Season 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!
In this weeks episode we reviewed Serpent and Dove by Shelby Mahurin. Come hang out with us while we gush over Lous antics, her and Coco's friendship and our thoughts on the next book in the series.
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 Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on TikTok and Instagram @TheBookishBanterPodcast! Follow Kearsten on TikTok @kearsten.keeps.reading Follow Tatyana on Instagram @TheLiteratureLlama Music by Scott Holmes from Free Music Archive
In this weeks episode we talked about the Shadow and Bone Trilogy (Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising) by Leigh Bardugo. Come hang out with us while we obsess over The Darkling, share our feelings about Maliana, and our hopes for the new Netflix adaptation.
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.
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).
In this week's episode we're reviewing Shadow and Bone the Netflix Adaptation, Episodes 1-4. Come listen to us scream about Jesper, Kaz, The Darkling, and the real hero of Ravka, Milo. We want to apologize for the audio, we recorded this with a lot of emotion and sleep deprivation, we're still trying to figure everything out. Thank you all for listening and sticking around! We hope you loved the show as much as we did!!!! Tune in next week for our reactions to Episode 5-8 of Season 1. Please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review and follow along on TikTok and Instagram @TheBookishBanterPodcast!
Join us while we dive into everyone's new favorite vampire tale and scream about our love for dark broody men and their piss poor communication skills. You know we love a good 2008 Twilight reference, enemies to lovers, and morally grey men!!
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.
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.
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
Welcome to our final installment of the From Blood and Ash series. Come hang out while fall further into the FBAA rabbit hole and share our favorite plot holes, new (dragon) characters, and our theories for the next 17 books.
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.
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
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 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 week we're talking about Kearsten's new favorite series, Throne of Glass. This week's episode dives into the second book of the series, Crown of Midnight. Although, we both love SJM with all our hearts and a large part of our personalities, this book was not the one for us. Listen in to find out why we didn't love all of the twists and turns that came together to create Crown of Midnight and this episode!
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 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
This episode we living for all the amazing storylines in Empire of Storms. We get into some really deep windy plots, add even more new characters to the fold, and love these ultimate mash-up. We're almost there y'all.
Come hang out while we learn about Kathryn's favorite book boyfriend (hint Tatyana and her share one), and some Pippin Took love and exciting new things that are coming to Blissfully Bookish Co in the coming months! We had so much going into the nitty gritty of running a small bookish business and what it's like to turn your hobby into a passion and a business. *This interview was recorded June 2nd, the Blissfully Bookish Rep Searched is closed.
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.
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.
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
This week we're diving into Kingdom of Ash, the final installment to the Throne of Glass series. This was an emotional roller coaster of epic deaths, battle scenes, and shapeshifting. Grab a drink, some comfy clothes, and hang out with us for one of our longest episodes and the longest book we've talked about so far.
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!
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
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!
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
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.
This was a windy tale with some serious plot twists and even better character development. We loved chatting about the final installment in this series and truly loved this ending. Shelby is an amazing writer and we, collectively, can not wait to see what she comes up with next! So tune into this episode where we cried, laughed, screamed, preached, and generally just had a great time!
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.
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
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!
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 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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
We had so much fun chatting with New York Times Best Selling Author of The Love Hypothesis, Ali Hazelwood. Come hang out while we chat about the origins of The Love Hypothesis, romance novels, the Grishaverse, fanfic, and living double lives.
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.
Come hang out during our dive into Christina Lauren's holiday classic that took the bookish interwebs by storm last year, In a Holidaze. Tatyana feels like she's seen this Hallmark movie, all that was missing was an iconic appearance by Santa Claus, and Kearsten has an idea for the best alternate ending that we all kind of wish was true. Hope you enjoy this little chat about our first Christmas read.
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.
Join us while we chat with Jacklyn and Allie from The Bibliovert Podcast! In this episode we're share the Bibliovert girls met-cute, Christmas traditions, and some holiday book recommendations. We had such a blast chatting about how the bookish interwebs taking over all of our lives and what it's like to run a bookish podcast.