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Thoughts from a Page is hosted by me, Cindy Burnett, a voracious reader and book columnist who provides you with casual author conversations and insider information on all of the newest releases that I have read and personally recommend. With so many books coming out weekly, it can be hard to decide what to read so I find the best ones and share them with you.  Listen to find your next great book.
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06/01/2024

Podcast Takeover - Book Bumble

For today’s episode, I am running an episode of one of my favorite podcasts, Book Bumble. This is their Episode 7 of Season 2 and focuses on the theme of surprises. Here are their original Show Notes: "Today, our stack of books is tied together with a common theme of surprises! There are many different ways to be surprised while reading a great book. We will also share our Books in Hand. So settle in and enjoy a few surprises we are sending your way! Featured Books: North Woods by Daniel Mason (LP) The Last Lifeboat by Hazel Gaynor (LP) The Broken Girls by Simone St. James (LH) Books In Hand: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (LH) Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow (LP) Other Books Mentioned In This Episode: When We Were Young and Brave by Hazel Gaynor The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James Court of Thorns and Roses Series by Sarah J. Maas Crescent City Series by Sarah J. Maas Ways to contact us: Follow us on Instagram @thebookbumble, Facebook @BookBumble, website:  https://thebookbumble.buzzsprout.com, and email:  @[email protected]" Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2024? Check out the new Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead. Join my Patreon group to support the podcast.  Other ways to support the podcast can be found here.     Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1h 1m
04/01/2024

Special Episode with Victoria Wood and Amy Allen Clark

In lieu of my January Behind the Scenes episode, today I am running a joint episode with Victoria Wood, founder of Bibliolifestyle and The Reader’s Couch, and Amy Allen Clark, founder of MomAdvice.com and the Book Gang podcast. We are excited to be launching this collaboration for 2024. Books mentioned in this episode: Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene Trixie Belden The Secret of the Mansion by Julie Campbell The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Six Months to Live by Lurlene McDaniel Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Enid Blyton Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Turn of the Screw by Henry James A Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure Shark Heart by Emily Habeck The Girls We Sent Away by Meagan Church The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters The Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos Homecoming by Kate Morton I Could Live Here Forever by Hannah Halperin The Last Word by Taylor Adams The Three of Us by Ore Agbaje-Williams Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf The Dissonance by Shaun Hamill A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall The Great Divide by Cristina Henriquez The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez Real Americans by Rachel Khong Goodbye Vitamin by Rachel Khong Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange There There by Tommy Orange The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones The Husbands by Holly Gramazio Northwoods by Amy Pease The Turtle House by Amanda Churchill Amy can be found at Momadvice.com, the Book Gang Podcast, and on Instagram. Victoria can be found at Bibliolifestyle, The Reader’s Couch, and on Instagram. Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2024? Check out the new Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead. Join my Patreon group to support the podcast.  Other ways to support the podcast can be found here.     Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
57m
19/12/2023

Kelly Hooker - Our Favorite Books of 2023

In this episode, Kelly Hooker and I discuss our favorite books of 2023. Kelly’s Selections:   Favorite Book of the Year: Go As a River by Shelley Read Best Book To Recommend to Anyone: The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise by Colleen Oakley Most Unique Premise: Shark Heart by Emily Habeck Most Likely to Feel like a Conversation with a Friend: It Was an Ugly Couch Anyway by Elizabeth Passarella Most Tense: The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon Best Time Travel Story: The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young Best Book Club Discussion: One Summer In Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris The Best Love Story of the Year and My Life: The Last Love Note by Emma Grey Most Unique Story Structure: A Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter Most Likely to Keep You Up Past Bedtime: Drowning by T.J. Newman Most Mysterious Storyline: Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent Most Darkly Lyrical: On the Savage Side by Tiffany McDaniel Best Coming of Age Story: The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger Most Likely to Make You Laugh: Late Bloomers by Deepa Varadarajan Most Unforgettable Character: How to Be Remembered by Michael Thompson   Cindy’s Selections: Most Unsettling  - Better the Blood by Michael Bennett Historical Fiction Standout - Go As a River by Shelley Read  Best Book to Get Lost In - Time’s Undoing by Cheryl A. Head  Most Likely to Make You Laugh - Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q Sutanto  Best Book Club Discussion - Hello Beautiful by Ann Naplitano Most Likely to Re-read - The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley  Best Strong Sense of Place - Homecoming by Kate Morton  Most Likely To Recommend to a Friend - Drowning by T.J. Newman  Most Perfectly Plotted - The Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos  Best Family Saga - The Connellys of County Down by Tracey Lange Best Glimpse into a Particular Time Period - The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger  Most Unique Format - Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter  Best Recommendation from a Friend - The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters  Most Unforgettable Character - The Madstone by Elizabeth Crook  Best Based On a True Story/Best Book I Didn’t Know I Needed - The General and Julia by Jon Clinch    Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2024? Check out the new Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead. Kelly and I chat regularly together for my Patreon group, and we just released an episode about more great reads of 2023 (and a few we didn't like). Join my Patreon group to support the podcast.  Other ways to support the podcast can be found here.     Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1h 17m
15/12/2023

Mary Webber O'Malley and Pamela Klinger-Horn - Winter 2024 Recommended Reads

Mary and Pamela join me to discuss their recommended reads for Winter 2024. Mary’s Selections: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar You Only Call When You're In Trouble by Stephen McCauley Mercury by Amy Jo Burns Family Family by Laurie Frankel The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett Splinters by Leslie Jamison Bunyan and Henry by Mark Cecil Say Hello To My Little Friend by Jennine Capo Crucet A Short Walk Through a Wide World by Douglas Westerbeke Pamela’s Selections: The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan  True North by Andrew Graff The Still Point by Tammy Greenwood Where Rivers Part by Kao Kalia Yang The Husbands by Holly Gramazio The Flower Sisters by Michelle Collins Anderson Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth  Days of Wonder by Caroline Leavitt Clear by Carys Davies Pamela's Shoutouts: The Young of Other Animals by Chris Cander, The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr, I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger Support the podcast by joining my Patreon.  Other ways to support the podcast can be found here.     Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2024? Check out the new Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead. Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Twitter.  Mary's social media handles: Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Twitter. Pamela's social media handles: Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1h 4m
08/12/2023

Listener Favorites of 2023

In this episode, Thoughts from a Page listeners share their favorite reads of 2023: Kristen Smith - The wishing Game by Meg Shaffer Karen McNamara - The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring Jayda Justus - After Anne: A Novel of Lucy Maud Montgomery's Life by Logan Steiner Cynthia - Shark Heart Mary O'Malley - The Book of More Delights by Ross Gay Sidra Jeffries - The House Is on Fire by Rachel Beanland Karen Naughton - Happiness Fall by Angie Kim Lynette Burnett- Varina Palladino's Jersey Italian Love Story by Terri-Lynne DeFino Michelle Beckwith - Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano Katie - Hold My Girl by Charlene Carr Dee Driscole - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Ivana - The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Janel - The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson Brenda Rogers - Generations by Jean M. Twenge and The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki Amy Doolittle - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Meghen Kear - Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent Nika McKinney - The Sanctuary by Katrine Engberg Melanie Powers - The Heat Will Kill You First by Jeff Goodell Deanna Salazar - The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin Pam Lamp - The Second Life of Mirielle West by Amanda Skenandore Leslie Hopping - Weyward by Emilia Hart Laura Pleasants - Chenneville by Paulette Jiles Robin Beard - The Last Love Note by Emma GreyRue Spence - The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley Heather Green - Dear Mrs. Bird by AJ Pearce Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2024? Check out the new Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead. Join my Patreon group to support the podcast.  Other ways to support the podcast can be found here.     Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
37m
03/11/2023

Kelly Hooker - Our Favorite Books of July - September 2023

In this episode, Kelly and I chat about our favorite books that published in July through September 2023. Our shared top reads: The River We Remember by William Kent Kreuger  The Six by Loren Grush  Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter Kelly’s remaining top reads: One Summer In Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris  Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent  An Honest Man by Michael Koryta  The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin  Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney  Shark Heart by Emily Habeck  The Other Year by Rea Frey  Happiness Falls by Angie Kim  Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll  Cindy’s remaining top reads: The Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos  The Last Ranger by Peter Heller  The Bookbinder by Pip Williams  The Connellys of County Down by Tracey Lange  The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins Disneyland on the Mountain by Greg Glasgow and Kathryn Mayer The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman  Starter Villain by John Scalzi  The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters  Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2024? Check out the new Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead. Join my Patreon group to support the podcast.  Other ways to support the podcast can be found here.     Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1h 13m