# Kelly Hooker - February's Real Time Reading

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Published: 2026-02-26T17:02:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.thoughtsfromapage.com/570
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## Resource

Kelly joins me for February's Real Time Reading episode where we discuss our current, past, and upcoming reads. Kelly's Selections: Last: Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth So, I Met This Guy by Alexandra Potter Now: Good Joy, Bad Joy by Mikki Bramer The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff Next: Liberty Street by Heather Marshall Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim Didn't Work/DNFs: Love by the Book by Jessica George Book Mail highlights: Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurts by Ben Reeves 138 Main by Gavin Bell Cindy's Selections: Last: The Great Wherever by Shannon Sanders The Seekers of Deer Creek by Thao Thai Now: The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion, Volume 3 by Beth Brower The Half Life by Rachel Beanland Next: Hard Times by Jeff Boyd The Feather Wars: And the Great Crusade to Save America’s Birds by James H. McCommons Didn’t Work/DNFs: Missing by EA Jackson The Pie and Mash Detective Agency by JD Brinkworth Super Nintendo by Keza MacDonald Book Mail highlights: Single Girls by John Searles The Supper Club Saints by Claire Swinarksi Looking for some great winter reads? Check out my printable 17-page Winter Reading Guide ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for a tip of your choice or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠for a set price here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ via credit card with over 40 new titles vetted by me that will provide great entertainment this winter and spring - a number of books you will not see on other guides. I also include mystery series recommendations, backlist picks, and fiction and nonfiction pairings. Connect with Kelly Hooker on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Sign up for my literary salon ⁠here⁠. Purchase Kelly and my Shelf Ceremony ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. We discuss tons more great read from 2025. Thanks so much to those of you who have donated to the show. Donate to the podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

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