Jack!! I’m a student and one of my professors has a nonprofit bookstore in Hoboken, NJ. It’s called Symposia Community Book Store. My professor and his wife sell used books and use the store as a community center. Years ago, my professor would give puppet shows to children there. Just an idea for a fun little trek outside of NYC :)
ah ik this is for jack but I'm from jersey and have been looking for independent bookstores so thanks for sharing this! will definitely check it out :)
This reminds me of a wedding I went to recently. I was a bridesmaid and told to be at the venue and ready by 1pm. I was and I was the only one ready. I got bored and went across the street in my bridesmaid dress to a small indie bookstore. May have been the highlight of the trip. 😂
at the wedding of my mom's godchild i actually buried myself in the hotel lounge with some trashy followup to gone with the wind i found in the hotel's library 😂
Oh this would be so great!! They are always such special people! They also know so many books because they choose their collection themselves. He should read their all time favourite and a recent one!
as a queer girl living in a small town in the south, living in nyc and going to independent bookstores with chloe moriondo playing in the background is my literal dream. thanks for letting me live vicariously through you 💕
also if you like Japanese Lit, I highly recommend visiting Books Kinokuniya in Bryant Park. Its a haven of Asian literature, as well as an upper floor dedicated entirely to Manga!
it's 1am, i've just completed a 2000 word essay that's due tomorrow that i started writing less than 12 house ago, Jack always knows the best time to post :)
I actually saw The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida in a bookstore not too long ago and thought it sounded (and looked) really interesting, but then I was like, dear me, I am already currently reading more than five books simultaneously, I can wait for Christmas for more.
Every time you record a book haul you should add a countdown to 1k book to keep us updated as to how many books you have left before you can claim you have a library at home 😂😂😂
You're making me very nostalgic. I just found my copy of Beezus and Ramona from the NYC Society Library that my Mom got me at a library sale. We would hang out there all the time after school upstairs. It was so cozy! I miss it.
Left Bank Books in Greenwich Village is an interesting book store if you haven’t already been. Astoria Bookshop in Astoria (Queens) is also a lovely independent shop within walking distance from the Museum of the Moving Image, which you might also enjoy. Enjoy your time in NY!
You, heading out, on the elevator with low battery had me STRESSED. I’m from jersey and go into the city somewhat often and my anxiety could Never. I think you’re a… New Yorker?? 😂
That Daniil Kharms "Today I Wrote Nothing" book is really good, I majored in Russian Literature in my undergrad, and we read it. Very funny and interesting
I hope you enjoy your time here in NYC, Jack!! Check out the gorgeous Argosy Book Store in Midtown (oldest indie bookstore in the city), the amazing Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, and if you haven't yet experienced Sleep No More in Chelsea, you absolutely owe it to yourself to go, one of the most insane and wonderful nights of exploratory art you'll ever have.
Thanks for linking that NYC book site! Now I know there is a black woman-owned bookstore/winebar in my borough, (the Bronx)! Also, I think those bookstores will be happy to let you film and promote them if you let them know your audience size, so you don't have to hide!
Super curious: How will you take all the books you've bought in NY back to the UK? Or are you staying there indefinitely? I'm over here guessing the amount of suitcases
i love exploring indie bookstores. they are so so so cute! there's a documentary that i think you should watch. it's called The Booksellers. it's about booksellers around new york and how they started, the history or bookselling, and rare collections. i think you would love it especially since you live in new york!
Agreed on the Monster trail mix being top tier! I don’t get trail mix often because I’ve always disliked raisins but I used to get that one and feed my roommates the leftover raisins
I only recently just got into ur videos and it's perfect because there's so many to catch up on so in the mean time you're just uploading more. It's like an endless supply of book videos lol
Jack hi! The book “ The seven moons of Maali Almeda “ just started reading it. And can I say WOW! The diction and imagery truly put me into the world of the book. The philosophical theme of questioning reality, religion, one’s place in this chaos we call our lives, the repetition of the garbage and the blood stained people. It is beautiful. Attention to detail is above par. I am only on the First Moon (chapter 1), but something nevertheless had to be said. Many thanks for the book recommendation, I am loving it. Not suppressing it has one awards.
I went to a ton of indie bookstores when I was visiting New York this fall. Three Lives and Co has the most impeccable vibe and the booksellers are super kind and knowledgable
Now that you're in NYC you should check out THE best Independent Bookstore in the city... Book Culture on the Upper West Side. Truly has everything you could ever want!
if you went to mcnally jackson you were also close to sweet pickle books! super cute used bookstore that also sells pickles :') lower east side has a bunch of great bookstores! would also recommend book club and bluestocking cooperative! :)
Jack, you do not have to worry about your subtle and surreptitious Broll shots. You wanna hear what I did at Three Lives? I walked in with my own canon G7x and asked if I could film, to which they said no. I then proceeded to go outside, take out my TRIPOD, and film myself walking in and out of three lives in various angles. I had never been so mortified at myself in my life, but it was also a very good vlog segment. So carry on Jack, there are worse people out there lol (ie me)
@@ivacacic6678 Woow thank you so much for taking interest in Sri Lankan literature 🌸📚 First of all Sri Lankan novels contain variety and authors are interesting in their own way of storytelling. Most of amazing classics novels (which I do recommend for you to start) of Sinhala language haven't translated in to English but some are available. So do search every kind of books and authors write in English and translated books of Sinhala. I cannot recommend you something because you should have the privilege to choose your read. Have a nice experience in Sri Lankan literature 🙏🏻🌸💛
These are functional but there are so many unique bookstores with a little more character. Sweet Pickle Books also sells very good pickles & often has jazz outside or artists inside. The Mysterious Bookshop is one of many specialty stores with a great community of readers. Molasses Books has a great art collection but also a range of genres where the record player sets the mood and they have a bar to take you from coffee to beer. Then there are all the rares & antiques…this could be a series really.
It has amazed me that the US - the techie centrefold of the world - still manages to have so many more independent bookstores than most other western-style nations. Whether where I am now, in München, at home outside Nairobi, or around my sons' places in Wells, Edinburgh, or Barnes, there are far fewer (per capita at least) than I saw whilst working/living in either northern Virginia or California's Middle Kingdom. Kramers in DC, for example, has been going strong for 50 years.
i hope to visiting nyc soon for either school or fun, and your videos are adding to the list of places i want to go to!! thank you for another amazing video jack!!
It's my dream to live in new york when im older so im deffo saving this for that day. ALSO TAYLOR SWIFTTTTT. Also love the space girl during the lil clips its so vibey
I absolutely love mcnally!!! They have great sections of literature from various countries, really appreciate that. You really really have to go to Books are Magic in brooklyn btw, its great and the owner is a great writer too
Seeing your phone battery so low activated my fight or flight response 😂 cause last time I was in NYC my phone had low battery and I was worried I wouldn’t know which train to take to get back to my hotel
Probably missed you by days but not from New York but wandered into the bookshop with big red doors this last Friday (didn't catch the name but grabbed my attention). Would have loved to run into you there 🤯🤩
