Books That Burn

Books That Burn

Books That Burn

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Hello Patrons and general audience members! Welcome to another Books That Burn essay by Robin. Thank you to Case Aiken, who receives a monthly Patron shoutout.[Full Text Available Here]This is the second in a five-part essay series discussing
Hello Patrons and general audience members! Welcome to another Books That Burn essay by Robin. Thank you to Case Aiken, who receives a monthly Patron shoutout.[Full Transcript Available Here]This is the first in a five-part essay series discu
Hello and welcome to Books That Burn with another book essay from Robin! Thank you to Case Aiken, who receives a monthly Patron shoutout. This essay discusses (and moderately spoils) the following works by Alexis Hall:ROSALINE PALMER TAKES
Welcome to another book essay from Robin! Thank you to Case Aiken, who receives a monthly Patron shoutout. This was originally going to be an essay comparing The Hunger Games series to the Uglies quartet, but I ended up with so much to say abou
Welcome to another book essay from Robin! Thank you Case Aiken, who receives a monthly Patron shoutout.-----This essay contains spoilers for SHADES AND SILVER by Dax Murray. Many attempts at gender allegories in fantasy (or sci-fi) fall apar
Welcome to another book essay from Robin! Thank you Case Aiken, who receives a monthly Patron shoutout.-----This essay contains spoilers for SHADES AND SILVER by Dax Murray. Many attempts at gender allegories in fantasy (or sci-fi) fall apar
Sometime in the first year of my review blog, I developed a checklist which I use when reviewing sequels. It helps me qualitatively describe how they are composed, and how they interact with the surrounding books in their respective series. Mor
Greetings! Welcome to Books That Burn. I'm Robin, welcome to another book essay about something that was too big of a thought to fit into a normal review, specifically: Why Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong is not like The Hunger Games. Please fe
Greetings! Welcome to Books That Burn. I'm Robin, and this is the first essay I've specifically written for the podcast, to be made available first to Patrons, then to the main feed and on Reviews That Burn. Please feel free to send us suggesti
*This essay contains moderate spoilers for the first sixteen October Daye books, major spoilers for SLEEP NO MORE and THE INNOCENT SLEEP, and minor spoilers for Babylon 5 (S3 E4 "Passing Through Gethsemane").Link to the original essay.INTRO (
To tide you over between regular episodes, Robin reads their blog post from April 2023.-----This is a follow-up to my review of "Feed Them Silence" by Lee Mandelo, involving some thoughts that are too personal to make sense in the review as t
To tide you over between regular episodes, Robin reads their blog post from July 2022 with thoughts on the book "Singularity". You can find the original post here. The spoiler-free book review is here.
Please enjoy Robin reading their blog post with some thoughts on ensemble heist stories in fiction. If you'd prefer to read it instead, you can find it here. Refer below for books of the types discussed.-----Unplanned:THE ART OF SAVING THE W
This episode we’re discussing “The Ghost Bride” by Yangsze Choo, where a young woman is engaged to marry a ghost, and it turns out he's more of a meddler than she expected from the dead.PUBLISHER: HarperAudioYEAR: 2013LENGTH: 368 pages
This episode we’re discussing “War Girls” by Tochi Onyebuchi, a story of two sisters whose lives are ravaged by war.Topic 1: Dehumanization. Begins at (1:35), CW for ableism, colorism, colonization, child abuse, medical content, body horror, w
This episode we’re discussing BATTLE ROYALE by Koushun Takami. This is the second of two episodes, this one deals with two characters who were damaged in different ways before the story begins.PUBLISHER:  Simon & SchusterYEAR: 1999LENGT
This episode we’re discussing BATTLE ROYALE by Koushun Takami. This is a two-part episode, in this first part we’re discussing students dealing with isolation and loss of control in the context of a deadly game.(Part Two will release on July 3
This episode we’re discussing “A Strange and Stubborn Endurance” by Foz Meadows. We originally recorded this under the impression that it's a stand-alone book, but the sequel (All The Hidden Paths) has been announced for late 2023.PUBLISHER:
This episode we’re discussing “Ptolemy’s Gate” by Jonathan Stroud. Really, we end up in a thematic discussion of how the main trilogy develops concepts of colonization, classism, and torture across its entire run.PUBLISHER: Listening Library
This month we’re discussing “Mexican Gothic” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.PUBLISHER: Del ReyYEAR: 2020LENGTH: 320 pagesAGE: AdultGENRE: Fantasy, Historical, HorrorRECOMMENDED: HighlyTopic 1: Torture. Begins at (1:35), CW for tort
This month we’re discussing “The Grace of Kings” by Ken Liu, the first book of the Dandelion Dynasty.PUBLISHER: Saga PressYEAR: 2015LENGTH: 640 pagesAGE: AdultGENRE: FantasyRECOMMENDED: HighlyTopic 1: Intimidation/Murder. Be
This episode we’re discussing “Hench” by Natalie Zina Walschots. It's a story of using spreadsheets to show that the destructive "heroes" are the real villains.PUBLISHER: William MorrowYEAR: 2020LENGTH: 416 pagesAGE: AdultGENRE: Fantasy, S
This month we’re discussing “A Blade So Black” by L.L. McKinney, the first book in the NightmareVerse trilogy, retelling Alice in Wonderland with a Bi Black girl from Atlanta, Georgia.PUBLISHER: ImprintYEAR: 2018LENGTH: 384 pagesAGE:
This fortnight we’re discussing “The Storyteller’s Daughter” by Cameron Dokey, a retelling of the Arabian Nights.PUBLISHER: Simon PulseYEAR: 1997LENGTH: 221 pagesAGE: Young AdultGENRE: FantasyRECOMMENDED: YesTopic 1: Power Imbalance. Be
This fortnight we’re discussing “Queen of the Conquered” by Kacen Callender, the first book in the Islands of Blood and Storm duology.PUBLISHER: OrbitYEAR: 2019LENGTH: 400 pages AGE: AdultGENRE: Fantasy, MysteryRECOMMENDED: HighlyTopi
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