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Laura

@breathefire210.bsky.social
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Books, cats, politics and the occasional fandom

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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Angel Down was extraordinary
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
225 The Martian by Andy Weir I’m pretty much fucked. That’s my considered opinion. Fucked.
Book cover of The Martian shows an astronaut in a white suit surrounded by hazy red and gold.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
I loved The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle! It was the book that introduced me to Stuart Turton. Absolutely fantastic!!
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
224 White Trash Warlock by David Slayton Adam would have given anything to be like the other boys, whose biggest concerns were girls and sneaking their dad’s beer. Even if he’d been straight, Adam’s father had vanished, and he couldn’t drink without his Sight making him crazy.
Book cover of White Trash Warlock is deep green. A building is being taken apart by enormous tentacles. A car is flying in the air next to the building.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
223 Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid Unless Ilya was very bad at reading people- and he definitely wasn’t - Hollander probably would have kissed him right back. And, Jesus, that thought had consumed Ilya since draft day.
Book cover of Heated Rivalry shows two ice hockey players on the rink. One is a little smaller, in a red uniform and with dark hair. The other is in black and gold, with dark blond hair and beard.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
222 Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo “You don’t look like a monster.” “I’ll tell you a secret, Hanna. The really bad monsters never look like monsters.”
Book cover of Crooked Kingdom is bright red. A woman with dark hair in a long braid and wearing a cloak is depicted in shades of gray, running. She holds a knife in one hand with another knife tucked into a strap wrapped around her calf.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
221 The Wayfinder by Adam Johnson Hine threw up her hands. “They’re all blurring together,” she says. “I can’t keep them straight.” “That’s good,” Tiri said. “There’s only one story, the story of our people. It can come in scraps.”
Book cover of The Wayfinder shows two people, covered in tattoos. They appear to be swimming, but they are surrounded by stars in the night sky.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
I love how free he is in showing his love ❤️
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
220 Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito I was sixteen years old when realized I was unable to feel fear. At least, not in the way other people experience it-in that undignified, acutely desperate sort of way.
Book cover of Victorian Psycho shows a close up of a painting of a child with curly brown hair and blue eyes. The title in in neon green, with the color running down the page.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Yes!!!!! Please please please I need those scenes to make it into the movie
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
I KNOW!!!!! I could picture him in every scene. I’m not as familiar with Leighton so I didn’t picture her as often but I think they’re going to make the perfect couple for the movie
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
219 The Last Town by Blake Crouch I wish we lived in a world where actions were measured by the intentions behind them. But the truth is, they’re measured by their consequences.
Book cover of The Last Town shows an image of tall Victorian buildings, cut together like a kaleidoscope. The sky behind the building is orange and purple.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
It’s so, so good!
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
218 A Power Unmasked by Freya Marske “It meant something, to hear from a real person. It made it all seem less tawdry. It was-a kind thing.” And Jack wasn’t going to ask how few kindnesses this man had received in his life, that a page-long letter…would rank so highly.
Book cover if A Power Unbound shows two men in purple silhouette, both in suits. One is holding a cane. They are surrounded by tall trees with deep green leaves.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
217 Canticle by Janet Rich Edward’s Aleys has tried everything she can think of to prove herself to God. She can’t help but feel her talents are wasted. The saints get all the adventures. All the friends. “You’re a strange child,” says Papa, “but you’ll save us in the end.”
Book cover of Canticle shows a woman in a red cloak. She is standing in front of a golden wall that is surrounded by green vines.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
216 Game Changer by Rachel Reid It wasn’t just being gay, or being famous. It was both of those things combined and knowing that it wasn’t possible to openly be who he was in his line of work.
A tall blond man is leaning against a counter holding a hockey stick and a purple drink. A brunette man stands behind the bar, smiling at him.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
216 A Psalm For The Wild Built by Becky Chambers Sometimes, a person reaches a point in their life when it becomes absolutely essential to get the fuck out of the city.
Book cover of A Psalm For The Wild Built shows a gray robot in the top left corner and a person on a bike pulling a two story trailer in the bottom right corner. In between them is a twisty road surrounded by leaves and plants.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
215 You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego But a decade in courtrooms had instructed me that anyone was capable of anything-including celebrities, including authors. Including myself. What on earth possessed me to think coming was a good idea?
Book cover of You Are Fatally Invited shows a large house on top of a rocky shore. The ocean is a bright teal color and the sky is red. The house and land are so dark they are almost black.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
214 The Book That Held Her Heart by Mark Lawrence The library was never about taking charge. It’s a memory. It’s ideas. It might have hoped to stop what’s happening here, but it’s too late. There will be blood, and horror, and probably all the worst things that humanity is capable of.
Book cover of The Book That Held Her Heart shows an enormous library with swirling staircases leading up many floors. The entire picture is in links and purples with glowing yellow lights.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
213 The Everlasting by Alix Harrow She only knew that her father was dead, and that the hilt in her hand felt like the clasp of an old friend. And so-full of grief and fresh-born fury-she drew the sword from the yew.
Book cover of The Everlasting is black. A large silver sword is centered, surrounded by vines and flowers.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I try to like Instagram but honestly I hate it for any purpose other than following cat accounts. I can’t match any names to my friends because everyone’s name is like Tootsie73 and ILikePizza48, and if they’re posting pics of their breakfast I can’t figure out who I’m talking to
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
212 Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman “In mortal days, when they couldn’t cure a cancer-illness, they cut that cancer-illness out. That’s exactly what I do.” “It’s cruel.” “It’s not. The scythes that I end feel no pain.”
Book cover of Thunderhead shows two figures in cloaks. The shorter one is a dark teal, the taller one is in all black.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Honestly I kind of love Bugs from a brothers point of view. We get such great insights in that episode
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
It’s 100% unfair we have to wait a year to see the movie. I sure hope Jared shares a ton of BTS pictures in the meantime
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas sprang to mind but it’s over the page limit. So many books with main trans characters are so heavy.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
211 The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry When grown-ups said “dangerous,” they meant “structurally unsound.” They didn’t mean the house could devour a child whole.
Book cover of The Place Where They Buried Your Heart shows an enormous, three story Victorian house. It is night time and the sky is purple and black.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
It never stops cracking me up when something looks totally normal in Gen’s hands and looks doll sized in Jared’s hands
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
210 The Stranger In Her House by John Marrs Either he has brainwashed all of them or in the one who has got it hopelessly wrong. Maybe I’m projecting. Not everyone is a liar, not everyone has a hidden agenda, not everyone is going to stab me in the back like Caz did.
Book cover of The Stranger In Her House shows a rocking chair in a dimly lit room. A person’s silhouette is visible outside the window.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
209 Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree She sighed and whispered, “If I read this in a book, I’d never believe it. It’s too amazing and stupid at the same time.
Book cover of Brigands & Breadknives shows a green person with red hair, a mouse and a tall elf with white hair surrounding a fire. It is night time and a horse stands behind them.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Ohhh I’ve been wanting to read this one!
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Good lord he’s beautiful
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Ohhhh this looks good!
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
208 Haven’t Killed In Years by Amy Green On the day my mother was released from prison I stubbed my toe four times. Same toe. Four times. It was a statistical anomaly and, in hindsight, a warning that bad things were coming my way.
Book cover of Haven’t Killed in Years shows a Polaroid picture of a tall man and a child. The picture is faded and has been ripped in half, separating the man onto one side and the girl on the other.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I’m hooked!
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
207 A Restless Truth by Freya Marske “A wild goose chase with a side order of possibly being apprehended for theft.” “Or, apparently, murdered,” said Violet. “Doesn’t it sound a lark?”
Book cover of A Restless truth is real with a darker teal design on it. The yellow silhouette of two women in dresses is centered.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Absolutely beautiful ❤️
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
206 The Merge by Grace Walker You’ve got Alzheimer’s. I’m an addict. Noah’s got leukemia. Were the misfits if society. If they find a way to successfully merge us, to get rid of our problems, then they’ll do it to anyone with an ailment. Soon, only the healthy, rich ones will be left.
Book cover of The Merge shows a close up of a woman. Her picture has been painted over with bright streaks of blue, pink and yellow paint.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
205 There Is No Antimemetics Division by QNTM But an idea can end a world. An idea is alive. It can mutate, it can replicate, it can predate on other ideas…and it can hide.
Book cover of There Is No Antimemetics Division shows an enormous black tower with no visible windows. The sky is orange and gold. The building towers above trees and low lying fog.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
204 Kill The Beast by Serra Swift …to Lyssa it would always be “the Beast.” The horror that had shaped her life into something she hardly recognized, and still haunted her nightmares almost thirteen years later.
Book cover of Kill The Beast shows a tall woman and shorter man standing outside. The night sky is surrounded by trees forming a doorway around them. At the top of the doorway is a white lions head.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
I have been an absolute wreck thinking there was no way they would ever make the right decision. I can finally breathe again…although it’s still that weird sensation of celebrating a win while the whole world is burning down around us.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
203 The Perfect Hosts by Heather Gudenkauf They didn’t do shit. You know why? Because these small communities protect their own. Always have. Always will. Mom was a nobody cleaning lady who picked up their shit, and we were her nothing kids.
Book cover of The Perfect Hosts is blue. There is a white cake on a cake stand. Bright pink and blue icing is dripping down from the top. A sharp knife has been stabbed into the middle of the cake.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Literally none of the people boycotting Target would ever find forced smiling to be a positive change
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
202 Hazelthorn by CG Drews He knows what it is to be buried alive, the feeling of dirt in his mouth and the quiet fitting around him like a well-tailored grave.
Book cover of Hazelthorn shows a person with pale skin and dark hair, looking up at the sky. Their eyes are bound tightly by thorny vines. Blood is dripping from their eyes.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
201 Witch King by Martha Wells The ghoul choked out, “I didn’t know you were a…” “Say it.” Kai smiled “…a demon.” “You idiot.” Kai leaned closer to whisper, “I’m the demon.”
Book cover of Witch King shows a person running. They are wearing a blue cloak and face long wavy hair.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Start to finish that interview was fantastic!
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
I love oatmeal in almost all forms but I cannot get behind overnight oats.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Stunning. Absolutely stunning.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
200 Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire Now I know that if you open the right door at the right time, you might finally find a place where you belong. Why does that mean I can’t go back? Maybe I’m just not finished being sure.
Book cover of Every Heart A Doorway shows a wooden door in the middle of the woods. The sun is glowing through the trees. The door is partway open.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
199 Seveneves by Neal Stephenson The moon blew up without warning and for no apparent reason. It was waxing, only one day short of full. The time was 05:03:12 UTC. Later, it would be designated A+0.0.0, or simply Zero.
Book cover of Seveneves shows a black and white image of an extreme close up of an eye. Reflected in the iris is a bright white light with a blue corona.
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Laura @breathefire210.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
I live in PA and the absolute nightmare race for our school board has me nauseated. I’m really nervous
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