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Описание: In this episode, we chat with the beautiful Ellen Catherine and share some of our bookish unpopular opinions!

Ellen's socials:
   / @bookswithellen  
  / ellencatherinebooks  
  / ellencatherinebooks  

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:
Heir of Illusion - Madeline Taylor
The Someday Garden - Ashley Poston
The Mask Falling - Samantha Shannon
The Heart of Betrayal - Mary E Pearson
Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy
Broken Country - Clare Leslie Hall
Red Rising - Pierce Brown
Wild Love - Elsie Silver
Direbound - Sable Sorensen
Metal Slinger - Rachel Schneider

00:00 - intro & current reads
09:21 - our unpopular opinions
10:25 - first of third person POV?
15:13 - rating a book you've DNFed
17:52 - audiobooks count towards your reading goal
20:51 - spice is not a fix
25:03 - re-reads are better
27:39 - cracked spines
31:14 - stop with long series
35:19 - audiobook listening speeds
43:56 - romance books don't need to be deep?
47:11 - enemies to lovers isn't real
49:14 - trigger warnings spoil a book
54:37 - kid characters are rarely written well