Oddly Specific Book Recommendations (for your very specific moods) 📚 [EP#16]

Описание: 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 🫶🏻)

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 📚✨

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Books Discussed:
The Intruder - Freida McFadden
Alchemised - SenLinYu
Katabasis - RF Kuang
Alchemy of Secrets - Stephanie Garber
Masters of Death - Olivie Blake
Shark Heart - Emily Habeck
Immortal Consequences - IV Marie
Water Moon - Samantha Sotto Yambao
A Harvest of Hearts - Andrea Emmes
Madwoman - Chelsea Bieker
Blood Over Bright Haven - ML Wang
Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah
Just for the Summer - Abby Jimenez
A Study in Drowning - Ava Reid
Recursion - Blake Crouch
A River Enchanted - Rebecca Ross
Magnolia Parks - Jessa Hastings
Binding 13 - Chloe Walsh
To Kill a Kingdom - Alexandra Christo
The Sirens - Emilia Hart
Tress of the Emerald Sea - Brandon Sanderson
Once Upon a Broken Heart - Stephanie Garber
A Winters Promise - Christelle Dabos
Belladonna - Adalyn Grace
Kiss of Deception - Mary E Pearson
Five Broken Blades - Mai Corland
A Song to Drown Rivers - Ann Liang

00:00 - intro & current reads
11:19 - book to screen adaptation announcements
15:08 - the animal companion is kind of a jerk
19:06 - something that feels like a liminal space
23:01 - makes you think about life, death, right and wrong, while also making you feel all the feels
25:58 - queer dark academia with a twist
28:14 - you're bundled up in a cozy cabin sipping coffee while it rains
32:31 - a girl goes insane
36:14 - summer nights when it is late and you and your friend are the only ones awake watching the stars
39:29 - literally like walking into a storm
45:22 - everyone thinks is spicy, but is actually low key
48:25 - with sirens, mermaids and pirates
51:17 - running barefoot through a castle wearing a flowy dress
54:46 - a fantasy, set in a kingdom, no magic, enemies to lovers, betrayal and arranged marriage