ALCHEMISED by SenLinYu | Oct Book Club

I'll Read What She's Reading

Arts, Books

4.4 • 541 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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This week, the IRWSR girls are diving into Alchemised by SenLinYu, their book club book for November. They talk about their favorite moments, what genre this book rally is, parts that hit hardest, and more. If you’ve ever been fascinated by stories that hurt a little while reading, this episode’s for you. Grab a drink, get comfy, and join the girls for a conversation on one of booktok’s most popular books at the moment. Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @whatshesreadingpod SHOP OUR ...

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome back to All Reader, she's reading.
0:11.5	I'm Kennedy.
0:12.3	I'm Reggie.
0:13.0	And I'm Michaela.
0:14.0	And we are here to discuss our long-awaited October Book Club book, Alchemized by Sen Lin-U.
0:24.0	Yes.
0:25.0	Let's get into it.
0:26.4	We are so incredibly excited to talk about this.
0:30.2	I also just feel like we have so much to talk about.
0:32.8	This book is over a thousand pages.
0:35.5	Yeah, if you read along with us and you're listening to this,
0:38.6	right, as it's coming, this episode's coming out, way to be. Yeah, seriously. Because that was a lot.
0:45.2	Like, not even the fact of the page count, but everything to digest from this. I've been seeing
0:51.7	people on TikTok saying, like, I had to, like, read a book in between, like, the different parts and stuff.
0:57.7	And that is valid.
0:59.9	So this book is a lot.
1:01.7	It's a lot.
1:03.1	It's very heavy.
1:05.6	Yeah.
1:06.2	It really can take a toll on you, especially with how long it is.
1:14.3	Yeah, and I hope that we, I feel like bad if we didn't like preface that enough when we announced this as the book book book. Um, because it is,
1:21.4	it's a war story. Like, I've seen a lot of people saying like, this is not a romance book. This is not a
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