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Episodes

Dec. 19, 2024

Kelly Hooker - December's Real Time Reading

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...

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Dec. 11, 2024

Joint Episode with Book Bumble - A Strong Sense of Place

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 S...

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Dec. 10, 2024

Mary Webber O'Malley and Pamela Klinger Horn - First Quarter 2025 Rec…

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 M...

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Dec. 10, 2024

Kelly Hooker - Our Top Reads of 2024

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 bu...

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Dec. 3, 2024

Jayda Justus - Book Recommendations for Holiday Gift Giving

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 Jacquel...

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Nov. 26, 2024

Marybeth Mayhew Whalen - EVERY MOMENT SINCE

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 w...

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Nov. 22, 2024

Kelly Hooker - Our Favorite Books of July - October 2024

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 Augu...

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Nov. 19, 2024

Elly Griffiths - THE MAN IN BLACK

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 ...

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Nov. 18, 2024

Kelly Hooker - November's Real Time Reading

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 Doll...

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Nov. 12, 2024

Sy Montgomery - WHAT THE CHICKEN KNOWS

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 muc...

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Nov. 11, 2024

Marissa Stapley - THE LIGHTNING BOTTLES

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, deter...

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Oct. 30, 2024

Podcast Takeover - Chapters and Chats with Chris Whitaker

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 ca...

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Oct. 22, 2024

Kirsty Greenwood - THE LOVE OF MY AFTERLIFE

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 s...

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Oct. 15, 2024

Lynda Cohen Loigman - THE LOVE ELIXIR OF AUGUSTA STERN

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...

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Oct. 14, 2024

Kelly Hooker - October's Real Time Reading

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 ...

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Oct. 2, 2024

Mary Webber O'Malley and Pamela Klinger Horn - Fall 2024 Recommended …

Mary Webbey 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...

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Oct. 1, 2024

Kimberly Brock - THE FABLED EARTH

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 2...

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Aug. 27, 2024

Kelly Hooker - Our Favorite Books of April - June 2024

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...

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Aug. 26, 2024

Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding - ELIZABETH OF EAST HAMPTON

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 wr...

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Aug. 25, 2024

Gill Paul - SCANDALOUS WOMEN

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, t...

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Aug. 25, 2024

Alison Espach - THE WEDDING PEOPLE

In this interview, I chat with Alison Espach about The Wedding People , her title and cover, the inspiration for this novel, the role a "stranger" plays in a story, the hardest thing about writing the book, and much more. Ali...

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July 24, 2024

Jennifer Mathieu - THE FACULTY LOUNGE

In this interview, I chat with Jennifer Mathieu about The Faculty Lounge , how she began writing this book, writing an adult novel versus a YA book and how the two differ, weaving the characters together, what surprised her t...

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July 18, 2024

Flynn Berry - TRUST HER

In this interview, I chat with Flynn Berry about Trust Her , why she returned to writing about Tessa and Marian, creating such a strong sense of place, focusing on motherhood, her title and cover, her writing process, Norther...

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July 13, 2024

Laura Wood - UNDER YOUR SPELL

In this interview, I chat with Laura Wood about Under Your Spell , writing an adult novel, how she wrote this one, her title and cover, how writing adult novels varies from Young Adult and children's books, her title and cove...

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