The Bookish Banter Podcast (Tatyana)
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| 04 Aug 2021 | Episode 29ish: Ariadne (and mispronouncing all the Greek Gods) | 01:09:03 | |
We're Tatyana and Kearsten, two best friends who love talking about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys! We are so excited to announce our new bonus series: Retellings!!!!! We are so excited to fall head first into this whole genre of retellings of the mythological and fairy tale variety. Over many moons we will be selecting a retelling of some form as a bonus episode each month! So stick around and hear our take on these epic tales. To kick off the series, we started with Book of the Month's feature of Jennifer Saint's debut novel, Ariadne. Hang out while we dissect this female POV retelling of Theseus and the Minotaur! *Trigger warnings for this book: Suicide and Sexual Abuse Click here to join in: The Bookish Banter Book Club! Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading | |||
| 05 Nov 2023 | Ep 44: Interview with Nikki M. Griggs | 01:00:20 | |
This book gives every bit of nostalgia I've never needed in life and Nikki is kind of my new favorite person. Join me while I chat with debut author, Nikki M. Griggs about her YA Urban Fantasy filled with reapers, fae, ghosts, and more. We dove deep into creating a novel over 12 years, living in a camper van during the pandemic, and what it's like to create such a massive fantasy world. Follow Nikki on TikTok and Instagram and head to her website for updates! Check out Janis and the Reaper available NOW. November's book club pick with be The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater, click here to join! This episode is sponsored by Fable Grounds Coffee. Use code LLAMA10 to save. Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 11 Jul 2022 | Ep 21: Interview with Christina Lauren | 00:30:54 | |
Hello and welcome to our interview with THE Christina Lauren!!! For those of you that might not know, Christina and Lauren are two amazing authors who make up the dynamic duo that created some of the bookish interwebs favorite books, including The Unhoneymooners, The Soulmate Equation, Love and Other Words, and their newest book: Something Wilder. We had such an amazing time talking with these lovely ladies. They were full of words great advice, kind words, and super fun to chat with! We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did! Make sure to check follow along with their journey on Instagram @ChristinaLauren and pick up Something Wilder today! This episode is sponsored by Audible by Amazon, click here to try Audible for free! We are taking the month of July off from the book club, but follow along as we finish out the Lord of the Rings series with Return of the King. Check our Instagram from a reading schedule! Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind the scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading and Tiktok. | |||
| 12 Feb 2024 | Ep 6: Interview with Kristen M. Long | 00:45:40 | |
Fem Robin Hood who also is willing to unalive people? Sign me up. Kristen is the author of the epic series, Thief of Sorrows, perfect for fans of Lord of the Rings, Throne of Glass, and a good found family trope. Join me and Kristen while we chat about creating her fantasy world, what it's like being an indie author, and all her amazing special editions. Make sure to follow Kristen on Instagram and TikTok and check out her website for updates. This episode is sponsored by Fable Grounds Coffee. Use code LLAMA10 to save February book club pick with be Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 25 Oct 2021 | Episode 43: The Ex Hex (and some fan casting) | 00:52:05 | |
We're Kearsten and Tatyana, two best friends who love sharing our opinions about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys. Come hang out for our first contemporary romance, The Ex Hex! This Hallmark movie wrapped up into a 300 page book was the perfect October read and helped us all collectively get out of our September Slump. Bookish Impulse Buys: Fable Grounds (Code: Llama10), The Bookish Box, Fairyloot, Blissfully Bookish (Code: Llama10), Book Babe Designs, Nerdy Ink We are currently picking our November read; click here to join in: The Bookish Banter Book Club. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading. | |||
| 28 Aug 2023 | Ep 35: Ashes and the Star-Cursed King (and there she is) | 01:22:20 | |
1000 pages later and we've made it through this viral duology. Join me and Lucia from Reading Materials Podcast as we dive very deeply into the second book in the Crowns of Nyaxia series. It was a wild ride and we hope you enjoy. Follow Reading Materials on Instagram and check out their website for all of their most recent episodes. This episode is sponsored by Spotify for Podcasters. Our pick for the September Book Club Pick is Tastes like Shakkar by Nisha Sharma, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 01 Apr 2024 | Ep 12: House of Flame and Shadow Review | 02:19:26 | |
We're back in the world of Bryce and Hunt and 2.5 hours from now, you will know how Molly, Jess, and I feel. I hope you enjoy this episode and the absolute JOURNEY we went on down the SJM rabbit hole. Follow Jess on Instagram and TikTok and follow Molly on Instagram and TikTok. ***Spoilers from the entire SJM Universe. This episode is sponsored by Smiles and Light. Use code BOOKISHBANTER10 to save. April book club pick is Starling House by Alix E. Harrow, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 01 Sep 2021 | Episode 35: Half Sick of Shadows (and our love of King Arthur) | 01:14:28 | |
Come hang out while we deep dive into this feminist retelling of the traditional King Arthur with a new character telling the story. This was a super fun book to cover and overall a super great read! *This episode does not contain any spoilers outside of Half Sick of Shadows by Laura Sebastian Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading | |||
| 22 Aug 2022 | Ep 28: Interview with Ali Hazelwood 2.0 | 00:55:47 | |
It's finally time!!!!!!!!!!!! Ali Hazelwood's second full length novel is about to be out in the world! Love on the Brain releases tomorrow and we got a chance to sit down with Ali and talk about her newest book, attending in person events, and thriller reads. Make sure to follow Ali on Instagram and subscribe to her newsletter here! This episode contains minor spoilers to Love on the Brain and the Loathe to Love You series by Ali Hazelwood and The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston To listen to our first interview with Ali Hazelwood, click here! This episode is sponsored by Meet Cute Box, a date night box subscription starting at $29.99/month. Use our code PODCAST to save $10 off your first box. Our pick for the August Book Club is Vicious by V.E. Schwab, click here to join the discord and follow along! Our Journey thru Middle Earth Readathon is just starting and there is still plenty of time to join. Our next virtual event is the Half-Way There Happy Hour on Thursday, August 25th at 5pm PST/8pm EST. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind the scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading and Tiktok. | |||
| 16 Jan 2023 | Ep 3: Interview with Meghan Joyce Tozer | 00:51:06 | |
Welcome to this week's episode, an interview with Meghan Joyce Tozer! She is the author of an exciting new thriller Night, Forgotten and UnSlut: A Diary and a Memoir. Join us while we talk about her creating the UnSlut Project, adapting her book from Wattpad to a full-length novel, and what made her decide to create Night, Forgotten. Follow Meghan on Instagram and Twitter and check out her website to sign up for her newsletter. See Meghan on January 25th at Whitelam Books and January 30th at West Wood Public Library This episode is sponsored by Audible by Amazon, click here to try Audible for free! Our pick for the January Book Club Pick is The Burning God by R.F. Kuang, click here to join the discord and follow along! Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the new website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind the scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok! | |||
| 02 Aug 2021 | Episode 28: Throne of Glass Interview with Corrine from @Corrine_Thorn | 01:52:05 | |
We're so excited to share this episode with the ICONIC cosplayer Corrine from @Corrine_Thorn! Let's hang out while we dive into Corrine's love of Aelin and the bookish community, how we all balance being bookish with real life, and creating amazing content. We hope you enjoy this extra long episode about our favorite fandoms, cosplay, and the whole bookish community! Follow Corrine on Instagram and TikTok at @Corrine_Thorn! Favorite Series: The Mortal Instruments By Cassandra Clare Favorite Standalone: Again But Better By Christine Riccio Currently Reading: A Touch of Darkness Series By Scarlett St. Clair & Gods and Monsters By Shelby Mahurin Accounts to Follow: @PeachyQueenCosplay; @ShakespeareandMe; @Roxannecarol; @LaurenDoesCosplay; @TessaCarter_Cosplay; and many more! Click here to join in: The Bookish Banter Book Club! Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading | |||
| 18 Aug 2021 | Episode 32ish: Bookish This or That Part 2 | 01:03:17 | |
Grab the popcorn and your favorite drink and play along while we play another game of Bookish This or That!
Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading | |||
| 01 Feb 2023 | Ep 5: Exes and O's (and my new favorite friends to lovers book) | 01:07:22 | |
Thanks for tuning into this week's episode, a deep dive into Exes and O's by Amy Lea with my friend, Lucia from Reading Materials Podcast! We had so much fun reading this book! It was full of Bookish interwebs references, perfect banter, a tattooed firefighter, and my favorite trope! We hope you enjoy this deep dive and make sure to follow the Reading Materials Podcast on Instagram and check out their website! This episode is sponsored by Audible by Amazon, click here to try Audible for free! Our pick for the February Book Club Pick is A Not So Meet Cute by Meghan Quinn, click here to join the discord and follow along! Please subscribe and leave us a 5-star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok! | |||
| 16 Jun 2021 | Episode 18: Red White and Royal Blue (And an Undying Love for The White House Trio) | 01:10:29 | |
We're Tatyana and Kearsten, two best friends who love talking about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys! Happy Pride Month friends! Join us while we scream for one full hour about our love for Alex, Henry, and rest of the Six! We had so much fun devouring and sharing our thoughts on this episode! So tune in to see who our favorite characters are, what are favorite moments were, and just generally squeaking about how much we loved this book. ***This episode contains spoilers from Red White and Royal Blue By Casey Mcquiston and references to The Throne of Glass Series By Sarah J. Maas. **Shout out to Jenna over at @Live_1000_Lives and her fab reels about Alex and Henry: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEmQ4GTgTrJ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast! Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! | |||
| 24 Oct 2022 | Ep 36: Would You Rather (Bookish Edition) with @BeachBayBooks | 00:32:49 | |
Join us for a different type of episode today, Would You Rather Bookish Edition. Grace from @BeachBayBooks and I chat about worst case scenario for any book babe, things we wish could happen in real life, and a lot of things we agree on. Play along with us and message us your answers! *This episode contains spoilers from: Six of Crows Duology by Leigh Bardugo, Empire of a Vampire by Jay Kristoff, The Dark Artifices by Cassandra Clare, Red Rising Series by Pierce Brown Would You Rather [Bookish Edition]:
This episode is sponsored by Audible by Amazon, click here to try Audible for free! Our pick for the October Book Club Pick is The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling, click here to join the discord and follow along! Our meeting will be on October 30th, join us and dress up as your favorite character for a Halloween Happy Hour. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the new website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind the scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 27 Nov 2023 | Ep 48: Interview with Holly Huntress | 00:36:29 | |
Do you love epic fantasies, amazing banter, and bingable series? You have come to the right place with Holly Huntress. Her latest novel features mermaids, lion shifters, and sirens. I had such a great time chatting about some classic book girlfriends, building fantasy worlds, and keeping all the rules for those worlds straight. Check out Holly on Instagram, TikTok, and Etsy. You can also follow her cosplay account on TikTok! This episode is sponsored by Smiles and Light Candles. Use code BOOKISHBANTER10 to save. December book club pick with be Babel by R.F. Kuang, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 04 Apr 2022 | E13: The Duke and I (and the Bridgerton Boys) | 01:10:58 | |
We're Kearsten and Tatyana, two best friends who love sharing our opinions about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys. Strap in for a wild ride through the world of Bridgerton by Julia Quinn. Hang out with us while we compare and contrast the book to the Netflix adaptation, Bridgerton! This episode contains spoilers from the entire Bridgerton Series by Julia Quinn and the Netflix adaptation. Bookish Impulse Buys: Target Version of Bridgerton, Walmart Version of Bridgerton, Raven Cycle Dust Jackets, Hold it There (LLAMA10), StarlightReadsCo We are currently reading Dark Skies by Danielle Jensen for the April Book Club read, click here to join in: The Bookish Banter Book Club. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind the scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading and Tiktok. | |||
| 07 Jul 2021 | Episode 23: Spooky Summer Read- Woman in the Window | 01:16:47 | |
Welcome our special guest, @Kates_bookcase!!!! Let's hang out for a little while with Kearsten's sister Katie where we talk about a spooky summer read, Woman in the Window By A.J. Finn. We really tried to branch out with this episode and spoiler alert, all three of us loved it! Come along while we compare and contrast the book to the new Netflix adaptation. *This episode contains spoilers from Woman in the Window By A.J. Finn Bookish Impulse Buys: Fable Grounds Coffee, Faye's Niche, The Bookish Box, OwlCrate, Unplugged Book Box (Adult Fiction), Enchanted Fandoms (Journey to Middle Earth Box), Once Upon a Book Club (LLAMA10), Blissfully Bookish (BookishBanter10) Kate's Recommendations: 1st to Die By James Patterson, The Green Mile Stephen King, Ninth House By Leigh Bardugo, Dark Tower Series By Stephen King, To Tame a Highland Warrior By Karen Marie Moning, The Shining By Stephen King We are currently reading All The Murmuring Bones By A.G. Slatter for our July Book Club read, click here to join in: The Bookish Banter Book Club. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading | |||
| 05 Feb 2024 | Ep 5: Interview with Robin Oliveira | 01:03:06 | |
Where are my historical fiction girlies at? Robin Oliveira's newest book, A Wild and Heavenly Place is a journey across continents, star-crossed lovers, and the hardships of the American West. I had such a fantastic time chatting with her about all the research that went into her latest book and the inspiration she took from a place she holds near and dear to her heart, the Pacific Northwest. Make sure to follow Robin on Instagram and Facebook and check out her website for updates. This episode is sponsored by Fable Grounds Coffee. Use code LLAMA10 to save. February book club pick with be Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 03 May 2021 | Episode 8: Shadow and Bone Show Episode 5-8 Reactions | 01:11:23 | |
We're Kearsten and Tatyana, your hosts, we're two best friends who love talking about books and our total lack of shelf control! In this week's episode we're recapping the Shadow and Bone the Netflix Adaptation, Episodes 5-8. Come listen to us scream about the ultimate mash up of our favorite characters, the Crows and Alina! The showdown between The Darkling and Kaz and the heartbreak that is Helnik. Thank you all for listening and fan girling with us! We hope you loved the show as much as we did!!!! Tune in next week for our review of From Blood and Ash By Jennifer Armentrout. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along us on TikTok and Instagram @TheBookishBanterPodcast! Follow Kearsten on TikTok @kearsten.keeps.reading Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama | |||
| 27 Mar 2023 | Ep 13: Interview with Meghan Quinn | 00:52:18 | |
Join me in welcoming the amazing Meghan Quinn to this week's episode. Tune in while we talk motivations behind this hockey romance series, the white boards used to connect all the Meghanverse (yes, I just made that up), and pigeons. I had so much fun talking with Meghan about her latest release, Right Man, Right Time, which is now available wherever books are sold and KU! Make sure to follow Meghan on Tiktok, Instagram, and Facebook, and check out her website for her latest updates and a list of all the events you can find her at! This episode is sponsored by Spotify for Podcasters. Our pick for the April Book Club Pick is Thief of Sorrows by Kristen M. Long, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 02 Oct 2023 | Ep 40: One Dark Window (and a missed monster romance) | 01:18:49 | |
It's spooky season and we're leaning into the vibes with this one! It's so gothic and spooky, we loved it! Join myself, Kiersten, and Natasha as we chat monster romance, predicting the ending, and what we hope for the next book. Follow Kiersten on Instagram and Tiktok! Follow Natasha on Instagram and Tikok. This episode is sponsored by Smiles and Light Candles. Use code BOOKISHBANTER10 to save. Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 17 Jan 2022 | E1: We're Feeling 2022! | 00:55:00 | |
We're Kearsten and Tatyana, two best friends who love sharing our opinions about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys. Happy New Year!!!! We don't know about you, but we're feeling 2022 and we wanted to start the new year with a re-intro/little chat about our some of our goals for the podcast, personal goals, and answer a few of your questions! We hope you enjoy the first episode of season 2. Bookish Impulse Buys: Blissfully Bookish (Use Code: LIVE10), Addie LaRue Necklace, Hobbit Tea from @efatuatedreadings We are currently reading The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa McKay Adams for the January book club read, click here to join in: The Bookish Banter Book Club. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama (for now @TheLiteratureLlama2.0) and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading. | |||
| 19 Sep 2022 | Ep 31: Interview with Jasmine Guillory | 00:28:06 | |
We had such a blast chatting with THE Jasmine Guillory about her latest book, Drunk On Love, available September 20th! Join us while we dive into the hardest scene she's ever written, why she chose to write romance, and more about her new book! Make sure to follow Jasmine on Instagram and check out her website for more information about tour dates and to order Drunk on Love! This episode is sponsored by Audible by Amazon, click here to try Audible for free! Our pick for the September Book Club Pick is Gallant by V.E. Schwab, click here to join the discord and follow along! Our Journey thru Middle Earth Readathon is still going on and there is still time to join. Our next virtual event is the Bilbo's Birthday Party on Wednesday, September 22nd at 5pm PST/8pm EST. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind the scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading and Tiktok. | |||
| 11 Sep 2023 | Ep 37: Interview with Nelle Nikole | 00:52:59 | |
Where are my dystopian girlies at? Rising is an urban fantasy, post-apocalyptic, zombies, elemental magic, the whole nine. This book has me in a chokehold and I want everyone to know it. I had the pleasure of chatting with the mind behind the book, Nelle Nikole! Join us while we dive deep into her character inspiration, our love for dystopian novels, and what’s next for her. Follow Nelle on Instagram and Tiktok, and check out her newsletter for the latest updates. This episode is sponsored by Spotify for Podcasters. Our pick for the September Book Club Pick is Tastes like Shakkar by Nisha Sharma, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 08 May 2024 | Ep 15: Interview with Jaclyn Goldis | 00:31:38 | |
Join me and thriller author Jaclyn Goldis while we chat about her newest book, The Main Character. We had such a great time chatting about unreliable narrators, setting books in exotic locations, and creating the perfect thriller. Make sure to follow Jaclyn Goldis on Instagram and check out her website for more updates! This episode is sponsored by Fable Grounds Coffee. Use code LLAMA10 to save April book club pick is A Fate Inked In Blood by Danielle L. Jensen, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 07 Mar 2022 | E8: Interview with Book Babe Designs | 01:09:26 | |
We're Kearsten and Tatyana, two best friends who love sharing our opinions about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys. Hang out with us while we chat with Breanna from Book Babe Designs. Taking the bookish interwebs by storm, Breanna has created an amazing brand with the most unique designs and products and we can NOT wait for her launch this weekend! Make sure to check out her website and set your alarms for her latest launch on Saturday, March 12th and follow her on Instagram @Book.Babe.Designs This episode contains spoilers from Throne of Glass and A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J Maas, The Vampire Diaries Tv Show. If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind the scenes content and bonus episodes!!! We are currently reading Dark Shores by Danielle Jensen for the March Book Club read, click here to join in: The Bookish Banter Book Club. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading. | |||
| 01 Nov 2021 | Episode 44: Books to Screen Adaptation Review (and a little bit of rage, but a lot a bit of love) | 01:36:43 | |
We're Kearsten and Tatyana, two best friends who love sharing our opinions about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys. Buckle up for this extra long episode where we share our top 3 and bottom 3 books to screen adaptations. We tried to choose a wide range and really dive into why we loved and hate these books made TV. So grab some popcorn, make your own list, and tell us if you agree with our choices. This episode contains spoilers from: The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit by JRR Tolkien, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, Me Before You By Jojo Moyes, Outlander by Diana Galbaldon, The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare, Bridgerton Series by Julia Quinn, P.S. I Love you by Cecelia Ahern, Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn, Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer. We are currently reading The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood for the November Book Club read, click here to join in: The Bookish Banter Book Club. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama (for now @TheLiteratureLlama2.0) and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading. | |||
| 19 Apr 2021 | Episode 6: Six of Crows Duology Recap | 01:08:11 | |
We're Kearsten and Tatyana, your hosts, we're two best friends who love talking about books and our total lack of shelf control! In this week's episode we're reviewing Six and Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo. Hang out with us while Kearsten reels over finishing the books 10 minutes before recording, Tatyana swoons over Kaz, and we both share our theories for the Netflix adaptation that premiers this Friday (April 23rd). Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on TikTok and Instagram @TheBookishBanterPodcast! Book Buys of the Week: Talon Series By Julie Kagawa, Love and Ruin By Paula Mclain, Tiger and the Wolf by Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo By Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Power By Namoi Alderman. Bookish Merch Buys of the Week: Bookmarks from @StackingPages, @TheBookishBox March YA box, and @FableGroundsCoffee Obscure Book Recommendations: The Loop By Nicolas Evans; The Seventh Plague By James Rollins Follow Kearsten on TikTok @kearsten.keeps.reading Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama | |||
| 06 Feb 2023 | Ep 6: Interview with Luna Laurier | 00:47:15 | |
Welcome to this week's episode, an interview with the lovely Luna Laurier aka. Hope you enjoy our chat about being an indie author, bookish cosplay, and creating special editions! Grab your copy Of Shadow and Moonlight today and make sure to follow Luna on Tiktok and Instagram and check out her website here! This episode is sponsored by Audible by Amazon, click here to try Audible for free! Our pick for the February Book Club Pick is A Not So Meet Cute by Meghan Quinn, click here to join the discord and follow along! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok! | |||
| 28 Mar 2022 | E12: Bringing the world of SJM to life with @peachyqueencosplay | 01:31:13 | |
We're Kearsten and Tatyana, two best friends who love sharing our opinions about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys. Get ready for a deep dive into the life of bookish cosplayer Georgia from @PeachyQueenCosplay! Hang out with us while we chat convention cosplay, SJM, Taylor Swift, and our favorite jobs! You can find Georgia on Instagram, TikTok, and Goodreads! We are currently reading Dark Skies by Danielle Jensen for the April Book Club read, click here to join in: The Bookish Banter Book Club. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind the scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading. | |||
| 30 Sep 2024 | Ep 28: Interview with Leslie McElroy | 00:39:06 | |
Do you love fake dating, rom-coms, and swoony book boyfriends? Let me introduce you to Leslie McElroy and her amazing new book, The Expiration Date! Check it out now on KU and follow her on Instagram, TikTok, and check out her website for updates. This episode is sponsored by Fable Grounds Coffee. Use code LLAMA10 to save October Book club Pick is A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 18 Oct 2021 | Episode 42: Kingdom of the Cursed (and some serious book rage) | 01:30:41 | |
We're Kearsten and Tatyana, two best friends who love sharing our opinions about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys. Come hang out while we dive head first into the seven sins of Hell and fall a little more or less in love with Wrath. This was less action packed continuation in the Kingdom of the Wicked series and Tatyana is for sure here for it! While Kearsten loved the Italian coast line setting, there's a whole new world to be discovered in this second novel. Not as NA as we had all hoped, but here we are! So welcome to Hell and may you find your house of sin to align with before the Sin Quarter turns you into an ice pop. This episode contains spoilers from: The Raven Boys By Maggie Stiefvater Bookish Impulse Buys: Addie Larue Special Edition, Blissfully Bookish (Use Code: LLAMA10), Lore Merch We are currently reading The Night Circus By Erin Morgenstern Book Club read, click here to join in: The Bookish Banter Book Club. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama (for now @TheLiteratureLlama2.0) and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading. | |||
| 19 Jun 2023 | Ep 25: Interview with Laura Kay | 00:37:06 | |
"Oh good a blueprint" -Every Millennial Ever I am so excited to share this interview with the lovely and fantastic Laura Kay, author of Wild Things. Laura is a queer rom-com writer who lives in East London and has created a blueprint for all of our futures. Tune into this episode where we chat about @CheapOldHouses, finding yourself in your characters, and what's next for Laura. Follow Laura on Instagram and Twitter and check out her website for updates. This episode is sponsored by Spotify for Podcasters. Our pick for the June Book Club Pick is Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 08 Jan 2024 | Ep 2: Interview with Emerson | 00:47:22 | |
Queer space odyssey? Say no more.I had so much fun chatting with Emerson the author of All is Quite in the Cosmos, a queer space odyssey about a cursed prince and solider trying to find the truth. Tune in while we chat debuting in the age of the bookish interwebs, Kindle Vella, and creating epic science fiction worlds. Make sure to follow Emerson on TikTok and Instagram for updates. This episode is sponsored by Fable Grounds Coffee. Use code LLAMA10 to save January book club pick with be Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 05 Apr 2021 | Episode 2: Favorite Standalone and Favorite Series | 00:44:41 | |
We're Kearsten and Tatyana, two best friends who love talking about books! This episode contains spoilers of our favorite standalone and series, including The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George, The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand, The Infernal Devices, The Mortal Instruments, and The Dark Artifices by Cassandra Clare, The League Series (Born of Night, Born of Fire, and Born of Ice) by Sherrilyn Kenyon.
Obscure Book Recommendations: The Perfume Collector, By: Kathleen Tessaro; The Immortal Rules, By: Julie Kagawa
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Music by Scott Holmes from Free Music Archive
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| 15 Jan 2024 | Ep 3: Interview with Sierra Spencer | 00:54:38 | |
"To all the evermore and Lovers girlies...this one's for you." Sierra Spencer is a master at her craft and has created the most swoon-worthy small-town romance, Eastern Standard! Join me while I chat with Sierra about taking stories from the group chat, how fast the bookish interwebs shifts, and our favorite Taylor Swift albums. Check out Sierra on Instagram and TikTok, head to her website for updates and go read Eastern Standard right now. This episode is sponsored by Fable Grounds Coffee. Use code LLAMA10 to save. January book club pick with be Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 01 Jul 2024 | Ep 23: Interview with Erin Baldwin | 00:56:41 | |
YA. Sapphic. CAMP ROM COM!?!?! Literally the perfect summer read! Wish You Weren't Here is Erin Baldwin's debut novel and I am obsessed with everything about it. Join me and Erin while we chat about the amazing rep in this book and her debut journey. Make sure to follow Erin on Instagram and on her website here. This episode is sponsored by Fable Grounds Coffee. Use code LLAMA10 to save July Book club Pick is Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 05 Apr 2021 | Episode 1: Meet Your Hosts | 00:30:38 | |
Episode 1: Meet the Hosts
Thank you so much for joining us on this journey. We're Kearsten and Tatyana, your hosts! This episode contains spoilers of our favorite books, genres, bookstores, and how we met! Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on TikTok and Instagram @TheBookishBanterPodcast!
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Music by Scott Holmes from Free Music Archive
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| 17 May 2021 | Episode 11: Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (and some confusing family dynamics) | 01:14:42 | |
We're Kearsten and Tatyana, two best friends who love talking about books! Join us while we venture back into the amazing world JLA created that has been living rent free in our heads for a while now. This was both our favorite of the series and we dove a little too far into the archives of our lives for this one. So grab a drink or 4 and spend some time with us and our favorite bookish couple, Casppy. *This episode contains spoilers from From Blood and Ash and Kingdom of Flesh and Fire By Jennifer L. Armentrout Obscure Book Recommendations of the Week: Paris for One By Jojo Moyes and Rich and Pretty By Rumaan Alam Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast! Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram and Tiktok @TheLiteratureLlama Follow Kearsten on Instagram @kearstenkeepsreading and Tiktok @kearsten.keeps.reading | |||
| 21 Jul 2021 | Episode 26ish: Favorite Bookish Small Businesses | 00:48:52 | |
We're Tatyana and Kearsten, two best friends who love talking about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys! Let's hang out while we share our top 10 bookish small businesses that we have discovered over the last few months on the bookish interwebs. All of these reviews are our honest opinions and we would love for you to check these businesses out and support them as well! Below are some discount codes we hope you use to save a little bit and support some of our favorite reps!
Top 10 Bookish Small Businesses:
1. Blissfully Bookish Tees (Use Code: BookishBanter10)
2. DearWriterCo (Use Code: Whispering10)
3. Feyes Niche
4. FableBands (Use code: BookishBanter10)
5. Stacking Pages (Use Code: Llama10)
6. Owl Crate
7. Fable Grounds Coffee (Use Code: Kayla10)
8. The Bookish Box (Use Code: Knight5)
9. Possum Wicks Candles (Use Code: Kasey10)
10. Hold It There (@efatuatedreadings) (Use Code: Bookishpod20)
We are currently reading All The Murmuring Bones By A.G. Slatter for our July Book Club read, click here to join in: The Bookish Banter Book Club.
Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading
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| 08 May 2023 | Ep 19: Interview with Amber Nicole | 00:41:23 | |
Screaming, crying, throwing up. I am so excited to share this interview with Amber Nicole, author of The Book of Azrael, with you all! Join us while we chat about building her amazing world, her favorite creature to write about, and simp about our favorite Vampire Diaries characters. I hope you enjoy this very energized episode. Check out The Book of Azreal now and keep your eyes peeled for Throne of Broken Gods available on May 23rd. Follow Amber on Instagram and Tiktok. This episode is sponsored by Spotify for Podcasters. Our pick for the May Book Club Pick is Dare to Fall by Brianna Remus, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 25 Jul 2022 | Ep 23: Adventures Thru Middle Earth Readathon FAQs | 00:36:09 | |
Welcome to the Journey Through Middle Earth Readathon FAQ episode. Join us while we break down each of the prompts and share some ideas for books to add to your TBR. Follow Thorin and Company as they make their way to the Misty Mountain. This journey will take place over approximately 2 months hitting 12 stops along the map of Middle Earth. Included in this readathon will be happy hours, instagram lives, watch parties, and reading sprints. We will post all of the information and the schedule on Instagram and in the discord group so you can follow along. Please let us know if you have any questions! The readathon starts August 1st till September 22nd and the location prompts are as follows:
The character prompts are:
If you want to follow along on Tatyana's adventures during ApollyCon make sure to follow on Tiktok and Instagram, also give Jessica at @BookshelfBinge a follow, that is Tatyana's travel buddy for the convention. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind the scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading and Tiktok. | |||
| 05 Apr 2021 | Episode 3: BookTok vs. Bookstagram | 00:28:59 | |
We're Kearsten and Tatyana, your hosts, we're two best friends who love talking about books! In this weeks episode we took a deep dive into the Book communities on TikTok and Instagram. Kearsten is just starting her BookTok journey and Tatyana has only ever heard of Bookstagram. Listen in while we talk about our love for the online book community, TikTok vs. Instagram, and some of our favorite creators. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on TikTok and Instagram @TheBookishBanterPodcast!
Favorite Creators mentioned in the episode:
@live_1000_lives
@ezeekat
@rebeccas_reads
@caitsbooks
@peachyqueencosplay
@kevintnorman
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| 05 Aug 2022 | Ep 25: Apollycon 2022 Recap (and the math ain't mathin') | 01:55:48 | |
Welcome to the Thunderdome! Join your hosts and a few new faces, Jess (@bookshelfbinge), Molly (@mollysmilesreads), and Shaye (@shayealexabk), while we deep dive into Apollycon 2022. Let's chat while Kearsten plays the ultimate hostess and tries to wrangle this rowdy bunch while they share their experiences with the ticket buying, volunteering, and the convention process. **Disclaimer: Everything shared in this episode will be our own opinions and experiences; we are not here to invalidate anyone's experience, we just wanted to share as much information with you as possible. Follow Jess on Tiktok, Instagram and her podcast here, Molly on Tiktok and Instagram, and Shaye on Tiktok and Instagram! Our pick for the August Book Club is Vicious by V.E. Schwab, click here to join the discord and follow along! Our Journey thru Middle Earth Readathon is just starting and there is still plenty of time to join. Our first event will be a one hour reading sprint this Wednesday, August 10th at 4pm PST/7pm EST. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind the scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading and Tiktok. | |||
| 31 Oct 2022 | Ep 37: Belladonna (and our love for Daddy Death) | 00:56:26 | |
Happy Halloween y'all!!! Hope you're ready for this brilliantly atmospheric novel, Belladonna by Adalyn Grace, with my co-host of the week Molly from @mollysmilesreads! Hang out with us while we dive deep into our love for Death, Signa (healthcare), and the many twists! This was such an amazing book and we had so much chaotic fun discussing it. Make sure to follow Molly on Instagram and Tiktok, also check out her candle company, Smiles and Light Candle Co. **This episode includes spoilers from: The House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig This episode is sponsored by Audible by Amazon, click here to try Audible for free! Our pick for the November Book Club Pick is The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang, click here to join the discord and follow along! Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the new website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind the scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 05 Dec 2022 | Ep 42: Window Shopping (and our push for everyone to watch Ted Lasso) | 01:13:50 | |
Happy Holiday Season everyone! My friends Jess and Molly are back to discuss Window Shopping by Tessa Bailey. This was Molly and Jess' first Tessa book and we had so much fun chatting bow ties, soft doms, and Christmas traditions. Buckle up for this very chaotic episode of Christmas cheer and G&T chats! You can find Jess on Instagram and Tiktok! Follow Molly on Instagram and Tiktok and check out her bookish candle shop, Smiles & Light Candle Co! This episode is sponsored by Audible by Amazon, click here to try Audible for free! Our pick for the December Book Club Pick is The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang, click here to join the discord and follow along! Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the new website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind the scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok! | |||
| 30 Aug 2021 | Episode 34: Ninth House (And a new love for dark academia) | 01:28:10 | |
This was such a fun book to cover for our book club in June that we knew we needed to dedicate an entire episode to this gem of a book. If you have not read this one, here is you sign, and also love you for being here to listen. So, hang out with us while we swoon over Demon Darlington and share Alex's powerful story. We can not wait to see what else Leigh has in store for this series. ***Trigger Warnings: Sexual Assault, Rape, Murder & Content Warning: Gore and Drug Abuse This episode does not contain any spoilers outside of The Ninth House By Leigh Bardugo Obscure Book Recommendation: The Henna Artist By Alka Joshi Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading | |||
| 01 Jan 2024 | Ep 1: Welcome to the New Year | 00:38:14 | |
Woof, what a year it has been. I can not believe it's already 2024. This year has been absolutely epic. I met so many amazing people, attended so many events, read so many books and I hope you enjoy this little recap. This episode is sponsored by Fable Grounds Coffee. Use code BOOKISHBANTER10 to save. Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 16 Oct 2023 | EP 42: Interview with Starr Z. Davies | 00:59:18 | |
Welcome to this week's episode where I got to chat with the "Character Assassin" herself, Starr Z. Davies. Her dystopian series is top-notch and full of all the diverse and amazing characters we all want. Join us while we chat about building these worlds, being an indie author, and what's next for her. Make sure to check out her website for updates. Follow her on Tiktok and Instagram. Check out her kickstarter for Miller ending soon. Our October book club pick is Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas, click here to join! This episode is sponsored by Fable Ground Coffee. Use code LLAMA10 to save. Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 21 Jun 2021 | Episode 19: Heir of Fire (And Many New Characters) | 01:15:13 | |
We're Tatyana and Kearsten, two best friends who love talking about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys! This episode we're diving into the real start to the Throne of Glass series, Heir of Fire. A fan favorite, this was a large book and an even larger introduction of characters, so come hang out while we chat about Rowlin, Chaol's misplaced good intentions, and our new favorite character, Abraxos. *This episode contains spoilers from Throne of Glass Series By Sarah J. Maas, with some references to Tangled, Supernatural, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Game of Thrones, and The Swan Princess. Obscure Book Recommendations: Less By Andrew Sean Greer and I Dreamed of Africa By Kuki Gallmann We are currently reading The Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo for our June Book Club read, click here to join in: The Bookish Banter Book Club Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama Follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading | |||
| 12 Dec 2022 | Ep 43: Interview with Amy E. Reichert | 00:48:50 | |
Welcome to this week's episode, an interview with the lovely Amy E. Reichert, author of Once Upon a December! We had such a blast chatting about Christmas traditions, Thanksgiving romances, and our favorite Christmas reads! Hope this episode helps you get in the Holiday sprit! Check out Amy E. Reichert on Instagram and her website here! Books mentioned in this episode: Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Serria Simone, The Holiday Switch by Tiff Marcelo, Meet me Under the Mistletoe by Jenny Bayliss, A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams, All I Want for Christmas by Maggie Knox, Once Upon a December by Amy E. Reichert, The Optimist Guide to Letting Go by Amy E. Reichert. This episode is sponsored by Audible by Amazon, click here to try Audible for free! Our pick for the December Book Club Pick is The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang, click here to join the discord and follow along! Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the new website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind the scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok! | |||
| 04 Sep 2023 | Ep 36: Six Scorched Roses (and a little Disney love) | 00:46:48 | |
ACOTAR ain't got nothing on this vampire retelling of Beauty and the Beast by Carissa Broadbent. This perfectly sized novella combines all of our favorites: vampires, mortal peril, giant spooky mansions, and misunderstood morally grey men. Join myself and Lucia from the Reading Materials Podcast as we dive deep into this captivating novella. Follow Reading Materials on Instagram and check out their website for all of their most recent episodes. This episode is sponsored by Spotify for Podcasters. Our pick for the September Book Club Pick is Tastes like Shakkar by Nisha Sharma, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 12 Jul 2021 | Episode 24: Tower of Dawn (and our undying love for Chaol) | 01:45:18 | |
We're Kearsten and Tatyana, two best friends who love sharing our opinions about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys. This week we're Tower of Dawn, everyone's favorite installment of the series. Hang out with us while we share our undying love of Chaol, channel our inner Ron Weasley, and swoon over Sartaq. *Spoilers from Throne of Glass Series By Sarah J. Maas, with references to Mulan, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Supernatural. Bookish Impulse Buys: The Bookish Box and Blissfully Bookish (BookishBanter10) We are currently reading All The Murmuring Bones By A.G. Slatter for our July Book Club read, click here to join in: The Bookish Banter Book Club. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading | |||
| 11 Mar 2024 | Ep 9: Interview with CJ Box | 00:35:07 | |
I am so excited to share this interview with best selling author of one of my favorite series, C.J. Box! Author of the beloved Joe Pickett series, a 24 book novel about a Wyoming Game Warden who gets into some very sticky situations deep in the Big Horn Mountains. I had such a great time chatting with CJ about creating this fantastic series and what inspired Joe's adventures. Check out Three-Inch Teeth available now. Follow C.J. Box on Instagram and Facebook, and head to his website for updates. This episode is sponsored by Fable Grounds Coffee. Use code LLAMA10 to save March book club pick is Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 31 Jul 2023 | Ep 31: Interview with Genevieve Gornichec | 00:35:29 | |
Norse mythology. Animal Shifters. Witches. Broody Viking Men...say literally less. Genevieve's newest novel The Weaver and The Witch is now out in the world and it is so wonderful. I had the opportunity to talk with Genevieve about the creation of this stunning novel and her debut, The Witches Heart. Tune in and make sure to follow her on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook for updates. This episode is sponsored by Spotify for Podcasters. Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 15 Jul 2024 | Ep 24: Interview with Gabriella Gamez | 00:37:12 | |
This week's episode features debut author, Gabriella Gamez and her new release THE NEXT BEST FLING, which is a friends-to-lovers, best friend's brother, wedding shenanigans, swoony romance complete with amazing rep, and the best banter. Check out Gabriella on Instagram and her newsletter. This episode is sponsored by Fable Grounds Coffee. Use code LLAMA10 to save July Book club Pick is Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 28 Jun 2021 | Episode 21: Queen of Shadows (And Forgetting Everyone's Name) | 01:43:23 | |
We're Tatyana and Kearsten, two best friends who love talking about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys! This episode we are doing a lot of yelling about Queen of Shadows, the fifth installment of the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J Maas. We get into some really deep windy plots, add even more new characters to the fold, and forget a lot of names. This was quite the storyline and a massive read. So let's hang out for a little bit while we get a little more invested in this series.
*This episode contains spoilers from Throne of Glass Series By Sarah J. Maas and the Vampire Diaries TV show, with some references to Six of Crows By Leigh Bardugo, The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare, Game of Thrones TV Show, Underworld (the movie), and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Order of the Phoenix, and The Half Blood Prince movie franchise.
Bookish Buys of the Week: Fable Bands Six of Crows pre-orders, Blissfully Bookish Key Chain (Use code: BOOKISHBANTER10), Faye's Niche
Obscure Book Recommendations: The Forest of Hands and Teeth By Carrie Ryan, recommended by @kaitread.s
We are currently reading The Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo for our June Book Club read, click here to join in: The Bookish Banter Book Club
Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi!
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| 10 Jun 2024 | Ep 21: Interview with Christina Bacilieri | 00:54:57 | |
Urban fantasy with all of the creatures, a dictator with a dark past, and a teenage girl with all kinds of feelings about the whole thing! I loved The Last Refuge so much and I had such a blast chatting with Christina about her debut novel and all the hard work that went into creating this masterpiece. Check out Christina on Instagram, TikTok, and follow her website for more updates. This episode is sponsored by Fable Grounds Coffee. Use code LLAMA10 to save June Book Club pick is The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 17 Apr 2023 | Ep 16: Shadow and Bone Season 2 Recap | 01:31:45 | |
It's been a long time coming and I think it's safe to say, we all waited long enough. Season 2 of Shadow and Bone is finally out in the world and it is chaotic AF. Tune in to see if we loved or hated it, how feral we were for our man Kaz this season, and a lot of other chaotic notions. I am so excited to be joined by Grace (@beachbaybooks) and Tiffany (@tiffanymreads) for this episode. This episode contains spoilers from the entire Grishaverse by Leigh Bardugo and season 1 of Shadow and Bone. This episode is sponsored by Spotify for Podcasters. Our pick for the April Book Club Pick is Thief of Sorrows by Kristen M. Long, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 18 Dec 2023 | Ep 51: Interview with Bridget Van der Eyk | 00:55:13 | |
Do you like your romance with a side of gossip and scandal? Calling all Gossip Girl fans! Book 2 in Bridget Van der Eyk's series, 3000 Words is now available and I got a chance to chat with her about how this entire amazing story came about. I chatted with Bridget earlier this year about her debut 10 Dates, and this next one was full of surprising twists that will keep you guessing the entire book. Check out Bridget on TikTok and Instagram and visit her website for updates! This episode is sponsored by Smiles and Light Candles. Use code BOOKISHBANTER10 to save. December book club pick with be Babel by R.F. Kuang, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 23 Oct 2023 | Ep 43: Interview with Kate Gateley | 01:01:09 | |
I am so excited I finally got to chat with the wonderful Kate Gateley! She is author of the Lost Wells Trilogy, a twisting tale of Celtic folklore and contemporary fantasy about a sassy heroin on a quest to break a centuries-old rebirth curse. Join us while we chat about writing styles, creating a fantasy world, and what's next for this series. Follow Kate on Instagram and check out her website for updates and information. Spoilers for: The Vampire Diaries TV Show Tuesday I will be hosting an audiobook giveaway for the first two books in Kate's series. Make sure to head over to the Instagram page to enter! Our October book club pick is Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas, click here to join! This episode is sponsored by Hold It There. Use code LLAMA10 to save. Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 10 Oct 2022 | Ep 34: Kingdom of the Feared (and a hope for a prequel) | 01:13:17 | |
We're changing things up a little bit this week, my new episode co-host is the lovely Kali from @ReaderByStarlight! We loved diving into the conclusion of this series and FINALLY getting all of our questions answered...mostly. This was the perfect ending to a phenomenal series and we hope you all love this one as much as we did. This episode contains spoilers from: Throne of Glass and A Court of Thorns and Roses By Sarah J. Maas, with references to Supernatural Listen to our review of Kingdom of the Wicked and Kingdom of the Cursed! This episode is sponsored by Audible by Amazon, click here to try Audible for free! Our pick for the October Book Club Pick is The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling, click here to join the discord and follow along! Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the new website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind the scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. You can find Kali on Instagram @ReaderByStarlight and @TheStarlight_Co. | |||
| 29 Aug 2022 | Ep 29: Interview with Alicia Thompson | 00:56:24 | |
We're so excited to share this interview with the lovely Alicia Thompson, the author of Love in the Time of Serial Killers! With a quirky cast of characters and true crime references, this romance novel is made for every nostalgic millennial out there. Hang out with us while we chat about the making of Love in the Time of Serial Killers, publishing in the pandemic, and Capri Sun. Make sure to follow Alicia on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to her newsletter here! Books mentioned in this episode: Written in the Stars Series by Alexandria Bellefleur, The Ex Talk by Rachel Solman, Circling Back to You by Julie Tieu, The Roommate by Rosie Danan, Twice Shy by Sarah Hogle, The Brown Sisters Series by Talia Hibbert, Intimacy Experiment by Rosie Danan This episode is sponsored by Meet Cute Box, a date night box subscription starting at $29.99/month. Use our code PODCAST to save $10 off your first box. Our pick for the August Book Club is Vicious by V.E. Schwab, click here to join the discord and follow along! Our Journey thru Middle Earth Readathon is just starting and there is still plenty of time to join. Our next virtual event is the Reading Sprint on Wednesday, August 31st at 6pm PST/9pm EST. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind the scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading and Tiktok. | |||
| 19 Dec 2022 | Ep 44: All I Want for Christmas (and some Red Rising love) | 00:42:55 | |
Merry Christmas Week friends!!! I hope you're more prepared for this holiday week than I am, for all our sakes! In order to make up for chaos that is taking over this podcast, I'm doing a review of All I Want for Christmas by Maggie Knox with my friend, Allison from @TheBookishCamper. Tune in while we swoon over Red Rising, Christmas romances, and nostalgic teen books! This episode is sponsored by Audible by Amazon, click here to try Audible for free! Our pick for the December Book Club Pick is The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang, click here to join the discord and follow along! Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the new website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind the scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok! | |||
| 29 Jan 2024 | Ep 4: Two Twisted Crowns Review | 01:16:01 | |
Join me, Kiersten, and Natasha as we finish out Rachel Gillig's very epic duology. This story is full of heartbreak, surprising characters, and the most delicious gothic elements. We had such a great time screaming about scientific names for trees, shocking plot twists, and this very vague ending. Moral of the story is: We want more Ravyn and Elspeth. Check out Natasha on Instagram and TikTok! And follow Kiersten on Instagram and TikTok now. This episode is sponsored by Smiles and Light. Use code BOOKISHBANTER10 to save. Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 20 Feb 2023 | Ep 8: Chain of Thorns (and we feel like we've been here before) | 00:57:40 | |
We're here, we've made it to the end of, dare we say, an era. KIDDING. Welcome to this week's episode, Chain of Thorns review. Listen listen listen, we wanted to love it, you guys know we loved the start of this series, but this one was just not it. Hope you all enjoy this dive into how selfish James is, how much we love Thomas and Math, and our lack of surprise at the plot twists. This episode contains spoilers from: The Entire Shadowhunter Universe and The Vampire Diaries TV show This episode is sponsored by Fable Grounds Coffee, click here to order and use my code: LLAMA10 to save! Our pick for the February Book Club Pick is A Not So Meet Cute by Meghan Quinn, click here to join the discord and follow along! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 26 Feb 2024 | Ep 7: The Fifth Season Review | 01:23:06 | |
Y'all, this series is so SLEPT ON and we had such a great time getting into this gem of a series. The trauma, the POV's, the storyline, all of this was a whirlwind and we really went through it with this one. Check out Natasha on Instagram and TikTok! And follow Kiersten on Instagram and TikTok now. This episode is sponsored by Smiles and Light. Use code BOOKISHBANTER10 to save. Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 23 Sep 2024 | Ep 27: Podcast Updates | 00:15:47 | |
Cheers to the last 3 years of this amazing adventure! I am forever thankful for this podcast family and all of the incredible episodes that have come out. I know the last few months have been a little inconsistent, but I wanted to do a brief update episode and say thank you for listening!! This episode is sponsored by Smiles and Light Candles. Use code BOOKISHBANTER10 to save September Book club Pick is A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 04 Mar 2024 | Ep 8: Interview with Lyla Sage | 01:08:06 | |
She's an icon. She's a legend. And she will always be the moment. I had the absolute pleasure of chatting with the one and only Lyla Sage, author of Done and Dusted and now Swift and Saddled. These books are magic, the Rebel Blue Ranch has my heart and I had such a great time chatting with Lyla about the inspiration behind RBR, why a romance series, and what's next for our beloved characters. Swift and Saddled is available on March 5th, snag your copy here. Follow Lyla on Instagram and TikTok and check out her website now. This episode is sponsored by Fable Grounds Coffee. Use code LLAMA10 to save February book club pick with be Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 05 Jun 2023 | Ep 23: Interview with Kay Cove | 01:02:31 | |
You guys, I could scream endlessly until the end of time about how much I love these books and these covers and this series and this author. I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Kay Cove the author of Love, Me, and the 303 series. Join us while we chatted about creating the Love, Me, and the 303 series, her upcoming releases, and being an indie author in the rise of romance books. Check out Kay on Instagram, Tiktok, and her website. This episode is sponsored by Spotify for Podcasters. Our pick for the June Book Club Pick is Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 07 Aug 2023 | Ep 32: Divine Rivals (and we're all collectively unwell) | 01:23:11 | |
Another Rebecca ruining our lives!?! TYPICAL. Kidding, this book has swept me away and also simultaneously has a chokehold on the entire book community. Join me and Jordan (@bookslumper) as we collectively OBSESSED over how beautiful and lyrical this masterpiece was. Make sure to follow Jordan on Tiktok and Instagram. **Spoiler alert: We love it. This episode contains spoilers from the blurb of Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross. This episode is sponsored by Spotify for Podcasters. Our pick for the August Book Club Pick is Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 17 Oct 2022 | Ep 35: Interview with Rachel Harrison | 00:38:47 | |
Welcome to this week's episode, an interview with the talented Rachel Harrison, author of Such Sharp Teeth and Cackle! I had such a blast diving deep into her latest werewolf novel and what's next for her. Make sure to follow Rachel on Instagram and check out her website for updates! Hope you're ready to lean into your inner beast with this one. Such Sharp Teeth is available where ever books are sold and check out her other novels, Cackle and The Return! ***This episode contains spoilers from: Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison. This episode is sponsored by Audible by Amazon, click here to try Audible for free! Our pick for the October Book Club Pick is The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling, click here to join the discord and follow along! Our meeting will be on October 30th, join us and dress up as your favorite character for a Halloween Happy Hour. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the new website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind the scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 03 Jul 2023 | Ep 27: Golden Son (and some trauma dumping) | 01:27:35 | |
Welcome to the chaos that is this entire series. Join us while we chat about epic space battles, horrific deaths, and shocking twists that happen in this little gem of a book. We hope you're prepared, if not, buckle up. Grab your slingblade and tune in for the chaos with Tiffany and Grace! This episode is sponsored by Spotify for Podcasters. Our pick for the July Book Club Pick is All the Blues Come Through by Metra Farrari, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 27 Feb 2023 | Ep 9: Interview with CJ Box | 00:25:01 | |
This author is quickly becoming one of my comfort authors and I am so excited to share an interview! CJ Box is the best-selling author of the Joe Pickett series and executive producer of the show Big Sky and Joe Pickett and I had so much fun chatting with him about his newest addition to the series, Storm Watch. Tune in while we chat waist-deep snow, Joe Pickett, and what it's like to be a writer for a 23-book series. You can find out more about CJ Box on his website. Hope you enjoy! Favorite books: Catch 22 by Joseph Teller, anything from Michael Connely or John Sandford Favorite characters: Lucas Davenport from the Prey series by John Sanford and Paddy Meehan from the series by Denise Mina This episode is sponsored by Fable Grounds Coffee, click here to order and use my code: LLAMA10 to save! Our pick for the February Book Club Pick is A Not So Meet Cute by Meghan Quinn, click here to join the discord and follow along! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 03 Oct 2022 | Ep 33: Interview with Hannah Parker | 00:46:08 | |
We are to excited for this fun and exciting episode with the amazing Hannah Parker, author and owner of Counterpoise Press Publishing! Join us while we deep dive into writing a debut novel, the second book scaries, and learn more about Hannah's traditional publishing house. Make sure to check out Hannah on Tiktok and Instagram @HannahParkerBooks & @CounterpoisePress! Check out her website & Counterpoise Press here! Autumn's Tithe is available in ebook, audiobook, paperback and hardback everywhere books are sold!!! This episode is sponsored by Audible by Amazon, click here to try Audible for free! Our pick for the October Book Club Pick is The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling, click here to join the discord and follow along! Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind the scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading and Tiktok. | |||
| 06 Sep 2021 | Episode 36: Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo | 01:31:01 | |
We're Kearsten and Tatyana, two best friends who love sharing our opinions about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys. This was an emotional episode where we covered some serious topics, so trigger warnings for this book and episode includes domestic abuse, homophobia, physical abuse, racism, sexism, statutory rape, abortion, suicide (mentioned). Come hang out with us while we deep dive into this captivating book about old Hollywood and the underbelly of the rich and famous. Bookish Buys of the Week: Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama (Or for now @TheLiteratureLlama2.0) and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading | |||
| 25 Apr 2022 | E15: Interview with @StarlightReadsCo | 01:23:47 | |
Let's hang out with Kali from Starlight Reads Co!!!! This was such a fun episode where we chatted about starting your own business, size inclusivity, and how reels are the bane of almost all our existence. Make sure to check out Starlight Designs Co on Etsy and follow her on Instagram @starlightreadsco! Kali's Favorites:
Shout out to: @Kenzie.reads @thevioletpage This episode is sponsored by Audible by Amazon, click here to try Audible for free! We are currently reading Dark Skies by Danielle Jensen for the April Book Club read, click here to join in: The Bookish Banter Book Club. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind the scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading and Tiktok. | |||
| 23 May 2022 | E17: Interview with @SteepedinLore | 01:08:24 | |
We had sooooo much fun chatting with Amanda from Steeped in Lore Tea Company! One of Kearsten's favorite things in life is tea, so we knew we had to sit down and talk to Amanda about starting her business, how she creates her blends, and as always....Books! We had a great time talking about the nostalgia of making a good cup of tea and transporting ourselves into a fantasy realm. Make sure to follow Amanda on Instagram and Tiktok and check out her Etsy shop!
This episode is sponsored by Audible by Amazon, click here to try Audible for free! We are currently reading Gilded Serpent by Danielle Jensen for the May Book Club read, click here to join in: The Bookish Banter Book Club. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind the scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading and Tiktok. | |||
| 26 May 2021 | Episode 13ish: Bookish This or That | 00:38:58 | |
We are Tatyana and Kearsten, two best friends who love Fantasy, Historical Fiction, and cheesy Romance Novels. Come hang out with while we play a little game of Bookish This or That! We've apparently forgotten Game of Thrones was ever a show, Tatyana can not make a decision for the life of it all, and Kearsten has a healthy respect for hardcovers and their dust jackets. Play Along with us:
*This episode contains spoilers from The Mortal Instruments By Cassandra Clare, Shadow and Bone & Six of Crows By Leigh Bardugo, Born of Night By Sherrilyn Kenyon. Bookish Buys of the week: Bookmarks from @stackingpages (Use Code: LLAMA10 to save) and Owl Crate April Box Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast! Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama Follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading | |||
| 14 Jun 2021 | Episode 17: The Assassin's Blade Review | 01:15:04 | |
We're Tatyana and Kearsten, two best friends who love talking about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys! This episode we dive into The Assassin's Blade, the prequel to The Throne of Glass series. Let's hang out while we try to stick to our bookish buying ban, cry over Celaena and Sam's love story, and scream about our hate for Arobynn. *This episode contains spoilers from Throne of Glass Series, Crescent City By Sarah J. Maas, with some references to Mulan, Aladin, and Hidalgo. Bookish Buys of the Week: Blissfully Bookish Tees [Use code: BookishBanter10], Book of The Month- Click here to get your first book for $5 Obscure Book Recommendations: The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing By Melissa Bank, The Longest Ride By Nicholas Sparks We are currently reading The Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo for our June Book Club read, click here to join in: The Bookish Banter Book Club Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast! Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama Follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading | |||
| 04 Oct 2021 | Episode 40: Question and Answer Session! | 01:34:40 | |
We're Kearsten and Tatyana, two best friends who love sharing our opinions about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys. Let's hang out with us while we answer all of your burning questions and learn a little more about us! We may or may not have spent the first 10 minutes deep diving into the bookish interwebs and how influential this community is to the industry. We had so much fun answering these questions and laughing our way through it all! Shout outs: @rebecca_reads, @live_1000_lives, @rosebudmode, @tiffanymbooks, @my_borrowed_bookshelf, @mybookishcamper, @efatuatedreadings, @loweryourvolumepodcast, @acofaepodcast, @the.bibliovert.podcast Bookish Impulse Buys: Book of the Month, FairyLoot September Box, Blissfully Bookish (Use code:LLAMA10) Check out our mash up episode with Lower Your Volume! We are currently reading The Night Circus By Erin Morgenstern Book Club read, click here to join in: The Bookish Banter Book Club. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama (for now @TheLiteratureLlama2.0) and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading. | |||
| 14 Mar 2022 | E9: House of Earth and Blood (and some Daddy Ruhn love) | 02:09:11 | |
We're Kearsten and Tatyana, two best friends who love sharing our opinions about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys. LIGHT IT UP BITCHES!!!!! We are so excited to finally release this episode of our FAVORITE SJM book of all time! We are OBSESSED with all of these characters and buckle up for an extra long episode dedicated to everyones favorite Angel/Fae duo and Daddy Ruhn. TW: Gore, talks of suicide Bookish Impulse Buys: Fablebands (LLAMA10), Blissfully Bookish, and FableGrounds (LLAMA10) If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind the scenes content and bonus episodes!!! We are currently reading Dark Shores by Danielle Jensen for the March Book Club read, click here to join in: The Bookish Banter Book Club. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading. | |||
| 09 Aug 2021 | Episode 30: Blood and Honey (And some serious red flags) | 01:30:14 | |
We're Tatyana and Kearsten, two best friends who love talking about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys! Hang out while we dive into the second book in the Serpent and Dove series, Blood and Honey. We had a lot of fun being a part of Shelby's world of unique characters. This was an interesting second book to the series and we had some thoughts for sure! Let us know how you felt about this book! Spoilers: Serpent and Dove & Blood and Honey By Shelby Mahurin, with references to Crescent City & Throne of Glass By Sarah J. Maas, and Neverwhere By Neil Gaiman. Bookish Impulse Buys: Owl Crate, The Bookish Box (KAIT5 to save), Book Outlet, Possum Wicks (Books10 to save), Stacking Pages (Llama10 to save). Click here to join in: The Bookish Banter Book Club! Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading | |||
| 20 May 2024 | Ep 17: Interview with Laura Holt | 00:42:45 | |
A Celtic retelling of Tell Tale Heart with romance and witches? Sign me up! I had so much fun chatting with Laura Holt about her newest release The Song of the Cicadas. She is the author of 6 other amazing novels and make sure to follow her on Instagram for updates. This episode is sponsored by Fable Grounds Coffee. Use code LLAMA10 to save May Book Club pick is A Fate Inked In Blood by Danielle L. Jensen, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 19 Jun 2024 | Ep 22: Interview with Nisha J. Tuli | 00:51:29 | |
Romantasy. Amazing representation. Bad ass female characters. Trail of the Sun Queen is an amazing series by the wonderful Nisha J. Tuli! I had such a great time chatting with her about the newest book in the series, Fate of the Sun King. Make sure to follow Nisha on Instagram and TikTok and check out her website for updates. This episode is sponsored by Fable Grounds Coffee. Use code LLAMA10 to save June Book Club pick is The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 14 Nov 2022 | Ep 39: Interview with Smiles & Light Candle Co | 00:44:12 | |
Welcome to another episode, I hope you're as excited I as I am to talk with my friend Molly, from Smiles & Light Candle Co; a bookish themed candle company that has a little something for every reader. Tune in while we chat about how she got started, creating a business during the pandemic, and setting boundaries on social media! Make sure to check out Molly on Tiktok and Instagram, follow Smiles & Light on Tiktok and Instagram, and check out her website here and use code: BOOOKISHBANTER10 to save! As a reminder, if you are interested in collaborations reach out to Molly through Instagram starting next year! Mid-November all of the Fall scents will retire and December 10th will be the last day to order to receive your candles by Christmas! Reminder: Keep an eye out for Small Business Saturday and Black Friday Sales coming up and the launch of her Christmas collection! This episode is sponsored by Audible by Amazon, click here to try Audible for free! Our pick for the November Book Club Pick is The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang, click here to join the discord and follow along! Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the new website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind the scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 20 Nov 2023 | 47: Foxglove (and a very unexpected kink) | 01:08:51 | |
Woof Adalyn, Adalyn, Adalyn, what are you doing to us? This woman knows no bounds and I am INVESTED. Book two in this gothic masterpiece of a series was so fun. Join me and Molly as we dive into a kink we did not expect, chat our theories from Belladona, and our hopes for the next book. Make sure you're following Molly on TikTok and Instagram and her fabulous candle shop which is the sponsor of this episode. November's book club pick with be The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater, click here to join! This episode is sponsored by Smiles and Light Candles. Use code BOOKISHBANTER10 to save. Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 18 Jul 2022 | E 22: Return of the King (and the end of our Middle Earth journey....mostly) | 01:13:37 | |
Welcome to the final installment of this EPIC journey through Middle Earth. We have made it: 4 books, 6 movies, and countless hours dreaming about our own journey through Middle Earth. We are still deep in our Tolkien Era and it doesn't end here, tune into the end of the episode for a special announcement. We had so much fun talking about Gimley's comedic relief and the pinning for Aragorn (honestly, same). So buckle up and get ready for the final leg of the journey back to Bag End. Bookish Impulse Buys: The Bookish One (KEARSTEN10), The Unexpected Apothecary (LLAMA10 or KEARSTEN10), Hold It There (LLAMA10), Something Wilder, Lore Olympus Vol. 2 Click to listen to our Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers episodes here! This episode is sponsored by Audible by Amazon, click here to try Audible for free! We are taking the month of July off from the book club, but follow along as we finish out the series with Return of the King. Check our Instagram from a reading schedule! Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind the scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading and Tiktok. | |||
| 20 Sep 2021 | Episode 38: Namesake (and our obsession with pirates and dragons) | 00:51:36 | |
We're Kearsten and Tatyana, two best friends who love sharing our opinions about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys. We hope you enjoy this chat about the sequel and conclusion to the Fable duology, Namesake! This was such a fun book to rage about, spoiler alert, we loved it! We are currently reading Lore By Alexandra Bracken for the September Book Club read, click here to join in: The Bookish Banter Book Club. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama (for now @TheLiteratureLlama2.0) and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading. | |||
| 09 Jun 2021 | Episode 16: The Lost Apothecary (and a little feminist rage) | 00:56:11 | |
We're Tatyana and Kearsten, two best friends who love talking about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys! This episode is dedicated to the best YA book we've read this year that we both like, The Lost Apothecary By Sarah Penner. This historical fiction debut novel is full of the best twists, turns, and duel POV's. Let's hang out while we tap into Kearsten's feminist rage and Tatyana's undying love for pointing out the flaws in contemporary books. *This episode contains spoilers from The Lost Apothecary By Sarah Penner Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast! Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama Follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading | |||
| 07 Mar 2022 | E7: A Court of Silver Flames (and our Nessian obsession) | 02:23:02 | |
We made it to the final book of the series so far and we finally found a book that both of us that loved. It's been a wild ride, but join us on this very long episode for the most recent installment of the ACOTAR series This episode contains spoilers from the entire A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas and references to Throne of Glass and Crescent City by Sarah J. Maas, Ever After and Ella Enchanted. Bookish Impulse Buys: Book Outlet, Illumicrate Special Edition of The Love Hypothesis. We are currently selecting our March Club Pick, click here to join in: The Bookish Banter Book Club. If you want to try Audible, click the link here for a free trial!!! Check out our Patreon page for bonus episodes and behind the scenes content. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and follow Kearsten on Instagram and TikTok @KearstenKeepsReading. | |||
| 27 Sep 2021 | Episode 39: Lore (and our love of Greek Mythology) | 01:29:02 | |
We love getting to cover our monthly book club reads and had even more fun with this one because it's GREEK MYTHOLOGY! We had some very different opinions and ratings for this book, so it made for a fun episode getting to deep dive into this modern take on the power of the Greek Gods. This episode does not contain any spoilers outside of Lore By Alexandra Bracken, with some references to the Game of Thrones TV show We are currently selecting out book for the October Book Club read, click here to join in: The Bookish Banter Book Club. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama (for now @TheLiteratureLlama2.0) and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading. Check out our Instagram for the October episode schedule. | |||
| 05 May 2021 | Episode 9ish: Fiction Men We Wish We Could Date | 00:30:20 | |
We're Kearsten and Tatyana, two best friends who love talking about books! Come hang out with us while we swoon over our favorite fictional men! Kearsten has a love of awkward, morally grey men with a tragic back story and Tatyana is always holding out of a hero with strong morals and a rockin' body. Hope you love the first mini episode!!!! *This episode contains spoilers from The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare, The League Series (Born of Night, Born of Fire, and Born of Ice) by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, The Bridgerton Series by Julia Quinn, The Raven Cycle and Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater, Heroes are My Weakness by Susan Elizabeth Phillips Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on TikTok and Instagram @TheBookishBanterPodcast! Follow Kearsten on Instagram @kearstenkeepsreading and Tiktok @kearsten.keeps.reading Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama and Tiktok @theliteraturellama Music by Scott Holmes from Free Music Archive | |||
| 03 Jun 2024 | Ep 20: Interview with Mae Bennett | 01:04:31 | |
A contemporary Beauty and the Beast retelling with a little house restoration, sign me up! Join me as I chat with debut author Mae Bennett about her new book, Barely Even Friends! This was such a fun conversation about plus-sized representation in books, creating accurate covers, and the insecurities we all face as main characters in our own lives. Make sure to check out Mae on Instagram, TikTok, and her website for updates. This episode is sponsored by Smiles + Light Candles Co. Use code BOOKISHBANTER10 to save. May Book Club pick is The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young , click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 27 May 2024 | Ep 18: Interview with Amber V. Nicole | 00:48:00 | |
Where are my fantasy girlies at? I am obsessed with this series and I might even be more obsessed with this author. Amber is one of my favorite people IRL and I had so much fun chatting with her about creating the perfect bad ass FMC who never apologizes for who she is. The next book in the Gods and Monsters series is out Tuesday! Check out Amber on Instagram and TikTok for more info. This episode is sponsored by Smiles + Light Candles Co. Use code BOOKISHBANTER10 to save. May Book Club pick is A Fate Inked In Blood by Danielle L. Jensen, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 31 May 2021 | Episode 14: Throne of Glass (Let the Maas Destruction Begin) | 01:09:36 | |
We're Tatyana and Kearsten, two best friends who love sharing their favorite book and bookish impulse buys! This week we're talking about Kearsten's new favorite series, Throne of Glass. We're so excited to dive head first into the world of Sarah J. Maas and fall in love with these characters and join the hype fest! *This episode contains spoilers from Throne of Glass, A Court of Thorns and Roses By Sarah J. Maas and The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare. Bookish Buys of the Week: OwlCrate Young Adult Box, The Bookish Box Young Adult Box, Book Outlet, NerdyInk, Book Beau, Blissfully Bookish Co. {Use Code: BOOKISHBANTER10 to save} Obscure Book Recommendation of the Week: A Kingdom of Dreams By Judith McNaught; I'm Still Standing By Colleen Coleman Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast! Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama Follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading | |||
| 23 Jan 2023 | Ep 4: Interview with Louise Everett | 00:42:41 | |
If you love historical fantasy, mysterious curses, witty banter, forced proximity, and found family, Where Iron Meets Flame is the perfect read for you. Filled with all the best kind of twists and turns, this book is a must-read! Welcome to this week's episode, an interview with the author Louise Everett! Join us while we talk about our obsession with Taylor Swift, dogs who want to participate in novel writing, and creating the perfect found family. Follow Louise on Instagram and check out Where Iron Meets Flame today! This episode is sponsored by Audible by Amazon, click here to try Audible for free! Our pick for the January Book Club Pick is The Burning God by R.F. Kuang, click here to join the discord and follow along! Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the new website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok! | |||
| 29 May 2024 | Ep 19: Interview with Victoria Connolly | 01:02:13 | |
Guys, I had so much fun with this one! Victoria is a true gem and we got to chat about the nitty gritty of the bookish industry and audiobook narration! Victoria is an audiobook narrator who loves sharing her man voice with the world and now it's your turn to hear her regular voice in this interview. Check her out on Instagram for more updates. This episode is sponsored by Smiles + Light Candles Co. Use code BOOKISHBANTER10 to save. May Book Club pick is A Fate Inked In Blood by Danielle L. Jensen, click here to join! Please subscribe, leave us a 5-star review, and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. Check out the website here! If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind-the-scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok. | |||
| 08 Aug 2022 | Ep 26: Interview with Sarah Pearse | 00:57:46 | |
Since it's officially spooky season, we are very excited to share our interview with Sarah Pearse, our resident suspense queen. New York Times Best Selling author of The Sanatorium, Sarah Pearse has created another vivid and fantastic novel now available wherever books are sold. Check out her newest book, The Retreat, and join Detective Elin Warner while she solves her latest mystery on a luxury island retreat that's a little more isolated than everyone bargained for. We had so much fun talking about creating realistic characters, haunted dorms, and what's in store for Elin! Make sure to also check out Sarah Pearse's website here and follow her on Instagram for more updates. Favorite Books: The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters and The Bat (Harry Hole Series) by Jo Nesbo Our pick for the August Book Club is Vicious by V.E. Schwab, click here to join the discord and follow along! Our Journey thru Middle Earth Readathon is just starting and there is still plenty of time to join. Our first event will be a one hour reading sprint this Wednesday, August 10th at 4pm PST/7pm EST. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on Instagram and Tiktok @TheBookishBanterPodcast. If you want to check out our Patreon, click here for behind the scenes content and bonus episodes!!! Message us with any episode requests or if you just want to say hi! Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama2.0 and Tiktok and follow Kearsten on Instagram @KearstenKeepsReading and Tiktok. | |||