pitting heartstopper against earthlings is literally the most unhinged thing i've seen on this site and i love it

The fact that he wrote them all down on paper and then into the bracket when he could've just done it straight from storygraph into the bracket is HILARIOUS to me.

at this point how am i NOT supposed to develop a parasocial relationship with jack if he says that we're "just hanging out" and "having a lil facetime"??

“when i tell you i cannot do a SINGLE thing right” is also me at every minor inconvenience

I literally stopped watching jack for watching jack…

the whole un-edited section of you typing in the names and just chatting about whatever came to your mind was honestly the best kind of content i needed after being home alone in my flat for the weekend. somehow it made me feel re-energized in an introverted way where i was actively listening, but not needing to respond just for the sake of it. it made me appreciate you as a person and a content creator even more than i already did

At first I thought this would be a bracket with one book from each country in the world cup, might be an interesting idea (though it would be hard to find that diverse a variety of books)

Oh HEY! Ooh very clever twist on doing your second tier books, I had the same issue with not wanting to spoil my favourites of the year - but oops I did. Fab books in your bracket, I loved a lot of those this year too 🥰

while i agree that human rights should never be violated (duh), i think people need to realise that this isn't new. the same thing happened at the last world cup in russia but people and the media were not nearly as critical of it. i completely agree that fifa needs to heavily regulate these countries but its been happening qatar isn't anything new and yet its getting way more criticism which is giving islamophobic. not to jack ofc but just a comment on the general public, because it is hypocritical when russia 2018 where many central asian and korean migrants died because of working conditions yet the media outrage wasn't anything close to this. same thing with brazil. we need to be critical but i think the spotlight on qatar in western media is because its a middle eastern country not because of human rights when you consider that no country is morally superior (englands kits are made off of underpaid bangladeshi workers) and fifa has a history of this. the criticism towards qatar have propelled them to reforms which is absolutely necessary however i just wish everyone would put this energy on all the previous and future world cups because right now western media are falling back on islamophobia to criticise the nation. no hate to jack but i just wanted to provide this perspective

i do agree that qatar has some issues, however previous hosting countries had multiple issues and way more human rights violations and no one batted an eye, its not an excuse but it just shows the double standards when it comes to arab countries

Homework VS. Jack's video- Jack wins easily.(those homework could wait)

Jack, this is so comfy. You know what I mean? I just feel so safe in this video lmao

i agree with what you said about qatar however i have this feeling that whenever something happens in a middle eastern country everyone is so concerned about human rights but no one bats an eye at anything wrong that happens in the western countries. for example, you also visited france, which is a country where muslim people (especially hijabi/niqabi women) cannot exist in peace because of the views of the government on muslim people and islam. of course this doesn't mean i support qatar's views but i think there is a double standard going on...

i've read a bit over 32 books in GENERAL this year and you've read 32 rated between 3.75 and 4 😅it would be great if at the end of the year u made a video on how u read so much and fit it into ur schedule to help people for the new year

Thank you for specifically saying the *men’s* World Cup. It’s an important distinction that should be made more :)

As someone who worked as a cook in the restaurant buisness, Im happier when people ask to take their food to go instead of throwing it away. The amount of food I've seen end up in the bin just makes me feel bad at the end of every shift, especially since we are usually the ones who empty them

i love the idea of filming in one take! it feels like i’m on facetime with a friend

Wouldn’t it be cool to pick a book from each country that is playing in the world cup? This would be a nice focus on other things from these countries instead of the controversial world cup.

As someone from Qatar who was watching Jack for years this is really sad. It is sad that people will find any issue with the World Cup and make a way to boycott. Qatar is aware of the human rights violations and instead of hiding it under a rug like the west we will say there names. And it is sad when people talk about the problem in the Middle East they talk about them not supporting the LGBTQ+ community rather then talking about the human rights violations that is happening to Middle Eastern in the Gaza Strip and in Yemen. I have seen it in booktalk so many time the sad truth is not everyone will except everyone , especially in a small country like Qatar which most of the population are strongly Muslims. The Qatari people have exited for this occasion for a really long time. it is the first country in the Middle East to host the World Cup.

I love having this one take! It is so great to hear so much more from you and how NY is going.

i love the vibe of your video. its so comfy and cozy. i get so motivated and inspired.

i ADORE this video “editing” style. not cutting most of the video genuinely makes it feel like we’re all just hanging out with you for a bit. so cozy!

Thanks for your disclaimer at the beginning. Just here to remind people that Qatar isn't the only host with dirty hands and this is something we had 12 years to protest against. The next world cup will be held in Canada, Mexico and the US. I don't see the crimes and human rights violations of these countries (past or even very recent ones, which they have plenty of) pitted against them for being hosts. I'm not defending Qatar just wanted to shed light into this double moral, orientalism and low key Islamophobia from some people. Something to think about. Not accusing anyone. Just dropping it here.. Let's just enjoy reading.

Loved the one-take video! Basically my favorite “method” of filming because I feel like I’m just hanging in the room with them and it’s goofy fun, especially at 10:45 😄

there should be criticism but when it only goes for one country and every other (specifically for western) country isnt criticised for their human rights violations it feels very performative

When Emma did the World Cup of Books Video I actually thought that it would also be great for Jack in the Books video. Amazing that it actually happened. I love both of your channels, so that was really fun to see the both of you run their book World Cup 2022.

Funny nobody said anything when the WC was held in russia and South Africa 🙄 and we see human rights violations happening there every day please consider keeping the moral compass for every country and not just middle eastern ones

Loved the one take and chatting with you, burst out laughing of joy cause i still can't believe how such a wholesome and fabulous character as you can exist, loved that the actual competition was the shortest part of the video and i can honestly say that it was the best video I've seen in a long time even though it was seemingly quite easy and enjoyable to film and edit! sending you Love

JACK! I'm such a huge fan of you and you have inspired me to read so much more. I also just moved to Manhattan for college this fall and it's so comforting knowing you're out here in the city too. Hope you are well!

I am living for this type of filming!! it feels like having a video-call with a friend. Please do more videos like this that you take it at one go!

I watched Drinking By My Shelf’s version of this the other day. I love that it inspired you and also love how much emotion you both used in choosing which ones you enjoyed more. Such hard decisions!

This “just hanging out” vibe is great. I’m just brushing my teeth and watering my plants with this in the background😂 loved it

I think is a really valid to critique the World Cup and where is being held. However, I do feel that europeans and Americans in general tend to have a double standard in which they only judge some countries. For example, I agree that Qatar is horrible, but so is the country you are now living in, the US. If I had to list all the things the United States did, this commentary would be huge, but even if you only take Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Korea, it's already ten times worse than Qatar. Not to mention the conditions immigrants have to live when trying to cross us borders, to say something contemporary. I think it's really important to criticise Qatar and especially FIFA, although I can't help but notice that that criticism starts and ends in the arabic world.

Not me on a Jack marathon when a new Jack video drops

Also please do a video of you reading all the books you vowed never to read! It would make my week ahaha

I love football, and I love Jack Edwards so this is a crossover I needed without ever realising so.

This has been my fave video! Not even the actual reason for it but just the vibe of you writing and me cleaning my kitchen like we are on FaceTime 🤣

what women’s rights violations in Qatar are you talking about? I’d appreciate if you gave an example or mention certain case.))

This is the World Cup that I really care about.

Literally LOVE you! Tha whole part of you putting in the names and just chatting about anything and everything- guys l, come on. Jack is so adorable and funny it's actually overwhelming

I love this style of video! The one take makes it feel super realistic, as if we were actually hanging out! Thanks Jack, love the videos!

I’ve always thought that the rating right after reading a book is completely different than the rating of how it sticks with you months later. Would be so cool to see a vid on comparing book ratings based on both!

this was such a fun video, would love to see more this type of unedited videos from you

Hey Jack! I just wanted to say I genuinely adore ur videos and they make my day. I just wanted to comment on what you said about the World Cup and Qatar, this isn’t hate to u at all but I would like to clear something up. Qatar’s separation of men and women’s doors is not at all anything against women! (As an Arab Muslim women, who is also a feminist) take into account that Qatar is a Muslim country, for us Muslim women, we feel much more comfortable with separations, etc. So I find very ignorant when foreigners who don’t know much about Qatar or Islam comment on that. That’s the reasoning behind it and it’s not in anyway against women.

this video is super wholesome and it's a super cool concept! it made me wanna do it with my own favs of this year

i love these type of videos cause it truly does feel like i’m just having a conversation with you

Take the Tupperware box, grab one of those collapsible ones to fit in your tote bag. That way you can even grab other food people leave laying about at events

Jack: "I should bring my own container, but that'd be a bit too much" Me: I've been bringing my own containers for a while and everytime my friends see it for the first time they cringe but everyone around me (customers and staff) think it's super cool! Already amazing not to waste tho, it took me some time to build up the courage tbh.

Thank you for the world cup alternative, we really needed it 💖

I haven’t watched a single world cup game yet this year, but i RAN to watch this.

This was the perfect video to hang out and have my breakfast while watching

Thanks for another great video! I appreciate you sharing it. I hope if you decide to do this again next year, you might do it more like it was done on the Drinking by my Shelf channel, with fewer book choices. She went into a lot more explanations of the books, why she was making the choices she did, and I loved the penalties when she couldn't decide between two books! I would love to see you do this, too, it made it very exciting and made me stop the video several times to check out books I may want to read based on her descriptions and thoughts. Sorry if I'm being too critical. I really did enjoy your video, always enjoy them and never miss one!

This looks like so much fun. I read 35 ish books this year so it'll be fun to narrow them down like this

i loved this casual hanging out session sm

I love how Jack is like "WHY AM I DOING THIS TO MYSELF" and than decides between two books within a second hahhaha

OMG it would be so amazing if you did a book from each country, I would love to see you read something from Brazil

I just wanted to say few things for you Jack amd for everyone else about Qatar (bty my English is so bad ) 1-the western media claimed that there is 600,000 worker died while building the stadiums for the world cup ; however , this number is actually the nuber of the people who died in Qater since they anounsed the the world cup will be Qater . And honey don’t forget the fact that there was a pandemic and people dies. Yet , yes there is some workers who died during the construction process but the number of them is 60 in 10 years and not 600 000 . And i am not here saying that there lives do not mater ;however, Qatar should pay more atention for the safty of the workers Media just want to present Qatar in a way that make it look a bad country because they are not white with blue eyes 2 - the lgbtq community is not banned from attending the games , their are only not allowed to wear the lgbtq flag .And they are not allowed to kiss or have any “physcial interaction “ in public , and this is not for gays but also for straight people. This is agents the islamic religion and in Qatar they are not hating the lqbtq community but just have different culture . And the world should respect them if they want them to respect the rest of the world culture. Western world should stop asking the whole word to follow them , because they are white does not mean their ideas about how to live the world are right . Leave the rest of the world alone . 3- about women rights ? Give me one country that give them their rights ….at least Qatar gives their women rights more than many countries . I don’t know wear did you bring your information but I am sure they are from a wight racist guy or from wikipedia . I really respect you Jack and love watching your videos but you should know the true before judge people and say that they don’t care about humans right.

I really liked that you did not edit the video too much, it does feel like we are hanging out!

Love your videos Jack. You are hilarious 😂

it makes me so so happy to see your vids in my reccomended!

WOW I WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS BUT ...THIS IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA AND FEELS GREAT TO SEE

This is the kinda content we need 😌

OMG the whole time I was rooting for araidne cause it was one of the only books I had read and i loved it, but I was sure you were going to kick it out at some point. I'm so happy it won, it's actually one of the few books on my tbr that I read before you recommended it.

Loved the one take so casual and easy watching really is like hanging out with a friend

Now i can't even watching both of you and hoping for the collab!!!

such a fun video! i was inspired by this and did it with my top 32 books of the year and came out at the end with swimming in the dark, open water, the mountains sing and lessons in chemistry - an incredibly hard choice but i went for the mountains sing as my top book! :)

another one of jack's videos saving the day😊

I absolutely ADORED Circe so now I need to read Ariadne and see WHAT THE HYPE IS ALL ABOUT! This was so cool though! Thanks for doing this!

That was such fun! I like the one-take format. It makes it more relaxed; like we're really hanging out (as you said). Greetings from Czechia.

SO much fun. Coincidentally I just finished Circe yesterday which I LOVED and had pulled out Ariadne to read next so now I'm really excited to crack on with it! Talking to a friend yesterday about how odd it is that I love Greek mythology so much but am really not fond of fantasy, even the top rated. Why is that? I think you're the same Jack.

your videos always make my day better :)

You should do the same concept but one book from each country in the world cup

Great video, Jack!!! I'd love to hear more about your favourite channels/creators/podcasts/shows etc... I've just checked out Drinking By My Shelf and I LOVE her videos.

Loved the featured fly in the back at 10:30 lmao

Yay, I am subscribed to Drinking by my shelf as well and just saw her worldcup yesterday.

Ahh love this! Just ordered the bundle from your store and i am so exciteddd!! But besides that i am stressingg about unii but its fine well get there! Also i loved this video it was so casual i felt like i was just having a chat with a mate! Just what i needed rk :)

Your video made my day 🥺💙

There’s an 86% chance you won’t give a hoot, but this inspired me to make my own World Cup of Books video! And I used books from the countries that actually made it through to the knockout stages. Thanks so much for the inspiration 🙌

I did my own book world cup after watching this and I had Circe in my final 2 against Song of Achilles. SOA won, its my favourite of all time.

This was fun, Jack! 🤣 Always love the unhinged vibes. 🙊

If your comments about Qatar don't remain the same for the next World Cup with US being 1/3 host for all their human rights violations, it's just plain hypocrisy.

This is such a nice format! Hanging out and do something like this. Chuffed! So... going from your restaurant mode, this channel should be 'Jack in the Box'? 😁 Sounds really CBBC. 😄

2:36 I love you for saying this.

Please do this with your 5 star reads!!

Hi! New to this channel, but loving the videos so far! I have a video idea for you, please do this world cup style concept, but choose books from countries or set in countries in the world cup. Maybe books from countries you haven't read much of? Thank you! x

always a good time when this lad uploads 🥸

Yay, now I know what it is to be actually interested in a game of this sort. Was rooting for ariadne the whole time❤️

i love the no jump-cut form!! makes me feel grounded and just like you said, we're chatting

loved this💕

Jack, since you love Greek mythology and stories that make you cry your eyes out, you should really go and see Hadestown on Broadway!

Love the Muji pens you are using! They are so gooooood!

The nerve of Jack uploading a new video when I should be studying smh😤

I love the lack of editing, really feels like we're friends on facetime

I loved the whole "no cuts" video! it is way more feeling quote on quote 'real'. Al though I can get that it gives quite the pressure haha

7:25 "written about this... problematic... influencer...." and then the little snicker at the end 😭

Loved hanging out with you Jack!! 😄

always love hanging out with you💞

Please do this again this year!

I very much enjoyed this minimal edit this video had. Was like having a chat with a friend while I made lunch. Did enjoy

This was so fun and chill