In this episode, I share a reading update, a quick TV check-in, and an overview of the first project I’m pre-working for 2026.

Book Report
I’m currently 7 books into my 150-book reading goal for the year. Most of my reading this week was in audio.

Books discussed:

• Champagne Taste on a Bad Boy Budget by Zuri Day
• Behind These Four Walls by Yasmin Angoe
• The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust by Diana B. Henriques
• The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy
• Groove by Bernice McFadden (writing as Geneva Holliday)
• Kin by Tayari Jones

I also mention the upcoming literary event featuring Tayari Jones in conversation with Pearl Cleage.

TV Watchlist

• The Pitt (Season 2)
• Will Trent
• Currently stacking episodes of Elsbeth, Matlock, Reasonable Doubt, and Landman

Writing Update
I begin pre-work on my next novel, a medical romance centered on the consequences of a critical operating room incident and how systems, responsibility, and personal relationships collide.

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 booksbydlwhite.com/bookcast135

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