On Wednesdays We Read (OWWR Pod)

Hannah C. and Laura M.
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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 TimeSeason 2: Blazing through the Poppy WarsSeason 3: The Murderbot Diaries Diaries Season 4: Peaking into the Green Bone SagaSeason 5: Cycling through LegendbornSeason 6: The Year of the Dresden (Dresden Files)Season 7: Breaking into the Broken Earth Trilogy Season 8: Investigating the Dublin Murder Squad

  1. 4d ago ·  Bonus

    BONUS EPISODE- INDIEMISSION #10 SELECTION

    Send us Fan Mail Hannah and Laura are entering into their TENTH Indie Intermission and in order to celebrate they are choosing a completed independently published SERIES to cover on the podcast!! In today's episode they work through a bracket of listener submitted book series and give brief descriptions of all of the contenders. Be sure to check out all of the authors/series mentioned in today's episode!! Find out more about the indie series in our bracket at: IndieMission X – On Wednesdays We Read Podcast Media Mentions: The Triempery Revelations Series by L.L. Stephens The Lost Humanity Series by H.S. Kallinger The Cruel Gods Trilogy by Trudie Skies The Gus Chronicles by Karryn Nagel The Obsidian Path Series by Michael R. Fletcher The Dragon Spirits Trilogy by L.L. Macrae Learn to Howl Trilogy by Jennifer R. Donohue Mennik Thorn Series by Patrick Samphire Iamos Trilogy by Lyssa Chiavari Mysterious Fields Series by Celia Lake The Hex Files by Kelly Garcia Songs of Sefate Series by Sarah Chorn Support the show Be sure to follow OWWR Pod! www.owwrpod.com  YouTube: @owwrpod BlueSky: @OwwrPod TikTok: @OwwrPod Instagram: @owwrpod Threads: @OwwrPod Send us an email at: owwrpod@gmail.com Check out OWWR Patreon: patreon.com/owwrpod Or join OWWR Discord! We'd love to chat with you! You can follow Hannah at: Instagram: @brews.and.books Threads: @brews.and.books TikTok: @brews.and.books You can follow Laura at: Instagram: @goodbooksgreatgoats BlueSky: @myyypod

  2. Aug 19

    Ep. 193- Harry Dresden thinks fondly of a terrible man. (Turn Coat)

    Send us Fan Mail Hannah and Laura are working through their many feelings about the events in Jim Butcher's book Turn Coat, and as a result Laura has decided to start writing Dresden Files fan fiction. They also chat about more BOOOOMM movies, a book Hannah read because Laura wouldn't stop talking about it, and a very funny Apple TV show. *This episode contains SPOILERS for Turn Coat by Jim Butcher. Spoiler section begins at: 53 min 48 secs. * **CW for the episode: discussions of death, violence, sexual assault, childhood trauma, family trauma, horror, sexism, racism, misogyny, aliens, vampires, ableism, gore, consent, sex Media Mentions: Turn Coat by Jim Butcher Saga by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples Dunkirk Inception Magic Puzzle Company Earthlings by Sayaka Murata  The Vegetarian by Han Kang The Forest Brims Over by Maru Ayase The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne  Last One Laughing UK---Prime Video Schmigadoon---AppleTV Support the show Be sure to follow OWWR Pod! www.owwrpod.com  YouTube: @owwrpod BlueSky: @OwwrPod TikTok: @OwwrPod Instagram: @owwrpod Threads: @OwwrPod Send us an email at: owwrpod@gmail.com Check out OWWR Patreon: patreon.com/owwrpod Or join OWWR Discord! We'd love to chat with you! You can follow Hannah at: Instagram: @brews.and.books Threads: @brews.and.books TikTok: @brews.and.books You can follow Laura at: Instagram: @goodbooksgreatgoats BlueSky: @myyypod

  3. Aug 12

    Ep. 192- Harry Dresden sets a boundary. (Turn Coat)

    Send us Fan Mail Hannah and Laura are covering the final third of Jim Butcher's Turn Coat and are trying to decide if certain events needed to have taken place. They also discuss Hannah's hatred for Christopher Nolan movies, some recent non-fiction reads they loved, and a documentary that goes off the rails. **This episode contains SPOILERS for Turn Coat by Jim Butcher. Spoiler section begins at: 36 min 15 secs. ** *CW for the episode: discussions of death, memory loss, sexism, racism, poverty, violence, sex, blood, vampires, magic, drugs Media Mentions: Turn Coat by Jim Butcher  I See You've Called in Dead by John Kenney  Strong Female Character by Fern Brady  Following---Kanopy  Memento---Peacock A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib   The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren  A Toxic Love Story---Netflix  Support the show Be sure to follow OWWR Pod! www.owwrpod.com  YouTube: @owwrpod BlueSky: @OwwrPod TikTok: @OwwrPod Instagram: @owwrpod Threads: @OwwrPod Send us an email at: owwrpod@gmail.com Check out OWWR Patreon: patreon.com/owwrpod Or join OWWR Discord! We'd love to chat with you! You can follow Hannah at: Instagram: @brews.and.books Threads: @brews.and.books TikTok: @brews.and.books You can follow Laura at: Instagram: @goodbooksgreatgoats BlueSky: @myyypod

  4. Aug 5

    Ep. 191- Harry Dresden is Dr. Smart Ass not Mr. Smart Ass. (Turn Coat)

    Send us Fan Mail Hannah and Laura are covering the middle portion of Turn Coat by Jim Butcher in today's episode, and friends, things get very zany! They also discuss some romance novels that didn't "hit" for them, a beautiful children's book, and Hannah's first foray into Alfred Hitchcock's works. *This episode contains SPOILERS for Turn Coat by Jim Butcher. Spoiler section begins at: 36 min 11 secs. * **CW for the episode: discussions of violence, sex, guns, gore, blood, sexism, vampires, racism, sexism, immigration, climate change, incarceration, death, murder Media Mentions: Turn Coat by Jim Butcher Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry Barbed Wire Between Us by Mia Wenjen Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World Shell, by Shattered Shell by Sy Montgomery There, There by Tommy Orange Something Wilder by Christina Lauren  Dial M for Murder---Tubi  Support the show Be sure to follow OWWR Pod! www.owwrpod.com  YouTube: @owwrpod BlueSky: @OwwrPod TikTok: @OwwrPod Instagram: @owwrpod Threads: @OwwrPod Send us an email at: owwrpod@gmail.com Check out OWWR Patreon: patreon.com/owwrpod Or join OWWR Discord! We'd love to chat with you! You can follow Hannah at: Instagram: @brews.and.books Threads: @brews.and.books TikTok: @brews.and.books You can follow Laura at: Instagram: @goodbooksgreatgoats BlueSky: @myyypod

  5. Jul 29

    Ep. 190- Harry Dresden always gives people the benefit of the doubt. (Turn Coat)

    Send us Fan Mail Hannah and Laura are covering the first third of Turn Coat by Jim Butcher and are struggling to understand why Harry Dresden is helping out a certain terrible warden. They also chat about the impact of an incredibly popular book, Hannah's journey into The Righteous Gemstones, and a book that Laura is adding to her favorites list. **This episode contains SPOILERS for Turn Coat by Jim Butcher. Spoiler section begins at: 47 min 21 secs. ** *CW for the episode: discussions of racism, sexism, politics, climate change, death, violence, blood, gore, immigration, police, sex, drugs * Media Mentions: Turn Coat by Jim Butcher Holler: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance by Denali Sai Nalamalapu Heartstopper, Vol. 6 by Alice Oseman Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke  The Righteous Gemstones---HBO Max  Support the show Be sure to follow OWWR Pod! www.owwrpod.com  YouTube: @owwrpod BlueSky: @OwwrPod TikTok: @OwwrPod Instagram: @owwrpod Threads: @OwwrPod Send us an email at: owwrpod@gmail.com Check out OWWR Patreon: patreon.com/owwrpod Or join OWWR Discord! We'd love to chat with you! You can follow Hannah at: Instagram: @brews.and.books Threads: @brews.and.books TikTok: @brews.and.books You can follow Laura at: Instagram: @goodbooksgreatgoats BlueSky: @myyypod

  6. Jul 22 ·  Bonus

    BONUS EPISODE- "It was nice to write an adventure story about someone who had no business belonging in one." an interview WITH TRAVIS BALDREE

    Send us Fan Mail Hannah and Laura are welcoming back to the podcast one of their favorite authors, Travis Baldree!!! Travis discusses his most recent release, Brigands & Breadknives, digging into how he finds comedy in his characters and seeing what he can "get away with" in his writing. He also shares some details about upcoming graphic novel editions of his works and what to expect from his new LitRPG. *This episode contains MILD SPOILERS for Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree. * You can follow Travis online at: Website: Travis Baldree Instagram: @travis_baldree Media Mentions: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree Tales from the Territory by Travis Baldree Four Bastards and a Baby by Travis Baldree Widow's Bay---AppleTV Support the show Be sure to follow OWWR Pod! www.owwrpod.com  YouTube: @owwrpod BlueSky: @OwwrPod TikTok: @OwwrPod Instagram: @owwrpod Threads: @OwwrPod Send us an email at: owwrpod@gmail.com Check out OWWR Patreon: patreon.com/owwrpod Or join OWWR Discord! We'd love to chat with you! You can follow Hannah at: Instagram: @brews.and.books Threads: @brews.and.books TikTok: @brews.and.books You can follow Laura at: Instagram: @goodbooksgreatgoats BlueSky: @myyypod

  7. Jul 15

    Ep. 189- Harry Dresden was beleaguered before it was cool. (Small Favor)

    Send us Fan Mail Hannah and Laura are wrapping up their discussion on Jim Butcher's Small Favor by discussing the characters and themes. Laura also shares some worries about an upcoming book to movie adaptation and Hannah returns to a fantasy world that she said she would never go back to. *This episode contains SPOILERS for Small Favor by Jim Butcher. Spoiler section begins at: 51 min 38 secs. * **CW for the episode: discussions of sexual assault, chronic illness, mental illness, violence, blood, death, consent, vampires, werewolves, magic, sex Media Mentions: Small Favor by Jim Butcher Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro Clakson's Farm---Prime Video Custodians of Wonder by Eliot Stein Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig Trust Me: The False Prophet---Netflix Support the show Be sure to follow OWWR Pod! www.owwrpod.com  YouTube: @owwrpod BlueSky: @OwwrPod TikTok: @OwwrPod Instagram: @owwrpod Threads: @OwwrPod Send us an email at: owwrpod@gmail.com Check out OWWR Patreon: patreon.com/owwrpod Or join OWWR Discord! We'd love to chat with you! You can follow Hannah at: Instagram: @brews.and.books Threads: @brews.and.books TikTok: @brews.and.books You can follow Laura at: Instagram: @goodbooksgreatgoats BlueSky: @myyypod

  8. Jul 8

    Ep. 188- Harry Dresden needs to contact HR. (Small Favor)

    Send us Fan Mail Hannah and Laura would like to be sponsored by Oreo. Nabisco, get in touch. They also chat about Taskmaster, Nic Cage, and a book that frustrated Hannah with its title. Then they cover the final third of Small Favor by Jim Butcher, a book that simply didn't have enough "Gruffs" in it. **This episode contains SPOILERS for Small Favor by Jim Butcher. Spoiler section begins at: 49 min 05 secs. ** *CW for the episode: discussions of menstrual cycles, women's health, violence, guns, crime, vampires, magic, gore, abuse, blood, death, self-harm, suicide, mental illness, sex Media Mentions: Small Favor by Jim Butcher The Doctor Will See You Now: Recognizing and Treating Endometriosis by Dr. Tamer Seckin Spider-Noir---Prime Video Taskmaster---YouTube VenCo by Cherie Dimaline The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren  Not Suitable for Work---Hulu  Support the show Be sure to follow OWWR Pod! www.owwrpod.com  YouTube: @owwrpod BlueSky: @OwwrPod TikTok: @OwwrPod Instagram: @owwrpod Threads: @OwwrPod Send us an email at: owwrpod@gmail.com Check out OWWR Patreon: patreon.com/owwrpod Or join OWWR Discord! We'd love to chat with you! You can follow Hannah at: Instagram: @brews.and.books Threads: @brews.and.books TikTok: @brews.and.books You can follow Laura at: Instagram: @goodbooksgreatgoats BlueSky: @myyypod

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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 TimeSeason 2: Blazing through the Poppy WarsSeason 3: The Murderbot Diaries Diaries Season 4: Peaking into the Green Bone SagaSeason 5: Cycling through LegendbornSeason 6: The Year of the Dresden (Dresden Files)Season 7: Breaking into the Broken Earth Trilogy Season 8: Investigating the Dublin Murder Squad

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  • Creator
    Hannah C. and Laura M.
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    330
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 On Wednesdays We Read (OWWR Pod)
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