jessie!! I just wanted to say that we all know how busy you are and I, for one, really appreciate you taking the time to sit down and film this for us! I can’t even explain the burst of joy I felt seeing the notification pop up. you are as smart and sweet and beautiful as ever. thank you a million for this and can’t wait to see you again next month 🧡
Sometimes I forget to express how much I LOVE this channel...Jess is my favourite content creator in the entire world and these book videos are just the frosting on the beautiful cake that is this channel. I love the style, the makeup, the books, the vlogs and now we have baby content and I'm just so happy to be here!🧡 Sorry for the blabbering but I'm just really happy to be here and I can't stop thinking about Dead Astraunauts, so thank you!
A few baby books you should check out for little one: ‘A is for Awesome’ is an a-z book about amazing women throughout history, ‘change starts with us’ about global warming and the environment & ‘what if we where all the same!’ is a great one about diversity and accepting everyone for their differences. All available on Amazon❤️
Jessi I’m so happy you’re back!!!! I think you’ll enjoy “the lies of Locke Lamora” by Scott Lynch (which is the first book in the gentleman bastard series) for the same reasons that you’ve been struggling to get along with fantasy series, in fact if you look the book up on goodreads you’ll find Patrick Rothfuss’s review in which he points out that his book is super slowed paced and doesn’t deliver as much as the one from Scott lynch hahaha
I loved the Flowers for Algernon, I listened via audio and I wonder if that made a difference in my interest because I thought it was really good and partly because I enjoyed the telling, likely less if I had read in print. Enjoyed The Paper Menagerie as well, select ones more than others. I just sampled Calypso, sounds funny, will look forward to that one. Glad you are enjoying all that comes with being a new mother, happy summer!
Still patiently waiting for you to read Veniss Underground by Vandermeer, I am so curious what you would think, cause I have no idea if you would hate or love it!
The short story Good Hunting from Paper Menagerie was beautifully adapted in episode 8 of Love Death + Robots :) imo it's way better than the original work.
It's great to have you back with bookish content! What are some other Caribbean authors/books you would recommend? I've been reading These Ghosts are Family by Maisy Card for Read Caribbean month and would love to try some more Caribbean literature.🌴🌺
Great to see you back talking about books and thanks for taking the time to discuss these reads. So sad you didn't get on with Mermaid of Black Conch! I found it really moving, but so interesting to hear your thoughts about it. You make me want to get back to reading Jane Smiley!
Love your comments about short story form - I think it’s such a difficult one to nail which makes me appreciate great collections when they come along. Would be so curious to hear your thoughts on flash fiction and how you find that as a form? Loved Born into This by Adam Thompson (if you’re looking for a 🔥🔥🔥 short story collection to check out from Australia)
going to recommend you “a tale for the time being” by ruth ozeki! i read it a few months ago and i think it almost every day and i think you’d enjoy it :)
I would say give The Grace of Kings a try! It’s not like the Poppy War at all. His choices in narrative structure/style are really interesting, and it has the same blend of science fiction, fantasy, and history that you see in The Paper Menagerie
I think that "Flowers for Algernon" the original short story that eventually became the novel is much better than the novel. I'd recommend just reading the short story.
Flowers for Algernon is one of my favorite books ever lol although I’m so desensitized to problematic material in classics, I almost don’t consider it in my opinion of them, I’m not sure if that’s good though.
I bought Calypso at an airport on a whim 30 minutes before a flight nearly 3 years ago. I fucking LOVED it. I loved the casual, memoir/short stories-style of the writing and the sprinkled in humor was fantastic. Perfect balance of storytelling, insight, and humor. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!! (Of course we all have different tastes, so I won’t come after you if you don’t lol)
Loved this upload, Jess! Also Im wondering if you could do a makeup tutorial styling Oliver Peoples since I might… have bought Jozette because of you! Loving them! 🥰
I am not an English native speaker, can someone explain to me please what did Jess find misogynistic in Elgernon? I didn't understand this part of her speaking.
I didn’t like the black mermaid either! It’s interesting to see these prize winners and how the other books who won the subcategories I liked better than this for the Costa prize this year
I'm a little taken aback and disappointed by your comment about the narrators northern accent. The idea that northern accents are less desirable is so outdated and bizarre to me. The prejudice jumped out I guess...
This might be the wrong interpretation, but I thought she meant it wasn't a very good accent? Like the person reading the novel was putting on the accent and didn't do a good job?
I think she meant the narrator’s attempt at the accent left a lot to be desired, rather than northern accents as a whole. There’s no plausible reason why she would just have a random dig at northern accents!
@@katie8325 Definitely could be the case and really hope it is, however a quick google shows the narrator of the audiobook is from the North West (and has a lovely, soft northern dialect in my opinion). I'm from the North West myself so it sounds very familiar and authentic to me, which is why I was a bit taken aback by the negative comment made.
I have been watching you for years(back when you had green hair! :)) and I have a feeling that we kinda grew up together, as I am finishing my masters at the moment. However, I would love to see more chatty videos from you, opinions about different topics that interest, even advice videos because I think you are very intelligent.To be honest, the videos have become quite repetitive.This is just my opinion, of course, I will still be watching the majority of the videos you put out as always. Take care of yourself and your baby and have a great day!😊
jessie!! I just wanted to say that we all know how busy you are and I, for one, really appreciate you taking the time to sit down and film this for us! I can’t even explain the burst of joy I felt seeing the notification pop up. you are as smart and sweet and beautiful as ever. thank you a million for this and can’t wait to see you again next month 🧡
I missed your book content so much. So happy to see this uploaded
I never commented on TH-cam before, but I'm so happy to see your new upload!!!!
This is so therapeutic to watch. I've been in a reading slump but watching this makes me want to pick up an new book immediately
imagine how cool it'll be for your little one, when she's a little older ofc, to explore your bookshelves behind you
So sweet getting to watch a chill book video from you Jess! It's so cool how these have changes as you've gone through different stages in life.
Sometimes I forget to express how much I LOVE this channel...Jess is my favourite content creator in the entire world and these book videos are just the frosting on the beautiful cake that is this channel. I love the style, the makeup, the books, the vlogs and now we have baby content and I'm just so happy to be here!🧡 Sorry for the blabbering but I'm just really happy to be here and I can't stop thinking about Dead Astraunauts, so thank you!
Yay so happy to see you!!
So happy to see you upload a new bookish video ! ❤️
Sarah Moss: The queen of the climactic ending. Magpie Lane sounds good. Why are nanny books so enjoyable?
Ahhh I’m so glad you liked Dead Astronauts! If I ever do a graduate degree I want to write about the Borne series, so much to work with there.
A few baby books you should check out for little one: ‘A is for Awesome’ is an a-z book about amazing women throughout history, ‘change starts with us’ about global warming and the environment & ‘what if we where all the same!’ is a great one about diversity and accepting everyone for their differences. All available on Amazon❤️
Jessi I’m so happy you’re back!!!! I think you’ll enjoy “the lies of Locke Lamora” by Scott Lynch (which is the first book in the gentleman bastard series) for the same reasons that you’ve been struggling to get along with fantasy series, in fact if you look the book up on goodreads you’ll find Patrick Rothfuss’s review in which he points out that his book is super slowed paced and doesn’t deliver as much as the one from Scott lynch hahaha
I loved the Flowers for Algernon, I listened via audio and I wonder if that made a difference in my interest because I thought it was really good and partly because I enjoyed the telling, likely less if I had read in print. Enjoyed The Paper Menagerie as well, select ones more than others. I just sampled Calypso, sounds funny, will look forward to that one. Glad you are enjoying all that comes with being a new mother, happy summer!
YAY you are back! You always have the best reviews 📖📖
So exciting, I’m so happy for you and Zak and it’s the highlight of my day when you upload! All the best to your little but growing fam ❤️🥰
Still patiently waiting for you to read Veniss Underground by Vandermeer, I am so curious what you would think, cause I have no idea if you would hate or love it!
So happy these are back !
it is always such a joy to hear you talk about books
I'm so glad you are back with your reviews Jess! Hope you and baby are well x
Say that loud I’m alive, motivated and ready to slay the day. You are shining☀️
The short story Good Hunting from Paper Menagerie was beautifully adapted in episode 8 of Love Death + Robots :) imo it's way better than the original work.
It's great to have you back with bookish content! What are some other Caribbean authors/books you would recommend? I've been reading These Ghosts are Family by Maisy Card for Read Caribbean month and would love to try some more Caribbean literature.🌴🌺
Great to see you back talking about books and thanks for taking the time to discuss these reads.
So sad you didn't get on with Mermaid of Black Conch! I found it really moving, but so interesting to hear your thoughts about it.
You make me want to get back to reading Jane Smiley!
Hope you and your daughter are well! thank you for posting!
Love your comments about short story form - I think it’s such a difficult one to nail which makes me appreciate great collections when they come along. Would be so curious to hear your thoughts on flash fiction and how you find that as a form?
Loved Born into This by Adam Thompson (if you’re looking for a 🔥🔥🔥 short story collection to check out from Australia)
i missed your book videos, they're my favourite💗
So excited for this video!!! Since I loved The paper menagerie so much, I have been dying to hear your thoughts ☺️
going to recommend you “a tale for the time being” by ruth ozeki! i read it a few months ago and i think it almost every day and i think you’d enjoy it :)
Calypso is great. Super funny and a good break from all the heavier books I usually read
Lovely to see a book video from you again!
was so exciting to see a new book video! definitely learned of a few that i want to pick up for myself
I would say give The Grace of Kings a try! It’s not like the Poppy War at all. His choices in narrative structure/style are really interesting, and it has the same blend of science fiction, fantasy, and history that you see in The Paper Menagerie
Omg! This video just made my day! Thank you for the upload! Miss this 😭
I think that "Flowers for Algernon" the original short story that eventually became the novel is much better than the novel. I'd recommend just reading the short story.
Flowers for Algernon is one of my favorite books ever lol although I’m so desensitized to problematic material in classics, I almost don’t consider it in my opinion of them, I’m not sure if that’s good though.
I bought Calypso at an airport on a whim 30 minutes before a flight nearly 3 years ago. I fucking LOVED it. I loved the casual, memoir/short stories-style of the writing and the sprinkled in humor was fantastic. Perfect balance of storytelling, insight, and humor. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!! (Of course we all have different tastes, so I won’t come after you if you don’t lol)
Loved this upload, Jess! Also Im wondering if you could do a makeup tutorial styling Oliver Peoples since I might… have bought Jozette because of you! Loving them! 🥰
I am not an English native speaker, can someone explain to me please what did Jess find misogynistic in Elgernon? I didn't understand this part of her speaking.
Congrats on your baby!
I definitely only checked out Dead Astronauts from the library because of the holographic hard cover...really really weird book
I didn’t like the black mermaid either! It’s interesting to see these prize winners and how the other books who won the subcategories I liked better than this for the Costa prize this year
I also disliked Flowers for Algernon. Read it in high school and still feel overwhelmingly annoyed whenever I hear/see the title.
Me encanta tu canal.
Sería maravilloso que pudieras subtitularlo al Español!
Gracias!
I felt the exact same about Ghost Wall!!!
what are your fav Smiley books??
💙💜💓💙💜💓💙💜💚 thank you for the video!!
I hope you and your family are doing good ❤ lovely video, Jess!
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“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” Sharing some love from small TH-camr 🤍
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I'm a little taken aback and disappointed by your comment about the narrators northern accent. The idea that northern accents are less desirable is so outdated and bizarre to me. The prejudice jumped out I guess...
Yeah it’s definitely a way to make your northern viewers feel ostracised!
This might be the wrong interpretation, but I thought she meant it wasn't a very good accent? Like the person reading the novel was putting on the accent and didn't do a good job?
@@infirstperson that makes sense - I really hope that’s the case!
I think she meant the narrator’s attempt at the accent left a lot to be desired, rather than northern accents as a whole. There’s no plausible reason why she would just have a random dig at northern accents!
@@katie8325 Definitely could be the case and really hope it is, however a quick google shows the narrator of the audiobook is from the North West (and has a lovely, soft northern dialect in my opinion). I'm from the North West myself so it sounds very familiar and authentic to me, which is why I was a bit taken aback by the negative comment made.
I have been watching you for years(back when you had green hair! :)) and I have a feeling that we kinda grew up together, as I am finishing my masters at the moment. However, I would love to see more chatty videos from you, opinions about different topics that interest, even advice videos because I think you are very intelligent.To be honest, the videos have become quite repetitive.This is just my opinion, of course, I will still be watching the majority of the videos you put out as always. Take care of yourself and your baby and have a great day!😊
Liked the video but the southern accent sometimes left a little to be desired…