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Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish PodcastThe Realities of Publishing a Debut Fantasy with Sarah Mughal Rana | Dawn of the Firebird đ [EP#21]Let's talk about the hard truth of publishing with Sarah Mughal Rana, author of debut fantasy Dawn of the Firebird. From her experience with writing an immersive and unique fantasy story in an age of romantasy, to her experience with defamation & review bombing, to social media marketing - join us in this fun chat with our first ever guest! Books Discussed:Dawn of the Firebird - Sarah Mughal RanaEdgedancer - Brandon SandersonWords of Radiance - Brandon SandersonThe Defender - Ana Huang...
2025-11-2858 minOnce Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish PodcastBookish Things We Are LEAVING in 2025 đ [EP#20]Let's talk about some bookish habits and trends that we just want to leave behind in 2025... and forget about as we move into 2026!Books Discussed:Words of Radiance - Brandon SandersonThe Vanishing Half - Brit BennettFollow us on Instagram: @onceuponatimezonepodWatch our video podcasts on YouTube: â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.youtube.com/@OnceUponaTimeZonePodcastâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Jaime's socials:â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.youtube.com/@jaimefokâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Instagram: @jaimefokTiktok: @jaime.fokFreya's socials:â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.youtube.com/@freyvalerioâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Instagram: @freyv_readsTiktok: @freyvalerio...
2025-11-211h 02Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish PodcastBooks you FORGOT About... But Should Still Read đ [EP#19]Let's talk about some of those hidden gem books that we all forgot about... but we would still highly recommend!APOLOGIES for some of the audio quality in this episode, we had some technical difficulties this week đ Hope you're still able to enjoy this one! Books Discussed:Violet Thistlewaite is Not a Villain Anymore - Emily KrempholtzWarbreaker - Brandon SandersonSix of Crows - Leigh BardugoPachinko - Min Jin LeeSabriel - Garth NixFive Fee...
2025-11-1454 minOnce Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish PodcastBook Series We DNF'd... vs Series We Can't Wait to Start! đ [EP#18]Let's talk about the books (series) that we gave up on and DNF'd... but also chat about some series we are SO excited to start!Books Discussed:Direbound - Sable SorensenThe Raven Scholar - Antonia HodgsonLegendborn - Tracy DeonnRed Queen - Victoria AveyardThe House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ KluneHaunting Adeline - HD CarltonTwisted Love - Ana HuangZodiac Academy - Caroline Peckham and Susanne ValentiThe Deal...
2025-11-071h 03Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish PodcastCreating Our PERFECT Fantasy Books đ | Choose Your Own Adventure [EP#17]Let's create our ULTIMATE Fantasy stories! This episode just confirmed we should NOT be authors, but we had fun doing it anyways! đThe Will of the Many Bonus Chapter:https://d1hbl61hovme3a.cloudfront.net/assets_us/interlude-confessiones-ad-mortuos.pdf?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaf2xFmz8pt_wyrplgvh8jxL2qxgze2T8JM4GhiB7U-uwIzLLUvHOhzYK4hznw_aem_eZlx6ZYwt7SnX_OsLup1ngBooks Discussed:The Astonishing Color of After - Emily XR PanThe Will of the Many - James IslingtonF...
2025-10-311h 03Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish PodcastOddly Specific Book Recommendations (for your very specific moods) đ [EP#16]Today, we are going to give you our book recs for ALL your very specific moods. Hope you love this one!(We apologize for the audio quality in the last 2 minutes, we had some technical difficulties
2025-10-2457 minOnce Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish PodcastOur FAVOURITE Authors and Where to Start With Their Books (READING ORDER RECS) đ [EP#15]Let's talk about reading order for some of our FAVOURITE authors! We'll talk about our fav books from each, as well as where to start with them. RF Kuang video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPMmm4ikRgU/Books Discussed:Fake Skating - Lynn PainterAlchemised - SenLinYuSix of Crows: A Darker Shore (Letters from Ketterdam) - Leigh BardugoThe Poppy War - RF KuangBabel - RF KuangKatabasis - RF KuangYellowface...
2025-10-1758 minOnce Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish PodcastThe Books That Everyone Hated... But We LOVED đđ [EP#14]Let's talk about some books that the world HATED (aka had very low Goodreads ratings)... but we loved.Books Discussed:Us Against You - Fredrik BackmanWords of Radiance - Brandon SandersonAlchemised - SenLinYuThe Will of the Many - James IslingtonThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - VE SchwabProject Hail Mary - Andy WeirSilvercloak - LK StevenThe Raven Scholar - Antonia HodgsonYellowface - RF KuangForever, Interrupted...
2025-10-1057 minOnce Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish Podcast10 VIRAL Books We Will NEVER Read đđ [EP#13]Let's talk about some popular BookTok books that we just do not want to read... Books Discussed:The Names - Florence KnappThe Kingdom of Copper - SA ChakrabortyIcebreaker - Hannah GraceFlawless - Elsie SilverWild Card - Elsie SilverProblematic Summer Romance - Ali HazelwoodMate - Ali HazelwoodBride - Ali HazelwoodNot in Love - Ali HazelwoodDeep End - Ali HazelwoodCredence - Penelope Douglas
2025-10-0358 minOnce Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish PodcastLong Distance Book Besties: Is Being a Book Lover Better in Canada or Australia? đ [EP#12]Ever wonder about book shopping habits, book prices, bookish events & communities across the world? Today we are chatting about our reading experiences as book lovers in Australia vs Canada đBooks Discussed:Mate - Ali HazelwoodBride - Ali HazelwoodGolden Son - Pierce BrownRed Rising - Pierce BrownFollow us on Instagram: @onceuponatimezonepodWatch our video podcasts on YouTube: â â â â â â â â â https://www.youtube.com/@OnceUponaTimeZonePodcastâ â â â â â â â â Jaime's socials:â â â â â â â â â https://www.youtube.com/@jaimefokâ â â â â â â â â Instagram: @jaimefokTiktok: @jaime.fokFreya...
2025-09-2657 minOnce Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish PodcastConvincing (*begging*) Each Other to Read Our FAVOURITE BOOKS đ [EP#11]When your book bestie hasnât read your FAVORITE BOOKS⊠Just trying to convince each other to read our favs! Hope you enjoy this episode đPeople mentioned:Emmy đ«¶đ» - https://www.youtube.com/@emmyrosamBooks Discussed:Metal Slinger - Rachel SchneiderImmortal Consequences - IV MarieBlood Moon - Britney S LewisBinding 13 (Boys of Tommen) - Chloe WalshThe Poppy War - RF KuangThe Raven Scholar - Antonia HodgsonSilvercloak - LK Steven...
2025-09-191h 00Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish PodcastBooks We DISAGREE On... Why We HATED and LOVED These Books đ [EP#10]From Ali Hazelwood, to Sarah J Maas, to Jessa Hastings, to Leigh Bardugo and more. Let's chat about some of the books one of us LOVED, and the other didn't love so much. Books Discussed:Rewind it Back - Liz TomfordeThe Nightingale - Kristin HannahSilvercloak - LK StevenProject Hail Mary - Andy WeirDeep End - Ali HazelwoodNinth House - Leigh BardugoMagnolia Parks - Jessa HastingsWhere the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
2025-09-1254 minOnce Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish PodcastOur HONEST Thoughts On The Way of Kings | DEEP DIVE BOOK CHAT đ [EP#9]Let's do a book club style deep dive today. The book in question... The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. We LOVED reading about Kaladin, Shallan, Dalinar, Szeth & Hoid, and cannot WAIT to continue the Stormlight Archive series and the Cosmere in general!As a note - the first portion of this episode is SPOILER FREE. We give a warning in the episode once we start going into spoiler territory!Jaime's Options:A Darker Shade of MagicThe FavouritesShadow and Bone
2025-09-051h 13Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish PodcastCan We Guess the Book From the First Sentence? [EP#8]BOOK CHALLENGE TIME! Let's challenge our memories to see if we can remember the first lines of some of our favourite popular books. Take a stroll down our reader history and play along with us! Jaime's Options:A Darker Shade of MagicThe FavouritesShadow and BoneYours TrulyCaravalWhen the Moon HatchedBeartownMistbornThe Seven-Year SlipWild LoveFreya's Options:Magnolia Parks...
2025-08-2951 minOnce Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish PodcastThe Books That Were ALMOST Perfect... and Why [EP#7]Let's talk about those books that we would highly recommend, and were still quite possibly 5 star reads... but just had one element that made it not quite perfect. Lots of good book recs in this one for you!Bailee's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKjj01Z38dcFollow us on Instagram: @onceuponatimezonepodWatch our video podcasts on YouTube: â â â â https://www.youtube.com/@OnceUponaTimeZonePodcastâ â â â Jaime's socials:â â â â https://www.youtube.com/@jaimefokâ â â â Instagram: @jaimefokTiktok: @jaime.fokFreya's soc...
2025-08-2255 minOnce Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish PodcastTHIS or THAT? (Book Edition) - Fav Authors, Reading Habits & Hot Takes [EP#6]Let's play This or That (bookish edition) - comparing authors, favorite books, characters, genres, reading habits, and so much more!Follow us on Instagram: @onceuponatimezonepodWatch our video podcasts on YouTube: â â â https://www.youtube.com/@OnceUponaTimeZonePodcastâ â â Jaime's socials:â â â https://www.youtube.com/@jaimefokâ â â Instagram: @jaimefokTiktok: @jaime.fokFreya's socials:â â â https://www.youtube.com/@freyvalerioâ â â Instagram: @freyv_readsTiktok: @freyvalerio(00:00) intro & current reads(06:00) characters(19:26) book aesthe...
2025-08-151h 07Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish PodcastAll the BOOK SERIES We are In the Middle Of (Are These Worth Reading?) [EP#5]Let's discuss the book series that we are currently in the middle of reading. Will we continue or DNF?Follow us on Instagram: @onceuponatimezonepodWatch our video podcasts on YouTube: â â â â https://www.youtube.com/@OnceUponaTimeZonePodcastâ â â â Jaime's socials:â â â â https://www.youtube.com/@jaimefokâ â â â Instagram: @jaimefokTiktok: @jaime.fokFreya's socials:â â â â https://www.youtube.com/@freyvalerioâ â â â Instagram: @freyv_readsTiktok: @freyvalerio(00:00) intro & current reads(07:45) the ember quartet(12:43) emily wilde(1...
2025-08-081h 10Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish PodcastThe Search for the ULTIMATE Book Trope... Which Trope is Best? [EP#4]Let's search for our absolute FAVOURITE book trope. Will it be enemies to lovers, fated mates, slow burn, found family, or something else? Follow us on Instagram: @onceuponatimezonepodWatch our video podcasts on YouTube: â â â https://www.youtube.com/@OnceUponaTimeZonePodcastâ â â Jaime's socials:â â â https://www.youtube.com/@jaimefokâ â â Instagram: @jaimefokTiktok: @jaime.fokFreya's socials:â â â https://www.youtube.com/@freyvalerioâ â â Instagram: @freyv_readsTiktok: @freyvalerio(00:00) intro & current reads(06:09) fantasy tropes
2025-08-011h 03Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish PodcastYour Bookish Unpopular Opinions... Do We Agree or Disagree? [EP#3]Let's go through YOUR unpopular opinions and bookish hot takes. Do we think audiobooks count as reading, do we love or hate insta-love, what are our thoughts on sprayed edges? Find out in this episode!Follow us on Instagram: @onceuponatimezonepodWatch our video podcasts on YouTube: â â https://www.youtube.com/@OnceUponaTimeZonePodcastâ â Jaime's socials:â â https://www.youtube.com/@jaimefokâ â Instagram: @jaimefokTiktok: @jaime.fokFreya's socials:â â https://www.youtube.com/@freyvalerioâ â Instagram: @freyv_readsTiktok: @fre...
2025-07-2554 minOnce Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish PodcastOur MOST Anticipated Book Releases For the Rest of 2025 [EP#2]Let's chat about our upcoming anticipated book releases for the rest of the year!Books mentioned:Three Shattered Souls - Mai CorlandNot Quite Dead Yet - Holly JacksonKatabasis - RF KuangWild Reverence - Rebecca RossAlchemy of Secrets - Stephanie GarberHolly - Adalyn GraceMate - Ali HazelwoodFallen City - Adrienne YoungThe Strength of the Few - James IslingtonFollow us on Instagram: @onceuponatimezonepod
2025-07-1838 minOnce Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish PodcastWhat Types of Readers are We? Get to Know Us & Our Reader Colors [EP#1]Let's take the Read Your Color quiz to learn more about our own reading styles and book preferences!Syd BookWorromâs video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE2JPs5kXBQRead Your Color: https://www.readyourcolor.com/Follow us on Instagram: @onceuponatimezonepodWatch our video podcasts on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OnceUponaTimeZonePodcastJaime's socials:https://www.youtube.com/@jaimefokInstagram: @jaimefokTiktok: @jaime.fokFreya's socials:...
2025-07-1150 minOnce Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish PodcastAre these 10 VIRAL book series ACTUALLY worth the hype? [Special Pilot Episode]Let's chat about Zodiac Academy, Fourth Wing, Sarah J Maas & More! In this episode, Freya & Jaime sit down and talk through 10 popular fantasy series to see if they are worth reading or not.Welcome to our Pilot Episode! This episode was originally posted on Jaime's YouTube channel as our trial run. Follow us on Instagram: @onceuponatimezonepodWatch our video podcasts on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OnceUponaTimeZonePodcastJaime's socials: https://www.youtube.com/@jaimefokInstagram: @jaimefok...
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