The Bookish Banter Podcast

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 lov...

We hope you're ready for this crash course into our love of both the book and the movie. This story is absolutely in the top 5 favorites for both of us! We loved getting a chance to scream about Sam, finally meet Treebeard, and talk about some major line changes in the movie. We hope you enjoy!   **This episode contains spoilers from The Hobbit and the entire Lord of the Rings series by JRR T...

Join us on the second step of our journey through Middle Earth, the creation of the Fellowship. Hang out with us while we chat about the book and extended edition of The Fellowship of the Ring! We are thriving during the journey through this epic tale and had potentially a little too much fun simping over Aragorn.  **This episode contains spoilers from The Hobbit and the entire Lord of the Ri...

It's finally time to start our Journey through Middle Earth. Kearsten has never been happier and Tatyana is just very excited for an excuse to watch Viggo in action. We are starting this journey with a chat about the Hobbit book and all 3 Hobbit films. This is an extra long episode, but who is surprised? No one! We hope you enjoy step one in our journey and join us on Instagram for a Tolkien reada...

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 t...

Hi!!! Welcome to our interview with Liz Michalski, the author of Darling Girl. Featured on May's Book of the Month picks, we dive deep into the dark world of fairytales and writing a retelling. We hope you enjoy this episode and make sure to check out Darling Girl wherever books are sold.  You can follow Liz on instagram @lizmichalskiauthor and on her website here and you can snag a copy of D...

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:  Favorite Series: Percy Jackson By Rick Riordan, Crescent City By...

Bridgerton Season 2. What an adventure we all just went on with this season for the fans of this book, The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn. Come hang out while we deep dive further into the world of Bridgerton and our new obsession with Benedict. This episode contains spoilers from The entire Bridgerton Series by Julia Quinn and the Bridgerton Show. This episode is sponsored by Audible by Ama...

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 adap...

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 r...

We're Kearsten and Tatyana, two best friends who love sharing our opinions about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys. Join us while we chat with the one and only @BooksDaniReads ! You may know her as Suri, your one and only source into the scandalize lives of bookish elite or her gender bender Carden and the Crows! So come hang out with us while we dive deep into what it's like to create a...

We're Kearsten and Tatyana, two best friends who love sharing our opinions about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys. Welcome, to Light it up 2.0! This has been quite the journey through the SJM worlds and no one is more excited to be done than we are. This is a very INTENSE episode, be warned, we did not love this one. The ending is too much, the middle is not enough, and the beginning is...

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...

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...

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...

We're Kearsten and Tatyana, two best friends who love sharing our opinions about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys. We are so excited for our special Valentine's Day episode where we got to deep dive into everyone's favorite romance novel turned movie, THE HATING GAME. Grab some popcorn and get ready for our compare and contrast of this romcom book turned film. We had a blast talking abo...

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...

We're Kearsten and Tatyana, two best friends who love sharing our opinions about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys. 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...

We're Kearsten and Tatyana, two best friends who love sharing our opinions about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys. 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...

We're Kearsten and Tatyana, two best friends who love sharing our opinions about our favorite books and bookish impulse buys. 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.  Favorite Standalone: Land...

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 o...

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 Book...

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 lin...

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 Stiefva...

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 answerin...