honestly I feel this but also for me its "buying yarn and knitting are two very different hobbies"

@@GretaZewe Same. Add in buying fabric and sewing are two different hobbies. I have entirely too much yarn and fabric.

Stationery too

I disagree. What’s the point of having books if they are never read?

The point is possibility. It's the same with stationery. Buy a new notebook, and you could fill it with a bestseller, or an award-winning screen play, or a revolutionary cookbook, etc. Or you can use it to detail a new invention, a research project or a political policy. Or you can really nail down some goals and then track them and actually turn your own life around. Or something else broad-sweeping and important. You buy a notebook, you are (partially) buying into the idea that you yourself could be any of those things. This holds right up until... you write in the notebook. Same old to-dos, probably not even organised in the best manner. Same old self. Same old life. Nothing changes, no fresh starts for you. And new books (and new fabric, and new music, and new many things) is the same. The possibility. The whiff of "maybe this time..." that pervades. But also, it's a time thing. There are a LOT of good books (think how many are even in one solitary bookstore). There are only a finite number of reading hours in a day. And that's a whiff of possibility too, the ultimate form of escapism; that maybe one day I will have the time to read so many books that I don't have right now.

We’re supposed to stop?

Me but with pens

buying new books >>> reading the ones u already have

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omg same. I think covid is the best that could ever happen to my bookshelf 😂

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Mine is 179 lol

Same

Mine is 145 😭😭🤌

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YEEESS i was looking for the Anne with an e comment cause it was the first thing that came into mind !!!!

@@carolinabergamaschi401 while I’m a sucker for the books and the 90’s movie trilogy, I really appreciate what Anne with an e did by adding that storyline. It brought so much attention to this type of problem.

It’s literally taught quite extensively in elementary school to all children, so I don’t agree with your first sentence. The rest I agree with though.

living in Halifax Nova Scotia, the city where the first residential schools were established as a vast majority were operating, it astounds me that schools spend maybe 3 days covering residential schools. Anne with an E did so much for the aboriginal and I'm glad this is being discussed more and that people outside of Canada even know about the underdiscussed mass genocide.

@@af2954 honestly, I was shocked to find out about residential schools because I only learned about it in cegep of all places! I didn’t even learn about it in high school! Maybe they covered it but three days is not enough time to have kids really understand what happened. I had to do my own research. It’s about time that they start to really talk about what happened in schools and out of it.

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that's the greatest tip ever omg, thank you

that’s genius

Yes!! This works for books I buy from big bookstores or order online BUT if I find an old buy that most likely I will never see again I just have to buy it. I think the best thing I got from being obsessed with John Green in 5th grade was Alaska’s idea of collecting book your whole life because they are your life journey and you will always have them now or in 50 years

this is the smartist thing i've ever heard oh my lord

@@melisalovin5052 Definitely not 100% effective. Sometimes I just *need* that puppy lol

Do you have a link? I'd really like to find out more

Personally I heard from an Indigenous woman who had a problem with it, so it’s definitely contentious. It’s something to keep in mind especially if you’re giving money to the creator. Just because some Indigenous people are okay with it (a valid opinion), doesn’t mean we should jsut all close our eyes and ignore any issues

@@neothepenguin1257 Yeah, of course, but drawing inspiration from the events is different from comparing. Also, if you've read the book, it's literally addressed inside of the text!

The Rabbit Proof Fence is also a brilliant film, we watched it in school twice when learning about aboriginal history.

@@maudhaugland5822 agree Rabbit Proof Fence is also a heart breaker

Oh I remember watching the movie adaptation of Rabbit Proof Fence in school. Just that was powerful. It was part of our English class where we were learning about the cultures and histories of countries who speak English around the world.

The Yield by Tara June Winch is an excellent book that touches on this topic.❤️

I honestly thought he was talking about the stolen generation at first.

Genocide*

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@@jennam4448 thank you for correcting me

ikrrr that's why I absolutely love watching Jack's vids

Yes, I agree! Even for a bad book, the author has spent so many hours, maybe even years of his life that it's worth the respect Jack shows them. :)

Same! He's so good at describing books he made me want to read both the "good" and the "bad" book😂

It was my favourite book of 2020 - it’s amazing!!!!!

@@floralalune1299 oh that's great, I have also heard positive reviews of it. I am guessing it is a blend of domestic fiction and women's memoir, am I right? Will definitely pick this up soon.

@@pathbetweentrees i don’t think it is really domestic fiction, I struggle to describe it! it is just incredibly intense - I don’t understand personally why people dislike this book but like books such as Luster, My Year of Rest and Relaxation which I personally found so boring and hated the main character! I also love some of the interviews Avni Doshi has done, she’s a fascinating writer. I hope you love it as much as I did 😊

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English isn't my first language so it can be hard sometimes for me to express what I think but you did it very well. They're is a difference between retelling and just hearing about something that make you think more deeply about certain aspects of life and make you want to talk about the things you discovered (or think about). The subject of the book is very different from the part of history that make him think about writing about trauma and how society push for people to all fit in the same box.

@@kedemo4602 Stated beautifully, and I completely agree.

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These are good points and definitely things we need to think about. It's important to listen to Indigenous leaders-something the government says they do but does not play out like that when you look at the legislation that's been passed even in the last twenty to thirty years. I hope that as we uncover the remains of those who died at the schools, our country continues to think about and listen to the Indigenous communities around us now. We cannot let it fade into yesterday's news as Indigenous people continue to face systemic racism.

World wide reputation of kindness? Not in Latin America. Go and research about what canadians mining companies do to native latin american people TODAY.

I'm from Quebec and I'm really glad people are paying more attention to this. It's something that is barely addressed in the school system and I honestly knew very little about our history of racism against the indigenous and the residential schools until 2 - 3 years ago in cegep and university. It's horrifying what happened to these children.

@@aalegr I will do my research, I promise.

@@aalegr i think yes in latin america. I'm Colombian and Canadians still have a very good reputation in the cities because a lot of people don't care or don't know about Canadian companies mining in the amazonas for example, so there's a huge lack of information here too sadly. ):

Correction: the last school was “a day school” which was on reserve (communities of indigenous folks) so the last school was still teaching European ideas but the children weren’t taken away from their families

I kind of want him to change his channel name to this 😂

you poor thing... camping kinda sucks sometimes lmao

omg are you okay do you need saving

Good luck I guess 😀

the jack edwards grind doesn’t stop

@Keely Heusinkveld nothing but the truth

You mean decent people? I agree

@@rowanw1312 Sadly, there's not that many decent people... T.T

there's lots of decent people. But decent people also don't' usually keen to blame themselves in things they're not guilty for and bashing themselves for being "privileged". Don't you see that it's pure hypocrisy? People love to be trendy and things. Dunno about you but decent people usually don't put other people in "problematic"-bucket just because they have even a little different opinion. For me (again, I never had any problem with different people because of their race or sex, feels silly to make disclaimers like this) when a person says things like "white privileged author doesn't have right to write fantasy..." and it's totally OK - it's terrifying how racist it is. When assuming people's races became cool?

@@yinhannasjournal 1. I'm very sorry about the guy who responded to you. 2. I honestly love how he points out that it's weird, but then DOESN'T try to explain it himself. He's just says "I don't think this guy has the right to talk about this" and then moves on with his life, and specifically finds authors who he believes do have the right to talk about those struggles. Chefs kiss for my man Jack

@@4-1-19 Thank you, and I absolutely agree with you. ♥

I actually enjoyed Circe more than The Song of Achilles, loved them both though.

@@Ekaekto same! i enjoyed circe even more then song of achilles, i loved it!

The lost generation you talk about that happened in Canada is called the Stolen Generation in Australia. Different country. Same unfortunate story. And I do feel it was more stolen than lost.

Me and my 30 unreaded books!

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This comment though!

I started reading immidiately when Jack mentioned it was fantasy and I'm currently on the 9th chapter. I agree, Linus doesn't seem like a saviour, just a spectator, he isn't the one responsible for these children, Arthur is. Though I am not far in the story, I'm enjoying it. My first book since 6th grade that I got to reading

Every single indigenous person I saw talking about this book didn’t give a shit about what the author said or wrote. A few of them have actually criticized the ones that said things like Jack. Most authors are inspired by history they aren’t part of. For example the historical fiction genre would be dead by now if your and Jack’s opinion would be the one of the general public. There are so many stories about the Second World War and the people who had to flee even though they aren’t part of that history. Also how many straight people write queer love stories. Look at the m/m ya romance books. More than 90% of them are written by women, a lot of them aren’t even queer. Also how many white straight romance novels are out there that include the forbidden love trope. I agree that there are some stories that some people shouldn’t write. For example a few years ago a white American woman wrote a literary fiction novel about a Mexican immigrant woman and most people thought that the book was own voices even though it wasn’t. But you cannot control what people are inspired by and most of the time it’s history or the news. Most authors are inspired by history they aren’t part of but unlike Klune they don’t say it out loud.

You are not the only one who lets stuff rubbing the wrong way for the reason you mentioned, i’ve noticed there is a trend and a bias going around now days. I remember a while back seeing a book about dictatorship and communism in my country, written by a foreign author. And my first thoughts were ‘ how dares him..who does he think he is to write about the oppression and trauma that we lived in …’. However I understood that it doesn’t matter who the author is . What matters is to take the message across, to let it be heard as far as possible so people can hear it, and in time to understand it. It annoys me when i see people reducing a book to not much ( even though their initial thought that the read is good ) just because the author is not that or is not the other thing , is not to part of that community. It’s wrong to think this way, to cancel a voice for this reason. Otherwise there wont be enough voices to sing that song. So no, dont get sucked into this trend, dont let it rub the wrong way, dont look for reasons to dismiss a good book.

@@localabsurdist6661 ok who are u talking abt? link me. im an indigenous person who feels rubbed wrong, so am i to be discarded just because im in opposition to other native voices?

I haven't personally read him because he's not my genre but try Mark Oshiro. He's LGBTQ+ and has done a lot in raising awareness for minorities as a minority and write stories that are very specific to his trauma and life experiences.

@@4-1-19 i did try to read Anger is a Gift but had to DNF it unfortunately at about 100 pages. The book definitely had its heart in the right place but I just couldn’t get past the poor writing. The story just went in circles and kind of tried to explain every identity as if trying to justify itself including diversity. A much better example imo is Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender or Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian.

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Oh 🥺 I'm so sorry you're going through such a difficult thing 😔 I like the way you're taking it one step at a time. Sending you good vibes and strength when it's most needed 💕

@@melanieheath9829 Thank you! That is so kind of you.

Honestly I don’t know why he didn’t just use that as his inspiration. He’s actually a part of the lgbtqia+ community.

@@ashtaylor4107 You don't (necessarily) pick what inspires you. If he was reading stories about children being separated from their families, any one of them could have given him the spark of inspiration that ended up evolving into this story. I don't know what the author has actually said, since this is the first time I was made aware of the inspiration and the controversy over the book. Just, as an artist and writer myself, what inspires you isn't necessarily in your hands. I can name inspirations behind my art and stories. Sometimes I need to stop and think before I can find what could have inspired them and sometimes I remember having an actual moment of inspiration from something I saw or read. We say inspiration here, but we don't necessarily know if it was the first spark that started the idea or if it was something that was referenced and researched. Well, seeing as its a book that got published, I'm sure he actually did research it. But he might have also researched other similar incidences like what the original commenter here said. The baseline vibe you get while reading is that the children as separated because they're different, and these particular children are separated because they're _extremely_ different. There's hints of societies that have been totally destroyed, but there's so little worldbuilding that its hard to tell. I know there's actual context, but in the end its themes talk about something general enough that you can attribute this to _a lot_ of humanity's history and actions over the years. I know context is important, but as the reader the book is out of the author's hands and we can attribute whatever context we get out of it as we read. Sorry for the novel of a response. I hope you have a good day!

As a black-American, I personally saw heavy segregation themes in it. The themes of oppression are so common in the world it is easy to find it in other times in history

same! circe is so so goodd i love that book

I think I enjoyed it sm bc I read it right after it came out so the hype wasn't there yet and I didn't rlly have any expectations

Yeah, the x-men problem

I never even thought about this but wow such a good point