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bunsenburner

in love with fantasy, scifi, romance, and anything that seems Gothic and whimsical

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Brandon Sanderson Universes
Fall 2025 Readalong
Level 3
My Taste
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
Iron Widow (Iron Widow, #1)
Love and Other Conspiracies
The Tiger's Daughter (Their Bright Ascendency, #1)
The Traitor Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade, #1)
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The SpellshopWind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5)

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  • A Strange and Stubborn Endurance (The Tithenai Chronicles, #1)
    bunsenburner
    Oct 17, 2025
    4.5
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 4.5Plot: 4.0
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    genuinely loved this book so much, the authors voice is wonderful and they way they build their world is incredibly immersing. every character has a distinct personality and motives, as well as all their relationships feeling real. the depictions of mental health, queerness and disability were well written

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  • Mental health rep

    I love books with this topic, ngl. I'd like more . I got Knot my type by evie Mitchell , she's in a wheelchair , sexoligist , unloved and unsteady by Peyton Corrine where in unloved he has dyslexia , dyscalula , and adhd. In unsteady he has panic attacks. In revolve she has panic attacks as well.

    Any recommendations? Doesn't have to be Canadian but i appreciate Canadian writers . Plus doesn't have to be LGBTQ

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  • Switching narration styles in dual POV books?

    When you're reading a book that's dual POV, is it distracting for you when the narrative style switches? Like, when the narration goes from 1st person to 3rd person. It pulls me out of the story quite a bit, making it harder for me to stay immersed. If it's really jarring, it often makes the character's thoughts and feeling harder to track. Does anyone else get that? Switching narration styles hasn't stopped me from finishing a book but it's probably contributed to some DNFs 😭

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  • need book recs asap

    i’m kinda stuck on what to read next. i want something that’ll actually pull me in and make me forget about everything else for a bit. preferably something that’s not too heavy on plot or worldbuilding — just easy to get into and vibe with. no specific genre, i’m open to anything as long as it’s good. what’s a book you read recently that you couldn’t put down? drop recs 👇

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  • Multiple books at a time or not?

    I'm just a girl who likes to read multiple books at a time. What about you guys?

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  • Switching narration styles in dual POV books?

    When you're reading a book that's dual POV, is it distracting for you when the narrative style switches? Like, when the narration goes from 1st person to 3rd person. It pulls me out of the story quite a bit, making it harder for me to stay immersed. If it's really jarring, it often makes the character's thoughts and feeling harder to track. Does anyone else get that? Switching narration styles hasn't stopped me from finishing a book but it's probably contributed to some DNFs 😭

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  • Love on the Brain (The Love Hypothesis, #2)
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    Does Ali Hazelwood put crack in her books?

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  • The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)
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  • The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)
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  • Red, White & Royal Blue
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  • Fun fact about you that doesn’t match your personality/book taste

    Hey all! I’ve been seeing this trend going around on social media, and thought it’d be fun to do on here!!

    What’s one fun fact about you that doesn’t match your personality and/or book taste?

    For me, I love reading anything gothic horror, but I’m actually quite the bit of a scaredy cat irl. I cannot watch anything scary at night (same goes for reading scary books, which is probably why it took me a month to read It lol 😂🥴)

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  • Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
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    Started this today and have some thoughts: -Why am I trying to be tricked into thinking 5'8 is tall 🤔 -Is there going to be a love triangle? I hope not -Is Selwyn going to be the main love interest? I'm a little tired of the guy love interest being tall, dark, and handsome -The Legendborn remind me of Shadowhunters -I know the characters are supposed to be in their late teens, but I keep aging everyone up to be in their early 20s. I think it's because it's set at a college and I'm in college -I always try to give books 50-100 pages to get me hooked and so far I'm vaguely interested in the story. Hopefully I get more interested in it!

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  • The Ones We Burn
    bunsenburner
    Oct 10, 2025
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 4.5

    for the review bombers: maybe read the book first? for people interested in the book: it's pretty good! I enjoyed the characters and their interactions; they are definitely 18 year olds so sometimes they can be a little stupid, but I think that's allowed. I will say, there's some plot points that don't get explained (only kinda poked at) like, who is running the country? whats up with Percy and the Skye Islands? but this book is from Ranka's POV so we focus mainly on what she focuses on, like not dying and being a huge lesbian. Overall I enjoyed reading this and I would love to continue exploring this world

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  • Who’s Who Wednesday

    Hi, I thought I would start Who’s Who Wednesday. A place where every Wednesday we introduce ourselves, make new friends, and follow each other. So whether you’re new to the app or you’ve been here a long time, tell us about yourself.

    I’ll go first.

    My name is JadeLovesBooks. I have read 142 books this year. I don’t have any reader friends in real life. I hate cooked carrots but raw carrots are fine. I like to roller skate. I have a border collie mix named Kali.

    Nice to meet y’all!

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  • Blood Beneath the Snow
    bunsenburner
    Oct 09, 2025
    3.5
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 3.5Characters: 4.0Plot: 4.0

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