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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 4
My Taste
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
Love and Other Conspiracies
The Tiger's Daughter (Their Bright Ascendency, #1)
The Traitor Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade, #1)
Hell Followed With Us
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The English PatientMetal from HeavenWind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5)

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  • The Sublime and Spirited Voyage of Original Sin
    bunsenburner
    Nov 10, 2025
    3.5
    Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 4.0Characters: 3.5Plot: 4.0
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    campy and silly, very nice short read

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  • Freaky, Feral, Funny, Friday Reads

    Happy Friday everyone!

    We made it yay! it's friday (for most North/South America folks)

    I hope everyone had a wonderful week, and if you had a hard time, you are seen and I feel you friend.

    Now that being said, what is the most Freaky (unhinged, creepy, weird) Feral, and/or Funniest Read you read this week!?

    For Funniest book this week was The Spellshop for the Fall Readalong. I had a good time laughing

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    Big Swiss

    Big Swiss

    Jen Beagin

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  • Big Swiss
    bunsenburner
    Nov 07, 2025
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 4.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 4.5
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    I think i liked it? I enjoyed the ending but I didn't find most of the characters likable, which isn't bad, just a personal preference. The dogs and mini donkeys are very cute though

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  • Metal from Heaven
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    Thoughts from 35%

    I really want to like this story but I’m having a hard time connecting to it. Something about the narration style isn’t quite clicking for me even though though the content and concept is right up my alley. The description says this book is “for fans of the princess bride and Gideon the ninth” and I don’t think that’s true at all. This book does not have the same tongue in cheek humor as those novels do.

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  • Metal from Heaven
    Thoughts from 28% (page 301)

    Love the Hereafterism tenant that you never reach Hereafter, you have to keep striving for a better future and never let yourself and your society ossify into the present

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    Metal from Heaven

    Metal from Heaven

    August Clarke

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  • The Church of the Mountain of Flesh
    bunsenburner
    Nov 05, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.5Characters: 5.0Plot: 4.5

    Quick question what the fuck just happened (in the best way possible). I think i was confused for 45% of this book and the other 55% was me going "wow this is really good."

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  • A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
    Thoughts from 42% (page 166)

    this is so good, the plot is picking up pace now and I’m finding all the characters so interesting. it feels like putting puzzle pieces together to figure out how all the characters fit into each other’s lives

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    Female Fantasy

    Female Fantasy

    Iman Hariri-Kia

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    Red, White & Royal Blue

    Red, White & Royal Blue

    Casey McQuiston

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  • Modern references in semi historical books

    I just finished reading Lady's Knight by Amie Kaufman & Megan Spooner, which is a historical adventure/sapphic romance that has cheeky references to a bunch of modern stuff. I love when books do this, especially lighthearted books that strive to have some silly narration. What's your take?

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  • Modern references in semi historical books

    I just finished reading Lady's Knight by Amie Kaufman & Megan Spooner, which is a historical adventure/sapphic romance that has cheeky references to a bunch of modern stuff. I love when books do this, especially lighthearted books that strive to have some silly narration. What's your take?

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  • Brain louder than book

    Does anyone else get distracted while reading - not by your phone or anything, just your own brain? 😅 I’ll read a whole page, realize I absorbed none of it because I was thinking about literally anything else. Or I’ll start skipping lines and feel guilty for skimming the page for dialogue.

    How do you stay mentally present when you read?

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  • Lady’s Knight
    bunsenburner
    Oct 29, 2025
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 3.5
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    I really enjoyed this book! I didn't love it the way I've loved other books by Amie Kaufman, but I think this was a perfect sapphic romance with drama and funny modern references throughout.

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