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Kelly joins me for November's Real Time Reading episode where we discuss our current, past, and upcoming reads.
Kelly's Selections:
Last:
One & Only by Maureen Goo
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Now:
The Whisper Man by Alex North
You & Me and You & Me and You & Me by Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees
Next:
Kin by Tayari Jones
Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston
DNFs:
None
Book Mail highlights:
Enormous Wings by Laurie Frankel
A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. James
Cindy's Selections:
Last:
A Guardian and a Thief by Megda Majumdar
Grace and Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman
Now:
A Far-Flung Life by M.L. Stedman
Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief by Benjamin Stevenson
Next:
Family Drama by Rebecca Fallon
Bumblebee Season by Eileen Garvin
Didn’t Work/DNFs:
A Dark and Deadly Journey by Julia Kelly
The Picasso Heist by James Patterson and Howard Roughan
Book Mail highlights:
Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi
Like, Follow, Subscribe: Influencer Kids and the Cost of a Childhood Online by Fortesa Latifi
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