It Gets Good

We are back with another spoiler free episode where we talk about all the books we read in the month of August! Collectively we read 29 books and the majority of them we listened to but remember, audio books DO count as reading and you can't convince us otherwise. Come visit us on instagram and answer this question: is magical realism a subgenre of fantasy or a genre all of its own? We're divided...

In this week's episode, we discuss our August book club book: Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross. We all had different ratings for this book and different opinions, but overall we really did enjoy it and are excited for the next one! Stay tuned for Micaela and Kyleigh's fight about Kingdom of Ash, and for a throwback for anyone who was a youth group kid in the early 2000's.    Announced in last week's...

In this week's episode, we find out that we have all done some pretty embarrassing things in our reading lives; one of us entered a Karen Kingsbury contest, dressed up as book characters, and lied about what we're currently reading. Listen to find out who and join in the fun as we play Never Have I Ever: Book Edition! Are there things you've never done in your reading journey? Make sure to share w...

Torturing ourselves on this week's episode by reading one star reviews of some of our favorite books. Note to future self: Don't read bad reviews of the books you love because it will make you question everything you ever thought about reviewing books. We also spend some much needed time talking about the masterpiece that is Episode 6 of The Summer I Turned Pretty series. Come join us for the laug...

We're back by popular demand with another Word Association game! This time we asked some of you to send in random, book-related words for us, and we all struggled immensely to be even remotely book related in our responses. Join us for some tangents about girl dinner, Harry Potter and more. Stay tuned for some laughs!   Currently Reading: Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross S...

Join us for a spoiler free episode where we discuss all the books we read in July! We all had a great reading month but Hannah blew us out of the water with her 16 reads. Listen to find out what our favorites were and the books we could do without. We also made a startling discovery on how much spice each other likes while reading. You don't want to miss it! Reminder: our August book club pick is...

Please note: This episode contains spoilers for One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig from time stamp 22:00 to 35:30. On this week's episode, we are discussing our July book club pick: One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig. We all really loved this book, and even all read it at the same time during one of our reading nights. It is a great fantasy book to read if you're newer to the fantasy genre! Stick arou...

This week, we're sharing a few of our favorite authors with you – the ones that can do no wrong and we will auto-buy any book even if we don't know what it's about.    We also want to give the BIGGEST thank you to all of you for your listens, downloads, and reviews. We have hit some incredible milestones over the last few weeks and we cannot adequately convey just how much it means to us to have y...

We have a very special guest joining us for this week's episode! Author, influencer, and Kyleigh's best friend, Blake Guichet, or as many of you may know her: The Girl Named Blake. We'll be chatting all things book related and asking some of the questions that you sent in for Blake! What was it like writing her own book? Can Christians read spicy romance? What are Blake's thoughts on "book bans"?...

Please enjoy this spoiler free episode of the It Gets Good podcast! On this week's episode we'll be talking about the books we've read in June and also have our first ever guest on the podcast, Jenna! She is Micaela's best friend from college, an avid fantasy reader, and an all around hilarious human being. During this episode we'll share our June reads and ratings (this month was much better than...

PLEASE NOTE: Spoilers for this episode take place from 8:14 to 22:40 Join us for our FIRST EVER book club episode, where we give our thoughts and opinions on the Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams. We all really enjoyed this book as it was a quick and easy read (Hannah read it in 4 hours), and we are so excited that many of you got to read it before this episode came out so we can "discuss" tog...

Please enjoy this SPOILER FREE episode of the It Gets Good podcast! Would you rather meet the main character of the book you just finished or be them? Would you rather give up physical books or give up ebooks/audiobooks? Would you rather never be able to read a stand-alone or never be able to read the last book of a series? Tune into this week's episode to find out Hannah, Micaela, and Kyleigh's a...

For our very first "Just for Fun" episode this month, we played a game of Word Association where Kyleigh definitely struggled on keeping them book related!  We also touch on our challenge of rating books and Micaela adjusting her perspective on three-star reads, as well as a possible reading weekend dedicated to a specific book.  P.S. This episode was recorded prior to our last few episodes, so so...

Please enjoy this SPOILER FREE episode of the It Gets Good podcast! Join us for our first monthly wrap up episode! We'll be going through all of the books we read during the month of May by rating and sharing what we loved and didn't love so much. It was the weirdest reading month for Kyleigh, who had TWO 1-star ratings, Micaela only read four books, which is not the norm for her & Hannah had a ha...

Please enjoy this SPOILER FREE episode of the It Gets Good podcast! We're almost halfway through the year, so we're sharing some of our favorite books in 2023 so far on the podcast today! Please note that this episode was recorded just before all of us purchased & devoured Fourth Wing, so our thoughts and favorites have changed ever so slightly since adding that one to the list. We still love & ad...

Join us for this week's episode where we'll be talking about the book that has taken the Bookstagram and Booktok world by storm. This is a (mostly) SPOILER FREE episode of the podcast where we'll be doing everything in our power to convince you to read Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Spoilers for this episode begin at 26:09 to the end of the episode, but don't worry! We cover a LOT in the first hal...

WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie cole beginning at time stamp 5:57 and ending at time stamp 18:30. Join us for this week's episode where we will be discussing the saddest book any of us have ever read, A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole; the book that made us all ugly cry from Chapter 3 until the end of the book. We talk about some of our favorite momen...

THIS IS SPOILER FREE EPISODE! Join us for this week's episode where we'll be covering our favorite book tropes. If you're unfamiliar with the word "trope", it is defined as a significant or recurrent theme found throughout a book. While tropes are not the same as genres, they are aspects of a genre that help define it. We talk about a lot of books in this episode, so we'll get right to it and list...

WARNING: This episode contains spoilers while discussing the first three books of The Selection series (The Selection, The Elite, and The One). Spoilers begin at timestamp 6:20 and end at 25:45. Join us for this week's episode of the podcast where we'll be discussing the beloved YA dystopian series, The Selection by Kiera Cass. Imagine if you mix the politics of The Hunger Games with the romance o...

For our very first episode EVER, we'll be spending some time introducing ourselves and sharing where our love for reading comes from. Join us as we discuss our favorite genres, how our weekly reading nights started, and why we decided it was time to start a podcast. Each of us will be sharing our reading preferences: Do we prefer paperback, hardcover, or e-readers? What's our standard Kindle font...

WARNING: This episode may contain brief spoilers while discussing this book. Major spoilers for this book begin at 15:08 and end at 21:10. Join us for this episode where we'll be talking about the book that has been rising in popularity in recent months and the title that we can never get right: The Serpent and the Wings of Night, the book that everyone has been comparing to ACOTAR. It's the Hunge...

WARNING: This episode may contain brief spoilers while discussing some of our favorite books (conversations about certain relationships, etc.) During this episode, we'll be sharing our top five favorite books of all time (for right now…) and what we love about them. It only took Micaela one whole episode to finally become an audiobook girly. Find out which book to TV series adaptation is our least...