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