Episodes

  • Kelly Hooker joins me for the December's Real Time Reading episode where we highlight our current, past and upcoming reads.
    Kelly’s Selections:
    Last: 
    The Dollhouse Academy by Margarita Montimore 
    Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
    Now:
    Deep Cuts by Holly Blakely 
    Bluebird Day by Megan Tady 
    Next:
    Blood and the Badge: The Mafia, Two Killer Cops, and a Scandal That Shocked the Nation by Michael Cannell 
    More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova
    DNFs or Didn't Like:
    The Fisherman’s Gift by Julia R. Kelly 
    Book Mail Highlights:
    The Lotus Shoes by Jane Yang
    Flirting With Disaster by Naina Kumar 

    Cindy's Selections:
    Last:
    The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World by Ben Macintyre 
    Splinter Effect by Andrew Ludington 
    Now:
    Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall 
    Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks 
    Next:
    The Bird Hotel by Joyce Maynard 
    The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman 
    DNFs or Didn’t Like:
    Maya and Natasha by Elyse Durham
    Book Mail Highlights: 
    The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark 
    The Impossible Thing by Belinda Bauer  
     
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  • Today, the Book Bumble podcast and Thoughts from a Page come together for a joint episode about books contain a strong sense of place.
    Featured Books:
    The Lost Man by Jane Harper (CB)
    Homecoming by Kate Morton (CB)
    The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer (LH)
    Celine by Peter Heller (LH)
    The Ancients by John Larison (LP)
    Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy (LP)
    Book In Hand:
    Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton (CB)
    Books Mentioned in This Episode:
    Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
    Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
    Whiskey When We’re Dry by John Larison
    The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
    The Survivors by Jane Harper
    The Lightning Bottles by Marissa Stapley
    The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable
    American Wolf by Nate Blakeslee
    The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis
    Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
    The Last Ranger by Peter Heller
    Birdie and Harlow by Taylor Wolfe
    Additional Books That Go Along with Our Stack:
    The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
    Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
    The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger 
    A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
    Akmaral by Judith Lindbergh
    Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
    Bear by Julia Phillips
    The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
    Jane Harper Books - The Dry, Force of Nature, Exiles
    Kate Morton Books - The Clockmaker’s Daughter, The Forgotten Garden, The House at Riverton
    This Fabled Earth by Kimberly Brock
    The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins

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  • Mary Webber O'Malley and Pamela Klinger-Horn join me to recommend their favorites reads of the first quarter of 2025.
    Pamela's selections:
    January:
    The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis
    All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall
    More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova
    Too Soon by Betty Shamiah
    The Favorites by Layne Fargo
    February:
    A Long Time Gone by Joshua Moehling
    Tilda Is Visible by Jane Tara
    Isola by Allegra Goodman
    March:
    Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
    The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry
    The Jackal's Mistress by Chris Bohjalian
    April:
    A Lesser Light by Peter Geye

    Mary's selections:
    January:
    Let's Call Her Barbie by Renee Rosen
    The Three Lives of Cate Cay by Kate Fagan
    The Lotus Shoes by Jane Yang
    Penitence by Kristin Koval
    February:
    Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks
    A Forty Year Kiss by Nick Butler
    People of Means by Nancy Johnson
    The Snow Birds by Christina Clancy
    The Lamb by Lucy Rose
    March:
    Saving Five by Amanda Nguyen
    The Other March Sisters by Linda Epstein, Ally Malinenko and Liz Parker
    Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley
    Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

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  • In this episode, Kelly Hooker and I discuss our top reads of 2024.
    Our Top Shared Reads:
    First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston 
    We Used to Life Here by Marcus Kliewer

    Kelly’s Remaining Selections:  
    Mercury by Amy Jo Burns
    Everyone but Myself by Julie Chavez
    Drinker of Ink by Shannon Castleton
    Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford
    Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra
    Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Trafficking by Jason De Leon 
    How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley
    Same as it Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
    All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
    God of the Woods by Liz Moore
    The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella
    The Best Lies by David Ellis
    The Axeman’s Carnival by Catherine Chidgey
    The Sing Sing Files by Dan Slepian
    The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston

    Cindy’s Remaining Selections:
    Family Family by Laurie Frankel
    The Queen of Sugar Hill by ReShonda Tate
    Dixon Descending by Karen Outen
    The Women by Kristin Hannah
    Whiskey Tender by Deborah Taffa
    The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
    Crow Talk by Eileen Garvin
    How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
    Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy
    When Women Ran Fifth Avenue by Julie Satow
    The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby by Ellery Lloyd
    The Wedding People by Alison Espach
    The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi
    The Lightning Bottles by Marissa Stapley
    Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love by Marianne Cronin
    Honorable mention: Maria by Michele Moran

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  • Jayda Justus recommends books for gift giving this holiday.
    Her recommendations:
    Favorite Fiction:
    Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp by Michelle Moran 
    What the Mountains Remember by Joy Callaway 
    Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear 
    Evelyne Redfern series by Julia Kelly 
    Shogun by James Clavell
    The Turtle House by Amanda Churchill
    London or New York by Edward Rutherfurd 
    A Woman of Intelligence by Karin Tanabe 
    Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner 
    Presidential or First Lady history buff:
    The Official White House Christmas Ornament: Collected Stories Of A Holiday Tradition by White House Historical Society 
    Remember the First Ladies: The Legacies of America's History-Making Women by Diana B. Carlin, Anita B. McBride, and Nancy Kegan Smith
    Jackie: A Novel by Dawn Tripp 
    The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President by Edward O’Keefe 
    Classics lovers:
    Anne of Green Gables or Pride and Prejudice illustrated by Barbara Heller
    Anne, Little Women, and The Secret Garden by Rachel Dodge
    Christmas with Louisa May Alcott or Christmas with Charles Dickens
    Christmas books:
    Christmas Bells by Jennifer Chiaverini 
    Mr. Dickens and his Carol by Samantha Silva 
    Always, in December by Emily Stone 
    Historical cooking:
    Eat Like a Heroine by Lorilee Craker and Jenny Williams 
    Tasting History by Max Miller 

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  • In this interview, I chat with Marybeth about Every Moment Since, the inspiration for this book, her book dedication, society's current obsession with true crime, changing agents due to writing this book, how she chose who would tell the story, pouring her heart and soul into this one, her title and cover, and much more.
    Marybeth's recommended reads are:


    The Devil at His Elbow by Valerie Bauerlein


    What in the World?! by Leanne Morgan


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  • In this episode, Kelly and I chat about our favorite books that published in July through early October 2024.
    Our shared top reads:
    The Wedding People by Alison Espach 
    We Solve Murders by Richard Osman 
    The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman

    Kelly’s remaining top reads:
    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 

    Cindy’s remaining top reads:
    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

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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:


    One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware


    Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? by Nicci French


    Babel by R. F. Kuang


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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.
    Kelly’s Selections:
    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

    Cindy's Selections:
    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 
     
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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:


    Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death by Susana Monso


    Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton


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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:


    Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout


    How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang


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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:


    Under Your Spell by Laura Wood


    How to End a Love Story by Yulia Huang


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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:


    The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo


    The Wedding People by Alison Espach



    Four Squares by Bobby Finger


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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.
    Kelly’s Selections:
    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
     
    Cindy's Selections:
    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 
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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:


    Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors


    Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte


    Eden Undone by Abbott Kahler


    The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Loigman


    Remember You Will Die by Eden Robbins


    American Rapture by CJ Leede


    Libby Lost and Found by Stephanie Booth


    Hate Follow by Erin Quinn-Kong


    Life's Short, Talk Fastbby Ann Hood 


    The Serviceberry by Robin Kimmermer


    The Hidden Life of Trees Illustrated by Peter Wohlleben


    What The Chicken Knows by Sy Montgomery


    Pamela's selections:


    Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty


    The Mesmerist by Caroline Woods


    Best Copy Available by Jay Baron Nicorvino


    The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel


    Where the Forest Meets The River by Shannon Bowring


    A Woman Among Wolves by Diane K. Boyd


    The Story of a Heart by Dr. Rachel Clarke


    Blood Test by Charles Baxter


    The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz


    The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins


    A Rosie Life in Italy by Rosie Meleady


    Pony Confidential by Christine Lynch


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  • In this interview, I chat with Kimberly Brock about The Fabled Earth, how she decided to write about Cumberland Island and how she created her characters, building a strong sense of place, looking back on history through a 2024 lens, what makes us human, her cover and title, and much more.
    Kimberly's recommended reads are:


    Circe by Madeline Miller


    Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver


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  • In this episode, Kelly and I chat about our favorite books that published in April through June 2024.
    Our shared top reads:


    How To Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley


    Long Time Gone by Charlie Donlea 


    Kelly’s remaining top reads:


    The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza


    Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez 


    Long After We Are Gone by Terah Shelton Harris 


    I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue 


    Assassins Anonymous by Rob Hart 


    Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe 


    We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kleiwer 


    Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo


    Pearce Oysters by Jocelyn Tacacks


    All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker


    Cindy’s remaining top reads:


    The Night in Question by Susan Fletcher


    Dogland by Tommy Tomlinson


    Crow Talk by Eileen Garvin


    How to Read a Book by Monica Wood


    The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean


    Sipsworth by Simon van Booy


    When Women Ran Fifth Avenue by Julie Satow


    The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby by Ellery Lloyd


    What You Leave Behind by Wanda Morris


    Under Your Spell by Laura Wood


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  • In this interview, I chat with Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding about Elizabeth of East Hampton, how they decided to write together, modernizing Jane Austen and the pressure of updating such an iconic author's works, how writing for television is different than writing novels, how they decide which book to tackle and when, and much more.
    Audrey's recommended reads are:


    You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle


    The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria Schwab


    The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren


    Emily's recommended reads are:


    The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

    Shit Cassandra Saw by Gwen E. Kirby


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  • In this interview, I chat with Gill Paul about Scandalous Women, how she decided to write about these two women and why she paired them together, what surprised her the most when writing this one, her fascinating research, the changes these authors made in the publishing industry, and much more.
    Gill's recommended reads are:


    Songs in Ursa Major by Emma Brodie



    The Last Light Over Oslo by Alix Rickloff


    The Women by Kristin Hannah


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