i so agree with so many guys not reading books by women it's ridiculous. in the words of paris geller: "typical guy, worship kerouac and bukowski, god forbid he picks up jane austen"
I don't read for the authors, I read for the story. So don't think it matters if it was written by a man or a woman, if it's a genre you like, read it. Reading something written by a woman or a man for the sake of it, is completely pointless.
@@yaeli_i_guess So? Why do they have to read female authors? People read what they like, maybe some aren't interested in reading books from female authors, and there's nothing wrong with that, it's a personal choice.
When reading Tender is the Flesh, I really had to remind myself that this book is based in Argentina. Where meat is a huge part of culture and economy so once you place it in that context you can understand why veganism wasn't even a consideration. But still a wild quick read.
I think people in the Western world need to remember that veganism isn’t accessible in all countries/regions lol in the Philippines, meat and farm animals are also a huge part of life (we have meat in our vegetable dishes) and culture so the transition to cannibalism over veganism in the book made huge sense
Veganism wasn't even a consideration because the book is not about dietary choices, but a comment on capitalism, alienation of the worker class and body autonomy.
As an argentinian, I feel like 75% of the reviews of this book miss this point and its sort of eurocentric. The unhingedness is an excuse to expose the (at least, argentinian) meat industry and human capability to harm and alienate. In a country with a recent history of dictatorship and genocide this work makes a whole new sense. The problem is that it's sold with the cannibalism plot but that's not the actual point. Also, the english translation is not as good as the actual writing.
The explanation the premise was the weakest part of the book. In general, I liked the gory descriptions, the arc of the main character, and the ending.
The Secret History should be a 6 episode mini series with just ONE season and actually honor that because I need the layers~ I'm also crying at how shady this is.
@@hawaiikawaii7198 ikr?! You can't unsee it once you see it. His height, hair color, and tall handsomeness are there, and so is the darkness, psychological depth, and cold intellectualim, which he portrays so well. Now we just need Fez as Rayburn and Kat as Judy and we are on our way!
part of me thinks he would be perfect for this role, but another part of me never saw Henry THIS well built :') I pictured Aaron Taylor Johnson while reading the book personally, but usually I don't pay much attention to the physical description cause once I pictured them, I can't get it out of my mind x))
Chris Evans seems actually quite humble about to his spiritual, deep thinking tendencies, never forces it on anyone. It just helps with his anxiety. Which is what I, a rotten cynic, gotta respect.
0:48 Austin Butler 2:12 Jacob Elordi 5:07 Chris Pine 7:23 Chris Evans 9:49 Sebastian Stan 11:48 Taika Waititi 13:05 Pedro Pascal 13:25 Andrew Garfield 13:41 Timothée Chalamet 13:56 Robert Pattinson 15:11 Donald Glover
Jacob Elordi’s Elvis movie is not another Elvis biopic. It’s about Priscilla (and the movie is called ‘Priscilla’). Priscilla Presley is also going to be a producer on the film. I think it’s important that her story is being told, regardless of the fact that there was an Elvis movie just last year :)
2:18. He’s missing out. Kristen Stewart in Spencer (Princess Diana movie) was so good. Different form what Emma Corrin did in the Crown but still very good
Also, you really should watch Kristen in Spencer, she was was incredible in it and even Princess Diana's former chef said her performance was by far the most accurate portrayal
Donna Tartt actually refuses any more adaptations of her work after the disastrous Golden Finch adaptation which she despised so unless there is a major change of heart from Tartt giving the go ahead, don't hold your breath for an adaptation any time soon.
I know it's an old book, but I kind of wish you didn't mention how When Breath Becomes Air ends, because the abrupt transition from his voice to another was so perfectly analogous to how it will be for us all one day - caught midsentence. I had no idea that was going to happen when I was reading this in public and I just started bawling. A book whose execution is greater than all the writings within and it catching my off-guard was the perfect way to experience it.
House of Leaves is incredible and definitely worth the time. The format looks complex, but I found it be straight forward to follow and purposefully done so it really enhances the experience of reading the stories. The narrative alone is great, but the structure really pushes the boundary of what a book can be and I was blown away by it.
I saw Rob Pattinson in the thumbnail, so I clicked. You should totally do a video on him, he talks about books relatively often!! Also, you're so right about him and how he says the most random stuff in interviews. He's mentioned in the past how he just makes up stories sometimes hahaha.
i think watching this video gave me a new perception of celebrities like i have an image of them in my mind how they must be irl but now i see that their book recs tell me how they see their life as, what they prioritize more and how they perceive things, and ngl that's very interesting.
In my opinion Tender is the flesh is very intelligent. It’s a dystopian universe but it does play out based on the fact that the meat maket is one of the biggest incomes of Argentina and there’s a big culture around food that contains cow. Being vegetarian and Argentinian I can say it does have grounds. (not saying we would eat eachother but I did found it really brilliant)
yep, I read an interview where even the staff who worked with Lady Di before said Kristen's portrayal was the closest to how Diana was in real life. she was even nominated for an Oscar for that performance.
As someone who's studying screenwriting and cinema I feel obligated to accept your challenge to bring justice to 'A Secret History'. I'll only do so though if I can get Donna Tart to make a cameo and Danny Devito to be a professor.
I just finished reading Almond by Won-Pyung Sohn. I chose it during a "judge a book by its cover" challenge, but it is easily the best book I've read so far this year. It is raw, real, and bittersweet in the best way! I recommend reading Almond with a dark roast coffee and while surrounded by old books.
I can't believe Austin recommended Carve the Mark!!! That book was my all time favorite all through middle and high school! (Way better than Divergent btw 😂) I wasn't expecting to see that on anyone's list lol
pls can you do a vid on hozier?? he has so many literary references in his work, particularly heaney and other irish poets- his new ep references 'a modest proposal' and i just know there's more to come on his new album!
Are we going to ignore the fact that Austin Butler had Carve The Mark by Veronica Roth there and Jack was saying he needed to read women authors and didn’t even bring it up when talking about his recommendations
Austin taste in books is Amazing , and he reads lots of women author books , poetry , fiction and even animations , the page you showed in insta doesn’t describe all of his reads , it doesn’t say he reads franz Kafka , Edgar Ellen Poe , all of Raymond carver books , Dostoevsky, Sharon olds poems , lorrie Moore , one of his fav is the grapes of wrath which is an amazing book and he reads politics and so much more , even writes poems and journaling stories and his thoughts for years, he reads every day since he was a teenager
I think it's there mainly because he narrated one of the character POVs in the audiobook versions. I mean, it might also be a favourite YA of his, but he was the voice of Akos.
off-topic but I just wanted to thank Jack for reiving my love for literature and books! Your channel feels like such a cozy corner on the Internet, literally my comfort place! Thank you so much for what you are doing
I wouldn’t be so dismissive of “The Catcher in the Rye,” which I believe to be one of the great American novels. It’s gotten a bad rap because of some egregious misinterpretations, but it has a lot to say about growing up, and the realization that you can’t control other peoples lives.
Every time I hear someone called Holden insufferable I have to roll my eyes. He’s a depressed teen that was sexually abused and who’s brother died of cancer. Obv he’s not gonna be a happy optimistic character 💀
for the record (yes I googled it) chris evans has a short essay on his chest as a tattoo.. though the tattoo artist made the font size 5 so it looks like two paragraphs BUT NO JUDGING OF TASTE IN TATTOOS HERE that's another comment for another video
I just purchased The Magic Mountain because Pedro recommended it and I trust his reading tastes as some of his favourites are mine too. Can’t wait for the video!
Christian Evans has a really similar taste to my father, the books he recommended are likely to help with your mental peace and in the industry he is he needs it to avoid all the Chaos
Not related to your reactions, but I love whoever made these lists literally put a book as a favorite due to "Photographed leaving Skylight Books with the book"... like he might not have even read it yet lol!
There was 0 Drama at the Oscars Ceremony? The beige carpet/orange curtain thing was horrid, an Oscar winner was given a Happy Birthday cheer, Jimmy Kimmel got a donkey on stage and Malala was made uncomfortable by both the host and Cocaine Bear.
A Brief History of Nearly Everything was gifted to me by my uncle who works at the national lab here in the States. Can confirm it is an EXCELLENT book and definitely worth a read! I also read Eckhart Tolle's Power of Now when I was in deep and drowning in anxiety, panic, and depression and it was one of my first lights in the dark. It really helped me find my feet. So I know it sounds cheesy but I'm actually glad to see the author recommended.
Jack! about what you said on "no backup plan" about the education system sucking joy out of something you once loved: we're currently watching YOUR yt videos in ENGLISH CLASS I couldn't believe it at first cuz I've been watching you since years but yeah. The assignement is to write down how you review books and then make a "Booktube" recommendation yourself. I'M PRAYING that this doesn't ruin it for me. I really do.
Chris Pine studied English at the University of California, Berkeley, and spent a year in the UK studying at my alma mater, the University of Leeds. I’m not surprised, therefore, at the quality of his reading matter. He also got to enjoy “supping warm beer” in Leeds, and likes to go back there when he can.
jack: choose violence me: great jack: but harmless me: … okay, may I maybe interest you in joining our dark side of chaos with some underrated short classics 👀
Not the first one being On The Road by Jack Kerouac 😭 I literally only know about him cause I wrote a prethesis paper on the challenges female authors face and he was an example of a sexist jerk who thought that for his girlfriend being part of the life cycle and bearing children was more important than being an author. Shout-out to Joyce Johnson
I love you for recommending Loveless, OHH MY GODDD, what a brilliant awesome heartwarming, wraps you in a cozy warmth of genuine happiness of love and care book. I loved it and would be recommending it to soo many people. Thank you for that video about Loveless, just finishing it and keep up the good work. Love!❤😊
i kind of like the fact humans didn't want to give up meat in "tender is the flesh" i think people in general display a pattern of doing the less easy thing just because it feels good (like outlawing meat could potentially help the global warming situation a lot more than freaking trying to build solar panels, we have solutions we just don't want to implement them)
Tender is the flesh did touch on veganism tho… it was said that at the beginning everyone was vegan but the meat industry started to push governments into releasing studies that said that people couldn’t survive on just plants. Every doctor started to push the idea that you needed meat and human meat was a healthy option. And it wasn’t like a change from one day to the other, it was gradual, and it did have push back, for example Marcos’s father, it is heavily implied his sanity went to a point of no return after “the transition”. Also it’s like one of the points of the book; how we humans will do almost everything when told and the lengths we go to justify the horrors. The people speaking against the government specially the scientist were also killed as cattle, a cultural reference to the political deaths and disappearances in Latam, specially Argentina in this case
The author of tender is the flesh is vegan. In interviews, she talks about how the book is meant to have people examine their own meat eating habits. Not acknowledging veganism in the book is intentional. It's meant to parallel how few consider veganism as an option now. Animals are, after all, conscious.
Pedro Pascal told GQ he was reading The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann, and I like him even more after that. I loved Death In Venice and Tonio Kröger. Two stunning books that changed the way I see literature.
I really wish you would have talked about one of Taika Waititi's favourite books, Dark Emu! Australian Aboriginal people are so misunderstood (both within Australia but especially globally) and the book systematically debunks many of the colonial myths about Aboriginal peoples upon which Australia has been founded
this is how the hollywood heartthrobs should be judged
Amen
The only way
@kimevans4656 I bet a lot of them don't really read the books.
@@tiararoxeanne1318some, no doubt, but in my experience actors are generally pretty keen readers.
i so agree with so many guys not reading books by women it's ridiculous. in the words of paris geller: "typical guy, worship kerouac and bukowski, god forbid he picks up jane austen"
Which episode is thiss
@@abreeze579 the one where she and jess visit rory to eat together
Theres the rub, season 2 episode 16
I don't read for the authors, I read for the story. So don't think it matters if it was written by a man or a woman, if it's a genre you like, read it. Reading something written by a woman or a man for the sake of it, is completely pointless.
@@yaeli_i_guess So? Why do they have to read female authors? People read what they like, maybe some aren't interested in reading books from female authors, and there's nothing wrong with that, it's a personal choice.
Oh wow, Pedro Pascal's book recommendations are GOLDEN. One Hundred Years of Solitude? Master and Margarita? Crime and Punishment? This man has taste
And the Magic Mountain;)
You call Crime and Punishment a TASTE? babe 🤦♂️
he honestly had the most interesting recommendations
@@Чарівна-ъ8э You dislike it because you think it's not great piece of literature or because it's a Russian book?
@@mllenessmarie because I've read it myself
Jack: “I woke up and chose violence.”
Malala: “I only talk about peace.”
Me, an Intellectual: (relates to both)
Me: I only talk about violence
me: is too scared to talk and just stays silent and smiles and nods lmao
@@marcusmakesvideos22 Haha I love it when you speak so you have nothing to fear.
Pokhraj Roy I love your comments
I just smile and wave but hours later come up with the best sassy comebacks 😭
When reading Tender is the Flesh, I really had to remind myself that this book is based in Argentina. Where meat is a huge part of culture and economy so once you place it in that context you can understand why veganism wasn't even a consideration. But still a wild quick read.
This is insightful. Thank you for mentioning that!
I think people in the Western world need to remember that veganism isn’t accessible in all countries/regions lol in the Philippines, meat and farm animals are also a huge part of life (we have meat in our vegetable dishes) and culture so the transition to cannibalism over veganism in the book made huge sense
Veganism wasn't even a consideration because the book is not about dietary choices, but a comment on capitalism, alienation of the worker class and body autonomy.
As an argentinian, I feel like 75% of the reviews of this book miss this point and its sort of eurocentric. The unhingedness is an excuse to expose the (at least, argentinian) meat industry and human capability to harm and alienate. In a country with a recent history of dictatorship and genocide this work makes a whole new sense.
The problem is that it's sold with the cannibalism plot but that's not the actual point.
Also, the english translation is not as good as the actual writing.
The explanation the premise was the weakest part of the book. In general, I liked the gory descriptions, the arc of the main character, and the ending.
The Secret History should be a 6 episode mini series with just ONE season and actually honor that because I need the layers~ I'm also crying at how shady this is.
Mini series for sure and with - now that I've seen this video - Elordi as Henry 🤓
@@8ballstreet Elordi as Henry would be so perfect omg
@@hawaiikawaii7198 ikr?! You can't unsee it once you see it. His height, hair color, and tall handsomeness are there, and so is the darkness, psychological depth, and cold intellectualim, which he portrays so well. Now we just need Fez as Rayburn and Kat as Judy and we are on our way!
part of me thinks he would be perfect for this role, but another part of me never saw Henry THIS well built :') I pictured Aaron Taylor Johnson while reading the book personally, but usually I don't pay much attention to the physical description cause once I pictured them, I can't get it out of my mind x))
I pray that guy is never cast as Henry. It would ruin the book for me, hate his acting.
Chris Evans seems actually quite humble about to his spiritual, deep thinking tendencies, never forces it on anyone. It just helps with his anxiety. Which is what I, a rotten cynic, gotta respect.
Yeah it kinda seems like jack just hates thinking when he said that lol
Literature taste should be an official category at oscars, it'd actually be interesting to watch it then
agreed
Yes!
And they should be able to answer something about the books, otherwise they’re def going to lie
0:48 Austin Butler
2:12 Jacob Elordi
5:07 Chris Pine
7:23 Chris Evans
9:49 Sebastian Stan
11:48 Taika Waititi
13:05 Pedro Pascal
13:25 Andrew Garfield
13:41 Timothée Chalamet
13:56 Robert Pattinson
15:11 Donald Glover
Thank you for your help ❤️
U forgot Benedict
12:12 Benedict Cumberbatch
He's dropping bombs back to back and I'm here for it.
Jack is truly THE INTERNET BOOK BOYFRIEND
Jacob Elordi’s Elvis movie is not another Elvis biopic. It’s about Priscilla (and the movie is called ‘Priscilla’). Priscilla Presley is also going to be a producer on the film. I think it’s important that her story is being told, regardless of the fact that there was an Elvis movie just last year :)
2:18. He’s missing out. Kristen Stewart in Spencer (Princess Diana movie) was so good. Different form what Emma Corrin did in the Crown but still very good
Quote of the Day: “We’re judging every book everywhere all at once.”
Also, you really should watch Kristen in Spencer, she was was incredible in it and even Princess Diana's former chef said her performance was by far the most accurate portrayal
Donna Tartt actually refuses any more adaptations of her work after the disastrous Golden Finch adaptation which she despised so unless there is a major change of heart from Tartt giving the go ahead, don't hold your breath for an adaptation any time soon.
I know it's an old book, but I kind of wish you didn't mention how When Breath Becomes Air ends, because the abrupt transition from his voice to another was so perfectly analogous to how it will be for us all one day - caught midsentence. I had no idea that was going to happen when I was reading this in public and I just started bawling. A book whose execution is greater than all the writings within and it catching my off-guard was the perfect way to experience it.
House of Leaves is incredible and definitely worth the time. The format looks complex, but I found it be straight forward to follow and purposefully done so it really enhances the experience of reading the stories. The narrative alone is great, but the structure really pushes the boundary of what a book can be and I was blown away by it.
You should also do like older actors! Helen mirren, Meryl streep, Pierce brosnan,Judi dench types? would interesting to see their recs.
I guess taste just go better with age
I saw Rob Pattinson in the thumbnail, so I clicked. You should totally do a video on him, he talks about books relatively often!! Also, you're so right about him and how he says the most random stuff in interviews. He's mentioned in the past how he just makes up stories sometimes hahaha.
i think watching this video gave me a new perception of celebrities like i have an image of them in my mind how they must be irl but now i see that their book recs tell me how they see their life as, what they prioritize more and how they perceive things, and ngl that's very interesting.
i need to know how many of these celebrities have actually read the books they recommend
Or who recommend the ONLY books they've ever read (mostly in high school english)
Chris Pine and Sebastian Stan genuinely are readers.
I don't know about everyone but Sebastian is an avid reader. he's said he reads every day and buys a lot of books, he's always seen with books
In my opinion Tender is the flesh is very intelligent. It’s a dystopian universe but it does play out based on the fact that the meat maket is one of the biggest incomes of Argentina and there’s a big culture around food that contains cow. Being vegetarian and Argentinian I can say it does have grounds. (not saying we would eat eachother but I did found it really brilliant)
Actually Kristen Stewart literally had the best performance of that year as Princess Diana in Spencer
yup!!!
yeah jack was so wrong for that haha
Facts!
i haven't seen it! i mean more that we get fatigue from seeing multiple people playing the same role in quick succession!
yep, I read an interview where even the staff who worked with Lady Di before said Kristen's portrayal was the closest to how Diana was in real life. she was even nominated for an Oscar for that performance.
As someone who's studying screenwriting and cinema I feel obligated to accept your challenge to bring justice to 'A Secret History'.
I'll only do so though if I can get Donna Tart to make a cameo and Danny Devito to be a professor.
I just finished reading Almond by Won-Pyung Sohn. I chose it during a "judge a book by its cover" challenge, but it is easily the best book I've read so far this year. It is raw, real, and bittersweet in the best way! I recommend reading Almond with a dark roast coffee and while surrounded by old books.
I can't believe Austin recommended Carve the Mark!!! That book was my all time favorite all through middle and high school! (Way better than Divergent btw 😂) I wasn't expecting to see that on anyone's list lol
He narrated the Carve the Mark audiobook and the sequel way back in 2016-17. His voice is delicious then too. Written by a woman btw.
@@ldfm-z5r omg, that was before I started listening to audiobooks and I had no idea!
I’m waiting for Jack to read recommendations from Non-Hollywood Actors’ English book recommendations.
"I ve never read a book by a woman ever" veronica roth's carve the mark is literally there💀
right?? i was so confused lmao
@@flovita and he didn't even adress it along with the others🥴
Ikr, it bothers me so much how quickly he jumped to that conclusion Dx
Carve the Mark is one of my favorite book series and it made me so frustrated that he didn't even acknowledge it!
pls can you do a vid on hozier?? he has so many literary references in his work, particularly heaney and other irish poets- his new ep references 'a modest proposal' and i just know there's more to come on his new album!
I'd watch a video on Robert Pattinson's reads any day. I just want to know how that man's mind works
Love that Pedro Pascal chose "Franny and Zooey" over "Catcher in the Rye." I love two of his picks, so now I feel the need to read the others
Are we going to ignore the fact that Austin Butler had Carve The Mark by Veronica Roth there and Jack was saying he needed to read women authors and didn’t even bring it up when talking about his recommendations
You should definitely review books read by Hozier !!!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 his lyrics are beautiful and you can definitely tell he’s well read
So happy to see House of Leaves finally mentioned! It's an incredible book!
Chris Pine majored in English Lit at Berkeley - and I feel like it shows when you compare his recs with everyone else's ahahah
Austin taste in books is Amazing , and he reads lots of women author books , poetry , fiction and even animations , the page you showed in insta doesn’t describe all of his reads , it doesn’t say he reads franz Kafka , Edgar Ellen Poe , all of Raymond carver books , Dostoevsky, Sharon olds poems , lorrie Moore , one of his fav is the grapes of wrath which is an amazing book and he reads politics and so much more , even writes poems and journaling stories and his thoughts for years, he reads every day since he was a teenager
one hundred years of solitude 💖 pedro pascal's superior taste is a surprise to no one
You should do this with followers.
Becoming famous just so you judge my reading taste seems like a lot of work
"Tell me your five favourite books and I will tell you my impression of you" sort of thing? That would be fun
kristen stewart did an outstanding job in her role as princess Di
Austin Butler’s is giving “I spark noted some of these in high school so yeah put them down as my favs”
I got recommended a video from you 3 hours ago and I've been binging your whole channel ever since. your energy is priceless I swear💕✨️
WAIT the fact that Austin Bulter loved CARVE THE MARK - literally one of the best ya duologues 😆‼ WILD
I think it's there mainly because he narrated one of the character POVs in the audiobook versions. I mean, it might also be a favourite YA of his, but he was the voice of Akos.
chris pine confirmed in the esquire interview that harry never spit on him (obviously lol) but they actually were sharing an inside joke
ok but spencer is so beautifully shot tho (plot is lacking but everything else is great) (soundtrack especially. it slaps so hard)
jacks relationship with square space gives my life consistency
"read books by women" Jack says, looking at a celebrity who has a book by a woman on the very recommendation page he is staring at 😂
Chris Evans definitely reads challenging books. But hats off to the guy who likes Mary Oliver,
off-topic but I just wanted to thank Jack for reiving my love for literature and books! Your channel feels like such a cozy corner on the Internet, literally my comfort place! Thank you so much for what you are doing
Bryson’s book is excellent. I’ve bought it five times and I keep giving it away to friends or people I work with so they can enjoy it too.
you should do a video of the books that have shaped you personality from when you started reading until now- a book for each era in your life
I wouldn’t be so dismissive of “The Catcher in the Rye,” which I believe to be one of the great American novels. It’s gotten a bad rap because of some egregious misinterpretations, but it has a lot to say about growing up, and the realization that you can’t control other peoples lives.
agree.
but franny and zooey is a whole nother-nother.i love that book with my entire soul
Exactly!
Every time I hear someone called Holden insufferable I have to roll my eyes. He’s a depressed teen that was sexually abused and who’s brother died of cancer. Obv he’s not gonna be a happy optimistic character 💀
@@555blue we're allowed to call him insufferable lol. he's insufferable for a reason, but that doesn't make him any more tolerable
for the record (yes I googled it) chris evans has a short essay on his chest as a tattoo.. though the tattoo artist made the font size 5 so it looks like two paragraphs BUT NO JUDGING OF TASTE IN TATTOOS HERE that's another comment for another video
1:50 amen, his short stories are incredible and life changing
I just purchased The Magic Mountain because Pedro recommended it and I trust his reading tastes as some of his favourites are mine too. Can’t wait for the video!
I am definitely most interested in Chris Pine's book recommendations!
Christian Evans has a really similar taste to my father, the books he recommended are likely to help with your mental peace and in the industry he is he needs it to avoid all the Chaos
Sebastian recommended the catcher in the rye it is one of my favourite classics and it was also recommended by Andrew Garfield. I love both of em ;
Not related to your reactions, but I love whoever made these lists literally put a book as a favorite due to "Photographed leaving Skylight Books with the book"... like he might not have even read it yet lol!
There was 0 Drama at the Oscars Ceremony? The beige carpet/orange curtain thing was horrid, an Oscar winner was given a Happy Birthday cheer, Jimmy Kimmel got a donkey on stage and Malala was made uncomfortable by both the host and Cocaine Bear.
This was so much fun! Explains a lot about some of these actors; gives a new perspective
A Brief History of Nearly Everything was gifted to me by my uncle who works at the national lab here in the States. Can confirm it is an EXCELLENT book and definitely worth a read!
I also read Eckhart Tolle's Power of Now when I was in deep and drowning in anxiety, panic, and depression and it was one of my first lights in the dark. It really helped me find my feet. So I know it sounds cheesy but I'm actually glad to see the author recommended.
Actually I did Saturday at uni during my master’s and I found it very good! It wasn’t what I expected at all!
Is anyone NOT surprised with Taika Waititi’s choice of “Sex at Dawn” by Christopher Ryan? 😂
I laughed when Hugh Grant mentioned a quote from Vanity Hair and it went over Ashley Grahams head.
Nausea is a great book.
Jack! about what you said on "no backup plan" about the education system sucking joy out of something you once loved: we're currently watching YOUR yt videos in ENGLISH CLASS
I couldn't believe it at first cuz I've been watching you since years but yeah. The assignement is to write down how you review books and then make a "Booktube" recommendation yourself. I'M PRAYING that this doesn't ruin it for me. I really do.
"If you're not making it obvious enough through your writing then maybe you're not writing it well"
- Jack Edwards (2023)
Dang it Pedro PAscal!!! Man got some good taste in books! All of these are on my top list
“which is so freaking obvious Steve Wonder could see it” - i dont even feel bad for laughing that hard
3:03 I have the Secret History on my shelf collecting dust, and this just made me pick it up immediately
jack following andrew with timothée is a truly monumental moment for the marauders fandom 🫢
Read House of Leaves!! It's such a unique concept and it's one of my favs
okay but Chris Evans having Rebecca Solnit is a flex. She's pretty brilliant.
This! Why did he skip it 😭
Chris Pine studied English at the University of California, Berkeley, and spent a year in the UK studying at my alma mater, the University of Leeds. I’m not surprised, therefore, at the quality of his reading matter. He also got to enjoy “supping warm beer” in Leeds, and likes to go back there when he can.
jack: choose violence
me: great
jack: but harmless
me: … okay, may I maybe interest you in joining our dark side of chaos with some underrated short classics 👀
Not the first one being On The Road by Jack Kerouac 😭 I literally only know about him cause I wrote a prethesis paper on the challenges female authors face and he was an example of a sexist jerk who thought that for his girlfriend being part of the life cycle and bearing children was more important than being an author. Shout-out to Joyce Johnson
I love you for recommending Loveless, OHH MY GODDD, what a brilliant awesome heartwarming, wraps you in a cozy warmth of genuine happiness of love and care book. I loved it and would be recommending it to soo many people. Thank you for that video about Loveless, just finishing it and keep up the good work. Love!❤😊
Yoku forgot mentioning Carv the Mark when reviewing Austin’s recs.
That subtle shout out at 0:43 was crazy jack😂
so excited for the pedro episode!!! cant wait to love the man even more than I already do
I absolutely agree with your opinion about On The Road. I thought I was the only one. Glad I am not alone! Love your channel!
The way you just said Tender As The Flesh as mediocre has me shook! That book was brilliant
12:56 Homie is literally judging a book by its cover
1:09 “This is giving I have never read a book by a woman”
Obviously didn’t look at the book on the lower left :((
Please make a part 2 of this but with musicians!!! Like Harry Styles, Taylor Swift etc.
He's already done them in individual videos
i kind of like the fact humans didn't want to give up meat in "tender is the flesh" i think people in general display a pattern of doing the less easy thing just because it feels good (like outlawing meat could potentially help the global warming situation a lot more than freaking trying to build solar panels, we have solutions we just don't want to implement them)
Jack is the biggest heartthrob out of everyone in this list
I can't believe how much you missed the point on Tender is the flesh.
JACK YOU SHOULD JUDGE YOUR SUBSCRIBERS' FAV BOOKS
Jack is throwing shade left and right, and we are here for it
That Austin Butler line is the quote of the year!🤣🤣🤣🤣
Tender is the flesh did touch on veganism tho… it was said that at the beginning everyone was vegan but the meat industry started to push governments into releasing studies that said that people couldn’t survive on just plants. Every doctor started to push the idea that you needed meat and human meat was a healthy option. And it wasn’t like a change from one day to the other, it was gradual, and it did have push back, for example Marcos’s father, it is heavily implied his sanity went to a point of no return after “the transition”. Also it’s like one of the points of the book; how we humans will do almost everything when told and the lengths we go to justify the horrors. The people speaking against the government specially the scientist were also killed as cattle, a cultural reference to the political deaths and disappearances in Latam, specially Argentina in this case
not sure how other people who've read this book had this idea fly straight over their heads. how do you miss the point this badly.
So happy you’re doing a whole video for Pedro Pascal! 😊
The author of tender is the flesh is vegan. In interviews, she talks about how the book is meant to have people examine their own meat eating habits.
Not acknowledging veganism in the book is intentional. It's meant to parallel how few consider veganism as an option now. Animals are, after all, conscious.
Once again, Jack, you’re unbelievably amazing to watch! I can’t get enough!
Jack: the filter is called... DULL.
That ended me hahahahaha
Robert Pattinson also recommended The Ballad of the sad cafe which is a great southern gothic short story!!
Pedro Pascal told GQ he was reading The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann, and I like him even more after that. I loved Death In Venice and Tonio Kröger. Two stunning books that changed the way I see literature.
Jack slays EVERY SINGLE TIME!!!!!! Can't get enough- best videos ever 🥰
I really wish you would have talked about one of Taika Waititi's favourite books, Dark Emu! Australian Aboriginal people are so misunderstood (both within Australia but especially globally) and the book systematically debunks many of the colonial myths about Aboriginal peoples upon which Australia has been founded
I really was skeptical of that "Future Shock" book, but find it scarily accurate.