Kelly Hooker joins me for the March's Real Time Reading episode where we highlight our current, past and upcoming reads.
Kelly’s Selections:
Last:
Slanting Towards the Sea by Lidija Hilje
King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby
Now:
The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb
This American Woman: A One-in-a Billion Memoir by Zarna Garg
Next:
The Midnight Estate by Kelly Rimmer
The Other Side of Now by Paige Harbison
DNFs or Didn't Like:
Notes on Infinity by Austin Taylor
The Marigold Cottage Murder Collective by Jo Nichols
Book Mail Highlights:
Mean Moms by Emma Rosenblum
Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding by Lian Dolan
Cindy's Selections:
Last:
My Friends by Fredrik Backman
Valley So Low: One Lawyer’s Fight for Justice in the Wake of America’s Great Coal Catastrophe by Jared Sullivan
Now:
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
The Names by Florence Knapp
Next:
The Passengers on the Hankyu Line by Hiro Arikawa
All the Glimmering Stars by Mark Sullivan
DNFs or Didn’t Like:
Aftertaste by Daria Levelle
Sounds Like Love by Ashley Poston
Book Mail Highlights:
A Most Puzzling Murder by Bianca Marais
The Last Assignment by Erika Robuck
Looking for some great winter reads? Check out my printable 17-page 2025 Winter Reading Guide with 45 new titles vetted by me that will provide great entertainment this winter. I also include mystery series recommendations, new releases in a next-in-the-series section and fiction and nonfiction pairings.
Want to know which new titles are publishing in June - October of 2025? Check out our fourth Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead.
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Kelly Hooker
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Kelly is an avid reader, reviewer and bookstagrammer. She works part-time as a speech pathologist in Michigan. She has two toddler boys and firmly believes that nap time is for novels. She is an audiobook enthusiast and loves hosting book club reads and author events. She creates seasonal reading guides to help readers pick up the right book at the right time.
