I think these reading tracking websites should include a feature to show from which countries authors are... it seems most of us (or me at least) read a lot of European/western literature, but very little from other parts of the world... visualising this could maybe prompt people to pick out books from other parts of the world as well
The storygraph does reading challenges that encourage people to read more from other countries. They put up the prompts and users can add books to each one so you end up with loads of recommendations from different places, and you can see which countries you've read from and which you haven't.
English translations of books aren't always good. They often don't capture what the author had in mind. For example, I'm Polish and the English translation of the witcher books is horrendous. I think I'd rather read something that's well written rather than reading books based on the author's geographical location
@@oliverxhmll well yeah, there's lots of translations that aren't great, but there's lots that are. I don't think you can write off every single book not originally written in a language you speak though, just because the translation might be bad. But again that's where the storygraph is good because you can join one of the books in translation challenges and see a huge list of books that you might not have known about otherwise. I would say it's up to the individual reader to look into the quality of translation themselves, which is relatively easy to do by clicking through the lists and reading a few reviews.
@@oliverxhmll Interesting point! I'm German and I find most English translations of books I like to at least be acceptable (better than people not reading them at all if they don't speak the language), and the German ones of English books to be really good for the most part... I also often read foreign classics where I'm hoping the English/German translations are at least decent. I would guess with a more niche book that might not sell so well, publishers probably hire less skilled/experienced translators which might miss the character/intent of the original
@@macylightfoot Cool, that's good to know! I only use a written journal to track my reading so I don't know these websites very well... when Jack didn't show it in the video I thought it's not a thing at all.
I converted to storygraph when you mentioned it earlier in the year. Honestly, it's so much better than Goodreads so thank you for letting us know about it :)
People in the comments boasting about how many books they’ve read, while others feeling guilty they don’t measure up. A few things to consider: 1. Jack mentions very clearly in the video his job involves reading…A LOT! 2. Reading one fantastic book a year is better than inhaling 376 books, which you can’t remember anything about anyway. 3. Stop comparing yourself to others. This is YOUR reading journey, enjoy the journey! Happy New Year and Happy reading folks! 😊
Agree. Also, everyone reads at a different speed. It's possible to be a good and avid reader and still read very slowly, and that's okay. Faster isn't always better. :)
@@1901180108 Exactly!! Couldn’t agree more. I’m a really slow reader. I think of it as enjoying a wonderful gourmet meal and savouring every mouthful, instead of rushing it and getting indigestion and having no room left for dessert.😃
i actually love seeing your analytics, it's interesting to see how different everyone's reading habits are. the moods are definitely a cry for help bestie are you ok blink twice if you need help
One of the problems that I have with storygraph is that one cannot see in which language I've read the book. I read in German, English and French, and storygraph has obviously been designed for an anglophone audience
I suggest you go follow the storygraph’s Instagram account, if you’re on Instagram as well, since they sometimes seek volunteers for interviews that will improve the features of the app/website.
They're planning to update it so we can eventually! They have a roadmap on their website with updates and features that they are planning on implanting and adding languages read to the stats is on there!
As someone who read 15 books since I started reading in may, this is overwhelming but also very entertaining. Loved how it gave me some motivation. I guess my goal is 35 books for 2022!
reading is about enjoying yourself, not numbers! teaching yourself to read more is good, having to force it to a point where you dont enjoy it anymore isn't
@@gerkinmckay1649 i totally agree! First I would read books that I completely disguised, just so that my stats will be satisfying. It doesn’t make reading any better. I’ve improved a lot this year and yes, 35 books next year will be great to achieve, my main goal is getting faster with reading and thereby more critical.
When I set my reading goal I decided to use it as a way to keep myself accountable but not tyrannize myself with the number I set. I just accepted I may have to adjust it according to what was going on in my life. I also chose the type of books I knew I would love and/or enjoy. I ended up reading more than I had planned. I hope that helps you in some way.
My reading goal this year was 6 books and I’m very proud of myself for reaching it! I Think I’m gonna make it 10 books next year, and maybe even try and read beyond that. No matter what your reading goal is, I know you can do it! As jack said, it’s not about the number of books you read, but how much YOU were hoping to read
I think I read somewhere around ten books in 2021, and I'm gonna set a similar goal for 2022! I'm busy and not always motivated, so I think any real goal that will take more than a few months to complete is a great motivation!
If you’d like to read more relaxing or hopeful books, I’d actually quite enjoy a video on hopeful (fictional) books. Since most recommendations I see are mostly Self-Help books (which aren’t quite my thing) I could imagine others would also enjoy some light-hearted, feel-good fiction ☺️
didn't actually hit my goal this year. however (comma) I've realized that not forcing myself to read when I'm not up to it has stopped me from going into reading slumps and helped me to keep a healthy relationship with reading (and my bank account haha)
6:54 I think DNF is quite a statement for a book too, I just give up on books left and right if I hate them. Sometimes I come back to them, sometimes I don't. For someone who reads just as a hobby in like the limited time I get for it, I feel like it is important to not feel obligated to finish a book if I'm not enjoying it. I kept going into Major slumps because I came across so many books that were not my style and the slump just went on for years, and I don't want to go back to that if possible
7:39 fiction nonfiction is so broad. I love memoirs and autobiographical works but self-help and long theory essay books are usually just so insanely boring to get through start to end, no matter how good they are
I’d looooove if you did a “reading only YA for 24 hours”. I tend to not like YA as much but it’s so much easier to read😅 also have you read Good Omens? And a series of unfortunate events? Because you definitely should, they’re soooo good
I read 100 Books this year which is insane considering that I read 4 in 2020 but the reason for that was my Booktube channel. My top 3 genres were LGBTQIA+, young adult and Fantasy and I mostly read medium paced books that are 300-499 pages long. And I was not surprised that my top 3 moods were emotional, reflective and adventurous. I’m so excited for 2022 and can’t wait to start another great year of reading. Lots of love to you Jack and (almost) Happy New Year 🥰🎉
Thank you for giving me a rush of motivation. I read 30 books this year and plan to have a booktube channel in 2022. I guess I should properly read around 100 books like you to get this idea work. But to be honest it feels almost impossible imagining myself getting through 60 books let alone 100. I would like to listen to your tips on how you got from 4 to 100 just in a year! Anyway, a subscribe from me ^^! Happy new year (sorry for my not good English if it bothers you)
@@tanab5275 it doesn't matter how many books you have read, just as long as you know what you're talking about and you're having fun while doing it you should make a TH-cam channel! I'll sub to u incase u upload :))
@@tanab5275 you don’t have to read a specific amount of books to be able to talk about them on a book tube channel. As Long as there is passion and love behind your words the quantity really doesn’t matter. It’s amazing that you read 30 books this year. Happy new year to you and I hope you will start your channel soon 🥺💓🤩🤍
The moods on my StoryGraph pie chart are starting to look more like personality traits than common book moods. The three biggest sections are dark, tense and emotional, and the smallest 3 were hopeful, lighthearted and relaxing🤦🏻♀️
I used to read 5 books a week as a child, but I mostly stopped reading after entering high school. This year I set myself the goal to read 12 books (not including the stuff I read for uni), and I well exceeded it ! I'm finishing my 20th book of the year rn I'm so glad to have found a way back in the world of books, especially since I read half fiction/half non-fiction, which was also another goal of mine
The fact that Storygraph tracks page numbers is really interesting. I only read 82 books this year but they're about 35,000 pages. Makes me feel not bad about not having read 180. Haha
I've exceeded my goal of reading 15 books this year, which I'm really proud of because it's been such a busy year school-wise. Your videos have helped me to feel connected to the literary world, especially at times when I couldn't do much reading myself and I am so grateful for that and you! All the best in 2022! 🎉
I read nearly everything written by Virginia Woolf this year/last year, which is unusual for me too, but it definitely brought me closer to the author and allowed me to understand the progression in her perspective and style so would totally recommend diving into authors' universes :)
My top moods were reflective, challenging, and emotional, my lowest moods were relaxing, hopeful, and light-hearted. I read 57% slow-paced books, and 52% over 300 pages. A fun thing about me is that I have never been relaxed ever.
I really appreciate how you clarified that you read books for a living...for us that didn't get the time to read as much as we wanted to due to work/study.
SG Librarian here! Some of the genres at The Storygraph are meant for non fiction books only - e.g. race, politics, sociology, feminism etc. So a fiction book that covers issues like racism doesn't count under race. On the other hand, some are meant exclusively for fiction - Historical, Mystery, SciFi etc. Hope that clears some things up! :) if you ever stumble across a book that you think has been miscategorized (pace, mood, genre) feel free to send a ticket and a librarian will take a look at it. :)
i tried overcoming my fear of big books this year and i'm so glad i did. the count of monte cristo has become one of my favourite books of all time and i've taken a liking towards russian lit which are definitely chunkier. would love to see you explore bigger books in 2022 :))
@@allisonroggen7773 The brothers Karamazov, Eugene Onegin, The overcoat, Uncle Vanya. There are a lot of classics like Anna Karenina, Lolita and War and Peace but I find it hard recommending them
I think books can be classed as more than one genre, for example on my genre list, red white and royal blue is under LGBTQIA+ and romance, and the song of Achilles as well is under literary and LGBTQIA+ among others
I loved this videooo! I actually got into reading only this year and your channel was one of the first booktube channels I discovered. Your humor is immaculate and I trust your taste, looking forward to next year’s videos!
I love your videos. They´re so much fun! Very excited for the new content next year! I had a great reading year as well. After readng hardly anything in 2020, I managed to finish 110 books this year. I´m so glad I rediscovered my love for reading and booktube definitely played a huge part in this.
Hi Jack! You have really helped motivating me to read more books this year. I set a goal of reading 10 books this year, and so far I have read 15 books! I will definitely up my game next year and I just wanted to thank you for getting me back into reading :)
I am absolutely in love with the story graph and quite glad you recommended it earlier this year.. I'm constantly staring at my reading stats and they're actually motivating me to read more. and the "pages read in a year" is also great because I tend to read long books and they don't show up well in the book stats but in the pages stats they do. kind of reversed of what happens to you
this year my family did secret santa so i put ur reading log as one of the things on my wishlist, and my dad thought the list of recommended books in it was what i wanted… so he got my Lord of the Flies but he said it’s written by a Nobel prize winner (or something like that) and i can’t wait to read it! :D
Hi Jack! I love your videos so much. I lot of times I can't sit through a whole video on youtube, but when I watch yours I end up watching 3 or 4 in a sitting!!!
Just wanted to say that I'm so glad I discovered your channel this year! I never really liked to read but I saw your Maeve video and just started binging on your videos and started to get interested in some of the books you talked about. I started making a TBR list and read 8 books this year (but actually just like second half of the year). I never really read for fun before so I was surprised at how much I enjoyed reading. Anyways, just wanted to let you know you're appreciated 😊 Love from Brazil 🇧🇷❤️
Considering this is likely the last video of the year on this channel I just wanted to thank you for your videos and for accompanying me through the year. Your chanels have become part of my few favorites, and that goes to show how interesting your videos are and how I want to keep coming back for them each time :) 💛 Anyway, that's it with the sentimental commentary. Can't wait for next year!!
great video once again Jack. Goodreads does actually have most of these in their Stats section (except for the genre & moods breakdown), although definitely less pleasing to the eye and not as extensive/interactive. cannot wait to see what the next year brings.
This year has been so much fun! I've always loved reading but just really got back into it this year (for me, that means I read 15 books instead of like,,, 1) and it's been so cool to also find this youtube channel & community of readers to keep me excited about reading! Looking forward to reading more in 2022!
I discovered your channel in the middle of this year and man your reading taste hugely matches mine!! In 2019, I had completed only 10 books but this year it's 36 and most of these were your recommendations! Thank you so much and please continue making more and more recommendation videos!! (Love your sense of humor btw!! A video of Jack a day keeps the boredom away!) Happy New Year!
So excited for you to read Colleen Hoover! I love her books when i just need something quick, they’re so easy to just get yourself absorbed into. And there’s always a good plot twist!
Thank you so much for inspiring me to rediscover my love of reading this year, and for introducing me to Storygraph! I managed to read 27 books this year (mostly reflective, emotional and adventurous according to my stats) and am looking forward to reading even more next year!
I realized you were one of the most influential people on my readings this year, specially after I realized I don’t like thrillers and most youtubers I watch read 50% of their goal only out of thrillers haha also, you’re a Sally Rooney stan like me so…. I wanna thank you for all of the incredible recommendations and for the company you kept me and my family throughout this year
Last video of the year! Can't wait to begin next year's journey with you (such a bummer that I only discovered you this August.) I hope you have a wonderful 2022 and it only brings you the best things, because that's what you deserve. Discovering your channels was one of the best things that happened to me this year, so thank you very much. Lots of love, hugs, and kisses. See you next year! 😘💜
Loved this video! Always love stats. I also really enjoy StoryGraph. Especially also the Reading journal feature. You can keep track of what you're reading every day and make some notes too. In your stats you can than see how much you read every day.
This was really cool to see how users interact with TSG. Books CAN have more than one genre actually and if you feel a genre is missing or mood or pace or incorrect, put in a book ticket and a librarian will handle it!
For 'hopeful', I would have to recommend The Wayfarer series by Becky Chambers, kicking off with book 1: The Long Way To a Small Angry Planet. It's sci-fi, which isn't a genre I go for at all. But it isn't hugely plot-based. It really focuses on themes of cultural diversity and integration, immigration, refugees, race, gender identity, different neurotypes, different relationships, etc, in the most beautiful, quirky, funny and hopeful way. My favourite was definitely book 2: A Closed and Common Orbit. It's a 4-book series, and they need to be read in order.
Fascinating video!! I’m going to switch to storygraph now! Maybe next year to up your non-fiction reading you could do some 24 hour reading videos with popular science/history/biography books?
I got your reading log for christmas and am really looking forward to using it in the new year. I've set myself the goal of 25-35 books. which is a book every 10-14 days, and in a funny coincidence of your 30 recommendations I've already read 5, so I'm going to try and read all the others next year. Thank you for a year of great content, and happy new year.
I read 15 books this year and I am really happy about it! It has been a very long time since I actually enjoyed reading as a hobby and following along your channel really encouraged me to go back and read more, so 15 books for me was way more than I expected. My favourite read of the year was This is how you lose the time war, but only because I haven't finished Piramesi yet!!
So Jack, I just wanted to let you know that I've added most of the books you've recommended in your past few videos to my reading list and I'm VERY excited to buy them. Maybe not spend all my money, but the books are tempting
You've convinced my to sign up for Storygraph! My goal for 2021 was to read 52 books and I ended up reading 104. My most-read authors this year were Philip Roth, P. G. Wodehouse, and Maggie Nelson.
I too am one of the ones that joined storygraph because of you and I LOVE the stats! My top 3 moods are Dark, mysterious and tense... I expected more adventures and fantasy but hey, I got on a Stephen King kick and there's no mercy there xD enjoy your continued reading adventures and happy new year!
I have a little note book as a reading log and counting and doing stats is like the best thing at the end of the year, it‘s like the closest thing to a diary that i‘ve done for 5 years straight. And if you read in multiple languages it‘s always nice to keep track of that too
I joined Storygraph, too, when you jumped earlier, and I really appreciate you giving us the heads up! I’d love to hear maybe on this channel a bit more about how you started your company, too. I love custom designing my own planners, so I’d be interested in the business side of things.
jack: talking excitedly about finding out his reading stats me: sat holding my breath staring at his mug as its contents nearly spill over multiple times 0-0
I don't know if anyone cares but here are the five best books a complete stranger (me) read in 2021: Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier) Children Act (Ian McEwan) Mythos (Stephan Fry) A movable Feast (E. Hemingway) A Handful of Dust (Evelyn Waugh)
Jack I would love for you to make some videos about any good non-fiction books you find! I'm trying to find good essay collections / thought provoking non-fiction for this year and I don't even know where to start.
25 books in 2021!! which is nothing compared to your terrifying rate of literature consumption lol but was an achievement for me cause it's 10 more than last year and I managed it on top of my first year doing a-levels. your youtube channel has made a massive difference for me in motivation to read more and has led me to new authors and books which I've enjoyed so much. thank you and have a happy new year!
currently got COVID, and I don’t even have it that bad but being stuck in the house and having to keep distance from my mum is really NOT fun, so thanks for cheering me up with your videos, binge watched lots of them last night :)
I would love it if you could do a video comparing/contrasting/give the pros and cons of digital book tracking (such as story graph) vs. physical book tracking (like your reading log or even creating our own in a blank journal). I’m currently torn between the two lol
really enjoyed this video! I love that storygraph has so many data points to geek out over. I was happy with my top moods being reflective, adventurous, informative, & challenging. Pleasantly suprised to have an almost even split between fiction & nonfiction. and I met my goal of 9 books!! bumping that up to 15 next year. happy reading all
omg you should do a video where you read a bunch of popular colleen hoover books and tier list them !! you would literally attract half the population with that
Jack: reads 160 books a year
Also Jack: intends to read more fast-paced books to stay out of ‘reading slumps’
whAt rEAdiNg sLUmPs?
I thought the same 😅
same what reading slumps
Yup I was like - excuse me what?
This thinks he knows slumps, but slumps are afraid of him 🤣
@@adoniscreed4031 omfg this is genius
I think these reading tracking websites should include a feature to show from which countries authors are... it seems most of us (or me at least) read a lot of European/western literature, but very little from other parts of the world... visualising this could maybe prompt people to pick out books from other parts of the world as well
The storygraph does reading challenges that encourage people to read more from other countries. They put up the prompts and users can add books to each one so you end up with loads of recommendations from different places, and you can see which countries you've read from and which you haven't.
English translations of books aren't always good. They often don't capture what the author had in mind. For example, I'm Polish and the English translation of the witcher books is horrendous. I think I'd rather read something that's well written rather than reading books based on the author's geographical location
@@oliverxhmll well yeah, there's lots of translations that aren't great, but there's lots that are. I don't think you can write off every single book not originally written in a language you speak though, just because the translation might be bad.
But again that's where the storygraph is good because you can join one of the books in translation challenges and see a huge list of books that you might not have known about otherwise. I would say it's up to the individual reader to look into the quality of translation themselves, which is relatively easy to do by clicking through the lists and reading a few reviews.
@@oliverxhmll Interesting point! I'm German and I find most English translations of books I like to at least be acceptable (better than people not reading them at all if they don't speak the language), and the German ones of English books to be really good for the most part... I also often read foreign classics where I'm hoping the English/German translations are at least decent. I would guess with a more niche book that might not sell so well, publishers probably hire less skilled/experienced translators which might miss the character/intent of the original
@@macylightfoot Cool, that's good to know! I only use a written journal to track my reading so I don't know these websites very well... when Jack didn't show it in the video I thought it's not a thing at all.
“Im a wh*re for good fiction, and a f*cking idiot” this is a PERFECT bio that I’m tempted to steal. Loved this video, excited for your 2022 content!!
hahahaha should put this on a t-shirt
@@jack_in_the_books honestly, yes. Let’s bring this energy into the new year
@@jack_in_the_books drop this merch now 💳💳💳
Omgg please I would buy that!
Drop the merch and take my money 💸💰
I converted to storygraph when you mentioned it earlier in the year. Honestly, it's so much better than Goodreads so thank you for letting us know about it :)
Can we somehow shift data from Goodreads??
@@just-another-fangirl yeah i was able to transfer the books i read from good reads
the website seems very nice, I'm gonna check it out
I love Storygraph and it's features. Though I don't like it's interface :( But I'll hopefully get used to it
@@jennac.3173 have you tried the app rather than the website?
The "stats" feature is how I spend most of my time on Storygraph, I'm so fascinated by it
same I think it’s so fun!
same! I don't understand how he didn't look at the stats for all these months
I look at it again EVERY time I finish a new book
People in the comments boasting about how many books they’ve read, while others feeling guilty they don’t measure up.
A few things to consider:
1. Jack mentions very clearly in the video his job involves reading…A LOT!
2. Reading one fantastic book a year is better than inhaling 376 books, which you can’t remember anything about anyway.
3. Stop comparing yourself to others. This is YOUR reading journey, enjoy the journey!
Happy New Year and Happy reading folks! 😊
Agree. Also, everyone reads at a different speed. It's possible to be a good and avid reader and still read very slowly, and that's okay. Faster isn't always better. :)
@@1901180108 Exactly!! Couldn’t agree more. I’m a really slow reader. I think of it as enjoying a wonderful gourmet meal and savouring every mouthful, instead of rushing it and getting indigestion and having no room left for dessert.😃
Jack: My average rating is 3.45...
Jack: Oh... maybe I'm a bitch
Me: Dies of laughter
I can’t get enough of this content.
i actually love seeing your analytics, it's interesting to see how different everyone's reading habits are. the moods are definitely a cry for help bestie are you ok blink twice if you need help
One of the problems that I have with storygraph is that one cannot see in which language I've read the book. I read in German, English and French, and storygraph has obviously been designed for an anglophone audience
I suggest you go follow the storygraph’s Instagram account, if you’re on Instagram as well, since they sometimes seek volunteers for interviews that will improve the features of the app/website.
Storygraph is still developing, that's a good idea for a future update. Maybe you can suggest it to them.
They're planning to update it so we can eventually! They have a roadmap on their website with updates and features that they are planning on implanting and adding languages read to the stats is on there!
You can at least choose the edition in the correct language. That's what I do. But I would love for that to be a feature in the stats, too!
I suppose Harry Potter is VERY mainstream but I input those with the French titles
As someone who read 15 books since I started reading in may, this is overwhelming but also very entertaining. Loved how it gave me some motivation. I guess my goal is 35 books for 2022!
Good luck!!! (And don't worry, I only read the same number)
reading is about enjoying yourself, not numbers! teaching yourself to read more is good, having to force it to a point where you dont enjoy it anymore isn't
@@praalgraf agreed!
@@gerkinmckay1649 i totally agree! First I would read books that I completely disguised, just so that my stats will be satisfying. It doesn’t make reading any better. I’ve improved a lot this year and yes, 35 books next year will be great to achieve, my main goal is getting faster with reading and thereby more critical.
When I set my reading goal I decided to use it as a way to keep myself accountable but not tyrannize myself with the number I set. I just accepted I may have to adjust it according to what was going on in my life. I also chose the type of books I knew I would love and/or enjoy. I ended up reading more than I had planned. I hope that helps you in some way.
My reading goal this year was 6 books and I’m very proud of myself for reaching it! I Think I’m gonna make it 10 books next year, and maybe even try and read beyond that.
No matter what your reading goal is, I know you can do it! As jack said, it’s not about the number of books you read, but how much YOU were hoping to read
That’s great!
Mine was 8 and I hardly got through it, but I managed. Proud of us!
My 2020 goal was 5 books and it took so much effort to reach it even with lockdown. But this year I've done 30 books!
I think I read somewhere around ten books in 2021, and I'm gonna set a similar goal for 2022! I'm busy and not always motivated, so I think any real goal that will take more than a few months to complete is a great motivation!
nice job!
Your jumper matching the pie chart gives me life
Jack: saying he's an idiot cause 75% of the books he read this year were fiction.
me who had 100% of the the books I read being fiction: 👁️👄👁️
If you’d like to read more relaxing or hopeful books, I’d actually quite enjoy a video on hopeful (fictional) books. Since most recommendations I see are mostly Self-Help books (which aren’t quite my thing) I could imagine others would also enjoy some light-hearted, feel-good fiction ☺️
A man called Ove and Nothing to see here could be options
@@tamakikawaii I just looked them up and they sound intriguing! Thank you for the recommendation!
@@tamakikawaii a man called ove was so interesting and I loved it
PLS
@@tamakikawaii I haven't read A man called Ove yet but the person who recommended it to me said "Read it if you want to cry"
didn't actually hit my goal this year. however (comma) I've realized that not forcing myself to read when I'm not up to it has stopped me from going into reading slumps and helped me to keep a healthy relationship with reading (and my bank account haha)
6:54 I think DNF is quite a statement for a book too, I just give up on books left and right if I hate them. Sometimes I come back to them, sometimes I don't. For someone who reads just as a hobby in like the limited time I get for it, I feel like it is important to not feel obligated to finish a book if I'm not enjoying it. I kept going into Major slumps because I came across so many books that were not my style and the slump just went on for years, and I don't want to go back to that if possible
7:39 fiction nonfiction is so broad. I love memoirs and autobiographical works but self-help and long theory essay books are usually just so insanely boring to get through start to end, no matter how good they are
Life is too short for books we don’t enjoy. I abandon books with 0 guilt if I find out they’re not for me.
Jack is so reflective that mirrors are QUAKING. Jokes apart, loved how you guessed your moods!
😂😂😂
It's 1am and I'm chucking at this :)
@@circleofleaves2676 I mean, Jack creates an atmosphere of jokes specifically aimed at wordplay 😂
I’d looooove if you did a “reading only YA for 24 hours”. I tend to not like YA as much but it’s so much easier to read😅 also have you read Good Omens? And a series of unfortunate events? Because you definitely should, they’re soooo good
I read 100 Books this year which is insane considering that I read 4 in 2020 but the reason for that was my Booktube channel. My top 3 genres were LGBTQIA+, young adult and Fantasy and I mostly read medium paced books that are 300-499 pages long. And I was not surprised that my top 3 moods were emotional, reflective and adventurous.
I’m so excited for 2022 and can’t wait to start another great year of reading. Lots of love to you Jack and (almost) Happy New Year 🥰🎉
Thank you for giving me a rush of motivation. I read 30 books this year and plan to have a booktube channel in 2022. I guess I should properly read around 100 books like you to get this idea work. But to be honest it feels almost impossible imagining myself getting through 60 books let alone 100. I would like to listen to your tips on how you got from 4 to 100 just in a year! Anyway, a subscribe from me ^^! Happy new year (sorry for my not good English if it bothers you)
@@tanab5275 it doesn't matter how many books you have read, just as long as you know what you're talking about and you're having fun while doing it you should make a TH-cam channel! I'll sub to u incase u upload :))
eyy you seem so nice I subscribed :33
@@tanab5275 you don’t have to read a specific amount of books to be able to talk about them on a book tube channel. As Long as there is passion and love behind your words the quantity really doesn’t matter. It’s amazing that you read 30 books this year. Happy new year to you and I hope you will start your channel soon 🥺💓🤩🤍
@@mylifeisameme9408 thank u soooooo much 🥺🤍 I really really appreciate it 😭💓
The moods on my StoryGraph pie chart are starting to look more like personality traits than common book moods. The three biggest sections are dark, tense and emotional, and the smallest 3 were hopeful, lighthearted and relaxing🤦🏻♀️
I used to read 5 books a week as a child, but I mostly stopped reading after entering high school. This year I set myself the goal to read 12 books (not including the stuff I read for uni), and I well exceeded it ! I'm finishing my 20th book of the year rn
I'm so glad to have found a way back in the world of books, especially since I read half fiction/half non-fiction, which was also another goal of mine
The fact that Storygraph tracks page numbers is really interesting. I only read 82 books this year but they're about 35,000 pages. Makes me feel not bad about not having read 180. Haha
I've exceeded my goal of reading 15 books this year, which I'm really proud of because it's been such a busy year school-wise. Your videos have helped me to feel connected to the literary world, especially at times when I couldn't do much reading myself and I am so grateful for that and you! All the best in 2022! 🎉
Same
I read nearly everything written by Virginia Woolf this year/last year, which is unusual for me too, but it definitely brought me closer to the author and allowed me to understand the progression in her perspective and style so would totally recommend diving into authors' universes :)
I love this! I've never read anything by her but I really want to. Where would you suggest I should start?
@@r4.v3n definitely her classic Mrs Dalloway
Woolf and Austen are the two authors I want to read everything they have written. Two of my absolute favorite classic authors.
@@r4.v3n I second Mrs Dalloway - and also A Room Of One's Own is a great short feminist essay :)
@@nishigandhasarma7644 then Mrs Dalloway it is! Thank you :)
My top moods were reflective, challenging, and emotional, my lowest moods were relaxing, hopeful, and light-hearted. I read 57% slow-paced books, and 52% over 300 pages. A fun thing about me is that I have never been relaxed ever.
The fact that you went beyond your initial reading goal is absolutely brilliant! Wish I could do that.
I really appreciate how you clarified that you read books for a living...for us that didn't get the time to read as much as we wanted to due to work/study.
SG Librarian here! Some of the genres at The Storygraph are meant for non fiction books only - e.g. race, politics, sociology, feminism etc. So a fiction book that covers issues like racism doesn't count under race. On the other hand, some are meant exclusively for fiction - Historical, Mystery, SciFi etc. Hope that clears some things up! :) if you ever stumble across a book that you think has been miscategorized (pace, mood, genre) feel free to send a ticket and a librarian will take a look at it. :)
i tried overcoming my fear of big books this year and i'm so glad i did. the count of monte cristo has become one of my favourite books of all time and i've taken a liking towards russian lit which are definitely chunkier. would love to see you explore bigger books in 2022 :))
Do you have any Russian lit recommendations if I want to get into it? I’ve only read One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich but I really enjoyed it
@@allisonroggen7773 The brothers Karamazov, Eugene Onegin, The overcoat, Uncle Vanya. There are a lot of classics like Anna Karenina, Lolita and War and Peace but I find it hard recommending them
Jack is probably the only person we trust with recommendations.
I think books can be classed as more than one genre, for example on my genre list, red white and royal blue is under LGBTQIA+ and romance, and the song of Achilles as well is under literary and LGBTQIA+ among others
I love the way Jack talks. Listening to him never fails to make my day better. I've read 40 books this year. I wish to read more in 2022🙄
I loved this videooo! I actually got into reading only this year and your channel was one of the first booktube channels I discovered. Your humor is immaculate and I trust your taste, looking forward to next year’s videos!
I love your videos. They´re so much fun! Very excited for the new content next year! I had a great reading year as well. After readng hardly anything in 2020, I managed to finish 110 books this year. I´m so glad I rediscovered my love for reading and booktube definitely played a huge part in this.
Storygraph is great! more people should really join! (i want it to be more exciting on there!!!)
Hi Jack! You have really helped motivating me to read more books this year. I set a goal of reading 10 books this year, and so far I have read 15 books! I will definitely up my game next year and I just wanted to thank you for getting me back into reading :)
I’ve never even read more than 100 books a year, but in 2021 I read 157?? I don’t know what happened to me 😅 Love the stats content!!
I am absolutely in love with the story graph and quite glad you recommended it earlier this year.. I'm constantly staring at my reading stats and they're actually motivating me to read more. and the "pages read in a year" is also great because I tend to read long books and they don't show up well in the book stats but in the pages stats they do. kind of reversed of what happens to you
this year my family did secret santa so i put ur reading log as one of the things on my wishlist, and my dad thought the list of recommended books in it was what i wanted… so he got my Lord of the Flies but he said it’s written by a Nobel prize winner (or something like that) and i can’t wait to read it! :D
jack omg it’s 5am but we’re still watching cuz we just love your content!! ty for this and happy new year!!
that sweater is GORGEOUS, you look so good!!
Hi Jack! I love your videos so much. I lot of times I can't sit through a whole video on youtube, but when I watch yours I end up watching 3 or 4 in a sitting!!!
I discovered your channel while I was writing my thesis and it helped me out. Thank you! You’re our Literary Sugar Plum Fairy 🧚♀️
Just wanted to say that I'm so glad I discovered your channel this year! I never really liked to read but I saw your Maeve video and just started binging on your videos and started to get interested in some of the books you talked about.
I started making a TBR list and read 8 books this year (but actually just like second half of the year). I never really read for fun before so I was surprised at how much I enjoyed reading. Anyways, just wanted to let you know you're appreciated 😊
Love from Brazil 🇧🇷❤️
Considering this is likely the last video of the year on this channel I just wanted to thank you for your videos and for accompanying me through the year. Your chanels have become part of my few favorites, and that goes to show how interesting your videos are and how I want to keep coming back for them each time :) 💛 Anyway, that's it with the sentimental commentary. Can't wait for next year!!
great video once again Jack. Goodreads does actually have most of these in their Stats section (except for the genre & moods breakdown), although definitely less pleasing to the eye and not as extensive/interactive. cannot wait to see what the next year brings.
VIDEO CHALLENGE:
Jack tries to overcome his big-book fear and reminicise on his time in Paris by reading the Bible itself...
Les Miserables 👀
Oh yes!! Great idea :)
This year has been so much fun! I've always loved reading but just really got back into it this year (for me, that means I read 15 books instead of like,,, 1) and it's been so cool to also find this youtube channel & community of readers to keep me excited about reading! Looking forward to reading more in 2022!
I discovered your channel in the middle of this year and man your reading taste hugely matches mine!! In 2019, I had completed only 10 books but this year it's 36 and most of these were your recommendations! Thank you so much and please continue making more and more recommendation videos!!
(Love your sense of humor btw!! A video of Jack a day keeps the boredom away!)
Happy New Year!
So excited for you to read Colleen Hoover! I love her books when i just need something quick, they’re so easy to just get yourself absorbed into. And there’s always a good plot twist!
as always thank you for the good quality content!! i genuinely enjoy all of your videos
Thank you so much for inspiring me to rediscover my love of reading this year, and for introducing me to Storygraph! I managed to read 27 books this year (mostly reflective, emotional and adventurous according to my stats) and am looking forward to reading even more next year!
I realized you were one of the most influential people on my readings this year, specially after I realized I don’t like thrillers and most youtubers I watch read 50% of their goal only out of thrillers haha also, you’re a Sally Rooney stan like me so….
I wanna thank you for all of the incredible recommendations and for the company you kept me and my family throughout this year
I am SOOO excited for your content next year!!
We love a video on Reading Stats. I think you’ve had a fascinating reading year.
I've literally been rewatching Jacks videos cuz I love this channel so much ehehe
Last video of the year! Can't wait to begin next year's journey with you (such a bummer that I only discovered you this August.) I hope you have a wonderful 2022 and it only brings you the best things, because that's what you deserve. Discovering your channels was one of the best things that happened to me this year, so thank you very much. Lots of love, hugs, and kisses. See you next year! 😘💜
Was feeling depressed and then this popped up in my notifs 😭❤ Thank you for cheering me up, Jack.
Loved this video! Always love stats.
I also really enjoy StoryGraph. Especially also the Reading journal feature. You can keep track of what you're reading every day and make some notes too. In your stats you can than see how much you read every day.
Thank you for introducing me to this platform AAAAA Great timing for the new year
This was really cool to see how users interact with TSG. Books CAN have more than one genre actually and if you feel a genre is missing or mood or pace or incorrect, put in a book ticket and a librarian will handle it!
For 'hopeful', I would have to recommend The Wayfarer series by Becky Chambers, kicking off with book 1: The Long Way To a Small Angry Planet. It's sci-fi, which isn't a genre I go for at all. But it isn't hugely plot-based. It really focuses on themes of cultural diversity and integration, immigration, refugees, race, gender identity, different neurotypes, different relationships, etc, in the most beautiful, quirky, funny and hopeful way. My favourite was definitely book 2: A Closed and Common Orbit. It's a 4-book series, and they need to be read in order.
Fascinating video!! I’m going to switch to storygraph now! Maybe next year to up your non-fiction reading you could do some 24 hour reading videos with popular science/history/biography books?
I had just got the Book Journal and Daily Planner. So excited to start 2022 now. Thanks Jack. Love your channels!
i only discovered your accounts this year so i’m excited for a whole new year of content !
I got your reading log for christmas and am really looking forward to using it in the new year. I've set myself the goal of 25-35 books. which is a book every 10-14 days, and in a funny coincidence of your 30 recommendations I've already read 5, so I'm going to try and read all the others next year. Thank you for a year of great content, and happy new year.
So impressive! I would love to see a video about what your 5 star books were this year!
Oh my god i love you and your videos so much. I can’t express how much I relate to you. I adore your content it’s way too good I’ll die
your videos are therapy
I read 15 books this year and I am really happy about it! It has been a very long time since I actually enjoyed reading as a hobby and following along your channel really encouraged me to go back and read more, so 15 books for me was way more than I expected. My favourite read of the year was This is how you lose the time war, but only because I haven't finished Piramesi yet!!
This channel is so chill I love it
So Jack, I just wanted to let you know that I've added most of the books you've recommended in your past few videos to my reading list and I'm VERY excited to buy them. Maybe not spend all my money, but the books are tempting
Switching to story graph after you recommend it was the best thing I did all year. Those reading moods are a vibe ngl
You've convinced my to sign up for Storygraph! My goal for 2021 was to read 52 books and I ended up reading 104. My most-read authors this year were Philip Roth, P. G. Wodehouse, and Maggie Nelson.
This was so much fun! It inspired me to do the same for my reading 2022. Thank you Jack!
Love all your content. Thanks for making it.
i bought myself your reading log as my own Christmas present and I couldn't be happier with it :)
I too am one of the ones that joined storygraph because of you and I LOVE the stats! My top 3 moods are Dark, mysterious and tense... I expected more adventures and fantasy but hey, I got on a Stephen King kick and there's no mercy there xD enjoy your continued reading adventures and happy new year!
Happy New Year, Jack! 🥳
This was surprisingly fun to watch!
I WANNA BE YOUR FRIEND SO BAD!!!! Happy new year jack, thank you for getting me back into reading this year
always cracking me up, absolutely love the second channel 😂
I have a little note book as a reading log and counting and doing stats is like the best thing at the end of the year, it‘s like the closest thing to a diary that i‘ve done for 5 years straight. And if you read in multiple languages it‘s always nice to keep track of that too
I joined Storygraph, too, when you jumped earlier, and I really appreciate you giving us the heads up! I’d love to hear maybe on this channel a bit more about how you started your company, too. I love custom designing my own planners, so I’d be interested in the business side of things.
I love looking at my storygraph stats because I can look at the month and see my moods
Absolutely loved it Jack. Think we will be Storygraphers for 2022 too.
Why am I so excited for STATS xD
Your sweater is flawless I love it.
jack: talking excitedly about finding out his reading stats
me: sat holding my breath staring at his mug as its contents nearly spill over multiple times 0-0
This was fun. I am so thankful you lead me to The Story Graph and I sent all my friends there. I've spent a lot of time on it! I LOVE the stats
love the stats! my top 3 moods for 2021 reading were adventurous, reflective, and dark!
I don't know if anyone cares but here are the five best books a complete stranger (me) read in 2021:
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Children Act (Ian McEwan)
Mythos (Stephan Fry)
A movable Feast (E. Hemingway)
A Handful of Dust (Evelyn Waugh)
your jumper is so nice!!
Jack I would love for you to make some videos about any good non-fiction books you find! I'm trying to find good essay collections / thought provoking non-fiction for this year and I don't even know where to start.
25 books in 2021!! which is nothing compared to your terrifying rate of literature consumption lol but was an achievement for me cause it's 10 more than last year and I managed it on top of my first year doing a-levels. your youtube channel has made a massive difference for me in motivation to read more and has led me to new authors and books which I've enjoyed so much. thank you and have a happy new year!
currently got COVID, and I don’t even have it that bad but being stuck in the house and having to keep distance from my mum is really NOT fun, so thanks for cheering me up with your videos, binge watched lots of them last night :)
You got this! Stay happy and healthy :)
@@menz9238 thanks, will do ! ☺️
I would love it if you could do a video comparing/contrasting/give the pros and cons of digital book tracking (such as story graph) vs. physical book tracking (like your reading log or even creating our own in a blank journal). I’m currently torn between the two lol
really enjoyed this video! I love that storygraph has so many data points to geek out over. I was happy with my top moods being reflective, adventurous, informative, & challenging. Pleasantly suprised to have an almost even split between fiction & nonfiction. and I met my goal of 9 books!! bumping that up to 15 next year. happy reading all
omg you should do a video where you read a bunch of popular colleen hoover books and tier list them !! you would literally attract half the population with that
Happy, New Year, Jack!