34 oddly specific book recommendations

you book wish is my command

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😭 what happened to your intro? it got copyrighted ://///
🤠 how old are you? 24!
📆 when is your birthday? 18th october 1998 (libra)
🎓 where did you go to university? i studied english at durham!
🔎 where do you live? new york city
💼 what is your job? research assistant in the publishing industry
🎥 what do you film with? lumix gh5 + canon g7x
👾 what do you use to edit? final cut pro

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[subwayfootlongsub]

more fuel for my procrastination, love it

[sharvisharma]

I'm sick and bored and want to feel better about rotting in bed so here you go:

1:01 - saltburn vibes
2:06 - you can hang every paragraph of this book in the Louvre
2:34 - a book for someone who loves to evesdrop on stranger's conversations and then gossip about them
3:20 - going through your 1st heartbreak while stuck on a 20 hour train journey
5:29 - i just really love my dog
6:24 - book about the craft of writing
7:55 - a book that would impress hozier
8:55 - a book set in the forest or the sea
9:36 - a book that will make me want to go away and do a lot of research
10:49 - banned books
11:58 - a book for the recovering horse girlies
12:44 - a book for a dancer who wants to pursue it as her career but is burdened to pick a respectful job
13:33 - a modern classic that'll keep me engaged
14:11 - short contemporary literature from japan for my boyfriend
15:06 - a book that'll make you appreciate your mom
15:47 - i love music, traveling, enjoying the little things
~ ad break ~
17:39 - something that'll make me giggle (could not agree with his choice more. LOVE this book. Seconding this recommendation)
18:51 - something that feels like food prepared by grandma on a sunny winter afternoon
19:47 - book recs for girls who never recovered from hunger games
12:40 - a sapphic story where the lovers' main problem is not homophobia and its rainy and foggy

[shaunalinay]

I love how original your book recs are. You rarely veer into the realm of extremely overdone or popular books and I love that. My biggest struggle with booktube/tok/insta is being shown the same book 100 times over.

[lauramahon]

I bumped into Hozier in the book shop recently, he was holding The Bee Sting and Prophet Song! The man, unsurprisingly, has good taste

[ducklingreads]

1. Saltburn vibes - Brideshead revisited
2. Idea of identity and performance - The Talented Mr. Ripley
3. Hang every paragraph of this book on the Louvre - Aguaviva
4. Someone that loves to eavesdrop - Big Swiss
5. First Heartbreak during a 20 hour train journey - I'm a Fan, Less
6. I love my dog - Dog Songs
7. Books about the Craft of Writing - In The Margins, Things I Don't Want To Know, Why I Write by Joan Didion (essay), A House at Night, On Writing by Charles Bukowski and Stephen King, A Swim In The Pond In The Rain
8. A book that would impress Hozier - Hamnet
9. A book set in the forest/sea - Atlanta
10. A book that would make me want to research - In Cold Blood
11. Banned books - The Bluest Eye, All Boys Aren't Blue
12. Recovering Horse Girlies - Kick the Latch
13. Book for a dancer, who is burdened to pursue a job- They're Going To Love You
14. Modern Classic that will keep me engaged - The Virgin Suicides
15. A gift for my boyfriend, short contemporary Japanese lit - Sputnik Sweetheart, No Longer Human, The Flower of Buffoonery
16. Book that will make me appreciate my mum - The Hero of This Book
17. Appreciate the little things - August Blue
18. Something that will make me giggle - Anxious People
19. Something that feels like food by grandma - Days at the Morasaki Bookshop
20. Girls that never recovered from the Hunger Games - 1984 Retelling
21. Sapphic story where the main problem isn't homophobia - Bolder, Our Wives Under the Sea
22. Book where the cat is a narrator - She and Her Cat

[vesperxverse]

this might just be the best video segment on this channel.

[VC-cxgf]

ooooh BANNED books. you were talking about the bluest eyes and i was like wow that sounds really interesting i wonder when she joins a band

[aliciacorrea]

Ok, the fact that Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird, helped with all the research for In Cold Blood and didn’t get ANY recognition for it is my Roman Empire. Like her and Capote were childhood friends, and this book was the end of their friendship. Found this out in seventh grade and have never recovered.

[Calicoo-xd]

We want an episode whole week of reading disturbing books! ( i know its a bit too much but i really want to see your picks in this genre)

[BetteDavis]

the way you have every recommendation SO FAST ?? like you did not even stutter no matter how obscure. i fear im in love.

[clarahoney_b]

Hozier is my favorite artist and I kept thinking you'd enjoy his music. And Jack quotes his "Work Song"???? Truly a man of culture.

[nataliemakenna]

jack i would love to see a video where you go on goodreads and read the 1-star reviews of your favorite books !!

[Smidgenism]

I love these rec videos because they seem like the best way to access your full breadth of knowledge from your job being book

[joluna]

"My job is just book" should absolutely be like your official catchphrase.
great recognition value? Check!
Ken energy? Check!
Very much in line with being the truth? Check!
also it just makes me giggle every time you say it.

[elisaflore]

Jack could even just be listing the ISBNs of all his books and I would still listen with the same unbridled bliss

[childofketterdam]

Hearing someone from outside of Brazil appreciate brazilian literature is so refreshing. We have fantastical writers (if you haven't also read Machado de Assis I really recommend his realism work) that so often get underappreciated internationally.

[CrankingMyReading]

I just love how Jack stands and looks at all his books, searching for book recommendations for us. Bravo to Jack’s beautiful library.

[amandanascimento]

I’m so happy you mentioned clarice lispector, she’s so important to Brazilian culture/literature and more people should know her! I highly recommend “the passion according G.H.” it’s amazing

[thehegracietehe]

jack is working full hardly to expande my tbr every year and i'm not mad about it 😂❤

[PokhrajRoy.]

I’m so happy for Jack that he’s living my dream which is telepathically transmitting book recommendations to people based on what they need.