i bought every book i saw strangers buying at the bookstore

one thing about me....... i am NOSY!! so i bought every book i saw strangers buying at the bookstore, and i'll read them too! (with @dakotawarren)

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FAQs:
😭 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 and London
💼 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

Video Chapters
00:00 introduction
01:53 Foyles
02:11 Boulder by Eva Baltasar
02:38 Permafrost by Eva Baltasar
04:34 Hatchards
05:50 [ad] BetterHelp
07:06 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
08:54 Waterstones
09:30 The Lonely Skier by Hammond Innes
11:19 The London Review Bookshop
12:36 Butter by Asako Yuzuki
14:35 Daunt Books
15:29 About Uncle by Rebecca Gisler
17:14 Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami
18:36 BookBar
19:40 Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly

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📊 1,360,278

[justsomebody]

Fun fact: The library where I volunteer at has a rule that the shelf with returns isn't allowed to be empty because people like to browse it and look at what others have read.

[animeeddie]

Describing The Road as a 'road trip' book is WILD.

[themisfitcloud]

What a beautiful way to see through someone's eyes, reading the words they've read and perhaps be connected to one more stranger in this world.

[jjk]

as much as i love reading books i know i’ll love, sometimes reading a book that you’re not sure on is a great experience, and even reading a book you are disliking is interesting too, it can really help me understand my taste in books even more

[PokhrajRoy.]

Dakota & Jack out on a bookstore crawl? The limit of chaos does not exist.

[bntjdtq]

jack back at it again with the slightly creepy booktube video ideas

[dakotawarren]

my role in this video is simply to jest

[JamesLawner]

“Reading Books from Strangers” sounds like a Sally Rooney novel 😂

[iishayx]

I would absolutely love if you would consider starting a podcast where you just pick a book and share your thoughts and reflect about it. Something about the way you speak is so calming and I would be so motivated to finish a book just to engage with a new podcast episode. All the best!

[margaritacantero]

“I don’t judge you for your decisions so don’t judge me for mine. Buying books and reading books are two separate hobbies. Thank you very much.” Gonna write that down.

[PokhrajRoy.]

List of Books

2:20 ‘Boulder’ by Eva Baltasar
2:39 ‘Permafrost’ by Eva Baltasar
7:07 ‘The Road’ by Cormac McCarthy
9:29 ‘The Lonely Skiier’ by Hammond Innes
12:38 ‘Butter’ by Asako Yuzuki
15:32 ‘About Uncle’ by Rebecca Gisler
17:16 ‘Novelist as a Vocation’ by Haruki Murakami
19:41 ‘Greta & Valdin’ by Rebecca K Reilly

[eword]

The clip of you and Dakota smelling books together brought me so much joy

[sambennett]

10:24 “lead up to a crescendo” nails on a chalkboard to a musician lol, the crescendo is the buildup itself

[samanthahackett]

"Buying books and reading books are two different hobbies" LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK! I've been saying this my whole life

[fw]

Once I read a few paragraphs of a book a woman was reading next to me on the T in Boston. When she got off I saw the distinctive cover but not the title or author. So I combed through a bookstore until I found it - Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins. That is how I discovered one of my favortite authors of my twenties.

[me]

Dakota's dress is PHENOMENAL!! ❤❤
Also, I absolutely love these "read what other people are reading" episodes. I'm so nosey, but how else are we meant to get a sense of our surroundings??

[jerseyjhayne]

mr. jack edwards, you have ignited the bookworm in me. i have stopped reading for a while because well, digital times, i’ve preferred watching stuff instead of reading but i discovered your channel a few years ago which has made me come back reading. falling in love with something i have fallen out of love of is one of the best things in life. thank you for making me experience that

[mayleennrecaj]

Can’t believe I am so obsessed with your videos that the algorithm decided to feed my addiction

[Taetaele]

I really want to see a new series where you review old classics from each country, as an Italian I would be really curious about your idea on the masterpieces of authors like Svevo, Pirandello, Verga, Primo Levi and Umberto Eco that we study at school!

[lazedaisies]

i wish you would also included your reviews of these books in the video cos your reviews is what always sold me for the book, and not the blurbs. i trust you that much 😂
but i’m definitely adding butter to my tbr cos i love japanese lit too!