a great first book of the year | weekly reading vlog 111

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Hi, I'm Franzi and I like to share my thoughts about books.
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[@AbiofPellinor]

I got Annihilation for Christmas this year and I'm really excited to dive into it!!

[@bookishfranzi967]

i hope you will enjoy it as much as i did :)

[@JoannaLovesHistoryBooks]

Your knitting looks lovely. I don’t do sweaters because my tension is so loose.

[@bookishfranzi967]

thank you :) my tension is always too firm so my stuff tends to come out smaller than I'd like but I'm not giving up yet :D

[@DavidBlackwood-93]

I’m constantly hearing good things about Jeff Vandermeers work. I’ll have to get into it at some point this year

[@bookishfranzi967]

I love the Sothern Reach Series but the other two books I tried by him I didn't like so I have really mixed feelings about his books

[@zachreads]

Happy new year! I ended up starting the year with the worst book I've read since october 2023 lol. It was Skadi Goddess of Winter's Hunt by Skye Hellviolet 0☆! If you havn't already check out Roadside Picnic by the Strugatsky brothers, the Southern reach series is heavily inspired by that. I've read most of your haul, and liked them all! I'm specifically referring to Firestarter, The Hollow Ones, and all 4 Faithful and Fallen books, none of them was under 4☆ for me.

[@bookishfranzi967]

Oh no, what a bummer to start with a disappointing book. Uuh I did not know that, I will absolutely put that on my next to buy list. That is super cool to know. That is great :) with King I'm always pretty sure I will like it but new fantasy authors are always really "scary" to try, so really good to know :)

[@zachreads]

@bookishfranzi967 Yep I've read everything Stephen King and John Gwynne have written, and almost everything Del Toro has written!