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! Two friends, two time zones, and a shared love of stories. We are Freya Valerio (from Australia 🇦🇺) & Jaime Fok (from Canada 🇨🇦), book besties who are worlds apart. As lovers of fantasy, romance, and fiction - we'll dive into what we are reading, TBRs, recommendations, and all things books! Join us as we bridge together our time zones, one chapter at a time 📚✨ 📚 Long Distance Book Club:   / onceuponatimezone   ✨ Follow us on Instagram:   / onceuponatimezonepod   Jaime's socials:    / @jaimefok     / jaimefok     / jaime.fok   Freya's socials:    / @freyvalerio     / freyv_reads     / freyvalerio   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 Scion - James Islington Tempest - Victoria Aveyard Hollywood, Ending - John Green The Wretched Divine - Adalyn Grace American Hagwon - Min Jin Lee Baldur's Gate 3: Astarion - T Kingfisher 00:00 - intro & current reads 17:55 - september book club pick! 19:13 - jaime's august highlights 27:55 - freya's august highlights 33:20 - jaime's august lows 42:00 - freya's august lows 49:59 - jaime's september lookaheads 54:40 - freya's september lookaheads 56:24 - september book releases