Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish Podcast

The Goodreads Choice Awards 2025… What Is Going On? 📚 [EP#23]

Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish Podcast

Show Notes

Let's go over the Goodreads Choice Awards nominees and winners of 2025! Why is the romantasy category so confusing...?

Books Discussed: Just Friends - Haley Pham Of Flame and Fury - Mikayla Bridge The Princess Knight - Cait Jacobs The Ballad of Falling Dragons - Sarah A Parker When the Moon Hatched - Sarah A Parker

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(00:00) intro & current reads (09:27) wicked: for good debrief (16:12) the ballad of falling dragons announcement (19:15) fiction (27:18) historical fiction (31:04) mystery thriller (34:40) romance (39:20) romantasy (47:14) fantasy (54:29) sci-fi (56:18) horror (57:35) debut (58:51) audiobooks (59:12) YA fantasy (01:03:27) YA fiction (01:05:08) nonfiction (01:09:17) final thoughts

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