Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish Podcast

Which Fictional Character Is MOST Likely To...? (with @lottiesmalley) 📚👀 [EP#40]

Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish Podcast

Show Notes

We have the beautiful Lottie Smalley with us today! Had so much chatting about books & fictional characters we've loved. Hope you enjoy this one!

Lottie's socials: https://www.youtube.com/@LottieSmalley/ https://www.instagram.com/bookloverlottie/ https://www.tiktok.com/@bookloverlottie

Books Discussed: Heir of Fire - Sarah J Maas The Poet Empress - Shen Tao You Did Nothing Wrong - CG Drews Homebound - Porta Elan We Used to Live Here - Marcus Kliewer Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy Yellowface - RF Kuang Funny Story - Emily Henry Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir Bear Town - Fredrik Backman Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries - Heather Fawcett Our Infinite Fates - Laura Steven Zodiac Academy - Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - VE Schwab People We Meet on Vacation - Emily Henry Deep End - Ali Hazelwood The Future Saints - Ashley Winstead Frankenstein - Mary Shelley Dark Matter - Blake Crouch Passion Project - London Sperry The Favorites - Layne Fargo Best Offer Wins - Marisa Kashino Red Rising - Pierce Brown A Darker Shade of Magic - VE Schwab Divine Rivals - Rebecca Ross The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna Once Upon a Broken Heart - Stephanie Garber A Court of Thorns and Roses - Sarah J Maas A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman Katabasis - RF Kuang Blue Sisters - Coco Mellors Heartless - Elsie Silver The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins Daisy Jones and the Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid Taming 7 - Chloe Walsh Bridgerton - Julia Quinn Throne of Glass - Sarah J Maas Twilight - Stephenie Meyer Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus Matilda - Roald Dahl Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid

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(00:00) intro & current reads (10:56) let's talk fictional characters (12:44) which character is most likely to win a reality TV show? (17:16) which character is most likely to get banned from a library? (22:18) which character is most likely to be chronically online? (26:53) which character urgently needs a therapist? (34:36) which character is most likely to burn down a kingdom over a breakup? (42:20) most likely to leave a function without saying goodbye? (45:10) which character would be the competitive board game type? (47:24) which character is most likely to flirt their way out of trouble? (49:44) what character would be the biggest gossip? (52:11) which character would bring a book to a party? (55:08) which character would never use their name when ordering coffee?

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