ranking books by only their opening lines (booker prize edition)
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2024
- catch the official booker prize livestream on my main youtube channel at 9pm UK time on 26th November 2023 for all the backstage antics, interviews, and winner announcement!
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If you meet the authors and forget their names, don't worry. It's a 50/50 chance they're called Paul 😅
lol great advice 😂
Nice to know Jack is giving us a reminder that he’s hosting the Booker Prize ceremony. Good luck!
Love the "WELCOME TO EW YORK" sign at the back Jack lol
Jack: "I'm sure this book is about the little things that have a butterfly effect"
Jack reading: in the next town over a man has killed his family
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The way you asses and analyze books is so fascinating and I always learn so much from you from every video! ❤️📚
Jack did an amazing job hosting the live stream. I hadn’t read any of the books but was still engaged for an hour and absolutely proud and impressed by Jack’s hosting abilities! 😊 also enjoyed the winner Paul Lynch’s acceptance speech and inspired by the whole night. Congratulations to Jack and Paul 🎉
My family divvied up these books, my daughter and each of four of my sons, and I each reading one. We argued for our book to each other. We've done this each year for the past nine years. To be frank, we each appeared underwhelmed by this year's shortlisted books. Two were viewed as a tad less mediocre than the rest. These were This Other Eden, which probably won't win, and Prophet Song, which probably will. (Btw, for reference, three of us have books published.)
That's really cool!
Well you guessed it!
The opening lines of Prophet Song sounded so musical, a lot of the words even evoked sound, I love it 😍
The “Welcome to Ew York” sign is great 😂❤
Taylor could never
"The bee sting" seems really interesting maybe is gonna be my next book
Welcome to Ew York got me 🤣
I was looking for this comment 😂 my eyes kept going back to that sign whenever it popped up!
I watched this at 8 am, and it’s the first time jack has wished me a wonderful day this early in my day, so I’m glad.
You should seriously consider becoming an audiobook narrator! Your voice is very nice to listen to so I think you would be perfect at it. :)
bro i can only focus on how his sign says welcome to ew york😭😭
Okay, Now I need a video about your favorite quotes. ♥
I don't know if it's intentional or not, but the welcome to ew New York made me love😂 btw it's so cool that you are hosting the life stream and so so well deserved!
for some reason I keep hearing "the beasting" instead of "the bee sting", might be my BIG BOOK FEAR CREEPING UP
Same here, I first heard about the book on a podcast and until Jack mentioned/showed it in an earlier video, I thought it was called The beasting.. 😅 I am really curious to read it though, every podcast that mentions it is really positive about it.
We appreciate your insights, Jack. You'll always have our support.
Loved this video. Just finished listening to How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, and this video was the perfect compliment to that experience.
Tried to do my own analysis after listening to you read the opening line and it was really fun. Definitely going to try this with the next book I start.
A+ and look forward to the Booker Live Stream.
I missed the second channel videos, glad you're back! So many amazing things happening, honestly so happy for you, revel in it.
One of the most anticipated videos of the year fr
Personal order of first lines
1. Study for obedience
2. The Bee Sting
3. Prophet Song
4. Western Lane
5. The Other Eden
6. If I survive you
Happy holidays and thanksgiving Jack hope you have a great holiday season 🎃🤎🧡💛❤️
Jack! The booker prize!
Moments like these come and I always think back to you showing yor a level notes😭😭😭 so happy for you❤❤❤
That's also our favorite series!!! do moreeee
Both The Bee Sting and The Prophet Song we're nominated for the Irish Book Awards Book of the Year (The Bee Sting won tonight) and it's great to see two Irish authors nominated for the Booker Prize! Good luck
OMG why do i feel like an aged mother who is proud of her son when you mentioned you'll be hosting the booker prize? You did it jack!
I was doing chemistry homework, now I'm not
Eagerly awaiting your thoughts on If I Survive You. I read it for a course in my MFA program earlier this year and I think about it all the time.
That IS a 🔥 quote & Prophet Song was one of the ones on my radar…and I liked that preview…. 🤔 may have to pick it up
Good luck with the livestream! Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on all the books after you have read them!
I'm so excited for you!
To add some context to the quote: Bertolt Brecht was a German author/poet/playwright who lived through both world wars. I don't think it was his main focus (I'd say he's primarily known for his impact on theatre), but he was definitely among the many German writers who contributed to war/ post-war/ exile literature, so he himself was "singing about the dark times"
Oh cool! I just met Jonathan Escoffery at the Miami Book Fair. He was hilarious and extremely well spoken. You'll have a good time meeting him. He read an excerpt from his book and he had the whole room laughing and completely focused on every word.
Does Jack still recommend books? Im flicking down the video list but it’s all what he wants to read and not any reviews? Id love to hear about any favourites 🙂
same!!
I liked that excerpt from This Other Eden, it definitely made me want to know more about that guy!
I'd rank them
1 = Western Lane
2 = This Other Eden
3 = The Bee Sting
4 = If I Survive You
5 = Study Of Obedience
6 = Prophet Song (I didn't like this one, I thought it was trying too hard to be poetic.)
But thanks for sharing, I don't think I would have known/cared about any of them if not for you making this video.
Apologies if I've missed it, but when is the actual booker prize ceremony, please and thank you?
I read 'If I Survive You" - the author's parents moved from Jamaica and he grew up in the U.S. The "What are you?" question reminded me of Pico Iyer's book "The Global Soul."
Keep getting distracted by the “WELCOME TO EW YORK” sign… but thanks for the wonderfully eloquent insights Jack
I have started If I Survive You but realized i have not gone back to it, reading slowly but surely 😅
The "The bee sting" opening line will hit differently when you have read the book.
Prophet Song is so hard to start it actually felt like death but it got so good
Jack, i love reading them as you read the opening lines of each book, and I noticed you missed a line of The Prophet Song at the end.
jaaaack what about last year's winner timeshelter i saw you had it and was so excited to hear what you think bc people from our country (and the author's) have very strong and *very* negative opinions about it
The way all the authors’ names are Paul 😭 (not all but a significant amount to notice)
Would love to have a Vlogmas by you - or everyday uploads in December, just saying 😃💚
Happy Birthday Jack!
Study for Obedience love this book and the author one of my favorites ❤
WELCOME TO EW YORK
wow prophet song sounds amazing
I when you drop hints from your own book too ❤️
Dying to know what you think of The Bee Sting, I can't commit due to its size.
I wasn't looking at the screen and I thought The Bee Sting was called The Beasting 😂
i'm most excited to read The Bee Sting and Study for Obedience
Welcome to Ew York is killing me
I appreciate your insights so much Jack you are brilliant 😊
You probably can't do a proper ranking by the whole story of the books because you are involved with the booker prize organisation but I would love to have your opinion after they announced the winner
Are you going to review “The Woman in Me” ??
"if i survive you" disappointed me so much, the first part (in flux) is soo good if the rest of the book had been like that it could've been a 5 star read for me. but it just fell completely flat in comparison. i'm curious to see what you'll think!
Hi from Guatemala
hi jack! i'm a college student in france and i'm currently working on applications for studying abroad in the UK, one of them being Durham! Since you studied there, I was wondering if it would be ok for me to ask you a few questions about life in Durham? have a great day :)
15:40 is the 'N' from the 'welcome to New york' sign missing? What's the deal there jack?
Hey, I was thinking maybe you could rewatch this video reacting to your predictions on UA-cam.
i got distracted by the "welcome to ew york" in the background
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why are there so many Pauls involved
This Other Eden
The Bee Sting
A Study in Obedience (it weirdly reminded me of Tuck Everlasting for some reason)
Prophet Song
If I Survive You
West Court
9:12 not sure if assimilation is the right word for it, especially when they are being singled out for their “otherness”. Maybe it’s more on the topic of the challenges of integration?
Love you Jack
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“Welcome to ew York”
Welcome to ew York
Did you not sleep properly...hope you're healthy and taking care of yourself...
Welcome To Ew York
Why are they all called Paul?
ok not related at all but you are glowing in the video??? drop the skincare routine babes !! you look gorgeous
Sometimes I miss Jack giving reviews about books he read:/ I do love all of his videos tho😊
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Hm. Your voice has the uncanny talent to turn every novel into YA. That was not a nice thing to say so maybe i could mention that i did like your analysis to soften the blow. We are all friends here, right?
First !!!!! 😁😁😁
we need books about palestine!
why haven't you shown solidarity for Palestine? you did video celebrating Ukrainian literature when Russia invaded Ukraine
We don't know which nation he's supporting and for me, people have liberty if they want to or not speak up about a delicate matter. Also, just because you're supporting a certain nation's literature and people doesn't mean you're supporting the nation as whole. I love Russian literature and some of the authors and ballerinas but I don't support them invading Ukraine.
JACK you promoted rebecca yarros' new book, even though she supports Israel. who, as we all know, is committing a genocide in Gaza right now.11,000 Palestinians dead. over 4,000 of them children. Do you share her views and are only 'supporting' Palestine for appearances? or do you usually make it a habit to contradict yourself?
Oh dear! I hope I am never held to a political belief or ideology based on the books I read. Are we deemed a Nazi sympathizer if Mein Kampf is read? Can we still be a Republican if a book authored by an Obama is on our TBR? Is every book read, a promotion? I understand the magnitude of the horrific crimes occurring in Gaza, please don't assume I don't because I have questions.
Supporting an AUTHOR'S book from a nation doesn't mean he supports THE nation. I love Russian literature and some of the authors and ballerinas but it doesn't mean I support Russian invading and colonizing Ukraine. It's like separating the art from the artist.
A few years ago I read another Paul Murray's book, "Skippy Dies". Fun fact - it was also huge and also began with death. And yeah, it was the death of the main character🥲*can't wait to read his new book, because the Skippy one was amazing
I also really liked 'Skippy Dies' and haven't read any of his work since but The Bee Sting is getting alot of hype