2024 challenge suggestion: reading one book from every country you haven’t read a book from yet. You had a poll about video ideas I believe a year ago and I’d actually really love to see something like this. Only if you want to of course!
YES to that 🙌 That would be so fun but most particularly essential to read authors from as many countries and cultures as possible! I’m trying to do that myself and so far I’m almost at 30 different countries I think 🥰
I’d love for Jack to read more scandinavian books! I’m from norway so it would be pretty cool to see more danish, swedish (beartown by fredrik backman???) and norwegian books (and finnish too)!
I‘d suggest The Kangaroo Chronicles for Germany since it’s been one of the most successful books in recent years and it’s quite meta while being funny (and it’s clever in terms of language)
Thank you Jack for saying that this form of consumerism isn't normal and that you only buy this many because its your job❤ people don't have to buy like 30 books every month!! I feel like social media is telling them to, its all about more and more and more nowadays :/
If he has the money he can purchase what he wants. His disclaimer was more of a don't feel like you need to buy all these books, borrow them, listen to them etc whatever suits you, as there's a lot of pressure from youtubers who read 100+ books a year
@@Rose-se6fr he can spend his money on whatever he wants. reading and collecting books is literally his hobby and job, him having his own library makes complete sense.
@@Rose-se6fr he said why he buys physical books: it's easier to film content with them. library books are gone after a few weeks and when he wants to film what I read in a month/best books in a year/recommendation videos a few months later, he still has those physical books.
@@Rose-se6fr i'm not sure if he still does but jack has had a job in publishing, having books is important to both his online and offline life, not to mention he's shown multiple times he annotates books. besides, the books he does buy are an accumulation from all sorts of stores he just posts videos of him going to shops in different cities cuz it's draws a bigger audience than online thrift shopping for books
@Rose-se6fr @Rose-se6fr I'm assuming he buys the books for his job which he mentioned in the video, his job isn't just to entertain us. He's a book critic and probably gets sent them or asked to buy them to review. Also he's mentioned before that he likes to buy books from book sellers as this puts money back in to the book writing industry which is important to him.
I love it tooo! Cause many people (including me lol) feel very self-conscious about the little amount of books they read, so it's nice for him to remind us that his personal situation is different from most of us
1:47- White nights by Fyodur Dostoevsky 2:43- Devils by Fydor Dostoevsky 4:03- A thousand mornings by Mary Oliver 4:54- Dog songs by Mary oliver 6:29- If not winter: fragments of sappho 7:44- wolf hall by Hilary Mantel 8:31- Bring up the bodies by Hilary Mantel 11:10- now go: on grief and studio ghibli by Karl Thomas Smith 12:55- What you are looking for is in the library by Michiko Aoyama 14:25- The diary of a book seller by Shaun Bythell 14:52- Interesting stories about curious words by Susie Dent 15:53- In the Margins by Elena Ferrante 17:32- Agua viva by Clarice Lispector 18:38- Beyond the door of no return by David Diop 19:49- 1984 Julia's perspective by Sandra Newman 22:08- y/n by Esther Yi 22:56- prophet 23:47- Mundo Cruel by Luis Negron 24:20- On Women by Susan Songtag 25:41- A nearby country called love by Salar Abdoh 26:32- No mans land living between two cultures by Anne East 28:01- The heaven and earth grocery store by James Mcbride 29:44- the foreword book of poetry 2024 30:37- Heritage aesthetics by Anthony Anaxogorou 31:49- Terrace Story by Hilary Leichter 32:59- Kick the latch by Kathryn Scandan 33:57- Water shall refuse them by Lucie Mcknight Hardy 34:32- Boulder by Eva Baltasar 35:38- Close to home by Michael Magee 36:39- Kala by Colin Walsh 37:57- The archives of feelings by Peter Stamm 38:31- New millennium boyz by Alex Kazemi 39:13- Bird by bird by Anne Lamott 39:59- Hangman by Maya Binyam 40:43- Survival takes a wild imagination by Fariha Roisin 41:13- The dictionary people by Sarah Ogilive 42:06- A shining by John Fosse 43:21- Boys alive by Pier Paolo 44:29- The librarian by Patrick Dewitt
In December 2024, you should review this exact same list, and review your recommendations after you've read them. It would be interesting to compare them.
As a non native english speaker I'm glad to see you read and appreciate translated/world literature a lot. Doing my first master degree in world lit is one of my favourite things I've done! I made a read the world challenge for myself and made it public on storygraph, I particularly love reading world poetry
I’m in a major depression right now and reading helps me a lot to escape my mood. I love how you talk about books. And your happiness makes my day better. Thank you!
I really love going to thriftstores to pick up books! I find that buying new ones each time is so expensive, and my local thriftstore has some nice books and theyre only 1 euro each! Also is much more sustainable and there's something so beautiful about preloved books :))
I absolutely agree!! Sometimes you even find those gorgeous old books that are from a hundred years ago- I once found a beautiful red leatherbound book from 1890!
same! and if i find a book i’ve been wanting it feels sm more rewarding 😭 i buy new books too occasionally, but kindle and thrift are my go to. (libby has my
as a brazilian follower i feel so happy and embraced when Jack reads brazilian books/authors and shows appreciation and admiration for them! you should make a video reading goodies from each country ;) love ya
36:15 As someone who lived abroad for years and then had that isolating experience of coming back home and not being able to relate to anyone or see anything the same way anymore, I am also so fascinated by this phenomenon and love when it pops up in books and I can feel more understood. A few of my favorite book quotes come to mind... "A town always looked different once you'd returned, like a house where all the furniture had shifted three inches. You wouldn't mistake it for a stranger's house but you'd keeping banging your shins on the table corners." - The Vanishing Half “You don’t have a home until you leave it and then, when you have left it, you never can go back.” - Giovanni's Room
I'm already in love with Jack but when I saw him showing Clarice Lispector I was even more in love! I'm Brazilian and I'm so happy to see one of our best authors exploring new horizons
1. Weeks ago I actually found a collection of Dostoevsky's short works in a Little Free Library. When I saw all your coverage of White Nights, I checked the collection and it's in there! I've added it to my February TBR and am very excited 😁 Thank you for the inspiration! 2. PROPHET. YES. WOW I LOVED THAT BOOK. You mentioned scifi and thriller, but importantly, this book is also ROMANTIC AF ❤️🔥
obsessedddd with Anne Carson, her translations are my favourite!! different translations of ancient texts are so cool, two different translators can give you completely different perspectives of the same text
I love what you said about reading mostly poetry whilst going deep into writing your novel. I think I'm going to try that this year as I find my brain gets so distracted and oversaturated when I'm reading too much and it prevents me from writing, but poems are definitely on the lighter and more nourishing side of that spectrum 🥰
I almost jumped with joy when you pulled out Clarisse, soo excited to hear your perspective on her writing. She's my favorite and our brazilian treasure, you are never the same after reading Lispector!!!
Hi Jack. I am retired and reading up to 225 books a year (according to Goodreads). I recently discovered your channel and your love of book recommendations . I feel at home here. Thanks
I'm glad you have a writing focused year because I love all the poetry, essays, and non-fiction you've included in your haul. I know you don't only read fiction, but it does tend to be most of your tbr.
The Diary of a Bookseller and the 2 follow ups are my favourite non fiction works of all time. As a bookseller myself, it is SO relatable, and Shaun Bythell is hilarious
i love how u start off by like reassuring us that we dont also have to do this (this meaning, getting a whole ton of books) bcs sometimes i do feel like urgh i want those books too!! but then rmbr that its ur actual job so having these books around are what u require to do the job well and better and does this make sense idk but yeah!! love ur channel
yes julia. i am so excited for it. i found it at the book store shortly after it came out completely by coincidence! i habe not gotten around to reading it yet but i habe such high hopes. 1894 was one of the books that really got me into reading when i was young
I looooved “what you are looking for is in the library”. It was so wholesome and heartwarming, a really good palate cleanser from all the creepy, weird and sad books I usually gravitate towards. It was also very encouraging as an aspiring librarian.
You’re going to Love Sontag, I absolutely adore her notes on Camp and on Photography. If I may suggest Last Summer in the City by Calligarich; I still think about it often it’s a bit like an Italian Great Gatsby but so beautiful in the descriptions of 1920s Rome; it’s also the type of book where you end up hating the protagonist by the end but still rooting for them to get it together
Can you please try to read one book per country? 🙌 That would be so fun but most particularly essential to read authors from as many countries and cultures as possible! I’m trying to do that myself and so far I’m almost at 30 different countries! 📚 🇯🇵 🇹🇭 🇻🇪
I would love to see a video about your favourite independent bookstores! Hannah witton did a similar format highlighting small businesses and chatting with the owners, getting advice ecc. 🥰🥰
I've only just finished The Inseparables by Simone de Beauvoir alongside A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver. Your selection of books has many gems that I'm eager to pick up! Happy reading Jack 🤗
@@theambitiouslawstudent4828 Oh, she said so much in just 140 pages! A true testament to her talent! I wish it was published back in those days, as I think it would have basked in its brilliance, being so telling of the times!
You should read the first part of Simone de Beauvoir's memoir (mémoires d'une jeune fille rangée in French). It tells the story of how she became friends with Zaza in more detail, their childhood and coming of age in Paris. So many interesting issues, feminism, religion, friendship etc.
I'm not sure if you've read much Romanian literature, but for when the book-buying ban is over, I recommend checking out Mircea Cărtărescu. He's a contemporary fiction writer and his lyricism is unmatched. I recommend his novel Nostalgia!
‘What you are looking for is in the library’ is a lovely quick sweet read - like having a cup of iced tea. I listened to the booker podcast and I’m keen to read boulder but probably more excited to read the 1979 prize winner ‘offshore’ which is winging its way to me via the Amazon gods.
Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) by Hazel Jane Plante deserves so many more readers. The narrator grieves her friend by writing about Vivian's favorite (fictional) short lived cult TV show, exploring fandom and trans woman community. It manages to be silly and also hurt your heart, the balance is so well done. It's a perfect little book.
hi Jack, amazing haul !! would you ever be interested/able to do a video or potentially a mini-series with the behind the scenes of writing a book/publishing process! I work in the Canadian publishing industry and I think it would be so interesting to see how this differs from one country to another, and one language to another! :)
I think you should read a book called Solito by Javier Zamora which means alone in Spanish. Its a book about a 9 year old boy who migrates from El Salvador to the U.S and he does it alone to meet up with his parents, and about the people who help him along the way crossing Ocean and Dessert and the the dangers that many people face when trying to find a better life for themselves. It's so so good and sad at times. I would love to hear what you think about it if you decide to read it. Please look into it, I would love to see you talk about it in a future video. 😊
If you haven't read "The Hour of the Star" from Clarice, I definitely suggest you try it. I read it during high school for my Portuguese class, and I loved it. It's been almost ten years since I first read it, and I've been dreaming of reading it again.
I have 2 favourites from January so far: Another Brooklyn and The Rachel Incident. You recommended one, and now I am reading By Grand Central Station. I sat down and wept. I'm loving the writing so far!
Jack, you're voice is so warm and so pleasant and so energetic ánd soothing at the same time, that I always struggle to keep focussing on the book content. Which I don't wanna miss, as an avid reader myself. But boy, do you make it a (very entertaining/rewarding) endeavour! 😉
I’m feeling optimistic about my reading year for 2024! The last couple years I’ve not really *loved and adored* any books I’ve read apart from the odd one or two, so I’m hoping this year will be different!
YOUR NOVEL/!??! WHY IS THIS THE FIRST TIME I'M HEARING ABT THIS?!?!?!? SO EXCITED!!!! also take ur time with writing ofc! don't feel pressured ur loving fans are patient
Already added the heaven &earth grocery store. Always love your recommendations. I recommend “The Reason I Jump” it’s in a question and answer style but I found it very interesting it’s by a thirteen year old autistic boy in Japan.
New Millenium Boyz is my comfort read for 2023. It’s erratic, sensual, and out of this world. Can’t wait for you to read it! Literally nothing like it!!!
chile mentioned !!!! 🇨🇱 just wanted to stop by and say that, me, personally, i've never liked Neruda bc even as a kid his poems made me extremely uncomfortable (particularly his twenty love poems and a song of despair) bUT ! his longest book "Canto General" is by far one of his best works. It's all about the magic and History of Latin America. Btw if you're trying to get into more poets and, especially Chilean poets, Gabriela Mistral is also an INCREDIBLE writer. She's our queen.
It's the "yes, I am petty." for me lmao. I needed that laugh. But I also appreciate that you and many booktubers I've seen are saying that buying this many books at once isn't normal. I am someone who also likes to collect books when I can, but there is also so many affordable/free ways to access books and it's okay to take advantage of those resources and not buy everything or read everything that is new because social media pushes us to.
14:26 I have read his books I have read two which are remainders of the day and 7 kinds of people you find in a bookstore. I love his style of writing it reminds me of the TV show black books. I haven't read the one you have mentioned but I am really interested in it.
I’m so excited to see What You Are Looking For Is In The Library here!! I’m currently reading it bc it had library in the title and cat on the cover and i love Japanese translated fiction :)) best combination
amazing video! i added so many to my goodreads. so my favourite books I read last year were: Alison Bechdel's 'Fun Home' (graphic memoir about Bechdel's father, sort of discovering him and his second/hidden selves while growing up - first book to make me cry in a while), Anatole Broyard's 'Kafka Was The Rage' (I believe this is an autobiographical book, published posthumously, it's about this mad cast of characters in Greenwich Village in 1947), Nella Larsen's 'Passing', Zora Neale Hurston's 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' (INCREDIBLE), and Muriel Spark's 'The Hothouse by the East River' (very absurdist but has really stuck with me) :)
I just finished Julia and totally thought “I wonder what Jack Edwards would think of this one” earlier today. I thought it was brilliant and hope we get a review from you no matter what you end up thinking about it!
The only book that is really high on my list this year is if Philip Pullman ever finishes the last book in the Book of Dust Trilogy. Other than that, I am mainly focused on classics this year. I just finished Middlemarch, and oh that needs a prequel and sequel!
OMG Brazil mentioned, my favorite book of Clarice's "A hora da estrela", I remember till today that i've got a test on her book and still haven't read it, in the day of the trial, I pick up the book in the frist class of the day and DEVOUR IT through all classes, till the test came (in like the fourth class or something like this) and I was devastaded by the end of the novel.
I don’t know if you’ve ever read any Percival Everett, but you should check him out if you haven’t. His novel “The Trees” was was shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize, and his 2001 novel “Erasure” was just adapted into the film “American Fiction” which has been nominated for five Oscars (Picture, Actor, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Score). He’s got another book coming out this year, “James”, which is a retelling of Huck Finn from Jim’s POV. Each of Everett’s novels is entirely distinct, and yet absolutely his voice. I’ve been working my way through his entire canon, and pretty much proselytize his work any chance I get.
I was given that same embosser and I went absolutely nuts with it 😂 I stamped all my books, I have a couple hundred, and it took HOURS. I can only imagine how long it’ll take you lol.
i once saw that video of jack from some time ago when he first quoted this tweet and i RAN to get a copy of white nights and i recently read it and it turned out to have created the most beautiful moments of my life just by sitting down and turning through the pages. it was AMAZING
The Kamogawa food detectives is another gorgeous Japanese book with a cat on the cover. I think my favourite of the year so far and think you'll enjoy it too as well as your self proclaimed characterisation 😂 Highly recommend! Its just so simple and precise and exquisite. All the best about Japanese literature in my experience. Simple but beautiful and precise writing... unless its haruki murakami ofc in which case its often not 😅 but i love that too 🙈
I’m totally the same, I need my series to match heights 😂 I’m too Type A for any mismatching. Usually 1 year after publication the standard paperbacks sizes come out ☺️
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Jack is the Ken of book world
"My job is just book"
I literally came down here to type that 😂
Yesssssss
Amazing comment 😂😂😂
😂😂😂
Im just ken
2024 challenge suggestion: reading one book from every country you haven’t read a book from yet. You had a poll about video ideas I believe a year ago and I’d actually really love to see something like this. Only if you want to of course!
YES to that 🙌 That would be so fun but most particularly essential to read authors from as many countries and cultures as possible! I’m trying to do that myself and so far I’m almost at 30 different countries I think 🥰
I’d love for Jack to read more scandinavian books! I’m from norway so it would be pretty cool to see more danish, swedish (beartown by fredrik backman???) and norwegian books (and finnish too)!
So does this mean that the author is from a certain country or that the story is set in a particular country? 😊
@@sherig1376 the author is from a certain country
I‘d suggest The Kangaroo Chronicles for Germany since it’s been one of the most successful books in recent years and it’s quite meta while being funny (and it’s clever in terms of language)
as a translator, i LOVE how Jack mentions the translators of the books he buys :') love seeing people in my field getting a shoutout.
Translating is a hard job and getting no shoutout for it is just evil. Thanks to translators I read one of my favourite books of all times
which languages do you work with?
Thank you Jack for saying that this form of consumerism isn't normal and that you only buy this many because its your job❤ people don't have to buy like 30 books every month!! I feel like social media is telling them to, its all about more and more and more nowadays :/
If he has the money he can purchase what he wants. His disclaimer was more of a don't feel like you need to buy all these books, borrow them, listen to them etc whatever suits you, as there's a lot of pressure from youtubers who read 100+ books a year
@@Rose-se6fr he can spend his money on whatever he wants. reading and collecting books is literally his hobby and job, him having his own library makes complete sense.
@@Rose-se6fr he said why he buys physical books: it's easier to film content with them. library books are gone after a few weeks and when he wants to film what I read in a month/best books in a year/recommendation videos a few months later, he still has those physical books.
@@Rose-se6fr i'm not sure if he still does but jack has had a job in publishing, having books is important to both his online and offline life, not to mention he's shown multiple times he annotates books. besides, the books he does buy are an accumulation from all sorts of stores he just posts videos of him going to shops in different cities cuz it's draws a bigger audience than online thrift shopping for books
@Rose-se6fr @Rose-se6fr I'm assuming he buys the books for his job which he mentioned in the video, his job isn't just to entertain us. He's a book critic and probably gets sent them or asked to buy them to review. Also he's mentioned before that he likes to buy books from book sellers as this puts money back in to the book writing industry which is important to him.
I love the 'disclaimer' Jack shared in the beginning about buying so many books and doing book hauls
I love it tooo! Cause many people (including me lol) feel very self-conscious about the little amount of books they read, so it's nice for him to remind us that his personal situation is different from most of us
1:47- White nights by Fyodur Dostoevsky
2:43- Devils by Fydor Dostoevsky
4:03- A thousand mornings by Mary Oliver
4:54- Dog songs by Mary oliver
6:29- If not winter: fragments of sappho
7:44- wolf hall by Hilary Mantel
8:31- Bring up the bodies by Hilary Mantel
11:10- now go: on grief and studio ghibli by Karl Thomas Smith
12:55- What you are looking for is in the library by Michiko Aoyama
14:25- The diary of a book seller by Shaun Bythell
14:52- Interesting stories about curious words by Susie Dent
15:53- In the Margins by Elena Ferrante
17:32- Agua viva by Clarice Lispector
18:38- Beyond the door of no return by David Diop
19:49- 1984 Julia's perspective by Sandra Newman
22:08- y/n by Esther Yi
22:56- prophet
23:47- Mundo Cruel by Luis Negron
24:20- On Women by Susan Songtag
25:41- A nearby country called love by Salar Abdoh
26:32- No mans land living between two cultures by Anne East
28:01- The heaven and earth grocery store by James Mcbride
29:44- the foreword book of poetry 2024
30:37- Heritage aesthetics by Anthony Anaxogorou
31:49- Terrace Story by Hilary Leichter
32:59- Kick the latch by Kathryn Scandan
33:57- Water shall refuse them by Lucie Mcknight Hardy
34:32- Boulder by Eva Baltasar
35:38- Close to home by Michael Magee
36:39- Kala by Colin Walsh
37:57- The archives of feelings by Peter Stamm
38:31- New millennium boyz by Alex Kazemi
39:13- Bird by bird by Anne Lamott
39:59- Hangman by Maya Binyam
40:43- Survival takes a wild imagination by Fariha Roisin
41:13- The dictionary people by Sarah Ogilive
42:06- A shining by John Fosse
43:21- Boys alive by Pier Paolo
44:29- The librarian by Patrick Dewitt
Tysm for this
In December 2024, you should review this exact same list, and review your recommendations after you've read them. It would be interesting to compare them.
Thanks a lot
Thanks ❤
Thank you for your effort. 🌸
I love that you don’t go over the trending book tok books. You go over so many genres and that makes me happy
As a non native english speaker I'm glad to see you read and appreciate translated/world literature a lot. Doing my first master degree in world lit is one of my favourite things I've done! I made a read the world challenge for myself and made it public on storygraph, I particularly love reading world poetry
I’m in a major depression right now and reading helps me a lot to escape my mood. I love how you talk about books. And your happiness makes my day better. Thank you!
I hope you’re feeling better :) regardless you should be proud!
@ Thank you!
I really love going to thriftstores to pick up books! I find that buying new ones each time is so expensive, and my local thriftstore has some nice books and theyre only 1 euro each! Also is much more sustainable and there's something so beautiful about preloved books :))
I absolutely agree!! Sometimes you even find those gorgeous old books that are from a hundred years ago- I once found a beautiful red leatherbound book from 1890!
same! and if i find a book i’ve been wanting it feels sm more rewarding 😭 i buy new books too occasionally, but kindle and thrift are my go to. (libby has my
@@kirstynhawkins exactlyyy! :)
@@mayswords yes!! Omg such a gem you've found
@kirstynhawkins1539 exactly exactly!! Always an amazing day when you've found some good ones
When Jack has a reading plan, we can’t help but be SHOOKETH to our core. It’s the coronation of the unhinged King himself.
as a brazilian follower i feel so happy and embraced when Jack reads brazilian books/authors and shows appreciation and admiration for them! you should make a video reading goodies from each country ;) love ya
36:15 As someone who lived abroad for years and then had that isolating experience of coming back home and not being able to relate to anyone or see anything the same way anymore, I am also so fascinated by this phenomenon and love when it pops up in books and I can feel more understood. A few of my favorite book quotes come to mind...
"A town always looked different once you'd returned, like a house where all the furniture had shifted three inches. You wouldn't mistake it for a stranger's house but you'd keeping banging your shins on the table corners." - The Vanishing Half
“You don’t have a home until you leave it and then, when you have left it, you never can go back.” - Giovanni's Room
Lovely
I'm already in love with Jack but when I saw him showing Clarice Lispector I was even more in love! I'm Brazilian and I'm so happy to see one of our best authors exploring new horizons
me: surrounds myself with book content to encourage myself to read more
Your videos consistently take the lead in fueling my TBR with thrilling and captivating reads!
1. Weeks ago I actually found a collection of Dostoevsky's short works in a Little Free Library. When I saw all your coverage of White Nights, I checked the collection and it's in there! I've added it to my February TBR and am very excited 😁 Thank you for the inspiration!
2. PROPHET. YES. WOW I LOVED THAT BOOK. You mentioned scifi and thriller, but importantly, this book is also ROMANTIC AF ❤️🔥
You make me want to read prophet 😊
@@belhypotheque6417 Then I am succeeding at life! ✨️💖✨️
I loved Prophet! White Nights is one I haven't read by Dostoevsky yet but I am definitely adding it to my Feb book haul list ❤
obsessedddd with Anne Carson, her translations are my favourite!! different translations of ancient texts are so cool, two different translators can give you completely different perspectives of the same text
I love what you said about reading mostly poetry whilst going deep into writing your novel. I think I'm going to try that this year as I find my brain gets so distracted and oversaturated when I'm reading too much and it prevents me from writing, but poems are definitely on the lighter and more nourishing side of that spectrum 🥰
White Nights by Dostoevsky is one of those book I read once and never stop thinking about. I get so excited whenever I see it somewhere
I almost jumped with joy when you pulled out Clarisse, soo excited to hear your perspective on her writing. She's my favorite and our brazilian treasure, you are never the same after reading Lispector!!!
Hi Jack. I am retired and reading up to 225 books a year (according to Goodreads). I recently discovered your channel and your love of book recommendations . I feel at home here. Thanks
I'm glad you have a writing focused year because I love all the poetry, essays, and non-fiction you've included in your haul. I know you don't only read fiction, but it does tend to be most of your tbr.
The Diary of a Bookseller and the 2 follow ups are my favourite non fiction works of all time. As a bookseller myself, it is SO relatable, and Shaun Bythell is hilarious
Piranesi is one of my favourite books that I read last year! And Frankenstein as well! And more!
My daughter bought 1984 and Julia for me for Christmas. I have read 1984 this month and will be reading Julia in Feb. Cannot waitxx
can't believe I've read a book before Jack has. What you are looking for is in the Library is a great read
YESSS! It's such a cosy and beautiful book.
*_many more happy returns💝🥰_*
i love how u start off by like reassuring us that we dont also have to do this (this meaning, getting a whole ton of books) bcs sometimes i do feel like urgh i want those books too!! but then rmbr that its ur actual job so having these books around are what u require to do the job well and better and does this make sense idk but yeah!! love ur channel
I bloody LOVE the whole Diary of a Bookseller series - so funny and heartwarming ✨just finished his most recent one, I didn’t want it to end.
Jack is the best in the game. Always look forward to these videos.
yes julia. i am so excited for it. i found it at the book store shortly after it came out completely by coincidence! i habe not gotten around to reading it yet but i habe such high hopes. 1894 was one of the books that really got me into reading when i was young
i’m so glad you’re back! thanks for the video, it made my day! 💕 best wishes to you, i hope you know how inspiring and kind you are!
Happy to see a Brazilian author among your books, Jack! Clarice is the best ever!
I looooved “what you are looking for is in the library”. It was so wholesome and heartwarming, a really good palate cleanser from all the creepy, weird and sad books I usually gravitate towards. It was also very encouraging as an aspiring librarian.
the joy in jack’s eyes when he talks about books he’s excited about is so beautiful
omg i have been manifesting a jack edwards video all week by rewatching old jack and dakota videos 🙏
do a video of you embossing all your books while answering q/a or giving niche book recs!
I bought The Librarianist in a tiny bookshop in The Netherlands. Good choice, I really resonated with the characters
So glad you are back on Goodreads!
Woah these sound like very interesting books! Thanks for sharing Jack!! Let’s see how many I will read this year. (Accomplish my Goodreads goal 🤞)
"Fathers and Children" broke my heart when I finished reading it years ago. So if you have some time and are interested, it is absolutely worth it
ohhhh A Diary of a Bookseller is SO good, you’ll love it!!
Yay Jack! You're gonna loooove White Nights, it's my favourite book ever 💙 it's for us sad and melancholy readers let me tell you
You’re going to Love Sontag, I absolutely adore her notes on Camp and on Photography. If I may suggest Last Summer in the City by Calligarich; I still think about it often it’s a bit like an Italian Great Gatsby but so beautiful in the descriptions of 1920s Rome; it’s also the type of book where you end up hating the protagonist by the end but still rooting for them to get it together
Can you please try to read one book per country? 🙌 That would be so fun but most particularly essential to read authors from as many countries and cultures as possible! I’m trying to do that myself and so far I’m almost at 30 different countries! 📚 🇯🇵 🇹🇭 🇻🇪
I would love to see a video about your favourite independent bookstores! Hannah witton did a similar format highlighting small businesses and chatting with the owners, getting advice ecc. 🥰🥰
I've only just finished The Inseparables by Simone de Beauvoir alongside A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver. Your selection of books has many gems that I'm eager to pick up! Happy reading Jack 🤗
The inseperables is so good- reading more about simone and her friend zaza's bond added so much depth to the story
@@theambitiouslawstudent4828 Oh, she said so much in just 140 pages! A true testament to her talent! I wish it was published back in those days, as I think it would have basked in its brilliance, being so telling of the times!
You should read the first part of Simone de Beauvoir's memoir (mémoires d'une jeune fille rangée in French). It tells the story of how she became friends with Zaza in more detail, their childhood and coming of age in Paris. So many interesting issues, feminism, religion, friendship etc.
Adding to my tbr right now!!!@@maika0395
Would you consider doing a video analysis of some kind about your favorite melancholy reads? The ghibli and grief book made me think of it.
I'm not sure if you've read much Romanian literature, but for when the book-buying ban is over, I recommend checking out Mircea Cărtărescu. He's a contemporary fiction writer and his lyricism is unmatched. I recommend his novel Nostalgia!
‘What you are looking for is in the library’ is a lovely quick sweet read - like having a cup of iced tea. I listened to the booker podcast and I’m keen to read boulder but probably more excited to read the 1979 prize winner ‘offshore’ which is winging its way to me via the Amazon gods.
Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) by Hazel Jane Plante deserves so many more readers. The narrator grieves her friend by writing about Vivian's favorite (fictional) short lived cult TV show, exploring fandom and trans woman community. It manages to be silly and also hurt your heart, the balance is so well done. It's a perfect little book.
This is being added to my tbr
hi Jack, amazing haul !! would you ever be interested/able to do a video or potentially a mini-series with the behind the scenes of writing a book/publishing process! I work in the Canadian publishing industry and I think it would be so interesting to see how this differs from one country to another, and one language to another! :)
My mum got me a library embosser for Christmas and I’m obsessed!
So many greats on this list - my tbr just got a lot longer.
Hope you love and enjoy all the books of 2024 and wish you all the best of your book reading Jack ❤😊😊❤
would love to see a video on poetry! different types, how to read it, who to start with, reccs for different moods/situations, other things like that!
Sther Yi's book is AMAZING. I loved it. So weird and unique. She plays with language to a level that I didnt see coming at all!
I think you should read a book called Solito by Javier Zamora which means alone in Spanish. Its a book about a 9 year old boy who migrates from El Salvador to the U.S and he does it alone to meet up with his parents, and about the people who help him along the way crossing Ocean and Dessert and the the dangers that many people face when trying to find a better life for themselves. It's so so good and sad at times. I would love to hear what you think about it if you decide to read it. Please look into it, I would love to see you talk about it in a future video. 😊
We need an embossing video!!!
I absolutely ADORED the librarianist. I'm so shocked but happy to know you're going to read it !
If you haven't read "The Hour of the Star" from Clarice, I definitely suggest you try it. I read it during high school for my Portuguese class, and I loved it. It's been almost ten years since I first read it, and I've been dreaming of reading it again.
I have 2 favourites from January so far: Another Brooklyn and The Rachel Incident. You recommended one, and now I am reading By Grand Central Station. I sat down and wept. I'm loving the writing so far!
Jack, you're voice is so warm and so pleasant and so energetic ánd soothing at the same time, that I always struggle to keep focussing on the book content. Which I don't wanna miss, as an avid reader myself. But boy, do you make it a (very entertaining/rewarding) endeavour! 😉
I’m feeling optimistic about my reading year for 2024! The last couple years I’ve not really *loved and adored* any books I’ve read apart from the odd one or two, so I’m hoping this year will be different!
YOUR NOVEL/!??! WHY IS THIS THE FIRST TIME I'M HEARING ABT THIS?!?!?!? SO EXCITED!!!! also take ur time with writing ofc! don't feel pressured ur loving fans are patient
Already added the heaven &earth grocery store. Always love your recommendations. I recommend “The Reason I Jump” it’s in a question and answer style but I found it very interesting it’s by a thirteen year old autistic boy in Japan.
My fav TV show is on, don't bother please
New Millenium Boyz is my comfort read for 2023. It’s erratic, sensual, and out of this world.
Can’t wait for you to read it! Literally nothing like it!!!
chile mentioned !!!! 🇨🇱 just wanted to stop by and say that, me, personally, i've never liked Neruda bc even as a kid his poems made me extremely uncomfortable (particularly his twenty love poems and a song of despair) bUT ! his longest book "Canto General" is by far one of his best works. It's all about the magic and History of Latin America.
Btw if you're trying to get into more poets and, especially Chilean poets, Gabriela Mistral is also an INCREDIBLE writer. She's our queen.
It's the "yes, I am petty." for me lmao. I needed that laugh. But I also appreciate that you and many booktubers I've seen are saying that buying this many books at once isn't normal. I am someone who also likes to collect books when I can, but there is also so many affordable/free ways to access books and it's okay to take advantage of those resources and not buy everything or read everything that is new because social media pushes us to.
my friend also got me an embosser and it was the sweetest gift ever 😭💛 please do a video stamping all of them !!!
14:26 I have read his books I have read two which are remainders of the day and 7 kinds of people you find in a bookstore. I love his style of writing it reminds me of the TV show black books. I haven't read the one you have mentioned but I am really interested in it.
when jack posts everything becomes better
I’m so excited to see What You Are Looking For Is In The Library here!! I’m currently reading it bc it had library in the title and cat on the cover and i love Japanese translated fiction :)) best combination
Loved this, as always, rapidly adding 5-6 books to my list for the year! Thank you ☺
Added so many of these to my reading list, thank you so much for sharing your book haul!!
We’re gonna need another library babes
amazing video! i added so many to my goodreads. so my favourite books I read last year were: Alison Bechdel's 'Fun Home' (graphic memoir about Bechdel's father, sort of discovering him and his second/hidden selves while growing up - first book to make me cry in a while), Anatole Broyard's 'Kafka Was The Rage' (I believe this is an autobiographical book, published posthumously, it's about this mad cast of characters in Greenwich Village in 1947), Nella Larsen's 'Passing', Zora Neale Hurston's 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' (INCREDIBLE), and Muriel Spark's 'The Hothouse by the East River' (very absurdist but has really stuck with me) :)
Jack making my weekend peaceful ♥️
Your videos can change my whole mood for the better
“one thing about me i will be yapping” i LOVE you ahahahha
I just finished Julia and totally thought “I wonder what Jack Edwards would think of this one” earlier today. I thought it was brilliant and hope we get a review from you no matter what you end up thinking about it!
The only book that is really high on my list this year is if Philip Pullman ever finishes the last book in the Book of Dust Trilogy. Other than that, I am mainly focused on classics this year. I just finished Middlemarch, and oh that needs a prequel and sequel!
Books being in conversation with each other is such a beautiful way of phrasing it
OMG Brazil mentioned, my favorite book of Clarice's "A hora da estrela", I remember till today that i've got a test on her book and still haven't read it, in the day of the trial, I pick up the book in the frist class of the day and DEVOUR IT through all classes, till the test came (in like the fourth class or something like this) and I was devastaded by the end of the novel.
I don’t know if you’ve ever read any Percival Everett, but you should check him out if you haven’t. His novel “The Trees” was was shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize, and his 2001 novel “Erasure” was just adapted into the film “American Fiction” which has been nominated for five Oscars (Picture, Actor, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Score). He’s got another book coming out this year, “James”, which is a retelling of Huck Finn from Jim’s POV. Each of Everett’s novels is entirely distinct, and yet absolutely his voice. I’ve been working my way through his entire canon, and pretty much proselytize his work any chance I get.
I was given that same embosser and I went absolutely nuts with it 😂 I stamped all my books, I have a couple hundred, and it took HOURS. I can only imagine how long it’ll take you lol.
The only genuine disclaimer I have ever seen on any social media platform in my entire life
Hey Jack. Thanks for recommending Julia. I really enjoyed it
Hey Man! Love your videos! Keep it up! Keep reading!
I bought Dog Songs by Mary Oliver on sale at BAM when I was fresh out of high school and it remains one of my favorite poetry collections to date
Whenever you post I get so happy :D
i once saw that video of jack from some time ago when he first quoted this tweet and i RAN to get a copy of white nights and i recently read it and it turned out to have created the most beautiful moments of my life just by sitting down and turning through the pages. it was AMAZING
I would ABSOLUTELY watch that embossing video.
YES to the embosser video !!
The Kamogawa food detectives is another gorgeous Japanese book with a cat on the cover.
I think my favourite of the year so far and think you'll enjoy it too as well as your self proclaimed characterisation 😂
Highly recommend! Its just so simple and precise and exquisite. All the best about Japanese literature in my experience. Simple but beautiful and precise writing... unless its haruki murakami ofc in which case its often not 😅 but i love that too 🙈
Very intrigued by the studio ghibli book! I wrote an essay last semester for my East Asian cinema class on magical realism in Miyazaki’s films.
I’m totally the same, I need my series to match heights 😂 I’m too Type A for any mismatching. Usually 1 year after publication the standard paperbacks sizes come out ☺️
coffee & all these books - what a way to start the weekend ☕✨🕊
A new Jack video!! My day is fulfilled.