Jack, I’m gonna need you to work on becoming an audiobook narrator. The way you read those summaries make me want to buy them all. Your tone and accent is everything! Also, I finished Nightcrawling yesterday and it was incredible. I’m glad you got her new book!

2:22 I hadn't noticed the hair before you mentioned it. Take it easy bro lol

I’m brazillian and I’ve always felt so special about the fact that Clarice Lispector was my grandma’s neighbor

0:01 when u hear the gasp, u know he waited months for it 😁

Oh I am gonna breathe Intermezzo in as desperately as I breathe air

I've been waiting for your review on Intermezzo for some weeks now. And here we are still watching the unboxing video 😂😭

intermezzo is SO good it’s really going to cement sally rooney’s place as a literary fiction author (although she always has been to me)

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Idk why but I was so excited for Jack when Sally Rooney released her new book.

Your enthusiasm for books is so delightful!

so excited to hear what you think of intermezzo, Sally Rooney has always been one of my top authors!

When I’m at the cult, I wanna hear those cult classics!

That hair spike is everything!

still waiting for that books I've read from around the world jack 🤨🤨 (loved this, actually jelly you get sent these books for free, youre living the dream)

Hi! I just discovered your channel and I already want to read every single book you talk about, even when they’re far from what I usually read 🌞 Thank you, because it will help me expand my reading genres - A new subscriber from France

The strength to film this video, I would stop everything I do if I would hold Intermezzo in my hands.

the snippet of intermezzo in the new yorker has made me 100x more excited for the book, if that’s even possible

I recently got Normal People. My sister insisted on reading it even though it's not her type or genre of books. Upon opening the first page, she went Oh, Sally! because she realized Sally doesn't use inverted commas for her dialogues😂

So excited to see a new Lispector being released this year! I'm reading Near to the Wild Heart and am tabbing every second sentence 😅 That woman knows how to write!

I'm reading 'The Love of Singular Men' now, and I was devastated when I learned that the author, Victor Heringer, sadly took his life in 2018 at the young age of 29. :( I would have loved to read more of his beautiful writing.

Richie Hofmann's poem "French Novel" is divine! Happy reading:)

i LOVED the tone of The English Understand Wool!

Jack, we're the luckiest people in the whole world to have you!!

Mine just came out today "I was a teenage slasher"

the hair horn is so CUTE !!!

"The love of singular men" by Victor Heringer is such a beautiful book. I'm so excited to see it has an English translation. Hope you like it!

So frickin excited for intermezzo

So cool that you have such a following that you can request books! Clearly a win for the publishers because these are now all the books are on our to be read lists . Congrats ❤🎉

love the fact that you love Clarice, it makes me so proud of our brazilian literature. she’s our best writer (in my humble opinion)

The hair sticking up is cute ☺

Hey Jack! Victor Herringer was a great writer, and besides "The love of singular men" he won the Jabuti prize for writing the book "Glory". Now, you see, the Jabuti prize is huge for us brazilian literature lovers. I'd love if you keep in touch with our culture and writing, and maybe make a video about it. I know you've read Clarice Lispector, but you must get to know other names! Machado de Assis, Jorge Amado (a personal favourite of mine), Lélia Gonzalez, Conceição Evaristo!! We have so much to share about racial literacy, gender discussions, wealth and poverty, etc. Thank you for the video

In this stage of my life, I don't even get excited for new books. But it's Sally Rooney! And intermezzo sounds so up my alley that I can't help but get hyped about it.

Thank you, Jack🌷On the Calculation of Volume by the Danish author Solvej Balle is an exciting read about a woman who’s stuck in time on November 18 of a certain year, for years. The first three (slim) volumes have already appeared in many languages, and the author has won the Nordic Council prize for this work.

the way I SCREAMED when I saw the thumbnail Jack!

I only noticed the hair when you wrote it out xD

Not you saying Wandering Souls multiple times 🤭

i don't have access to Intermezzo until September end. I am so jealous :( Looking forward to your book review :D Happy Reading

I’m so excited for these books! Can’t wait to read them!

I could listen to Jack talk about books all day 😍

I've never heard you talk about Clarice Lispector, as a Brazilian she is a goddess for me and the reason I started reading real literature as a teenager and wanting to be a writer as well. I would love to hear more of Clarice from you. People need to read her.

I did shed a tear when the arc for Sally Rooney’s new book showed up at the bookstore I work at

I’m interested to see what you think of Cult Classic! I found it a bit confused - not confusing (cuz the plot is pretty straightforward), but more like the author couldn’t figure out what she wanted the book to be.

I saw self portrait randomly in my favourite bookshop and it instantly caught my eye like... idk that one serial killer that took the victims eyes

yess you are absolutely correct! chess player and huuuge fan of the queen’s gambit here, i apologize in advance for the person i’ll become once i lay my hands on that book!!

it’s pronounced like interMETzo btw :)

Love that cover of the new Clarice lispector! Definitely dont need it because i already own the complete short stories.. but perhaps... A portable version 🤔

all of these sound incredible 🤗

Jack, film a reading vlog on Intermezzo please🥺

i just finished old enough, and it was so tender + funny! totally wish this book existed for me in my early twenties

Jaaack! I’m going to keep commenting this until you read this haha - I strongly recommend the book “Some Strange Music Draws Me In”. I’m just finishing it now and it’s my favourite book I’ve read this year, even (just slightly) above Blue Sisters. It’s a trans coming of age story jumping between 1984 and 2019. This book is SO underrated and no one is talking about it!

Looks like i just refilled my TBR list

ayy jack we share the same scissors💃💃

That piece of hair made my day

Jack have you read Osamu Dazai’s daughter, Yuko Tsushima? As he died when she was very young apparently the thematic similarities and influences are very interesting

Not sure if you’ve read it, but if you are interested in the way authors write about flowers and how to incorporate them in a novel read “The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart” by Holly Ringland. An intense book about grief and finding oneself, with a chapter named after a flower and its meaning that intertwines into that particular chapter itself. The book was also made into a tv series on Prime, but no where near as good as the book!!

Rhino horn😂😂 don't worry Jack, you are always gorgeous. Greetings from Argentina🇦🇷

I liked the hair spike.. 😊 and you are very very charming.. I wish I could speak so confidently about books like you do!

I was thinking about rewatching queens gambit when u read the chess quote and when you said queens gambit I jumped out of my chair

The hair made me laugh out loud I love it

i'm deeply envious

I thought that I was the only person who gets very disturbed by that one texture….i feel very seen jack

There's something so comforting about watching Jack's new book joy ❤

2:22 We love u alfalfa ❤

Looking forward to the reviews! Interesting selection❤

omg, I could totally read most if not all of these books. adding to Goodreads

adds every book to cart

jack kinda looks like when mobile phones used to still have antennae in the section where that one piece of hair is sticking out (ly jack, it just made me burst out laughing cus it looks like you could recieve a signal)

I was NOT in love with cult classic but I’m SO excited to hear your thoughts on it. Maybe you can give me a new perspective

can you make a reaction video of new York time's top 100 books in 21st century

I know you have a basket full of reading to do already, but if you liked 'there there', I'd highly recommend reading 'We will not be saved' by Nemonte Nenquimo. You will not regret it.

omg i got into chess this year im so excited for intermezzo

Jack!!! Idk if you like VE Schwab but I'm so excited she's started writing her third book to the Villains series!!!

Aw Jamaica Kincaid was my professor in undergrad. And insanely jealous of the Intermezzo ARC

jack, pleaseeeeee lend me intermezzo😭😭😭

love ur taste in brazilian literature

Clarice Lispector ❤

You take pictures of the books in bookshops... I take screenshots of the books in your videos 😞 I already have too many on my tbr I'm struggling Jack 😭

you should totally read more brazilian literature!! i think you would enjoy classic authors like machado de assis and more contemporary ones, such as stenio gardel (the words that remain)

So jealous that you can already read Intermezzo 😢

i’ve read martyr! twice and am in the middle of rereading it again rn, and i can confidently say it’s one of the best books i’ve read EVER, it is so good

11:12 was that wandering "souls"???

Fantastic video as always, loving the rhino vibe!

Jack Read The acknowledgements of Tommy , and Kavah book, they would write a few chapters and hand them to each other. They are good friends, Second thing, Can't believe you are not stoked for the new Richard Powers or Michael Chabon book

New Direction is like the A24 of books lol

Love your content but was wondering if it's just me but you get a lot of hauls but don't review the books mentioned? I've got some of your recommended titles and keen to read more.

i have some questions for you is one of my favorite books of last year!

Yay, another unpacking video! I recently unpacked The Timekeeper's Secret - Timeless Fate series by iLana Markarov. It was the best bookhaul of my life! The book cover was simply gorgeous. Read it in one sitting and is now my top fav book ever!

don't ever feel like you should apologise for you hair. just own it, man.

My life contains 0 chess. And thats how I like it!!!

I read "The English understand wool" and it was kind of underwhelming. I hope you like it more!

I just want to validate the texture disgust thing. I can't stand certain types of "dry" and porous textures, and sorry if this is disgusting, I have to lick my fingertips first to touch them. 😑

The hair… next time don’t mention it, I didn’t realise it until you mentioned it

Loved Cult Classic.

i wanted to like again and forgot i already did.

Ughh nevermind your hair, I can't stop looking at the dirt under your bed Jack.

@orry’s unboxinh packages video

Glossy paper also makes me want to vomit glad I'm not alone

I could forgive Wandering Souls once but twice!! 😅

clarice lispector

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