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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