LMAO most wholesome book ever
Heidi was one of the first books I bought lmao. My father bought it for me when I was 5 and I still love that book to pieces.
@@Clementine3107 it’s lovely makes me enjoy little things in life, and makes me really want bread and cheese
@@fays7309 yeah , it's so wholesome . Every time I read it I want to drink milk.
@@Clementine3107 i want some right now
Yes!!! (and The little Prince if he hasn't read it yet)
The Nintendo switch just casually on the side there is giving me life! Mine lives on my bedside table, haha! loving this book haul too :)
The Brothers Karamazov is my favorite book of all time and I am so happy you bought it! Please please let us know your thoughts when you read it. I am so excited for you, this is a book I wish I could read again for the first time.
I love watching book videos on your channel because they motivate me to get reading, your enthusiasm/dedicatIon is infectious
Ayyyy one hundred years of solitude is one of my favourites!!!
I know that has nothing to do with the video BUT your side profile is *chef kiss* hahah and my tbr list in the onlineshop is now 100 books long hahhha
Jack, The Midnight Library is THE book to read - Matt Haig is just an amazing author so I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
I just finished this today! It was a nice easy read and heart warming too but idk it didn't really change anything in me
@@evilsisterslol it's completely fine to think that! I just personally read it at a time when I needed to hear some of the things in that book so it's really changed a lot of things for me - I hope you still enjoyed it in some way ☺
@@oliviamoynihan3185 Yeah I think it definitely makes a difference reading the right book at the right time in your life :)
@@evilsisterslol what would you consider to be the right time? :)
So excited to see you picking up one hundred years of solitude. An absolute classic of magical realism and a great way to expose yourself to the genre. It’s a wild read but as a Colombian American, I’m so proud of that part of my heritage and think more folks in the English speaking world NEED to explore it
Omg You gotta add The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami in your list. I also LOVE Murakami, and this book is so weird!! Its a collection of his short stories, and its just.. I just.. I cant. Just, just read it.
“the russians had so much to say”
me, who never stops talking and has russian ancestry: yeah yeah he’s right
The level of jealousy I had when I saw all of those books on the thumbnail... 😪❤
I did a degree in maths at the University of Brighton and honestly Maths really can be elegant and extraordinary - it really can be applied everywhere, even in English Literature and Language - there was a paper that looked at verb-/noun couplings and patterns and what different those patterns indicate
Love the channel so much thank you for saving lockdown haha
Anne with an e is one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. I think you’d love it
Although it is very different from the book, very loosely related.
i was so so thrilled to see "anne of green gables" in this video and to hear you say that you want to watch "anne with an e"!! it's my fav show of all time and it's quite different to the book (and imo it's better bc of the extensive amount of important and relevant topics it manages to cover in a very sensitive and meaningful way) but they both have the same whimsical vibes
"and the russians just had so much to say" LOL it's all that existentialism
I laughed at that so hard. I’m russian and people say that i talk way too much... especially about books
the Midnight Library is the first book I read in 2021 and it was SO therapeutic and philosophical and full of wit and it's just an absolute page turner! THE GO-TO BOOK when you're experiencing serious self-doubt and/or when you start second guessing what your life would be like if you had made another decision! I highlighted so many paragraphs and definitely will read it again!!! My first Matt Haig book was "How to Stop Time" and that book got me reading every single Matt Haig book I can get my hands on. If you like "Reasons to Stay Alive", you'll also like his "Notes on a Nervous Planet" (easy to read yet wisdom-packed!!!)