Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish Podcast

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 Meyer
Strange the Dreamer - Laini Taylor
Assassin's Apprentice - Robin Hobb (Realm of the Underlings)
Percy Jackson - Rick Riordan
Verity Guild - Mai Corland
Dark Rise - CS Pacat
The Winged Game - Sophie Kim
The Sun and the Starmaker - Rachel Griffin
Mad Mabel - Sally Hepworth
The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefvater
Binding 13 - Chloe Walsh
This Woven Kingdom - Tahereh Mafi

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(00:00) intro & current reads
(16:57) the unselected journals of emma m lion
(22:20) the bone season
(26:49) the tainted cup
(30:12) heartless
(34:29) strange the dreamer
(38:21) realm of the underlings
(44:18) percy jackson
(48:46) verity guild
(52:15) dark rise
(54:22) the winged game
(56:55) the sun and the starmaker
(59:02) mad mabel
(01:01:15) the raven boys
(01:01:56) binding 13
(01:02:48) this woven kingdom

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 Varga
The Midnight Train - Matt Haig
This Story Might Save Your Life - Tiffany Crum
None of This is True - Lisa Jewell
Main Characters - Bobby Palmer
The Girl With a Thousand Faces - Sunyi Dean
Know My Name - Chanel Miller
Wild - Cheryl Strayed
Bottom of the Pyramid - Nia Sioux
The Third Gilmore Girl - Kelly Bishop
ACOTAR - Sarah J Maas
The Knave and the Moon - Rachel Gillig
Burn of the Everflame - Penn Cole
Dead Beat - Leigh Bardugo
The Thoroughbreds - Elin Hilderbrand & Shelby Cunningham
The Mirror of Infinite Endings - Stephanie Garber
Threshing Day - Rebecca Yarros
Scion - James Islington
Tempest - Victoria Aveyard
Hollywood, Ending - John Green
The Wretched Divine - Adalyn Grace
American Hagwon - Min Jin Lee
Baldur's Gate 3: Astarion - T Kingfisher

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(00:00) intro & current reads
(17:55) september book club pick!
(19:13) jaime's august highlights
(27:55) freya's august highlights
(33:20) jaime's august lows
(42:00) freya's august lows
(49:59) jaime's september lookaheads
(54:40) freya's september lookaheads
(56:24) september book releases

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 Court of Forgotten Melody - Sarah J Maas
The Ragpicker King - Cassandra Clare
Piranesi - Susanna Clarke
The Wretched Divine - Adalyn Grace
Anxious People - Fredrik Backman
The Prison Healer - Lynette Noni
You've Reached Sam - Dustin Thao
Blood Over Bright Haven - ML Wang

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(00:00) intro & current reads
(10:04) jaime saw josh silver and rf kuang!
(18:02) jaime's boston and salem trip
(28:43) ACOTAR titles debrief
(36:58) the ragpicker king
(42:05) piranesi
(46:34) the wretched divine
(51:58) anxious people
(55:04) the prison healer
(58:21) you've reached sam
(01:01:19) blood over bright haven

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

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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