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Book Banter with Nicki and KrystalEpisode 15: Discover a new-to-us author and enjoy our Special Fourth Wing segmentJoin Nicki and Krystal as they discover a new Author they love, Megan Goldin. Also, it's finally happened, Nicki speaks with special guest Stephanie about Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros!
Books Mention in this episode:
The Woman by Kristin Hannah
Atonement by Kiersten Modglin
Echoes by Steph Macca
Night Swim by Megan Goldin
Dark Corners by Megan Goldin
Stay Awake by Megan Goldin
The Escape Room by Megan Goldin
The Girl in Keller’s Way by Megan Goldin
Hea...2025-07-251h 10Book Banter with Nicki and KrystalEpisode 14: Favorite AuthorsIn this episode, Nicki and Krystal talk about their favorite authors, share the books they've been reading and of course go off on some side quests!
Books/Authors Mentioned in this Episode:
Loreth Ann White
Kiersten Modglin
Simone St. James
Stephen King
Brynne Weaver
Jennifer Hillier
Patricia Cornwell
Brittainy C Cherry
Iris Johansen
Kandi Steiner
Retreat by Krysten Ritter
Fool me once and Nobody’s Fool by Harlan Coban
The P...2025-07-161h 08Book Banter with Nicki and KrystalEpisode 13: Series, Shared World or Collections?Join Nicki and Krystal as they discuss the differences between series, shared worlds and collections.
Books/Series Mentioned in this Episode:
The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
Twisted - Ana Huang
Kings of Sin - Ana Huang
Will Trent - Karin Slaughter
Grant County - Karin Slaughter
Legacy Of Gods - Rina Kent
A Song of Ice and Fire - George RR Martin
The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros
The Elements - Brittany C. Cherry
Nev...2025-06-2658 minBook Banter with Nicki and KrystalEpisode 12: Review of Caught Up by Navessa AllenNicki and Krystal share their thoughts on Navessa Allen's hotly anticipated sequel to Lights Out - Caught Up!
Books Mentioned in this Episode:
The Caged Girl – Monica Arya
The Night Sister – Jennifer McMahon
You’ll never know I’m here – Kiersten Modglin
The Girls Who Disappeared – Claire Douglas
The Woman Who Lied – Claire Douglas
Caught Up – Navessa Allen
Lights Out – Navessa Allen
Hitched – Lauren Biel
The Ritual – Shantel Tessier
Quicksilver – Callie Hart
Unhinged – Steph Macca
God of Mal2025-06-1840 minBook Banter with Nicki and KrystalEpisode 11: Do You Judge A Book By Its Spine?In this episode Nicki and Krystal talk about the excitement of book merch, Nicki's husband wandering the aisles of the library and his findings and the dynamic between reading about Fictional Serial Killers and Non-Fiction Killers.
Books mentioned in this episode:
All the Dangerous Things - Stacy Willingham
A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
The Drown Girls - Loreth Anne White
Nocticadia - Keri Lake
Gothikana - RuNyx
The Patient's Secret - Loreth Anne White
The Haters - Robyn Harding
...2025-06-0948 minBook Banter with Nicki and KrystalEpisode 10: Books by Old Ladies for Old LadiesIn this week's episode, Nicki and Krystal talk about what they're reading, books that they can't relate to anymore and if they enjoy books where you find out who the villain is at the beginning of the book.
Books talked about in this episode:
Raze – Tillie Cole
Lights Out – Navessa Allen
Caught Up – Navessa Allen
Unhinged – Steph Macca
Frozen River – Ariel Lawhon
Glitch – Briana Michaels
Flip - Briana Michaels
Click - Briana Michaels
Stay - Briana Michaels
Risk - Br...2025-06-0447 minBook Banter with Nicki and KrystalEpisode 9: Deep Dive into Under Your Scars by Ariel N AndersonJoin Nicki and Krystal, along with Special Guest Amanda, as they deep dive into the Dark Romance Book Under Your Scars.
Read some of the other books talked about in this episode:
Under Your Scars - Ariel N Anderson
Pretty Little Wife - Darby Kane
Woman Last Seen - Adele Parks
Enchantra - Kaylie Smith
24690 - A.A Dark
The Shadows We Hide - Allen Eskens
Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
MockingJay - Suzanne Collins
2025-05-231h 00Book Banter with Nicki and KrystalEpisode 8: Can good audio narration make a bad book good?Nicki and Krystal are joined by special guest Meshia to determine if good narration can make a bad book good. Nicki and Krystal finish the episode up by talking about their weekly books.
2025-05-1352 minBook Banter with Nicki and KrystalEpisode 7: 257 DaysJoin Nicki and Krystal as they talk about their weekly reading journey, popular books vs randomly finding a good book and Krystal's 32 Horror book challenge.
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2025-05-0559 minBook Banter with Nicki and KrystalEpisode 6: Episode of Side QuestsJoin Nicki and Krystal as they talk about the books they've read, Kindle holders and page clickers & what type of TV shows they watch.
2025-04-2249 minBook Banter with Nicki and KrystalEpisode 5: Do You Judge a Book By Its Cover?In this episode, journey with us through our reading lists and whether we judge books by their covers! Also - learn about the Book Warehouse in Dayton, Ohio!
2025-04-151h 03Book Banter with Nicki and KrystalEpisode 4: How to Handle Book SlumpsIn this episode, we talk about the books we've been reading, how to handle book slumps, Kindle Unlimited and Amazon First Reads.
2025-03-3042 minBook Banter with Nicki and KrystalEpisode 3: How do you pick your favorite fictional serial killer?In this episode, we talk about the Ruinous Love Trilogy by Brynn Weaver, what we read for the week and if Romance books need to have a Happily Ever After.
2025-03-2735 minBook Banter with Nicki and KrystalEpisode 2: When the book makes your heart race!Hey book friends! In this week's episode, we talk about the book that made Krystal's apple watch go crazy because it made her heart race, Book of the Month and some pretty great reads!
2025-03-1748 minBook Banter with Nicki and KrystalEpisode 1:Libby & Hoopla & Audible, Oh my!In this episode we introduce ourselves, describe the types of books we like to read and how we read them. Also - our 'hot take' on if audio books should be considered reading.
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