Kelly joins me for December's Real Time Reading episode where we discuss our current, past, and upcoming reads.

Kelly's Selections:

Last: 

My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney

Good People by Patmeena Sabit

Now:

How to Get Away With Murder by Rebecca Philipson

Meet the Newmans by Jennifer Niven

Next:

Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser

American Han by Lisa Lee

DNFs:

None

Book Mail highlights:

This Book Makes Me Think of You by Libby Page

The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer

Cindy's Selections:

Last: 

Good Guys by Sharon Bala

The Finest Hotel in Kabul by Lyse Doucet

Now:

Wait for Me by Amy Jo Burns

The Gales of November by John U. Bacon

Next:

Nonesuch by Francis Spufford

London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe

Didn’t Work/DNFs:

A Far-Flung Life by M.L. Stedman 

Wreck Your Heart by Lori Rader-Day

Book Mail highlights:

Lavonia Chow Mein by Abigail Savitch-Lew

The Best Dog in the World edited by Alice Hoffman

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