# Kelly Hooker - January's Real Time Reading

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Published: 2026-01-28T14:02:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.thoughtsfromapage.com/564
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## Resource

Kelly joins me for January's Real Time Reading episode where we discuss our current, past, and upcoming reads. Kelly's Selections: Last: Upward Bound by Woody Brown That’s Not How it Happened by Craig Thomas Now: Love by the Book by Jessica George Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke Next: Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke DNFs: The Survivor by Andrew Reid Book Mail highlights: The One Day You Were My Husband by Rosie Walsh A Fortune of Sand by Ruta Sepetys Cindy's Selections: Last: Whistler by Ann Patchett Before I Forget by Tory Henwood Hoen Now: The Paris Match by Kate Clayborn The Shock of the Light by Lori Inglis Hall Next: Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan Liberty Island by Virginia Hume Didn’t Work/DNFs: One & Only by Maureen Goo The Bookbinder’s Secret by A.D. Bell Book Mail highlights: The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff Kutchinsky’s Egg by Serena Kutchinsky 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 or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on Venmo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2…

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