Hi! You might really enjoy my novel ‘Pharmakides’. I think it may have some kind of record for points of view. There are 27 different points of view. Each chapter is narrated by a different bird. Each bird’s voice is developed to be distinct and reflect what they represent in Greek mythology. Happy reading! 💌🫶
I have mixed feelings. I hate it when I get into one character's part, then the chapter ends and goes to the other. I guess it keeps you reading because you want to get back to the other POV's
There's another version of a love triangle: where person A is in love with person B, person B with person C and person C with person A. It's like they took the normal love triangle, got rid of all the pleasure and added more pain. It's so messy I love it!
@@lumv7368 oh, I wish! Alas, this type is incredibly rare (from what I've seen). Although there is a book where for a brief period of time the characters believe they are in one of these triangles. Not the biggest part of the story, but it serves to deepen the characters and show their desires and insecurities. The book is "If We Were Villains" by M. L. Rio. It has dark academia, and Shakespeare, and murder, and love, and found family. It is heart-wrenchingly vulnerable and unflinchingly honest and the writing style is just.. it's brilliant.
if you’re into classics, shakespeare’s twelfth night has this! as far as movies go, she’s the man (based off of twelfth night) and yentl are both excellent options but with very different vibes
the love triangle/arrow thing is so crazy because it implies that I have never read a book or watched a movie or anything at all with an actual love triangle, wtf 😭
@@tasnimhuda1634 I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THISSSSS Read the infernal devices please, OP. I don't like love triangles and I loved the love triangle in this book series.
What you said about the mean Girl being so popular is absolutely true. I showed that part of your video to my teenage daughter because she struggles with her friends loving the mean girl because she feels like the only one seeing through the act. I can’t wait for Dakota’s book to be published! ❤ Sry for my English, greetings from Germany
How sweet of you! I hope she was able to resonate and feels better. I've been there before and it sucks, but eventually her friends will see this nasty person for their true colours❤
I agree so much w/ the mean/popular person thing. Honestly even when I was younger I always HATED it when I thought someone was mean and people told me «they’re nice when you get to know them» Like BRO can u JUST BE NICE
Finally got why Jack's book recs almost never hit for me - I hate ambiguous endings! I want all questions answered otherwise why did I even read this, if I wanted to theorise then I don't need a book for that.
As someone who reads cozy mysteries, there's no such thing as too many books in the series as a lot of cozy mystery series have over twenty books and even over thirty
1. 0:47 how many books is too many books in a series? 2. 2:50 how do you feel about cliffhangers? 3. 4:36 hardback or paperback? 4. 5:11 favorite book? 5. 5:40 least favorite book? 6. 6:38 love triangles? 7. 8:10 most recent book that you couldnt finish? 8. 9:09 book you're currently reading? 9. 14:50 last book you recommended someone? 10. 15:00 oldest book you've read by publication date? 11. 16:42 newest book you've read by publication date? 12. 18:20 favorite author? 13. 18:34 buying books or borrowing books? 14. 18:39 a book that you dislike that everyone else loves? 15. 20:18 bookmarks or dogears? 16. 20:34 book that you can reread? 17. 20:39 can you read while hearing music? 18. 20:59 one or multiple POVs? 19. 21:18 one sitting or multiple days? 20. 21:31 a book you've read because of the cover? 21. 22:22 jack screams of cringe
Shakespeares 'Twelfth Night' is, to me, the perfect love triangle; The Duke loves Olivia who in turn loves Viola (as Cesario) who loves the Duke. Though of course we know how that ended (why Sebastian went for that, or why Viola wanted to be with the Duke after some of his comments is beyond me) but I digress
Jack is doing so good!!! and for someone who has been watching him for a while and had the pleasure to be introduced to some amazing books through him ,as a stranger im so proud ❤
As a kid, I enjoyed the Percy Jackson series! I can't recall how many are in the series, but I remember enjoying them at the time. In a series, I think 3 is a good number! Especially if it's intentionally a series 🫶🏻
i definitely agree with the explanation of a love triangle versus love arrow but i think to me some love triangles are still triangles even if the two options aren’t attracted because there’s still some kind of connection there. the easiest example of this and the one that got me thinking this is the infamous twilight love triangle. while edward and jacob weren’t attracted to each other there was still a connection between them built on competition, tension, and hatred specifically because of their love and want for bella. there was constant confrontation of this. i feel like i agree with the arrow concept still tho especially when the two love interests don’t have any idea that the other exists as an option or there’s no direct confrontation about it. idk just my take but i still agree with jack’s take and am intrigued to read the books he suggested!
"But we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians," - Nelson Mandela. Thank you, Jack, for using your platform to share Palestinian literature and standing on the right side of history & humanity! 🕊
On the love triangle/arrow discussion, Bret Easton Ellis’ Rules of Attraction is a real love triangle: messy as hell, not much plot. Crazy, disillusioned vibes, set in an elite college (typical of the Literary Brat Pack), I think you’d enjoy it. 😊
I'm reading the first book, Before The Coffee Gets Cold now, and I knew starting this that I wouldn't read anymore unless I got really obsessed with it. I do love it so far, but no way more reading more than this one
It’s quite unfortunate that most of the book tags in the community seem to be curated specifically for fantasy/ YA readers but i’m really glad you found one and we got to see your take on it! more please 🫶
i love a book with multiple povs, especially a book that follows completely different people with completely different lives, but they are united by one thing, like they live in the same building or attend t he same class. i love that as long as it's done well.
I fell you with Handmaid’s Tale. I really appreciated the ending of it and think it is really powerful, so I could not yet bring myself to read the sequel.
The longest series I've read was the Wings of Fire series when I was younger; 3 mini series of 5 books each that tell an overarching story in 15 books. There's also two 'legends' books that travel deeper into certain characters stories! The collective series is directed to elementary/middle schoolers, and I ate the series UP when I was younger. Am thinking about rereading it
I feel like true love triangles don’t necessarily mean that they’re all attracted to each other a little bit. They could all be attracted to different people for example: Person A loves Person B, Person B loves Person C, and then Person C loves Person A, and there is no requited love. However, I do think that true love triangles (regardless of returned feelings) require at least one person to be queer, because no matter the genders of people involved, once three people are involved, someone must be queer, and that’s why “true” love triangles aren’t actually used that much in popular media.
I have realized recently that many of my all time favorite books switch between different sotrylines and characters ie: Cloud Cuckoo Land, Notes on an Execution and Anxious people. If it's done right, and has the element of slowly bringing all the stories together, it's such an enjoyable element to a novel for me.
i love your videos and your reccomendations as well... i only read mystery novels before but you encouraged me to read more of literary fiction [which btw I wouldn't even think to pick up a while back ] and i would say i am starting to like them
I just finished 'The Words That Remain' by Stenio Gardel after seeing it in your video of the book recommending service that you used. It is a stunningly beautiful book and one of only 4 books that has ever made me cry. I really hope that you read it soon and give a review. It can easily be finished in one sitting.
I really love your videos and appreciate the fact that you also read books by all kinds of foreign authors. I would recommend you to read some of I.L. Caragiale's plays, especially "A Lost Letter." I know it might seem like a weird suggestion, but he was one of the best writers from my country, and honestly, I would be curious to know your thoughts on his work! Keep up the great work!❤
I think 3 books is pretty perfect for most fantasy and Sci-fi series (with a few exceptions), but for mystery novels, they can have 10 or more and I wouldn't mind because they're just easy reads. Romance can be a series as well if you're also able to read them as standalones. Contemporary fiction just absolutely should not have sequels. Dystopian novels I think are better as standalones. Historical fiction I'd generally say is also best as as a standalone or duology.
Book series - I’m reading #65 in the In Death series by J.D. Robb mysteries. I love this series and reread it regularly! I hope this series never ends!
We have Duke of Edinburgh in Australia too! I didn't know it was a UK thing as well (makes sense based on the name though). You just brought back so many memories for me !!
I think given your answer to the question about open endings you would love the Japanese movie "Monster" (or Kaibutsu) - couldn't stop thinking about the ending for dayssss
A agree that Harry Potter is one of the exceptions to the rules for how long a series should be. However, I have on more series I also could call an exception: The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. Currently nine books in the main series and at some point the 10th and final book will come out. Also, there is short stories and an enitre spin-off series of one of the side characters from the main series. I think it make sense because the main series takes place over multiple decades. In my opinion, it feels natural. I mean, a very solid example is one of my favorite character. We first rrad about him being born, then when jump in time where he is a teenager and try to find a place on the world. From him settling down, marrying and having children of his own! I find that so cool that basically follow him throughout his life and fall in love with him as a character. There are countless other character we get that feeling with. So, yeah, I think Outlander is also one of the few exceptions 🥰
I almost EXCLUSIVELY read book series! One book is just not long enough with the world and characters. Whether it be 300 pages, 500 pages, it's not enough! I need at least 3 books, but I'm happiest with 4-6. I own series that are up to 30 books, though!
I so agree with your number of books in a series! I love standalones OR duologies. I don't have the energy or the inclination anymore to dig in 5+ books series...... a trilogy is fine, but only occasionally :)
I have been having this discussion with my friends so years about how a true love triangle means at least one character is queer, and that most talks of love triangles are not actually triangles but two people backing someone up into a corner.
When I first heard of the concept of love triangle I thought it was when everyone was into each other and got confused when that didn't happen! It just makes sense
Is it okay that I really really REALLY want to be your friend based solely on how you talk about books? (and your voice, like seriously I wish we were friends who send each other 15min voice notes)
Hey Jack, you may well never see this but it was an idea I'd had before and you talking about how many books are allowable in a series reminded me of it lol, but if you haven't before would you ever consider reading one of the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett? I think it would be an interesting experiment, since you notoriously dislike fantasy, to see if you would enjoy a series that spends most of its time lovingly mocking fantasy as a genre, and has some pretty interesting ideas about humanity buried in there under all the silliness. I vaguely remember you saying somewhere that you had enjoyed the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy which I would say has a somewhat similar vibe but obviously sci-fi instead. I think if you did want to try any of them you might like "Small Gods" or maybe "Wyrd Sisters". Signed, a fantasy lover with extremely different taste to you, who loves your videos anyway :)
How did you find the other Toni Morisson books? I don't think I read so deeply into things to have appreciated Sula as much as you had, but what I did appreciate reading it (thanks to your recommendation) is the depiction of humanness. I remember being able to relate to so many of the emotions, especially certain longings, and that's what personally makes it a good book for me (more than the other things mentioned about its profoundness).
THANK YOU !!!!! for the love triangle vs arrow thing. I HAVE BEEN SCREAMING ABOUT THIS FOR AGES and always been told "you're reading too much into it". There's finally another human who thinks the same
I’ve read lots of sci-fi in my life so there are sequels abound. For instance Ready Player One by Ernest Cline focuses on a virtual reality world which I adore since I’m a giant pop culture nerd. Ready Player Two I own but haven’t started yet. I think I am worried the wonder of the first will be gone.
*amazing* book with a love triangle is Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao, I highly recommend!! It's a reimagining of China's only female emperor and it's about women in society, rage and sooo many other fascinating topics (but mainly the female rage tbh)
You should read Liebe in Zeiten des Hasses (Love in a Time of Hate) by Florian Illies. It namedrops Christopher Isherwood and basically everyone else who spent time in Berlin in the 1920s/1930s.
I enjoyed this very much! Thank you. I’m with you on the instrumental jazz or classical while reading. No, your microphone shadow did not bother me at all.
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I paid more attention in Jack explaining the love triangle thing than any of my mathematics classes ever.
Dang 😂😂 Jack's got to start teaching math now
I really like books with multiple povs, especially if the author manages to create really distinctive voices for each character
Hi! You might really enjoy my novel ‘Pharmakides’. I think it may have some kind of record for points of view. There are 27 different points of view. Each chapter is narrated by a different bird. Each bird’s voice is developed to be distinct and reflect what they represent in Greek mythology. Happy reading! 💌🫶
And if you haven't read The Bee Sting yet, I highly recommend it as well
I have mixed feelings. I hate it when I get into one character's part, then the chapter ends and goes to the other. I guess it keeps you reading because you want to get back to the other POV's
10:15 I love how Jack goes from talking about the book to a whole segment of discussion on the rotten teens we meet at school .
There's another version of a love triangle: where person A is in love with person B, person B with person C and person C with person A. It's like they took the normal love triangle, got rid of all the pleasure and added more pain. It's so messy I love it!
do you have any book recommendations with this type of love triangle?
@@lumv7368 oh, I wish! Alas, this type is incredibly rare (from what I've seen).
Although there is a book where for a brief period of time the characters believe they are in one of these triangles. Not the biggest part of the story, but it serves to deepen the characters and show their desires and insecurities. The book is "If We Were Villains" by M. L. Rio. It has dark academia, and Shakespeare, and murder, and love, and found family. It is heart-wrenchingly vulnerable and unflinchingly honest and the writing style is just.. it's brilliant.
@@naastyaaaaaaaaa thank you!
I think Fight Club fits this design nicely.
if you’re into classics, shakespeare’s twelfth night has this! as far as movies go, she’s the man (based off of twelfth night) and yentl are both excellent options but with very different vibes
the love triangle/arrow thing is so crazy because it implies that I have never read a book or watched a movie or anything at all with an actual love triangle, wtf 😭
if you want to read a real love triangle book, the infernal devices series does it really well:)
@@tasnimhuda1634i love u for reading that😭
I think Legend of Korra TV series would possibly count too
iron widow is a good one!
@@tasnimhuda1634 I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THISSSSS Read the infernal devices please, OP. I don't like love triangles and I loved the love triangle in this book series.
His Least fav book
Me : love hypothesis
Him : Spanish love deception
Me : Well that's gonna work too
Same😂I absolutely hate the love hypothesis
I want Sally Rooney to write a book with a real love triangle so badly, I need it in my life I just know that’d be so good and heartbreaking
uuuhhh, i know she’d be perfect at it
'I love her brain' - oh how I wish someone would say this about me one day! 💕
“He’s not Dora the Explorer” choked on my water when I heard that
What you said about the mean Girl being so popular is absolutely true. I showed that part of your video to my teenage daughter because she struggles with her friends loving the mean girl because she feels like the only one seeing through the act.
I can’t wait for Dakota’s book to be published! ❤
Sry for my English, greetings from Germany
hi! can u specify which minutes Jack said that? thanks!
How sweet of you! I hope she was able to resonate and feels better. I've been there before and it sucks, but eventually her friends will see this nasty person for their true colours❤
@@telur_dadar its around the middle when he's talking about his best & least favourite books
I agree so much w/ the mean/popular person thing. Honestly even when I was younger I always HATED it when I thought someone was mean and people told me «they’re nice when you get to know them» Like BRO can u JUST BE NICE
Finally got why Jack's book recs almost never hit for me - I hate ambiguous endings! I want all questions answered otherwise why did I even read this, if I wanted to theorise then I don't need a book for that.
As someone who reads cozy mysteries, there's
no such thing as too many books in the series as a lot of cozy mystery series have over twenty books and even over thirty
1. 0:47 how many books is too many books in a series?
2. 2:50 how do you feel about cliffhangers?
3. 4:36 hardback or paperback?
4. 5:11 favorite book?
5. 5:40 least favorite book?
6. 6:38 love triangles?
7. 8:10 most recent book that you couldnt finish?
8. 9:09 book you're currently reading?
9. 14:50 last book you recommended someone?
10. 15:00 oldest book you've read by publication date?
11. 16:42 newest book you've read by publication date?
12. 18:20 favorite author?
13. 18:34 buying books or borrowing books?
14. 18:39 a book that you dislike that everyone else loves?
15. 20:18 bookmarks or dogears?
16. 20:34 book that you can reread?
17. 20:39 can you read while hearing music?
18. 20:59 one or multiple POVs?
19. 21:18 one sitting or multiple days?
20. 21:31 a book you've read because of the cover?
21. 22:22 jack screams of cringe
Thank you!
You r a lifesaver
thank you this was helpful
Omg thank u ❤
This filming background!
The dim moody lighting while being absolutely surrounded and swaddled by books, such a vibe
jack you should absolutely do a video judging people's bookshelves!!
Shakespeares 'Twelfth Night' is, to me, the perfect love triangle; The Duke loves Olivia who in turn loves Viola (as Cesario) who loves the Duke. Though of course we know how that ended (why Sebastian went for that, or why Viola wanted to be with the Duke after some of his comments is beyond me) but I digress
Jack is doing so good!!! and for someone who has been watching him for a while and had the pleasure to be introduced to some amazing books through him ,as a stranger im so proud ❤
As a kid, I enjoyed the Percy Jackson series! I can't recall how many are in the series, but I remember enjoying them at the time. In a series, I think 3 is a good number! Especially if it's intentionally a series 🫶🏻
there’s five in the pjo series! there’s also five in heroes of olympus and trials of apollo :)
@@thebettertee now there's technically 6 in the pjo series with 2 more to come (although these last 3 should really be a separate trilogy).
@@nilsdula7693 oh god yeah i forgot about the newest one (i think i register those three as a separate thing - the adult percy trilogy or whatever)
I had my laser eye surgery a few days ago and listening to your videos are keeping me sane
You realllyyyy should start a podcast!
Get well soon!
jack's explanation of love triangles genuinely made me immediately think of the infernal devices, jem will and tessa my beloved
i definitely agree with the explanation of a love triangle versus love arrow but i think to me some love triangles are still triangles even if the two options aren’t attracted because there’s still some kind of connection there. the easiest example of this and the one that got me thinking this is the infamous twilight love triangle. while edward and jacob weren’t attracted to each other there was still a connection between them built on competition, tension, and hatred specifically because of their love and want for bella. there was constant confrontation of this. i feel like i agree with the arrow concept still tho especially when the two love interests don’t have any idea that the other exists as an option or there’s no direct confrontation about it. idk just my take but i still agree with jack’s take and am intrigued to read the books he suggested!
this is such a good take on it!
Talking about film "sequels" you definitely have to watch Before Sunrise, Before Sunset and Before Midnight. They are just SO good.
He got the mike and all 😱
It looks like the mic on Price is Right lol which is American game show everyone used to watch when they were home from school sick.
The first thing I said!! 😮😅
Oh my god now I'm HYPED for Dakotas book now. You both are my favourites
"But we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians," - Nelson Mandela. Thank you, Jack, for using your platform to share Palestinian literature and standing on the right side of history & humanity! 🕊
On the love triangle/arrow discussion, Bret Easton Ellis’ Rules of Attraction is a real love triangle: messy as hell, not much plot. Crazy, disillusioned vibes, set in an elite college (typical of the Literary Brat Pack), I think you’d enjoy it. 😊
They way you talk about lady Dakota 🤍
unexpected healing happened this morning listening to the rant about the mean person in roaming. yes 10/10
This video felt like a nice chat with a cool friend and felt so calming. I also loved the little deep talk vibes here and there. ❤
Please more of these!! I enjoyed myself throughly 🫶🏽💞💞
Loveee a tag, so happy to see you bringing more to the channel 🙌🏼
I'm reading the first book, Before The Coffee Gets Cold now, and I knew starting this that I wouldn't read anymore unless I got really obsessed with it. I do love it so far, but no way more reading more than this one
I felt the same. I did enjoy it, but don’t feel the need to read more
@@jessahaynes767 I thought it wouldn't be a series. It didn't feel like it needed more, feels like a money grab
Right decision.
@@alison_5050 Good to know
Happy to know that you like hunger games cause I'm still obsessed with this series! ✨
I read Sula a few weeks ago and I loved it - thank you for the recommendation 😊
It’s quite unfortunate that most of the book tags in the community seem to be curated specifically for fantasy/ YA readers but i’m really glad you found one and we got to see your take on it! more please 🫶
i love a book with multiple povs, especially a book that follows completely different people with completely different lives, but they are united by one thing, like they live in the same building or attend t he same class. i love that as long as it's done well.
I could listen to Jack for hours
I fell you with Handmaid’s Tale.
I really appreciated the ending of it and think it is really powerful, so I could not yet bring myself to read the sequel.
liked it even before watching the video bc i already know it'd be good 💅🏼
my brilliant friend is the perfect series!!!!
The longest series I've read was the Wings of Fire series when I was younger; 3 mini series of 5 books each that tell an overarching story in 15 books. There's also two 'legends' books that travel deeper into certain characters stories! The collective series is directed to elementary/middle schoolers, and I ate the series UP when I was younger. Am thinking about rereading it
I feel like true love triangles don’t necessarily mean that they’re all attracted to each other a little bit. They could all be attracted to different people for example: Person A loves Person B, Person B loves Person C, and then Person C loves Person A, and there is no requited love. However, I do think that true love triangles (regardless of returned feelings) require at least one person to be queer, because no matter the genders of people involved, once three people are involved, someone must be queer, and that’s why “true” love triangles aren’t actually used that much in popular media.
I have realized recently that many of my all time favorite books switch between different sotrylines and characters ie: Cloud Cuckoo Land, Notes on an Execution and Anxious people. If it's done right, and has the element of slowly bringing all the stories together, it's such an enjoyable element to a novel for me.
i love your videos and your reccomendations as well... i only read mystery novels before but you encouraged me to read more of literary fiction [which btw I wouldn't even think to pick up a while back ] and i would say i am starting to like them
I thought he was gonna pick Jane Eyre laid bare as his least favourite book but the Spanish love Deception works too😂
I just finished 'The Words That Remain' by Stenio Gardel after seeing it in your video of the book recommending service that you used. It is a stunningly beautiful book and one of only 4 books that has ever made me cry. I really hope that you read it soon and give a review. It can easily be finished in one sitting.
Yay! I love book tag videos. Let's bring them back 📚✨
I love the podcast talking vibes!!
loved the vibe
I really love your videos and appreciate the fact that you also read books by all kinds of foreign authors. I would recommend you to read some of I.L. Caragiale's plays, especially "A Lost Letter." I know it might seem like a weird suggestion, but he was one of the best writers from my country, and honestly, I would be curious to know your thoughts on his work! Keep up the great work!❤
As long as I can't understand the words in a song, I can totally listen to music while reading. Love listening to Louane while reading
after years of avoiding any online social gatherings except for youtube i am now a member of goodreads as of today. unbelieveable
Booktags used to be such a fundamental part of booktube (I’ll admit that I grew tired of them but I’m down for a nostalgia trip) 💕
Happy weekend Jack hope you have a great weekend 😊😊
Thank you I love book tags !
I do agree with you on “Harry Potter” as the exception in series. I’m glad I found your channel.
I think 3 books is pretty perfect for most fantasy and Sci-fi series (with a few exceptions), but for mystery novels, they can have 10 or more and I wouldn't mind because they're just easy reads. Romance can be a series as well if you're also able to read them as standalones. Contemporary fiction just absolutely should not have sequels. Dystopian novels I think are better as standalones. Historical fiction I'd generally say is also best as as a standalone or duology.
Book series - I’m reading #65 in the In Death series by J.D. Robb mysteries. I love this series and reread it regularly! I hope this series never ends!
I love these videos so much ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
We have Duke of Edinburgh in Australia too! I didn't know it was a UK thing as well (makes sense based on the name though). You just brought back so many memories for me !!
I think given your answer to the question about open endings you would love the Japanese movie "Monster" (or Kaibutsu) - couldn't stop thinking about the ending for dayssss
I love ambiguous endings!! Maybe one out of ten times it is a negative for me as in it is “too” undone but majority of the time I enjoy it
A agree that Harry Potter is one of the exceptions to the rules for how long a series should be.
However, I have on more series I also could call an exception: The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. Currently nine books in the main series and at some point the 10th and final book will come out. Also, there is short stories and an enitre spin-off series of one of the side characters from the main series.
I think it make sense because the main series takes place over multiple decades. In my opinion, it feels natural. I mean, a very solid example is one of my favorite character. We first rrad about him being born, then when jump in time where he is a teenager and try to find a place on the world. From him settling down, marrying and having children of his own! I find that so cool that basically follow him throughout his life and fall in love with him as a character. There are countless other character we get that feeling with. So, yeah, I think Outlander is also one of the few exceptions 🥰
the biggest book series ive read is 15 books and every single book had me hooked until the end of the book
I almost EXCLUSIVELY read book series! One book is just not long enough with the world and characters. Whether it be 300 pages, 500 pages, it's not enough! I need at least 3 books, but I'm happiest with 4-6. I own series that are up to 30 books, though!
Biggest series I’ve read - is the Pendergast series. Going on 24 books, but they’re standalone stories with the same characters and universe
i'm soo jealous that jack got to read dakota's book!!!
I so agree with your number of books in a series! I love standalones OR duologies. I don't have the energy or the inclination anymore to dig in 5+ books series...... a trilogy is fine, but only occasionally :)
Library looks great. Best wishes.
Roaming was such a good book! I thought it captured a very specific vibe in your 20s so well, including being kind insufferable
The way you talked about love triangles is how I’ve always thought of it and people ALWAYS do love triangles wrong 😑
I have been having this discussion with my friends so years about how a true love triangle means at least one character is queer, and that most talks of love triangles are not actually triangles but two people backing someone up into a corner.
When I first heard of the concept of love triangle I thought it was when everyone was into each other and got confused when that didn't happen! It just makes sense
I love that you love Toni Morrison and do you think "Roaming" is a good recommendation for high school seniors?
I agree on the series thing. More than one book tied together is simply too much for me lol
Jack, I just want you to know that I love that illumination
When you get to the question about cliffhangers I instantly thought of The Bee Sting and then you talk about The Bee Sting. 😊🐝
Harry Potter is my favorite series of all time and love it so much ❤😊😊❤
Is it okay that I really really REALLY want to be your friend based solely on how you talk about books? (and your voice, like seriously I wish we were friends who send each other 15min voice notes)
Hey Jack, you may well never see this but it was an idea I'd had before and you talking about how many books are allowable in a series reminded me of it lol, but if you haven't before would you ever consider reading one of the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett? I think it would be an interesting experiment, since you notoriously dislike fantasy, to see if you would enjoy a series that spends most of its time lovingly mocking fantasy as a genre, and has some pretty interesting ideas about humanity buried in there under all the silliness. I vaguely remember you saying somewhere that you had enjoyed the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy which I would say has a somewhat similar vibe but obviously sci-fi instead. I think if you did want to try any of them you might like "Small Gods" or maybe "Wyrd Sisters". Signed, a fantasy lover with extremely different taste to you, who loves your videos anyway :)
How did you find the other Toni Morisson books? I don't think I read so deeply into things to have appreciated Sula as much as you had, but what I did appreciate reading it (thanks to your recommendation) is the depiction of humanness. I remember being able to relate to so many of the emotions, especially certain longings, and that's what personally makes it a good book for me (more than the other things mentioned about its profoundness).
having a messed up sleep schedule comes in clutch when it means I get to be here what u upload lol
I love an old school vlog! All that was missing was saying who you're going to tag haha
THANK YOU !!!!! for the love triangle vs arrow thing. I HAVE BEEN SCREAMING ABOUT THIS FOR AGES and always been told "you're reading too much into it". There's finally another human who thinks the same
Twelfth night is a proper triangle for example
I’ve read lots of sci-fi in my life so there are sequels abound. For instance Ready Player One by Ernest Cline focuses on a virtual reality world which I adore since I’m a giant pop culture nerd. Ready Player Two I own but haven’t started yet. I think I am worried the wonder of the first will be gone.
Jack I think you'd like Juno Loves Legs!! Irish, SAD, great writing
i feel like "love triangle" makes most sense and is most tragic when it's person a loves person b who loves person c who loves person a
Jack you need write more books and or podcast ❤❤😊😊😊😊
*amazing* book with a love triangle is Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao, I highly recommend!! It's a reimagining of China's only female emperor and it's about women in society, rage and sooo many other fascinating topics (but mainly the female rage tbh)
PLEASE FINISH THE GREAT BELIEVERS IT IS STUNNING
You should read Liebe in Zeiten des Hasses (Love in a Time of Hate) by Florian Illies. It namedrops Christopher Isherwood and basically everyone else who spent time in Berlin in the 1920s/1930s.
I need a Jack in my life, For my DEBUT NOVEL!😭
I have a list where I rank every book I’ve ever read and the bottom place since 2021 has been The Spanish Love Deception. So unredeemable.
The parallels of just getting home from a group holiday where exactly that happened 😅 like word for word this was like therapy rn 😂
For series- I really liked ,,A series of unfortunate events” when I was younger and it has 13 books
11:00 validation from mean people, so real
I enjoyed this very much! Thank you. I’m with you on the instrumental jazz or classical while reading. No, your
microphone shadow did not bother me at all.
Paperbacks are just more ✨comfy✨
I've always called them love corners, for the same reason