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 📚✨
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We NEED to Catch Up... Spooky Season, Book News & ALL The Book Events 👻📚🎃 [EP#68]
Season 2 · Episode 68
Friday, October 30, 2026 • Duration 01:03:13
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! 🍂👻🎃
(42:51) the SPOOKIEST books and if we'd read or survive them
(43:22) the haunting of hill house
(51:39) pet sematary
(57:35) the exorcist
THIS OR THAT: BOOK EDITION! 📚⭐️ Reading Habits, Hot Takes & Book Debates [EP#67]
Season 2 · Episode 67
Friday, October 23, 2026 • Duration 01:05:15
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 Comes to Call - T Kingfisher
It's Different This Time - Joss Richard
Iron Gold - Pierce Brown
Theodora's Tea Shop - Christy Ann Jones
The Knight and the Moth - Rachel Gillig
In a Holidaze - Christina Lauren
Warbreaker - Brandon Sanderson
The Kiss of Deception - Mary E Pearson
Throne of Glass - Sarah J Maas
Victorious - VE Schwab
Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo
The Fellowship of the Ring - JRR Tolkien
Vicious - VE Schwab
Jade City - Fonda Lee
Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros
The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket
Direbound - Sable Sorensen
Metal Slinger - Rachel Schneider
Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo
King of Scars - Leigh Bardugo
A Stage Set for Villains - Shannon J Spann
Long Distance Book Club:
Our Fall vs Spring TBRs 📚🍂🌸 (From Book Besties Across the World!) [EP#66]
Season 2 · Episode 66
Friday, October 16, 2026 • Duration 01:10:36
We're back with our dual season TBRs! This time, our Fall and Spring TBRs as long distance book besties from Canada & Australia! 🍂🌸
September Reading Recap, October TBR & New Book Releases! 📚 [EP#65]
Season 2 · Episode 65
Friday, October 9, 2026 • Duration 01:10:25
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 Classic - Emily Henry
Feels Like Falling - Abby Jimenez
Bodies of Magic - Freya Marske
Victorious - VE Schwab
The Burning God - RF Kuang
The Sixth Faction - Veronica Roth
Baldur's Gate 3: Astarion - T Kingfisher
Kingdom of Claw - Demi Winters
Roots of Darkness - Demi Winters
Dawn of the North - Demi Winters
These Infinite Threads - Tahereh Mafi
All This Twisted Glory - Tahereh Mafi
Every Spiral of Fate - Tahereh Mafi
The Mash Up - Laura Marie Meyers
Know My Name - Chanel Miller
Cleopatra and Frankenstein - Coco Mellors
Taipei Story - RF Kuang
Peck and Peck - Bonnie Garmus
Scion - James Islington
Practical Magic - Alice Hoffman
The Matchmaker's Cottage - Kat Sloane
The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
VE Schwab says GOODBYE to Her Villains... 💔 Victorious, Therapy Gone Wrong & What's Next? 📚✨ [EP#64]
Season 2 · Episode 64
Friday, October 2, 2026 • Duration 53:05
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:
Victorious - VE Schwab
Vicious - VE Schwab
Vengeful - VE Schwab
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - VE Schwab
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil - VE Schwab
A Darker Shade of Magic - VE Schwab
This Savage Song - VE Schwab
The Ending Writes Itself - Evelyn Clarke
This Is About Running. This Is Not About Running - Chris Bennett
The Love Story that Made Us ALL Cry... 😭 | INTO THE BLUE with Emma Brodie 📚💙 [EP#63]
Season 2 · Episode 63
Friday, September 25, 2026 • Duration 01:02:45
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!
August Reading Recap, September TBR & New Book Releases! 📚 [EP#60]
Season 2 · Episode 60
Friday, September 4, 2026 • Duration 01:07:30
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
Daughters of Shandong - Eve J Chung
Best Offer Wins - Marisa Kashino
Yellowface - RF Kuang
Into the Blue - Emma Brodie
The River She Became - Emily Varga
The Midnight Train - Matt Haig
This Story Might Save Your Life - Tiffany Crum
None of This is True - Lisa Jewell
Main Characters - Bobby Palmer
The Girl With a Thousand Faces - Sunyi Dean
Know My Name - Chanel Miller
Wild - Cheryl Strayed
Bottom of the Pyramid - Nia Sioux
The Third Gilmore Girl - Kelly Bishop
ACOTAR - Sarah J Maas
The Knave and the Moon - Rachel Gillig
Burn of the Everflame - Penn Cole
Dead Beat - Leigh Bardugo
The Thoroughbreds - Elin Hilderbrand & Shelby Cunningham
The Mirror of Infinite Endings - Stephanie Garber
Threshing Day - Rebecca Yarros
Books We Didn't LOVE… Until the Ending SAVED Them 😭📚 [EP#59]
Season 2 · Episode 59
Friday, August 28, 2026 • Duration 01:05:14
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!
