Mary Webbey O'Malley and Pamela Klinger-Horn join me to recommend their favorites reads of Spring and Summer 2024.
Mary's selections:
April
Days of Wonder by Caroline Leavitt
Somehow by Anne Lamott
May
Long Island by Colm Toibin
Long After We Are Gone by Terah Shelton Harris
The Klanman's Son by R. Derek Black
June
Bear by Julia Phillips
Service by Sarah Gilmartin
Swift River by Essie Chambers
One-Star Romance by Laura Hankin
All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whittaker
July
The Wedding People by Alison Espach
The Days I Loved You Most by Amy Neff
Pamela's selections:
April
I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger
The Fellowship Of Puzzle Makers by Samuel Burr
May
Brother Do You Love Me by Manni Coe
Loneliness & Company by Charlee Dyroff
Every Time We Say Goodbye by Natalie Jenner
June
The Last Twelve Miles by Erika Robuck
Anna Bright Is Hiding Something by Susie Orman Schnall
Love Letters To A Serial Killer by Tasha Coryell
Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
Youthjuice by E.K. Sathue
July
The Love Of My After Life by Kirsty Greenwood
The Lion Women Of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
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Pamela Klinger-Horn has been a literary event planner since 2012. She has been on the Board of Directors of Rain Taxi Literary Review and the Excelsior Friends of the Library. Pamela has experience as a children’s Book Club facilitator at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School and the Excelsior Public Library. Pamela enjoys attending and promoting literary events throughout the Twin Cities and beyond, and has been nicknamed the “Local Literary Fairy Godmother.” She is currently the literary event coordinator at Valley Bookseller in Stillwater, MN; and the creator and host of the monthly literary program Literature Lovers' Night Out™️ .
Mary OMalley is the Free-Range Virtual Bookseller at Large for Skylark Bookshop; Author Liaison and Scheduling Producer for A Mighty Blaze; Mary is also a writer, grandmother, and chicken-wrangler. She lives outside of Chicago with her husband and menagerie of pets.
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