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.     

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