the only books i've rated 5 stars in 2024 (so far)
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- we're mid-way through the year, but my reading this year has been anything but MID
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video chapters:
00:00 introduction
02:11 Happy All The Time by Laurie Colwin
05:12 Evenings and Weekends by Oisin McKenna
08:41 White Nights by Dostoyevsky
11:22 Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck (translated by Michael Hoffman)
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15:13 The Details by Ia Genberg (translated by Kira Josefsson)
17:17 Boulder by Eva Baltasar Garda (translated by Julia Sanches)
19:35 Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
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Something I've noticed is that the books I most frequently recommend are usually 4 stars. Which I think is interesting! My hypothesis is that 4+ means it's a great book, but the 5th star is more personal and may be from things I connect with that aren't as universal? I don't know! But it's interesting!
i feel the exact same way!
I understand that. Even some of my 3 star reads I can acknowledge are still rather good books, for example are written well and have a good plot. However, it's my 5 stars that have hit me more on a deeper level.
So true. Most of my 5 star books are pretty disturbing and can have quite a lot of triggers. Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor, and Beloved by Toni Morrison are both 5 star reads for me, but they're not necessarily something I would recommend to a person I just met.
I completely agree! My 5 stared books have made me feel something others haven’t, and it’s not to say the other books are bad, but to me they don’t quite match to the same degree.
Completely agree!!
Keeping us fed with this crème de la fresh content, I see.
You should do a video called “Every book I’ve rated 5 stars in my life described in one or two sentences”
I think is a way for us to discover hidden gemes. And for you to talk about books you love that you haven’t talk about them in a long time
Omg yes I’d love this!!
I think it would be easier to just scroll through his goodreads tbh! I really enjoyed this video, I feel like Jack hasnt had the time recently to film a video where he talks about a book for more than 1 minute (each), which I think is such a shame. I love it when the description of the book goes beyond a mere summary. It seems like Jack doesnt have that much time, and I would rather encourage him to make longer video essay-ish content.
Omg yes yes to this video idea! Tier-ranking all the books Jack rated 5 stars also sound exciting
*gems
@@PoopusLoopus thank you, I’m sorry, english is not my first language
'The Hidden Truths Of Wealth by Oliver Mercer' is a must read for everyone
Not me watching a Instagram reel where someone said "When you're stupid every book is 4-5 stars" and then I got the RUclips notification. Hahahahahaha I can't this is so funny
All my books are 4-5 stars bc if they're not I don't finish them 🚮
Oh, I'm toooo nice. The only books I've rated less than 4 stars are two I really did not enjoy and even then I rated them 3.5 and 3.75. I'm studying a masters in literature and writing so I don't think I'm stupid lol, but I can see merit in most books I read.
But I have been reading (trying to read) The Beautiful and Damned by Gatsy for the last 12 months and as soon as I get through it, it's getting 1 star. I don't care how much merit is has, it does not deserve any more (and even as I say that, I feel guilty).
That being said, I only have two books that I actually consider 5 star books... I just have a lot of 4, 4.25, 4.5, and 4.75's.
That's a stupid thing for someone to say XD you can rate books for any reason you want, and none of them are depended by your "IQ," education, or literary analysis skills.
You can rate books based on how much you enjoyed the story, by how well it was written, how well the characters were developed, how well it connected with you, or conversely how well it connected you to a different group of people. For how much it made you laugh, for how corny it was.
If I'm looking for a corny read, I want to know if it was an ENJOYABLE corny.
Don't anyone fall for that classist rhetoric, the way you review things does not determine nor is determined by your intelligence. ❤
@@teentitansrock88 yass!!!
The way you can so beautifully and casually describe books is unparalleled !!!! Also I highly recommend you read Sunburn ☀️ the writing is incredible
queen i love you please make book content!!
OMG Brittany! I DID NOT expect to see you around here, but I’m so glad we both like him!! I love your book recs btw
"how could you do this to me but also thank you" is the review I am looking for 😂
My TBR did not need to get longer but here we are…
Seriously, same!
sAme
Same I refuse to buy more though 😂
so much new content bros really been blessing us
adding some of these to my tbr!
My five star reads so far are:
- martyr! - kaveh akbar
- In memoriam - alice winn
- idlewild - james frankie thomas (queer chaos speaks to my soul)
- the rachel incident - caroline o'donoghue
- east of eden - john steinbeck
- bellies - nicola dinan
- words of radiance - brandon sanderson
!!!! i've had a really incredible reading year so far it feels so good
Ooooh I want to read bellies!
Loved the rachel incident !
In memoriam was AMAZING!!!
in memorian and words of radiance , ❤
EAST OF EDEN MENTION🗣🗣
* searching a new video to watch bc I’ve caught up on jack’s vlogs *
* jack uploads *
Jack’s vlogs are great!!
If you’d like, here’s my recommendation for some really good but not as well known book creators you can watch in between Jack uploads!
My favorite is allisonpaiges. She’s my queen, she is an icon, she’s the moment. Unfortunately she’s on an indefinite hiatus, but if you’re interested, just take a look at her stuff! Her editing is some of the best I’ve ever seen on the site period. She encourages self care, positive mindsets, and living life to the fullest to the best of your capabilities. Her videos are comfort videos for me and I rewatch them all the time!
JesseTheReader is a channel I’ve watched for years. I’ve even met him in person at a book event lol! He’s an OG booktuber and I think his content still holds up today! He has a nice balance of chatting about both currently popular books as well as lesser known titles! He has a fun personality and a lot of original video ideas!
Finally, plantbasedbride. I’m still new to her content, but it’s been so good! She gives cozy, long haul type videos and she’s been great from what I’ve watched!
I hope this helps fill the need for good book creator content, lol!
I heard about White Nights because of the aforementioned Jack video. A week later I noticed that different versions of White Nights were on the “Trending on Goodreads” tab on Audible and I’m so glad I listened to it.
As a french person, "la crême de la fraîche" actually makes sense lmao
Je suis d’accord
The Blue Sisters opening paragraph gave me CHILLS I have to buy it now
I listened to White Nights on the Sleepy Bookshelf (on Spotify) and this story made me go through all the emotions 💙
Love this lighting! So relaxing 😊
every book you talk about immediately gets put on my wishlist
I read The Details after you recommended it in a prior video and I loved it! I then recommended it to my mom, and she read it and enjoyed it too! Really made me think about characters and how to write in a detailed way - which is important to me as a writer myself. Your recommendations always hit.
Your content really helps me find good reads
Lots of love from Balochistan
Omg..when you read that part in blue sisters I teared up. I have 3 sisters so this book will probably kill me.
you and i, both!
loved your recs - your enthusiasm makes want to read them all.
thanks again jack!! you are my favorite place to get book recs and just added these to my want to read list
my five star books this year have been
- open water by caleb azumah nelson
- young mungo by douglas stuart
- in memoriam by alice winn
- the kite runner by khaled hosseini
- funny story by emily henry
- song of achilles by madeline miller
what a great list
Love your enthusiasm!
Excited to read each and every one of these!
keep going with your content I love it! excited to watch the new video! greetings from The Netherlands :))
Kairos is my book club's August selection. Glad to see it on your list.
Always find great books on your page Jack! Thanks for sharing great content
I always anticipate videos with your favourite books. I adore the way you describe books and the feelings they evoked in you. I genuinely think you have incredible taste, so finding the books you've rated so high is incredibly refreshing and exciting, because I know that I have the chance to read a masterfully written or thought-provoking book that I might not have found otherwise. Sooo excited for these books. When you compared the writing in Evenings and Weekends to Baldwin's and Morrison's I actually gasped. What a high praise. I will definitely read Boulder soon, because that's one I've been eyeing for a long time because of you.
Funnily enough, my only 5-star read of this year is Alice Winn's In Memoriam that I discovered thanks to you. Forever grateful for that recommendation, that book broke me to pieces and mended me back together. This reading year was quite mediocre for me, but I did get some 4,5 stars. I might need more of your 5 star reads to get some myself this year 😂
Reading that excerpt of blue sisters convinced me to put it into my tbr
you reading that blue sisters paragraph… amazing!
Picked up White Nights after your recommendation and what a book! One od favorite reads of the year.
omg bestieeee I love ur videos sm **adds all to tbr**
' i think i'm a tough critic' U THINK JACK U THINK ?????????
Wonderful video!
I love how much you love these books!
EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS WAS AMAZING! Great video as always!
Laurie Colwin was also a food writer for the now defunct Gourmet magazine and other publications. She also wrote 2 memoirs about food and cooking. I was so surprised to see her book on your list, since I haven’t heard about her in so long…she died suddenly at a pretty young age sometime in the 90s. Thanks for bringing back the memory of her.
Glad you mentioned this. I re-read Laurie Colwin's Home Cooking and More Home Cooking every few years - they are an absolute delight. Embarrassingly, I didn't know she wrote fiction!
Great video! I read this year and loved Eugene Onegin by Pushkin. It's so good!! There are a lot of lines from this that are popular in Russian culture, even more than I realized. Almost on every page. Also it is quite funny and short. I recommend. I'm not sure how it is in translation, because Pushkin is a master poet it would likely lose some of that poetic perfection, but probably still great. I'm curious what you would think of it if you read it. I also like his short poem "Winter morning".
hey I love your videos, they've opened my eyes to so many great books! do you have any books for a "summer reading by the pool" vibe? :):)
Love your videos so much so creative ❤😊❤
we all really appreciate your work, Jack 🦋✨
always a good day when jack posts
Currently reading white nights per your recommendation! And I literally underlined the paragraph: "we thank some people for merely living at the same time as we do"this morning. It was just so stunningly frased. Made me think of all my wonderful, wonderful friends without whom I could simply not live! At least not in such bliss as I am currently living.
Aw the fact you mentioned James Baldwin as one of your favourite authors made me want to comment. I'm producing a James Baldwin festival in Berlin from 6 - 8 September, to honour that James would've turned 100 this year :) Great video as always! I've only had Boulder on my radar, and now excited to hunt down the others. The way you speak about books just radiates enthusiasm ☺
love these recs!! my five star reads so far: everything begins and ends at the kentucky club - benjamin alire sáenz, there there - tommy orange, childhood’s end - arthur c. clarke, and wellness - nathan hill
another video so soon? i’m the happiest
Omg 3 more for my tbr thank you thank you (I’m so thankful libraries exist)
The home library is my Barbie dream house as well. I want to convert my current bedroom into a self-contained personal library at some point. I'm thinking paint the room white, put floor to ceiling shelves, stained a mahogany color, with an attached ladder to the bookshelves in the same shade. I don't have nearly enough books, but I'll get there someday. The creme de la fresh comment was hilarious.
Jack! I was just going to look up the publishing date for "Happy All the Time", because I read that book DECADES ago, and I remember it as a very satisfying read with no big conflict, sweet and calming. I couldn't believe it was the same book, but it IS! I feel very validated in really liking a book that does not follow the traditional "conflict-resolution" pattern of most plots.
JACK EDWARDS UPLOADED AT 3 AM OFC IM GONNA WATCH IT RN
This video made my TBR grow exponentially!
u explain books in such a unique way I love hearing it .
I feel like every book you recommend is a book I end up falling in love with. Definitely adding all of these to my never ending TBR list!
My ONLY 5 star book so far is "The Book of Everlasting Things" by Aanchal Malhotra. I truly loved this book and I think it's so exquisitely written and it delves into such a heart-wrenching topic (The India-Pakistan Partition). Malhotra's writing style is so beautiful and it's one of those books where I thought every line was frame-worthy.
These are going on my birthday wishlist and getting sent on the family gc
I read white nights after you recommended it, literally finished flipped back a few pages, read the end again and stared at the wall. Whenever I think about it which is at least once a week I still just stare into a wall. But like honestly yeah one of the best books about love
I agree, the same happened to me. Dostoevsky is incredible! I would recommend so many books of his
Dang it!! I went to Barnes and noble today I and I was going to buy Evenings and Weekends!!! I’ll have to go back now
I just got Kairos (while traveling in Germany)… so I’m excited to read it! Recently read “The details” and enjoyed it but it was more like a 4 stars for me. I think we have slightly different taste but coincide in some titles. Thanks for your reviews and for bringing so many new titles to my TBR!! ❤ “Boulder” is also in the lineup! 📚
I read the Booker short lists every year. I usually consume that media by audiobook or kindle, but I always buy a physical copy of the winner, and usually 1-2 others that were my favorites. This year my favorite buy was The Details, and last year it was Boulder. So right with you there, man.
I want to read all of them now!
I bought happy all the time because of youu. Cant wait to read them buttt am currently in a book slump. Hope i cn get back into reading!
genuinely want to read every single one of these!!
My favourite read so far this year was Long Island by Colm Toibin. I was a big fan of Brooklyn for the love story, but Long Island really introduces some of the complexities of relationships and it made me think of the characters in Brooklyn in a different light.
Loved your review on "White Nights" Yeah I know that far too rare devastating feeling of not getting again that first read experience of a book that blows your mind. Also I enjoy your energy and passion.
You always read incredible and inspiring unique books and love it Jack ❤😊❤
I’m sending you love❤❤❤
I have "White Nights", I didn't realise I did, it is in my copy of Notes from the Underground and other Stories, which I have yet to read.
i just finished reading swimming in the dark,, and it might be a new favourite! i also read bith Douglas Stuart books-man that guy can write!
i can't help but smile while watching these videos. just feels so cosy idk.
Jack you are the King ! Your recommendations and reviews are la creme de la creme Love your channel
I haven’t read white nights but it sounds like eight white nights by Andre acimen, which I recall there being some Proust influence, so I guess if was influenced!! I will add allll the books to my TBR ! This year I’ve enjoyed a pale view of hills by Kazuo Ishiguro (late to the party), got me out of my Poor Things induced reading slump…
You had me at “modern day Love Actually.” Adding to TBR!
Jack you must read “talking at night”
It's just so up your alley and normal people coded
My most recent 5⭐️ so beautifully written and character oriented
Please please please
I'm dying to hear your thoughts on it ❤
Okay! I had the ARC of Blue Sisters sitting in my bookshelf, now you've convinced me! My favorite reads of the year so far would be :
- Babel by R.F. Kuang
- The Guest by Emma Cline
- Lie with me by Philippe Besson
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- The Great Believers, Rebecca Makkai
Jack is FEEDING us with all these new vids
I only have 2 five star reads so far. The first is Lady Tan's Circle of Women, I loved it so much I read the acknowledgements (which is something I never do) because I wanted more. 6/5. The second is The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, I am late to the game but I got here and it is definitely worth the hype.
Will check out the ones you mentioned!
Jacks video’s are the crème de la fraîche of booktube 👌
and my tbr keeps growing. The meanest thing about Kairos is that I'm German but the English cover is so much prettier than the German one TT
My favourite books of the year so far (no particular order): In Memoriam, Lonely Castle in the Mirror, Beartown, A Half-Built Garden, Young Mungo, Notes of a Crocodile and Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow
immediately added all of these to my wishlist
I absolutely loved Kairos. I read it in the original German and is honestly one of the most affecting books I've ever read in my second language. It's so beautiful
That paragraph from Coco Mellors😮😮😮Omg❤❤❤
I read The Details and it's one of my 5 stars from this year too! I wanted this one to win so badly! I havent read Kairos though. Also, as a Catalan person and Catalan speaker I am so happy to see Boulder in this list!
"Crème de la fresh" actually makes more sense.
I read blue sisters because of your recommendation and wow what a beautifully written book
The first book I read this year was a short story collection called Topographica Hibernica by Blindboy Boatclub and I immediately rated it five stars. It was so beautifully written and captivating, a wonderful example of modern Irish literature.
I love classic literature! Have you ever tried quiz bowl? You would be amazing at Literature!
creme de la fraiche! love it.
jack is in his lover era; loving books about love❤
A recommendation for you is an Australian book called Cloudstreet by Tim Winton, published early 90s. It’s a classic aust novel following the individual lives of 2 grieving families living in one house over a 20 year span from mid 40’s to mid 60’s. very much about the human condition with Aust post war backdrop
I read white nights years ago as I was just starting to get into reading, and I have to admit I dont think my brain was developed enough for this kind of story, and now I wanna reread it but I'm really not in the mood for a love story, its a whole dilemma oml oml
I've read forty-nine books so far this year and I don't know whether to give any of them five stars. So looking forward to reading a perfect, unforgettable book.
Fantastic video.
Great that you have so many 5 star books. Best wishes.
Literally went and placed holds on ALL of these at my local library!
You and me, baby!
I'd love to hear your opinion on Annie Bot by Sierra Greer that just came out this spring, super curious what you think
i can listen to this guy talk about books forever and never get tired
I love this type of videos because I always enjoy the books you recommend. I think it is mainly because I am also an ENFP 😂
Adding Evenings and Weekends to my TBR.
If I had a shelf on Ariel’s truck, I’d have- Hamnet, Homegoing, The Hobbit, Burial Rites, Normal People (sue me), Emma, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, Encyclopedia of Faeries, Edenbrooke, and Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Your videos are the crème de la fresh 🙌
That paragraph of Blue sisters !!!!!! *instantly adds to cart*
My absolute fav this year has been These impossible things by Salma El-Wardany. It's so beautifully written, I want to read it for the first time again.