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Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish Podcast

von Jaime Fok and Freya Valerio

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Two friends, two time zones, and a shared love of stories. We are Freya (from Australia) & Jaime (from Canada), book besties who are worlds apart. As lovers of fantas, and fiction - we'll dive into what we are reading, TBRs, book recs, and more!
Join us as we bridge together our time zones, one chapter at a time 📚✨

Book Club: patreon.com/OnceUponaTimeZone
IG: @onceuponatimezonepod
youtube.com/@OnceUponaTimeZonePodcast

Jaime:
youtube.com/@jaimefok
IG: @jaimefok
TT: @jaime.fok

Freya:
youtube.com/@freyvalerio
IG: @freyv_reads
TT: @freyvalerio

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  1. We NEED to Catch Up... Spooky Season, Book News & ALL The Book Events 👻📚🎃 [EP#68]

    This is what happens when we don't chat for 2 weeks... a lot has been going on so let's catchup & also embrace spooky season and talk about some of the SCARIEST BOOKS OF ALL TIME to celebrate Halloween! 🍂👻🎃 Books Discussed: Phoebe Berman

  2. THIS OR THAT: BOOK EDITION! 📚⭐️ Reading Habits, Hot Takes & Book Debates [EP#67]

    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! Books Discussed: The Bane Witch - Ava Morgyn Dead Beat - Leigh Bardugo A Sorceress Com

  3. Our Fall vs Spring TBRs 📚🍂🌸 (From Book Besties Across the World!) [EP#66]

    We're back with our dual season TBRs! This time, our Fall and Spring TBRs as long distance book besties from Canada & Australia! 🍂🌸 Books Discussed: Iron Gold - Pierce Brown A Sorceress Comes to Call - T Kingfisher Victorious - VE Schwab

  4. September Reading Recap, October TBR & New Book Releases! 📚 [EP#65]

    Let's wrap up our September reading month & talk about what we're looking forward to in October! Books Discussed: The Bane Witch - Ava Morgyn Iron Gold - Pierce Brown Verity - Colleen Hoover The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood Modern Classi

  5. VE Schwab says GOODBYE to Her Villains... 💔 Victorious, Therapy Gone Wrong & What's Next? 📚✨ [EP#64]

    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! VE Schwab: https://www.veschwab.com/ Books Discussed: Vi

  6. The Love Story that Made Us ALL Cry... 😭 | INTO THE BLUE with Emma Brodie 📚💙 [EP#63]

    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! Emma Brodie: https://www.instagram.com/emma.c.brodie Books Discussed: Into

  7. Books We DISAGREE On... Why We LOVED and HATED These Books 📚💔 [EP#62]

    It's rare but sometimes we disagree... let's talk about some books that we had some different opinions on! Books Discussed: 11/22/63 - Stephen King The Burning God - RF Kuang A Court of Mist and Fury (ACOMAF) - Sarah J Maas Peck & Peck - Bo

  8. The Books You're ALWAYS Telling Us to Read! 📚👀 [EP#61]

    We always give YOU book recs... but what if YOU give US recs instead? We had soooo much fun going through the most recommended books from you! 💖 Books Discussed: Liberty Street - Heather Marshall The Burning God - RF Kuang The Unselected J

  9. August Reading Recap, September TBR & New Book Releases! 📚 [EP#60]

    Let's wrap up our August reading month & talk about what we're looking forward to in September! Books Discussed: 11/22/63 - Stephen King Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros Fruit Fly - Josh Silver Taipei Story - RF Kuang Piranesi - Susanna Clarke

  10. Books We Didn't LOVE… Until the Ending SAVED Them 😭📚 [EP#59]

    Sometimes you really want to DNF a book... but what if this makes you miss an INCREDIBLE ending? These are a few books that you just need to stick with until the very end - WE PROMISE it's worth it! Books Discussed: Writers and Lovers - Lil

  11. Books We LOVED… Until the Ending RUINED Everything 😭📚 [EP#58]

    You know when a book is PERFECT... right up until the very end? Let's chat about some books that just had very unsatisfactory endings :( Books Discussed: The River She Became - Emily Varga This Story Might Save Your Life - Tiffany Crum Ever

  12. Book Cons & Fantasy Balls... Are Book Events Getting Out of Control?! 📚 [EP#57]

    Let's talk about BOOK EVENTS! From author panels & signings, to book balls, conventions, influencer events and book clubs. What do you think about the recent rise of book events? Books Discussed: Flickerstate - FA Davidson This Woven Kingdo

  13. July Reading Recap, August TBR & New Book Releases! 📚 [EP#56]

    Let's wrap up our July reading month & talk about what we're looking forward to in August! Books Discussed: Morning Star - Pierce Brown Honey - Imani Thompson The Burning Side - Sarah Damoff Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt - Ben R

  14. We're FINALLY BACK! ☕📚 | Europe, Reading Updates & Book News [EP#55]

    WE MISSED YOU!!! We're back after 3 weeks, and have SO much to catchup on. From Freya's Europe trip, to personal life updates, to all the book announcements and adaptation news... let's debrief! Book creators mentioned: Colleen: https://www

  15. How Is Our Reading Year Going?! 📚👀 (Mid Year Check In) [EP#54]

    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 Ki

  16. Have Our Reading Tastes CHANGED?! 📚 (Re-Taking the Read Your Color Quiz) [EP#53]

    One year later, have our reading tastes changed? We are re-creating our very first episode in celebration of 1 year of the podcast!!! Thank you SO MUCH for being here 💖 Read Your Color Quiz: https://readyourcolor.com/ Books Discussed: The

  17. June Reading Recap, July TBR & New Book Releases! 📚 [EP#52]

    Let's wrap up our June reading month & talk about what we're looking forward to in July! Books Discussed: Daughter of No Worlds - Carissa Broadbent The Someday Garden - Ashley Poston Dark Matter - Blake Crouch Elodie and the Dark Lord - Ash

  18. Our Summer vs Winter TBRs 📚☀️❄️ (From Book Besties Across the World!) [EP#51]

    We're back with our dual season TBRs! This time, our Summer and Winter TBRs as long distance book besties from Canada & Australia! Books Discussed: To Dream in Darkness - Ann Liang Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson Golden Son - Pierce Brown The

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

    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

  20. How to ACTUALLY Get Out of a Reading Slump 📚 [EP#49]

    Are you in a reading slump? Let's chat about what our reading slumps look like, how we get out of slumps & also some reading slump book recs! Books Discussed: Into the Blue - Emma Brodie Summer Island - Kristin Hannah Yesteryear - Caro Clai

  21. May Reading Recap, June TBR & New Book Releases! 📚 [EP#48]

    Let's wrap up our May reading month & talk about what we're looking forward to in June! Books Discussed: Rhythm of War - Brandon Sanderson The Arcane Arts - SD Coverly The Deal (Off Campus) - Elle Kennedy Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen) - Chloe

  22. Inside the Worlds of Fonda Lee 👀 | Green Bone Saga, The Last Contract of Isako, Breathmarked & More 📚 [EP#47]

    We are in AWE of Fonda Lee and still cannot believe we were able to chat with her in this episode! We chat all things Jade City, The Last Contract of Isako, Breathmarked duology and more! Fonda Lee: https://www.instagram.com/fonda.lee Books

  23. Inside the MUST-READ Fantasy That Will Break Your Heart 👀 | The Poet Empress with Shen Tao 📚 [EP#46]

    You know we LOVE The Poet Empress, and we had the best time chatting with Shen Tao about her book, early inspiration (warrior cats, anyone?) and how fonts might speak in different ways! Shen Tao: https://www.instagram.com/storygoose Books D

  24. The PERFECT Books for Your VERY Specific Moods 👀📚 [EP#45]

    You asked for book recs that were oddly specific... and we had so much fun matching books to your prompts! Hope you enjoy these oddly specific reading recs! Books Discussed: The Kiss of Deception - Mary E Pearson The Heart of Betrayal - Mar

  25. We Tried Guessing Books from JUST the First Line... 🙈📚 [EP#44]

    Sorry for some of the audio quality in this one, we had some technical difficulties this week :( Hope you still enjoy this one, it was a fun game! Books Discussed: Dragon Republic - RF Kuang The Last Contract of Isako - Fonda Lee Yesteryear

  26. April Reading Recap, May TBR & New Book Releases! 📚 [EP#43]

    Let's wrap up our April reading month & talk about what we're looking forward to in May! Books Discussed: Clockwork Princess - Cassandra Clare Wind and Truth - Brandon Sanderson The Beauty of Darkness - Mary E Pearson Dungeon Crawler Carl -

  27. ALL the Book News We Need to Talk About 👀📚 + Our Lives Beyond Books [EP#42]

    We've had SO MANY book announcements lately, we just need to debrief. We also spend the last bit of this episode chatting about what we do outside of reading, to compliment our bookish lifestyles! Books Discussed: The Poppy War - RF Kuang T

  28. Our Spring vs Fall TBRs 📚 (Same Time... Different Seasons?!) 🌸🍂 [EP#41]

    Because we live on opposite sides of the world... here are our Spring and Fall TBRs as we head into the new seasons! Books Discussed: The Jasad Heir - Sara Hashem The Poppy War - RF Kuang Sunrise on the Reaping - Suzanne Collins Yesteryear

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

    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/bookloverl

  30. This Fantasy World is Based on ACTING?! 🎭 (with Shannon J. Spann) 📚 [EP#39]

    We have the AMAZING debut author Shannon J Spann on the pod today! We chat about her process writing the incredibly unique fantasy standalone A Stage Set for Villains, her love for theatre, and more. Shannon's socials: https://www.instagram

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