Kelly joins me for December's Real Time Reading episode where we discuss our current, past, and upcoming reads.
Kelly's Selections:
Last:
My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney
Good People by Patmeena Sabit
Now:
How to Get Away With Murder by Rebecca Philipson
Meet the Newmans by Jennifer Niven
Next:
Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser
American Han by Lisa Lee
DNFs:
None
Book Mail highlights:
This Book Makes Me Think of You by Libby Page
The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer
Cindy's Selections:
Last:
Good Guys by Sharon Bala
The Finest Hotel in Kabul by Lyse Doucet
Now:
Wait for Me by Amy Jo Burns
The Gales of November by John U. Bacon
Next:
Nonesuch by Francis Spufford
London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe
Didn’t Work/DNFs:
A Far-Flung Life by M.L. Stedman
Wreck Your Heart by Lori Rader-Day
Book Mail highlights:
Lavonia Chow Mein by Abigail Savitch-Lew
The Best Dog in the World edited by Alice Hoffman
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