Kelly Hooker joins me for the December's Real Time Reading episode where we highlight our current, past and upcoming reads.
Last:
The Dollhouse Academy by Margarita Montimore
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
Now:
Deep Cuts by Holly Blakely
Bluebird Day by Megan Tady
Next:
Blood and the Badge: The Mafia, Two Killer Cops, and a Scandal That Shocked the Nation by Michael Cannell
More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova
DNFs or Didn't Like:
The Fisherman’s Gift by Julia R. Kelly
Book Mail Highlights:
The Lotus Shoes by Jane Yang
Flirting With Disaster by Naina Kumar
Last:
The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World by Ben Macintyre
Splinter Effect by Andrew Ludington
Now:
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks
Next:
The Bird Hotel by Joyce Maynard
The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman
DNFs or Didn’t Like:
Maya and Natasha by Elyse Durham
Book Mail Highlights:
The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark
The Impossible Thing by Belinda Bauer
Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2025? Check out our third Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead.
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