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kenzie
@kenzieburns.bsky.social
just a gal who loves books, cats, the earth, and fundamental human rights
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current 📚:
Oathbound by Tracy Deonn
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cringe intro post:
hi, i'm kenzie

i read a lot, love my cats, and can frequently be found sipping tea and (as of recent) writing my dissertation

happy to connect away from the meta-verse!
hi friends! been gone for a while, what's new??? I've been focusing on dissertation writing, 1 month to go!!
April 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
y'all I'm 94% through Oathbound (audiobook readers unite!) and I am Not Ready for it to be over 😭 💙📚
March 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
#booksky currently 20% through @itsamia.bsky.social's upcoming novel "The Memory Hunters" (out in July!) and I'm kinda sad I'm gonna have to wait to yap about this bc y'all... it's GOOD good so far omg 💙📚
March 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
happy Saturday everyone! what's your plans for today? anyone reading anything good?? 💙📚
March 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
today I accidentally bought a Hemingway box set of the Legendborn cycle.... for like $200... oops 💙📚
March 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I just gave a presentation and now I am socially tapped out I just wanna curl up in my bed with a book but I have so much work to doooo
March 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
today I learned of the existence of the fairyloot editions of legendborn and bloodmarked and now I'm just sad that I'll never have those 😭 they're so beautiful omg
March 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
one chapter of the dissertation drafted!! (was it just copy/paste/update format? yes, but we're celebrating every win these next two months) 🥳🎉 #academicsky #academicchatter
March 5, 2025 at 5:01 AM
how am I supposed to get anything done????? #booksky #blackbooksky @tracydeonn.bsky.social so. freaking. excited!!!!!!!
March 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
feb reading wrap up! Realizing I frequently forget to log pages oops 😬 💙📚
March 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
been a minute #booksky how's everyone doing?? what did you read this weekend? 💙📚
March 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
so sad bc I FINALLY got a copy of Before the Coffee Gets Cold but I'm too slow of a reader and my reservation is going to end before I can finish it 😭 #booksky
February 26, 2025 at 3:35 AM
ahhhHHHHHH just once in my life I'd like to finish all my prep during my prep period.
February 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
y'all I'm so tired of all my "friends" standing me up for our plans.... I've been trying to get the group of grad students in my program to go to trivia with me for a year and everytime someone says yes they end up flaking 😓
February 23, 2025 at 1:15 AM
y'all I binged the ending... such a cute adventure with lovable characters and a dedication to queer and disability rep that warmed my heart
⭐⭐⭐.5
full review on StoryGraph :)
released next month!!!
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/64dc...
@cknightwrites.bsky.social #booksky
Review by kenzieburns - Tempest, Take Me Home
Okay I very rarely give decimal ratings but this was such a cute cozy adventure that was right...
app.thestorygraph.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:30 AM
y'all, I'm sorry but I need to vent. reading an ARC rn and without trying to spoil anything I have to say I have never been so mad at a character in my life omfg #TempestTakeMeHome #ButtPirates @cknightwrites.bsky.social 😤😡😤
February 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
#blackhistorymonth 20 days of books I love by Black authors 💙📚

day 20!! - Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

just finished this one actually! short review: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/676b...
February 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
waiting for illustrator to paste my group of 37 3D rendered objects:
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#academicsky #academicchatter
February 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
#blackhistorymonth 20 days of books I live by Black authors 💙 📚

day 19 - Trace by Laurent Savoy
February 20, 2025 at 3:11 AM
oooooh this looks so good y'all! adding to the TBR immediately 📚💙
My debut novel THE GHOSTS OF BLAUBART MANSION is set for release April 21 with Cemetery Gates!

Get in touch for a review copy!

Quote from opening chapter:
"I don’t like being made of toe. I’d rather be a swan feather or something, even though I guess that would be less human."
Cover reveal for Ivy Grimes' debut novel THE GHOSTS OF BLAUBART MANSION! A young woman agrees to marry a strange man, taking up residence at his haunted estate in the forest. To be released April 21st. Reviewers are welcome to email cemeterygatesmedia@gmail.com for ARCs.
February 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#blackhistorymonth 20 days of books I love by Black authors 💙📚

day 18 - Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
February 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
#blackhistorymonth 20 days of books I love by Black authors 💙 📚

day 17 - We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza
February 18, 2025 at 2:56 AM
this is fun! #booksky

3 books I love: East of Eden, Lessons in Chemistry, It Won't Always Be Like This

2 accounts I love: @unboundbibliophile.bsky.social and @cknightwrites.bsky.social

1 book I wish I could read again for the first time: The Cartographers
Let's start the week with sharing some #booksky joy

3 books you love
📗A Day of Fallen Night, Babel, Raybearer

2 accounts you love following on here
📘 @gracereadsaudio.bsky.social @whirloglyphics.bsky.social

1 book you wish you could read again for the first time.
📕 Prison Healer - Lynette Noni
February 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
y'all im cleaning my kitchen and then I'm DONE with my Sunday chores and its time for me, some tea, and my book ☺️ #booksky
February 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
this!! I don't want to support Amazon, but I also don't want to create unnecessary e-waste when I have a perfectly good kindle from 2014 that works fine to get me library books and my netgalley arcs. normalize using tech past obsolescence!!
February 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM