that’s so cool to hear, i spend so much time in bookshops and libraries but always overthink talking to the booksellers/librarians! any tips for striking up a small conversation? :)
@@izzieh7335 Ask us what we're currently reading or what some of our favorites are! I'm currently reading Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, and had a great convo with a customer who had read it and was buying Circe. Some of us are more introverted than others, but most of us are working in bookstores because we love books, and books are often the topic that will bring us out of our shells!
@@jack_in_the_books AAahhhh!! I got a replyyy finally omg!! And you sir have made my day!! Btw i cant wait for your podcast/bookclub mixture, sounds like a really good idea
What I loved about living in the UK was the endless amount of bookstores, especially charity shop book stores. I absolutely loved them. This video brought back memories 🥰
I have a book recommendation: “Mornings in Jenin”. It deals with the conflict in Palestine and is very eye-opening, but is also a beautiful, moving book that will break your heart. I think it’d be so interesting to review in light of the recent events.
I literally just finished Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, and it was a rollercoaster, it made me feel so melancholic, but I did find myself rooting for Eleanor and her journey.
A couple years ago having fun meant going out with my friends and drinking, now it's putting on my comfiest pj's and watching book hauls on TH-cam then getting the books and reading them. I'm 25 and proud of myself.
gosh your channel brings me so much comfort!!! i always come here whenever i want to feel safe & it’s like i’m just sitting & listening to a friend talk about books it’s veryveryvery comforting & warm & i love it :”-)
I'm at uni in Scotland but Cambridge is my home town. This video was just like a hug from home for me. I absolutely love the haunted bookshop but I really hope you visited the Indigo cafe next door (really lovely place). Thank you for the nostalgia
I live just outside Cambridge and it is so so weird seeing you, one of my favourite TH-camrs, exploring Cambridge and going to places that I go to or walk past almost every single day ... So so weird
Find both of your channels really help me to fall in love again with reading. Life can get a little difficult, and push you to say goodbye to little joys. You make me to say hello to a old dear friend. Thank you
If you go back to Cambridge, I'd recommend G. David, another bookseller just around the corner from the haunted bookshop - it has very similar vibes, and quite good prices for the most part! (There's also a fabulous antique section that you can drool over)
Eleanor Oliphant is such a good book! I especially adored the friendship(s) in that one, but be prepared to be completely destroyed, because omg I was not okay. And Cambridge is beautiful as always 💛
jack, rn at my place the weather's like it's gonna rain and you just showed me 8 minutes of places filled with books. THE UNIVERSE WANTS ME TO HOARD BOOKS THE LONGING IS KILLING ME
My sister went to uni at Cambridge and I used to visit her there multiple times a year and I even lived there for one summer, and I think it’s one of the most beautiful little city I’ve ever visited! The city center is small and cozy, all the old buildings are beautiful and the surrounding “country side” around Cambridge is also so beautiful. There is an apple orchard not too far from Cambridge where you can get scones and tea and it’s such a wonderful place! I really miss Cambridge ❤️
highly recommend the antiquarian book shop too !! shame you missed it, they're doing books for like a quid each & have the cutest little basement of books - the entrance is hidden behind a church near king's parade
Although your taste in books isn't really my cup of tea, I do really enjoy watching your videos. The passion you show for your subject gives me that bit of extra motivation to keep on pursuing my own passion, even when things seam a bit bleak in my head. :)
Loved this video and the books! Would love to see you do this for other cities as well! I'm not from the UK and love anything that combines bookish content and little glimpses into new (to me) cities! 😍
I need longer videos from you, you are helping me through the pandemic. I'm a healthcare worker and every day after work I binge your videos, sometimes the same one (what can I say, you're funny) Just wanted to let you know that you're helping this one Pharmacist all the way in India
Ahh I went to Cambridge with my Dutch high school like two or three years ago. This video made me fall in love with the city all over again! It’s just so cute
Yes, Eleanor. The good thing is you didn't start reading it in the train. You would have missed your stop! It's so captivating. And so heavy and easy at the same time. The end will knock you out.
I just picked up Hamnet from Morrison’s of all places yesterday and am super excited to read it! Currently most of the way through Such a Fun Age and it is marvellous. And Eleanor Oliphant is 👌🏻
Gotta say, Hamnet is a truly spectacular book. I sobbed through the middle section. It reads very similarly to a Shakespearean tragedy (no surprise there, it's immaculately researched and structured) so you get that wonderful surge of catharsis at the end of the book as well. Can't wait to see what you think of it!
With everything that is happening in India at the moment, I have no idea when I can visit a bookstore again. So watching this video made me happy. I am now interested in Kohra Ghana and as I can read Hindi, I will try to pick it up sometime.
Love this !! I'm currently reading Such A Fun Age and so far, so excellent. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine was one of my favourite books of last year so I hope you enjoy !! Also very pleased to hear that you are also someone who has a natter with everyone you come across, my friends absolutely rib me for it haha
Essays on love has been on my reading list for a while now because I noticed a few kpop artists I like reading it. And Eleonor Oliphant was amazing, really glad my friend forced it upon me!
First of all you’re spoiling us with the uploads Jack,ty💕 And i have a suggestion,would you mind making a “reading persian books for the first time” video?!i’m a native speaker and there’s tons of wonderful books written by persian writers.i feel like persian literature is so criminally underrated:(
I’d love to see you do a video where you do judge a book by it’s cover, ie, go shopping for books with beautiful covers and then rating whether they hold up!
Such perfect timing-just finished Julia Whelan’s My Oxford Year, so your blog shots are especially captivating. Also reading Hamnet now. Synchronicity from the weird land of the US.
I really recommend ‘The Melting’ by a Belgian writer called Lize Spit! It’s the English translation of her debut novel ‘Het Smelt’. I thought it was a really captivating story and it’s one of my favourite books 🌼
Cambridge looks like such a beautiful city. Some lovely bookshops too. I think my favourite city to buy books is York. It is stunning like Cambridge and has lots of little lanes full of second hand bookshops and charity shops. I went for a weekend and had to but an extra suitcase just to get my book haul home!
You're my daily serotonin boost dude! Thank you! Would love to buy these books but used up my monthly amount of money I can spend on them... It is though interesting to see so many interesting bookstores. It is not a common thing to see in my country. Some cities have up to 2 bookstores.
eleanor oliphant is completely fine is SUCH a good book, i usually read fantasy or sci-fi and I enjoyed it so so much more than I expected. would 100% recommend!
Jack, could u do some videos about how ur degree was set up? like what are the modules, what is their objective, what books did you read, what did u take away from different courses... I'm from Spain and we don't do English lit here (only philology) so I would be really interested in seeing how the english uni education system is set up! much love xx
First of all you’re spoiling us with the uploadd jack,tyyy And i have a suggestion,would you mind making a reading persian books for the first time video?!i’m a native speaker and there’s tons of wonderful books by persian writers.i feel like persian literature is so criminally underrated:(
The amount of times I’ve been to Cambridge and I’ve never even been to half of these places 😭😅 definitely need to make another visit soon! Great video ☺️
If you can read in English I recommend ordering on book depository, I’m in the same situation where in Switzerland a book costs twice the usual price so I now order new releases online and shop classics secondhand
@@ola0915 I’ve heard about book depository and it seems nice because of the free ship but I never ordered anything there. I bought all my English books on amazon because of a sale where you buy 3 books and the cheapest one is for free.
As a bookseller, chatting with excited customers is one of my favorite parts of the job!
Thank you for being so kind! 💛
that’s so cool to hear, i spend so much time in bookshops and libraries but always overthink talking to the booksellers/librarians! any tips for striking up a small conversation? :)
@@izzieh7335 Ask us what we're currently reading or what some of our favorites are! I'm currently reading Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, and had a great convo with a customer who had read it and was buying Circe. Some of us are more introverted than others, but most of us are working in bookstores because we love books, and books are often the topic that will bring us out of our shells!
me too!
@@izzieh7335 yes same! I just never want to be annoying, I also don’t know if they actually like books so I hesitate
'C'mon English degree. Serve me!' As an English teacher, I felt that in my soul
Really loving this casual content,
it feels like chatting with a friend about their day and of course the books they've gotten
omg this is exactly the vibe i was hoping this channel would have!! you've made my day!!
@@jack_in_the_books AAahhhh!! I got a replyyy finally omg!! And you sir have made my day!!
Btw i cant wait for your podcast/bookclub mixture, sounds like a really good idea
ok jack with all these videos, now you're really spoiling us 🥺
Yeah he is 😊
Samee I’m so happy ♥️
Due to lockdown, it's been ages since I have been to a bookstores. I live for bookstore vlogs😭😭
Can we all agree his videos always provide the happiest comment section
have you ever considered doing a “bookshelf of my life” like “playlist of my life”? I love your videos so much! x
A playlist of his life would be interesting to watch
Great idea.... that will be something I'll like to watch....
Yes I love that idea! 😀
That fact of how much I’m obsessed with “Help Myself” because of you is concerning....I’m not complaining tho
What I loved about living in the UK was the endless amount of bookstores, especially charity shop book stores. I absolutely loved them. This video brought back memories 🥰
Every time I go to Cambridge I visit most of those bookshops! And yes, the city is really really beautiful, I absolutely love it.
"You know me, I will chat to anyone" Yes Jack, even the lady in the hummus section
Literally laughed out loud when I saw this comment, touché 😅😂
The title of the Hindi Poetry Book 'Kora Ghana Hai' translates to the Fog is Thick. really nice collection of poems
Yesss! I can't believe that he bought a Hindi poem book though 😆😂💗
Not me going on a Jack videos binge while I'm supposed to be working... Friday funday?
ME😭
I have a book recommendation: “Mornings in Jenin”. It deals with the conflict in Palestine and is very eye-opening, but is also a beautiful, moving book that will break your heart. I think it’d be so interesting to review in light of the recent events.
I’ve only heard good things about it 🇵🇸🇵🇸
I second this suggestion! 🇵🇸
I literally just finished Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, and it was a rollercoaster, it made me feel so melancholic, but I did find myself rooting for Eleanor and her journey.
A couple years ago having fun meant going out with my friends and drinking, now it's putting on my comfiest pj's and watching book hauls on TH-cam then getting the books and reading them. I'm 25 and proud of myself.
the peace and energy of exploring bookshops in a town outside your own is simply unmatched 🙌🏽
gosh your channel brings me so much comfort!!! i always come here whenever i want to feel safe & it’s like i’m just sitting & listening to a friend talk about books it’s veryveryvery comforting & warm & i love it :”-)
I'm at uni in Scotland but Cambridge is my home town. This video was just like a hug from home for me.
I absolutely love the haunted bookshop but I really hope you visited the Indigo cafe next door (really lovely place). Thank you for the nostalgia
I live just outside Cambridge and it is so so weird seeing you, one of my favourite TH-camrs, exploring Cambridge and going to places that I go to or walk past almost every single day ... So so weird
seeing jack go around a place u live n saying how pretty it is n simply just seeing it from an outsider's perspective is AAAAA
Find both of your channels really help me to fall in love again with reading.
Life can get a little difficult, and push you to say goodbye to little joys.
You make me to say hello to a old dear friend.
Thank you
Cambridge is one of my favourite cities, I love it - it's beautiful. I've missed it so much (and the bookstores!) so it was fun to watch this :)
If you go back to Cambridge, I'd recommend G. David, another bookseller just around the corner from the haunted bookshop - it has very similar vibes, and quite good prices for the most part! (There's also a fabulous antique section that you can drool over)
Hamnet is such a fantastic book. One of the best fiction books I’ve ever read.
Eleanor Oliphant is such a good book! I especially adored the friendship(s) in that one, but be prepared to be completely destroyed, because omg I was not okay. And Cambridge is beautiful as always 💛
This makes me want to pack my bags and fly to Cambridge. Vibes are immaculate
I finished Eleanor Oliphant a couple weeks ago and I wasn’t expecting it to be SO GOOD. It’s definitely a new favorite
Eleanor Oliphant is one of my top fav books! (Along with where the crawdads sing)
I literally finished Eleanor Oliphant a few hour ago...you are not ready
I finished it last night and wow, I was not ready
finished it this morning…. not even close to being ready
jack, rn at my place the weather's like it's gonna rain and you just showed me 8 minutes of places filled with books. THE UNIVERSE WANTS ME TO HOARD BOOKS THE LONGING IS KILLING ME
it‘s so great that you always feature poc authors! it helps me a lot to decolonize my bookshelf!!
My sister went to uni at Cambridge and I used to visit her there multiple times a year and I even lived there for one summer, and I think it’s one of the most beautiful little city I’ve ever visited! The city center is small and cozy, all the old buildings are beautiful and the surrounding “country side” around Cambridge is also so beautiful. There is an apple orchard not too far from Cambridge where you can get scones and tea and it’s such a wonderful place! I really miss Cambridge ❤️
I finished Such A Fun Age literally 15 minutes ago and it was amazing! Really great discussion of race, class, and gender!
Yes!! I read it recently and really enjoyed it
I finished it yesterday!
When he said "C'mon English degree serve me" I felt that 😂
highly recommend the antiquarian book shop too !! shame you missed it, they're doing books for like a quid each & have the cutest little basement of books - the entrance is hidden behind a church near king's parade
Living my Cambridge book shopping dreams vicariously through you, I'm loving it!
Although your taste in books isn't really my cup of tea, I do really enjoy watching your videos. The passion you show for your subject gives me that bit of extra motivation to keep on pursuing my own passion, even when things seam a bit bleak in my head. :)
Loved this video and the books! Would love to see you do this for other cities as well! I'm not from the UK and love anything that combines bookish content and little glimpses into new (to me) cities! 😍
these are always such cozy, fun videos. the perfect thing to watch as i lay on my floor after revising hahaha
Hamnet is so gorgeous and wonderful, I bawled my eyes out reading it, hope you'll enjoy it!
I need longer videos from you, you are helping me through the pandemic. I'm a healthcare worker and every day after work I binge your videos, sometimes the same one (what can I say, you're funny)
Just wanted to let you know that you're helping this one Pharmacist all the way in India
What a dream it would be to visit those bookshops one day!!
Ahh I went to Cambridge with my Dutch high school like two or three years ago. This video made me fall in love with the city all over again! It’s just so cute
Yes, Eleanor. The good thing is you didn't start reading it in the train. You would have missed your stop! It's so captivating. And so heavy and easy at the same time. The end will knock you out.
eleanor oliphant blew me away, the ending damn
yes i loved it
I didn't see it coming at all, and it was funning looking back and seeing all the clues.
i loved the whole book except for the ending! i thought it felt a bit cheap considering how magnificent the rest of the book was
‘Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine’ IS AMAZING ,!!!!
Some great finds! Really enjoying your vids. Fun to me when someone picks up a book I've read and loved!
Hamnet has been on my tbr forever! Can’t wait to hear your opinion on it! 🙏🏼
I just picked up Hamnet from Morrison’s of all places yesterday and am super excited to read it! Currently most of the way through Such a Fun Age and it is marvellous. And Eleanor Oliphant is 👌🏻
I really like the atmosphere you created with your channel. I feel better after watching your videos. Thank you.
this got me excited ab a whole new aspect of being a cambridge student omg
Gotta say, Hamnet is a truly spectacular book. I sobbed through the middle section. It reads very similarly to a Shakespearean tragedy (no surprise there, it's immaculately researched and structured) so you get that wonderful surge of catharsis at the end of the book as well. Can't wait to see what you think of it!
With everything that is happening in India at the moment, I have no idea when I can visit a bookstore again. So watching this video made me happy. I am now interested in Kohra Ghana and as I can read Hindi, I will try to pick it up sometime.
*The aesthetic of a bookshop is ---- chefs kiss*
you're such a fun person. I love watching your vids!
I feel so satisfied when Jack recommends or buys a book I’ve read and liked 😌😌
Hamnet, Such a Fun Age, and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine are all such wonderful books!
Ah! I’ve been loving all your uploads! I have so many books on my tbr because of you 🤣🤣😭 excited to read some of these and see your reviews!
Omg... my university city from 2011 to 2018... i had been in all that bookstores...nostalgic. Say hello from vietnam
Love this !! I'm currently reading Such A Fun Age and so far, so excellent. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine was one of my favourite books of last year so I hope you enjoy !! Also very pleased to hear that you are also someone who has a natter with everyone you come across, my friends absolutely rib me for it haha
Essays on love has been on my reading list for a while now because I noticed a few kpop artists I like reading it. And Eleonor Oliphant was amazing, really glad my friend forced it upon me!
First of all you’re spoiling us with the uploads Jack,ty💕
And i have a suggestion,would you mind making a “reading persian books for the first time” video?!i’m a native speaker and there’s tons of wonderful books written by persian writers.i feel like persian literature is so criminally underrated:(
You are going to love Nocturnes!! I read it in my creative writing class and it was so lovely!
I’d love to see you do a video where you do judge a book by it’s cover, ie, go shopping for books with beautiful covers and then rating whether they hold up!
this makes me want to visit a bookstore so bad :')
also, it makes me kinda proud that you have a collection of Indian poetry in Hindi ^yayyy^
Such perfect timing-just finished Julia Whelan’s My Oxford Year, so your blog shots are especially captivating. Also reading Hamnet now. Synchronicity from the weird land of the US.
I love the door stop
I really miss those second hand book shop tables when traveling to the UK. Hope I can get back to it soon ❤️
wow i just finished reading nocturnes and here you are with it, mental😄 it's a really nice collection of stories, i think you're gonna like them
Absolutely loved Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. My favourite book of 2020!
i just love how supportive you are of your roomate Adum's music 🥺 he's really great! :)
I live very near Cambridge so this made me happy. The book shops really are *chefs kiss*👌🏻
I really recommend ‘The Melting’ by a Belgian writer called Lize Spit! It’s the English translation of her debut novel ‘Het Smelt’. I thought it was a really captivating story and it’s one of my favourite books 🌼
Eleanor is as great as my year of relaxation 😂 no joke I liked both! Curious to hear your thoughts! I loved visiting Cambridge with you 🧡
i hope one day i’ll find the Uni-verse and Unjaded Jade’s new book in a cute lil book shop🥺🥺
I need to visit Cambridge one day!
Lovely to see my old stomping ground loved my years studying there
This vlog made me miss going to bookshops more. 😢
Looking forward to a your Hamnet review!!
I am (fingers crossed) potentially going to uni in Cambridge, at Girton, in October and omg this makes me so excited it is so beautiful!!
Cambridge looks like such a beautiful city. Some lovely bookshops too. I think my favourite city to buy books is York. It is stunning like Cambridge and has lots of little lanes full of second hand bookshops and charity shops. I went for a weekend and had to but an extra suitcase just to get my book haul home!
your gray sweater is so cute!!!
Just about to finish Such A Fun Age and it’s amazing! Definitely would recommend.
Ohhh everything looks so aesthetic x would love to visit the UK someday!
You're my daily serotonin boost dude! Thank you!
Would love to buy these books but used up my monthly amount of money I can spend on them...
It is though interesting to see so many interesting bookstores. It is not a common thing to see in my country. Some cities have up to 2 bookstores.
Whooa thanks Jack, really appreciate all of this Jonten you've been spoiling us. I love it ❤️
Great timing! I also went to Oxfam bookshop this afternoon
As a Cambridge English reject this is difficult to watch but I'm here for the Jack content!
I LIVE IN CAMBRIDGE AND I WOULD HAVE DIED IF I SAW JACK!! If you are ever back in the area the Waterstones is incredible
eleanor oliphant is completely fine is SUCH a good book, i usually read fantasy or sci-fi and I enjoyed it so so much more than I expected. would 100% recommend!
Jack, could u do some videos about how ur degree was set up? like what are the modules, what is their objective, what books did you read, what did u take away from different courses... I'm from Spain and we don't do English lit here (only philology) so I would be really interested in seeing how the english uni education system is set up! much love xx
Cambridge looks so magical and giving me such dark academia vibes
First of all you’re spoiling us with the uploadd jack,tyyy
And i have a suggestion,would you mind making a reading persian books for the first time video?!i’m a native speaker and there’s tons of wonderful books by persian writers.i feel like persian literature is so criminally underrated:(
The amount of times I’ve been to Cambridge and I’ve never even been to half of these places 😭😅 definitely need to make another visit soon! Great video ☺️
such a fun age and eleanor oliphant are so good!! two of my faves
I can’t believe how cheap books can be there... Here in Brazil the books are getting more and more expensive!
If you can read in English I recommend ordering on book depository, I’m in the same situation where in Switzerland a book costs twice the usual price so I now order new releases online and shop classics secondhand
@@ola0915 I’ve heard about book depository and it seems nice because of the free ship but I never ordered anything there. I bought all my English books on amazon because of a sale where you buy 3 books and the cheapest one is for free.
The ending of Hamnet lives rent free in my head!
I just finished Hamnet and WOW. It's an emotional but lovely read - hope you enjoy it x
Eleanor Oliphant is one of my personal faves. I hope you will like it as well!
“This staircase was…”
Me: “A death-trap”