Fully Booked

Thank you to everyone who's been supporting Fully Booked, and I hope you'll continue on this new chapter in the journey with me 💚

Please consider rating and leaving a review, and check out the following links: 

Use code FULLYBOOKED to get 10% off your order of Chimney Tea

Follow me on: IG and Tiktok

Subscribe on Youtube

Email: [email protected]

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In ep 69, I go through every book read in May and June, transitioning from spring to summer reads, trying new genres, and more 🌷🧙🏻‍♀️💻

timestamps: 

(00:26) intro

(02:08) May stats

(03:22) Margo’s Got Money Troubles 

(06:19) Heartless Hunter *need to go back and add text boxes and images from here

(09:43) The Good Part 

(13:07) The Picture of Dorian Gray 

(14:31) What Happens in Amsterdam 

(16:51) I Know Who You Are 

(18:15) The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion Vol. 2 

(19:53) Powerless (Elsie Silver) 

(23:00) Pachinko 

(28:53) June stats

(30:31) Dolly All The Time

(33:23) I Hope This Finds You Well 

(36:59) Just Friends 

(41:35) The Last Time I Lied  

(43:40) Rebel Witch 

(45:42) The Someday Garden

(49:30) outro 

Please consider rating and leaving a review, and check out the following links: 

Use code FULLYBOOKED to get 10% off your order of Chimney Tea

Follow me on: IG and Tiktok

Subscribe on Youtube

Email: [email protected]

Support the podcast with a donation/subscription

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In ep 68, I go through all my 2026 stats, goals, and highlights for the year so far 📋🏆🌟

timestamps: 

(00:26) intro & current read 

(01:31) mid-year stats 

(06:35) goal/challenge check-in

(13:04) mid-year highlights (fav books so far) 

(16:46) fav non-fic so far

(18:44) biggest disappointment

(20:01) biggest surprise

(21:28) prettiest cover so far

(23:11) new favourite author

(24:55) best new to you author

(26:51) anticipated releases for rest of 2026

(29:36) books to read by end of 2026

(33:37) outro 

Please consider rating and leaving a review, and check out the following links: 

Use code FULLYBOOKED to get 10% off your order of Chimney Tea

Follow me on: IG and Tiktok

Subscribe on Youtube

Email: [email protected]

Support the podcast with a donation/subscription

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 67, I go through all my summer book recs and tbr to fit every warm weather mood ☀️😎

(00:26) intro & current read(s) 

(03:25) One Italian Summer 

(05:00) The Summer of Broken Rules 

(06:26) Seven Days in June 

(07:42) Everything by Carley Fortune 

(10:33) The Ex Vows

(12:51) I Hope This Finds You Well 

(15:05) Summer Fridays 

(16:35) The Someday Garden 

(17:49) Blue Sisters

(19:26) Meet Me At The Lake 

(20:48) The Five Star Weekend 

(23:17) outro

Please consider rating and leaving a review, and check out the following links: 

Use code FULLYBOOKED to get 10% off your order of Chimney Tea

Follow me on: IG and Tiktok

Subscribe on Youtube

Email: [email protected]

Support the podcast with a donation/subscription

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pre-order Behind Five Willows in Canada/US

Pre-order Behind Five Willows in UK

June's IG

June's website

In episode 66, I got to sit down with June Hur and talk all things Behind Five Willows, how rejection re-wrote her journey by shifting to Korean historicals, and more 🌸📝🇰🇷

(00:36) welcome & June’s publishing journey 

(03:40) switch from British to Korean historical fiction 

(05:57) reception to her novels 

(08:27) hitting the NYT best-seller list & success moving forward 

(12:42) idea & inspo for Behind Five Willows 

(20:03) research process for Behind Five Willows & previous novels 

(23:25) how June plans her writing process 

(26:07) importance of using the Korean language 

(30:22) promotion & fan reactions for Behind Five Willows 

(32:03) title ideation for Behind Five Willows 

(34:49) Behind Five Willows ultimate takeaway 

(37:09) upcoming novel tease 

(38:02) rapid fire round 

(39:36) final q & outro 

Please consider rating and leaving a review, and check out the following links: 

Use code FULLYBOOKED to get 10% off your order of Chimney Tea

Follow me on: IG and Tiktok

Subscribe on Youtube

Email: [email protected]

Support the podcast with a donation/subscription

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 65, I go through all the fun books I picked up in March and April for the start of spring and more 🌸🐣📝

timestamps: 

(00:26) intro

(01:50) March stats

(02:11) March DNF

(03:54) February roll-over 

(06:43) Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow 

(09:50) Once Upon A Broken Heart 

(12:28) Flawless 

(14:49) Love Redesigned 

(17:36) Project Hail Mary 

(21:36) I Who Have Never Known Men 

(24:16) My Husband’s Wife 

(27:12) Courage to Soar 

(28:41) The Night We Met 

(34:12) April stats

(35:58) Ready or Not

(39:16) Behind Five Willows 

(42:53) Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

(44:45) The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion (Vol 1) 

(47:17) Sometimes I Lie 

(49:46) Mere Christianity

(51:44) Heartless 

(54:04) The Ballad of Never After 

(55:26) Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus 

(59:00) outro 

Please consider rating and leaving a review, and check out the following links: 

Use code FULLYBOOKED to get 10% off your order of Chimney Tea

Follow me on: IG and Tiktok

Subscribe on Youtube

Email: [email protected]

Support the podcast with a donation/subscription

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Serene's IG

Serene's Tiktok

Serene's website

Shop Fortune Cookie Dreams

In episode 64, I have Serene Illustrations (first pod guest!) on to chat all things illustration, collaborating with authors, as well as illustrating her own children's book ✨🎨🥠

timestamps:

(00:26) welcome & recent growth 

(01:39) beginnings & illustration journey

(05:21) moving into fantasy artwork & bookish illustrations

(09:28) fan vs. author art 

(12:25) author artwork & collaboration process

(16:47) first published children’s book & future inspo 

(23:50) balancing 9-5 and art business 

(31:08) Serene’s personal favourite artwork

(33:33) my favourite artwork of Serene’s 

(34:56) upcoming collab with Laurie Gilmore 

(37:13) rapid fire round 

(39:44) how to connect with Serene 

(40:28) outro 

Please consider rating and leaving a review, and check out the following links: 

Use code FULLYBOOKED to get 10% off your order of Chimney Tea

Follow me on: IG and Tiktok

Subscribe on Youtube

Email: [email protected]

Support the podcast with a donation/subscription

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 63, I go through all my spring book recs, hopefuls, and tbr 🌷🪞🐣

timestamps: 

(00:26) intro + current read (& ARMY excitement)

(03:02) spring book rec

(05:23) spring hopefuls 

(11:14) Ready or Not 

(12:51) What Happens in Amsterdam

(14:43) The Love of My After-Life

(16:04) The Picture of Dorian Gray

(17:15) The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion

(18:51) Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

(19:55) outro 

Please consider rating and leaving a review, and check out the following links: 

Use code FULLYBOOKED to get 10% off your order of Chimney Tea

Follow me on: IG and Tiktok

Subscribe on Youtube

Email: [email protected]

Support the podcast with a donation/subscription

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 62, I talk about all my recent(ish) five star reads ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

timestamps: 

(00:26) intro + Bridgerton S4 debrief cont. 

(03:10) current read

(04:17) The Perks of Being A Wallflower 

(07:05) Lessons in Chemistry 

(09:36) The Fault in our Stars 

(11:32) The Great Alone 

(13:14) A Song to Drown Rivers 

(14:52) The Storied Life of AJ Fikry 

(16:34) Fredrik Backman reads

(19:07) outro

Please consider rating and leaving a review, and check out the following links: 

Use code FULLYBOOKED to get 10% off your order of Chimney Tea

Follow me on: IG and Tiktok

Subscribe on Youtube

Email: [email protected]

Support the podcast with a donation/subscription

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 61, I go through all the wintery and other fun reads I picked up in January and February ❄️⛸️🎬

timestamps: 

(00:26) intro

(00:50) January stats

(01:14) Us Against You 

(02:53) Everything Is Tuberculosis

(04:24) In Your Dreams

(07:33) Winter Garden

(09:52) Beautiful Ugly (4.25 stars)

(11:46) Betting On You

(14:13) Intermezzo

(16:49) First Time Caller 

(20:26) February stats

(21:05) DNF (The Best Worst Thing) 

(22:12) The Improbable Meet Cute Second Chances 

(23:56) Fake Skating 

(26:54) Beach Read

(29:35) Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything 

(32:18) With A Vengeance 

(35:05) A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

(38:28) Educated 

(41:38) outro 

Please consider rating and leaving a review, and check out the following links: 

Use code FULLYBOOKED to get 10% off your order of Chimney Tea

Follow me on: IG and Tiktok

Subscribe on Youtube

Email: [email protected]

Support the podcast with a donation/subscription

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.