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I accomplished my goal od 20 books, last year it was 15. Thanks to Jack being my accountability partner
@hhah235 ай бұрын
haha quite same. last year my goal was 10. this year it was 15, and I've read 14.
@user-im6em7xk6x5 ай бұрын
I've read 140 this year and am trying to hit 160. Get on my level, peasant.
@KerryHickle5 ай бұрын
@kerryhickle it's not a race dude, they probably got just as much (if not more) out of the 20 books they read
@sosseserpenti5 ай бұрын
@@sosseserpenti thank you, anyways, anyone who has that sort of attitude towards reading might as well not even read, bet they cant even name the titles, let alone the authors of the books they've read. It's a different story with jack, yes, he reads a lot, but i dont think the number even matters to him, unlike this unhappy person
@hhah235 ай бұрын
@@user-im6em7xk6x thats amazing news. Last one caused me hardships because it was an 18th century montenegrin/serbian classic, and it was realy tough to get through, it was an assigned read and the teacher is very demading in our knowledge but im glad i pushed through
@hhah235 ай бұрын
I set my 2023 goal of 36 books after only reading 12 books the previous two years. I have blown it up Jack!! I have read 77 and will finish at least three more before the end of December. I am an old granny (and English teacher), I adore you. Thanks for inspiring my reading, I have added Joan is Okay from this video.
@MyHumbleNest5 ай бұрын
Just… how?! 🤷
@Morfeusm5 ай бұрын
@@Morfeusmif you read 1 book a weekend, that’s already 52. audiobooks when you commute will too
@jamesvanderbilt2015 ай бұрын
let us all please remember to read for pleasure and fun too, not just for goals and consumerism when we dont actually want to read :) my goal for this year was 50, I need six more books but I'm fine when I dont hit the goal...lets see whether it happens or not, not gonna rush myself❤
@MayaAs125 ай бұрын
!!! This !!! I set 20 for myself every year bc I get into huge reading slumps, usually. I never want to disappoint my December self. 😊
@rachel53995 ай бұрын
@@rachel5399 understandable :)
@MayaAs125 ай бұрын
For this reason I set my goal to only one book (esp on apps like Goodreads) so I feel good when I hit 12 or something 🫣
@lifebyisi5 ай бұрын
I love this too!!! Goals are good, but how you feel is better ☺️ Feeling satisfied with less books/reading when you're in the mood > feeling overwhelmed trying to reach "too many"
@jadehipditch92115 ай бұрын
I read 32 last year, so I thought it’d be realistic to go for 30 this year (last year the goal was 25) and it was going well for a while but November reading slump came to say hello and now I’ve still got 4 books to go. Let’s see if post-Christmas motivation kicks in because of new books.
@morganmeadowes68615 ай бұрын
10 books in a month - wow. I'm closing in on 25 for this year. About two a month works for me. I chose one and my book club host chooses the other 😊
@kristinestocker5 ай бұрын
“…before the year ends me…” OK I FELT THAT, POET JACK!
@PokhrajRoy.5 ай бұрын
That little “well done“ and “hello“ to the 1 year olds was so wholesome
@annika29965 ай бұрын
List of Books: 0:51 Minor Detail by Adania Shibli 2:23 A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beauvoir 3:22 The Guest by Emma Cline 5:19 The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li 7:53 Last Summer in the City by Gianfranco Calligarich 10:28 Joan Is Okay by Weike Wang 13:14 Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar 14:15 Death Valley by Melissa Broder 16:26 Rent Boy by Gary Indiana 17:52 After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz
@PokhrajRoy.5 ай бұрын
You're a gem 🤍 thanks
@mitalishinde68905 ай бұрын
@@mitalishinde6890 Thank you!
@PokhrajRoy.5 ай бұрын
thankyouuu 🤍
@maneskinned5 ай бұрын
Thanks buddy ✌️
@user-bt1br9eq4b5 ай бұрын
It warms my heart to see your efforts in reading books by Palestinian authors and sharing them with us on here and on your IG stories. Thank you so much for using your platform, my admiration for you continues to grow ❤
@lazedaisies5 ай бұрын
🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉
@memoriesintechnicolour13605 ай бұрын
Me too it's such a happy thing
@maryamasomewhathuman.78704 ай бұрын
@@memoriesintechnicolour1360🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉
@maryamasomewhathuman.78704 ай бұрын
I just bought the original copy of Minor Detail in Arabic from a book fair in Lebanon, where it was originally published… I just finished reading it yesterday in one sitting, I didn’t know what to expect, but I admire how smartly the author wrote all those important details in the novel! I can’t wait for your review!
@arwamais5 ай бұрын
🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉
@memoriesintechnicolour13605 ай бұрын
I set a loose goal of 100 books this year and I managed to read 125 so far. Audiobooks on Libby really helped. I like your recommendations!
@Happytravellerkimmy4 ай бұрын
Will you do a one sentence review for all the books you read this year and their rating? I love these videos ❤
@faustine84575 ай бұрын
i'm so happy that you are reading Cortázar. He is one of my favorite authors and Rayuela (hopscotch) is a masterpiece
@lucialanghibonofiglio66935 ай бұрын
Really grateful of how you've inspired me to read more in the past couple of years. Also so happy you're reading Rayuela (Hopscotch), a classic of latinoamerican literature, looking forward to that review!
@juancarlosjerividal73825 ай бұрын
I’m almost done with A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beavoir. It’s touching, beautiful and makes me smile as well as cry. It brings death so close to the reader, that you can’t stop but think about the people around you, how you treat them and the way you spend time with them, as well as with yourself
@miyysha5 ай бұрын
Jack: “I’m microdosing…” Me: (audible gasp) Jack: “…anything to do with the Pandemic.”
@PokhrajRoy.5 ай бұрын
I’ve recently managed to break through my reading goal of 40 books this year🎉here’s to another (at least) 50 in ‘24!
@diegorovaglia69455 ай бұрын
Oh yay! Congratulations! I beat my record from last year and this year I’m aiming for 50, I have 5 books left to go! You bet your bottom dollar I’m going with shorter reads to hopefully finish out the year lol!
@small_and_dangerous20685 ай бұрын
You can do it!
@Happytravellerkimmy5 ай бұрын
I was at the Frankfurt book fair and there was definitely a reading of the book there! I didn’t know the controversy and was confused as to why random authors were reading someone else’s work.
@ceburr5 ай бұрын
I noticed The Goldfinch on your shelf. I LOVED that book! Favourite book of the year.
@MelissaMoore-bm9uf5 ай бұрын
A video for Hopscotch would be absolutely amazing
@thegarrisons58035 ай бұрын
The book of goose has SUCH a beautiful cover!!!
@aaamena5 ай бұрын
have logged 50 books read this year after years of not reading thanks in part to your impassioned recommendations !! here's to another year of great books
@heartbreakhotel25105 ай бұрын
Hopscotch is fantastic! I read it a long time ago linearly (including the "bonus" chapters) and need to go back and re-read in the recommended order. I feel like Cortazar, who is amazing, used to be better known and has fallen off, great you're bringing him back! Hope you enjoy.
@mariyamak5 ай бұрын
i’m drooling looking at your copy of the goldfinch
@shaecorte5 ай бұрын
the guest is one of my favorites of the year! hope you enjoy it as well 😌😌
@gio_i225 ай бұрын
I love Hopscotch! Quite a while since I've read it, but I still think about the Berthe Trépat section from time to time :)
@theluminousdetail5 ай бұрын
Hi Jack! I live in Canada and a few months ago I decided to read a book by an Indigenous author every month so I can keep learning and expanding my worldview. December's book is The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King. It's the only book I really want to finish before the year is done. But if I can squeeze in something else that's great! I just finished Boy Parts, which I read on your recommendation and I loved it! Of the books mentioned here, Minor Detail and After Sappho look interesting. Happy December!
@thewoodlandgoddess5 ай бұрын
woahh hopscotch sounds so cool what!!
@nissasbookcorner5 ай бұрын
A book I want to finish before the end of the year is Eugene Onegin, a novel in verse🤯 and verse that is comprehensible (not arachaic) and rhyming, the whole thing!! I'm loving it, I listened to the audiobook read by Stephen Fry (4 hours on KZhead) and it's just absolutely amazing
@aaamena5 ай бұрын
So excited to hear your thoughts on A Very Easy Death and Death Valley!!
@raynahailey5 ай бұрын
so happy you’re going to read cortazar!
@marinahelenamuller26525 ай бұрын
Hopscotch is one of my favorite books ever... I hope that you love it too! ❤
@marianletterio5 ай бұрын
10 before the end is giving apocalyptic end of the world vibes
@aaamena5 ай бұрын
Whenever I’m stuck on not knowing what to read, I always come to this KZhead channel for ideas. Great video! Since September I’ve been wanting to work on my own issues with my minor dyslexia, so I figured why not read more to work through it. I’m currently going back and forth between using a kindle or reading an actual book, I guess it doesn’t matter as long as I’m reading right? lol
@ericksalasjr.85525 ай бұрын
the way i stopped everything to watch this video 😭❤ we love youuu
@marianamendes52265 ай бұрын
SAMEEE😭😭😭😭😭
@Mid98Librarian5 ай бұрын
Beautiful list of books for December Jack 🎅🏻💚🎄❤️
@laurenschenck53555 ай бұрын
The Book of Goose is so great!💚💚💚 Plus, it won the Tournament of Books last year! I'll be really interested about what you think of it. 💚
@onourpath5 ай бұрын
The Guest is such a good one, someone already mentioned but it’d be a great read to save for summer if you don’t have time to finish it! I really want to read Death Valley as well
@nataliebowman30835 ай бұрын
THANK U FOR RESISTING WITH US & MAKING USE OF UR PLATFORM ILY JACK URE MY FAV KZheadR THAT MADE ME HAPPIER ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@lornapolaris29205 ай бұрын
🍉
@memoriesintechnicolour13605 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas happy holidays Jack 😊
@laurenschenck53555 ай бұрын
I have Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo and Out by Natsuo Kirino checked out from the library, so at least those two need to be finished by the end of the month. Anything else is gonna be on a whim! I actually read a couple of other books this month that weren’t high-priority reads, so we’ll see what happens 😂
@warriorssaga135 ай бұрын
I read "Joan Is Okay" recently because of your video from about a month ago!! Once I got into it, I couldn't put it down lol
@shell73975 ай бұрын
Cortazar's book is a classic. I recommend learning about his thinking about the anti-novel and what he wanted to transmit with his book. His recommendation was to read the random order excited to see what you think
@anaserranocorces45515 ай бұрын
The book of goose sounds amazing beautiful I am definitely going to check it out ❤
@laurenschenck53555 ай бұрын
Thank you for using your voice and platform the way you do❤️ love you jack
@aaamena5 ай бұрын
🍉🍉🍉
@memoriesintechnicolour13605 ай бұрын
Julio cortázar is peak latinamerican literature. You will love it. I am already looking forward to your video about it ❤
@guachuleruleru5 ай бұрын
"She was of an age to die" in Simone De Beauvoir's A Very Easy Death is reminiscent of Albert Camus' "Maman died today, or maybe it was yesterday, I don't know" in The Stranger.
@aaamena5 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing. I want the Shibli book. Hopscotch sounds intriguing so I await your report. My Dec. reading plans includes the first two books of the Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn, because a friend wants me to watch season 1 with her over the holiday. And I prefer to read the source before seeing the series based on it. Also, I have the first three Richard Osman mysteries that I want to start. And I received a lovely set of Jane Austen complete works except for Love and Freindship, so I want to re-read all her novels in December and January. In addition, I have a biography of the Mitford sisters titled The Sisters, by Mary S. Lovell that is calling to me.
@ravent30165 ай бұрын
I shared it once on Jack's instagram, and since it was met with warm reception, i'll also lay that method for people here: I set low goals purposely, to see how much i can exceed them. That way there is drive to read more without the pressure to meet a certain number. This year i set 40, and I'm at 68 at this moment!
@kabina79945 ай бұрын
I hope you like Hopscotch. Cortazar is an amazing writer; if you feel intimidated by his writing, I recommend reading a few of his short stories. They're some of the best I've ever read.
@enaravaz5 ай бұрын
I loved reading and did it a lot in 8th and 9th grade so when I was 13-15 years old. After that I kinda stopped because I got a lot of other interests and just.. life. 2022 but especially 2023 I've really been trying to get back into reading and I'm pretty proud of how much I've read in 2023 even though it's nothing compared to you Edward and a lot of the other comments here. I set my goal for 2023 to 10 books, I only really found and learned about Goodreads about halfway through 2023 so it was also only then I set that goal but somehow I smashed through it and ended up reading 15 books in total. Now I've set my 2024 goal to 15 so wish me look everyone 😹😸😸💜
@sascha27284 ай бұрын
Last Summer in the City is also on my list!!
@duckduckgoose75095 ай бұрын
I would highly recommend you "Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter" by Simone De Beauvouir. It's one of my favorite books and I think this book is Simone De Beauvouir at her best!! It's her autobiography and not only her story but also her writing is really beautiful and philosophical. :)
@kimygl46445 ай бұрын
im currently reading after sappho! i'm loving it but i do find it very hard to focus on so i'm taking it slow, a chapter a day is enough lol
@readingaster5 ай бұрын
A 1-year-old could be watching this if their caretaker put KZhead on for them to watch Miss Rachel and the baby clicked around randomly before the caretaker noticed. Not sure how many clicks removed Jack would be from Miss Rachel 😂
@daisydog5 ай бұрын
You inspired me this year and I’ve read 104 books yet ❤
@bhavyagupta55675 ай бұрын
Wow! That's great! Any recommendations?
@Happytravellerkimmy5 ай бұрын
I started The goldfinch and just hoping to finish it some time soon tbh. It looks scary
@danielleo97745 ай бұрын
I see Circe and the goldfinch in the back ahhhh
@Jenny-cx4ll5 ай бұрын
exciting for the Hopscotch video!!
@geraldine32105 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed Death Valley and I think you will too!
@okaywhatev45 ай бұрын
It’s my first time doing a reading challenge and I’m currently 22/24 books 💕 jack edwards motivated me so much lol.
@asiafrivera5 ай бұрын
Yay! So good!
@Happytravellerkimmy5 ай бұрын
The Cortazar book (Rayuela in spanish) is as known Gabriel Garcia Marquez's A hundred years of solitude, I do recommend it for its ludic aspect
@vveva5 ай бұрын
on the topic of the pandemic and art (in terms of music) i found hozier’s ‘pandemic album’ unreal unearth so fascinating
@Ida21705 ай бұрын
I have 3 books that I desperately want to finish before 2023 ends! 1. A Portrait of the artist as a young man (James Joyce): I've got like another 90 pages to go 2. Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys): I'm like half-ish way through it, and finally 3. Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf): I'm on page 1 lmao. I really wanna finish my reading goal this year (86/100 rn) let's see if I can do it haha.
@oisheedeb5 ай бұрын
update: I finished Joyce and Rhys' books but couldn't finish Woolf (it was very monotonous). Also I ended the year at 92/100 books which I'm very satisfied with given I only read 6 books in 2022 :)
@oisheedeb4 ай бұрын
While I was watching you explain hopscotch is was thinking to myself that you should do a vid dedicated to it and straight after I hear you say ‘I will do one’ so I was like 😊❤
@fluffg-nx7ns5 ай бұрын
Also currently reading Minor Detail and it was indeed impossible to find. Also the case for Shibli’s less recent books such as Touch, which I have been looking for everywhere in vain.
@yasminecherif025 ай бұрын
i absolutely love this list it seems amazing! especially minor detail, i think it would be amazing if we could get a full review of however many you finish!!
@ourfallenstars5 ай бұрын
Good luck with the Miami trip! Anyone thinking about going to Florida deserves a bravery award.
@PokhrajRoy.5 ай бұрын
I am not American so I might be missing something but why?
@Morfeusm5 ай бұрын
@@Morfeusm They have Anti-Queer legislation (not going to affect Jack but still scary) and it’s a very unstable time politically.
@PokhrajRoy.5 ай бұрын
@@PokhrajRoy. oh…. Good luck with elections next year! Yeah it sounds barbaric, I am sad, it is like that in my country as well, I don’t even know many openly 🏳️🌈 people here but when I was on vacation in Germany it was visibly different, I thought to myself I lived in civilized society but last couple of years proved me wrong. Good luck!
@Morfeusm5 ай бұрын
@@Morfeusm Look up Florida man and your birth date in Google (e. g. Florida man+ May 1 = Florida man kicked out of library told cops he was Jason Bourne). Florida is wild.
@Happytravellerkimmy4 ай бұрын
My 10 Before the End (Very different list from yours): 1) Happiness Falls 2) Tom Lake 3) Remarkably Bright Creatures 4) Lessons in Chemistry 5) Demon Copperhead 6) Trespasses 7) The Love Hypothesis 8) Happiness for Beginners 9) Sorrow & Bliss 10) Check & Mate
@jennyrbaker5 ай бұрын
I just finished Happiness Falls on audiobook which I highly recommend because the readers are brilliant. It's so good!
@Happytravellerkimmy5 ай бұрын
My comfort youtuber ❤🥹
@lai_laurrrr5 ай бұрын
if you do like hopscotch, 4 3 2 1 by paul auster has a similar premise. house of leaves is also very interesting (and challenging in a comparable way)
@embalmingfluids5 ай бұрын
minor detail is on my 10 before the end too! Would love to hear your thoughts when you finish it
@alexsanderson51455 ай бұрын
cant wait for your review on Minor Detail! reading is resistance ❤
@jihanhamade45605 ай бұрын
Jack you NEED To read Betty by Tiffany McDaniel!!! Whilst I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone who doesn’t want to cry for days and be traumatised I would recommend you it because it’s A little life level sad!! It’s absolutely fabulous and it’s based on the authors mother’s life !
@karat24x5 ай бұрын
I think about this book at least once a week!
@loiselbourne62565 ай бұрын
Not jack flaunting his copy of the goldfinch at the back lmao
@kojagoribhattacharya77205 ай бұрын
I love your awareness and care for what's happening around the world, reading is resistance 🤍
@QuixoticSara5 ай бұрын
Hope you’re doing okay Jack x
@studysage62285 ай бұрын
WE’RE BEING FEDDDD
@hollyeatsbooks5 ай бұрын
"Reading is resistance" should be a t-shirt. :)
@fionahowellwrites53024 ай бұрын
Everytime you mention Argentinian authors I cry happy tears
@milagrosdorgan19445 ай бұрын
Hi Jack, Have you read Okay Days by Jenny Mustard? I'd like to hear your thoughts on it. 😊
@kristinestocker5 ай бұрын
I hit my reading goal already (surpassed actually!) but I'm currently reading The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida and I really want to finish Prophet Song in December bc it's due at the library by then and I'm sure it has a waiting list now that it's won the Booker!
@maggiea31545 ай бұрын
I used to read a lot before 2020. In that year I started online classes and I started to spend more time on my phone Even when I don't have class.so I set reading goal this year but setting goals hamper the actual purpose of reading. I don't feel the fun like before. And somehow reading less than before pressurizing me.😔
@Iexistinthisworld5555 ай бұрын
Reading is resistance ✊🏼
@janelyrodriguez60115 ай бұрын
I am so so so looking forward to the video about Hopscotch and I hope it ISN'T spoiler free😂
@aaamena5 ай бұрын
Can you start putting the list of books mentioned either in the comments or in the bio of the video as I always want to add all of them to my tbr ❤
@abbieheath95215 ай бұрын
I wish Story Graph had a function where you could make a note in your TBR list. Like who recommended it, why or when you wanted to read it, etc.
@abadip05354 ай бұрын
that's why I use a notion database. I can do anything I want
@july38174 ай бұрын
Seeing Jack finally picking up Hopscotch makes me so happy! Hope you give a chance to even more Latinamerican writers ❤️
@steffffffff_________________5 ай бұрын
The goldfinch 😍
@carmenalutiel59525 ай бұрын
I told someone I'd read War and Peace this year... instead I read more than a 100 other books to avoid it. Now that's biting me in the ass as I race to finish it in this last month. Wish me luck!
@AvinaGreen5 ай бұрын
Do you have any tips on how to increase reading time on pages?… I reas often, but still falling under a “slow” pace of reading and its low key discouraging. I am a little heavy on myself as a reader when it comes to reading skill, so this may be a weird question lol.
@alishablumenthal52784 ай бұрын
I love how cursive sounds different when you're reading poetry than when it's ✨a novel✨ 😂
@aaamena5 ай бұрын
Do you have a reading routine? I'd love to see a video about it if you do.
@AScreenwritersJourney5 ай бұрын
This is the first year when I had some kind of goal (100 books) and I am so happy that I achieved it :) Congrats to anyone reaching their goal for 2023!
@kurecirizek7375 ай бұрын
Yay! Congratulations!
@Happytravellerkimmy4 ай бұрын
9:21 Lol that sounds eerily familiar
@PokhrajRoy.5 ай бұрын
Yessss please make a whole video about hopscotch🧡🧡
@mercedesdima65635 ай бұрын
Can we just appriciate how often Jack posts? Like two videos in two days? Productive king
@enikocsaszar28745 ай бұрын
Hold The Guest for summer! Deep late summer vibes, give yourself a December break :)
@Uphere-do9zh5 ай бұрын
Looking at that giant copy of The Goldfinch behind Jack's head is triggering me. Burning books is bad but maybe this once we should just burn The Goldfinche!
@macylightfoot5 ай бұрын
To be honest I'm taking advantage of the cold weather and using it for knitting so even though I'm in the middle of reading Anna Karenina I decided to leave it on hiatus while I'm on a knitting roll lol
@Lusithane5 ай бұрын
Could you listen to the Audiobook while knitting? I should do that myself 😊
@rachelh99855 ай бұрын
@@rachelh9985 I could try but I've found out audiobooks are not good for me, I don't truly listen to them so I lose the story and then I have to read the book again 😅
@Lusithane5 ай бұрын
You could have made the number twelve just to make the endeavor a lot relatable. It just feels adJACKtive.
I accomplished my goal od 20 books, last year it was 15. Thanks to Jack being my accountability partner
haha quite same. last year my goal was 10. this year it was 15, and I've read 14.
I've read 140 this year and am trying to hit 160. Get on my level, peasant.
@kerryhickle it's not a race dude, they probably got just as much (if not more) out of the 20 books they read
@@sosseserpenti thank you, anyways, anyone who has that sort of attitude towards reading might as well not even read, bet they cant even name the titles, let alone the authors of the books they've read. It's a different story with jack, yes, he reads a lot, but i dont think the number even matters to him, unlike this unhappy person
@@user-im6em7xk6x thats amazing news. Last one caused me hardships because it was an 18th century montenegrin/serbian classic, and it was realy tough to get through, it was an assigned read and the teacher is very demading in our knowledge but im glad i pushed through
I set my 2023 goal of 36 books after only reading 12 books the previous two years. I have blown it up Jack!! I have read 77 and will finish at least three more before the end of December. I am an old granny (and English teacher), I adore you. Thanks for inspiring my reading, I have added Joan is Okay from this video.
Just… how?! 🤷
@@Morfeusmif you read 1 book a weekend, that’s already 52. audiobooks when you commute will too
let us all please remember to read for pleasure and fun too, not just for goals and consumerism when we dont actually want to read :) my goal for this year was 50, I need six more books but I'm fine when I dont hit the goal...lets see whether it happens or not, not gonna rush myself❤
!!! This !!! I set 20 for myself every year bc I get into huge reading slumps, usually. I never want to disappoint my December self. 😊
@@rachel5399 understandable :)
For this reason I set my goal to only one book (esp on apps like Goodreads) so I feel good when I hit 12 or something 🫣
I love this too!!! Goals are good, but how you feel is better ☺️ Feeling satisfied with less books/reading when you're in the mood > feeling overwhelmed trying to reach "too many"
I read 32 last year, so I thought it’d be realistic to go for 30 this year (last year the goal was 25) and it was going well for a while but November reading slump came to say hello and now I’ve still got 4 books to go. Let’s see if post-Christmas motivation kicks in because of new books.
10 books in a month - wow. I'm closing in on 25 for this year. About two a month works for me. I chose one and my book club host chooses the other 😊
“…before the year ends me…” OK I FELT THAT, POET JACK!
That little “well done“ and “hello“ to the 1 year olds was so wholesome
List of Books: 0:51 Minor Detail by Adania Shibli 2:23 A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beauvoir 3:22 The Guest by Emma Cline 5:19 The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li 7:53 Last Summer in the City by Gianfranco Calligarich 10:28 Joan Is Okay by Weike Wang 13:14 Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar 14:15 Death Valley by Melissa Broder 16:26 Rent Boy by Gary Indiana 17:52 After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz
You're a gem 🤍 thanks
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Thanks buddy ✌️
It warms my heart to see your efforts in reading books by Palestinian authors and sharing them with us on here and on your IG stories. Thank you so much for using your platform, my admiration for you continues to grow ❤
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Me too it's such a happy thing
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I just bought the original copy of Minor Detail in Arabic from a book fair in Lebanon, where it was originally published… I just finished reading it yesterday in one sitting, I didn’t know what to expect, but I admire how smartly the author wrote all those important details in the novel! I can’t wait for your review!
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I set a loose goal of 100 books this year and I managed to read 125 so far. Audiobooks on Libby really helped. I like your recommendations!
Will you do a one sentence review for all the books you read this year and their rating? I love these videos ❤
i'm so happy that you are reading Cortázar. He is one of my favorite authors and Rayuela (hopscotch) is a masterpiece
Really grateful of how you've inspired me to read more in the past couple of years. Also so happy you're reading Rayuela (Hopscotch), a classic of latinoamerican literature, looking forward to that review!
I’m almost done with A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beavoir. It’s touching, beautiful and makes me smile as well as cry. It brings death so close to the reader, that you can’t stop but think about the people around you, how you treat them and the way you spend time with them, as well as with yourself
Jack: “I’m microdosing…” Me: (audible gasp) Jack: “…anything to do with the Pandemic.”
I’ve recently managed to break through my reading goal of 40 books this year🎉here’s to another (at least) 50 in ‘24!
Oh yay! Congratulations! I beat my record from last year and this year I’m aiming for 50, I have 5 books left to go! You bet your bottom dollar I’m going with shorter reads to hopefully finish out the year lol!
You can do it!
I was at the Frankfurt book fair and there was definitely a reading of the book there! I didn’t know the controversy and was confused as to why random authors were reading someone else’s work.
I noticed The Goldfinch on your shelf. I LOVED that book! Favourite book of the year.
A video for Hopscotch would be absolutely amazing
The book of goose has SUCH a beautiful cover!!!
have logged 50 books read this year after years of not reading thanks in part to your impassioned recommendations !! here's to another year of great books
Hopscotch is fantastic! I read it a long time ago linearly (including the "bonus" chapters) and need to go back and re-read in the recommended order. I feel like Cortazar, who is amazing, used to be better known and has fallen off, great you're bringing him back! Hope you enjoy.
i’m drooling looking at your copy of the goldfinch
the guest is one of my favorites of the year! hope you enjoy it as well 😌😌
I love Hopscotch! Quite a while since I've read it, but I still think about the Berthe Trépat section from time to time :)
Hi Jack! I live in Canada and a few months ago I decided to read a book by an Indigenous author every month so I can keep learning and expanding my worldview. December's book is The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King. It's the only book I really want to finish before the year is done. But if I can squeeze in something else that's great! I just finished Boy Parts, which I read on your recommendation and I loved it! Of the books mentioned here, Minor Detail and After Sappho look interesting. Happy December!
woahh hopscotch sounds so cool what!!
A book I want to finish before the end of the year is Eugene Onegin, a novel in verse🤯 and verse that is comprehensible (not arachaic) and rhyming, the whole thing!! I'm loving it, I listened to the audiobook read by Stephen Fry (4 hours on KZhead) and it's just absolutely amazing
So excited to hear your thoughts on A Very Easy Death and Death Valley!!
so happy you’re going to read cortazar!
Hopscotch is one of my favorite books ever... I hope that you love it too! ❤
10 before the end is giving apocalyptic end of the world vibes
Whenever I’m stuck on not knowing what to read, I always come to this KZhead channel for ideas. Great video! Since September I’ve been wanting to work on my own issues with my minor dyslexia, so I figured why not read more to work through it. I’m currently going back and forth between using a kindle or reading an actual book, I guess it doesn’t matter as long as I’m reading right? lol
the way i stopped everything to watch this video 😭❤ we love youuu
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Beautiful list of books for December Jack 🎅🏻💚🎄❤️
The Book of Goose is so great!💚💚💚 Plus, it won the Tournament of Books last year! I'll be really interested about what you think of it. 💚
The Guest is such a good one, someone already mentioned but it’d be a great read to save for summer if you don’t have time to finish it! I really want to read Death Valley as well
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Merry Christmas happy holidays Jack 😊
I have Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo and Out by Natsuo Kirino checked out from the library, so at least those two need to be finished by the end of the month. Anything else is gonna be on a whim! I actually read a couple of other books this month that weren’t high-priority reads, so we’ll see what happens 😂
I read "Joan Is Okay" recently because of your video from about a month ago!! Once I got into it, I couldn't put it down lol
Cortazar's book is a classic. I recommend learning about his thinking about the anti-novel and what he wanted to transmit with his book. His recommendation was to read the random order excited to see what you think
The book of goose sounds amazing beautiful I am definitely going to check it out ❤
Thank you for using your voice and platform the way you do❤️ love you jack
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Julio cortázar is peak latinamerican literature. You will love it. I am already looking forward to your video about it ❤
"She was of an age to die" in Simone De Beauvoir's A Very Easy Death is reminiscent of Albert Camus' "Maman died today, or maybe it was yesterday, I don't know" in The Stranger.
Thanks for sharing. I want the Shibli book. Hopscotch sounds intriguing so I await your report. My Dec. reading plans includes the first two books of the Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn, because a friend wants me to watch season 1 with her over the holiday. And I prefer to read the source before seeing the series based on it. Also, I have the first three Richard Osman mysteries that I want to start. And I received a lovely set of Jane Austen complete works except for Love and Freindship, so I want to re-read all her novels in December and January. In addition, I have a biography of the Mitford sisters titled The Sisters, by Mary S. Lovell that is calling to me.
I shared it once on Jack's instagram, and since it was met with warm reception, i'll also lay that method for people here: I set low goals purposely, to see how much i can exceed them. That way there is drive to read more without the pressure to meet a certain number. This year i set 40, and I'm at 68 at this moment!
I hope you like Hopscotch. Cortazar is an amazing writer; if you feel intimidated by his writing, I recommend reading a few of his short stories. They're some of the best I've ever read.
I loved reading and did it a lot in 8th and 9th grade so when I was 13-15 years old. After that I kinda stopped because I got a lot of other interests and just.. life. 2022 but especially 2023 I've really been trying to get back into reading and I'm pretty proud of how much I've read in 2023 even though it's nothing compared to you Edward and a lot of the other comments here. I set my goal for 2023 to 10 books, I only really found and learned about Goodreads about halfway through 2023 so it was also only then I set that goal but somehow I smashed through it and ended up reading 15 books in total. Now I've set my 2024 goal to 15 so wish me look everyone 😹😸😸💜
Last Summer in the City is also on my list!!
I would highly recommend you "Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter" by Simone De Beauvouir. It's one of my favorite books and I think this book is Simone De Beauvouir at her best!! It's her autobiography and not only her story but also her writing is really beautiful and philosophical. :)
im currently reading after sappho! i'm loving it but i do find it very hard to focus on so i'm taking it slow, a chapter a day is enough lol
A 1-year-old could be watching this if their caretaker put KZhead on for them to watch Miss Rachel and the baby clicked around randomly before the caretaker noticed. Not sure how many clicks removed Jack would be from Miss Rachel 😂
You inspired me this year and I’ve read 104 books yet ❤
Wow! That's great! Any recommendations?
I started The goldfinch and just hoping to finish it some time soon tbh. It looks scary
I see Circe and the goldfinch in the back ahhhh
exciting for the Hopscotch video!!
I really enjoyed Death Valley and I think you will too!
It’s my first time doing a reading challenge and I’m currently 22/24 books 💕 jack edwards motivated me so much lol.
Yay! So good!
The Cortazar book (Rayuela in spanish) is as known Gabriel Garcia Marquez's A hundred years of solitude, I do recommend it for its ludic aspect
on the topic of the pandemic and art (in terms of music) i found hozier’s ‘pandemic album’ unreal unearth so fascinating
I have 3 books that I desperately want to finish before 2023 ends! 1. A Portrait of the artist as a young man (James Joyce): I've got like another 90 pages to go 2. Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys): I'm like half-ish way through it, and finally 3. Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf): I'm on page 1 lmao. I really wanna finish my reading goal this year (86/100 rn) let's see if I can do it haha.
update: I finished Joyce and Rhys' books but couldn't finish Woolf (it was very monotonous). Also I ended the year at 92/100 books which I'm very satisfied with given I only read 6 books in 2022 :)
While I was watching you explain hopscotch is was thinking to myself that you should do a vid dedicated to it and straight after I hear you say ‘I will do one’ so I was like 😊❤
Also currently reading Minor Detail and it was indeed impossible to find. Also the case for Shibli’s less recent books such as Touch, which I have been looking for everywhere in vain.
i absolutely love this list it seems amazing! especially minor detail, i think it would be amazing if we could get a full review of however many you finish!!
Good luck with the Miami trip! Anyone thinking about going to Florida deserves a bravery award.
I am not American so I might be missing something but why?
@@Morfeusm They have Anti-Queer legislation (not going to affect Jack but still scary) and it’s a very unstable time politically.
@@PokhrajRoy. oh…. Good luck with elections next year! Yeah it sounds barbaric, I am sad, it is like that in my country as well, I don’t even know many openly 🏳️🌈 people here but when I was on vacation in Germany it was visibly different, I thought to myself I lived in civilized society but last couple of years proved me wrong. Good luck!
@@Morfeusm Look up Florida man and your birth date in Google (e. g. Florida man+ May 1 = Florida man kicked out of library told cops he was Jason Bourne). Florida is wild.
My 10 Before the End (Very different list from yours): 1) Happiness Falls 2) Tom Lake 3) Remarkably Bright Creatures 4) Lessons in Chemistry 5) Demon Copperhead 6) Trespasses 7) The Love Hypothesis 8) Happiness for Beginners 9) Sorrow & Bliss 10) Check & Mate
I just finished Happiness Falls on audiobook which I highly recommend because the readers are brilliant. It's so good!
My comfort youtuber ❤🥹
if you do like hopscotch, 4 3 2 1 by paul auster has a similar premise. house of leaves is also very interesting (and challenging in a comparable way)
minor detail is on my 10 before the end too! Would love to hear your thoughts when you finish it
cant wait for your review on Minor Detail! reading is resistance ❤
Jack you NEED To read Betty by Tiffany McDaniel!!! Whilst I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone who doesn’t want to cry for days and be traumatised I would recommend you it because it’s A little life level sad!! It’s absolutely fabulous and it’s based on the authors mother’s life !
I think about this book at least once a week!
Not jack flaunting his copy of the goldfinch at the back lmao
I love your awareness and care for what's happening around the world, reading is resistance 🤍
Hope you’re doing okay Jack x
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"Reading is resistance" should be a t-shirt. :)
Everytime you mention Argentinian authors I cry happy tears
Hi Jack, Have you read Okay Days by Jenny Mustard? I'd like to hear your thoughts on it. 😊
I hit my reading goal already (surpassed actually!) but I'm currently reading The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida and I really want to finish Prophet Song in December bc it's due at the library by then and I'm sure it has a waiting list now that it's won the Booker!
I used to read a lot before 2020. In that year I started online classes and I started to spend more time on my phone Even when I don't have class.so I set reading goal this year but setting goals hamper the actual purpose of reading. I don't feel the fun like before. And somehow reading less than before pressurizing me.😔
Reading is resistance ✊🏼
I am so so so looking forward to the video about Hopscotch and I hope it ISN'T spoiler free😂
Can you start putting the list of books mentioned either in the comments or in the bio of the video as I always want to add all of them to my tbr ❤
I wish Story Graph had a function where you could make a note in your TBR list. Like who recommended it, why or when you wanted to read it, etc.
that's why I use a notion database. I can do anything I want
Seeing Jack finally picking up Hopscotch makes me so happy! Hope you give a chance to even more Latinamerican writers ❤️
The goldfinch 😍
I told someone I'd read War and Peace this year... instead I read more than a 100 other books to avoid it. Now that's biting me in the ass as I race to finish it in this last month. Wish me luck!
Do you have any tips on how to increase reading time on pages?… I reas often, but still falling under a “slow” pace of reading and its low key discouraging. I am a little heavy on myself as a reader when it comes to reading skill, so this may be a weird question lol.
I love how cursive sounds different when you're reading poetry than when it's ✨a novel✨ 😂
Do you have a reading routine? I'd love to see a video about it if you do.
This is the first year when I had some kind of goal (100 books) and I am so happy that I achieved it :) Congrats to anyone reaching their goal for 2023!
Yay! Congratulations!
9:21 Lol that sounds eerily familiar
Yessss please make a whole video about hopscotch🧡🧡
Can we just appriciate how often Jack posts? Like two videos in two days? Productive king
Hold The Guest for summer! Deep late summer vibes, give yourself a December break :)
Looking at that giant copy of The Goldfinch behind Jack's head is triggering me. Burning books is bad but maybe this once we should just burn The Goldfinche!
To be honest I'm taking advantage of the cold weather and using it for knitting so even though I'm in the middle of reading Anna Karenina I decided to leave it on hiatus while I'm on a knitting roll lol
Could you listen to the Audiobook while knitting? I should do that myself 😊
@@rachelh9985 I could try but I've found out audiobooks are not good for me, I don't truly listen to them so I lose the story and then I have to read the book again 😅
You could have made the number twelve just to make the endeavor a lot relatable. It just feels adJACKtive.