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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