congrats on 1 year of booktube!! & thanks for being so real with us, you’re definitely not alone in your illness and i hope you’re being kind to yourself today :)
@anniecanreadАй бұрын
thank you so much!! ❤️
@Bella-pb6ukАй бұрын
(at minute 38, so idk if your opinion changes) the way you're talking about true crime story gives me the same vibe as the intro to penance by eliza clark, you may like that!
@anniecanreadАй бұрын
i actually just started it today for summerween!!
@Bella-pb6ukАй бұрын
real about the kpop obsession, i've been listening to work by ateez on repeat basically since it came out lol i'm really sorry you aren't feeling great, i hope you're doing better now <3
@anniecanreadАй бұрын
i totally get that lol when i first listened to it i didn’t like it but it randomly came on the other day and i had to add it to my playlist it’s been on repeat lol and thank you, i’m definitely doing better now than i was in this video :)
@TessaPlumKnitsАй бұрын
The way I literally got the bill for my last round of chronic migraine Botox before moving overseas to study while watching this 😅 I’m a random person on the internet but as a fellow chronically ill person, I’m proud of you for being kind to yourself about this reading challenge ❤
@anniecanreadАй бұрын
thank you!! hope you’re able to get your migraine botox treatments while you’re out there if needed xx
@Nina210616Ай бұрын
Beautiful World Where Are You is a book I need a bookclub discussion on, or really to just monologue to someone for 2 hours lol it's my fav from Sally Rooney, I think it's on a completely different level from the other two, but I know not everyone loves it as much! I think it depends on whether you analyse it in terms of literary techniques and whether you notice & focus on the build of the story and characters, or just want to vibe and have fun - if the second I think it can be boring for some! Master and Margarita is my absolute favourite as well, but it's tough to get into in the beginning! Anyways I love them and recommend to try them - I think they're worth it, even if you don't fall in love - they are intresting at least! And Tress and Amina I've got on my TBR too!
@anniecanreadАй бұрын
i’ll check it out soon for sure!!
@kathleenwestervelt12Ай бұрын
Sorry it took me a bit to watch this one, A! Life is defintely too short to read "mids"! No regrets for DNFs!
@kathleenwestervelt12Ай бұрын
Great video, Annie! Terrific selection of reads. Hope your reading one <physical> book a month is going well!
@jennaleesmith4038Ай бұрын
Love the video! You look like a princess in a Philip Ralley type painting!
@anniecanreadАй бұрын
stoppp this might be one of the best compliments i’ve ever received thank you so much 😭
@TessaTeewurstАй бұрын
hey no one ever listens to me when I recommend this but if you like the hunger games you should try suzanne collins' first series "the underland chronicles". it's middle grade but incredibly well written, complex and not juvenile at all if you ask me. im definitely biased bc I grew up with that series, but I feel like it deserves way more attention because to me it's just as good as the hunger games.
@Natan.Barros2 ай бұрын
Also hopefully you get that job 🎉
@anniecanreadАй бұрын
i did thank you!! :)
@Natan.Barros2 ай бұрын
I have Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell from Susanna Clarke its a BEAUTIFUL edition I always be like ok I need to read this asap Its been 6 years
@anniecanreadАй бұрын
i get the feeling lol but i know you’ll do it someday 🤞🏻
@nissasbookcorner2 ай бұрын
add Piranesi to the top of your list!! my fave book ever
@anniecanreadАй бұрын
will do!! i really need to read it soon
@user-fr4kh1no8c2 ай бұрын
🧡
@lesyablackbird2 ай бұрын
the eldest never wins in fairy tails. that's why Sophie kept going on about that. in traditional old fairy tales, if three princes set out on a quest, its the youngest who wins. the middle child might end up ok. but the eldest never wins.
@anniecanread2 ай бұрын
thank you for explaining this!! that makes so much sense now that i think about it lol
@Natan.Barros2 ай бұрын
TBH I felt the same about Tress, I think maybe I dove into it thinking I would love it way more than I did and it was a struggle to be like: 'ok get over it still a cool book'. In retrospective I think I enjoy the whole idea of the book way more but it was a slow read
@anniecanread2 ай бұрын
i’m so glad someone else relates i felt so bad for not loving it!!
@0FFICERPROBLEM3 ай бұрын
The people crave slop!
@CheezDoodlezz3 ай бұрын
I thought your username was Annie Cresta 😭 im to obsessed with hunger games
@CheezDoodlezz3 ай бұрын
I haven’t read the books ive seen the movies and i cried a couple times and i bet these books are gonna make me cry
@kels4650md4 ай бұрын
It’s honestly so disheartening that this was the #1 book last year. Like I’m glad people are reading but really?? This?? C’mon, fellow millennials, step it up
@Natan.Barros4 ай бұрын
At least you don't own any of the mid books lol TBH march has been this way for me a little bit, but not because of overall midness but I read such long books, so if you read just a few massive books and don't end up loving them instantly, it feels underwhelming, I feel like I could've just read a load of smaller ones instead
@TessaPlumKnits5 ай бұрын
Feb was also such a mid reading month for me! A Psalm for the Wild-Built and Falling Animals were the only really good fiction books out of the twelve that I read. Here's to a better March for both of us 🧡
@anniecanread4 ай бұрын
aww no not you too!! i’m glad you liked a psalm for the while built tho bc i really want to read it. hoping for a better reading month for both of us in march xx
@melslittlebooknook5 ай бұрын
I’m sorry everything was so mid 😢
@anniecanread4 ай бұрын
it’s okay just hoping for a better month in march :)
@JakeWilson635 ай бұрын
Why are there dragon riders who seem to be a very valuable military resource, and yet they go to a school where they could die literally on day one? A strong wind could beat you on day one. lol. The ending was so bad.
@tanninsandtales56825 ай бұрын
Do people often tell you that you look like Ashleigh from A Frolic Through Fiction or is that just me? 😋
@anniecanread5 ай бұрын
i haven’t heard that before but that’s so sweet!! i love her she’s stunning
@tanninsandtales56825 ай бұрын
@@anniecanread I actually thought you were her when your video came up on my feed :)
@siddharthshandilya2285 ай бұрын
Amazing video & you are so beautiful
@anniecanread5 ай бұрын
thank you so much!!
@hmwest-di6xu5 ай бұрын
Annie u ate with the comedic editing
@anniecanread5 ай бұрын
hehe thanks hen xx
@ashmosphere5 ай бұрын
appreciate the honesty in this video because sometimes i feel guilty that i cant find the time to read! 🧛♀
@HandSanitizerAttack5 ай бұрын
🏹 The Hunger Games is one of my fave stories ever. When I read it, it alters my brain/worldview somehow but I like that lol
@emmacolourista77485 ай бұрын
I loved your opinions changed during the book rather than having just a final opinion, great rounded review! I actually liked that Yarros threw in things as though they didn’t need describing because they were normal - Jesinia signing, Rhiannon’s choice of sexual partners, non-binary language used non-chalantly. Admittedly I loved the book because it was very easy to consume, but the lack of world-building was definitely frustrating when the history was described as being so complex!
@aryav255 ай бұрын
Elantris is sanderson's first published book and Mistborn is his first series
@aryav255 ай бұрын
oh and i also love how all the comments(yet) are all Sanderson bro is the king
@anniecanread5 ай бұрын
i totally forgot about elantris you’re right
@brightwatcher37575 ай бұрын
I’m so glad the Well of Ascension was a better experience for you!🩵 and the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was disappointing for me too.👀
@anniecanread5 ай бұрын
I'm sorry you felt the same way about Ballad. I'm still sad about it tbh
@Natan.Barros6 ай бұрын
I loved The Well of Ascension so much I do believe that The Hero of Ages is more satisfactory, but The Well will always be my favorite, and it does pump it up from the first one, it gets the bigger story going so much
@anniecanread5 ай бұрын
exactly!! I'm so excited to read THOA but I'm honestly not sure how it could top TWOA because I'm just that obsessed lol
@Natan.Barros5 ай бұрын
@@anniecanread I think the most impressive part is how he can close every single loose end perfectly. Honestly, stuff that's building up since the beginning of book 1 is paid off brilliantly! And the work he puts upon the emotions and traumas of the characters, one in particularly, just blew my mind, never saw such a raw and honest display of those emotions written in a fantasy book, ever
@theshahbazahmad6 ай бұрын
Oh boy! I too completed The Final Empire last year and I am yet to start TWOA. I'm reminded and I shall start soon. And I guess Elantris is Sanderson's first book. What other Cosmere books have you read?
@anniecanread5 ай бұрын
I'm reading Tress right now but other than that I haven't read any others. I probably should have waited to start Tress so that I can get all the references in it but I was too excited haha I'm so excited to read more in the cosmere tho!
@nissasbookcorner6 ай бұрын
i read maeve fly a few months back and it was crazyy. the bathroom scene scarred me 😭😭 but i do agree that it was very well done and yeah the end was so full circle
@anniecanread6 ай бұрын
yeah the bathroom scene is crazyyy
@user-pk4gy9ic6c6 ай бұрын
we got a long video and im happy
@user-pk4gy9ic6c6 ай бұрын
a thumbnail is worth a billion words and you look like your omega sad frustrated
@anniecanread6 ай бұрын
i was but i cant lie i enjoyed every second
@GatekeeperGuardian-wv3cd7 ай бұрын
Now that you mention it, I found it weird that Violet being smol was fetishized so much as well.
@thischannelisdead97 ай бұрын
I definitely relate to struggling with classics. Like, I enjoy the plots, but I just can't focus on them at all because of the wording unless I'm annotating it for school.
@anniecanread7 ай бұрын
same i feel like i have to force my way through them but usually i’m really happy once i’ve finished one
@nazimelmardi7 ай бұрын
Cassandra is a fanfic writer and she didn't become better. In that she is good but that's all. (She had some issues back then if you old enough to remember her before she was famous.) 4th Wing... it's not an accident that it became famous. They paid ads, tiktokers, goodreads, gave it to celebs before publish... So yes.. they hyped it up. It's... a tiktok book, we could call it that. Why else did they ordered more than acotar first version before publishing? They knew it will be a success. Most of the authors don't get this support, even those who are already famous in fantasy. Based on your probably 5 star video... you would like Robin Hobb's series. She is a really good writer and has fantastic characters. And just an extra: Terry Pratchett's Discworld.. probably with Equal Rites.
@anniecanread7 ай бұрын
i definitely want to check out the discworld when i get a chance!!
@nazimelmardi7 ай бұрын
@@anniecanread yes. It’s not just a fun read but has multiple layers of meaning under the surface. After all not many fantasy authors get that “Sir” behind their names for their achievements in English literature. He was a master of the language and yet it is not boring or hard to read/understand. He called out everything including the corrupt systems or women equality even gender roles and of course death. He laughed on all, as some said, sarcasm is not punch down but punch up to the big guys.
@theshahbazahmad7 ай бұрын
I'm planning to read THG for so long. You upcoming video on that series might convince me to start! Have a nice day :) ☕
@anniecanread7 ай бұрын
you should definitely read it it's such an amazing series!!
@melslittlebooknook7 ай бұрын
I have heard so many good things about about the Veronica Speedwell books
@anniecanread7 ай бұрын
READ THEM you won't regret it xx
@user-pk4gy9ic6c7 ай бұрын
It’s so cool to see black culture in medieval times so epic
@nissasbookcorner7 ай бұрын
“unratted” lmaooo
@nissasbookcorner7 ай бұрын
🕵️🕵️
@anna-st6cf7 ай бұрын
The shadowhunter chronicles is my life! Started TMI when I was 14. I'm 23 now. You should definitely read it instead of listening to audiobooks. TMI gets better after City of glass. And TID is such a soulful series. Cassandra Clare is my Taylor Swift in literature. Honestly, this is the first time I seen someone label Cassie's work as worst when her stories are highly rated. You should read again & I think older readers would understand her words more than kids soooo
@brianna86987 ай бұрын
Respectfully, The entire Cassandra Clare lineup is insufferable and reeks of the slash fics of the early internet. I ate these books up when I was in high school in 2010-13, (as well as other classics of the time that also don't stand up to time like Vampire Academy, Fallen, Hush Hush, etc) but i was also a frequent visitor of fanfic sites, which makes sense when you learn that this series started out as HP fanfic lol. I don't need to go through all the reasons TMI is bad because people are allowed to like bad things, whether it's a guilty pleasure or something nostalgic that didnt age well, whatever floats your boat. However, it is a fact that Cassandra Clare writes books for high school girls who like smut. They're not literary masterpieces mean to be marveled over and revisited, and they're not meant to make you think critically bc if you do you start to see the cracks in the writing. Which is why reading them as an adult for the first time gives a different perspective than you get from reading them in high school. Which, again, is absolutely fine if that's what you want to read! By all means enjoy yourself. But please don't keep giving this person, your "taylor swift", undue praise for being mediocre.
@anniecanread7 ай бұрын
yeah i really want to join in on the hype for these books!! i’m definitely planning on giving tid another shot bc i love the setting and i might give city of fallen angels a shot. i think what contributed to making these the ‘worst’ was that i was so disappointed i didn’t like them but we’ll see how things go when i get back into reading them
@tanishq50527 ай бұрын
Don't be too harsh on yourself, reading is also an activity. It is okay not to feel things, don't stress too much over feelings.
@ryanratchford25307 ай бұрын
"I think it is objectively.... a bit shit" 😂
@ryanratchford25307 ай бұрын
104!? Wow that's impressive!
@nissasbookcorner7 ай бұрын
when u said frenchman’s creek has pirates i GASPED i need to read it omg
@kathleenwestervelt127 ай бұрын
Love the 🚘location for your vlog. I agree with Edwardmeade… love when you relate your life to what you read. The chronic pain connection was legit and full of compassion.