Book Banter with Nicki and Krystal

Book Banter with Nicki and Krystal

Two friends talking books!

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July 24, 2025 70 mins

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’...

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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 Perf...

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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 -...

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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 Te...

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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 Patie...

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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 Mi...

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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

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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. 

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May 4, 2025 59 mins

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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April 21, 2025 49 mins

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. 

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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! 

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March 30, 2025 42 mins

In this episode, we talk about the books we've been reading, how to handle book slumps, Kindle Unlimited and Amazon First Reads. 

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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. 

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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! 

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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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