The Bookish Banter Podcast

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Episode 41: Kingdom of the Wicked (and our obsession with Daddy Wrath) Oct 11, 2021

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We're Kearsten and Tatyana, two best friends who love sharing our opinions about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys. Welcome to the Kingdom of the Wicked and the obsession that is Kerri's phenomenal writing! Hang out while we deep dive into this masterpiece and share some of our theories for Kingdom of the Cursed.

This episode contains spoilers from: The Raven Boys By Maggie Stiefvater

Bookish Impulse Buys: Lore Merch, Blissfully Bookish (Use Code: LLAMA10)

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.

Episode 40: Question and Answer Session! Oct 04, 2021

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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.

Episode 39: Lore (and our love of Greek Mythology) Sep 27, 2021

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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.

Episode 38: Namesake (and our obsession with pirates and dragons) Sep 20, 2021

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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.

Episode 37: Fable (and some pirate love) Sep 13, 2021

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We're Kearsten and Tatyana, two best friends who love sharing our opinions about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys. Come hang out with us while we chat about this fantastic YA nautical novel. The first in the duology, this cover is enough to take your breath away, but that's just the beginning of this fabulously crafted tale of where we chat about potential love triangles, suspect encounters, and inaccurately aged characters.

Bookish Buys of the Week: Stacking Pages (Use code: Llama10 to save), Book of the Month, Fairy Loot, The Bookish Box, Unplugged Box, Book Outlet, Owl Crate

We are currently reading Lore By Alexandra Bracken for the September Book Club read, click here to join in: The Bookish Banter Book Club.

Episode 36: Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Sep 06, 2021

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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

Episode 35: Half Sick of Shadows (and our love of King Arthur) Sep 01, 2021

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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

Episode 34: Ninth House (And a new love for dark academia) Aug 30, 2021

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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

Episode 33: Top Books of 2021 with Jordanne from @BooksToLastPod Aug 23, 2021

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We're Kearsten and Tatyana, two best friends who love to chat about their love of books and impulse buys! Come hang out while we chat with Jordanne from Books To Last Pod about our top 3 reads of 2021! We had such a blast being a guest on Books to Last Podcast and knew we had to have Jordanne to talk about her favorites. So stick around while we deep dive into some trendy reads, classics, a lot of Leigh Bardugo, and share our hot takes.

*This episode contains minor spoilers for Six of Crows, King of Scars, Ninth House By Leigh Bardugo, Kingmaker By Kennedy Ryan, Kingdom of the Wicked By Kerri Maniscalco, Red, White, and Royal Blue By Casey McQuiston, Invisible Life of Addie LaRue By V.E. Schwab.

Favorite Standalone: Percy Jackson and the Olympians By Rick Riordan

Favorite Series: Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas

Book Boyfriend: Will Herondale from The Infernal Devices By Cassandra Clare

Jordanne's Top 3 Reads of 2021: Six of Crows By Leigh Bardugo, Kingmaker By Kennedy Ryan, City of Brass S. A. Chakraborty

Kearsten's Top 3 Reads of 2021: Serpent and Dove By Shelby Mahurin, Red, White, and Royal Blue By Casey McQuiston, Ninth House By Leigh Bardugo (*TW for this book)

Tatyana's Top 3 Reads of 2021: King of Scars By Leigh Bardugo, Kingdom of the Wicked By Kerri Maniscalco, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue By V.E. Schwab

Honerable Mentions: Jupiter Jones and The Forgotten Radio By , Romancing Mr. Bridgerton and When He was Wicked By Julia Quinn, Kingdom of Flesh and Fire By Jennifer L. Armentrout, Legendary By Stephanie Garber

You can find Jordanne on Instagram at @BookstoLastPod and Twitter and her podcast here! And you can listen to our episode on Books to Last here!

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

Episode 32ish: Bookish This or That Part 2 Aug 18, 2021

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Grab the popcorn and your favorite drink and play along while we play another game of Bookish This or That!

Meet Favorite Author OR Meet Favorite Character
Unlimited Free Books OR Live in Your Favorite Book
Read Inside OR Read Outside
Read in Bed OR Read on the Sofa
Quiet OR Background Noise
Werewolves OR Vampires
Adult OR YA
Snacks OR No Snacks
Contemporary Romance or Traditional Romance
The Originals or The Vampire Diaries
Kindle or Physical Book on Vacation
Bookish Clothes or Bookish Merch
Reread Nostalgic Books or Only Read New Releases
One Book at a Time or Multiple Books at a Time

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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