Montique “Mo” Cotton Kelly says she never tires of the joy that “cracking open a new book, smelling it, and turning the pages” brings her. Her job as VP of Alumni Relations and Communications requires a lot of travel, which she translates as “quality reading time.” The mom of two typically is reading two or three books at once and is on pace to read 50 books this year. Yes, she’s counting.

Read what she says about the book she just finished, the one she’s currently reading, and her pick among the many she has on deck at magazine.uconn.edu.