Kelly Hooker joins me for the April's Real Time Reading episode where we highlight our current, past and upcoming reads.

Kelly’s Selections:

Last: 

Slanting Towards the Sea by Lidija Hilje

King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby 

Now:

The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb

This American Woman: A One-in-a Billion Memoir by Zarna Garg

Next:

The Midnight Estate by Kelly Rimmer

The Other Side of Now by Paige Harbison 

DNFs or Didn't Like:

Notes on Infinity by Austin Taylor

The Marigold Cottage Murder Collective by Jo Nichols

Book Mail Highlights:

Mean Moms by Emma Rosenblum 

Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding by Lian Dolan

Cindy's Selections:

Last:

My Friends by Fredrik Backman

Valley So Low: One Lawyer’s Fight for Justice in the Wake of America’s Great Coal Catastrophe by Jared Sullivan

Now:

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green

The Names by Florence Knapp

Next:

The Passengers on the Hankyu Line by Hiro Arikawa

All the Glimmering Stars by Mark Sullivan 

DNFs or Didn’t Like:

Aftertaste by Daria Levelle 

Sounds Like Love by Ashley Poston 

Book Mail Highlights: 

A Most Puzzling Murder by Bianca Marais 

The Last Assignment by Erika Robuck  

Looking for some great winter reads? Check out my printable 17-page ⁠⁠2025 Winter Reading Guide⁠⁠ with 45 new titles vetted by me that will provide great entertainment this winter. I also include mystery series recommendations, new releases in a next-in-the-series section and fiction and nonfiction pairings.

Want to know which new titles are publishing in June - October of 2025? Check out our fourth ⁠⁠Literary Lookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead.    

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