Episode 19 - I Can’t Put it Down with Kathy Donofrio

On this episode, Kathy Donofrio, an artist from the Chicagoland area, discusses how she came to enjoy reading later in life. She provides some amazing, fun book recommendations, including an impressive laundry list of favorite authors. Also, I finally get to hear the Pope Book story that my mom has been telling me about!

 

Books mentioned in this episode: 

 

What Betsy’s reading: 

God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer by Joseph Earl Thomas

A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear by Mathhew Hongolz-Hetling

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennet 

 

Books Highlighted by Kathy: 

Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. Ross 

Step on a Crack (Michael Bennet) by James Patterson 

Relic (Pendergast Series) by Preston & Child

Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson

The Women by Kristin Hannah

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 

The Serpent and the Pearl by Kate Quinn

Louisiana Longshot (Fortune Series) by Jana DeLeon

 

All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.  

Kathy’s List of Favorite Authors: 

Louise Penny

Ann B. Ross 

Annie Hansen 

C.J. Harris

Caleb Carr 

Catherine Coulter 

Craig Johnson

Daniel Silva 

David Baldacci 

David Ellis 

Donna Leon

Harlan Coben

J.D. Robb

James Patterson 

Janet Evanovich 

Jeffrey Archer 

Kate Quinn 

Lee Childs 

Michael Connelly 

Preston & Child

Mitch Albom 

Robert Dugoni 

John Grisham