This concept reminded me of one of my high school English teachers. She wanted to be familiar with the books that her students were interested in outside of class so she would keep track of what books we were reading in the few minutes before the bell rang and class started. Her rule for herself was that as soon as she had seen the same book being read by at least two students, she had to read it.
Seriously same. Though my city still doesn't have a subway well they made it, but it's not opened yet. But most of falling in love with strangers comes from riding buses or walking on roads. Actually, love might not be the right word. I just like to wonder what might be happening in their life. Are they happy and blessed with life? What is their story? And write a book in my mind which is never gonna be published
Few video ideas: 1)What Emma Watson reads 2)All the books mentioned on F.R.I.E.N.D.S 3)Reading books recommended by your subscribers 4)One book from every genre 5)Only reading translated book for a week 6)What Jisoo from Blackpink reads 7)Books about religion 8)Biographies and Autobiographies 9)Celebrity lifestyle part 2 10)How different your life is in Paris and in England. 11)What Elio from Call Me By Your name reads 12)1 Book from every country
I've never been this early I just wanna say I picked up reading books again this year only because of you and finished 40 books in three months. You made a difference in my life when I was at my lowest. Thank you 💖
Same! I play his videos at night when I want to sleep and my brain refuses to shut up lol. I let them play in the background when I'm trying finish a task as well. They're really helpful
When I lived in Japan, I loved that book stores give all purchased books a paper cover to protect the book as well as for privacy for reading in public
People shouldn’t be recording strangers on their daily commute to work, home, etc. When Jack mentioned that I assumed it wasn’t with malicious intent, but that’s really creepy. I always have books with me and the thought of someone recording me without my consent just because I’m reading, a very quiet and intimate activity in a public space, is very unsettling.
@@ladyterror4663it’s honestly not that big of a deal. He didn’t even show their faces, and I’m sure the government and surveillance etc have been watching us for years, so a random UA-camr taking photos of the book were reading should not be high on the list of potential worries
It’s funny that Jack is a Londoner now living in New York, because I’m in New Yorker now living in London who used to make an entire notes section of books I would see on the subway. In a way, this video - with its warm lighting, Jack’s sweet voice and hearing the “this is a Manhattan bound 2 train…” - it all really gave me a sense of nostalgia and helped me feel like I’m home for the holidays.
I felt sad when I saw that I only read 36 books this year because I thought they might be more, but given that I already read books over 500 pages and the fact that I read a lot of books outside my comfort zone and that it was the first time I tried reading English books and I have read four and now I'm reading the Fifth, and most importantly of all, this year i finished my first year high school And I finished a third of the second year. This means that I have done a lot this year and I am proud of myself. and Thank you. Many of the books I will read next year are your nominations (I hope my writing is clear TT ) Update The year ended with a score of 46. I don't know how I read 10 more books, but I'm happy with that :)
About acts of service, I haven’t read it but you said it was quite observing in a way and the first thing I thought when you showed the book is that it looked like an eye. Maybe that explains the cover?
Yeah the number of books doesn't matter. I read over fifty last year but were a good chunk of those childhood books to get me out of reading slumps? Yes, yes they were. Meanwhile there's a huge biography I've been tackling for.. almost a year now, and those pages didn't count for my record last year haha and they were HUNDREDS of pages.
It's not a contest. How ever many books you read in a year is the exact number of books you were supposed to read. It's about what you got out of the books, quality over quantity and other cliches.
I'm back to reading like I used to before I started working all thanks to you. A 3 year reading slump was overcome and this channel is an important inspiration here. Love what you're doing!
As a bi woman myself, in defense of bell hooks, I think it's okay for a lot of feminist analysis to be heteronormative when it's specifically analysing the ways in which men and women relate to each other in relationships. People dating people of the same gender are going to have different experiences that require their own nuanced analysis, but it's okay to analyse specifically how patriarchy within het dating affects people considering that's most of the population.
Also, this book was published in 1999. Like how was he missing that? I’m so much angrier about this “critique” because I feel like it lacks basic critical thought of the time period and of who bell hooks was in that time period
and it misses the fact that we still live in a society that conditions cis men and cis women in very specific ways, and that is the majority. Even if bell hooks was queer/lesbian - she still saw many problems that exist in our abilities to love given those binaries. And they still exist, even if now 20 years later we see more lgbtqai folks step to the front.
While this is true, it’s important to note that this is a manifesto on love and for it to leave out the experiences of queer people as part of that IS very heteronormative
Video ideas - WORLD CUP READING CHALLENGE (a book per country and then you of course rank them and they draw the same way they would in the world cup) - Reading Qatari authors - Reading Arab books -Reading LGBTQIA+ authors (James Baldwin please) - Reading a book from where my dart at world map lands - Reading Chris' Pines recommendations (there's a pap pic of him holding books) - Reading my way through alphabet (different letter for different author) - Reading my way through a continent (lets say Europe or South America) - Reading only one certain color books from a bookstore (let's say pink) - Reading only books that contain certain word in them (let's say 'holiday') - Ranking certain authors books (let's say Jane Austen) - Reading books set in/about NYC (or some other location) - Reading only books from certain century
Literally BEGGING you to read anything by Diane Setterfield. I have no idea why she's not talked about more, her writing style is so effortlessly magical. The Thirteenth Tale and Once Upon A River especially are some of my favourite books ever, they are just EXQUISITELY crafted in my opinion, and kind of give circe or home fire vibes.
I read all about love over 20 years ago. As a cishet woman it seemed pretty radical to me back then. Things have changed SO much. The way as a society we talk about gender and sexuality and relationships is extraordinarily different than it was when this book was released in 1999 (for the better!)
@@inaboo74 I’d say the increase in inclusivity is definitely for the better. There are still all sorts of -phobic people and censorship and whatnot, but things are being spoken about more. And of course, the internet allows for all sorts of perspectives to be shared, that wouldn’t be given much space otherwise.
I always get a little bit defensive going into a review of one of my favourite books, like I did here with All About Love, but I have to say that I understand your criticism. I just don’t interpret the book the same way. I read it with queer love in mind and was actually astounded by how open-minded and label-defying the concepts were. It’s one of the reasons it’s important to me. I do agree that her examples of love tend to be hetero, but for me her theory is so much bigger than that, and the concrete examples are only meant to illustrate larger points. Anyways, thanks for putting a spotlight on the book, and for a great video as always.
0:15 there’s a perfect song for this called beautiful stranger by laufey!! the song is about having a crush on someone on the train and it immediately came to mind when you said this :)
I wonder if any of the subway readers also hated the book after they finished it. Also, the "FUCK FUCK FUCK" artwork in the bedroom is phenomenal. Hahaha.
@@philbert3333 Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell! I think It’s appeal is kind of subjective (i.e not really plot heavy but more focused on characters), but I can’t stop recommending it! It’s so interesting and easy to get into as well!
Video idea, lesser known books by well known authors. I came up with the idea because Im currently reading The little friend by Donna Tartt and though everyone knows about The Secret History or The Gold Finch, but not as many people have probably read her first works. I bet there are loads of great lesser known books out there that could make a great video. keep up the great work Jack. L
The editing of this video is like top top tier! The framing? The transitions?? The music??? So so good !!!! (it always is lol but I thought it deserved its own shout out)
I absolutely love this concept; please keep it up as you travel! As a nosy person who lives somewhere without major public transportation this scratches an itch for me 😂
Loved your commentary on "all about love"! As a queer, enby person who is reading a lot of critical theory for my English Lit Masters, I often feel like many "radical" texts about gender/sexuality from a few decades ago lack the awareness of non-cishet or -cisgay identities and it frustrates me to see academia being so slow in that regard. Hearing you criticise those same things as a cishet guy just warmed my heart, it's rare to see someone who isn't directly affected by those exclusions be so empathetic and thoughtful about noticing and highlighting them! Jack is truly out here pulling exponentially more than his own weight for the straight guys and I appreciate it!
Video ideas (for what i would love to see)- - Books for every season - Books for different emotions - Rainy days selections - Reads that would keep you up at night - Rare books (or less known) - Asking strangers for book recommendations - Asking kids/80+ old people for book recommendations - 10 books from **country name** series - Asking AI to recommend books - Book recs by diff politicians around the world - Oldest ever written books you can find.
9:46 I love the image of Jack talking about the main character and the guy are doing it a lot and in the back in the frame the f word is repeated over and over
I was just about to suggest that you ask these folks if you could take pictures of them (without face) with their books! But you actually managed to do that sneakily!😆 Great video as always!💗
I've been working on Hanya Yanagihara's new book lately, "To paradise". I saw someone reading the book totally by accident on the bus the other day, I didn't even know she had a new book out (read the amazing "A little life" not so long ago), needless to say I ran to the nearest book store. Thank you people reading on buses, subways and all !
It's funny, bc just because someone is reading a book on the subway doesn't mean that they like it... Now at least if you find someone reading a book you've read, you can ask their opinion. You can do it, Jack!
I used to read a lot on the metro when I travelled to uni and back every day. I even read Fifty Shades of Grey without any shame and I remember my friends telling me to maybe stop doing that 😂
Video idea: Reading books found while stooping in NYC! If you don’t know, stooping is the hunt for free stuff that people leave outside on the curb/stoop when they move out. I’ve found so many best selling books that way. It’s like a nerdy treasure hunt :) best toward the end of the month.
Want to point out all about love was published 21 years ago. In 2001/ early 2000s, much of what bell hooks wrote about were very radical. Amazing how things have changed in 21 years!
When you picked up Acts of Service, i saw one of my favorite books! On Writing helped me soooo much with my writing. Hope you get to it soon! It’s a treat :)
Ik i am quite late but hope u see this comment . I am really thankful to you and UA-cam itself for recommending ur channel . I always wanted to get into reading, (just for context , i never liked it) . One of my great friend actually told me to give it a try again . And i finally did , when i saw ur channel and few of ur videos . I found the idea of reading interesting all over again coz of u , and then discovered my love for books . I never liked those beginner friendly books that everyone recommended me and i was struggling to find proper book recommendation outside of that other than Hoover . Ur great taste on books surely helped me to read the nicest books and spend the best possible months after getting depressed over a heartbreak for so long . Keep doing the great work
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I think all about love is more a criticism of heterosexuality and the family dynamics and gendered emotional roles it produces than a universal proclamation on the essence of love and how that must manifest materially for everyone. So the fact that hooks analyzes binaried gender roles in the book--roles that don't make room for nonbinary and gender nonconforming folks--is meant to lampoon the binaried, heteronormative power systems that affect us all to varying degrees. Though i identify myself as nonbinary now, the ways that feminized emotional care roles were thrust on me in my childhood/adolescence still had a major effect on my relational abilities. All about love is a primer to unlearn; but to unlearn, you have to parse out what was a heteronormative belief system and i see bell hooks doing that in the book, especially when it comes to abusive relationships...love your videos Jack !!
in case you haven't heard, i think you'll love laufey's song "beautiful stranger", literally the concept of crushing on strangers on public transport. you've inspired me to read in public more, really wanna copy this video idea irl as well but I take the bus and can't really see book covers when people read, if they ever do. my goal in life is truly to be someone's public commute/library/bookstore crush, thanks for the video ♡
jack in that that blue baseball cap and jacket is just making me think of joe from you and i can't think of anything else throughout that particular review 😭
I watched your video on picking out books for specific types of people (not sure about the exact title). Ended up picking up "the housekeeper and the professor" from the library and I'm about halfway through and really enjoying it!
Jack: *sees someone reading Our Missing Hearts on the subway* Me, who read that book on the subway last month: omg is it me Me: *sees picture* Me: ok no it wasn’t me
Can't wait for more contains! Your videos always motivate me to finish my readings when the phone looks so captivating. I hope to see this kind of videos coming forward: 1. Books IU read (she's like a korean-sweetheart, Taylor Swift version of Korea. She writes songs like stories and she loves reading. She said her grandmother used to make reading as a punishment for her). 2. Fiction books billionaires read. Elon Musk and Bill Gates read some science-fiction books and said those books affect them a lot. 3. My reviews on the favorite books of my favorite writers. 4. Books The Avengers actors and actresses recommended 5. Book recommendations specifically made for you
Not me clicking on this video, shaking in my boots because I was reading 'all about love' on the subway earlier in November on the way to Harlem from Greenwich. I'm still early into the book, so I'll withhold my thoughts, but I definitely see the binary coding that you mentioned.
I love that you featured Books Are Magic! They are one of my favorite Brooklyn book stores! Also, it is one of my greatest fears that someone will read my books over my shoulder on the subway and discover my love of literary smut. Oy!
Loved this! You have inspired me to read 2 stranger's books. I added the challenge to my reading journal. Do you keep a reading journal? Thanks for sharing this entertaining content!
I felt the same about all about love, I highlighted so much of it and really enjoyed reading it (even tho at times it was both repetitive and felt a little like a self help book) but I felt so underwhelmed at that ending. I get that she's a Christian but after all the highly interesting topics that she talked about ending the book talking about angels was a huge MEH
I've been stalking strangers reading habits for year but I have yet to strike solid gold..... The internet is a cool thing because most people just come right out and tell you what they are reading.
This concept reminded me of one of my high school English teachers. She wanted to be familiar with the books that her students were interested in outside of class so she would keep track of what books we were reading in the few minutes before the bell rang and class started. Her rule for herself was that as soon as she had seen the same book being read by at least two students, she had to read it.
You just described how I got rooked into reading the Twilight series 😂
dude, that's so cool! lucky you, to be having such teachers ✨
I love that!
I do this as an English teacher! I also have an anonymous”what book should Ms X read next?”
thats so cute
“one thing about me is i am always falling in love with strangers on the train” relatable.
Never heard something more accurate
Seriously same. Though my city still doesn't have a subway well they made it, but it's not opened yet. But most of falling in love with strangers comes from riding buses or walking on roads. Actually, love might not be the right word. I just like to wonder what might be happening in their life. Are they happy and blessed with life? What is their story? And write a book in my mind which is never gonna be published
This sounds like it could be the opening line of a novel.
that would be a great first line in a book
Very inspiring for girlies who are always secretly aiming to look mysterious and interesting while reading on the subway
You took the words right out of my mouth
What shall we read next to look mysterious
Shhh don’t let them know our secret 😂
just read any book but put a fake book cover over it. make it look antique LOL
Few video ideas:
1)What Emma Watson reads
2)All the books mentioned on F.R.I.E.N.D.S
3)Reading books recommended by your subscribers
4)One book from every genre
5)Only reading translated book for a week
6)What Jisoo from Blackpink reads
7)Books about religion
8)Biographies and Autobiographies
9)Celebrity lifestyle part 2
10)How different your life is in Paris and in England.
11)What Elio from Call Me By Your name reads
12)1 Book from every country
thank you!
U DID IT!!
6&11 sound good to me. Hope he’ll do it
@@jack_edwards these are excellent choices!!
@@jack_edwards Also, Emrata recommended more books!
I've never been this early I just wanna say I picked up reading books again this year only because of you and finished 40 books in three months. You made a difference in my life when I was at my lowest. Thank you 💖
Omg same, he helped me get out of a big reading slump❤️✨
this means the world to me, i hope you're doing better now
Same! I play his videos at night when I want to sleep and my brain refuses to shut up lol. I let them play in the background when I'm trying finish a task as well. They're really helpful
Me too!!! I found Jack’s channel a year ago and his suggestions are the ONLY ones i enjoy. Thank you Jack!!!!
Me too.
When I lived in Japan, I loved that book stores give all purchased books a paper cover to protect the book as well as for privacy for reading in public
But then Jack couldnt make this video :(
People shouldn’t be recording strangers on their daily commute to work, home, etc. When Jack mentioned that I assumed it wasn’t with malicious intent, but that’s really creepy. I always have books with me and the thought of someone recording me without my consent just because I’m reading, a very quiet and intimate activity in a public space, is very unsettling.
@@ladyterror4663it’s honestly not that big of a deal. He didn’t even show their faces, and I’m sure the government and surveillance etc have been watching us for years, so a random UA-camr taking photos of the book were reading should not be high on the list of potential worries
@@ladyterror4663 If you think reading is an intimate activity, isn't it paradoxical to do it in public? What do you mean by 'intimate' here?
It’s funny that Jack is a Londoner now living in New York, because I’m in New Yorker now living in London who used to make an entire notes section of books I would see on the subway.
In a way, this video - with its warm lighting, Jack’s sweet voice and hearing the “this is a Manhattan bound 2 train…” - it all really gave me a sense of nostalgia and helped me feel like I’m home for the holidays.
This comment is so wholesome:)
The NYC subway certainly has a lot of surprises. The books people carry along with them are all distinct.
someone's aiming to be the next guy without a mustache
not even 2 minutes in and this video is a classic already
I felt sad when I saw that I only read 36 books this year because I thought they might be more, but given that I already read books over 500 pages and the fact that I read a lot of books outside my comfort zone and that it was the first time I tried reading English books and I have read four and now I'm reading the Fifth, and most importantly of all, this year i finished my first year high school And I finished a third of the second year. This means that I have done a lot this year and I am proud of myself.
and Thank you. Many of the books I will read next year are your nominations
(I hope my writing is clear TT )
Update The year ended with a score of 46. I don't know how I read 10 more books, but I'm happy with that :)
About acts of service, I haven’t read it but you said it was quite observing in a way and the first thing I thought when you showed the book is that it looked like an eye. Maybe that explains the cover?
Hey, I read like 5, so you're good
Yeah the number of books doesn't matter. I read over fifty last year but were a good chunk of those childhood books to get me out of reading slumps? Yes, yes they were. Meanwhile there's a huge biography I've been tackling for.. almost a year now, and those pages didn't count for my record last year haha and they were HUNDREDS of pages.
It's not a contest. How ever many books you read in a year is the exact number of books you were supposed to read. It's about what you got out of the books, quality over quantity and other cliches.
“And someone knew I was weak and targeted me…” 😂😂😂 So relatable for any non-New Yorker taking the subway for the first time/first time in a while.
“There’s more dragging here than an episode of RuPaul” JACK YOU’RE KILLING US 😂😂
I'm back to reading like I used to before I started working all thanks to you. A 3 year reading slump was overcome and this channel is an important inspiration here. Love what you're doing!
You're videos are so oddly calming..love hearing you talk about something you're so passionate about :')
As a bi woman myself, in defense of bell hooks, I think it's okay for a lot of feminist analysis to be heteronormative when it's specifically analysing the ways in which men and women relate to each other in relationships. People dating people of the same gender are going to have different experiences that require their own nuanced analysis, but it's okay to analyse specifically how patriarchy within het dating affects people considering that's most of the population.
i was thinking the same thing
Also, this book was published in 1999. Like how was he missing that? I’m so much angrier about this “critique” because I feel like it lacks basic critical thought of the time period and of who bell hooks was in that time period
and it misses the fact that we still live in a society that conditions cis men and cis women in very specific ways, and that is the majority. Even if bell hooks was queer/lesbian - she still saw many problems that exist in our abilities to love given those binaries. And they still exist, even if now 20 years later we see more lgbtqai folks step to the front.
@@bernsky Yeah exactly!
While this is true, it’s important to note that this is a manifesto on love and for it to leave out the experiences of queer people as part of that IS very heteronormative
Video ideas
- WORLD CUP READING CHALLENGE (a book per country and then you of course rank them and they draw the same way they would in the world cup)
- Reading Qatari authors
- Reading Arab books
-Reading LGBTQIA+ authors (James Baldwin please)
- Reading a book from where my dart at world map lands
- Reading Chris' Pines recommendations (there's a pap pic of him holding books)
- Reading my way through alphabet (different letter for different author)
- Reading my way through a continent (lets say Europe or South America)
- Reading only one certain color books from a bookstore (let's say pink)
- Reading only books that contain certain word in them (let's say 'holiday')
- Ranking certain authors books (let's say Jane Austen)
- Reading books set in/about NYC (or some other location)
- Reading only books from certain century
the world cup idea is PERFECT
One day I pray to be the person reading a book that inspires him lmao
wouldn't work for me, because I'm the person who reads all the books he recommends
@Trinity M I'm sure he reads other books too dw
jack is really living the main character life
Literally BEGGING you to read anything by Diane Setterfield. I have no idea why she's not talked about more, her writing style is so effortlessly magical. The Thirteenth Tale and Once Upon A River especially are some of my favourite books ever, they are just EXQUISITELY crafted in my opinion, and kind of give circe or home fire vibes.
I read all about love over 20 years ago. As a cishet woman it seemed pretty radical to me back then. Things have changed SO much. The way as a society we talk about gender and sexuality and relationships is extraordinarily different than it was when this book was released in 1999 (for the better!)
nope not for the better unfortunately
@@inaboo74 I’d say the increase in inclusivity is definitely for the better. There are still all sorts of -phobic people and censorship and whatnot, but things are being spoken about more. And of course, the internet allows for all sorts of perspectives to be shared, that wouldn’t be given much space otherwise.
I've said it before, I'll say it again: would love for you to do a "reading books I see strangers buying" 🥰
Yesss!
I always get a little bit defensive going into a review of one of my favourite books, like I did here with All About Love, but I have to say that I understand your criticism. I just don’t interpret the book the same way. I read it with queer love in mind and was actually astounded by how open-minded and label-defying the concepts were. It’s one of the reasons it’s important to me. I do agree that her examples of love tend to be hetero, but for me her theory is so much bigger than that, and the concrete examples are only meant to illustrate larger points. Anyways, thanks for putting a spotlight on the book, and for a great video as always.
I'm an introvert myself, but if I saw Jack in public I would totally strike up a conversation! I would be starstruck :) !
0:15 there’s a perfect song for this called beautiful stranger by laufey!! the song is about having a crush on someone on the train and it immediately came to mind when you said this :)
Same here!
Heya, other Laufey listener! 👋
I live in nyc and I know exactly how disgusting and filthy it is, but i’m constantly reminded of how beautiful it is by youtubers like you
0:12 "One thing to know about me, is I a constantly falling in love with strangers on the train." What an opening line.
Your first sentence just made me think “I hope someone writes a book titled ‘Strangers on a Train’ I feel like it could have so much potential”
Patricia Highsmith did.
I wonder if any of the subway readers also hated the book after they finished it.
Also, the "FUCK FUCK FUCK" artwork in the bedroom is phenomenal. Hahaha.
The only unrealistic thing about this video is how clear the "train announcement" in the beginning was...
09:45 not the fingers' movement. jack def let his hidden thoughts win in this one lmao
I love when youtubers make New York really aesthetic. Like my favorite part is always the grime and the poverty!
Felt this
All about Love is a GEM. That has to be ready more than once. Such a reflective & refreshing read
Last time you did a video like this, I had a new favourite book of all time. So pumped for this one!
which book was it? :)
Come on now you need to mention that book
@@philbert3333 Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell! I think It’s appeal is kind of subjective (i.e not really plot heavy but more focused on characters), but I can’t stop recommending it! It’s so interesting and easy to get into as well!
OMG I just realised this: Jack’s moving cities like Joe Goldberg minus the grotesque violence but talking about books nonetheless.
Video idea, lesser known books by well known authors. I came up with the idea because Im currently reading The little friend by Donna Tartt and though everyone knows about The Secret History or The Gold Finch, but not as many people have probably read her first works. I bet there are loads of great lesser known books out there that could make a great video. keep up the great work Jack. L
If only you did this for the Paris metro! Then you could have done this in every city you've lived in. A trilogy of sorts.
The editing of this video is like top top tier! The framing? The transitions?? The music??? So so good !!!! (it always is lol but I thought it deserved its own shout out)
I absolutely love this concept; please keep it up as you travel! As a nosy person who lives somewhere without major public transportation this scratches an itch for me 😂
Yessssssss, I am so happy we get the New York subway video, I was worried it would go the way of Paris.
paris will be part 3 -- i promise!
@@jack_edwards That's great, Jack, thank you so much. I'll be holding you to that.
Loved your commentary on "all about love"! As a queer, enby person who is reading a lot of critical theory for my English Lit Masters, I often feel like many "radical" texts about gender/sexuality from a few decades ago lack the awareness of non-cishet or -cisgay identities and it frustrates me to see academia being so slow in that regard. Hearing you criticise those same things as a cishet guy just warmed my heart, it's rare to see someone who isn't directly affected by those exclusions be so empathetic and thoughtful about noticing and highlighting them! Jack is truly out here pulling exponentially more than his own weight for the straight guys and I appreciate it!
Hi! Do you have any recommendations like All About Love that are more inclusive?
Why do I suddenly feel like being spotted in the subway by this man would be highlight of my life?
Video ideas (for what i would love to see)-
- Books for every season
- Books for different emotions
- Rainy days selections
- Reads that would keep you up at night
- Rare books (or less known)
- Asking strangers for book recommendations
- Asking kids/80+ old people for book recommendations
- 10 books from **country name** series
- Asking AI to recommend books
- Book recs by diff politicians around the world
- Oldest ever written books you can find.
Honestly this is a fascinating cultural study since you have lived in different countries and cities to see what different people are interested in! 🙂
9:46 I love the image of Jack talking about the main character and the guy are doing it a lot and in the back in the frame the f word is repeated over and over
I was just about to suggest that you ask these folks if you could take pictures of them (without face) with their books! But you actually managed to do that sneakily!😆
Great video as always!💗
I've been working on Hanya Yanagihara's new book lately, "To paradise". I saw someone reading the book totally by accident on the bus the other day, I didn't even know she had a new book out (read the amazing "A little life" not so long ago), needless to say I ran to the nearest book store. Thank you people reading on buses, subways and all !
It's funny, bc just because someone is reading a book on the subway doesn't mean that they like it... Now at least if you find someone reading a book you've read, you can ask their opinion. You can do it, Jack!
I used to read a lot on the metro when I travelled to uni and back every day. I even read Fifty Shades of Grey without any shame and I remember my friends telling me to maybe stop doing that 😂
Video idea: Reading books found while stooping in NYC! If you don’t know, stooping is the hunt for free stuff that people leave outside on the curb/stoop when they move out. I’ve found so many best selling books that way. It’s like a nerdy treasure hunt :) best toward the end of the month.
The surprising range and diversity of the books you found gives me just a teensy bit of hope for humankind.
Your outfits are always top tier but in this video they are 🌠 immaculate 🌠
The train voice at the beginning is too calming to be the NYC subway train
Want to point out all about love was published 21 years ago. In 2001/ early 2000s, much of what bell hooks wrote about were very radical. Amazing how things have changed in 21 years!
i can tell my humour is broken bc that missing the mark joke really got to me
When you picked up Acts of Service, i saw one of my favorite books! On Writing helped me soooo much with my writing. Hope you get to it soon! It’s a treat :)
Ugh your videos are so lovely they’re such a comfort. What a great idea for this one, loved it!
was literally binge watching jack's videos and this dropped!! my fav series
i haven't even watched yet but this makes me wanna read on the subway more often
falling in love with strangers on the train is a personality trait for hot people and hot people only!
Ik i am quite late but hope u see this comment .
I am really thankful to you and UA-cam itself for recommending ur channel . I always wanted to get into reading, (just for context , i never liked it) .
One of my great friend actually told me to give it a try again . And i finally did , when i saw ur channel and few of ur videos . I found the idea of reading interesting all over again coz of u , and then discovered my love for books .
I never liked those beginner friendly books that everyone recommended me and i was struggling to find proper book recommendation outside of that other than Hoover .
Ur great taste on books surely helped me to read the nicest books and spend the best possible months after getting depressed over a heartbreak for so long .
Keep doing the great work
Your subway experiences are seriously relatable...I struggle with public transport in my country every day too
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I think all about love is more a criticism of heterosexuality and the family dynamics and gendered emotional roles it produces than a universal proclamation on the essence of love and how that must manifest materially for everyone. So the fact that hooks analyzes binaried gender roles in the book--roles that don't make room for nonbinary and gender nonconforming folks--is meant to lampoon the binaried, heteronormative power systems that affect us all to varying degrees. Though i identify myself as nonbinary now, the ways that feminized emotional care roles were thrust on me in my childhood/adolescence still had a major effect on my relational abilities. All about love is a primer to unlearn; but to unlearn, you have to parse out what was a heteronormative belief system and i see bell hooks doing that in the book, especially when it comes to abusive relationships...love your videos Jack !!
in case you haven't heard, i think you'll love laufey's song "beautiful stranger", literally the concept of crushing on strangers on public transport. you've inspired me to read in public more, really wanna copy this video idea irl as well but I take the bus and can't really see book covers when people read, if they ever do. my goal in life is truly to be someone's public commute/library/bookstore crush, thanks for the video ♡
AAA YES!!! Such a cute song!
I have a really difficult maths test in 3 hours. I should be studying for it but I am here, watching Jack judging strangers
Good luck! Lemme know how it goes and what it's on
@@elisesanchez3813 it went decent. I took CAT. Its a management test for the management colleges in India.
jack in that that blue baseball cap and jacket is just making me think of joe from you and i can't think of anything else throughout that particular review 😭
"And you too can spend your weekend reading aggressively average books" 😆 if that's not compelling advertisement then I do t know what is 😜
This is a fun video. I don't think you can judge a person by the book they're reading though. We've all read bad books.
it's always the reader youtubers with the most creative video ideas !!
I watched your video on picking out books for specific types of people (not sure about the exact title). Ended up picking up "the housekeeper and the professor" from the library and I'm about halfway through and really enjoying it!
Jack: *sees someone reading Our Missing Hearts on the subway*
Me, who read that book on the subway last month: omg is it me
Me: *sees picture*
Me: ok no it wasn’t me
Giving a beginning synopsis of Acts of Service with the hand gesture and repeated word sign was all I needed today😂
my favorite concept ever omg and the editing is GREAT
That moment when the shots of the bookshops increase your heart rate....
Can't wait for more contains! Your videos always motivate me to finish my readings when the phone looks so captivating.
I hope to see this kind of videos coming forward:
1. Books IU read (she's like a korean-sweetheart, Taylor Swift version of Korea. She writes songs like stories and she loves reading. She said her grandmother used to make reading as a punishment for her).
2. Fiction books billionaires read. Elon Musk and Bill Gates read some science-fiction books and said those books affect them a lot.
3. My reviews on the favorite books of my favorite writers.
4. Books The Avengers actors and actresses recommended
5. Book recommendations specifically made for you
All about love by bell hooks changed my entire year. I read it early 2022 and I thank GOD I did
omg PLEASEEEEE keep this series going!!
Can you do a reading like Andrew Garfield?!? He just talked about a bunch of books he read in a GQ video!!
Just because I'm reading a book doesn't mean i love it?!?! Its my nightmare that the people who saw me reading Bukowski think i love him 😭
From now on I’m going to only read the longest, most dense, most laborious books on the subway so if Jack sees me he will have to read those books.
Not me clicking on this video, shaking in my boots because I was reading 'all about love' on the subway earlier in November on the way to Harlem from Greenwich. I'm still early into the book, so I'll withhold my thoughts, but I definitely see the binary coding that you mentioned.
Finally him reading something related to Peru. I've waited soooo long 😭😭
Video idea 🎉 only reading book recommendations from the bookstore employees! OR reading what I see other people buy at the book store
You should do this with people reading at the park, coffee shops and physical bookshops
I love that you featured Books Are Magic! They are one of my favorite Brooklyn book stores!
Also, it is one of my greatest fears that someone will read my books over my shoulder on the subway and discover my love of literary smut. Oy!
The ending to Mona…. Bro… 😭 it was one of those moments where u just sit in silence to yourself like. Ok…what did I just read.
This is the best excuse to have physical books. Make strangers fall in love with you on public transit.
That’s a capital idea. I am traveling in Osaka now, reading Mrs. Dalloway.
Thanks for keeping reading alive.
i'm glad bell hooks was mentioned because I live in Lexington, KY and been looking for more Kentucky authors to get into. Thanks!
I would love to watch 'One classic and one contemporary fiction from every country' type of video ♡
Yay, so happy to see this concept back ! ^^
Loved this! You have inspired me to read 2 stranger's books. I added the challenge to my reading journal. Do you keep a reading journal? Thanks for sharing this entertaining content!
A reading journal hmmmmmm that sounds Smart
I felt the same about all about love, I highlighted so much of it and really enjoyed reading it (even tho at times it was both repetitive and felt a little like a self help book) but I felt so underwhelmed at that ending. I get that she's a Christian but after all the highly interesting topics that she talked about ending the book talking about angels was a huge MEH
im here to defend acts of service i love it so much
Him trying to explain thr relationship between the lady and the couple and there's a big picture behind him that explains it all 9:51
The way he describes authors reaffirms my desire to be one
i’ve been waiting for this, so excited!
I've been stalking strangers reading habits for year but I have yet to strike solid gold..... The internet is a cool thing because most people just come right out and tell you what they are reading.
please don't ever stop making content!!
“theres more drag in here than an episode of rupaul” THANK U SIR I WILL BE STEALING THAT LINE😭😭