Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish Podcast

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 - Madeline Miller
Fruit Fly - Josh Silver
A Darker Shore: Letters from Ketterdam - Leigh Bardugo
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
There Is No Antimemetics Division - QNTM
Into the Blue - Emma Brodie
The Burning Side - Sarah Damoff
The Burning God - RF Kuang
Metal Slinger - Rachel Schneider
Flawless - Elsie Silver
Wild Love - Elsie Silver
This Book Made Me Think of You - Libby Page
The Naturals - Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros
Tropesick - Lauren Okie
Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir

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(00:00) intro & current reads
(09:47) the odyssey debrief
(23:56) ebooks are EXPENSIVE rant
(26:29) the mystery of the six of crows novella
(28:53) the binocular set story update
(31:43) let's get into it!
(31:58) there is no antimemetics division
(37:58) into the blue
(44:43) metal slinger
(47:56) chestnut springs
(52:07) this book made me think of you
(55:42) fourth wing
(58:16) tropesick
(01:01:22) project hail mary

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 Last Contract of Isako - Fonda Lee

Long Distance Book Club:
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(00:00) intro & current reads
(10:03) jaime watched hamnet!
(15:17) author panels & signings
(24:32) romantasy book balls
(39:01) book conventions
(44:34) influencer events
(56:45) book clubs

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 Roth
Victorious - VE Schwab
The Road of Bones - Demi Winters
Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy
Everything We Never Said - Sloan Harlow
Pool House - Mary HK Choi
Nymph - Sofia Montrone
Wasp's Nest - Kat Stoddard
Piranesi - Susanna Clarke
The Midnight Train - Matt Haig
This Woven Kingdom - Tahereh Mafi
There Is No Antimemetics Division - QNTM
Theodora's Tea Shop - Christy Anne Jones
Immortal Game - Allison Saft
Fruit Fly - Josh Silver

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(00:00) intro & current reads
(12:08) august book club read
(14:03) freya watched the odyssey!
(21:31) freya's july highlights
(31:13) jaime's july highlights
(42:22) freya's july lows
(50:42) jaime's july lows
(56:40) jaime's august lookaheads
(01:00:55) freya's august lookaheads
(01:04:32) august book releases

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 Jackson
The Knave and the Moon - Rachel Gillig
Morning Star - Pierce Brown
Dark Matter - Blake Crouch
My Friends - Fredrik Backman
Main Characters - Bobby Palmer
Writers & Lovers - Lily King
Practical Magic - Alice Hoffman
Vicious - VE Schwab
Beach Read - Emily Henry
Love Theoretically - Ali Hazelwood
A Bittersweet Spell - Rebecca Ross
The Last Days of Vic & Coco - Taylor Jenkins Reid

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(00:00) intro & current reads
(13:07) freya's europe trip!
(45:02) jaime is going to boston & ran a 10k
(51:03) book to screen adaptation news
(01:00:33) exciting book announcements!

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
The Burning Side - Sarah Damoff
The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson
Us Against You - Fredrik Backman
Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman
Neverthorn - Shannon Mayer
The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
11/22/63 - Stephen King
The Ballad of Falling Dragons - Sarah A Parker
Into the Blue - Emma Brodie
Jade City - Fonda Lee
Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke
No Matter What - Cara Bastone
Rhythm of War - Brandon Sanderson
The Diviners - Libba Bray
Recursion - Blake Crouch
Shield of Sparrows - Devney Perry
The Last Contract of Isako - Fonda Lee
Daughter of No Worlds - Carissa Broadbent
Chain of Gold - Cassandra Clare
The Road of Bones - Demi Winters
A Stage Set for Villains - Shannon J Spann
Burn of the Everflame - Penn Cole
The Knave and the Moon - Rachel Gillig
Taipei Story - RF Kuang
Victorious - VE Schwab
Dead Beat - Leigh Bardugo
The Sixth Faction - Veronica Roth
American Hagwon - Min Jin Lee

Long Distance Book Club:
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(00:00) intro & current reads
(11:22) freya's europe tripe!
(16:41) how we're doing with our reading goals
(27:21) fable reading stats
(32:34) mid year book tags
(32:50) books we immediately want to reread
(36:51) new favourite authors
(39:42) most frustrating characters
(42:04) a book that should have been shorter
(44:07) a book that should have been longer
(46:21) series we want to read this year
(48:59) character most likely to start a podcast
(51:08) ranking our book club reads so far
(54:56) most anticipated reads for the rest of the year