guessing iconic opening lines of books to see if my literature degree was worth the money (part 2)

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Jack in the Books

2 жыл бұрын

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@cathhehet6704 2 жыл бұрын

Jack really milking his degree for every penny

@valentina7782 2 жыл бұрын

As he should!

@Silverizael 2 жыл бұрын

I'm kind of amazed that he never got an A in any of his classes, as he said at the end there with 86% being higher than any of his grades.

@valentina7782 2 жыл бұрын

@@Silverizael I'm not from the UK but I do know it's VERY difficult to get even 86% there, almost impossible depending on the degree. He got a 1st which is above 70 percent and that's their A.

@applegal3058 2 жыл бұрын

And so he should lol

@Silverizael 2 жыл бұрын

@@valentina7782 So different from classes in the US. Is that meant to be a grade for the entire degree, like the average percent, or is it still a per class number? Since for my Master's degree, I got almost all A's in my classes and only two B+'s. And for graduate degrees, at my university at least, it was basically expected that you would be getting an A in almost all your classes. If your GPA for your degree dropped below a 90, you could be put on academic probation. And that didn't mean the classes were easy A's or gimme classes in the slightest. They were still extremely tough.

@coralinejones2721 2 жыл бұрын

I love how like 75% of jacks personality is just his English literature degree💜

@mok.7624 2 жыл бұрын

And 20% puns

@graciachen2469 2 жыл бұрын

The argument could be made that 100% of his personality is his English degree :P

@adelavojtusova2584 2 жыл бұрын

@@rsvnxorion same 😂😅

@blossomtrees271 2 жыл бұрын

70% English literature, 20% puns, 10% left wing political alignment

@coralinejones2721 2 жыл бұрын

@@graciachen2469 lmaooo

@mooodlemip4779 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who is 1/32nd Scottish, I feel entitled to say that in the 2 seconds before your Scottish accent, the 2 seconds during and the 2 seconds after a part of my vaguely Scottish soul was awaken from its dormancy, lived a short life of agony and, to its great relief, died.

@kktt725 2 жыл бұрын

This should be a poem 😂

@ahonyav6918 2 жыл бұрын

This comment slaps

@zarah._ahmed3181 2 жыл бұрын

As a Scottish person I feel this comment to my very core.

@thedoctor2351 2 жыл бұрын

This is now my favourite comment of all time

@coralinejones2721 2 жыл бұрын

This comment is a work of art

@hannah-xk4vx 2 жыл бұрын

sleep called, but not as much as watching an adult man taking book related quizzes.

@a1t3rmusic 2 жыл бұрын

now this would make a great opening line👀❤❤

@mrlnxf8455 2 жыл бұрын

@@a1t3rmusic omg it would!!

@vivianfoley3551 2 жыл бұрын

Haha! Same I should be going to bed

@asmijain2695 2 жыл бұрын

I fully thought this was an opening line when I read it first lmao.

@Sophiamessingaround 2 жыл бұрын

Haha the best! Here in the same context

@nour1584 2 жыл бұрын

"this must be Jane Eyre or Pride and Prejudice...or Sense and Sensibility... fuck-" iconic

@ipsitaparida4471 2 жыл бұрын

ahahaa i know right that was such a mood

@hilary3219 2 жыл бұрын

@@ipsitaparida4471 Agreed! I only knew it because I've never read any of them (though I know the plot) and have only seen Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which I think must have this line otherwise I don't know where I know this from

@ipsitaparida4471 2 жыл бұрын

@@hilary3219 yeah yeah I wasn’t sure but they did sound familiar… Jack just makes us feel so relatable regardless of if I have actually the books or references he mentions, that what I like about youtubers who make their career a passion and make us audience inspired too :)

@Roozyj 2 жыл бұрын

Me thinking it would be Oscar Wilde

@LexieMoon321 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite opening line is from Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451"- "It was a pleasure to burn."

@stcrletz 2 жыл бұрын

same! one of my favourite books

@LG-12345 2 жыл бұрын

Me too, it was one heck of a book

@cherrybombb2306 2 жыл бұрын

loved that book!

@juli3836 2 жыл бұрын

I started that book today :)

@igglepiggle8447 2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t enjoy that book, I didn’t really understand it and wasn’t attached to the characters (Ik you usually aren’t in classics but still). Could someone explain why they enjoyed it please? Maybe I’ll understand your reasons.

@isa-ym4vn 2 жыл бұрын

day 18 of asking jack to read timothée chalamet's book recommendations.

@LuluST-nc6us 2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to hear Jack's thoughts on Timothee's books!

@martinasophiaisaksen3034 2 жыл бұрын

I second this

@breliones 2 жыл бұрын

i support your message

@hania4917 2 жыл бұрын

PLEASE

@grannyru8730 2 жыл бұрын

He’s gonna do it, guess it worked, congrats

@aradhyadhyani6976 2 жыл бұрын

The fact that I haven't read a single book on that list, yet, I knew ALL the answers, tells you EXACTLY about the kind of person I am.

@cloteasnugy7617 2 жыл бұрын

TBR

@kneesocks6865 2 жыл бұрын

ME TOO 😂😂

@ohohnenyeoo2654 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@suzuki8951 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂same

@Shtriga_34 2 жыл бұрын

How is that even possible? Do u open random books and memorise the first line 😂

@aurorasrligrande7926 2 жыл бұрын

2:36 - The best opening line is in fact “The story so far: In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” from The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe but okay

@sonamc7723 2 жыл бұрын

I'm in love with how confidently and assuredly you typed this

@uptown3636 2 жыл бұрын

@@sonamc7723 Spot on! Aurora's got that Douglas Adams swagger.

@aurorasrligrande7926 2 жыл бұрын

@@sonamc7723 Haha thete are few things I believe in in this world, but Douglas Adams' genius is one of them (no shade to Silvia Plath though, The Bell Jar is phenomenal)

@morganjones2744 2 жыл бұрын

@@sonamc7723 haha. I've read that begining!!!

@charlythecherry 2 жыл бұрын

yo that title and opening line tho i want it now

@mathildestich6795 2 жыл бұрын

Disappointing that this quiz did not include the most iconic opening line of all time: Anna Karenina's "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way".

@alice-sr2kd 2 жыл бұрын

was looking for this comment! best line ever

@zdoriksandorik 2 жыл бұрын

Miss Donna Tartt is so iconic for straight up telling us Bunny is dead in the first sentence

@ilios2292 2 жыл бұрын

the way my body took a screenshot when I first read it

@maddyhilton4389 2 жыл бұрын

it's reassuring to know that these are the kind of skills i will be left with after completing my english degree

@jmsl910 2 жыл бұрын

no lie!😎

@Cute200020003 2 жыл бұрын

Hey I'm an English major too :)

@Reynixan 2 жыл бұрын

Rebecca really chose the nicest way to tell you to get a move on with this video

@anonymouswitness3835 2 жыл бұрын

One of the funniest opening lines is: "There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it."

@s.c.1251 2 жыл бұрын

Dawn Treader is such a fun book

@alexisohrt8733 2 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie, I'm a little disappointed that the opening line to Percy Jackson wasn't thrown in for funsies.

@nikolaislvr 2 жыл бұрын

same. the opening of percy jackson is literally so iconic.

@esthxr_v6858 2 жыл бұрын

HAHA SAME

@upex9230 2 жыл бұрын

"Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood."

@nikolaislvr 2 жыл бұрын

@@upex9230 iconic

@not-so-happypappypatton 2 жыл бұрын

@@upex9230 “if you’re reading this and you think you might be one, my advice is to close this book right now,believe whatever lie your mom or your dad told you, and try to lead a normal life”

@paigeg2695 2 жыл бұрын

me: feels an overwhelming sense of pride when i, a failing a level student who doesn’t take english, got an answer before jack did also me: said 1985

@riverjuniper 2 жыл бұрын

😂cute

@amandarockhold8390 Жыл бұрын

1985 IM DEAD 😭😭😭

@athenais715 2 жыл бұрын

As a French person I had a gut reaction to the Stranger's opening "Aujourd’hui, maman est morte. Ou peut-être hier, je ne sais pas". That line is so iconic it became a meme at some point.

@karinareis64 2 жыл бұрын

it sounds so much better in french! it makes me want to read it in french even though i barely speak it haha

@spiritualsnail1584 2 жыл бұрын

I'm french as well and I love this line and book so much that I'm scared I might reference it the day my mother dies 😅

@mae__ 2 жыл бұрын

Pareil !!

@user-kj9lg7wq5h 2 жыл бұрын

i'm french too and i've directly thought about that line. So good. Very powerfull ans intriging

@theebarenecessities 2 жыл бұрын

I love this book so much

@MsPatricia666 2 жыл бұрын

I vote for "One hundred years of solitude" for the best opening line ever: "Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice".

@theebarenecessities 2 жыл бұрын

wow this sounds so powerful, my heart is thumping. I must read this book.

@MsPatricia666 2 жыл бұрын

@@theebarenecessities It is a masterpiece. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. :)

@cheesecakelasagna 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who just heard of this book (although I've come across that title), can someone please explain what the opening line meant with ice? Like literal ice, is that a clue on the location? Although I really like the juxtaposition of the visuals of "fire" in firing squad and "ice".

@lunnaris27 2 жыл бұрын

@@cheesecakelasagna i haven’t read the book so i don’t have an answer to your question but the original version is in spanish so sadly there’s no juxtaposition of the visuals of fire and ice (the spanish translation of firing squad is pelotón de fusilamiento, there’s no fire in the term) but it’s so cool that it’s there in english!!

@tagorewithlyric4394 2 жыл бұрын

@@cheesecakelasagna its a magic realist text, so fabulist whimsical elements freely mix in it with a conventional sense of "reality". So, it literally describes how people in their village first came across(and hence, from their perspective discovered) ice.

@LeonardoDiCapri-Sun 2 жыл бұрын

One time on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire they quoted the opening line of Dracula and asked which book it was from. I can’t even explain how gassed I was that my English degree gifted me that moment to flex. Worth it I’d say.

@jmsl910 2 жыл бұрын

only $200k...

@Irene-cn2fi 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t judge Jack, if I actually spoiled reading for fun to reading to get an English degree I would put it to test every time I could too

@dreamingofthemoon 2 жыл бұрын

Samee

@Bea-su2mw 2 жыл бұрын

"maybe if i just keep repeating it, it will start to make sense" me in tests and exams

@krishanu5133 2 жыл бұрын

Take a shot of coffee each time Jack giggles in between lines.

@jack_in_the_books 2 жыл бұрын

oh so we getting HAMMERED

@krishanu5133 2 жыл бұрын

@@jack_in_the_books*"MOM! I GOT A REPLY FROM JACK!!! OPEN THE VINTAGE WINE BOTTLE WE'RE CELEBRATING!!!!!!*

@ginger.curls_ 2 жыл бұрын

JACK HOW DID YOU NOT INSTANTLY GUESS PRIDE AND PREJUDICE THAT IS BLASPHEMY

@lottieeyre5195 2 жыл бұрын

‘I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.’ I screamed ‘I CAPTURE THE CASTLE BY DODIE SMITH!!!!!’ it is my favourite book ever i recommend EVERYONE to read it!!! it’s a coming of age story from 1930s England and is just so so so perfect!!!

@samjaneparker 2 жыл бұрын

I was screaming it too! I’m currently reading it for the first time and am loving it!

@jack_in_the_books 2 жыл бұрын

now i want to read it !!

@lillyclark6438 2 жыл бұрын

One of the 3 I knew 😅

@MundusGregorius 2 жыл бұрын

Well, some 20 years ago I bought this book just for its first line. And I was glad I did :-)

@nandinidiwan7829 2 жыл бұрын

OMG!! Same, I read it years ago, and since it isn't as popular I was surprised to find it here.

@circeismyspirit 2 жыл бұрын

The intro is just Jack freaking out about the fact that he won't be able to get any of the answers right. And here half of us are who haven't read most of these books sitting here like:........😶

@sukhroopreads5017 2 жыл бұрын

I'm really surprised at how decent I did on this quiz without having read most of these books lol

@indepthana 2 жыл бұрын

same lol the Internet is a wonderful place

@cheesecakelasagna 2 жыл бұрын

Legit same. I just have a knack for googling opening lines and not following through.

@maiconschneiderfyszer8475 2 жыл бұрын

as a brazilian, I must say that the best opening setence from a book is "To the worm who first gnawed the cold flesh of my corpse I dedicate these posthumous memoirs as a nostalgic remembrance" from Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas, by Machado de Assis. loved the video nonetheless lol

@deliriumnights 2 жыл бұрын

não tem como n achar esse opening icônico kkkkkk

@maiconschneiderfyszer8475 2 жыл бұрын

@@deliriumnights sim!! passo mal com a sagacidade da lenda, tinha que ser leitura obrigatória em qualquer lugar do mundo

@moder_nord2475 2 жыл бұрын

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@oliverharris60 2 жыл бұрын

That is a beautiful sentence…wow

@am13007 2 жыл бұрын

"Call me Ishmael" *My Directioner brain* : " *I have a son, his name is Ishmael, he never calls me anymore* 😩"

@patriciacharis9383 2 жыл бұрын

I must say, though, that I screamed when you said The Bell Jar was the best opening line of a book ever because it truly is, and I had literally JUST said that to my husband when I had your video on pause at The Bell Jar line, only to unpause and hear you say the exact same thing I did hahaha.

@jack_in_the_books 2 жыл бұрын

us having elite taste

@VirtaAttirah 2 жыл бұрын

"There's no thoughts, just vibes" How did you describe my life so accurately Jack

@NgocNguyen-rx1fo 2 жыл бұрын

The Bell Jar’s opening line is marvelous and iconic but personally, no opening line could ever beat that of One Hundred Years of Solitude

@Viralsbookreviews 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the supremacy ❤️

@nguyethuynh11 2 жыл бұрын

Agreeeeee 👐

@nikolaislvr 2 жыл бұрын

agreed.

@praniti8410 2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree

@cheesecakelasagna 2 жыл бұрын

Can someone please type its opening line here? Nevermind, there's a comment that typed it out literally right below this.

@moonycanwatch 2 жыл бұрын

The Bell Jar's opening line is truly *chef's kiss* and since I don't see anyone else doing it, I will shamelessly reveal that I got 4/15 lmao. I guess mine and the quiz maker's taste in books isn't all that alike, since I only got all the ones I have read lmao

@dg9794 2 жыл бұрын

My favourite opening line has to be from Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. “It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.”

@erina2600 Жыл бұрын

I love that a lot too

@dg9794 Жыл бұрын

@@erina2600 such a good book!!

@suprajasridh 2 жыл бұрын

at this point Jack will make "showing off your degree" as a job prospect for lit degrees

@pinkseonghwa 2 жыл бұрын

Loooove the opening for 1984. The ”… and the clocks were striking thirteen.” the EERIENESS of it. Sets the tone right away. And the opening line for the book I’m currently reading: [book title], light of my life, fire of my loins.” Second sentence: ”My sin, my soul.”

@minimini0123 2 жыл бұрын

"I write this sitting in the kitchen sink" Me: isn't that a twenty one pilot's lyric? (the fact that I'm a current English literature undergrad...sml)

@art.i.schock.e9991 2 жыл бұрын

Kafka putting the entire plot in the first sentence really got me - read that one in school, it was a wild ride :):):)

@frederiquebraakman2934 2 жыл бұрын

My favourite will forever be: “Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.” It’s from One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, maybe my favourite book ever.

@artemisiaabsinthium1794 2 жыл бұрын

My favourite opening line is from Ballard's High Rise: "Later, as he sat on his balcony eating the dog, Dr. Robert Laing reflected on the unusual events that had taken place within this huge apartment building the previous three months."

@Kimberton149 2 жыл бұрын

I read High Rise recently - that line certainly stays with you!

@esthxr_v6858 2 жыл бұрын

I can't lie, I was a bit disappointed that "Look, I didnt want to be a half-blood.' wasn't included - Percy Jackson is pure ICONIC

@SofiaPerez-jw3oy 2 жыл бұрын

Y’all, I got 12/15 while only reading half of those books… if only I could guess that well for my Chem quizzes 💀💀

@tilly_guest1 2 жыл бұрын

Anything in particular you struggle with I might be able to help Im a chem nerd🥰

@SofiaPerez-jw3oy 2 жыл бұрын

@@tilly_guest1 Thats really sweet, I’m have this semester off though 😤

@serahnkahukura8433 2 жыл бұрын

You could get someone to make you another quiz for the end of the year about books you've read in 2021 to see how much you remember. Also would love to see how well you do based on bad book descriptions, e.g. two teens die because boy doesn't check for pulse (Romeo and Juliet).

@jmsl910 2 жыл бұрын

GENIUS!!!

@melanieheath9829 2 жыл бұрын

This is genius! Yes yes yes! I vote you do it hahaha

@sumaitarahelaali2161 2 жыл бұрын

"because the boy didn't check for pulse" LOL

@nehemiastoro3406 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who loves A Tale of Two Cities so much Ive memorized pretty much the whole first chapter, I died a little on the inside hearing Jack misquote it.

@alenemarie1726 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite opening lines are “There is a pirate in the basement. (The Pirate is a metaphor but also still a person.) (The basement could rightly be considered a dungeon.) - The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern and “If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book.” The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket

@georgiawardle618 2 жыл бұрын

God yes the Starless Sea is.....purely amazing

@kerilewis6396 2 жыл бұрын

I love this book so much. I literally screamed when I saw your comment

@mayjuliacooper4879 2 жыл бұрын

Wow I never knew metamorphosis by Kafka was translated like that :( makes me genuinely sad since in German it is soo incredibly beautiful

@milliesabine2107 2 жыл бұрын

Spending my gcse english lit lessons highlighting and analysing that one “it is a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife” prepared me to correctly answer that question and that question only

@AliciaGarcia-qy9hk 2 жыл бұрын

loved this, now please do ending lines!! i just reread the song of achilles for the third time and it has my favorite closing line ever!

@swann357 2 жыл бұрын

"Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure" ("For a long time I would go to bed early"), the opening line to Proust's "Remembrance of things past" absolutely takes the cake for me

@SasMuffin427 2 жыл бұрын

Jack: *incorrectly guesses beloved for one question* Beloved's actual opening line being an upcoming question: I'm about to ruin this man's whole career

@chiliflakes1799 2 жыл бұрын

Not me screaming THE GREAT GATSBY for the last one as that's what I am studying for a level english literature ( the only quote I remember lol )

@thetimetraveller2671 2 жыл бұрын

I'm currently reading this as well but for fun and still failed lol

@isabelnecessary5915 2 жыл бұрын

was just starting to spiral into a stress and anxiety puddle so this is perfectly timed, thank you jack!

@jesuschrist4064 2 жыл бұрын

are you okay?

@isabelnecessary5915 2 жыл бұрын

@@jesuschrist4064 ah thank you for asking ! in general yes, just got lots going on returning to uni, flat hunting, studying online, stressing about friends etc etc i hope you’re doing well !

@jack_in_the_books 2 жыл бұрын

you’ve got this, I believe in you!✨💕

@ileanarenoir9839 2 жыл бұрын

I always thought a good translation for l'étranger by Albert Camus would be "the alien"? A bit old fashioned, but I would make sense, maybe?

@crtzy9626 2 жыл бұрын

Omg yeah

@amorfati5922 2 жыл бұрын

That would fit

@thetrashcan5558 2 жыл бұрын

The opening line for A Tale of Two Cities is such a banger considering the book that follows it.

@aaaamnaaaa 2 жыл бұрын

all happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. leo tolstoy, anna karenina imho hands down best opening to a book

@ashoakthorn369 2 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite opening line since I read it a couple years ago.

@tranquilitybasehotelcasino2932 2 жыл бұрын

was not expecting to see the secret history in here!! i hope it’ll be seen as a classic one day

@llinta1 2 жыл бұрын

This. This is the reason why I am still alive.

@hithere5136 2 жыл бұрын

You should make a video where you read retellings of classics! I recently read These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong which is a mystery/thriller Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920s Shanghai and I’m obsessed so I’ve been looking to read some more reimagined classics!

@LoonyTunes 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like the most universally known opening lines of books in the world are Pride and Prejudice, and Philosopher's Stone xD Or maybe that's just me, they're some of the only ones I actually know, I don't go around tryna memorise opening lines

@jhayden-cm4yx 2 жыл бұрын

Ariel Bissett posted a video semi recently where she ranks classic books by their first sentence. This video reminded me of it! Loved it.

@ozmartin4737 2 жыл бұрын

I must be honest: the challenge is really interesting, but I'm here for Jack's little cutie laugh.

@kyra6744 2 жыл бұрын

I was just going to say that his lil giggle is so cute!

@Riddering616 2 жыл бұрын

Truly impressed but I have to wag my finger at you for thinking Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice might have the same opening line.

@charlysydow5647 2 жыл бұрын

"I would leave this country if I got a 0 on this quiz." Also him moving to Paris.🤣

@tina.InTheSkyWithDiamonds 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Rebecca, whoever you are 🙏

@mrlnxf8455 2 жыл бұрын

It's not a classic, bit I love the opening line of Brandon Sanderson's "Mistborn", it's plain and simple: "Ash fell from the sky."

@yadiracamacho499 2 жыл бұрын

I like the start of the second book, though maybe it doesn't count because it's an epigraph? "I write these words in steel, for anything not set in metal cannot be trusted."

@aimeea8404 2 жыл бұрын

I knew the 1984 line because I've read it so many times lol. Also videos like this make me realize how many classics I still haven't read. I think I'll read classics in September.

@shreyamurali1934 2 жыл бұрын

"No thoughts, just vibes" is gonna be my life motto from now on 😂

@kimberleyrichard3880 2 жыл бұрын

I basically screamed pride and prejudice, I need to go to sleep

@chloemanagh7846 2 жыл бұрын

This actually one of my favourite videos that you have made

@kanej1567 2 жыл бұрын

I'm 15, I have no literature degree but I knew almost all the books. Never socializing and reading books all the time has finally paid off 😌😩

@stcrletz 2 жыл бұрын

same PHAHAH

@LuluST-nc6us 2 жыл бұрын

Love it!

@kallistoindrani5689 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂 Love this comment!

@igor817 2 жыл бұрын

SAME AHAHAH

@irissupercoolsy 2 жыл бұрын

I've only seen the movie Pride & Prejudice once and I had the guessed the book right before Jack. Means that the line is so good and tells the entire background to the plot.

@QangieFace 2 жыл бұрын

I love the way he does a little chuckle. So cute! 🥰

@suze7751 2 жыл бұрын

No thoughts just vibes. Such a mood

@molotovc 4 ай бұрын

I love how excited Jack is when talks about literature 🥺 it is so palpable!

@doreene11 Жыл бұрын

My favorite opening line (a classic and very recognised, should have been in top 10 at least): "Last night I dreamt I went to Mandarley again." - Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.

@emma-di5ly 2 жыл бұрын

I had no idea with several of these books, so the ones I knew for certain were very exciting! _The Great Gatsby_ specifically is my favorite book of all time.

@jamesmcloughlin7691 2 жыл бұрын

Weird that exactly when I put my bookmark in my current read for the day, a Jack Edwards video is posted.

@TiliaHaggstrom 2 жыл бұрын

What are you reading?

@jamesmcloughlin7691 2 жыл бұрын

@@TiliaHaggstrom Keeping On, Keeping On by Alan Bennett. Bennett is a playwright, actor and narrator from Leeds in the North of England.

@TiliaHaggstrom 2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmcloughlin7691 I've never heard of him, but he has some really interesting sounding plays!

@jamesmcloughlin7691 2 жыл бұрын

@@TiliaHaggstrom I would recommend you check out his series "Talking Heads", but the 1988 version.

@TiliaHaggstrom 2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmcloughlin7691 thanks! I'll check it out

@lylz3030 2 жыл бұрын

the little nervous laughs at the start lmao

@erikaalejandra1710 2 жыл бұрын

The opening of Bell Jar is iconic, just as The Stranger. However for me, no other opening line can't ever beat The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.

@cheesecakelasagna 2 жыл бұрын

Can someone please type the opening line here please?

@erikaalejandra1710 2 жыл бұрын

“No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality;[*] even larks and katydids[†] are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane,[‡] stood by itself against the hills,[§] holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily[**] against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there,[††] walked alone.”

@BbGun-lw5vi 2 жыл бұрын

That is a pretty damn great opening line.

@cheesecakelasagna 2 жыл бұрын

@@erikaalejandra1710 Late reply but thank you so much! The symbols intrigue me, I might check the book out this week.

@GretaZewe 2 жыл бұрын

this is super impressive, also that jumper looks so cozy also also,, lacie hard drive ftw I see you there

@MissRaindrop24 2 жыл бұрын

I found your channels via part 1 of this video a few weeks ago and binged now most of your videos. And I just assumed I was to late and you had taken part 2 down or something. Glad I was wrong 😂

@_jjinx 2 жыл бұрын

7:44 was way too relatable as to how indecisive i can be lol love your vids!

@ed-schramm 2 жыл бұрын

ugh, the cuteness is just too much!!! 💜

@harithaolaganathan8895 2 жыл бұрын

that tiktok reciting Jack's book buying addiction has made my hyper aware of Jack's little giggles !!

@ipsitaparida4471 2 жыл бұрын

uh i love these videos, it just mesmerizes me, jack's intellect, oh and wow i waiting for a tail of two cities, you did misspell spring as season perhaps? yeah but ay iconic isnt it?

@caloucalai 2 жыл бұрын

seeing so many people loving capture the castle makes me so happy!

@paulkelly-copland143 2 жыл бұрын

Scottish person here - as soon as I saw that Trainspotting opener, I was curious as to how you’d say “oafay” but your accent when you read it the second time was actually pretty decent😂(ps: I’m sure you enjoyed Trainspotting if I remember correctly - I’d definitely recommend the prequel Skagboys. It’s a thiccie, but intriguing!)

@emmelinemacdonald3005 2 жыл бұрын

So would you say it was 'the best of times' reading the opening line of a Tale of Two Cities and 'the worst of times' reading the rest of the book?

@savannah4439 2 жыл бұрын

I’m literally obsessed with your sweater! I live in Arizona so it’s a chilly 106 f (41 c) outside today, but I will live vicariously through your autumnal fashion sense

@junokalita_ 2 жыл бұрын

How are you still alive in such a chilly environment??

@asmijain2695 2 жыл бұрын

41c is chilly?

@novasabah6136 2 жыл бұрын

Your small giggles literally made my day😂

@telur_dadar 2 жыл бұрын

your giggle is too cute!

@timothydietrich8044 2 жыл бұрын

All the little giggles in the intro are so sweet

@idiosyncraticstone9095 2 жыл бұрын

You should do the same just with the final line of different books

@anyalouisa 2 жыл бұрын

i SCREAMED when i heard the first line of the secret history - absolutely my favourite book ever ever ever.. donna’s got NERVE and i LOVE IT

@matchaa4a 2 жыл бұрын

You did great but honestly, I was looking at your sweater the whole time. It's so pretty!! And lol I got 8

@leodavis322 2 жыл бұрын

I was about to start reading - guess not for the next 12:30 minutes 😂

@random23287 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite quote from Treasure Island has got to be "'Silver, if you like," cried the squire; "but as for that intolerable humbug, I declare I think his conduct unmanly, unsailorly, and downright un-English.'" Makes me laugh aloud every time. I also quite like "Who controls the past controls the future, and who controls the present controls the past." from 1984, of course.

@mogmeiquel 2 жыл бұрын

I was so waiting for ‘there was no possibility of taking a walk that day’. I know like 3 opening lines of classic books so I really expected that one to come up!!

@aanya2493 2 жыл бұрын

I should be sleeping right now but now I’m binge watching this man’s channel

@andrewsutton3351 2 жыл бұрын

My fav line is: "Its way too early in the morning for dead people" from You've been warned.

@randomname24680 2 жыл бұрын

When I read your title the first thing that came to my mind was "Aujourd'hui Maman est morte. Ou peut être hier, je ne sais pas." Glad to see it made it even though it's not English literature.