Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish Podcast· Staffel 2· Folge 54
How Is Our Reading Year Going?! 📚👀 (Mid Year Check In) [EP#54]
Freitag, 24. Juli 2026 · 1 h 01
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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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() intro & current reads
() freya's europe tripe!
() how we're doing with our reading goals
() fable reading stats
() mid year book tags
() books we immediately want to reread
() new favourite authors
() most frustrating characters
() a book that should have been shorter
() a book that should have been longer
() series we want to read this year
() character most likely to start a podcast
() ranking our book club reads so far
() most anticipated reads for the rest of the year
