The 2 Best Thoughts from a Page Podcast Episodes
1) Marie Benedict - THE MYSTERY OF MRS. CHRISTIE
Marie discusses her latest novel The Mystery of Mrs. Christie, writing about the venerated Agatha Christie, telling the stories of women that history forgot, the event that changed the trajectory of A...Show More
2) Kate Quinn - THE ROSE CODE
Kate and I discuss her latest book The Rose Code, writing about the unsung women code breakers at Bletchley Park who helped shorten the war by at least two years, the amount of secrecy required of tho...Show More
3) Kelly Hooker - August's Real Time Reading
Kelly Hooker joins me for the August's Real Time Reading episode where we highlight our current, past and upcoming reads. Kelly’s Selections:Last: The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey 59 Minute...Show More
4) Julie Clark - THE GHOSTWRITER
In this interview, I chat with Julie Clark about The Ghostwriter, why she chose the 1970s setting, the sprayed edges on her book, why memory is at the heart of the story, how she handles the informati...Show More
5) Ally Carter - THE BLONDE WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
In this interview, I chat with Ally Carter about The Blonde Who Came in From the Cold, how this is a companion novel versus a sequel, why light mysteries are having a moment, watching spy movies ...Show More
6) Martha Barnette - FRIENDS WITH WORDS
In this interview, I chat with Martha Barnette about Friends with Words, her interest in words and word origins, hosting A Way With Words, what a call-out show is and how it works, her favorite questi...Show More
7) Kelly Hooker - July's Real Time Reading
Kelly Hooker joins me for July's Real Time Reading episode where we highlight our current, past and upcoming reads. Kelly’s Selections: Last: The Killer Question by Janice Hallett Heart the Lover...Show More
8) Kelly Hooker - Our Favorites Reads from April through June 2025
In this episode, Kelly and I chat about our favorite books that published in April through June 2025. Our shared top reads: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans This American Woman by Zarna ...Show More
9) Mary Webber O'Malley and Pamela Klinger-Horn - Third 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. Pamela's Selections: July A Marriage at Sea by Sophie ElmhirstTypewriter Beach ...Show More
10) Nathalia Holt - THE BEAST IN THE CLOUDS
In this interview, I chat with Nathalia Holt about The Beast in the Clouds, how the panda bear was the last large mammal unknown to science, the Roosevelt brothers' unlikely but successful excursio...Show More