Thoughts from a Page Podcast

In this episode, Kelly and I chat about our favorite books that published in July through early October 2024.

The Wedding People by Alison Espach 

We Solve Murders by Richard Osman 

The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman

The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella 

Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne

The Best Lies by David Ellis 

Worst Case Scenario by T.J. Newman 

The Axeman’s Carnival by Catherine Chidgey 

The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston 

Exposure by Ava Dellaira 

The Sing Sing Files by Dan Slepian 

The Small and The Mighty by Sharon McMahon 

May the Wolf Die by Elizabeth Heider

The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood

The Family Experiment by John Marrs

The Faculty Lounge by Jennifer Mathieu

Maria by Michelle Moran

Elizabeth of East Hampton by Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding

The Lightning Bottles by Marissa Stapley

The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi

The Fabled Earth by Kimberly Brock

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

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In this interview, I chat with Elly Griffiths about The Man in Black, how this group of short stories came into being, her favorite story in the collection, what surprised her the most when writing them, how the stories are ordered, her covers in the U.K. and the U.S., her work in translation, and much more.

Elly's recommended reads are:

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

Last: 

The Favorites by Layne Fargo 

A Very Bad Thing by J.T. Ellison

Now:

The Dollhouse Academy by Margarita Montimore 

The Dark Hours by Amy Jordan 

Next:

The Fisherman’s Gift by Julia R. Kelly 

The Quiet Librarian by Allen Eskens 

DNFs or Didn't Like:

The Garden by Nick Newman 

The Family Inside by Katie Garner

Tilt by Emma Pate

Book Mail Highlights:

All The Water in the World by Eiren Caffall

Killer Potential by Hannah Deitch

Last:

Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson

Nesting by Roisin O’Donnell 

Now:

Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray

Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures by Katherine Rundell 

Next:

The Library of Lost Dollhouses by Elise Hooper 

We Will Be Jaguars by Nemonte Nenquimo

DNFs or Didn’t Like:

Eden Undone by Abbott Kahler 

Mask of the Deer Woman by Laurie L. Dove

The Other People by C.B. Everett

We Are Watching by Alison Gaylin

The Note by Alafair Burke

Book Mail Highlights: 

We Rip the World Apart by Charlene Carr 

Murder Among the Pyramids by Sara Rosett 

Literary Lookbook information: Want to know which new titles are publishing in May - October of 2024? Check out our second Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead.  Our third Literary Lookbook will be out at the end of October.

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In this interview, I chat with Sy Montgomery about What the Chicken Knows, her title and cover, why she loves chickens so much, what she wants her readers to take away from this book, how each flock has its own vibe, and much more.

Sy's recommended reads are:

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

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In this interview, I chat with Marissa Stapley about The Lightning Bottles, her musical muses for Jane and Elijah, including a road trip component in her story, how she approached writing about the drug use of the era, determining who tells the story and why she chose who she did, and much more.

Marissa's recommended reads are:

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For today’s episode, I am running a Chapters and Chats conversation with Chris Whitaker about All the Colors of the Dark. Chapters and Chats is run by Kelly of @kellyhook.readsbooks and Ivana of @beachesbooksnbubbles. You can contact either one of them to be added to their list for a particular chat. Check out their Instagram accounts to learn more!

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In this interview, I chat with Kirsty Greenwood about The Love of My Afterlife, how popular the romance genre currently is, romance tropes and including them in her book, her favorite trope, her U.S. and U.K. covers, being selected as the GMA July pick, the screen adaptation, and much more.

Kirsty's recommended reads are:

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In this interview, I chat with Lynda Cohen Loigman about The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern, the familial inspirations for this book, her title and stunning cover, including humor into the narrative, how hard she worked to get her characters' voices right, the research she conducted, The Thursday Authors, and much more.

Lynda's recommended reads are:

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

Last: 

Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall

Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister

Now:

Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley 

The Small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon

Next:

The Family Inside by Katie Garner

One Good Thing by Georgia Hunter

DNFs or Didn't Like:

Isola by Allagra Goodman 

Clever Little Thing by Helena Eschlin

Book Mail Highlights:

The Trouble Up North by Travis Mulhauser 

The Snowbirds by Christina Clancey

Last:

We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

Rental House by Weike Wang

Now:

Eden Undone by Abbott Kahler 

The Oligarch’s Daughter by Joseph Finder

Next:

Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson

Kills Well with Others by Deanna Raybourn 

DNFs or Didn’t Like:

The Way by Cary Groner 

The Mesmerist by Caroline Wood

Book Mail Highlights: 

Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley 

The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World’s Oldest Writing by Joshua Hammer 

Literary Lookbook information: Want to know which new titles are publishing in May - October of 2024? Check out our second Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead.  Our third Literary Lookbook will be out at the end of October.

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Mary Webber O'Malley and Pamela Klinger-Horn join me to recommend their favorites reads of Fall 2024.

Mary's selections:

Pamela's selections:

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