Book Banter with Nicki and Krystal

Episode 15: Discover a new-to-us author and enjoy our Special Fourth Wing segment

Join 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
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose
Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Milloy
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
Room for Rent by Noel W. Ihli
Gray After Dark by Noel W Ihli
The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers and Alex Kiester
Retreat by Krysten Ritter and Lindsay Jamieson
The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn
Carnivore by Justin Boote
The Liar Steve Cavanaugh
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Lights Out by Navessa Allen

Episode 14: Favorite Authors

In 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 Perfect Marriage and The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose
One of Us is Dead by Jeneva Rose
Delilah by Ariel N Anderson
The Liar by Steve Cavanaugh
The Arrangement Series by Kiersten Modglin
The Death Mask by Iris Johansen
Echoes by Steph Macca
Ravage by Steph Macca
Dark Corners Megan Goldin

Episode 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
Never After - Emily McIntire
Alibis - Various Authors
Still Beating - Jennifer Hartmann
All the Little Raindrops - Mia Sheridan
Eve Duncan - Iris Johansen
Kay Scarpetta - Patricia Cornwell
Dirty Deeds - Kally Ash
Mac Tire Mafia - Kally Ash
Boston Belles - LJ Shen
L. O. R. D. S. - Shantel Tessier
Ruinous Love - Brynne Weaver
Salacious Players Club - Sara Cate
The Arrangement - Kiersten Modglin
Reidverse - Taylor Jenkins Reid
Creep - Jennifer Hillier
Into Darkness - Navessa Allen
Kendra Elliott Books
Stephen King Books
John Marrs Books
Den of Vipers - K.A. Knight
Helloween - Duncan Ralston
A Very Scary Christmas - John Ward
Love, Mom - Iliana Xander
Just like the Other Girls - Claire Douglas
Deanna Madden - A. R. Torre

Episode 12: Review of Caught Up by Navessa Allen

Nicki 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 Malice – Rina Kent

Episode 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
The Party - Robyn Harding
It's One of Us - J. T. Ellison
The Broken Girls - Simone St. James
The Quiet Librarian - Allen Eskins
The Ghosts that Haunt Me: Memories of a Homicide Detective - Steve Ryan
The Caged Girl - Monica Arya
God of Malice - Rina Kent
Quicksilver - Callie Hart
 

Episode 10: Books by Old Ladies for Old Ladies

In 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 - Briana Michaels
Break - Briana Michaels
Kill for me, Kill for You - Steve Cavanaugh
The Butcher - Jennifer Hillier
She's Not Sorry - Mary Kubica
Local Woman Missing  - Mary Kubica
Pretty Little Wife - Darby Kane
Does it Hurt - H. D. Carlton
Death Row - Frieda McFadden

Episode 9: Deep Dive into Under Your Scars by Ariel N Anderson

Join 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

Episode 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. 

Episode 7: 257 Days

Join 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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Episode 6: Episode of Side Quests

Join Nicki and Krystal as they talk about the books they've read, Kindle holders and page clickers & what type of TV shows they watch.