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July 18, 2024 51 mins

Welcome back to Old Enough For Fairytales! Our audio isn’t at its best this week, due to technical difficulties, but we’re still here to share our recent reads and recommendations. We’re also doing the Mid Year Book Freakout Tag in this episode, reviewing the highs and lows of our reading for the first half of the year. Happy reading!


Recent Reads:

Lore by Alexandra Bracken

The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia Gray


Our favorite books so far:

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

The Queen’s Thief Series by Meghan Whalen Turner

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Best sequels so far:

Rip Tide by Lisa T. Bergen

Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross

New releases we want to read:

Hearts Overboard by Becky Dean

The Women by Kristin Hannah

Most anticipated release:

We Will Be Heroes by Megan McCullough

The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman

Biggest disappointment:

Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nichole Maehrer

Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough

Biggest surprise:

The Naturals Series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

New favorite author:

Courtney Walsh

Rebecca Ross

Naomi Novik

Newest fictional crush:

Roman Kitt from Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

Tsukishima from Haikyu!! by Haruichi Furudate

Newest favorite character:

Fieran from Wings of War by Tara Grayce

Billy & Emmett from The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

Books that made us cry:

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