Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish Podcast

Let's wrap up our October reading month & talk about what we're looking forward to in November! Books Discussed: A Court of Splintered Harmony - Sarah J Maas Bodies of Magic - Freya Marske The Wretched Divine - Adalyn Grace Wildwood - Colin Meloy Iron Gold - Pierce Brown Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil - VE Schwab Theodora's Tea Shop - Christy Anne Jones (Mostly) Human Resource...

This is what happens when we don't chat for 2 weeks... a lot has been going on so let's catchup & also embrace spooky season and talk about some of the SCARIEST BOOKS OF ALL TIME to celebrate Halloween! 🍂👻🎃 Books Discussed: Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It - Brooke Averick American Hagwon - Min Jin Lee Red Rising - Pierce Brown Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros The Bodyguard - Katherine...

Let's play THIS OR THAT! We haven't done this since the BEGINNING of our podcast journey. We wanted to revisit and do this again. Hope you love this one! Books Discussed: The Bane Witch - Ava Morgyn Dead Beat - Leigh Bardugo A Sorceress Comes to Call - T Kingfisher It's Different This Time - Joss Richard Iron Gold - Pierce Brown Theodora's Tea Shop - Christy Ann Jones The Knight an...

We're back with our dual season TBRs! This time, our Fall and Spring TBRs as long distance book besties from Canada & Australia! 🍂🌸 Books Discussed: Iron Gold - Pierce Brown A Sorceress Comes to Call - T Kingfisher Victorious - VE Schwab Best Offer Wins - Marisa Kashino Daughter of No Worlds - Carissa Broadbent Honey - Imani Thompson Day of Now - Miranda Reason Shadow Reaper - Lynette No...

Let's wrap up our September reading month & talk about what we're looking forward to in October! Books Discussed: The Bane Witch - Ava Morgyn Iron Gold - Pierce Brown Verity - Colleen Hoover The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood Modern Classic - Emily Henry Feels Like Falling - Abby Jimenez Bodies of Magic - Freya Marske Victorious - VE Schwab The Burning God - RF Kuang The Sixth Faction...

We had the incredible opportunity to chat with VE Schwab!! With Victorious releasing SO soon, we chat about villains, saying goodbye, magic, and the therapy of it all. Hope you enjoy! VE Schwab: https://www.veschwab.com/ Books Discussed: Victorious - VE Schwab Vicious - VE Schwab Vengeful - VE Schwab The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - VE Schwab Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil - VE Schwab A Da...

We LOVED Into the Blue by Emma Brodie, and had the most wonderful time chatting with her about yearning, genre-bending, emotional books, Vampire Diaries... and more! Emma Brodie: https://www.instagram.com/emma.c.brodie Books Discussed: Into the Blue - Emma Brodie Songs in Ursa Major - Emma Brodie Mad Mabel - Sally Hepworth Dawn of the North - Demi Winters Vicious - VE Schwab Long Distance Book Clu...

It's rare but sometimes we disagree... let's talk about some books that we had some different opinions on! Books Discussed: 11/22/63 - Stephen King The Burning God - RF Kuang A Court of Mist and Fury (ACOMAF) - Sarah J Maas Peck & Peck - Bonnie Garmus The Sixth Faction - Veronica Roth Practical Magic - Alice Hoffman The Kiss of Deception (Remnant Chronicles) - Mary E Pearson This Woven...

We always give YOU book recs... but what if YOU give US recs instead? We had soooo much fun going through the most recommended books from you! 💖 Books Discussed: Liberty Street - Heather Marshall The Burning God - RF Kuang The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion - Beth Brower The Bone Season - Samantha Shannon The Tainted Cup - Robert Jackson Bennett Heartless - Marissa Meyer Cinder - Marissa Meye...

Let's wrap up our August reading month & talk about what we're looking forward to in September! Books Discussed: 11/22/63 - Stephen King Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros Fruit Fly - Josh Silver Taipei Story - RF Kuang Piranesi - Susanna Clarke Daughters of Shandong - Eve J Chung Best Offer Wins - Marisa Kashino Yellowface - RF Kuang Into the Blue - Emma Brodie The River She Became - Emily...

Sometimes you really want to DNF a book... but what if this makes you miss an INCREDIBLE ending? These are a few books that you just need to stick with until the very end - WE PROMISE it's worth it! Books Discussed: Writers and Lovers - Lily King 11/22/63 - Stephen King Best Offer Wins - Marisa Kashino Fruit Fly - Josh Silver ACOTAR - Sarah J Maas A Court of Splintered Harmony - Sarah J Maas A...

You know when a book is PERFECT... right up until the very end? Let's chat about some books that just had very unsatisfactory endings :( Books Discussed: The River She Became - Emily Varga This Story Might Save Your Life - Tiffany Crum Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt - Ben Reeves Martyr! - Kaveh Akbar The Midnight Train - Matt Haig The Odyssey - Homer Nymph - Sofia Montrone Circe - Madel...

Let's talk about BOOK EVENTS! From author panels & signings, to book balls, conventions, influencer events and book clubs. What do you think about the recent rise of book events? Books Discussed: Flickerstate - FA Davidson This Woven Kingdom - Tahereh Mafi Into the Blue - Emma Brodie Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell The Odyssey - Homer (translated by Emily Wilson) Taipei Story - RF Kuang The...

Let's wrap up our July reading month & talk about what we're looking forward to in August! Books Discussed: Morning Star - Pierce Brown Honey - Imani Thompson The Burning Side - Sarah Damoff Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt - Ben Reeves Martyr! - Kaveh Akbar 11/22/63 - Stephen King The Knave and the Moon - Rachel Gillig Dark Matter - Blake Crouch The Sixth Faction - Veronica R...

WE MISSED YOU!!! We're back after 3 weeks, and have SO much to catchup on. From Freya's Europe trip, to personal life updates, to all the book announcements and adaptation news... let's debrief! Book creators mentioned: Colleen: https://www.instagram.com/colleensreading/ Lottie: https://www.youtube.com/lottiesmalley Books Discussed: Victorious - VE Schwab The Shampoo Effect - Jenny Jac...

Time to reflect on our reading year so far! How are we doing with our reading goals? What books have hit, missed & what are we looking forward to for the rest of the year? Hope you enjoy this one :) Books Discussed: This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me - Ilona Andrews The Dark Mirror - Samantha Shannon Red Rising - Pierce Brown The Fellowship of the Ring - JRR Tolkien The Bright Years - Sarah Damoff...

One year later, have our reading tastes changed? We are re-creating our very first episode in celebration of 1 year of the podcast!!! Thank you SO MUCH for being here 💖 Read Your Color Quiz: https://readyourcolor.com/ Books Discussed: The Jasad Crown - Sara Hashem Golden Son - Pierce Brown Summer Island - Kristin Hannah Blue Sisters - Coco Mellors Cleopatra and Frankenstein - Coco Mellors This Is...

Let's wrap up our June reading month & talk about what we're looking forward to in July! Books Discussed: Daughter of No Worlds - Carissa Broadbent The Someday Garden - Ashley Poston Dark Matter - Blake Crouch Elodie and the Dark Lord - Ashley Poston Rhythm of War - Brandon Sanderson Golden Son - Pierce Brown Liar of Dreams - Libba Bray The Wretched Divine - Adalyn Grace The Young Will Remembe...

We're back with our dual season TBRs! This time, our Summer and Winter TBRs as long distance book besties from Canada & Australia! Books Discussed: To Dream in Darkness - Ann Liang Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson Golden Son - Pierce Brown The Bright Years - Sarah Damoff Every Summer After (Every Year After) - Carley Fortune Light Wielder - Rachel Schneider The Poppy War & The Dragon Repub...

We LOVE book bestie Madison Kait, and we also love books that make us cry. So this was just the PERFECT time to chat about how emotional we got over fiction. Hope you enjoy this episode! Madison Kait: https://www.tiktok.com/@lettersfrommads Books Discussed: Tropesick - Lauren Okie The Wretched Divine - Adalyn Grace The Shippers - Katherine Center Into the Blue - Emma Brodie Destiny's Edge - ML...

Are you in a reading slump? Let's chat about what our reading slumps look like, how we get out of slumps & also some reading slump book recs! Books Discussed: Into the Blue - Emma Brodie Summer Island - Kristin Hannah Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke The Deal (Off Campus) - Elle Kennedy When the Moon Hatched - Sarah A Parker The Ballad of Falling Dragons - Sarah A Parker American Hagwon - Mi...

Let's wrap up our May reading month & talk about what we're looking forward to in June! Books Discussed: Rhythm of War - Brandon Sanderson The Arcane Arts - SD Coverly The Deal (Off Campus) - Elle Kennedy Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen) - Chloe Walsh Every Summer After - Carley Fortune When the Moon Hatched - Sarah A Parker The Ballad of Falling Dragons - Sarah A Parker Obsession (Movie) T...

We are in AWE of Fonda Lee and still cannot believe we were able to chat with her in this episode! We chat all things Jade City, The Last Contract of Isako, Breathmarked duology and more! Fonda Lee: https://www.instagram.com/fonda.lee Books Discussed: The Last Contract of Isako - Fonda Lee Jade City (Green Bone Saga) - Fonda Lee Mark of the Warrior (Breathmarked) - Fonda Lee Breath of the Dragon -...

You know we LOVE The Poet Empress, and we had the best time chatting with Shen Tao about her book, early inspiration (warrior cats, anyone?) and how fonts might speak in different ways! Shen Tao: https://www.instagram.com/storygoose Books Discussed: The Poet Empress - Shen Tao Immaculate Deception - Isabela Livino The Ballad of Falling Dragons - Sarah A Parker The Beauty of Darkness - Mary E Pears...

You asked for book recs that were oddly specific... and we had so much fun matching books to your prompts! Hope you enjoy these oddly specific reading recs! Books Discussed: The Kiss of Deception - Mary E Pearson The Heart of Betrayal - Mary E Pearson Upgrade - Blake Crouch When the Moon Hatched - Sarah A Parker The Ballad of Falling Dragons - Sarah A Parker Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman Th...