On Wednesdays We Read (OWWR Pod)

Send us Fan Mail Hannah is despondent. Laura is confused. Robert Jordan is the Lord of Chaos. This week we cover the first half of Lord of Chaos (and the longest prologue in the history of the world), and we have a lot of feelings. Hannah reveals her least favorite character and Laura reveals how well she would do at a murder mystery party.  ALSO, listen to us on Fiction Fans Podcast where we disc...

Send us Fan Mail This week we talk about the women of The Fires of Heaven.  Laura admits that well written vampire stories may be a guilty pleasure despite her previous claims.  Hannah shares some great insight on antitrust law and competition, and admits that she is Henry Cavill's biggest fan.  We agree that Elaida is an interesting character and Hannah admits that she's starting to lik...

Send us Fan Mail Today we discuss the boys in Robert Jordan's The Fires of Heaven. Laura continues her Disney+ journey, but again wonders why some of the great new movies aren't getting more hype than the live action versions of classics. Hannah teases that she's had many embarrassing moments involving Disney movies, and shares how she truly feels about the romance genre. We discuss...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are discussing the second half The Fires of Heaven. We talk crying during movies and how Hannah has become more sensitive than her past self. We also discuss Hallmark. A lot, because Hannah hates kitsch but also worked there for 7 years. Then, we get into the awful romance in this series (but Rand still somehow makes sense with Aviendha because...they talk??). We are shoc...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are breaking down Chapters 1-28 of the Fifth book of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, The Fires of Heaven. We are confused by Jordan deciding the rules of the world late in the game, and Hannah is a huge fan of Rand.  Laura is disappointed we don't get to see Perrin outside one dream where his beard is definitely mentioned, but Hannah could use space after...

Send us Fan Mail Today is the final installment of our analysis of The Shadow Rising, looking into the women in the Wheel of Time Series.  But first we have a 6ish minute rant on Stephen King and his work It , and we discuss being critical of authors we love based on our deep analysis of a book.  We also discuss the new movie Luca and how Disney is letting us down in the representation and new sto...

Send us Fan Mail Today we discuss the boys (and a few men) in The Shadow Rising. Laura is incredibly disappointed in Perrin, naming him her favorite character. She also baits Hannah into ranting about Galad and Gawyn, because they are just bleh characters all around.  We discuss representation in books and what books we'd like to see be made in the future.  Also we show our old sorority side...

Send us Fan Mail This week we discuss Chapters 30-58 of The Shadow Rising. We discuss Hannah's belief she may be able to read It by Stephen King, and we talk about movies that we wouldn't watch and comedies we didn't actually like. Also Hannah misquotes Anchorman. Then we move on to discuss Dain Bornhald, how much we hate Perrin and Foo Foo, and Hannah stumbled through all the battl...

Send us Fan Mail This week we break down Chapters 1-29 of The Shadow Rising. We talk toxic relationships, gambling addiction, and fascism. You know: the light stuff! Hannah pushes Laura to talk about how we are both theatre geeks, and Hannah has now entitled this book "What If We All Stayed Single."  We hope you enjoy this long-winded podcast, because breaking the books in half was a god...

Send us Fan Mail This week we have our wrap up on The Dragon Reborn and our first guest, and it was chaotic!! Please join us for @ronniereadsregularly's first episode. She is in fact our number one fan, a moniker she wears proudly. She defends Nynaeve with Laura, and Hannah had to hold her ground. We joke about a "brown chicken, brown cow," and discuss if we actually like any of the...

Send us Fan Mail This week we discuss the women on The Dragon Reborn.  The audiobook of Wheel of Time is now our comfort listens, and we do a deep dive on loving Community.  We discuss our favorite movies based on a Twitter question.  Laura and Hannah both had a weird obsession with horse books, and Hannah had a realization as she read one series that she had to stop, which she remembers as a pivo...

Send us Fan Mail This week we discussed the men in The Dragon Reborn. We are still here for not seeing Rand, we love Perrin, and we might actually like Mat! We know we were strong contenders that "he would have to do a lot," but he does, in fact, do a lot!!  We do a deep discussion on different ways to read Thom, and we either need more or less of Lan. No in between.   We also apologize...

Send us Fan Mail Laura and Hannah talk a long time on the plot of The Dragon Reborn (like, too long).  Laura admits her love to Fredrik Backman, who is NOT like Nicholas Sparks.   New Girl is the new Jane the Virgin for media mentions, and by the end of this episode  we hate  the sound of our own voices! Also Jordan needs to work on describing where a necklace hangs. Hannah and Laura gush over the...

Send us Fan Mail This week we wrap up  The Great Hunt. We discuss themes and issues we see with the book, including Reddit views.  Laura dashes Hannah's hopes when we ask the question "What would you like to see happen in this series?"  We do a deep dive on Hannah's Google Search bar and the difference between malts and milkshakes, and Laura trips and buys a book that is "...

Send us Fan Mail This week we discuss the women in Wheel of Time during the Great Hunt. Hannah tries to tell Laura about the silver linings on Elayne, Laura and Hannah discuss Egwene's growth, and we are scared for where Min is going.  We assess how to watch old TV shows in the context of 2020 and when it's okay to say a comedy makes you too uncomfortable to keep watching.  Media Mention...

Send us Fan Mail This week we discuss the Men in the Great Hunt. Mat still sucks, Rand is still a shepherd from Emond's Field until he's not, and Perrin is still great and underserved.  We complain about how repetitive the novels can get. We like that Mat has some character movement, and that we finally have hope for him. We also still maintain that Loail is done dirty and could be used...

Send us Fan Mail This week we discuss the plot of Book 2 in Wheel of Time: The Great Hunt, or as Hannah has renamed it "What if people asked a couple questions?" Laura mentions Hannah is her Likewise App, the nicest thing she's ever said. We talk about Hannah's aversion to raisins and cooked fruit (unless she likes it) and the best fruit one can eat. Whiskey comes out as an ant...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are discussing our final themes, predictions, and thoughts on Eye of the World as we move on to The Great Hunt.  Laura calls Hannah out for predicting something she had definitely read about in the second book.  We discuss things we used to read and enjoy in high school, like unabridged Les Mis and Newsies, because we are very cool.  Wait until the end where we lose it ov...

Send us Fan Mail Today on the pod we are discussing the women of Wheel of Time and both of us side with Egwene or Nynaeve.  We do both like Moraine and Min, though. We discuss the casting of Wheel of Time.  We also discuss a recent saga of Hannah's and whether or not we would save a bird that was caught in a nest outside our window, and Laura announces Michelle Obama's new show has dropp...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the pod we are discussing the men in Eye of the World and how Rand and Perrin both think the other one is so much better with women than he is.  Laura points out that Rand is obsessed with beautiful women, and we both really love Loial. We also discuss our number one favorite character, Mat (kidding), and do an in-depth discussion about what we've learned recentl...

Send us Fan Mail This is Episode 1 of Shai'tain on Wheel of Time Series, where we will be discussing the entire plot of The Eye of the World, or as Hannah puts it, "What if We Told Moiraine?" (Spoilers for the First Book in the Series). Topics include how Mat's personality is entirely shenanigans and nothing else, to the point his dad doesn't even miss him, and there is so...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we introduce ourselves and tell you a little bit about our friendship, how we met, our reading styles, and shows we love watching. Hannah heckles Laura on her Michelle Obama love and Laura rants about watered down self-help books. We announce this season of OWWR Pod, the Shai'tan on the Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan. We will start with book one, The Ey...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to OWWR (On Wednesdays We Read) Podcast! Hannah and Laura are two best friends who talk about books and pop culture, while doing a deep dive into a book series.  Support the show Be sure to follow OWWR Pod! www.owwrpod.com  YouTube: @owwrpod BlueSky: @OwwrPod TikTok: @OwwrPod Instagram: @owwrpod Threads: @OwwrPod Send us an email at: owwrpod@gmail.com Check out OWWR Patreo...