Kelly Hooker joins me for the September's Real Time Reading episode where we highlight our current, past and upcoming reads.
Kelly’s Selections:
Last:
A Guardian and a Thief by Megan Majumdar
A Good Animal by Sara Mauer
Now:
Indian Country by Shoba Rao
Warning Signs by Tracy Sierra
Next:
The Sunshine Man by Emma Stonex
The Exes by Leodora Darlington
DNFs or Didn't Like:
Adrift by Will Dean
Book Mail Highlights:
The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave
Skylark by Paula McLain
Cindy's Selections:
Last:
Life & Death & Giants by Ron Rindo
The Murder at World’s End by Ross Montgomery
Now:
The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
Next:
The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham
Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn
DNFs or Didn’t Like:
No Rest for the Wicked by Rachel Louise Adams
Book Mail Highlights:
Saoirse by Charleen Hurtubise
Double Shadow by Andrew Luddington
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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.
