Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

This is a Buddy Read for Cinnamon Bun 5 by Ravens Dagger starting on December 18, 2024.


Happy Reading!

will the real Cinnamon Bun 5, please stand up ;)

Thank you!

Series:
1. Cinnamon Bun (in Vagabond Thread) [link]
2. Cinnamon Bun 2 (Aug 18) [link]
3. Cinnamon Bun 3 (Sept 18) [link]
4. Cinnamon Bun 4 (Nov 18) [link]
5. Cinnamon Bun 5 (Dec 18)
6. Cinnamon Bun 6 (Nov 18 2025) [Link]

Audio: All are Audible Exclusives
Ebook: Not on KU (but fairly cheap), not on Hoopla or Open Library.

I'm assuming we're reading BioShifter Jan/Feb 18th...

What RavensDagger books/series do you want to replace it with in March?

Love Crafted -- standalone story I enjoyed

Stray Cat Strut -- 5 book series about girl with upgrading mecha-suit in alien apocalypse setting...
Stray Cat Strut 1
Stray Cat Strut 2
Stray Cat Strut 3
Stray Cat Strut 4
Stray Cat Strut 5

Dead Tired -- Lich conquers fantasy world... takes a nap for a long time... awoken by adventurers in a world that now has Cultivation Systems... just wants to get back to sleep, but the world doesn't cooperate... sounds fun...
Dead Tired 1
Dead Tired 2

Agartha Loop -- only 1 audiobook so far -- the blurb doesn't explain anything, really...
The Agartha Loop: Book 1
The Agartha Loop: Loop 2

Fluff -- superpower world -- MC is a freshman in college, and gains powers and labeled a supervillain -- accidentally summons a cuddly sidekick and has to babysit it/them to avoid being a villain -- has the cozy label...
Fluff
Fluff 2

Sporemageddon -- I read the first one of these already -- MC reincarnates into a baby in a pretty dreary Industrial Revolution world, and explores mushroom farming... Nature vs Technology...
Sporemageddon
Sporemageddon Vol. 2
Sporemageddon Volume 3

My vote is Dead Tired since I have book 1 already lol

I read Stray Cat Strut 1 and didn't love it, haven't continued in months... liked Sporemageddon more, read book 1... just got busy on continuing, and book 3 hadn't come out yet at the time...

I'm definitely open to starting with Dead Tired 1-2 next... would like to get to Sporemageddon sooner than later... not too interested in Agartha Loop until book 2 gets audio...

I also see Grilled Armageddon recommended a lot and I kind of want to give Something a try because the series name is awesome lol

I've seen those before too, and am open... I just bought them all actually... Cooking With Disaster is only 1.99 each with Whispersync... Full Murderhobo is 3.01, 7.49, and 4.41... really random pricing... one of those 6 books even showed the Whispersync pricing on Audible with a different book description layout... I wish all book pages were that layout, no idea what made it special...

I'm happy with whatever y'all choose/chose... currently in the process of clicking all threads for the year and making sure the "notify me" box is checked since it doesn't do it automatically any more...

We did all the things we said all over the place… replacing Cinnamon Bun with more Ravensdagger (Dead Tired 1-2 next, after BioShifter, so March/April) and Full Murderhobo after BuyMort ends and the Dungeon Crawler Carl release in Feb so also March/April/May…

Hard Luck Hank is replacing Jacques McKeown after DEDA Files by same author (those 2 series run Dec/Jan/Feb and March/April) so HLH starts in May and runs the rest of the year…

I might start this one early, I have been in a bit of a rut, nothing is holding my interest, I think Sanderson broke my brain lol

Ann-Marie wrote: "I might start this one early, I have been in a bit of a rut, nothing is holding my interest, I think Sanderson broke my brain lol"

book hangover

End of an Era... took me so long to read these 5 books, since I turned them into Buddy Reads... was hoping a 6th would appear in all that time, but alas...

I'll be reading this in the coming days...

What chapter does volume 5 end on? I am just curious. Still reading volume 3, myself.

Timelord Iain wrote: "Ann-Marie wrote: "I might start this one early, I have been in a bit of a rut, nothing is holding my interest, I think Sanderson broke my brain lol"

book hangover"

100%

RachelG. wrote: "What chapter does volume 5 end on? I am just curious. Still reading volume 3, myself."

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Timelord Iain wrote: "RachelG. wrote: "What chapter does volume 5 end on? I am just curious. Still reading volume 3, myself."
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Thanks!

RachelG. wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "RachelG. wrote: "What chapter does volume 5 end on? I am just curious. Still reading volume 3, myself."
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Thanks!"

Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty-Two - Sizing Up the Future

Started...

It's not the size of the ship (Beaver Cleaver) that matters, but how it's handled and it's loved by it's crew...

;)

Oh my, bring on the innuendo!

I'm running about a week behind on BRs right now (as normal) so I expect I'll be here around the 25th, lol.

The innuendo is strong in this one, as usual… just finished and wish there was more audio…

The Adorable Skill upgrades were great… Waifu, Adoorable (smh), etc… Broccoli thought Waifu was a martial art…

Also a bunch of Knight Orders including the Farting Boomer Knight dungeon…

OMG Waifu... Farting Boomer... ow.

End of Volume 5 (through chapter 322) thoughts: (view spoiler)[ I am left feeling like the Rainnewt is going to show up again. Catching him just seemed too easy and I was left feeling like he will be able to break out and work towards breaking up the group. (hide spoiler)]

I loved the idea of the sleep dungeon and the (view spoiler)[ Nightie Knight (hide spoiler)] was hilarious.

Someone zoomed through :D

I'm definitely gonna miss these, until the next one comes out...

I really enjoy how cute the story is. Hopefully more will be released on audio at some point. I do want to try Dead Tired, Argatha Loop (just to see what it is about), Lever Action and possibly Sporemageddon at some point in the future.

We're doing Dead Tired in March/April... I bought everything that has audio (I don't think Lever Action has audio yet), and I've read Sporemageddon #1 before, but need to read 2-3... and Agartha Loop... I think there's only 1 Agartha Loop out so far but 2 got an ebook recently?...

So we could look at scheduling one of those others in May or later, depending if we want to do another non-Ravensdagger series in between Ravensdagger series...

Started! I'm about 2/3 in, at Chapter 41. Agreeing with Rachel--I really enjoy how kawaii these stories are. And TY @Iain for listing the Adorable skill upgrades... I might've missed the waifu joke if it weren't for that head's up, lol. I haven't caught any other innuendo so far, but then, I don't catch much in real life. I also am not quite sure what (view spoiler)[Chivalry + Adorable is supposed to be... Adowable? I can't believe Broccoli didn't know what Chivalry is! LOL

It was interesting meeting another Riftwalker--and him being a personality that is completely immune to Broccoli's charm. It's making me curious how exactly Riftwalkers get pulled into this world... is it truly what folks think? Or is the story of Riftwalkers being special and called by the World like any other myth--a story made up to explain a natural phenomenon?

The dude did have a point about how most folk don't dedicate themselves to self-improvement though. That's one thing I do admire Broccoli for--she sets goals, makes a plan, and goes forward to execute it. And her plans aren't bad either... with her bouncy personality and general naiveté, it's easy to dismiss her as stupid, but she's not--just kind of obtuse on some social areas.

I don't really have a sense of the new characters yet, but I like how both Amarylis and Alwyn's characters continue to grow by Broccoli's presence. It's palpable, but also subtle... like Amarylis being more open to hugs, or Alwyn not being quite so shy, and not blushing around Broccoli anymore... maybe she got over her crush? (hide spoiler)]

There was a motion of the ocean / sex joke, early on, regarding the Beaver Cleaver airship...

Nirkatze wrote: "Started! I'm about 2/3 in, at Chapter 41. Agreeing with Rachel--I really enjoy how kawaii these stories are. And TY @Iain for listing the Adorable skill upgrades... I might've missed the waifu joke..."

Leadership/Chivalry + Adorable = Dork Knight... play on Adorkable & Dark Knight...

Made a Royal Road epub to find that Dork Knight answer and saw some chapter titles from the newest stuff... had to get some spoilers on who was getting married in the most recent chapters...

Looks like it's (view spoiler)[the dragon and bookseller from book 2... (hide spoiler)]... that's like 5 books ahead of audio releases...

I was really missing reading Cinnamon Bun last night. I might continue to read it on Royal Road and get ahead of you guys.

Last night I was trying to find a similar feel story. Any recommendations? Heretical Fishing was one I thought I might like. Since we plan to read more RavensDagger I didn't want to start most of those.

I know Iain's been really enjoying Heretical Fishing. He's been talking about it on Vagabond.

Beware of Chicken isn't too far off either. We're BRing the fourth one this month.

Dork Knight! Thanks @Iain. Totally did not get those other references either.

I just finished this this morning and loved it. (view spoiler)[I love how Broccoli's greatest fear was (of course) her friends abandoning her, and she didn't even realize it... she thought it was real...

The sleep dungeon was very imaginative. And the random mention of Farting Boomers as a knight class... when y'all mentioned that up above, it took me a few minutes to figure out the reference. I can see why no one would want that... Knighty Knights is cute but at least not offensive.

I've been thinking that Broccoli might be on the spectrum... the lack of social awareness, childlike enthusiasm, ability to uber fixate on something (like friend-making)... (hide spoiler)]

I think everyone's on the spectrum thes edays, I feel like :D

Beware of Chicken, Heretical Fishing, and Stuff and Nonsense are probably the 3 coziest LitRPG/Cultivation series I can think of... that weren't written by Ravensdagger...

RavensDagger just posted on his patreon a picture of Cinnamon Bun Vol 6 cover with the tag "Soon"!! If lucky, audio could be ready to follow-up after we're done with Sporemageddon...

Here's hoping...

YAY!