Ocean Vuong: ‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous’ Jack when he met Ocean Vuong: ‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gagged’
@jack_edwards4 ай бұрын
LMAO
@Pazoo_underscore4 ай бұрын
you should do another have i read a book from every country, because i recon you've read more since you last did one
@MaelysCha4 ай бұрын
YES!!! I keep commenting that too, hoping he will see it and promote more reading authors from various countries! It is a super fun challenge as well 🌍❤️📚
@jack_edwards4 ай бұрын
Working on it!!
@Pazoo_underscore4 ай бұрын
@@jack_edwards YESSS
@MaelysCha4 ай бұрын
@@jack_edwards Oh my, YES!!! Can’t wait!!! I have been on a literal mission for years and have a list of books from authors from around 130 different countries! 🥺🌍📚
@gemmaironside52544 ай бұрын
I was so scared when I saw the whole book shelf move
@MsBlulucky4 ай бұрын
Please, Jack, PLEASE fix your shelves to the wall!!
@karakask54884 ай бұрын
I almost had a heart attack!!!
@heyitsdaliiii4 ай бұрын
When did something happen? I didn’t notice anything lol
@karakask54884 ай бұрын
@heyitsdaliiii around 2:15, letter C. I gasped in fear. (I also live in an earthquake prone area, everything is nailed down)
@eddieboi42774 ай бұрын
Agreed!!
@miasmaroon3 ай бұрын
honestly, that wobble of the shelves gave me a jump scare
@kyris664 ай бұрын
1) Consider fixing your shelves to your wall, please. 2) I have an Excel sheet with all the titles in my book collection as well as which shelf they're on. Lol. Something you may want to consider.
@JustForeverSmile4 ай бұрын
Another day of Jack playing with his little library
@jenn90494 ай бұрын
this library room is quite literally my comfort corner of the internet
@jack_edwards4 ай бұрын
🥰
@danielpojda62924 ай бұрын
oh, then I'll recommend "these letters end in tears" by Musih Xaviere !!😅
@jack_edwards4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@dreamingofthemoon2 ай бұрын
Omg I met the author!! She's so incredibly kind
@Pazoo_underscore4 ай бұрын
that ocean vuong story is gold - but im actually so jealous. your living the dream jack!!
@libbydorvilliers14534 ай бұрын
You should try this challenge again, but do it by title of the book! Loved the video as always! Always makes my day to see an update from your channels!
@l00r0lll4 ай бұрын
I was repeating "Quinn... Quinn.." at my screen and it worked amen
@jack_edwards4 ай бұрын
Thank you, you saved me
@kimbarbeaureads4 ай бұрын
I was saying Quincy. So close.
@MISS.READER4 ай бұрын
"E, oh my God MEEEE" cute XD
@beththebookworm4 ай бұрын
What a fun little book challenge. For authors starting with X, try Xinran, she writes beautifully about the situation of women in China. I recommend starting with "Good Women of China".
@aksez2u4 ай бұрын
Yes, I was thinking "Jack needs more books by Chinese authors" 😊
@Ivan-ho1pd3 ай бұрын
Thats true, chinese literature would be very enriching in this library. As for Xinran Jay Zhao, maybe i'm mistaken but don't they use western order of Names and thus the family name would be "Zhao" 🤔
@beththebookworm3 ай бұрын
@@Ivan-ho1pd There's so much good Chinese literature out there. Maybe we should set Jack a little project to read some. Regarding names, we're thinking of different authors. Xiran Jay Zhao would absolutely be under Z, but I'm thinking of Xinran who only uses one name.
@Ivan-ho1pd3 ай бұрын
@@beththebookworm I'm sorry, i misread because it was a name I expected to read, but of course the Author of "The good woman of China" would count as x. Thanks for clarifying. It would be awesome to see Jack read this whole World of Literature! For example four books from four periods: one of the four classics, one early modern (from the baihua movement or comparable), one of the time during or after the cultural Revolution and a contenporary book since 2000.
@beththebookworm3 ай бұрын
@@Ivan-ho1pd Ohh I like that idea. Reading across different periods would be an excellent experience and video.
@agnimitraedits4 ай бұрын
It's almost like Jack is collecting Pokémons 😭
@eavanodonoghue4 ай бұрын
As an Irish person with an O’ surname, we always come under O’ alphabetically.
@iraghosh49064 ай бұрын
It was heart breaking to see Jack miss his favourite authors James Baldwin and Toni Morrison for 'B' and 'M' respectively.😢
@yousra87284 ай бұрын
Same for sally rooney
@notarealwombat56764 ай бұрын
I was convinced he'd take out a Sylvia Plath for P too
@jack_edwards4 ай бұрын
One thing about me is I am incredibly stupid
@meikusje4 ай бұрын
Joan Didion for D!
@jenn90494 ай бұрын
@@jack_edwards wait wait are u even jack … holy shit ?!????
@mollywinchurst20564 ай бұрын
the fact that i knew when he was describing the Bluets play just from the description that it was a Katie Mitchell production - her style very much involves a lot of multimedia, so her plays very often involve screens and cameras in them. she is insanely talented and clever
@TheaterBlick4 ай бұрын
Me too!! I've seen 4 or 5 plays by her and I love her. Greetings from Berlin!
@francescatelari4 ай бұрын
“ E. OMG! ME “ So funny
@sternentalerswald4 ай бұрын
Surprisingly I myself am just missing I, U and X. I was convinced it would be more. That's a really interesting challenge!
@nikoolion4 ай бұрын
“Stories of Your Life and Others” by Ted Xiang!! It’s brilliant, get this one without a doubt! It’s also Leonie’s best book of 2023!
@jack_edwards4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@oolongtea40134 ай бұрын
it's ted chiang so i dont think it would count
@iris.holmes4 ай бұрын
It's Ted Chiang tho, but definitely going to be a Chinese author for the X... ^^'
@Ivan-ho1pd3 ай бұрын
For x i can recommend some Chinese Literature: Xu Zhimo is a very good Poet of the 20th Century and in the realm of Science Fiction there is Xia Jia with her short Story "goodbye, melancholy" readable online via clarkes World magazine or in the Anthology "broken stars" edited by Ken Liu. The Problem of course with chinese literature, is to be sure that it is a family name and not the surname starting with x. For example the most famous Chinese writer, who is said to mark the beginning of modern chinese literature, is Lu Xun. But (allthough it is a pen name) Lu would be the family name here. The same is true for Cao Xueqin, who wrote one of the 4 classics of the Chinese litterature canon. Hope this helps and you maybe decide to check out some classics or more modern voices in chinese literature.
@julietareads4 ай бұрын
here to confirm that you do not count the “de” & “du”, so for example, Miguel de Cervantes would go under the C of Cervantes and not the D
@knees0cks_494 ай бұрын
but what about the o'somethings and the d'somethings... i think in the library where i worked those did get sorted under o and d respectively but its been a couple of years so im not sure anymroe
3 ай бұрын
Oh really, in Canada (French) we put them under D anyway
@MaelysCha4 ай бұрын
1 BOOK per COUNTRY Challenge, please ❤️🌍📚
@mushkbaar3 ай бұрын
Yes pleaseeeeeeee I hope he does thisssss
@hippolyte904 ай бұрын
Please make a video if you find a book whose author's name starts with an "X". Also have you read book titles for every letter of the alphabet?
@blank4683 ай бұрын
I just want to come here to say that this video idea is what i often do to try and fall asleep (not finding a book for every letter that I own, just one for every letter that I know)
@samjaneparker4 ай бұрын
An author with a surname beginning with X is the Chinese author Can Xue - I recommend her short story collection "I Live in the Slums"
@alicerogers51294 ай бұрын
I love that you've done this! ❤ when my son was a few weeks old (he's just turned 5 months) he had really bad colic during feeds so we'd stand up and walk round our living room, bouncing him gently whilst looking for book titles and authors for every letter of the alphabet on our shelves; however long it took to get his wind up 😂😂🙈🙈 thanks for another fab video!
@naomid16093 ай бұрын
These Letters End In Tears by Musih Xaviere Heaven Official’s Blessing by Mo Tong XIU Tidesong by Wendy Xu Omen by Lexi Xu
@PokhrajRoy.4 ай бұрын
It’s time to change the meme from “Sure, Jan.” to “Sure, Jack.”
@Prachie104 ай бұрын
Hey you're everywhere love it for you😂
@PokhrajRoy.4 ай бұрын
@@Prachie10 Haha thanks
@shradhachawan45694 ай бұрын
@@Prachie10 came here to say exactly that 😅
@Rebecca-hm6pw4 ай бұрын
Went to a bookstore once that had LeGuin shelved under G rather than L and it still irritates me when I think about it
@CarolinaMartinez-qx2ii4 ай бұрын
LOVE ! this is exactly how I would be spending time if i had this many books
@mothumn4 ай бұрын
gotta get the autobiography of malcolm x
@Bear_the_shepherd3 ай бұрын
could you please do this again with title names/ books that you've rated highly? i'd love a whole rec list from you :)
@AO2437.4 ай бұрын
Norse mythology is great! My best friend introduced it to me a few months ago and it’s so good!
@Loveyourshelf4 ай бұрын
I had never heard of Christopher Isherwood, so I’m excited to check out some of his (many) books! 📚
@caristevens94944 ай бұрын
"wait why is this one turning out to be the hardest one- UPDIKE!!!!" hahaha
@hhah234 ай бұрын
Jack it would be a fun idea to do the books you have reread the most times
@annabelderwael824 ай бұрын
"E...OMG ME!!"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@elyshajoymorrison52803 ай бұрын
"wait why is this one turning out to be the hardest one- UPDIKE!"
@ayrlex38094 ай бұрын
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu. It's a graphic novel and Xu is the illustrator but oh well. I think it counts.
@honorbound13374 ай бұрын
It's so interesting, bc this is not a challenge I would ever have thought of, since I alphabetize my books. I also know off the top of my head that i don't have one for every letter, since I reshelved recently. Vs I'm not sure if I have one for every genre, for example, since that isn't how I organize
@VictorianGentleman3 ай бұрын
I actually went through just the other day to see how many authors for each letter I had! I also have at least one for every letter but X, it's a tricky one.
@nataliekaye87084 ай бұрын
The Autobiography of Malcolm X is a very interesting book (and as a bonus, I believe that would technically fill in the X gap?)
@izzydias39364 ай бұрын
I haven't read anything by her yet, but I have recently heard of Can Xue, who is a Chinese author. It is an alias though but I reckon it would still work since her books are published under this name.
@jaziybabe3 ай бұрын
I was looking away from the screen and actually thought "come on camera, I believe in you" was the title of the book for a second xD
@onebookatatime454 ай бұрын
When I worked in the library we filed by the final name if more than one, unless hyphenated (in which case the first of the hyphenated names) 🙂
@Emmy-rw8yl4 ай бұрын
It’s a good day when Jack posts :)
@sandhya80914 ай бұрын
Currently binge watching jack videos.
@Lia232354 ай бұрын
Perfume is so good
@SuikastTakimi4 ай бұрын
Sure you do, jack...
@laurenschenck53554 ай бұрын
Love ur fun and amazing positive energy Jack! 😀😀
@laurenschenck53554 ай бұрын
I love Bridgeton book series so good 😀😀🩷🩷
@SThom334 ай бұрын
This is a Storygraph challenge I've been doing this year! As a mood reader, it's not been going well 😆
@874.5km4 ай бұрын
alright, I'm getting out of bed to do this with my bookshelves, be right back
@izzyeis57523 ай бұрын
unrelated but i just read piranesi bc you've talked about it and i love it
@AsuraSantosha4 ай бұрын
A couple weeks ago, I started an alphabet challenge but it was by book title. I found it easier to find authors starting with x than book titles.
@iris.holmes4 ай бұрын
So I don't know if graphic novels count as books, but the only X I seem to personally have on my bookshelves is Manu Xyz, an author and illustrator (most known I think for his contributions to the collaborative series 'The other people', original French title 'Les Autres Gens') I do have all the letters of the alphabet, including surnames, names, and book titles!! 😅
@alexah85214 ай бұрын
I think they should count as books!
@SigrunMariaOskarsdottir4 ай бұрын
For the letter X you could read/buy the book "Olga dies dreaming" by Xóchitl González.
@ayrlex38094 ай бұрын
It doesn't really fit the criteria since it's a first name not a last name
@MaelysCha4 ай бұрын
What about: do you have a book/ author for every country in the world?! 🌎❤ I have personally been on this mission for years and have 100 books from 100 different countries 📚❤️🎉 please promote reading authors from all origins, cultures, countries!!!
@meikusje4 ай бұрын
He promotes this all the time :) he's also done a video like that before, so it takes some time to accumulate enough new additions for a new video.
@MaelysCha4 ай бұрын
@@meikusje I know he does - I have watched ALL his videos ahah 🤭 I just think that it sounds both like fun content AND really important to actively promote reading authors from VERY various countries (what about an author from Myanmar, or one from Rwanda, or one from Iceland!)
@altynaytherussianspy3 ай бұрын
@@MaelysChaI’ve been doing this challenge in my spare time, it’s really fun. I’ve thought about making a video about it but I am terrified of the internet
@meikusje4 ай бұрын
It's so annoying when authors have middle names that could be surnames, or surnames that could be middle names! Sometimes it's pretty difficult to find out which it is as well. I went through the same thing when I categorized my books recently, and I *do* want to go alphabetically. So for some I just decided for myself, because I couldn't find anything online to clear things up.
@melsyoutube4 ай бұрын
3:44 spirit of nadine coyle took over
@niamhl69644 ай бұрын
In Ireland we have a lot of names like O'Brien or O'Farrell, and generally they're listed under O!
@rebekkaravn28083 ай бұрын
I am reading Perfume right now, would love, love, love, to hear what you think of it, when you have read it!!
@catherineh82604 ай бұрын
The only X author I’ve read anything by is Xinran. I’ve read Sky Burial & The Good Women of China but I don’t own a copy of either, and I’m sure I’ll be missing a couple of other letters.
@melsyoutube4 ай бұрын
i wanna do this with vinyls some day
@AvinaGreen4 ай бұрын
Jack needs to move on to more Chinese fiction to find an X last name or an Xavier
@jack_edwards4 ай бұрын
You’re right!!!!
@morganjustine36374 ай бұрын
Not me screaming BALDWIN at B
@jil80914 ай бұрын
Parfume is one of my favorite books... it made me realize that I adore beautiful writing and YOU haven't read it ????
@phantomthread43854 ай бұрын
Wow. You haven't read Perfume yet? When I read that in my 20s I had really bad sinus problems and went around for ages trying to smell everything. People thought I was unhinged. 😂
@kcsubotai4 ай бұрын
I put my home library's author list in a spreadsheet and sorted them that way. Let something else make this decision.
@annonymously17784 ай бұрын
Jack's relationship with Squarespace is way better than mine with believe it or not, myself..!
@melsyoutube4 ай бұрын
2:30 “E OH MY GOD ME” 🥹😭
@alieneleni4 ай бұрын
the potentiality that ocean vuong might know my name someday is one hell of a motivator to keep writing poetry.
@ckellyisme4 ай бұрын
Since X is so difficult I would have bent the rules and offered Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez. Beautiful book
@ufedo87693 ай бұрын
E.. Omg MEEEE😃😂😂😂 Never change Jack.
@heathercumbo.y93324 ай бұрын
You can go really classic and read Xenophon
@PokhrajRoy.4 ай бұрын
Quote of the Day: “Thank God this is nearly over.”
@harukaxf12163 ай бұрын
Video idea: Book u solely bought for the titel and what you thought of them. Loooooove your videos ❤
@jennyrbaker3 ай бұрын
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
@itstheeyeliner77144 ай бұрын
i am confident that i have the letter x thanks to reading donghuas
@melsyoutube4 ай бұрын
i knew the squarespace jumpscare was coming as soon as we got to the letter S 😭
@Shakespanderian4 ай бұрын
Not the exact same challenge, but Literary Gladiators did a series release going through the alphabet earlier this year. :)
@nicolareadsbooks4 ай бұрын
When the red is black by Qui Xiaolong
@AScreenwritersJourney4 ай бұрын
Have you read The Autobiography of Malcolm X? (co-authored with Alex Haley)
@sarahfrith19844 ай бұрын
O’farrel is O, Debovoir is D etc. I agree double barrelled names and middle names cause confusion like Caleb Azuma Nelson for example 🤷🏼♀️
@maliha39214 ай бұрын
Love your videos ♥️. Also buy a book for letter X , 😂 i’m lowkey annoyed that YOU missed one alphabet 😂🫶🏻
@percydoeseverything4 ай бұрын
Since I have my books by authors last name I know for a fact that I don't have an author beginning with Q nor with X... sad times I don't have a complete alphabet 🤣
@hladinibhosale3 ай бұрын
I was kinda surprised when he didn't show Sula by Toni Morrison for M. he loves her and her book way more than i love my shelf of clothbound classics..... Nor did he mention Sally Rooney for R jack darling are you okay?
@osbre81104 ай бұрын
the lack of x basically tells me a lack of Chinese authors
@BobJacobs103 ай бұрын
I only miss 'u' in my library, i just discovered.
@aswins9024 ай бұрын
At this rate, squarespace should just adopt jack-
@haneenkhaled8704 ай бұрын
what is a better way to start the day with a jack video 🥳🥳
@kleepflanze4 ай бұрын
i predict u choose zula for z gonna come back when i’m there 0:03
@kleepflanze4 ай бұрын
ok nevermind it wasn‘t about that 😓😓
@alulea__3 ай бұрын
yes Jack (I’ve only read the title of the video)
@nabilahfarhana58554 ай бұрын
This video I found out really hilarious 😂
@insertcontent734 ай бұрын
actually shocked jack didn’t choose toni morrison for M
@osbre81104 ай бұрын
I am BEGGING you to use library thing
@Loveyourshelf4 ай бұрын
I searched my read and my to be read and the only X last name author I found is “These Letters End In Tears” by Musih Tedji Xaviere
@ileanaisabeliturrado4 ай бұрын
i thought this was for book titles 🙃 you should do one for that too 🙈
@rashichoudhary20064 ай бұрын
Come now Jack, preposterous that you don't have all the letters 😂