Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish Podcast

The Books That Made Us CRY 😭📚 (with @madisonkait) [EP#50]

Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish Podcast

Show Notes

We LOVE book bestie Madison Kait, and we also love books that make us cry. So this was just the PERFECT time to chat about how emotional we got over fiction. Hope you enjoy this episode!

Madison Kait: https://www.tiktok.com/@lettersfrommads

Books Discussed: Tropesick - Lauren Okie The Wretched Divine - Adalyn Grace The Shippers - Katherine Center Into the Blue - Emma Brodie Destiny's Edge - ML Wang Alchemised - SenLinYu Jade Legacy - Fonda Lee A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara The Burning God - RF Kuang Atmosphere - Taylor Jenkins Reid The Ballad of Falling Dragons - Sarah A Parker Say You'll Remember Me - Abby Jimenez Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir My Friends - Fredrik Backman Onyx Storm - Rebecca Yarros Crooked Kingdom - Leigh Bardugo The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - VE Schwab Red Rising - Pierce Brown A Court of Wings and Ruin (ACOTAR) - Sarah J Maas

Long Distance Book Club: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/OnceUponaTimeZone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Follow us on Instagram: @onceuponatimezonepod Watch our video podcasts on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@OnceUponaTimeZonePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Jaime's socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@jaimefok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: @jaimefok Tiktok: @jaime.fok

Freya's socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@freyvalerio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: @freyv_reads Tiktok: @freyvalerio

(00:00) intro & current reads (09:01) ML Wang's surprise book release?! (11:18) what were our BIGGEST book cries of all time? (20:43) how hard did these books make us cry? (20:54) the ballad of falling dragons (24:32) alchemised (28:38) say you'll remember me (30:28) project hail mary (32:00) my friends (36:02) madison's annotating system (40:03) onyx storm (46:19) crooked kingdom (50:23) what were the first books that made us cry? (52:47) the invisible life of addie larue (56:16) acowar

More from Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish Podcast

Oct 23, 2026

Let's play THIS OR THAT! We haven't done this since the BEGINNING of our podcast journey. We wanted to revisit and do this again. Hope you love this one!

Oct 16, 2026

We're back with our dual season TBRs! This time, our Fall and Spring TBRs as long distance book besties from Canada & Australia! 🍂🌸

Oct 9, 2026

Let's wrap up our September reading month & talk about what we're looking forward to in October!

Oct 2, 2026

We had the incredible opportunity to chat with VE Schwab!! With Victorious releasing SO soon, we chat about villains, saying goodbye, magic, and the therapy of it all. Hope you enjoy!

Sep 25, 2026

We LOVED Into the Blue by Emma Brodie, and had the most wonderful time chatting with her about yearning, genre-bending, emotional books, Vampire Diaries... and more!

See all episodes →