On Wednesdays We Read (OWWR Pod)
We are two best friends who do a deep dive into a new book book series, one book at a time. Join us while we assess the plot, the characters, and the themes of each book, while laughing at some of the more...interesting choices. Join us as we highlight the new series while updating you on other things we are reading, watching, and/or enjoying!
Current Seasons:
Season 1: Shai'Tan on Wheel of Time
Season 2: Blazing through the Poppy Wars
Season 3: The Murderbot Diaries Diaries
Season 4: Peaking into the Green Bone Saga
Season 5: Cycling through Legendborn
Season 6: The Year of the Dresden (Dresden Files)
Season 7: Breaking into the Broken Earth Trilogy
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 82 minutes
- Episodes
- 262
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Ep. 48- How have we been? We've Benfluenced (The Gathering Storm)
Guess who's back? Back again! That's right. It's The Wheel of Time. We are still Shaitan on The Wheel of Time, BUT we are finally making OWWR way to the last battle. Today we cover the …
Coming to You from the Sewer (OWWR ANNIVERSARY EPISODE!!)
WE DID IT! WE PODCASTED FOR ONE YEAR! So to celebrate this accomplishment, we decided to do a little Q&A. We answered some questions submitted on Instagram & Twitter and had a blast ref…
Ep. 47- Pretty People Are in Chicago (Light From Uncommon Stars)
LOVE IS IN THE AIR! We recorded on Valentine's Day, so Laura accidentally got really into the "love theme" and talked about a recent romance read and a horrible reality "love" tv show. …
Ep. 46- We Believe A Rat Got In...Because A Rat Got In (Light From Uncommon Stars)
Laura has found a new love in Superstore and Hannah shared that she was retweeted by Jon Barinholtz for something hilarious. Hannah has some good new TV recs and Laura is so excited to…
Ep. 45- I Could Believe It, I'm An Alien (Light From Uncommon Stars)
Grab some donuts and your headphones! It's February! Which means it's time to talk about the winner of the Standalone-Showdown!
But first---Laura keeps telling Hannah to watch Ozark, bu…
Ep. 44- Michigan Has Many Beaches (Knife of Dreams)
Major SPOILERS for What We Do In The Shadows 15:40-18:25
Someone has a crush on Henry Cavill and it's unclear who it is. Laura says she has too many different styles/colors of face mask…
Ep. 43- What Did He Do? HE LOST A HAND! (Knife of Dreams)
Laura is annoyed when science books don't "stick to the science," and thinks that hyenas deserve more positive screen time. Hannah is the resident TikTok expert, and also loves Ronan Fa…
Ep. 42- We Are Dinosaurs (Knife of Dreams)
Hannah and Laura are.....old. We discuss the reasons why, and really, they are all valid. We also discuss Queer Eye, dinosaurs, casseroles, and Fredrik Backman. Then we finish up the se…
TV Tuesday Ep. 8- And Then It Gets Worse. Keep Going. (The Eye of the World-The Wheel of Time TV Series)
We cloned ourselves to talk about the final episode of The Wheel of Time series. Just kidding. No cloning, but lots of Wheel of Time talk. We consider a popular WoT theory, talk America…
Ep. 41- THAT'S NOT A SECRET (Knife of Dreams)
It's a new year, a new Robert Jordan book, and we're back! Laura is losing her voice because she's been singing the Encanto soundtrack nonstop. Hannah has read a TON and also had some g…
TV Tuesday Ep. 7- Watch Me Walk! And We All Did. (The Dark Along The Ways-The Wheel of Time TV Series)
For the penultimate episode of Amazon Prime's The Wheel of Time, we talked with our number one fan, Veronica of @RonnieReadsRegularly !!
Summary: Hannah is all in on a relationship in t…
Nostalgia Book Club - Not Enough Wine in the World with Fiction Fans (A Holiday Memory)
To celebrate the holidays we read A Holiday Memory by Lauren Brooke and discussed it with none other than, Fiction Fans podcast! Sara and Lilly also decided that there was not enough w…
Ep. 40- Spike with the Spikey Hair (Crossroads of Twilight)
Laura has been consuming vast amounts of Christmas content and recommends Jingle Jangle make it on your holiday watchlist. Hannah loves it when worlds collide and has been watching lots…
TV Tuesday Ep. 5- Why Would I Ever Want To Watch More of This Show After That?(Blood Calls Blood-The Wheel of Time TV series)
We watched episode 5 of Amazon Prime's Wheel of Time series and talked about it with some of our favorite people.....FICTION FANS PODCAST!! We loved having Lilly and Sara on to talk abo…
Ep. 39- Think What You Will (Crossroads of Twilight)
Laura has continued her Marvel Cinematic Universe journey and doesn't understand villain motives. She also recalls her genetics professor that looked like The Dude . Hannah watched Haw…
TV Tuesday Ep. 4- I Don't Think She Was Saying That Type of Cat (The Dragon Reborn-The Wheel of Time TV Series)
Names are mispronounced, "Frank Herberts" are pulled, Mrs. Bates delivers some beautiful lines, and we still don't know who the Dragon Reborn is! Who is it??? We don't know yet! That's …
Ep. 38- Daved Hanlon From Accounting (Crossroads of Twilight)
We covered the second half of Robert Jordan's 10th book in The Wheel of Time series, Crossroads of Twilight. And friends, we tried but we just didn't like it. We also are just a little…
TV Tuesday Ep. 3- A Power Rangers Kind of Thing (A Place of Safety-The Wheel of Time TV series)
We were thrilled to talk about The Wheel of Time Episode 3: A Place of Safety with the AMAZING Story Darlings, Sandra and Tera! We loved hearing the thoughts of a fellow book reader and…
Ep. 37- That's So Mean!....Or Clever (Crossroads of Twilight)
We are both in a reading slump, so we decided to cure that slump by diving into THE MOST FORGETTABLE BOOK OF THE WHEEL OF TIME SERIES. We are both a little drained coming off of the ho…
TV Tuesday Ep. 2- We're Never Wrong (Shadow's Waiting-The Wheel of Time)
We covered episode 2 "Shadow's Waiting" of Amazon's Wheel of Time series with our favorite person ever, our best friend, Bobbi! She is the true fantasy lover among us and a self-proclai…