In this episode, Freya & Jaime sit down and go through the most difficult book decisions EVER. We play This or That with authors, favorite books, characters, genres, reading habits, and so much more.
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00:00 - intro & current reads
06:00 - characters
19:26 - book aesthetics
28:14 - genres
35:02 - writing styles
47:00 - reading habits
54:09 - for fun
58:22 - books and authors
In this episode, Freya & Jaime sit down and discuss the book series that we are currently in the middle of reading.
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00:00 - intro & current reads
07:45 - the ember quartet
12:43 - emily wilde
19:25 - before the coffee gets cold
23:57 - the daevabad trilogy
26:38 - the prison healer
29:44 - the inferno rising
32:52 - the green bone saga
36:48 - the chronicles of castellane
42:01 - the roots of chaos
45:40 - the remnant chronicles
49:18 - the bone season
53:53 - the elements of cadence
59:00 - the kindred's curse
01:03:58 - beartown
In this episode, Freya & Jaime sit down and search for our absolute FAVOURITE book trope.
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00:00 - intro & current reads
06:09 - fantasy tropes
34:22 - romance tropes
01:01:52 - our ultimate tropes
In this episode, Freya & Jaime sit down and go through YOUR unpopular opinions about books.
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00:00 - intro & current reads
05:10 - I'm a fan of instalove
07:20 - smut is boring and ruins a book
10:03 - second chance romance is hard to get right
12:13 - Emily Henry is overrated
16:22 - I hate Lizzie (Boys of Tommen)
18:14 - Iron Flame was great, and gets too much hate
20:59 - cracking spines and folding corners is OK
23:39 - sprayed edges are so overdone
25:34 - romantasy is overrated
29:25 - people mostly down on romantasy because it's a genre women love
31:22 - there is no reason romance books need to be over 400 pages
34:15 - people who read only one or two genres, or only romance, need to be more diverse
36:52 - I hate colour coded bookshelves
39:16 - Silver Elite hate only started because people felt entitled to the author's identity
43:11 - Carley Fortune books have no substance
45:25 - listening to audiobooks is not reading
49:01 - big books are normally better
50:30 - every fairy/fae book is boring
In this episode, Freya & Jaime sit down and chat about our most anticipated book releases for the rest of the year.
Books mentioned:
Three Shattered Souls - Mai Corland
Not Quite Dead Yet - Holly Jackson
Katabasis - RF Kuang
Wild Reverence - Rebecca Ross
Alchemy of Secrets - Stephanie Garber
Holly - Adalyn Grace
Mate - Ali Hazelwood
Fallen City - Adrienne Young
The Strength of the Few - James Islington
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00:00 - intro & current reads
04:45 - three shattered souls
08:26 - not quite dead yet
12:29 - katabasis
15:35 - wild reverence
19:30 - alchemy of secrets
22:42 - holly
26:10 - mate
31:24 - fallen city
33:29 - the strength of the few
In this episode, Freya & Jaime sit down and take the Read Your Color quiz to learn more about our own reading styles.
Syd BookWorromâs video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE2JPs5kXBQ
Read Your Color: https://www.readyourcolor.com/
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Welcome to our Pilot Episode! This episode was originally posted on Jaime's YouTube channel as our trial run.
In this episode, Freya & Jaime sit down and talk through 10 popular fantasy series to see if they are worth reading or not.
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