Does anyone else have a problem with spending way more times watching videos/TikToks about books than actually reading 😂

an interesting thing I noticed, the first book you read was a huge flop for you because imo, the submitter listed reasons why you specifically wouldn’t like it. they took into consideration your least favorite things and gave you a book that checked those boxes. the other two recommendations felt very “i didn’t like this, therefore you won’t either,” without considering what you as a reader actually like/dislike, so it makes sense you’d have a more positive impression of those two books after reading them. very interesting video and would love to see more! 🥰

i actually really liked of mice and men when i read it in school, the symbolism is definitely very on the nose, but i think it's impactful.

''Insta-Love'' is definitely not for me. ''Insta-Attraction'' ? Yes. That's mine but not ''oh I just saw this person and I'm completely in loooove'' ugh nooo. Can relate!

I read Of Mice and Men in middle school and let me tell you it was traumatizing to little 8th grader me. I cried so hard at the ending. Everyone in my class was so upset about the ending. It’s a great read and I’m glad you enjoyed it!

I really loved how you talked about "Of Mice and Men." You really touched on everything without spoiling the plot. When I first read it, I knew some basics about it, but not the ending twist at all. You briefly touch on how you've read other books using similar themes/twists and that they did it better...which is fair. But have you thought about how since "Of Mice and Men" is THE classic of this trope/theme, that the other books would not have existed without it? That Mice did it first? Perhaps if the classic was read first, then the others wouldn't have been as good? Or you'd appreciate the original more without the others shading your opinions?

I pride myself a little on how well I knew you wouldn't like love is a revolution. I recommended cause when I was reading it I was like Jesse would hate this. So believe me when I recommend "Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy" By Douglas Adams. As a book you will love ☺️

I think Mice and Men get a bad rap, it's one of his better books. I really like the bond between George and Lennie and the care they had for each other, primarily when that thing wasn't heard of between two men, especially when it was every man for himself during the great depression. But George looks after Lennie, making sure he doesn't get into trouble, take care of, not taken advantage of, and in the end, he gives him better treatment than he would have gotten from others. It's a story of friendship between two broken people who care for each other through one of the bleakest parts of history.

Your first impression of reading Of Mice and Men was exactly how I felt when I read it for the first time in my youth. I cried when I read it for the first time, and maybe that's why I personally loved it so much. It was something I didn't expect. One of my favorite books.

i love how even though you didnt like certain books, you still made it a point to explain how you can see how people would enjoy it. i really respect that because there are so many booktubers who will bash books and say things like “i dont understand how anyone could enjoy this” which personally ick’s me to my core!!

I’d love to see you do more classics! Wuthering Heights is definitely one I’d recommend. I think you’d like it!!

Really happy to see some promo for libraries here! They are so underrated!

I recommend Inheritance Games. Now, I say this silently hoping you’ll love it as I did buuuuut there’s a pretty big love triangle. Hear me out, I also hate love triangles with a burning passion, but I loved this book so. 🤷‍♀️

I had to comment and say that I related to every single thing you said! You are so not alone. I will add that I work as a book seller and I will always have to live with the mild shame of not being up to date on the trendy books...not because I don't want to read them but BECAUSE MY MOOD READER SELF WON'T GET OUT OF MY WAY.

I would recommend romance books since I know it’s not your jive but it’s not my jive either so I don’t even have any romance books to recommend 😂

i think you'll really love the skulduggery pleasant series by derek landy!! it's one of my favorite series of all time and it's so underrated. it's about this girl who becomes the apprentice and partner to this guy skulduggery pleasant aka the skeleton detective because he's a detective who's literally a skeleton. the two are technically detectives but it is much more of a save the world kind of book rather than mystery. the series definitely starts out for a younger audience but it's really long and the books get progressively more complicated. i read the first book in 4th grade and didn't know there were more books for like 5 years lol so it's okay if you don't read past the first book, but please at least read that one!! it's fun and hilarious and i think you'll really like it

Every time I open youtube there's a recommendation from your channel old and new videos. You just has this amazing energy, and I just love your videos. I've been binging them every day since I found your channel.

my day just got 100x better! this is such a fun idea

Not everyone recommending books I really like 😂 I liked of mice and men in school a lot and the friendship was everything :3 the film adaption is pretty great as well. And packs the emotional punch even more…

I loved The Good Son! Of course, I don't read a lot of suspense and thrillers, so I can't say it was the best. 😄 But, of the ones I have read it's my favorite. Also, I love your videos! You're the first booktuber I ever watched.

I am so glad to hear you didn't hate of Mice and Men. A lot of people seem to hate it, but it's the favourite book of my father, so I really feel the need to read it one day...

I like insta attraction/insta connection, but I don’t like insta love. For example the live action Cinderella movie I would say is insta connection and I love that movie. When Ella and the prince meet they have a very lovely conversation that expresses each of their personalities so beautifully. Both of them feel that instant connection but I wouldn’t say they feel love until later on in the movie. If that makes any sense.

I don’t have any recommendations right now. I’ve just been getting back into reading after the worlds longest slump- audiobooks are helping a lot! I’m reading Queen of Air and Darkness😁

Yay!!! Thanks for posting!!! Your videos ALWAYS make my day!! Love ya!! Thanks for making me smile 😊❤️

I read Of Mice and Men in the beginning of this year...and I cried while reading the very last page of that book..and I still remember how much it took me by surprise because I thought I wouldn't like it either.

The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg. It's a Swedish classic and I think you will probably not enjoy it because it is pretty long and slow. It's about these Swedish people who make up a plan to flee their country because of poverty and all that and to get to America. I gave it 3/5 stars personally. It's good but quite slow.

I think you’ll love Call it What You Want & Legendborn!!

I can’t promise that you will love it but may I suggest you read The Rosie Project. As well as the other two books in the trilogy. They’re not my favourite books ever but I do love them and would be interested in hearing your thoughts

okay but I love your shirt from the beginning of the video

All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr or How it Feels to Float by Helena Fox. I think you would love both of these!!

Try Reading Just One Day by Gayle Forman, it also has that instant love element where the two characters don’t seem to have much in common with each other.

The cabin by Natasha Preston!!! I’m sorry but I just do not understand how anyone could like the book and I’m so curious as to what you’d think!

Recommendations 4 Jesse: One You'll Hate: XOXO by Axie Oh; Insta-Love, Full On Romance, Conflict For No Reason One You'll Like (Maybe): Chain Mail: Addicted to You by Hiroshi Ishizaki; Kind of like a contemporary suspense/horror Japanese light novel; it's very short, action immediately starts and I would say its pretty enjoyable, I think you'd like it. One That Could Go Either Way: Dune by Frank Herbert; I don't think you read a lot of science fiction, so I could be wildly misjuding here, but since I notice you've read a lot of Murakami, I think some of the more abstract and philosophical ideas could work...or this could be a complete miss, for all the books I suggest

i'd definitely recommend "If I Was Your Girl" by Meredith Russo to you. it's a story about a trans girl who moves to a new town after transitioning and the author herself is trans

Books to love: the Guinevere Deception-- I really enjoy how the book recognizes obv stereotypes but then flips them on their heads in recognizable ways

I just barely found tour channel so I don't know if you've read these books, but here are some awesome ones I've read: "A Good Girl's Guide to Murder" by Holly Jackson and "Two Can Keep a Secret" by Karen McManus

I know I'm late to the party, but Unsub by Meg Gardiner is so good if you want a book about bloody murders! It's part of a series, but each book so far has it's own plot and could almost be a stand alone with just one common thread running through them.

I think you're going to absolutely love beautiful world where are you by sally rooney but the first like 30% is a bit of drag but you're gonna love it afterwards!!!

I haven’t been around for a while and I am here for your new shelves.

Jesse question, why do you have double of some books on your shelf, are they different from eachother? Just wondering 😂😜 LOVE YOUR VIDEOS SO MUCH!!!

Love this video! Also the amount of work, let alone the motivation to read books that people think you'd hate - amazing! 👏

A book you may love (which I just recently finished) is Legendborn by Tracy Deonn. It’s a fantasy type book with some focus on the knights of the round table and Merlin but there are is a kind of complex magical system. It also has aspects in regards to current issues and personal struggles/growth. There is some romance but I wouldn’t say that it takes away from the main plot of the story. However, only the first book of the series is out so far.

Of mice and men is my FAVORITE book so I’m thrilled that you didn’t hate it :)

I like the shirt you had on at the beginning! It looks great on you!

I think you’d love the Heartstrikers series by Rachel Aaron. The world building is amazing some of the best I’ve ever read and it’s an underdog story.

Book recs! A difinitive list of worst nightmares- ya contemporary, family focus, anxiety, death The screaming staircase- kids who have to be ghost hunters, all the vibes, rick riordan approved

All the videos from Jesse lately!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Okay yesss about the books now I wanna read most of them again/for the first time. But... lemme just ask, where do you get your shirts?! They look so comfy, and the aesthetic is just there. Lol sorry I know weird question.

as a short chapter lover i emphatize. but also would like to see you read Love in the Time of Cholera. it has long ass chapters and written in stream of consciousness narrative. maybe that's a book you'd actually hate

Kinda random thought but your clothing style is so fun Jesse!

i think you’d love Daughter Of The Deep by Rick Riordan- i loved it, it was a nice change of pace while also keeping the tone of his other books

The cover of the original Of Mice and Men definitely gives off Huckleberry Finn adventure vibes!

Plz do another one of these.

You need to read Ascendance of a bookworm! It’s a manga and a light novel now! Also you should try Harry Potter again it’s my favorite, but I think you said before you didn’t care for it?

Oh my god... reminds me of the time I tried to read Pollyana, I forced myself in 3/4 of the book and it seemed that absolutely NOTHING happened

Interesting video idea i think its cool to see especially the ones where ppl know your taste

Of mice and men was required reading for me in high school. We had to read it then watch the movie and then write a compare contrast paper. I loved lit class

I just finished rereading Goblin Quest by Jim C. Hines and I cannot for the life of me figure out if I think you would love it or hate it. It has got some great humour and characters, but it's also a DnDesque adventure and I'm not sure that's up your alley.

this was a fun video concept!! :)

you own The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed because I see it on your shelf.

You should read Hey, Kiddo. It's an AMAZING graphic novel. I think you would LOVE IT!!!

I kinda want you to read a Georgette Heyer book! Getting into it is a bit hard at first, the jargon does take some getting used to if you’re not familiar with that genre. I don’t have a specific book to recommend cause I feel that for you to enjoy the top tier books, you need to read the mid tier books first and I can’t really see you getting into reading in the order I recommend 😂

I love these kinds of videos, please make more!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Next time it should be “Your Favorite Book I’d Hate”. For the drama.

i read both books 2 & 3 before and really liked them too! this is an interesting concept, i don't think i would be able to go into a book knowing that there is a chance that i might hate it haha

Loves this video, I hope to see a second part of this! 🤞🏼 also, idk if you would like this books but I enjoyed/love them and I need more people to read them even if they end up being like 🤔 1. Lobizona by Romina Garber 2. Blazewrath Games by Amparo Ortiz 3. The Mary Shelley Club by Goldy Moldavsky So, if you would like to give them a try I would love to see your opinion on them. 😅

Man… it’s been literal years since I’ve been on booktube (still was reading a ton just started watching other things) and holy crap I missed it so much and I missed Jesse soooo much!

Yay new video Im finally reading the percy jackson books.

I've read of mice and men on a plane, and kinda guessed where the story is going early on. It was even more devastating this way.

This was so much fun, great idea! 🙂

The person who suggested Of Mice and Men seemed to project their own feelings about the book in this challenge. Its probably more my personal interpretation of this challenge but I personally would suggest a book to a person doing this challenge with qualities I know the person doesn't like in books and less so my own personal feelings

Nice !

Because you liked the Good Son, I think you would enjoy Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson if you haven’t already read that. Not quite the same but definitely same vibes.

I love your shirt the blue is beautiful and very hippie

SPOILERS FOR OF MICE AND MEN - We read Of Mice And Men in school and I missed a day of school. I came back and the teacher asked a classmate to tell me what happened while I was gone. Guess what happened while I was gone? I left with the thought that it was a sweet book about friendship, I came back and Lenny had killed the dog and the wife?? What the heck happened? 😅

As a librarian, I appreciate the subtle library love in this video... even if they weren't all good books lol

Book you'd hate: Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler because it could have been a great book on self discovery and give a classic Shakespeare play a modern twist, but missed the mark by a lot. Book you'd love: If These Wings Could Fly by Kyrie McCauley. YA contemporary/magical realism that deal with heavy, but important topics.

The copies of of mice and men from my high school had wrinkled pages from the tears of each student that read it over the years.

I’m very much sure that you have already read at least a book of my favorite YA series, so I was hoping perhaps you or someone could point me toward a video you’ve done on it. The series in question is The Chronicles of Nick by Sherrilyn Kenyon. Thank you to anyone who reads this and can help me out.

I want to see you read books that you would think you’d hate that we think you would surprisingly love.

It’s actually funny because I do not like unlikeable characters and don’t like insta love but I really liked love is a revolution 😅 I really appreciated her character development by the end of it and the storyline with family and especially self love. But you’re right, the romantic relationship isn’t that convincing at all. I liked everything else around it 😃

i feel like you’re the connor franta of booktube

i think it's cool how your shirt matches your books cause majority of your books behind you are blue

i think you will like Keeper of the lost cites

Great video!

Jesse, you will love What Beauty There Is by Cory Anderson...and I think you'll hate You Owe Me a Murder by Eileen Cook-but who knows? Maybe I'm wrong!

A book that I think you'll love (that I hated) is Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer. The story follows three different characters who are dealing with their trauma after life changing events (9/11 and the Dresden firebombing). It's very much a book about grief, how it changes people forever, and how it persists throughout a person's life. It also has a very prestigious writing style that I think you'll enjoy.

Do you dye your hair? Looks great!

Of Mice and Men is an exploration of how The American Dream is, at its core, unattainable. I highly recommend the movie too

I think you will hate the Scarlet Pimpernel... I actually love it but my reading tastes are so different than yours! and why will you hate first its a classic which you don't read and second it's not a YA contemporary which is what you mostly read!

I'm not sure if you've read it already, but I think you'd enjoy A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

Hey, have you read the silent patient. I saw it by chance read the few words about it and wops NEEDED to have it

Which books did you enjoy more that explored topics also explored in Of Mice and Men? I feel similarly about it and I’m wondering if any of the books you may have thought of are ones I haven’t read and might enjoy.

you like to suffer omg :O love this video concept tho hehe

Book rec: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

You should read the goosebumps books I've tried to read them but they are confusing to read because they tell you to flip to different pages.

Tbh I've never read Of Mice And Men but I saw one summary video for it that broke my heart so I know I'll never read it. I'm not ready for that pain.

Raghavendra Rao is likely to release his Book "Creating New India" is his imagination which he feels that "if we work towards such changes, we could really convert imagination into a real New India" He is very confident that every Indian whether they are living in India or in any other country would read this book for sure. This book will be a "Game Changer" to run the government differently which will work only for the people of this nation and will ensure that India will become "The Powerful Country" in the Globe, says Raghavendra Rao, Author of the book "Creating New India".

A book you might like... Maybe, words in deep blue, it's YA contemporary, you could like it, though I can't really tell because I'm always scared of giving book recommendations because the other person could end up hating them and then I feel bad because my recommendation wasted their time xD

Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller