Thoughts from a Page Podcast

Kelly Hooker joins me for the December's Real Time Reading episode where we highlight our current, past and upcoming reads. Kelly’s Selections: 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  Cindy's Selections: 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.      Join my Patreon group to support the podcast.  Other ways to support the podcast can be found here.     Connect with Kelly Hooker on Instagram. Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, the Book Bumble podcast and Thoughts from a Page come together for a joint episode about books contain a strong sense of place. Featured Books: The Lost Man by Jane Harper (CB) Homecoming by Kate Morton (CB) The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer (LH) Celine by Peter Heller (LH) The Ancients by John Larison (LP) Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy (LP) Book In Hand: Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton (CB) Books Mentioned in This Episode: Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy Whiskey When We’re Dry by John Larison The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer The Survivors by Jane Harper The Lightning Bottles by Marissa Stapley The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable American Wolf by Nate Blakeslee The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis Home Before Dark by Riley Sager The Last Ranger by Peter Heller Birdie and Harlow by Taylor Wolfe Additional Books That Go Along with Our Stack: The Dog Stars by Peter Heller Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger  A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Akmaral by Judith Lindbergh Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson Bear by Julia Phillips The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill Jane Harper Books - The Dry, Force of Nature, Exiles Kate Morton Books - The Clockmaker’s Daughter, The Forgotten Garden, The House at Riverton This Fabled Earth by Kimberly Brock The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins 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.      Join my Patreon group to support the podcast.  Other ways to support the podcast can be found here.     Ways to contact us: Follow us on Instagram - @thebookbumble and @thoughtsfromapage Facebook: Book Bumble and Thoughts from a Page Our website: https://thebookbumble.buzzsprout.com and thoughtsfromapage.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mary Webber O'Malley and Pamela Klinger-Horn join me to recommend their favorites reads of the first quarter of 2025. Pamela's selections: January: The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova Too Soon by Betty Shamiah The Favorites by Layne Fargo February: A Long Time Gone by Joshua Moehling Tilda Is Visible by Jane Tara Isola by Allegra Goodman March: Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry The Jackal's Mistress by Chris Bohjalian April: A Lesser Light by Peter Geye Mary's selections: January: Let's Call Her Barbie by Renee Rosen The Three Lives of Cate Cay by Kate Fagan The Lotus Shoes by Jane Yang Penitence by Kristin Koval February: Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks A Forty Year Kiss by Nick Butler People of Means by Nancy Johnson The Snow Birds by Christina Clancy The Lamb by Lucy Rose March: Saving Five by Amanda Nguyen The Other March Sisters by Linda Epstein, Ally Malinenko and Liz Parker Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy 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.      Support the podcast by joining my Patreon.  Other ways to support the podcast can be found here.     Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Twitter.  Mary's social media handles: Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Twitter. Pamela's social media handles: Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Kelly Hooker and I discuss our top reads of 2024. Our Top Shared Reads: First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston  We Used to Life Here by Marcus Kliewer Kelly’s Remaining Selections:   Mercury by Amy Jo Burns Everyone but Myself by Julie Chavez Drinker of Ink by Shannon Castleton Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Trafficking by Jason De Leon  How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley Same as it Ever Was by Claire Lombardo All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker God of the Woods by Liz Moore The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella The Best Lies by David Ellis The Axeman’s Carnival by Catherine Chidgey The Sing Sing Files by Dan Slepian The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston Cindy’s Remaining Selections: Family Family by Laurie Frankel The Queen of Sugar Hill by ReShonda Tate Dixon Descending by Karen Outen The Women by Kristin Hannah Whiskey Tender by Deborah Taffa The Husbands by Holly Gramazio Crow Talk by Eileen Garvin How to Read a Book by Monica Wood Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy When Women Ran Fifth Avenue by Julie Satow The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby by Ellery Lloyd The Wedding People by Alison Espach The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi The Lightning Bottles by Marissa Stapley Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love by Marianne Cronin Honorable mention: Maria by Michele Moran 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.      Join my Patreon group to support the podcast.  Other ways to support the podcast can be found here.     Connect with Kelly Hooker on Instagram. Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jayda Justus recommends books for gift giving this holiday. Her recommendations: Favorite Fiction: Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp by Michelle Moran  What the Mountains Remember by Joy Callaway  Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear  Evelyne Redfern series by Julia Kelly  Shogun by James Clavell The Turtle House by Amanda Churchill London or New York by Edward Rutherfurd  A Woman of Intelligence by Karin Tanabe  Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner  Presidential or First Lady history buff: The Official White House Christmas Ornament: Collected Stories Of A Holiday Tradition by White House Historical Society  Remember the First Ladies: The Legacies of America's History-Making Women by Diana B. Carlin, Anita B. McBride, and Nancy Kegan Smith Jackie: A Novel by Dawn Tripp  The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President by Edward O’Keefe  Classics lovers: Anne of Green Gables or Pride and Prejudice illustrated by Barbara Heller Anne, Little Women, and The Secret Garden by Rachel Dodge Christmas with Louisa May Alcott or Christmas with Charles Dickens Christmas books: Christmas Bells by Jennifer Chiaverini  Mr. Dickens and his Carol by Samantha Silva  Always, in December by Emily Stone  Historical cooking: Eat Like a Heroine by Lorilee Craker and Jenny Williams  Tasting History by Max Miller  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.     Jayda can be found on her website and Instagram. Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this interview, I chat with Marybeth about Every Moment Since, the inspiration for this book, her book dedication, society's current obsession with true crime, changing agents due to writing this book, how she chose who would tell the story, pouring her heart and soul into this one, her title and cover, and much more. Marybeth's recommended reads are: The Devil at His Elbow by Valerie Bauerlein What in the World?! by Leanne Morgan 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.     Every Moment Since can be purchased at my Bookshop storefront.      Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Kelly and I chat about our favorite books that published in July through early October 2024. Our shared top reads: The Wedding People by Alison Espach  We Solve Murders by Richard Osman  The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman Kelly’s remaining top reads: The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella  Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne The Best Lies by David Ellis  Worst Case Scenario by T.J. Newman  The Axeman’s Carnival by Catherine Chidgey  The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston  Exposure by Ava Dellaira  The Sing Sing Files by Dan Slepian  The Small and The Mighty by Sharon McMahon  Cindy’s remaining top reads: May the Wolf Die by Elizabeth Heider The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood The Family Experiment by John Marrs The Faculty Lounge by Jennifer Mathieu Maria by Michelle Moran Elizabeth of East Hampton by Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding The Lightning Bottles by Marissa Stapley The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi The Fabled Earth by Kimberly Brock 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.      Join my Patreon group to support the podcast.  Other ways to support the podcast can be found here.     Connect with Kelly Hooker on Instagram. Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this interview, I chat with Elly Griffiths about The Man in Black, how this group of short stories came into being, her favorite story in the collection, what surprised her the most when writing them, how the stories are ordered, her covers in the U.K. and the U.S., her work in translation, and much more. Elly's recommended reads are: One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? by Nicci French Babel by R. F. Kuang 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.     The Man in Black can be purchased at my Bookshop storefront.      Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly Hooker joins me for the November's Real Time Reading episode where we highlight our current, past and upcoming reads. Kelly’s Selections: Last:  The Favorites by Layne Fargo  A Very Bad Thing by J.T. Ellison Now: The Dollhouse Academy by Margarita Montimore  The Dark Hours by Amy Jordan  Next: The Fisherman’s Gift by Julia R. Kelly  The Quiet Librarian by Allen Eskens  DNFs or Didn't Like: The Garden by Nick Newman  The Family Inside by Katie Garner Tilt by Emma Pate Book Mail Highlights: All The Water in the World by Eiren Caffall Killer Potential by Hannah Deitch Cindy's Selections: Last: Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson Nesting by Roisin O’Donnell  Now: Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures by Katherine Rundell  Next: The Library of Lost Dollhouses by Elise Hooper  We Will Be Jaguars by Nemonte Nenquimo DNFs or Didn’t Like: Eden Undone by Abbott Kahler  Mask of the Deer Woman by Laurie L. Dove The Other People by C.B. Everett We Are Watching by Alison Gaylin The Note by Alafair Burke Book Mail Highlights:  We Rip the World Apart by Charlene Carr  Murder Among the Pyramids by Sara Rosett    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.      Join my Patreon group to support the podcast.  Other ways to support the podcast can be found here.     Connect with Kelly Hooker on Instagram. Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this interview, I chat with Sy Montgomery about What the Chicken Knows, her title and cover, why she loves chickens so much, what she wants her readers to take away from this book, how each flock has its own vibe, and much more. Sy's recommended reads are: Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death by Susana Monso Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton 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.     What the Chicken Knows can be purchased at my Bookshop storefront.      Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this interview, I chat with Marissa Stapley about The Lightning Bottles, her musical muses for Jane and Elijah, including a road trip component in her story, how she approached writing about the drug use of the era, determining who tells the story and why she chose who she did, and much more. Marissa's recommended reads are: Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang 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.     The Lightning Bottles can be purchased at my Bookshop storefront.      Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For today’s episode, I am running a Chapters and Chats conversation with Chris Whitaker about All the Colors of the Dark. Chapters and Chats is run by Kelly of @kellyhook.readsbooks and Ivana of @beachesbooksnbubbles. You can contact either one of them to be added to their list for a particular chat. Check out their Instagram accounts to learn more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this interview, I chat with Kirsty Greenwood about The Love of My Afterlife, how popular the romance genre currently is, romance tropes and including them in her book, her favorite trope, her U.S. and U.K. covers, being selected as the GMA July pick, the screen adaptation, and much more. Kirsty's recommended reads are: Under Your Spell by Laura Wood How to End a Love Story by Yulia Huang Join my Patreon to support the production of my podcast.  Other ways to support the podcast can be found here.    The Love of My Afterlife can be purchased at my Bookshop storefront.      Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this interview, I chat with Lynda Cohen Loigman about The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern, the familial inspirations for this book, her title and stunning cover, including humor into the narrative, how hard she worked to get her characters' voices right, the research she conducted, The Thursday Authors, and much more. Lynda's recommended reads are: The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo The Wedding People by Alison Espach Four Squares by Bobby Finger Join my Patreon to support the production of my podcast.  Other ways to support the podcast can be found here.    The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern can be purchased at my Bookshop storefront.      Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly Hooker joins me for the October's Real Time Reading episode where we highlight our current, past and upcoming reads. Kelly’s Selections: Last:  Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister Now: Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley  The Small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon Next: The Family Inside by Katie Garner One Good Thing by Georgia Hunter DNFs or Didn't Like: Isola by Allagra Goodman  Clever Little Thing by Helena Eschlin Book Mail Highlights: The Trouble Up North by Travis Mulhauser  The Snowbirds by Christina Clancey   Cindy's Selections: Last: We Solve Murders by Richard Osman Rental House by Weike Wang Now: Eden Undone by Abbott Kahler  The Oligarch’s Daughter by Joseph Finder Next: Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson Kills Well with Others by Deanna Raybourn  DNFs or Didn’t Like: The Way by Cary Groner  The Mesmerist by Caroline Wood Book Mail Highlights:  Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley  The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World’s Oldest Writing by Joshua Hammer  Literary Lookbook information: Want to know which new titles are publishing in May - October of 2024? Check out our second Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead.  Our third Literary Lookbook will be out at the end of October. Join my Patreon group to support the podcast.  Other ways to support the podcast can be found here.     Connect with Kelly Hooker on Instagram. Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mary Webber O'Malley and Pamela Klinger-Horn join me to recommend their favorites reads of Fall 2024. Mary's selections: Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte Eden Undone by Abbott Kahler The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Loigman Remember You Will Die by Eden Robbins American Rapture by CJ Leede Libby Lost and Found by Stephanie Booth Hate Follow by Erin Quinn-Kong Life's Short, Talk Fastbby Ann Hood  The Serviceberry by Robin Kimmermer The Hidden Life of Trees Illustrated by Peter Wohlleben What The Chicken Knows by Sy Montgomery Pamela's selections: Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty The Mesmerist by Caroline Woods Best Copy Available by Jay Baron Nicorvino The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel Where the Forest Meets The River by Shannon Bowring A Woman Among Wolves by Diane K. Boyd The Story of a Heart by Dr. Rachel Clarke Blood Test by Charles Baxter The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins A Rosie Life in Italy by Rosie Meleady Pony Confidential by Christine Lynch Support the podcast by joining my Patreon.  Other ways to support the podcast can be found here.     Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Twitter.  Mary's social media handles: Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Twitter. Pamela's social media handles: Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this interview, I chat with Kimberly Brock about The Fabled Earth, how she decided to write about Cumberland Island and how she created her characters, building a strong sense of place, looking back on history through a 2024 lens, what makes us human, her cover and title, and much more. Kimberly's recommended reads are: Circe by Madeline Miller Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Join my Patreon to support the production of my podcast.  Other ways to support the podcast can be found here.    The Fabled Earth can be purchased at my Bookshop storefront.      Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Kelly and I chat about our favorite books that published in April through June 2024. Our shared top reads: How To Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley Long Time Gone by Charlie Donlea  Kelly’s remaining top reads: The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez  Long After We Are Gone by Terah Shelton Harris  I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue  Assassins Anonymous by Rob Hart  Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe  We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kleiwer  Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo Pearce Oysters by Jocelyn Tacacks All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker Cindy’s remaining top reads: The Night in Question by Susan Fletcher Dogland by Tommy Tomlinson Crow Talk by Eileen Garvin How to Read a Book by Monica Wood The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean Sipsworth by Simon van Booy When Women Ran Fifth Avenue by Julie Satow The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby by Ellery Lloyd What You Leave Behind by Wanda Morris Under Your Spell by Laura Wood Looking for some great summer reads? Check out my Summer Reading Guide Preview or my complete printable 12-page 2024 Summer Reading Guide with 45 new titles vetted by me that will provide great entertainment this summer. Want to know which new titles are publishing in May - October of 2024? Check out our second Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead.   Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this interview, I chat with Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding about Elizabeth of East Hampton, how they decided to write together, modernizing Jane Austen and the pressure of updating such an iconic author's works, how writing for television is different than writing novels, how they decide which book to tackle and when, and much more. Audrey's recommended reads are: You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria Schwab The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren Emily's recommended reads are: The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren Shit Cassandra Saw by Gwen E. Kirby Looking for some great summer reads? Check out my Summer Reading Guide Preview or my complete printable 12-page 2024 Summer Reading Guide with 45 new titles vetted by me that will provide great entertainment this summer. Want to know which new titles are publishing in May - October of 2024? Check out our second Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead.     Elizabeth of East Hampton can be purchased at my Bookshop storefront.      Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this interview, I chat with Gill Paul about Scandalous Women, how she decided to write about these two women and why she paired them together, what surprised her the most when writing this one, her fascinating research, the changes these authors made in the publishing industry, and much more. Gill's recommended reads are: Songs in Ursa Major by Emma Brodie The Last Light Over Oslo by Alix Rickloff The Women by Kristin Hannah Looking for some great summer reads? Check out my Summer Reading Guide Preview or my complete printable 12-page 2024 Summer Reading Guide with 45 new titles vetted by me that will provide great entertainment this summer. Want to know which new titles are publishing in May - October of 2024? Check out our second Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead.     Scandalous Women can be purchased at my Bookshop storefront.      Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices