3:56 A Separation by Katie Kitamura 5:04 The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai 9:29 Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson 10:40 New York, My Village by Uwem Akpan 12:40 I Could Live Here Forever by Hanna Halperin
Bookstores mentioned in the video: 1. The Mysterious Bookshop (optional) Barnes and Noble Tribeca 2. Yu and Me Books 3. Aeon bookstore 4. Sweet Pickle books 5. Bluestockings Cooperative 6. Book bar
Lesser known use for a bookmark: Obscuring parts of the text down the page, especially chapter endings. When the story/mood gets more intense in a book, I have a tendency to jump ahead in the text out of pure excitement, so I end up spoiling great moments, turns or jokes before their due time. But I hate spoilers, I want to experience the piece of art as the author intended. I learned to catch when my attention gets jumpy and use the bookmark to hide the part on the page that I feel to be risky. Those few moments of covering can give me an optimal reading experience. But I also read a bit slow, based on a read-along video, twice as slow as Jack, so he might not need a bookmark for that either.
Jack kinda motivates me with such videos in which he shows the books he bought recently because every time I realize that I need to study really hard to spend a lot of money on the books in the future.
Another book about addiction that’s incredibly raw and touching is Junk by Melvin Burgess. It was my favourite book I read last year and I’ll never be able to forget it, especially because it’s about teen addiction and you experience how their lives get completely flipped at such a young age as a result of their h^ roin addiction.
Omgggg I’m so glad you’re reading The Great Believers it is AMAZING and HEARTBREAKING (not exactly as heartbreaking as the little life cause there is still a message of hope and optimism interwoven BUT STILL)
Omg... Sweet Pickle Books sounds incredible... I cannot believe a business like this exists in the modern day and age. I need to check this out someday.
I love this! I've lived in NYC for 10 years and never heard of several of these :O also, if you are going farther north, enough to be going to the Strand, you should check out Three Lives & Co. in the West Village. It's mostly fiction but it's beautifully curated and has a decently sized queer lit section too. I once got a copy of Zadie Smith's new book there and it was signed -- the bookseller was like "Oh yeah she comes by and signs some books every once in a while, she lives in the neighborhood." 😍
I came across The Mysterious Book store last time I was visiting my son in NYC. It was great. I am going there this weekend and this video was perfect timing
Simply must go to these bookstores one day. I didn't even think of book shopping when I visited in 2019. Sadly don't live anywhere near new york though
I read Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan years ago - it's a book that's stayed with me and I think of it often and never want to read it again. It was so heartbreaking. I had no idea Akpan had another book! Also lit crawls are so fun - my friends and I enjoy doing them around our city :)
Been watching both your channels for a while and I love your videos lol the next time my bf wants to go home to NY I will be taking him along this book crawl 🎉
saw jack at hay festival but he was eating his dinner on his own but in the staff area (and so was I but in the visitor area) so I didn’t say hi and just moved on with my hay festival schedule. cool to see him in real life but sad times that I didn’t meet him (or have the guts to say hi because I get nervous and also he was eating and I just thought that would be rude, especially as he was in a non-public area) 😢 edit: cause his booktube content is like CRACK to me
Love The Great Believers! Please speak more about who has the right to tell which story - I have mixed feelings about that topic. Also recommend Intimacies by Katie Kitamura.
Has anyone read both of Kati Kitamura's books that Jack mentioned? I read "intimacies" and didn't really enjoy it. There was so much potential in the setting at the court and the topic of interpreting but it didn't meet my expectations, sadly. Wondering wether I should give her other book a try...
