the mid-year freakout tag (what i've been reading in 2024)

[circleofleaves]

Jack: I'm NOT crying, I swear, it's my contact lenses.
Also Jack: Give me your tearjerker book recommendations because I NEED to weep.

[PokhrajRoy.]

Jack, you’ve created lore based on you crying and loving -sad- reflective books so obviously we’re concerned

[dartapriedniece]

About what you said about Rooney's "Intermezzo": the book podcast "Books Unbound" (by Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay) has a term for books you keep saving for later because you are nervous/know you will like it a lot - they call them "mashed potato books". Raeleen usually saves mashed potatoes for the end because it is her favourite part in a meal, but sometimes the potatoes have become cold when you finally get to them. :D

[PokhrajRoy.]

1:26 I’m so happy that you mentioned this because it’s definitely a new trend. I think it’s just a Yassified Classic Orange Penguin Paperback Format.

[viktoria]

7:24 I completely understand the feeling of being nervous when reading a new book of an author I love - there are so many factors that influence the whole experience. I'm glad I'm not alone (or crazy!) in thinking this! 😂

[soulsistrs]

jack you should ONE HUNDRED percent make a video reading your viewers least fav books (start with a book called the night shift by Annie crown, WORST BOOK IVE EVER TOUCHED)

[artemis]

Day 3 or 4 of giving this idea to jack: "can i guess the book title based on their 1 star/ 5star reviews?"
Hopefully this will be a new trend on booktube.
Please make it happen jack

[kellyschertle]

THANK YOU for recommending evenings & weekends a few videos ago - I started it on Sunday and it’s been getting me through a cursed week and out of a reading slump MAJORLYYYY

[Liberatingminds]

My list of books get longer and longer lol I get excited with any book you suggest because I fell into the booktok world and need to expand out of it.

Also, your suggestions also help me become a better reader. I’m dyslexic and I’ve been working so hard to comprehend and full grasp what I am reading. So thank you!

[thaftrlif]

The second you showed Blue Sisters I knew I had to read it. I read Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors twice this year. Love that book so much she’s now an auto buy author for me.

[sofiaborges]

Book that made me cry recently is not surprisingly Crying in H Mart. This audiobook made me the cry multiple times but also appreciate the family I still have and to cherish the moments I still have while I can 😭

[areebafatima]

If Jack still living in 2023 is not me, I don’t know what is.

[AO.]

I’m reading Evenings and Weekends atm and absolutely loving it, especially as a Londoner. Absolutely also buying his next book and all his future books forever!

[TheRainbowCoach]

I do apologise for going on about it, but what happened to 'Julia: A Retelling of George Orwell's 1984' by Sandra Newman. It was at one point your most anticipated book of the year! 🤔🙃

[SamiaZouirech]

7:23. I totally understand. I have been postponing reading A Little Life for months now because I am so afraid of being disappointed. Especially that everyone is talking so highly of it, you included. Sometimes when so many people love a book, I feel like I am forcing myself to like it while reading. Which ruins the experience.

[ihitadeeronce]

My Favorite book of the year so far is A Psalm For The Wild-Built. And two books have made me cry so far this year. Finding Me by Viola Davis and Human Acts by Han Kang. Ripped my heart right out.

[maureencalder]

So excited!! Got my library to purchase your book. I have just seen it on the shelf of Christchurch Public Library (Turanga). You are now to be read in New Zealand.

[caroline]

Jack I'm being so serious, you need to read All Down Darkness Wide by Sean Hewitt, I've been shoving this book down your throat for two yearsz but I'm SO SERIOUS it is incredible. As soon as it came out, it instantly became a favourite and I was sobbing!! You'll probably gonna cry I'm telling you, AND it's got a stunning cover (the white edition is so <333)

It's a memoir and my review is "I've been crying for half an hour let me catch my breath!!" so I hope that makes you want to get your heart crushed into tiny little microscopic eyelash sized pieces

[mariellem]

I just finished reading Blue Sisters yesterday and I gave it 5 stars, my favorite book that I've read this year. I really connected to the characters in this book, especially Avery because she is the oldest sister like me and I have also lost a younger sibling (my little brother passed a couple years ago) so a lot of what she felt closely mirrored my own experience. This was such a comforting read because it helped me feel less alone in my grief journey. The Taylor Swift song that I think gives the vibe of this book is "this is me trying" off the Folkore album, this song reminds me of the sisters' struggle with addiction.

[katiemclean]

I started and finished Happy All the Time yesterday and oh my god. What an AMAZING BOOK, so many fantastic quotes