Kelly joins me for October's Real Time Reading episode where we discuss our current, past, and upcoming reads.
Kelly's Selections:
Last:
The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
Dominion by Addie E. Citchens
Now:
Wait for Me by Amy Jo Burns
Bone Valley by Gilbert King
Next:
Good People by Patmeena Sabit
Scavengers by Katherine Boland
DNFs:
Warning Signs by Tracy Sierra
Book Mail highlights:
The Astral Library by Kate Quinn
Ruins by Lily Brooks-Dalton
Cindy's Selections:
Last:
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
Strangers by Belle Burden
Now:
Grace and Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman
A Dark and Deadly Journey by Julia Kelly
Next:
The Method by Matthew Quirk
The Sisters of Book Row by Shelley Noble
DNFs:
The Midnight Taxi by Yosha Gunasekera
Book Mail highlights:
Inside Man by John McMahon
One & Only by Maureen Goo
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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.
