Kelly Hooker - April's Real Time Reading

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.     Looking for something new to read? Here is my monthly ⁠Buzz Reads⁠ column with five new recommendations each month.  Join my ⁠Patreon⁠ group to support the podcast.  Other ways to support the podcast can be found ⁠here⁠.     Connect with Kelly Hooker on ⁠Instagram⁠. Connect with me on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠, ⁠YouTube⁠, and ⁠Threads⁠.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices