Meet the LITERARY LOOKBOOK, a comprehensive but not exhaustive collection of 182 upcoming 2024 releases curated by Kelly Hooker and me. The Lookbook includes titles from January-May 2024 from a variety of genres and features cover designs organized by publication date. Buy it here: Literary Lookbook
Thoughts from a Page Podcast

Thoughts from a Page Podcast

Thoughts from a Page is hosted by me, Cindy Burnett, a voracious reader and book columnist who provides you with casual author conversations and insider information on all of the newest releases that I have read and personally recommend. With so many books coming out weekly, it can be hard to decide what to read so I find the best ones and share them with you. Listen to find your next great book.

Recent Episodes

March 29, 2024

Jo Piazza - THE SICILIAN INHERITANCE

In this interview, I chat with Jo Piazza about The Sicilian Inheritance , how this book is inspired by a family story, Sicily as a setting, why she chose for Sara to be a chef, plotting versus pantsing, what surprised her th…
March 26, 2024

Jesse Q. Sutanto - THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE AUNTIES

In this interview, I chat with Jesse Q. Sutanto about The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties , creating and now ending this series, the screen adaptation and its status, the highlight of writing this book, her writing process an…
March 26, 2024

Allison Pataki - FINDING MARGARET FULLER

In this interview, I chat with Allison Pataki about Finding Margaret Fuller , how she learned about Margaret Fuller and decided to write about her, why her goal is to educate and entertain, visiting Concord, her in-depth Aut…
March 23, 2024

Cara Hunter - ALL THE RAGE

In this interview, I chat with Cara Hunter about All the Rage, how the DI Fawley series came about, creating a police procedural series, basing All the Rage on a real-life case, the title and its mutliple meanings, when book…
March 19, 2024

Rebecca Serle - EXPIRATION DATES

In this interview, I chat with Rebecca Serle about Expiration Dates, incorporating magic into her books, how magic opens up the world she is creating, how she chooses her characters' names, how her title and cover came about…
March 18, 2024

Jennifer Ryan - THE UNDERGROUND LIBRARY

In this interview, I chat with Jennifer Ryan about The Underground Library, writing a book about books and libraries, how her role as book editor informed her writing, what surprised her the most when writing this one, her s…
March 18, 2024

Stephanie Dray - BECOMING MADAM SECRETARY

In this interview, I chat with Stephanie Dray about Becoming Madam Secretary, why she decided to write about Frances Perkins, her research and how she chose what to include and what to leave out, drafting a comprehensive Aut…
March 8, 2024

Eliza Knight and Denny S. Bryce - CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS

In this interview, I chat with Eliza Knight and Denny S. Bryce about Can't We Be Friends , how they learned about the friendship between Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe, writing a book together and how they approached it,…

Recent Blog Posts

Summer Reading Guide 2023

Creating my Summer Reading Guide is a highlight for me every year, and 2023 is no exception. I have combed through an untold number of titles to find the ones that I really enjoyed and personally recommend, and as always, I have read every book on t…

Most Anticipated Historical Fiction of Summer 2023

So many great historical fiction titles are coming out this summer! To help book lovers know which ones to pick up and when, I sorted through them to compile this list of the best ones. Once I read a book, I will update this post with my comments on…

Q & A with Susan Meissner, Author of ONLY THE BEAUTIFUL

Susan Meissner’s latest novel Only the Beautiful published on April 18, 2023. Susan Meissner is a USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction with more than three-quarters of a million books in readers' hands and translations in eightee…