popular books i read this summer (smash or pass?)
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- Опубліковано 9 чер 2024
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It’s literally impossible to watch Jack and not add anything to your TBR
Right! I already want to add "Another Brooklyn" on my tbr!😅
For real, he knows how to sell books to us lol, plus his taste is immaculate so I never think twice
I've literally just ordered three books 🙈
I feel seen
Already on Goodreads 😅
My hobby's buying books. People should know reading them is another hobby.
i've been saying this!!! such different things. i go through phases where i buy books and don't read them. then i go though another phase where i actually read them. that phase is usually shorter though
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Don't worry, I already do!
My hobby is buying physical copies of books and then reading other books that I buy digital copies of.
@@ellovescatsoh god same
Jack: “I don’t have hobbies, I have obsessions.”
Me: (cries in Pop Culture Dissection)
I want this on my t-shirt
Wow I am so old that I have no idea what the comments on a booktube video mean 😂
Cries in autism
1:04 A Little Luck by Claudia Piñeiro ✅
2:41 Chain Gang All Stars ❌
5:03 Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa✅
6:17 The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood ✅
7:55 Atalanta by Jennifer Saint ❌ (other books of her are just better but still a good book)
9:31 Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes ✅ (but all the voices sound the same which made it hard to read)
10:29 Yellow Face by Rebbeca F. Kuang ✅ (but a bit too long and repetitive)
12:12 Send Nudes by Saba Sams ❌ (only really liked 2 stories in it)
13:19 The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken ✅
15:13 Mrs. S by K. Patrick ❌
16:56 Jazz by Toni Morrison ✅
19:14 A Man's Place by Annie Ernaux ❌
20:34 Just by Looking at Him by Ryan O'Connell ✅
21:35 Self Portrait by Othello by Jason Allen-Pasant ✅
22:10 Titles Ruin Everything by Aubrey Graham❌
22:51 Big Swiss by Jen Beagin❌/✅
24:10 By Grand Central Station I sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart✅
25:33 I'm a Fan by Sheena Patel✅
26:33 Idol Burning by Rin Usami ❌
28:06 You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat ❌
29:01 Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor ✅
29:59 The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling✅ (pretty silly, easy reading)
30:51 Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson✅ (you will love it if you liked “a little life”)
Thank you!!
I love that we have a Smash or Pass which is related to books. Such fun! Rate books, not people.
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@@ChemicalPenguinn I am always saying that, HE IS EVERYWHERE.
1:04 A Little Luck by Claudia Piñeiro
2:41 Chain Gang All Stars
5:03 Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
6:17 The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
7:55 Atalanta by Jennifer Saint
9:31 Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
10:29 Yellow Face by Rebbeca F. Kuang
12:12 Send Nudes by Saba Sams
13:19 The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken
15:13 Mrs. S by K. Patrick
16:56 Jazz by Toni Morrison
19:14 A Man's Place by Annie Ernaux
20:34 Just by Looking at Him by Ryan O'Connell
21:35 Self Portrait by Othello by Jason Allen-Paisant
22:10 Titles Ruin Everything by Aubrey Graham
22:51 Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
24:10 By Grand Central Station I sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart
25:33 I'm a Fan by Sheena Patel
26:33 Idol Burning by Rin Usami
28:06 You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat
29:01 Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor
29:59 The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
30:51 Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
Jack should pin this!
Thank you❤
You are amazing!!!
thanks so much!!
Thank you❤❤
“I don’t have hobbies. I have obsessions” Me too Jack, me too
“Show don’t tell” is my pet peeve, too!! This is why I trust Jack’s recommendations 🙏🏼
I trust him coz he’s british
I agree 💯 on this. I have DNF’d a few books for this reason. However, I do notice that many classics from the 19th century are written this way. For instance, Anna Karenina by Tolstoy which is considered one of the best novels ever written.
I kinda accept it in many books if they're great otherwise (or if they're old realistic classics) but it's a hard NO in movies for me.
do you want them to show or do you want them to tell?
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop was so freaking lovely, the vibes are perfect, the characters are so sweet and the quotes are immaculate 👌🏼
“I don't have hobbies, I have obsessions.”
-Jack Ben Edwards, 2023
"i don´t have hobbies i have obsessions" is so real
Wow - thanks so much for the amazing and lovely words about our very own A LITTLE LUCK by Claudia Piñeiro, Jack! We appreciate it. ❤So, so, so pleased you loved it. (And thank you for taking the time to share your bookish thoughts, as always!)
just a heads up on the book "idol, burning", it's actually about jpop (japanese idol industry) and not kpop! some might think this is trivial, but they have very different systems (although, of course, parasocial relationship is universal) + sometimes, there's some racist connotations when people lump every asian thing together...
James Baldwin is amazing, I remember when I first found out about him and read Giovanni's Room I ended up reading all of his books as soon as possible. It's been years and I think I'll reread his books again soon.
Jennifer Saint was my GCSE English teacher!! SUCH a surprise to hear her mentioned in this list!
That is so cool!
There are actually four other books written by Claudia Piñeiro that has been translated to English; Thursday Night Widows, All Yours, A Crack in the Wall, and Betty Boo.
The amount of "bombastic" side eye you gave during your review of Yellowface, rivaled the side eye on the cover 😂😅
i have been just OBSESSED with your book review videos 😭❤i love how genuine you are with your reviews and opinions!!
Annie Ernaux's books are like a symphony. the single parts sound unfinished, but combined you end up with a masterpiece
How you describe Atalanta makes me think of my experience with Circe by Madeline Miller - there's no major climax to keep you reading
Totally agree!!
literally everytime i watch jack i have my goodreads open in another tab bc the recs are TOO GOOD
Literally love whenever you post!! I'm sick so it's perfect timing
Your reviews are always wonderful. Your enthusiasm and honesty are refreshing and you are so articulate and entertaining. Threat content!
wait the explanation about the iliad and the penelopiad is so cool because i always thought the song of achilles was a a direct callback to the first line of the iliad "sing, goddess muse, of the wrath of achilles" and i thought instead of titling it the wrath of achilles the author went with the song of achilles, which sounds softer knowing we got to read not just about his anger but also his love ! it makes a lot of sense knowing that the iliad literally means the song of troy and first word of the iliad is "sing"
“I don’t have hobbies. I have obsessions.” Honestly same 😮💨
I was just watching your old videos for book recommendations to give to my school library, this is perfect ❤
Hey are you Indian?
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I live for your Goodreads update to try to guess what your next video may be about.
the OG retelling of Classics was German author Christa Wolf (whose Italian translator is supposed to be Elena Ferrante). her book Cassandra is phenomenal! She interweaves a retelling of some Iliyad events through Cassandra w German history and culture after WWII. Worth the read and she even wrote a lecture series on how the book came to be.
I am so here for you loving Toni Morrison! I've been into her since high school and never met anyone else who appreciated what she wrote so much. She's magnificent
I’m so happy I found this channel! These reviews are stellar. Appreciate the honesty
I get so excited whenever Jack uploads 😂
Me too🤣. Also do check my channel for bookish content 😊 😊
there’s nothing i love more than listening to jack discuss literature 🥰🥰
This video might be the key to finding a book that’s compelling enough to draw adhd me in and keep me reading until the end. Thanks, Jack!
I loved this! I would say with Stone Blind (and most of NH's novels) that it's a COMPLETELY different experience listening to the audiobook, if you haven't already! She read it amazingly well and did all these different voices, and her tone of voice made me find so much more in the text than I would have if I just read it on the page. It's worth listening to her, even if it's just for her immaculate reading style!
ahh i missed jack talking about books like this!! missed the videos actually discussing the reads and jack talking about the themes and likes/dislikes. and omg can we talk about how eloquently he talks? loved it
I love Jack talking. His long videos just make my day.✨
Yay I love that you're doing reviews again!!!
It's wild how much power Jack has over my TBR.
Your videos are pure serotonin Jack ❤
Thank you so much for the recommendations! I love this Smash or Pass style because it's fun
Love seeing you rave about By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept. It’s been a favourite of mine for years, and I don’t think it gets the love it deserves!
Thanks for the tip on Another Brooklyn - it sounds awesome. Great reviews!
I love having your videos on whilst I work 🤎
all these sound so good I can’t stop switching btwn youtube and my storygraph tbr 😣😣
My hobby is watching this precious human talk about book.
I dnf'd Stone Blind because it felt very YA and that wasn't what I was looking for. Also Idol, Burning is about Jpop not Kpop. They actually have very different fan culture and also massive geopolitical conflicts and differences.
Was about to comment the same thing! K-pop and J-pop are intricately different, and as person who has experiences relating to being a fan in both, I'd say Idol, Burning is still such a valuable read. Especially on how becoming part of a fandom can be a way of survival and exerting agency when you feel hopeless/depressed/etc, in the context of the protagonist being a young female student with hints of mental/physical health problems, alongside familial and financial issues. I found the book quite touching honestly :")
You were right to DNF stone blind I wish I had 😂
@clairvoyantpegasus I agree. I thought it actually had a lot to say about fandom and both the good and bad about becoming so involved with a person that you don't actually know. I wish that Y/N was more like that, that book was disappointing to me.
@EllenFelicity Oh good! I just couldn't make myself get through it!
@@karakask5488 oh my God yes yes!! I tried reading Y/N for *at least* 4 times and couldn't get past its first few chapters for some reason, despite being really intrigued by its premise & the fact that not a lot of literary fiction touches on K-pop. Something about it must've rubbed me the wrong way! 😅
I felt the exact same way about Big Swiss. It was one of those situations where I knew the whole story after reading just the synopsis and there wasn’t much to it to be honest. There were also so many random, unnecessary facts that took up way too much time, especially the weird dogs…
omg i'm so happy that the penelopiad is finally getting her time to shine. i had to read this for a greek myth class this year and i fkn loved it. my only gripe was that the portrayal of helen was not very girlboss but for being published in 2005 it was still waaay ahead of its time
Paul takes the form of a mortal girl has been my all time favourite book for a while and I’m so glad it’s finally catching the attention it deserves 😌
Aw yay! After reading Elena knows and Funny boy this summer and getting my mind blown, I’ll take all your book recommendations without question. Great video! Just added a big bunch of books to my reading list ❤
I just bought A Little Luck in Bath while on vacation because I loved Elena Knows so much, so I'm SO excited you loved it too!
I think this is also the first not 100% glowing review of Chain Gang All-Stars I've seen. It's intriguing to me but nowhere near the top of my priority list tbh
I loved Yellowface and think it's phenomenal. Though, it could've been about 25-50 pages shorter in my opinion. I do think the repetition shows that this type of behaviour and experiences is just nonstop... or maybe that's my interpretation to justify the length :P The climax/confrontation scene at the end of the book is what felt more outlandish to me, despite the satirical genre.
Mate your old last minute essay videos have carried me through my MSc
This definitely moved a couple books farther up my TBR! I was wondering, do you read literary magazines/journals? Gutter, Extra Teeth, and CALYX Press feel like they might be your vibe. Also, you should read Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell and The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro.
hey jack! you should try any of clarice lispector's works (not sure how many and which ones have been translated), i think her writing style and the themes she tackles are right up your alley :)
heyyy jack! i think you should read "crooked plow" by itamar vieira jr. it's a brazilian book that was just recently translated to english. i would love to know your thoughts about it
ps.: the original cover is a lot prettier ahahh the english version does not make it justice
Your amazing!! I love your videos! Keep up the great work!
The book at 24:20 had the same title from Paulo coehlo “by the river piedra I sat down and wept”😢
This is so fun! I love your reviews😂❤
Hey jack.. Hope you are doing well..
Really like your channel for insights, suggestion, detailed review and interesting videos.. Got to say your authentic, innovative and fearless personality is my favorite part of your videos!!
Keep it going friend!!
Would love to see a video about why reading becomes an obsession and is addicting!!
Completelyyy agree with your thoughts on Yellowface if by any chance anyone who thinks similar was looking for validation on that hahaha
Hi Jack! I love your videos, they're such a great way to encourage myself to read and feel excited again about reading. I wanted to ask you because we're going to do a small book club with some friends and I would love to hear some book recommendations for a book club. Like books which could have great topics to discuss with other people. It would be great if you could make a video about it. Thanks and great job man!🎉
Hi jack! Can you do books recommendations for general knowledge? History, art, mythology, science,, etc… thanks!
Thank you for explaining why I enjoyed but struggled with some of Yellow Face! A really interesting read but almost too much happens and it could be so much more concise
I love your videos and you are the king of books Jack 😊
My TBR is too long to finish within a lifetime because of these videos, because our taste in books is nearly identical. However, the way Jack is so articulate and precise in talking about why he *didn't* like a book also really helps me figure out if I would like it or not. So I will be adding Mrs. S to my TBR bc that sounds like a writing style I would enjoy, and the premise seems awesome too, as well as The Penelopiad, and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop.
After about 100 pages in on Stone Blind, I DNF'd it. The way it jumped around from character to character was exhausting. I think you put it best when you said everyone spoke in the same tone of voice and therefore made it somewhat confusing to understand who you were reading about. After picking up something else, finishing it and having my palette cleansed, I decided to give Stone Blind another chance and in the end actually really enjoyed it. I guess I just needed to be in the right head space to appreciate it.
Maybe it's just me because I did not learn greek mythology at high school but I felt like differentiating the different characters in Stone blind was a little hard. Some of them blended together for me up until they would mention something significant they did or happened to them in a previous chapter and I'd go oh that was you.
i don't need any more books I DON'T NEED ANY MORE BOOKS
Oh whoops I bought 4 more
Bang on about Yellowface… I had same feelings
Thank you for the book rec, Self Portrait as Othello. Maybe a gift purchase for a poetry loving friend. I also did a 'suggest for purchase' with my public library 🌈
I am looking forward to all the ideas you said in your “building my library” video… btw. please do those.
Wasn't expecting to see the Ex Hex here :) It was a cozy romance you'd enjoy around autumn with a coffee in hand.
I always end up screenshoting at least half of the books you're talking about to add them to my ever growing whishlist 😭
omg also love the Ex hex, if you haven't already you should watch practical magic because the plot is somewhat similar, and Erin Sterling has also written The kiss curse which I think is about the sister in the Ex hex :)
I love Siddhartha! Hope you enjoy it ❤ thank you for your video, I am glad I was not the only one struggling with the note from underground.
"My next partial smash is yellowface". doesn't sound great out of context 😭
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop is on my tbr but wasn’t sure if I’d like. Now I’m for sure thanks to your review 🥰
Orthello is my favourite from Shakespeare too, so I will definitely be reading self-portrait!
I recommend the book "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls if you haven't yet. Add it to your want to read list for october. The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant.
I love your reviews are amazing and always the best ❤
I need a mythology retelling about Persephone! I love her and I would read that in a heartbeat
Jazz is such a smash!!! It was the book that introduced me to Toni morrison and I've loved everything from her 😩❤️
Can't wait to read Penelopaid! Thank you for that awesome little greek fact! I'm going to add it to my 2024 TBR series :)
Have you read All My Rage? Would love your thoughts on that book.
Totally agree with what you said about Annie Ernaux and her work
Each individual grain of sand is not, what an accurate Annie Ernaux review👏👏
What you said about ‘drip feeding’ Toni Morrison books is so real… I’m doing the same with Elena Ferrante (reading 1 book per year 😂) because I’m enjoying the Neapolitan novels too much and basically want to grow up alongside the characters
Jack, please read "Klara and the Sun" by Kazuo Ishiguro! I normally don't like dystopian settings, but this was a hit in my book! I feel like you will enjoy it a lot, it is gorgeously written, and the writer has won the Nobel in Literature for one of his works. It is a dystopian book but has a hopeful side regarding humanity's future, and IT IS WRITTEN FROM A ROBOT'S PERSPECTIVE!! Btw, I hope you had the chance to read Circe by Madeline Miller because it is I believe one of the best feminist writings that you can find on the topic of Greek Mythology.
Jack has read this book and already has a whole video dedicated to this book alone!! It’s on his second channel if you want to search it up ❤️
@@cool82798 omg I didn’t know, thank you for the heads up!!!
Literally one of the worst books ever written 😅
Thank you for recommending The Penenopiad Jack! I loved it!
JACK! HOZIER HAS JUST RELEASED A VIDEO DETAILING HIS FAVOURITE BOOKS.
You know what to do King 😤
I would love to see you review/read all the books Isaac reads in heartstopper!
0:04 Jack: one thing about me
Me: I'm the baddest alive 🕺 💅
This is the video we NEEDED
Toni Morrison is amazing. Song Of Solomon was my first and holds a special place in my heart
This is exactly how I felt about yellow face! I really felt like I didn’t want to spend that many pages with that character
I thought this was going to be a new way to judge book covers….that would be good for books you have not read (like dating apps)…but also good for books you have read (same or alternate covers) to see if you would have missed out on a good book due to a bad cover.
Adding “The Ex Hex” to my October TBR….now if I can just get through everything I meant to read in August before the end of September…😅
Another SMASH! What an amazing video! Thank you so much for this, Jacky, I have once again added to my ever growing list of books to purchase.
Continue shining and striving!
Look for Antonio Buero Vallejo's La Tejedora de Sueños or the weaver of dreams' if you want to find out how could Penelope wait emotionally so much