Kelly joins me for August's Real Time Reading episode where we discuss our current, past, and upcoming reads.
Kelly's Selections:
Last:
Hollow Bones by Jodi Piccoult
The Amateur by Chris Bohjalian
Now:
Minbak by Ela Lee
Breathing Under Water by Jaqueline Friedland
Next:
Fallow by Sarah Anderson
The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw
DNFs:
Land by Maggie O’Farrell (again)
It’s Not What You Think by Clare Mackintosh
The Things You’ll Never Know by Ashley Audrain
Book Mail highlights:
Serious Music by Percival Everett
Behind Every Face by Charlie Donlea
Cindy's Selections:
Special shoutouts:
Some People by Parini Shroff
Two Lives by Alexis Schaitkin
Bad Words by Riognach Robinson
Last:
Proof of Progress by Elizabeth Castellano
Miss Archer by Jordan Harrison
Now:
Briefly, Forever by Sarah Gray
The Camino by Anya Niewierra
Next:
Fallow by Sarah Anderson
The Minute Givers by Christine Smonk
Didn’t Work/DNFs:
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
Sunrise by Tea Obreht
Little Wonder by Sophie Chen Keller
The Traveling House by Kristin Cashore
Book Mail highlights:
Just in Time by Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegemund-Broka
Revenge Plot by Stephanie Wrobel
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