How Is Our Reading Year Going?! 📚👀 (Mid Year Check In) [EP#54]
Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish PodcastShow Notes
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
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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
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