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A life without collecting trinkets is no life at all

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'Bhaal disapproves.'

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3

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#fave

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Sorry my posts haven't been as frequent or funny as usual. It's because I'm eating well, sleeping regularly, and exercising

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#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #gale dekarios #wyll ravengard #astarion ancunin

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yeah , don't know if anyone notice it but I used the face from the spongebob meme xD

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3

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well i may not be the prettiest person in the room or the coolest person in the room i think im at least the third funniest

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can someone hire me as a lighthouse keeper. my grip on reality is soooo stable and i will behave so normally under conditions of extreme isolation. and i promise i wont try to fuck the light

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“counterspell” or as i like to call it “Nuh uh”

#gale dekarios #bg3 #baldur's gate 3

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it really is insane how waking up early will grant you access to some of the most beautiful sights and sensations in the world that will make you want to live forever, but only if you overcome the gauntlet of a thousand razors that is getting out of bed early. truly one of life's little saw traps.

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one more sudoku will fix me im so sure

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The fact that Tesla autopilots abort self driving 1 second before a crash so the company can state “self driving wasn’t active during the collision” should be grounds to dismantle the entire company.

Like, seriously, if you’re making 4000 pound death machines, and you program this shit to work on a technicality? Your company should be dismantled. Gone. No recourse. Just terrible shit dude

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Not being able to participate in a discussion extremely relevant to you without revealing intimate details of your life so you just sit there pretending you don’t understand anything about the topic while your brain turns into a gigantic clenched fist. = akin to torture

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4 stars

I didn't expect this since I thought the first was a standalone! It was so lovely to be back with these characters. I will say parts of this novel felt very similar and repetitive to the first, which was slightly disappointing. I enjoyed the focus on politics. I like that the miscommunication is more of how do these two people with grief and trauma and an arranged marriage slowly find their way forward. It was a little frustrating not to see them be more together together or as a team. But ultimately, I love this series so much.

#all the hidden paths #steph's book review #steph reads #book review #2024 reads

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4 stars

This was ultimately very good, and I'm a huge fan of Cleopatra and to have a fully fleshed out sci-fi world was very nice.

I know this book is written as telling a story, and I understand why, but I do think it in a way harms the enjoyment of this book. I felt a slight disconnect from the characters because we're never quite with them, we're not in the action with them, and we ultimately don't get to feel any of their emotions. Things are either told to us or happened, or it's meandering through time of the quiet spaces in between and the characters conversations of religion, divinity, AI, politics, etc.

I love Gracia and her unreliability as a narrator. I did enjoy her willingness to do anything. Even Ceirran was done well enough that you as a reader do like him. I see tons of people loving Anita and while I think she's interesting, I didn't particularly like her.

This book forces you to pay attention and there is so much politicking and state craft and world building and past history that it is hard to keep up with. So many named characters too and places and named sections of the star systems to keep up with. It also just throws you in. I also felt at times that while these characters would sometimes banter/politic/or whatever that sometimes I felt entirely lost to what the hell they meant or talking about.

I think the quicksilver pearls and the pearl of the Dead was super cool but ultimately not sure if I understand or got enough of it. It felt a bit dropped.

But it was cool to catch certain iconic moments in the book.

Ultimately, it was good and I enjoyed it. I'm interested enough to read the next book.

#steph reads #steph's book review #book review #the stars undying #2024 reads

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3.5 stars

I think personally this was better chemistry between characters and just more entertaining to the other Ali Hazelwood books I've read. I do enjoy her male love interests because they are always very good people. The female main characters are always nearly the same to me.

This book's sex scenes weren't as cringe as her others but honestly not that great still.

Definitely fun and excellent commentary on academic politics and such.

#love theoretically #steph's book review #steph reads #book related #2024 reads