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Seasons of Albadone by Christopher Warman and Élan Marché
“In the beginning of time, the True One created all that ever was.” The land was blessed with the True One’s creation: beautiful waters, forests, and skies. The guardians (dragons, griffons,and mers), however, were not content with this creation and asked for more, resulting in the True One’s creation of four unique seasons. When theContinue…
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Seasons of Albadone by Christopher Warman and Élan Marché
“In the beginning of time, the True One created all that ever was.” The land was blessed with the True One’s creation: beautiful waters, forests, and skies. The guardians (dragons, griffons,and mers), however, were not content with this creation and asked for more, resulting in the True One’s creation of four unique seasons. When theContinue…
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Along the Perimeter – Steven Healt
Many years ago, a fog spread over the world, making it inhabitable. However, many people were saved by an alien race known as the Amboians. They installed a shield that keeps the fog out. They also provide stability to the world, running the government and making sure humans are provided for. We follow along asContinue…
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IndieMission Pt. 3
Y’all, its the next round of IndieMission!!!! We are currently doing #IndiePalooza, but we will be heading into a deep dive into an Indie author after Murderbot Diaries Diaries, and you get to pick the book!!! Hannah randomized the lineup, but without further ado, here it is!! We will be voting on each of theContinue…
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The Part about the Dragon Was (Mostly) True by Sean Gibson
I, Laura, read The Part About The Dragon Was (Mostly) True. This delightful tale is the story of how the village (or possibly town, depending on the circumstances…It’s a whole thing.) of Skendrick was terrorized by a terrible dragon and then saved by an unlikely band of heroes. Told by the stunningly beautiful, smart, hilarious,Continue…
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A Day of Fallen Night – Samantha Shannon
In Priory of the Orange Tree, Samantha Shannon introduced us to a new world. With longform world building, she created a high fantasy tale with detailed descriptions on the various lands and their religions, fashions, and people. In her prequel, A Day of Fallen Night, Shannon takes us back to the lands, 500 years beforeContinue…
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The Things We Do to Our Friends – Heather Darwent
I, Hannah, read this book for NetGalley, and it is out today. This book follows Clare, who wants a fresh start in college. And to finally make new friends. When she falls in with a dynamic group of rich children, she is shoved into their lives. But will they reveal her dark past? This bookContinue…
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Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute – Talia Hibbert
I, Laura, read this wonderful book by Talia Hibbert, out today!! We are huge stans of Hibbert on OWWR Pod, and this did not disappoint! Celine is a conspiracy theorist who marches to the beat of her own drum. Brad is a sci-fi fanatic whose life seems to be perfect. They used to be friends,Continue…
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Stellar Instinct, Jonathan Nevair
Book Information: Stellar Instinct by Jonathan NevairSeries: N/A, StandaloneGenre: Science Fiction/Thriller, Spy-FiIntended Age Group: AdultPages: 290Published: December 1, 2022Publisher: Cantinool Books (Self Published) A secret agent. A gaming mastermind. Two players in a dangerous competition blurring the boundaries of entertainment and reality. Mysterious signals pulse from an icy planet in a remote star system. GAM-OPsContinue…
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IndieMission Pt. 2
Y’all, we are so excited to start our next round for IndieMission, coined by Hannah last time! We want to take this time to highlight an Indie author, and we will read someone from this lineup voted on by all of you! We changed up the lineup this time, added a few, and did AContinue…
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The Final Strife – Saara El-Arifi
I, Hannah, read The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi, a high fantasy book that has amazing world building and characters. This is the first book in an upcoming trilogy, and I can’t wait to continue with El-Arifi when she comes out with the next two books. If you want to hear more about the author,Continue…
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The Fixer Upper – Lauren Forsythe
The Fixer Upper drops tomorrow, a cute romance set in London that features best friends, second chances, and some great moments interspersed with some truly weird #secondwavefeminist moments that I could have done without. “Maybe you’re wondering where you’d be if you’d spent all that time and energy on yourself instead.” Maybe I’m wondering whyContinue…
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Our Wives Under the Sea – Julia Armfield
“Ghosts don’t speak,” she said . . . “but something is speaking to me.” I, Hannah, read Julia Armfield’s Our Wives Under the Sea. I honestly can’t remember why I picked it on Netgalley. I am sure a part of it had to do with the cover, but another part was it sounded just weirdContinue…
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Sarah Dessen Summer
I, Hannah, make a lot of jokes on the podcast about the books I read growing up. There is Amish fiction, Lurlene McDaniel, Jodie Picoult, NORA ROBERTS (although I famously skipped the dirty scenes after my mom warned me to). But one author set me off on my deep, deep affection for romance, and thatContinue…
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Ordinary Monsters – J.M. Miro
I, Hannah read Ordinary Monsters. I got the book from Netgalley, and want to thank them for giving me the advanced copy that I intended to read before it came out on June 7, but failed. Honestly, I think the length intimidated me after the #MegaMay I hosted on my Instagram account. But I poweredContinue…
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Thirstenland 2022
In the wonderful month of April, I visited OWWR Pod Number 1 Fan, Veronica! We started the week off together without really knowing what was going to happen. Five days was the longest we ever spent time together. But when I made a joke about the 1996 Pride and Prejudice, Veronica mentioned that we shouldContinue…
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Indie Intermission Inventory
Everyone! We are almost done with Wheel of Time. After over a year, Laura and I will be taking a minute to prepare for a brand new miniseries. But before that, we want to take a pause and highlight one Indie Author for the month of June. So we will be voting in what weContinue…
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Hannah’s January Reads
Hannah read nine books this January. She really enjoyed all of them. She read a few fantasy novels, a few general fiction, and even was able to get to one nonfiction novel (never her strong suit). So without further ado, here are the books Hannah read. Follow her on Instagram at brews.and.books for her overallContinue…
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Laura’s January Reads
Pony by R.J. Palacio ★★★★☆ A sweet (and surprisingly deep), middle-grade book about a boy and his companion, a ghost named Mittenwool, who set out to rescue the boy’s father with help from a pale-faced pony that seems to have some “mystic qualities” of its own. I really enjoyed this one. I picked it upContinue…
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OWWR Pod February She Wrote Recommendations
Ben from Literature and Lofi is doing a month of reading books with people who use she/her pronouns! In honor of that, Laura and Hannah prepared a few authors that are worth reading! Ryka Aoki: Why not start the month off right and kill two birds with one stone. Read Ryka Aoki’s works. Hannah andContinue…
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Cozy Reads for a Winter’s Night
It is officially winter so now it is time to fire up the stove, grab that hot chocolate (spiked or unspiked), climb under the covers, and settle in for a long winter’s night with a good book. Wintertime is a strange time to pick books for. We aren’t really seasonal book readers, we are moodContinue…
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Before They Are Hanged – Joe Abercrombie
Hannah read the second novel in the Third Law Trilogy. This book took each of the main people of the novel to the north, south, and edge of the world. Abercrombie still moves forward with his great ability to take a character’s trope and reinforce certain aspects while inverting all expectations in ways you wouldContinue…
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Hannah’s Is Writing Fantasy
So I discuss this on the pod from time to time, but I am writing a fantasy novel. Well, hopefully a fantasy trilogy. I’ve been working on it for over ten years, and I am honestly afraid of how much work I’ve put into it for the past two years. This has been my babyContinue…
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February Standalone Battleground!!
Guys, it’s time to vote for Laura and Hannah’s Book of February!! We took your suggestions and put them into a bracket! We will be voting each day until the book is chosen!!! You can cast a vote via Twitter Poll or on an Instagram poll over on OWWRPod and Brews.and.Books. Here is the officialContinue…
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Wheel of Time Show Is Here
The first Wheel of Time episodes dropped today. We have been building up to this TV series since we started the podcast in February (how has it been less than a year that we’ve been discussing Jordan’s books??). We are looking forward to looking at this show and seeing how his works are updated forContinue…
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OWWR Playlist
If there is something that we really get into on OWWR Podcast (besides books), it’s usually music. We often drop random musical lines, songs, and everything in between. Off the podcast, we both love listening to music. We tend to have different styles of listening, and so we made a playlist to see what wouldContinue…
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Hannah’s October Reads
It should be known that I am terrible at reading on brand. If it is a “spooky season” I forget because I am under a mass amount of books that fall in my to be read pile. I am more of a “let’s see what we have this year.” I feel like when I tryContinue…
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The Mountains Sing – Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
“Somehow I was sure that if people were willing to read each other, and see the light of other cultures, there would be no war on earth.” The Mountains Sing is a wonderful novel that tells the story of the Tran family, as seen through the eyes of the matriarch and her granddaughter. It takesContinue…
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Laura’s October Reads
October was a pretty good reading month for me. I took some time to mood read and check out some things that just made me happy. I also met my yearly reading goal (50 books)! Here’s how the month stacked up (books are in the order that I read them not how much I enjoyedContinue…
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Gideon the Ninth – Tamsyn Muir
Hannah recently finished Gideon the Ninth and it was a romp. What a fantastic book to add to any TBR. The book follows Gideon, an indentured servant on the Ninth Planet. She has been raised on this harsh planet with one other person her age, the Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House, Harrowhawk, a necromancerContinue…
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Laura’s Favorite Hobby
I’ve said it a couple of times on the podcast, but I love hobbies. I love learning and trying new things and my hobbies add a lot to my life. But out of my many hobbies, my favorite is raising dairy goats. I’m almost 30 years old and have had at least one goat forContinue…
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