Mary Webber O'Malley and Pamela Klinger-Horn - Fourth Quarter 2025 Recommended Reads
Mary Webber O'Malley and Pamela Klinger-Horn join me to recommend their favorites reads of the third quarter of 2025.
Mary’s Titles:
October
The Bog Queen by Anna North
Heart the Lover by Lily King
A Guardian and A Thief by Megha Mujumdar
November
The Mad Wife by Meagan Church
Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn
The Dinner Party by Viola Van de Sandt
Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino
Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q. Sutanto
What Sheep Think About the Weather by Amelia Thomas
December
Canticle by Janet Rich Edwards
Pamela’s Titles:
October
The Missing Pages by Alyson RichmanIn a Distant Valley by Shannon BowringLet Me Go Mad in My Own Way by Elaine FeeneyNovemberWhere He Left Her by Nicole BaartThe Bird Watcher by Jacquelyn MitchardThe Bridesmaid by Cate QuinnDecemberThe Time Hop Coffee Shop by Phaedra PatrickEver Day I Read by Hwang Bo-Reum
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Scott Carson - DEPARTURE 37
In this interview, I chat with Scott Carson about Departure 37, categorizing this book, his pseudonym and how it came about, how the rhetoric around AI parallels that of the nuclear arms race, tying his timelines together, our relationship with technology, his research, and much more.
Scott's recommended reads are:
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb by Garrett M. Graff
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Kelly Hooker - September's Real Time Reading
Kelly Hooker joins me for the September's Real Time Reading episode where we highlight our current, past and upcoming reads.
Kelly’s Selections:
Last:
A Guardian and a Thief by Megan Majumdar
A Good Animal by Sara Mauer
Now:
Indian Country by Shoba Rao
Warning Signs by Tracy Sierra
Next:
The Sunshine Man by Emma Stonex
The Exes by Leodora Darlington
DNFs or Didn't Like:
Adrift by Will Dean
Book Mail Highlights:
The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave
Skylark by Paula McLain
Cindy's Selections:
Last:
Life & Death & Giants by Ron Rindo
The Murder at World’s End by Ross Montgomery
Now:
The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
Next:
The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham
Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn
DNFs or Didn’t Like:
No Rest for the Wicked by Rachel Louise Adams
Book Mail Highlights:
Saoirse by Charleen Hurtubise
Double Shadow by Andrew Luddington
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Janice Hallett - THE KILLER QUESTION
In this interview, I chat with Janice Hallett about The Killer Question, trivia quizzing, her writing process and how she approaches it, infusing humor into the story, the many discussions around the cover art, her love of travel, and much more.
Janice's recommended reads are:
The Vanishing Place by Zoe Rankin
A Bad, Bad Place by Frances Crawford
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Catherine Chidgey - THE BOOK OF GUILT
In this interview, I chat with Catherine Chidgey about The Book of Guilt, how she came up with the ideas for this one, choosing who would tell the story, the hardest part of writing the book, her multiple covers, creating an alternative world, and much more.
Catherine's recommended reads are:
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
Haven by Emma Donoghue
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