Kelly joins me for September's Real Time Reading episode where we discuss our current, past, and upcoming reads.
Kelly's Selections:
Last:
Breathing Under Water by Jacqueline Friedland
Fallow by Sarah Anderson
Now:
Hopeless Romantics by Mhairi McFarlane
Cleared for Takeoff by Captain Nia Gilliam
Next:
Up to the Light by Julia Armfield
Buried Embers by Alex Sigmore
DNFs:
None
Book Mail highlights:
The Starving Bride by Catherine Chidgey
Cash Out by Nick Hornby
Cindy's Selections:
Last:
The Shadow Friends by Tess Gerritsen
We Chase Shadows by Richard Osman
Now:
The Shadows of Kensington Gore by Ross Montgomery
Redwood: The Untold Story of the World’s Most Extraordinary Spy by Ben Macintyre
Next:
The Cursed Diamond by Anna Rasche
Rabbit Rabbit by Jennifer E. Smith
Didn’t Work/DNFs:
The Camino by Anya Niewerra
The Library of Leaving by Emily Dunlay
Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel
Another Name for Red by Amber Blaeser-Wardzala
Book Mail highlights:
What Kind of Mother by Bernadette Murphy
Heart of the Wild by Patti Callahan Henry
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