judging books based on their opening lines (inspired by jack edwards)
Hi, Sunny here :) Today I’m back with a concept imagined by @jack_edwards on his second channel, Jack In The Books. I loved it and just had to do it. Stick around 'til the end for my ACTUAL ranking though ;) I hope you enjoy this video and I can’t wait to hear about your favorite lines !
LINK TO THE ORIGINAL VIDEOS -
- @jack_in_the_books video (which inspired this one) : • judging books based on just the opening line
part 2 of jack's video : • judging MORE books by their opening lines ...
BOOKS & OTHER THINGS MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO -
Mieko Kawakami's interview with Haruki Murakami : https://lithub.com/a-feminist-critiqu...
The books in chronological order of appearance :
The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
Six Of Crows - Leigh Bardugo
Near To The Wild Heart - Clarice Lispector
Heaven - Mieko Kawakami
Recitatif - Toni Morrison
Bliss Montage - Ling Ma
The Unbearable Lightness Of Being - Milan Kundera
If Beale Street Could Talk - James Baldwin
Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
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INFO :
Who is The Well-Read Society? -
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Who's in this video? -
Sunny Maria
IG: / sunnynacia )
YouTube: / sunnymaria
Subscriber count at the time of posting the video -
2035 bookworms ;)
TAGS -
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