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von Jaime Fok and Freya Valerio

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  1. March Reading Recap, April TBR & New Book Releases! 📚 [EP#38]

    Let's wrap up our March reading month & talk about what we're looking forward to in April! Books Discussed: Just Friends - Haley Pham Rhythm of War - Brandon Sanderson Shield of Sparrows - Devney Perry Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir The Mirr

  2. The Ultimate Guide to Reading Fantasy (Best Books for Every Reader!) 📚 [EP#37]

    Looking for a fantasy book to read? Look no further! We go through every fantasy subgenre in this episode, with recs for beginner to advanced readers! Books Discussed: Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter - Heather Fawcett The Elsewhere Expr

  3. The Books That Made Us Fall in Love With Reading 📚 [EP#36]

    Diving into NOSTALGIA today! Let's talk about the books that made us fall in love as young teenage readers. Books Discussed: A Stage Set for Villains - Shannon J Spann The Ragpicker King - Cassandra Clare Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare A

  4. Exposing Our Bookish HOT TAKES with Ellen Catherine! 👀 (@ellencatherinebooks) 📚 [EP#35]

    In this episode, we chat with the beautiful Ellen Catherine and share some of our bookish unpopular opinions! Ellen's socials: https://www.youtube.com/@bookswithellen https://www.instagram.com/ellencatherinebooks https://www.tiktok.com/@ell

  5. February Reading Recap, March TBR & New Book Releases! 📚 [EP#34]

    Let's wrap up our February reading month & talk about what we're looking forward to in March! Books Discussed: My Husband's Wife - Alice Feeney A Stage Set for Villains - Shannon J Spann A Song to Drown Rivers - Ann Liang The Fragile Thread

  6. Spicy Books That Are ACTUALLY Good... (As Spice Haters) 🌶️📚 [EP#33]

    Let's talk about SPICE today! We are both self-proclaimed spicy book haters, but for some reason... these ones worked for us. Let's dive into why these spicy books worked! Books Discussed: A Stage Set For Villains - Shannon J Spann The Divi

  7. We Need to Talk About BookTok, BookTube & Bookstagram (Let's Do Better) 📚 [EP#32]

    Books & social media bring us both SO much happiness... but we need to just take a second to talk about the current state of BookTok, the anti-intellectualism debate, online hate and more. Let's get into it. Books Discussed: Jade Legacy - F

  8. The Ultimate Viral ROMANTASY Book Bracket with Emmy Rosam (@whatemmyreads)! 📚 [EP#31]

    In this episode, we chat with the beautiful Emmy Rosam and battle it out to find the ultimate popular romantasy read! Emmy's socials: https://www.youtube.com/@emmyrosam https://www.tiktok.com/@whatemmyreads https://www.instagram.com/whatemm

  9. January Reading Recap, February TBR & New Book Releases! 📚 [EP#30]

    Let's wrap up our January reading month & talk about what we're looking forward to in February! Books Discussed: The Fellowship of the Ring (Lord of the Rings) - JRR Tolkien Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare Oathbringer - Brandon Sanderson

  10. Our FAVOURITE Book Characters of All Time 📚 [EP#29]

    We love fictional characters, let's talk about some of our favourite book characters we've ever read! Books Discussed: The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King) - JRR Tolkien Oathbringer - Br

  11. Bookish Habits, Our Favs & If We Would Ever Write a Book... (Ask Us Anything!) 📚 [EP#28]

    You asked, we answered... hope you enjoy this chatty episode as we discuss our habits as readers, what we do outside of reading & more! Books Discussed: Us Against You - Fredrik Backman Vow of Eternal Night - Lily Crozier The Scholar and th

  12. Book to Screen Adaptations We NEED to Watch! (And Want Next) 📚 [EP#27]

    Let's talk about books being adapted to screen, whether to TV series or movie! Books Discussed: Midnight on the Celestial - Julia Alexandra A Reaper at the Gates - Sabaa Tahir Jade City - Fonda Lee Jade War - Fonda Lee The Lord of the Rings

  13. Overrated or Iconic? What We Thought About These VIRAL Booktok Books! 📚 [EP#26]

    Are these popular booktok books overhyped... or actually worth it? Let's find out! Books Discussed: The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller Shatter Me - Tahereh Mafi Normal People - Sally Rooney People We

  14. December Reading Recap & Our 2026 Reading Goals & TBR! 📚 [EP#25]

    Let's wrap up our December reading month & talk about our 2026 reading goals! Books Discussed: The Strength of the Few - James Islington House of Flame and Shadow - Sarah J Maas A Day of Fallen Night - Samantha Shannon The Fellowship of the

  15. The BEST and WORST Books We Read This Year | 2025 Reading Wrap Up 📚 [EP#24]

    2025 wrapped! Let's talk about the best and worst books we read this year, going month to month. THANK YOU for listening this year, and can't wait for more episodes to come in 2026! Books Discussed: The Strength of the Few - James Islington

  16. The Goodreads Choice Awards 2025… What Is Going On? 📚 [EP#23]

    Let's go over the Goodreads Choice Awards nominees and winners of 2025! Why is the romantasy category so confusing...? Books Discussed: Just Friends - Haley Pham Of Flame and Fury - Mikayla Bridge The Princess Knight - Cait Jacobs The Balla

  17. Reacting to Your TOP 10 Books of 2025! 📚 [EP#22]

    Time to talk about the BEST reads of 2025! In this episode, we go over YOUR top 10 books that you read this year. Thank you everyone for submitting your favs, hope you enjoy! Books Discussed: We Three Heroes - Lynette Noni We Were Liars - E

  18. The Realities of Publishing a Debut Fantasy with Sarah Mughal Rana | Dawn of the Firebird 📚 [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 defama

  19. Bookish Things We Are LEAVING in 2025 📚 [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 Sanderson The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett Follow us on Instag

  20. Books you FORGOT About... But Should Still Read 📚 [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 😭 Hope you're still able

  21. Book Series We DNF'd... vs Series We Can't Wait to Start! 📚 [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 Sorensen The Raven Scholar - Antonia Hodgson Legendborn - Tracy Deonn Red Que

  22. Creating Our PERFECT Fantasy Books 📚 | 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! 😂 The Will of the Many Bonus Chapter: https://d1hbl61hovme3a.cloudfront.net/assets_us/interlude-confessiones-

  23. Oddly Specific Book Recommendations (for your very specific moods) 📚 [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 <3) Books Discussed: The Intruder - Freida

  24. Our FAVOURITE Authors and Where to Start With Their Books (READING ORDER RECS) 📚 [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/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=Mz

  25. The Books That Everyone Hated... But We LOVED 📚👀 [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 Backman Words of Radiance - Brandon Sanderson Alchemised - SenLinYu The Will of the Many - Jame

  26. 10 VIRAL Books We Will NEVER Read 📚👀 [EP#13]

    Let's talk about some popular BookTok books that we just do not want to read... Books Discussed: The Names - Florence Knapp The Kingdom of Copper - SA Chakraborty Icebreaker - Hannah Grace Flawless - Elsie Silver Wild Card - Elsie Silver Pr

  27. Long Distance Book Besties: Is Being a Book Lover Better in Canada or Australia? 📚 [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 💖 Books Discussed: Mate - Ali Hazelwood Bride - A

  28. Convincing (*begging*) Each Other to Read Our FAVOURITE BOOKS 📚 [EP#11]

    When your book bestie hasn’t read your FAVORITE BOOKS… Just trying to convince each other to read our favs! Hope you enjoy this episode 💖 People mentioned: Emmy 🫶🏻 - https://www.youtube.com/@emmyrosam Books Discussed: Metal Slinger - Rac

  29. Books We DISAGREE On... Why We HATED and LOVED These Books 📚 [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 Tomforde The Nightingale - Krist

  30. Our HONEST Thoughts On The Way of Kings | DEEP DIVE BOOK CHAT 📚 [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 Cos

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