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Zooming In: Bob and Shawn on the pressure to ‘keep up’ as readers and bookish content creators @shawnbreathesbooks
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Zooming In: Bob and Shawn on the pressure to ‘keep up’ as readers and bookish content creators
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-07-11 | Zooming In: Bob and Shawn on the pressure to ‘keep up’ as readers and bookish content creators On Letting Go of the Idea of “Keeping Up” by Molly Templeton: reactormag.com/on-letting-go-of-the-idea-of-keeping-up Zooming In is a series on my channel featuring chats with bookish social media luminaries, writers, and readers. Each short episode features a conversation about a book-related article, podcast episode, etc. The playlist of all Zooming In episodes is here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQfTh913NXVUFqKCzGlTh8Ez. Bob’s BookTube channel, Bob the Bookerer: youtube.com/channel/UCo9wDCo3u3J5Sky9skhVkXA Follow Bob on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/94796885 @wordbib on Twitter @bobopolis on Instagram Books mentioned: The Promise by Damon Galgutgoodreads.com/book/show/54633172-the-promise (My Zoom chat with Bob the Bookerer: youtu.be/mkj9ZAgnRD0 ) The Way the Day Breaks by David Robertsgoodreads.com/book/show/81306265-the-way-the-day-breaks?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=YKANQvbwUA&rank=1 Playground by Richard Powersgoodreads.com/book/show/205478762-playground Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=7582676 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Bite-sized Book Chats: The 74th Episode
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-10-18 | Bite-sized Book Chats: The 74th Episode Should you wish, support me on my new Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com A playlist of all episodes in the Bite-sized Book Chat series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQdBH5V0Zb9q-2ujl4PY8nhf Chat #1: with Robin from Delaware Follow Robin: -on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/4446974-robin-robertson -on Facebook: facebook.com/Itsallaboutprint -on Instagram: @mcrobus The East Indian by Brinda Charrygoodreads.com/book/show/62919367-the-east-indian?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=lrx8GZsKLW&rank=1 Chat #2: with Rowan in Tasmania Follow Rowan on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/35794399 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/rowmac Depth of Field by Kirsty Iltnersgoodreads.com/book/show/208002519-depth-of-field?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_8 Order this directly from the Australian publisher (in print or ebook format): https://uwap.uwa.edu.au/products/depth-of-field?_pos=3&_sid=6b4d516b3&_ss=r Chat #3: with Bek from near Portland, Oregon Bek’s BookTube channel, MoonyReadsByStarlight: youtube.com/@moonyreadsbystarlight Follow Bek on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-bek-moonyreadsbystarlight @readsbystarlight on Instagram Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English by Valerie Fridlandgoodreads.com/book/show/61685974-like-literally-dude?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=myea21sGxm&rank=1 Valerie FridlandRead Nancy’s full review: theliteratequilter.wordpress.com/2023/09/10/chenneville-by-paulette-jiles Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark by Cecelia Watsongoodreads.com/book/show/42611087-semicolon?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=V35M4IbQon&rank=2 Chat #4: with Nora from Dublin Follow Nora: -on Instagram: @pear.jelly -on Twitter: @pearjelly_ Our Zooming In chat about rearranging books: youtu.be/GXKD4ULbGjM?si=8BOkX9fUPVDQsqdf When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerrgoodreads.com/book/show/54283 Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, عدنية شبلي, Elisabeth Jaquette (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/52045757-minor-detail?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=YMPMLWWzPD&rank=2 Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerergoodreads.com/book/show/17465709-braiding-sweetgrass?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_8 *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Shawn’s reading project in homage to Mikiko 👸👸
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-10-16 | Shawn’s reading project in homage to Mikiko 👸👸 Check out the reverse project from last year: Mikiko’s reading project: thetravellingeditor.blogspot.com/2023/01/reading-some-of-shawns-5-star-books.html The video, Part 1: youtu.be/61uy-RQTgvo?si=o7XPwmUt_QX-YkGD Part 2: youtube.com/watch?v=qNC0kAqAPj0 Follow Mikiko on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/83358101-miki Mikiko’s blog: thetravellingeditor.blogspot.com Books In a Grove by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Michael Brase (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/8132998-in-a-grove Falling Animals by Sheila Armstronggoodreads.com/book/show/153353965-falling-animals?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_25 Though the Bodies Fall by Noel O'Regangoodreads.com/book/show/123277323-though-the-bodies-fall?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18 Tauhou by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttallgoodreads.com/book/show/63213007-tauhou?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_6 Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmidgoodreads.com/book/show/43328763-highway-of-tears?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_21 Brat: An '80s Story by Andrew McCarthygoodreads.com/book/show/55277901-brat?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_7 Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=7582676 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak I’m @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter. I’m shawnthebookmaniac on Instagram. My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-10-14 | Book Haul The Red Detachment of Women by Jiang Yun Mingyuan Hu & Annelise Finegan (Translators)goodreads.com/book/show/202159543-the-red-detachment-of-women?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_20 Hermits United webpage: hermits-united.com Odd Girl Out by Elizabeth Jane Howardgoodreads.com/book/show/26831019-odd-girl-out Landbridge: life in fragments by Y-Dang Troeunggoodreads.com/book/show/123856312-landbridge?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_7 The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilsongoodreads.com/book/show/52639051-the-seed-keeper?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17 Cool Water by Dianne Warrengoodreads.com/book/show/7811046-cool-water?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18 The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghuegoodreads.com/book/show/63094957-the-rachel-incident?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=NB7YaX0N0c&rank=1 Other books mentioned: Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thiengoodreads.com/book/show/31549906-do-not-say-we-have-nothing?ac=1&from_search=true Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=7582676 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Friday Reads: An embarrassment of superlatives
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-10-12 | Friday Reads: An embarrassment of superlatives *The week in review on my channel:* Sharon and Shawn Talk Booksyoutu.be/fH19_Q7CoZ0 Zooming In: Literary fiction - dead or alive? – Ros & Shawn weigh inyoutu.be/-L4swRgd22I?si=3co1KnjilVs74l7u Lindy schools Shawn on the finalists of the 2024 Governor General’s Literary Awardsyoutu.be/mdXA3nHNepQ Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links): 00:00 Introduction 00:20 A queer poetic biblioadventure 04:48 Mystery guest 31:02 Weekly highlights 34:15 The Inheritance by Cauvery Madhavan 36:12 Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hession 38:00 Held by Anne Michaels 40:33 Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller Books mentioned: I Hate Parties: Poems by Jes Battisgoodreads.com/book/show/211316471-i-hate-parties?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14 I Feel That Way Too by Jaz Papadopoulosgoodreads.com/book/show/211316461-i-feel-that-way-too?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17 She's a Lamb! by Meredith Hambrockgoodreads.com/book/show/216698520-she-s-a-lamb?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=cGXxVouZmf&rank=2 We've Had a Hundred Years of Psychotherapy & the World's Getting Worse by James Hillman & Michael Venturagoodreads.com/book/show/203306.We_ve_Had_a_Hundred_Years_of_Psychotherapy_the_World_s_Getting_Worse?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13 Real Life by Brandon Taylorgoodreads.com/book/show/46263943-real-life?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_24 The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem Sinan Antoon (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/42921509-the-book-of-disappearance?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_21 The Inheritance by Cauvery Madhavangoodreads.com/book/show/209307675-the-inheritance?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=QGShHKcPhs&rank=1 Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hessiongoodreads.com/book/show/200331592-ghost-mountain Held by Anne Michaelsgoodreads.com/book/show/200241802-held?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=aBGcNDkCMd&rank=1 Unsettled Ground by Claire Fullergoodreads.com/book/show/53341634-unsettled-ground Swimming Lessons by Claire Fullergoodreads.com/book/show/30304221-swimming-lessons Mystery guest: Noreen Masud Noreen’s website: https noreenmasud.com Follow Noreen: -on Twitter: @NoreenMasud -on Instagram: @noreen_masud A Flat Place: Moving Through Empty Landscapes, Naming Complex Trauma by Noreen Masudgoodreads.com/book/show/119028182-a-flat-place?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12 Stevie Smith and the Aphorism: Hard Language by Noreen Masudgoodreads.com/book/show/62871110-stevie-smith-and-the-aphorism *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Lindy schools Shawn on the finalists of the 2024 Governor General’s Literary Awards
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-10-11 | Lindy schools Shawn on the finalists of the 2024 Governor General’s Literary Awards #GGBooks2024ggbooks.ca Lindy’s channel, Lindy’s Magpie Reads: youtube.com/@lindysmagpiereads @nightcoyotes on Instagram Governor General Literary Awards website: ggbooks.ca Books discussed: GG Fiction finalists: The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of North America, Volume 1 by Kent Monkman and Gisele Gordon, published by McClelland and Stewart Empty Spaces by Jordan Abel, published by McClelland and Stewart Naniki by Oonya Kempadoo, published by Dundurn Press Code Noir by Canisia Lubrin, published by Knopf Canada Her Body Among Animals: Stories by Paola Ferrante, published by Book*hug —————- GG Nonfiction finalists: Becoming a Matriarch by Helen Knott, published by Vintage Canada Crooked Teeth by Danny Ramadan, published by Viking Winipek by Niigaan Sinclair, published by McClelland and Stewart The Walls Have Eyes by Petra Molnar, published by The New Press The Age of Insecurity by Astra Taylor, published by House of Anansi ——————— GG Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books finalists: Skating Wild on an Inland Sea by Jean Pendziwol and Todd Stewart, published by Groundwood Do You Remember? by Sydney Smith, published by Groundwood The Gulf by Adam de Souza, published by Tundra ————————- GG Translation finalists: So Long Sad Love by Mirion Malle, translated by Aleshia Jensen, published by Drawn and Quarterly Nights Too Short to Dance by Marie-Claire Blais, translated by Katia Grubisic, published by Second Story Press ———————————————————- Other mentions: Nishga by Jordan Abel The Nature Book by Tom Comitta Voodoo Hypothesis by Canisia Lubrin The Dyzgraphxst by Canisia Lubrin Annie Bot by Sierra Greer Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu In My Own Moccasins by Helen Knott Nights in the Underground by Marie-Claire Blais Songs for Angel by Marie-Claire Blais Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=7582676 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Zooming In: Literary fiction - dead or alive? – Ros & Shawn weigh in
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-10-10 | Zooming In: Literary fiction - dead or alive? – Ros & Shawn weigh in What was literary fiction? by Dan Sinykin: thenation.com/article/culture/what-was-literary-fiction The big idea: should we abolish literary genres? by Alex Clark:theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/27/the-big-idea-should-we-abolish-literary-genres Zooming In is a series on my channel featuring chats with bookish social media luminaries, writers, and readers. Each short episode features a conversation about a book-related article, podcast episode, etc. The playlist of all Zooming In episodes is here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQfTh913NXVUFqKCzGlTh8Ez. Ros’s BookTube channel, Scallydandling about the books: youtube.com/@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711?si=inN64c8KsA20DfWf @rosamunday_scallydandling on Instagram Books mentioned: Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens: goodreads.com/book/show/37703550-where-the-crawdads-sing (My full review: youtube.com/watch?v=blnwR3oGpbQ&t=332s )goodreads.com/book/show/18144590-the-alchemist?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=qbRdDjk3f8&rank=1 The Alchemist by Paulo Coelhogoodreads.com/book/show/18144590-the-alchemist The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishigurogoodreads.com/book/show/28921.The_Remains_of_the_Day?ref=nav_sb_ss_3_8 Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishigurogoodreads.com/book/show/6334.Never_Let_Me_Go?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18 The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishigurogoodreads.com/book/show/22522805-the-buried-giant?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=OKqd2YosZf&rank=1 Wolf Hall / Bring Up the Bodies / The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantelgoodreads.com/book/show/52172741-wolf-hall-bring-up-the-bodies-the-mirror-and-the-light?ref=nav_sb_ss_5_11 Cecily by Annie Garthwaitegoodreads.com/book/show/55818511-cecily?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=ZhoGAGmSfZ&rank=1 Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfieldgoodreads.com/book/show/58659343-our-wives-under-the-sea?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12 Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature by Dan Sinykingoodreads.com/book/show/152263880-big-fiction?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_7 Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=7582676 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Sharon and Shawn talk books
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-10-07 | Sharon and Shawn talk books Sharon Butala’s website: http://sharonbutala.com Books discussed: The Perfection of the Morning: An Apprenticeship in Nature by Sharon Butalagoodreads.com/book/show/831646.Perfection_of_the_Morning?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18 My interview with Sharon about this memoir: youtu.be/qxLEb2oiWm0?si=sfEe3-Tb4y7LdeSq Where I Live Now: A Journey through Love and Loss to Healing and Hope by Sharon Butalagoodreads.com/book/show/30983496-where-i-live-now How to Breathe Water by Sharon Butala (Forthcoming) Season of Fury and Wonder by Sharon Butalagoodreads.com/book/show/43475906-season-of-fury-and-wonder?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=m6cYGjFPyK&rank=1 The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov Constance Garnett (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/42413010-the-lady-with-the-dog-and-other-stories Reading Chekhov: A Critical Journey by Janet Malcolmgoodreads.com/book/show/1107183.Reading_Chekhov?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13 Ward No. 6 and other stories by Anton Chekhov Constance Garnett (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/2799614-ward-no-6 The Duel by Anton Chekhov Constance Garnett (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/312862.The_Duel?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11 Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky (Translators)goodreads.com/book/show/5693.Selected_Stories_of_Anton_Chekhov?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=3E7aUFopdZ&rank=1 Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngartgoodreads.com/book/show/57408095-our-country-friends?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_16 The Sentence by Louise Erdrichgoodreads.com/book/show/56816904-the-sentence?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=mjyRLc4UJD&rank=1 The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunezgoodreads.com/book/show/125930473-the-vulnerables?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17 Day by Michael Cunninghamgoodreads.com/book/show/123033397-day?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_15 August Blue by Deborah Levygoodreads.com/book/show/62039277-august-blue?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14 The Limits by Nell Freudenbergergoodreads.com/book/show/179546868-the-limits?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11 Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzrugoodreads.com/book/show/196845471-blue-ruin?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_9 A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunninghamgoodreads.com/book/show/2137.A_Home_at_the_End_of_the_World?ac=1&from_search=true Asking for a Friend by Kerry Claregoodreads.com/book/show/66035092-asking-for-a-friend?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_12 When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut Adrian Nathan West (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/62069739-when-we-cease-to-understand-the-world *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnthebookmaniac on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Friday Reads: An imperfect reading, a weird point-of-view, and an audiobook pet peeve
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-10-04 | Friday Reads: An imperfect reading, a weird point-of-view, and an audiobook pet peeve *The week in review on my channel:* Book Haul:youtu.be/5G7l-PeeOfA Shawn Breathes Books presents a surprise alfresco veelog for #ShortySeptemberyoutu.be/HdLOl_6oOJU Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links): 00:00 Introduction 02:24 Mystery guest 27:35 Weekly highlights 29:00 Rumi and the Red Handbag by Shawna Lemay 30:20 Suzanne and Gertrude by Jeb Loy Nichols 31:42 Khwabnama by Akhteruzzaman Elias 34:15 On imperfect readings 35:07 And the Stones Cry Out by Clara Dupont-Monod 42:97 Animal Person by Alexander MacLeod 45:26 Held by Anne Michaels 46:07 Victoria's Daughters by Jerrold M. Packard Books mentioned: Man Descending by Guy Vanderhaeghegoodreads.com/book/show/25112475-man-descending Homesick by Guy Vanderhaeghe goodreads.com/book/show/1194962.Homesick All Things Consoled: A Daughter's Memoir by Elizabeth Haygoodreads.com/book/show/37811576-all-things-consoled?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=kCveddFcvC&rank=1 The Diamond House by Dianne Warrengoodreads.com/book/show/52216057-the-diamond-house?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_18 Rumi and the Red Handbag by Shawna Lemaygoodreads.com/book/show/26063446-rumi-and-the-red-handbag?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=GA7I4TxSLw&rank=1 Suzanne and Gertrude by Jeb Loy Nicholsgoodreads.com/book/show/44550601-suzanne-and-gertrude Khwabnama by Akhteruzzaman Elias Arunava Sinha (Translator) goodreads.com/book/show/58367739-khwabnama?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=kStzzZjYYf&rank=1 I read the opening of the novel starting at 14:53 here: youtu.be/Z51LwX1Bz8w?feature=shared My mystery guest chat with the translator, Arunava, starts at 4:21 here: youtu.be/7YtuMpg5BE4?si=wsYr42jBONxbJB7e And the Stones Cry Out by Clara Dupont-Monod Ben Faccini (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/156745282-and-the-stones-cry-out?ref=nav_sb_ss_5_14 Animal Person by Alexander MacLeodgoodreads.com/book/show/57693577-animal-person?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13 Held by Anne Michaelsgoodreads.com/book/show/200241802-held?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14 Victoria's Daughters by Jerrold M. Packardgoodreads.com/book/show/1695841.Victoria_s_Daughters?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_42 Mystery guest: Karin Melberg Schwier Karin’s website: karinschwier.wordpress.com Small Reckonings by Karin Melberg Schwiergoodreads.com/book/show/53258112-small-reckonings?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=9MrQIkTYs3&rank=4 Available from online book retailers worldwide or directly (paper copy or e-book) from the publisher, Shadowpaw Press, which ships worldwide: shadowpawpress.com/product/small-reckonings Sexuality: Your Sons and Daughters With Intellectual Disabilities by Karin Melberg Schwier & David Hingsburgergoodreads.com/book/show/1507407.Sexuality Flourish: People with Disabilties Living Life with Passion by Karin Melberg Schwiergoodreads.com/book/show/54815591-flourish *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Shawn Breathes Books presents a surprise alfresco veelog for #ShortySeptember
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-10-01 | Shawn Breathes Books presents a surprise alfresco veelog for #ShortySeptember #ShortySeptember #FramedinSeptember #ArtReadathon #SpinsterSeptember Books mentioned: Rumi and the Red Handbag by Shawna Lemaygoodreads.com/book/show/26063446-rumi-and-the-red-handbag?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=GA7I4TxSLw&rank=1 Suzanne and Gertrude by Jeb Loy Nicholsgoodreads.com/book/show/44550601-suzanne-and-gertrude Other books mentioned: Angel Wing Splash Pattern by Richard Van Campgoodreads.com/book/show/34714584-angel-wing-splash-pattern Genetic Criticism: Tracing Creativity in Literature by Dirk Van Hullegoodreads.com/book/show/60850772-genetic-criticism?ref=nav_sb_ss_3_17 BookTubers mentioned: @HannahsBooks @alldbooks9165 @pastorytime2683 @TooManyHeathers Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=7582676 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-09-30 | Book Haul In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience by Helen Knottgoodreads.com/book/show/44643952-in-my-own-moccasins Angels on Toast by Dawn Powellgoodreads.com/book/show/217076.Angels_on_Toast?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=SFtu1rY4rB&rank=2 Fingersmith by Sarah Watersgoodreads.com/book/show/8913370-fingersmith O Pioneers! by Willa Cathergoodreads.com/book/show/1356487.O_Pioneers_ The Bone People by Keri Hulmegoodreads.com/book/show/1341074.The_Bone_People The Englishman's Boy by Guy Vanderhaeghegoodreads.com/book/show/408032.The_Englishman_s_Boy?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Gu72HjvewY&rank=1 Other books mentioned: Becoming a Matriarch by Helen Knottgoodreads.com/book/show/123666414-becoming-a-matriarch?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=uBjiG6me9Q&rank=2 My Ántonia by Willa Cathergoodreads.com/book/show/157975.My_ntonia Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=7582676 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
The Friday Reads that took a few twists and turns
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-09-27 | The Friday Reads that took a few twists and turns *The week in review on my channel:* Zooming In: None of Your Damned Business - Dorian and Shawn on Nameless Protagonists & Narratorsyoutu.be/qwdxjmC46BA Alina and Shawn chat about The Colony by Audrey Mageeyoutu.be/VBZrM2aWEAM Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links): 00:00 Introduction 04:21 Mystery guest 37:46 Weekly highlights 38:44 The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence 39:34 The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden 42:27 Ivy's Tree by Wendy Burton 45:17 Animal Person by Alexander MacLeod Books mentioned: Gun Island by Amitav Ghoshgoodreads.com/book/show/42436500-gun-island?ac=1&from_search=true Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag Srinath Perur (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/30267604-ghachar-ghochar (My review: youtube.com/watch?v=QoallDjKwGs&t=34s ) Poonachi: Or the Story of a Black Goat by Perumal Murugan N. Kalyan Raman (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/38318462-poonachi?ac=1&from_search=true Intermezzo by Sally Rooneygoodreads.com/book/show/208931300-intermezzo?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10 Stories of the True by Jeyamohan Priyamvada (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/62080203-stories-of-the-true?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=1CRQUkkkUt&rank=1 Heart Lamp: Selected Stories by Banu Mushtaq Deepa Bhasthi (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/205544315-heart-lamp Sakina’s Kiss by Vivek Shanbhag Srinath Perur (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/198534114-sakina-s-kiss Denison Avenue by Christina Wong Daniel Innes (Illustrator)goodreads.com/book/show/64995552-denison-avenue Because Somebody Asked Me To: Observations on History, Literature, and the Passing Scene by Guy Vanderhaeghegoodreads.com/book/show/208912957-because-somebody-asked-me-to The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurencegoodreads.com/book/show/317748.The_Stone_Angel The Safekeep by Yael van der Woudengoodreads.com/book/show/199798201-the-safekeep?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_8 Ivy's Tree by Wendy Burtongoodreads.com/book/show/53485064-ivy-s-tree?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_13 Animal Person by Alexander MacLeodgoodreads.com/book/show/57693577-animal-person?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13 Mystery guest: Arunava Sinha Arunava’s website: https://arunavasinha.in Follow Arunava: -on Instagram: @arunavasinha -on Twitter: @arunava Khwabnama by Akhteruzzaman Elias Arunava Sinha (Translator) goodreads.com/book/show/58367739-khwabnama?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=kStzzZjYYf&rank=1 I read the opening of the novel starting at 14:53 here: youtu.be/Z51LwX1Bz8w?feature=shared Hospital by Sanya Rushdi Arunava Sinha (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/170108848-hospital A Touch of Salt by Anita Agnihotri Arunava Sinha (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/219317792-a-touch-of-salt The Greatest Indian Stories Ever Told by Arunava Sinha (ed.) Multiple translators goodreads.com/book/show/178634496-the-greatest-indian-stories-ever-told?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_14 The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever Told by Arunava Sinha (ed.) Arunava Sinha (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/29906274-the-greatest-bengali-stories-ever-told?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10 *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Alina and Shawn chat about The Colony by Audrey Magee
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-09-26 | Alina and Shawn chat about The Colony by Audrey Magee Follow Alina on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/13776958 The Colony by Audrey Mageegoodreads.com/book/show/57977494-the-colony Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Zooming In: None of Your Damned Business - Dorian and Shawn on Nameless Protagonists & Narrators
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-09-22 | Zooming In: None of Your Damned Business - Dorian and Shawn on Nameless Protagonists & Narrators 2 Novels About What’s-Their-Name by Leah Greenblatt: nytimes.com/2024/01/13/books/read-like-wind-recommendations.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb&ngrp=mnp&pvid=4685466D-F4B4-47E4-9BA6-E17419FE9486 Zooming In is a series on my channel featuring chats with bookish social media luminaries, writers, and readers. Each short episode features a conversation about a book-related article, podcast episode, etc. The playlist of all Zooming In episodes is here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQfTh913NXVUFqKCzGlTh8Ez. Dorian’s blog, Eiger, Mönch & Jungfrau: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog Dorian on Twitter: @ds228 One Bright Book podcast: onebrightbook.com Books mentioned: Milkman by Anna Burnsgoodreads.com/book/show/36047860-milkman?ac=1&from_search=true Remainder by Tom McCarthygoodreads.com/blog/show/2828?ref=HHM24_eb Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conradgoodreads.com/book/show/420031.Heart_of_Darkness Rebecca by Daphne du Mauriergoodreads.com/book/show/17899948-rebecca?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=NSnESt2frX&rank=1 The Yellow Wall-Paper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilmangoodreads.com/book/show/6425940-the-yellow-wall-paper-and-other-stories Invisible Man by Ralph Ellisongoodreads.com/book/show/16981.Invisible_Man?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=5jpCBjSztx&rank=4 The Wall by Marlen Haushofer Shaun Whiteside (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/59468837-the-wall Remembrance of Things Past Volumes 1-3 Marcel Proust (There are various translations so I’m not going to name one translator - do your own due diligence )goodreads.com/book/show/797309.Remembrance_of_Things_Past_Volumes_1_3_Box_Set?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=CGA44ZRYdw&rank=7 The Rise of the Nameless Narrator By Sam Sacks March 3, 2015 issue of The New Yorkernewyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-rise-of-the-nameless-narrator S/Z: An Essay by Roland Barthes Richard Miller (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/139246.S_Z#CommunityReviews Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melvillegoodreads.com/book/show/153747.Moby_Dick_or_The_Whale?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=k4gE2JjtQD&rank=1 The Family Clause by Jonas Hassen Khemiri Alice Menzies (Translation)goodreads.com/book/show/51251241-the-family-clause Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=7582676 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Friday Reads: When books sparkle
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-09-21 | Friday Reads: When books sparkle #FramedinSeptember #ArtReadathon #SpinsterSeptember *The week in review on my channel:* Book Haul: youtu.be/pKmoevrGCBc?si=hmhsGn5jIv-TTDCb Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links): 00:00 Introduction 01:20 Mystery guest 32:34 Welcome to Canada by David Carpenter 34:36 Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamond Lehmann 39:15 The Inheritance by Cauvery Madhavan 42:30 Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hession 45:51 Ivy's Tree by Wendy Burton Books mentioned: Against the Law by Peter Wildebloodgoodreads.com/book/show/2036972.Against_the_Law?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=0Ci6X5tAlE&rank=1 Prick Up Your Ears: The Biography of Joe Orton by John Lahrgoodreads.com/book/show/1473968.Prick_Up_Your_Ears Entertaining Mr. Sloane by Joe Ortongoodreads.com/book/show/1103629.Entertaining_Mr_Sloane?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_19 Keith Vaughan: Journals, 1939-1977 by Keith Vaughangoodreads.com/book/show/3348094-keith-vaughan?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13 James Courage Diaries Chris Brickell (ed.)goodreads.com/book/show/58573506-james-courage-diaries A Way of Love by James Couragegoodreads.com/book/show/25274148-a-way-of-love The Life to Come and Other Stories by E.M. Forstergoodreads.com/book/show/208913.The_Life_to_Come_and_Other_Stories?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_16 The Island: W. H. Auden and the Last of Englishness by Nicholas Jenkinsgoodreads.com/book/show/216745998-the-island?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13 The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzardgoodreads.com/book/show/12738.The_Transit_of_Venus?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_15 Good Night, Beloved Comrade: The Letters of Denton Welch to Eric Oliver by Daniel J. Murtaugh (Editor)goodreads.com/book/show/29936768-good-night-beloved-comrade?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=LTVphO8NGr&rank=1 Love's Civil War: Elizabeth Bowen and Charles Ritchie: Letters and Diaries 1941-1973 by Elizabeth Bowengoodreads.com/book/show/148402912-love-s-civil-war?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=o0hKz1yNIH&rank=3 In Youth Is Pleasure by Denton Welchgoodreads.com/book/show/5142778-in-youth-is-pleasure My full review: youtube.com/watch?v=WsNDSkfwct0 A Voice Through a Cloud by Denton Welchgoodreads.com/book/show/398336.A_Voice_Through_a_Cloud?ac=1&from_search=true (My full review: youtu.be/WWUt1VRS8W0 ) Where Nothing Sleeps: The Complete Short Stories and Other Related Works by Denton Welch James Methuen-Campbell, ed.goodreads.com/book/show/1906243.Where_Nothing_Sleeps?from_search=true Welcome to Canada by David Carpentergoodreads.com/book/show/9663445-welcome-to-canada?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=8cTmGbifdv&rank=1 Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamond Lehmanngoodreads.com/book/show/1477344.Invitation_to_the_Waltz?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=ZkTtS7MljW&rank=1 The Inheritance by Cauvery Madhavangoodreads.com/book/show/209307675-the-inheritance (My ‘mystery guest’ chat with her about The Inheritance starts at 2:19 here: youtube.com/watch?v=UTz7IGYrRcs ) Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hessiongoodreads.com/book/show/200331592-ghost-mountain (My ‘mystery guest’ chat with him about Ghost Mountain starts at 7:24 here: youtu.be/I7rOqorMUzo?si=2vzRnm9iKZ00Jb60 ) Ivy's Tree by Wendy Burtongoodreads.com/book/show/53485064-ivy-s-tree?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_13 Mystery guest: Peter Parker Peter’s website: peterparkerwriter.com Follow Peter: -on Instagram: @prnparker -on Twitter: @PParkerWriting Some Men in London: Queer Life, 1945–1959 by Peter Parkergoodreads.com/book/show/198283571-some-men-in-london Some Men in London: Queer Life, 1960–1967 by Peter Parkergoodreads.com/book/show/207007790-some-men-in-london Ackerley: The Life of J.R. Ackerley by Peter Parkergoodreads.com/book/show/97048.Ackerley Isherwood: A Life Revealed by Peter Parkergoodreads.com/book/show/118342.Isherwood?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18 A Little Book of Latin for Gardeners by Peter Parkergoodreads.com/book/show/42513941-a-little-book-of-latin-for-gardeners?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_19 “The embarrassing love letters of Denton Welch” by Peter Parker in The Spectator (March 2017) *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-09-16 | Book Haul A Simple Carpenter by David Margoshesgoodreads.com/book/show/200356407-a-simple-carpenter Falling Animals by Sheila Armstronggoodreads.com/book/show/75673428-falling-animals An Episode of Sparrows by Rumer Goddengoodreads.com/book/show/5985.An_Episode_of_Sparrows?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14 Ponyboy by Eliot Duncangoodreads.com/book/show/60693551-ponyboy Hollow Bamboo: A Novel by William Seto Pinggoodreads.com/book/show/61722727-hollow-bamboo?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14 Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkersongoodreads.com/book/show/57926137-black-cake Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=7582676 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Friday Reads: Bookish problems are happy problems
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-09-13 | Friday Reads: Bookish problems are happy problems #FramedinSeptember #ArtReadathon #SpinsterSeptember *The week in review on my channel:* Lindy and Shawn chat with Douglas Bruton about his novel Blue Postcards: youtu.be/cWH4S2ptZFw?si=amwrpxEZ-o0dW2Ew Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 Book Giveaway post on Patreon: patreon.com/posts/book-giveaway-109299855 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links): 00:00 Introduction 00:36 Mystery guest 25:56 Week in review 26:58 Off Keck Road by Mona Simpson 29:54 The Art Lover by Carole Maso 31:38 The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden 36:08 A doubleheader reading project Books mentioned: Bird by Bird by Anne Lamottgoodreads.com/book/show/12543.Bird_by_Bird?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_6 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby Jeremy Leggatt (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/193755.The_Diving_Bell_and_the_Butterfly?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11 I Raise My Eyes to Say Yes by Ruth Sienkiewicz-Mercer, Steven B. Kaplangoodreads.com/book/show/759247.I_Raise_My_Eyes_to_Say_Yes?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=6V7IJhPLdu&rank=1 Turn Up the Ocean: Poems by Tony Hoaglandgoodreads.com/book/show/58772726-turn-up-the-ocean?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_16 Off Keck Road by Mona Simpsongoodreads.com/book/show/407271.Off_Keck_Road The Art Lover by Carole Masogoodreads.com/book/show/153595.The_Art_Lover?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_9 The Safekeep by Yael van der Woudengoodreads.com/book/show/199798201-the-safekeep?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_8 The Inheritance by Cauvery Madhavangoodreads.com/book/show/209307675-the-inheritance (My ‘mystery guest’ chat with her about The Inheritance starts at 2:19 here: youtube.com/watch?v=UTz7IGYrRcs ) Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hessiongoodreads.com/book/show/200331592-ghost-mountain (My ‘mystery guest’ chat with him about Ghost Mountain starts at 7:24 here: youtu.be/I7rOqorMUzo?si=2vzRnm9iKZ00Jb60 ) Mystery guest: Nina Berkhout Nina is not on social media. Please check out this profile of her on Canadian Literature: canlit.ca/issue-250-author-spotlight-nina-berkhout This Bright Dust by Nina Berkhoutgoodreads.com/book/show/210494000-this-bright-dust?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=gVGTvJvCN7&rank=1 1939 Royal visit to Saskatoon footage video: youtu.be/C2zQ_kFaLn8?si=_xDXM1feXmDjV0Wh The Great Wake by Nina Berkhoutgoodreads.com/book/show/215592025-the-great-wake?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14 *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Lindy and Shawn chat with Douglas Bruton about his novel Blue Postcards
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-09-11 | Lindy and Shawn chat with Douglas Bruton about his novel Blue Postcards #FramedinSeptember #ArtReadathon Douglas Bruton’s website: http://douglasrdb.blogspot.com My previous long form interview with Douglas: youtu.be/XpzEI-4yMo4?feature=shared Lindy’s channel, Lindy’s Magpie Reads: youtube.com/@lindysmagpiereads @nightcoyotes on Instagram Blue Postcards by Douglas Brutongoodreads.com/book/show/56684838-blue-postcards Other books mentioned: I Remember by Joe Brainardgoodreads.com/book/show/35385.Joe_Brainard With or Without Angels by Douglas Brutongoodreads.com/book/show/61312223-with-or-without-angels?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_34 My chat with Lindy about this: youtu.be/TVgF2kBcSW8?si=q6qBRatuVHwWIpVu Theory of Colours by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Charles Lock Eastlake (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/18225.Theory_of_Colours The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard Maria Jolas (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/20893524-the-poetics-of-space Hope Never Knew Horizon by Douglas Brutongoodreads.com/book/show/210525551-hope-never-knew-horizon Woman in Blue by Douglas Bruton Coming February 2025 Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=7582676 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Friday Reads: A Bernini rabbit hole and a bunch of awesome spinsters
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-09-07 | Friday Reads: A Bernini rabbit hole and a bunch of awesome spinsters #FramedinSeptember #ArtReadathon #SpinsterSeptember *The week in review on my channel:* Zooming In: Mindy and Shawn on the audacity of literary opinion: youtu.be/cMnd0Q5smJQ?si=sAbcvZmyZ7EHrToT Book Haul: youtu.be/1sfpCGO-Yew?si=9jet2ffXmYStexZI Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 Book Giveaway post on Patreon: patreon.com/posts/book-giveaway-109299855 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links): 00:00 Introduction 05:03 A couple milestones 06:01 Mystery guest 29:43 Week in review 30:32 The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa 34:21 The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry 37:20 The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence 43:55 The Misses Mallett by E.H. Young 46:20 Off Keck Road by Mona Simpson 47:55 Spinster Kang by Zoë S. Roy 49:32 The Art Lover by Carole Maso Books mentioned: Rhine Journey by Ann Schleegoodreads.com/book/show/199798695-rhine-journey Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/42983724-drive-your-plow-over-the-bones-of-the-dead Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warnergoodreads.com/book/show/937105.Lolly_Willowes?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=k46jNWmXPO&rank=1 Excellent Women by Barbara Pymgoodreads.com/book/show/60402210-excellent-women Hotel du Lac by Anita Brooknergoodreads.com/book/show/251665.Hotel_du_Lac?ac=1&from_search=true Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi David Boyd & Lucy North (Translators)goodreads.com/book/show/59629744-diary-of-a-void?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=IPlykJ7qHO&rank=1 Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami Allison Markin Powell (Translator)goodreads.com/blog/show/2783-readers-most-anticipated-books-of-fall?ref=BigBooksFall24_eb The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Archibald Colquhoun (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/1320341.The_Leopard The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barrygoodreads.com/book/show/199795387-the-heart-in-winter?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18 The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurencegoodreads.com/book/show/317748.The_Stone_Angel The Misses Mallett by E.H. Younggoodreads.com/book/show/3875872-the-misses-mallett Off Keck Road by Mona Simpsongoodreads.com/book/show/407271.Off_Keck_Road Spinster Kang by Zoë S. Roygoodreads.com/book/show/42789195-spinster-kang?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13 The Art Lover by Carole Masogoodreads.com/book/show/153595.The_Art_Lover?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_9 Mystery guest: Nora -on Instagram: @pear.jelly -on Twitter: @pearjelly_ Our Zooming In chat about rearranging books: youtu.be/GXKD4ULbGjM?si=8BOkX9fUPVDQsqdf Nora’s announcement post about Spinster September: instagram.com/p/C-ntTNiACH6/?igsh=MXh3YTdtMXlmbzdmaQ== *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-09-06 | Book Haul Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelsongoodreads.com/book/show/59634120-small-worlds?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=O5MdWqUADZ&rank=2 An Ideal Presence by Eduardo Berti Daniel Levin-Becker (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/56233032-an-ideal-presence?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11 Dominoes by Phoebe Mcintoshgoodreads.com/book/show/62628930-dominoes?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=wVyGEk2gvx&rank=1 Lie With Me by Philippe Besson Molly Ringwald (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/40539136-lie-with-me?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12 The Frozen Thames by Helen Humphreysgoodreads.com/book/show/3229410-the-frozen-thames A Book of Great Worth by Dave Margoshesgoodreads.com/book/show/13087213-a-book-of-great-worth?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_10 Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=7582676 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Zooming In: Mindy and Shawn on the audacity of literary opinion
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-09-01 | Zooming In: Mindy and Shawn on the audacity of literary opinion The I Recommends by Jon Doughboy: minorliteratures.com/2023/10/10/the-i-recommends-jon-doughboy Zooming In is a series on my channel featuring chats with bookish social media luminaries, writers, and readers. Each short episode features a conversation about a book-related article, podcast episode, etc. The playlist of all Zooming In episodes is here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQfTh913NXVUFqKCzGlTh8Ez. Follow Mindy on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/56061282 Follow Mindy’s blog on Substack: substack.com/@readonceanddestroy Books mentioned: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarkegoodreads.com/book/show/14201.Jonathan_Strange_Mr_Norrell The Shipping News by Annie Proulxgoodreads.com/book/show/7354.The_Shipping_News?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13 Foundation Series by Isaac Asimovgoodreads.com/series/59386-foundation-publication-order Normal People by Sally Rooneygoodreads.com/book/show/41057294-normal-people?from_search=true&qid=YkzrnDLnOZ&rank=2 (My full review: youtu.be/6y7F9CTKxc8 ) Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooneygoodreads.com/book/show/32187419-conversations-with-friends?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=T0KpAZw5Ec&rank=1 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevingoodreads.com/book/show/58784475-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_8 Yellowface by R.F. Kuanggoodreads.com/book/show/59357120-yellowface?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=zahqXVQfTd&rank=1 Babel by R.F. Kuanggoodreads.com/book/show/57945316-babel Prophet Song by Paul Lynchgoodreads.com/book/show/158875813-prophet-song?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12 Tom Lake by Ann Patchettgoodreads.com/book/show/63241104-tom-lake?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_9 Martyr! by Kaveh Akbargoodreads.com/book/show/139400713-martyr?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_7 Blue Sisters by Coco Mellorsgoodreads.com/book/show/195430687-blue-sisters?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_12 My Death by Lisa Tuttlegoodreads.com/book/show/125053180-my-death Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=7582676 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Friday Reads: Let us now praise sticky novels
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-08-31 | Friday Reads: Let us now praise sticky novels #womenintranslation #WITmonth #FramedinSeptember #ArtReadathon #SpinsterSeptember Spinster September host: Nora -on Instagram: @pear.jelly -on Twitter: @pearjelly_ *The week in review on my channel:* David Carpenter on the Francophone Alberta writer Georges Bugnet and his 1935 novel The Forest: youtu.be/SzTf-12DeFI?si=0kM2ISDwGun1M7hh Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 Book Giveaway post on Patreon: patreon.com/posts/book-giveaway-109299855 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links): 00:00 Introduction 03:51 Mystery guest 28:19 Week in review 29:51 Patreon news 30:27 Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro 36:16 The Misses Mallett by E.H. Young 36:51 Off Keck Road by Mona Simpson 37:47 The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence Books mentioned: Septology by Jon Fosse Damion Searls (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/61966062-septology Aliss at the Fire by Jon Fosse Damion Searls (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/8238557-aliss-at-the-fire Praiseworthy by Alexis Wrightgoodreads.com/book/show/181866973-praiseworthy Marshland by Otohiko Kaga Albert Novick (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/60534011-marshland?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14 Flunker by Dennis Coopergoodreads.com/book/show/214384754-flunker?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14 The Forest by Georges Bugnet David Carpenter (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/6877844-the-forest?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=126DKJRgQQ&rank=1 Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro Frances Riddle (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/56802275-elena-knows?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Kxa29BTzgy&rank=1 The Misses Mallett by E.H. Younggoodreads.com/book/show/3875872-the-misses-mallett Off Keck Road by Mona Simpsongoodreads.com/book/show/407271.Off_Keck_Road The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurencegoodreads.com/book/show/317748.The_Stone_Angel Mystery guest: Adam of mementomori mementomori: youtube.com/@mementomoriadam?si=BVkYiZTQkj3Pd-tR Instagram: @mementomoriadam *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
David Carpenter on the Francophone Alberta writer Georges Bugnet and his 1935 novel The Forest
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-08-26 | David Carpenter on the Francophone Alberta writer Georges Bugnet and his 1935 novel The Forest There is a short section of the discussion that goes into spoilers, from 22:58 to 24:42. You will be warned just beforehand. This is part of a series of conversations with Western Canadian writer David Carpenter. The playlist is here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQeIH0zizfA8EqmgK1Ml4tW6 David Carpenter’s website: dccarpenter.com The Forest by Georges Bugnet David Carpenter (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/6877844-the-forest?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=126DKJRgQQ&rank=1 Other books mentioned: Banjo Lessons by David Carpentergoodreads.com/blog/show/2770?ref=SRTypeRecs24_eb Settlers of the Marsh by Frederick Philip Grovegoodreads.com/book/show/1025943.Settlers_of_the_Marsh?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14 As For Me And My House by Sinclair Rossgoodreads.com/book/show/826769.As_for_Me_and_My_House Strangers in the House by Candace Savagegoodreads.com/book/show/49348909-strangers-in-the-house?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=bLF3gU4V3O&rank=5 Writing Home: Selected Essays by David Carpentergoodreads.com/book/show/12258484 My interview with Dave about Writing Home: youtu.be/3LgON18sgP4?si=cKK1jcaDShWMQduq Fruits of the Earth by Frederick Philip Grovegoodreads.com/book/show/78238.Fruits_of_the_Earth?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18 Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=7582676 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnthebookmaniac on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Friday Reads: A genre-bending gift from Ernaux and an inviting look at Gallant
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-08-23 | Friday Reads: A genre-bending gift from Ernaux and an inviting look at Gallant #womenintranslation #WITmonth #FramedinSeptember #ArtReadathon *The week in review on my channel:* Nada. Novelist Barb Howard and Shawn launch their 2nd annual novella reading project: please join us! youtu.be/wpAjvGy_7gA?feature=shared Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 Book Giveaway post on Patreon: patreon.com/posts/book-giveaway-109299855 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links): 00:00 Introduction 02:05 Mystery guest 31:24 Patreon news 32:02 A Girl's Story by Annie Ernaux 35:14 The Pegnitz Junction by Mavis Gallant 42:29 Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro Books mentioned: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegangoodreads.com/en/book/show/58662236 ge A Month In The Country by J.L Carrgoodreads.com/book/show/60707.A_Month_in_the_Country?ac=1&from_search=true The Whale Tattoo by Jon Ransomgoodreads.com/book/show/60261868-the-whale-tattoo?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_12 Rosarita by Anita Desaigoodreads.com/book/show/205031034-rosarita?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_15 A Girl's Story by Annie Ernaux Alison L. Strayer (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/53443227-a-girl-s-story?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10 The Pegnitz Junction: A Novella and Five Short Stories by Mavis Gallantgoodreads.com/book/show/23441400-the-pegnitz-junction ‘The Pegnitz Junction’ in The Collected Stories by Mavis Gallantgoodreads.com/book/show/28186100-the-collected-stories Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro Frances Riddle (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/56802275-elena-knows?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Kxa29BTzgy&rank=1 Mystery guest: Allan Radcliffe Allan’s website: allanradcliffe.co.uk Allan’s blog: allanradcliffe.wordpress.com/author/radcliffeallan Twitter: @AllanRadcliffe Instagram: @allan_radcliffe The Old Haunts by Allan Radcliffe goodreads.com/book/show/122758134 *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Friday Reads: Rendered speechless
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-08-16 | Friday Reads: Rendered speechless #womenintranslation #WITmonth #FramedinSeptember #ArtReadathon *The week in review on my channel:* Nada. Novelist Barb Howard and Shawn launch their 2nd annual novella reading project: please join us! youtu.be/wpAjvGy_7gA?feature=shared Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 Book Giveaway post on Patreon: patreon.com/posts/book-giveaway-109299855 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links): 00:00 Introduction 01:58 Mystery guest 23:24 Patreon news 26:50 Until August by Gabriel García Márquez 27:50 Young Bloomsbury: The Generation That Redefined Love, Freedom, and Self-Expression in 1920s England by Nino Strachey 30:33 Minor Detail by Adania Shibli 34:42 Leaf blower interlude with Cate Blanchett cameo 36:19 The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry 39:07 The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa 44:19 The Pegnitz Junction by Mavis Gallant Books mentioned: Mild Vertigo by Mieko Kanai Polly Barton (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/62972502-mild-vertigo I was part of a group discussion of this novel on an episode of the Book Club Review podcast: youtu.be/ls-x7oniqPA?si=ZJwsRP9ghg6_SRlu Bear by Marian Engelgoodreads.com/book/show/23879542-bear An in-depth discussion with Dorian and James about Bear: youtu.be/phHuokngjxo The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishigurogoodreads.com/book/show/28921.The_Remains_of_the_Day Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo Douglas J. Weatherford (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/22931012-pedro-p-ramo El Llano in flames - Juan Rulfo (Stephen Beechinor, trans.): goodreads.com/book/show/48418123-el-llano-in-flames Ghost Image by Hervé Guibert Robert Bononno (Translation)goodreads.com/book/show/18526888-ghost-image To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life by Hervé Guibert Linda Cloverdale (Translation)goodreads.com/book/show/29406.To_the_Friend_Who_Did_Not_Save_My_Life?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=zvSF2Da3lG&rank=2 Until August by Gabriel García Márquez Anne McLean (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/200555496-until-august Young Bloomsbury: The Generation That Redefined Love, Freedom, and Self-Expression in 1920s England by Nino Stracheygoodreads.com/book/show/60903482-young-bloomsbury Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, عدنية شبلي, Elisabeth Jaquette (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/52045757-minor-detail?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=YMPMLWWzPD&rank=2 The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barrygoodreads.com/book/show/199795387-the-heart-in-winter?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18 West by Carys Daviesgoodreads.com/book/show/35297141-west Shawn & Doris discuss this novella, Part 1: youtube.com/watch?v=_XkOu5gtLhs&t=861s & Part 2: youtube.com/watch?v=vGFFCpZb2Y0 Days Without End by Sebastian Barrygoodreads.com/book/show/30212107-days-without-end?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=POesqowORx&rank=2 The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Archibald Colquhoun (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/1320341.The_Leopard The Pegnitz Junction: A Novella and Five Short Stories by Mavis Gallantgoodreads.com/book/show/23441400-the-pegnitz-junction ‘The Pegnitz Junction’ in The Collected Stories by Mavis Gallantgoodreads.com/book/show/28186100-the-collected-stories Mystery guest: Christine Lai Christine’s website: christine-lai.com Twitter: @christinelai44 Instagram: @chryseis44 Landscapes by Christine Laigoodreads.com/book/show/124931360-landscapes *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Friday Reads: A time and a place - and a wine cellar of books
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-08-10 | Friday Reads: A time and a place - and a wine cellar of books #womenintranslation #WITmonth *The week in review on my channel:* Book Haul: youtu.be/ErolMao2bxc?si=j5pGnu-veQBr6oLc Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 Book Giveaway post on Patreon: patreon.com/posts/book-giveaway-109299855 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links): 00:00 Introduction 04:20 Mystery guest 28:08 Patreon news 29:09 Ti Amo by Hanne Ørstavik 34:22 Forgottenness by Tanja Maljartschuk 36:50 And the Stones Cry Out by Clara Dupont-Monod 40:43 The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa 41:15 The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry 41:41 Minor Detail by Adania Shibli Books mentioned: North Woods by Daniel Masongoodreads.com/book/show/71872930-north-woods?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12 When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà Mara Faye Lethem (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/61142285-when-i-sing-mountains-dance The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym - Paula Byrne: goodreads.com/book/show/56329046-the-adventures-of-miss-barbara-pym Less Than Angels by Barbara Pymgoodreads.com/book/show/587597.Less_Than_Angels Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pymgoodreads.com/book/show/2066735.Quartet_in_Autumn My full review: youtu.be/xyeMFRK5BAU?si=DQHkIFWv2MPx7Abo The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurencegoodreads.com/book/show/317748.The_Stone_Angel Ti Amo by Hanne Ørstavik Martin Aitken (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/60173268-ti-amo Love by Hanne Ørstavik Martin Aitken (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/37945656-love (My full review: youtu.be/xPownS5MuQo ) stay with me by Hanne Orstavik Martin Aitken (translator)goodreads.com/book/show/216524192-stay-with-me Less Than Angels by Barbara Pymgoodreads.com/book/show/587597.Less_Than_Angels Forgottenness by Tanja Maljartschuk Zenia Tompkins (translator)goodreads.com/book/show/209319935-forgottenness There are at least two versions on audio; the audiobook that I listened to and loved with all my heart was read by Emma Fielding And the Stones Cry Out by Clara Dupont-Monod Ben Faccini (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/156745282-and-the-stones-cry-out?ref=nav_sb_ss_5_14 The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Archibald Colquhoun (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/1320341.The_Leopard The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barrygoodreads.com/book/show/199795387-the-heart-in-winter?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18 Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, عدنية شبلي, Elisabeth Jaquette (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/52045757-minor-detail?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=YMPMLWWzPD&rank=2 Mystery guest: Judith Heneghan Judith’s website: judithheneghan.co.uk Instagram & Threads: @judith_heneghan Snegurochka by Judith Heneghangoodreads.com/book/show/44805100-snegurochka?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14 Birdeye by Judith Heneghangoodreads.com/book/show/200272927-birdeye *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-08-06 | Book Haul The Stone Diaries by Carol Shieldsgoodreads.com/book/show/1820684.The_Stone_Diaries Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Kathleen James-Cavan (Editor)goodreads.com/book/show/41886.Sense_and_Sensibility And the Stones Cry Out by Clara Dupont-Monod Ben Faccini (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/156745282-and-the-stones-cry-out?ref=nav_sb_ss_5_14 Forgottenness by Tanja Maljartschuk Zenia Tompkins (translator)goodreads.com/book/show/209319935-forgottenness Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthangoodreads.com/book/show/60324341-brotherless-night?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=z0BRWx7IIn&rank=1 Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=7582676 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Friday Reads: A consummate magpie
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-08-03 | Friday Reads: A consummate magpie #womenintranslation #WITmonth #BookerPrize #FramedinSeptember #ArtReadathon Framed! In September — an art readathon - announcement video: youtu.be/60v2BB5RgDE?si=r4ODta-wFYW3iE40 *The week in review on my channel:* Shawn Breathes Books chats with Montreal writer Christopher DiRaddo about his fabulously gay novels: youtu.be/_BkZWf1Yquw?si=D82PJPiHLYaWnhnf Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links): 00:00 RIP, Edna O’Brien 03:16 Introduction 07:14 Booker longlist 09:18 Mystery guest 32:37 Patreon news 32:50 Week in review 33:22 Blue Postcards by Douglas Bruton 35:49 Animal Farm by George Orwell 36:15 Season of Fury and Wonder by Sharon Butala 37:41 Less Than Angels by Barbara Pym 39:06 Until August by Gabriel García Márquez 39:54 Welcome to Canada by David Carpenter 40:59 Forgottenness by Tanja Maljartschuk 41:52 And the Stones Cry Out by Clara Dupont-Monod 42:32 Ti Amo by Hanne Ørstavik Books mentioned: The Country Girls by Edna O'Briengoodreads.com/book/show/517061.The_Country_Girls A Fanatic Heart by Edna O'Briengoodreads.com/book/show/694218.A_Fanatic_Heart?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=6s3x6dEcpV&rank=1 A Pagan Place by Edna O'Briengoodreads.com/book/show/42971993-a-pagan-place Country Girl by Edna O'Briengoodreads.com/book/show/15790829-country-girl?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=YqA8C4N1Wn&rank=3 My Indian Summer by Joseph Kakwinokanasumgoodreads.com/book/show/62322995-my-indian-summer?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=DMwSG6H05J&rank=1 Video of the book launch I attended: youtube.com/live/sA7EC1adV_0?si=WXGwv48e0VVsOoXD My Friends by Hisham Matargoodreads.com/book/show/127488823-my-friends Wandering Stars by Tommy Orangegoodreads.com/book/show/174147294-wandering-stars Wild Houses by Colin Barrettgoodreads.com/book/show/128714412-wild-houses?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_13 My full review: youtu.be/5KGqTmluH50?si=5Kc7tudUcl4IgXZ- Held by Anne Michaelsgoodreads.com/book/show/200241802-held?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14 James by Percival Everettgoodreads.com/book/show/173754979-james?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_25 River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescuregoodreads.com/book/show/127823210-river-east-river-west?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_5 The God of the Woods by Liz Mooregoodreads.com/book/show/199698485-the-god-of-the-woods?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_10 Great Circle by Maggie Shipsteadgoodreads.com/book/show/57938906-great-circle The Family Way by Christopher DiRaddogoodreads.com/book/show/56220542-the-family-way?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=9SNhbS9W1K&rank=2 Blue Postcards by Douglas Brutongoodreads.com/book/show/56684838-blue-postcards My interview with Douglas Bruton: youtu.be/XpzEI-4yMo4?feature=shared Animal Farm by George Orwellgoodreads.com/book/show/3149348-animal-farm Season of Fury and Wonder by Sharon Butalagoodreads.com/book/show/43475906-season-of-fury-and-wonder?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=m6cYGjFPyK&rank=1 Less Than Angels by Barbara Pymgoodreads.com/book/show/587597.Less_Than_Angels Until August by Gabriel García Márquez Anne McLean (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/200555496-until-august Welcome to Canada by David Carpentergoodreads.com/book/show/9663445-welcome-to-canada?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=8cTmGbifdv&rank=1 Forgottenness by Tanja Maljartschuk Zenia Tompkins (translator)goodreads.com/book/show/209319935-forgottenness And the Stones Cry Out by Clara Dupont-Monod Ben Faccini (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/156745282-and-the-stones-cry-out?ref=nav_sb_ss_5_14 Ti Amo by Hanne Ørstavik Martin Aitken (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/60173268-ti-amo Love by Hanne Ørstavik Martin Aitken (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/37945656-love (My full review: youtu.be/xPownS5MuQo ) Mystery guest: Edward Y.C. Lee Ed’s website: edwardyclee.com Twitter: @edwardyclee The Laundryman’s Boy: A Novel by Edward Y.C. Leegoodreads.com/book/show/181109960-the-laundryman-s-boy?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18 *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Shawn Breathes Books chats with Montreal writer Christopher DiRaddo about his fabulously gay novels
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-07-31 | Shawn Breathes Books chats with Montreal writer Christopher DiRaddo about his fabulously gay novels The Geography of Pluto by Christopher DiRaddogoodreads.com/book/show/56220543-the-geography-of-pluto?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_8 My full review: youtu.be/Wbtsy8gj7bQ The Family Way by Christopher DiRaddogoodreads.com/book/show/56220542-the-family-way?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=9SNhbS9W1K&rank=2 Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Friday Reads: Two books - not that great, not bad enough to bail on
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-07-27 | Friday Reads: Two books - not that great, not bad enough to bail on *The week in review on my channel:* -scandalously, there’s nothing to report Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links): 00:00 Introduction 02:13 Mystery guest 28:08 Patreon news 29:23 The Colony by Audrey Magee 31:22 Music & Silence by Rose Tremain 35:03 Khwabnama by Akhteruzzaman Elias 38:00 Less Than Angels by Barbara Pym Books mentioned: If Sylvie Had Nine Lives by Leona Theisgoodreads.com/book/show/53484262-if-sylvie-had-nine-lives?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11 Asking for a Friend by Kerry Claregoodreads.com/book/show/66035092-asking-for-a-friend?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_12 Fire Exit by Morgan Taltygoodreads.com/book/show/197789783-fire-exit Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56648158-night-of-the-living-rez... The Family Way by Christopher DiRaddogoodreads.com/book/show/56220542-the-family-way?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=9SNhbS9W1K&rank=2 The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurencegoodreads.com/book/show/317748.The_Stone_Angel The Colony by Audrey Mageegoodreads.com/book/show/57977494-the-colony Music & Silence by Rose Tremaingoodreads.com/book/show/12945460-music-silence Khwabnama by Akhteruzzaman Elias Arunava Sinha (Translator) goodreads.com/book/show/58367739-khwabnama?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=kStzzZjYYf&rank=1 I read the opening of the novel starting at 14:53 here: youtu.be/Z51LwX1Bz8w?feature=shared Less Than Angels by Barbara Pymgoodreads.com/book/show/587597.Less_Than_Angels Mystery guest: Marion Agnew Marion’s website: marionagnew.com Instagram: @marionagnew Making Up the Gods by Marion Agnewgoodreads.com/book/show/131867899-making-up-the-gods Reverberations: A Daughter’s Meditations on Alzheimer’s by Marion Agnewgoodreads.com/book/show/45292287-reverberations *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Friday Reads: An overly hasty bail amidst some slow reading
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-07-20 | Friday Reads: An overly hasty bail amidst some slow reading Novelist Barb Howard and Shawn launch their 2nd annual novella reading project: please join us! youtu.be/wpAjvGy_7gA?feature=shared *The week in review on my channel:* Book Haul: youtu.be/nRLnbwX9ax4?feature=shared Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links): 00:00 Introduction 03:26 Mystery guest 29:15 Week in Review 29:41 Patreon news 30:59 The Love of Singular Men by Victor Heringer 34:29 The Deluge by Stephen Markley 39:05 Animal Farm by George Orwell 39:44 Khwabnama by Akhteruzzaman Elias Books mentioned: ‘Account’ by Namwali Serpell, published in the Enkare Review: drive.google.com/file/d/1JBjLthQqjVVzk59s_qWHRnxX1U2bIVTg/view Pomegranate by Helen Elaine Leegoodreads.com/book/show/61273768-pomegranate?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_11 Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh goodreads.com/book/show/198563681-blessings?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_15 The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurencegoodreads.com/book/show/317748.The_Stone_Angel The Love of Singular Men by Victor Heringer James Young (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/134914064-the-love-of-singular-men?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17 The Deluge by Stephen Markleygoodreads.com/book/show/60806778-the-deluge?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=4DrqSSszw5&rank=1 Collected Works by Lydia Sandgren Agnes Broomé (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/60334013-collected-works My full review: youtu.be/h49vGte0dIY?si=khjTLVH3jRU1tMO5 Ohio by Stephen Markleygoodreads.com/book/show/36373372-ohio My full review: youtu.be/yddqBFWRGKY?feature=shared Animal Farm by George Orwellgoodreads.com/book/show/3149348-animal-farm Khwabnama by Akhteruzzaman Elias Arunava Sinha (Translator) goodreads.com/book/show/58367739-khwabnama?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=kStzzZjYYf&rank=1 I read the opening of the novel starting at 14:53 here: youtu.be/Z51LwX1Bz8w?feature=shared Mystery guest: Vincent Anioke Vincent’s website: vincentanioke.com Twitter: @AniokeVincent Instagram: @vincent.anioke YouTube: youtube.com/@vincentanioke1490?feature=shared SmokeLong Quarterly: smokelong.com Perfect Little Angels by Vincent Aniokegoodreads.com/book/show/206007765-perfect-little-angels *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-07-17 | Book Haul The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Archibald Colquhoun (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/1320341.The_Leopard Other Ranks by William Vincent Tilsley goodreads.com/book/show/44319280-other-ranks?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12 The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnsongoodreads.com/book/show/11529868-the-orphan-master-s-son A Perfect Day to Be Alone by Nanae Aoyama Jesse Kirkwood (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/156512861-a-perfect-day-to-be-alone?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=gHFzHImFG5&rank=1 The Laundryman’s Boy: A Novel by Edward Y.C. Leegoodreads.com/book/show/181109960-the-laundryman-s-boy?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=12GVnXbnRw&rank=1 The Canadian Prairies - A History by Gerald Friesengoodreads.com/book/show/11312532-the-canadian-prairies---a-history Other books mentioned: Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnsongoodreads.com/book/show/23590496-fortune-smiles?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_29 Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=7582676 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Friday Reads: Out with a disgraced favorite, in with a superb debut
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-07-13 | Friday Reads: Out with a disgraced favorite, in with a superb debut My appearance on the Hamilton Review of Books Podcast, talking about queer literature: http://hamiltonreviewofbooks.com/hrb-podcast/2024/06/08/hamilton-review-of-books-podcast-season-3-episode-3-queer-literature-featuring-shawn-mooney *The week in review on my channel:* Book Haul: youtube.com/watch?v=FDNz1_ac7Js Zooming In: Bob and Shawn on the pressure to ‘keep up’ as readers and bookish content creators: youtube.com/watch?v=08KtsuofpCE Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links): 00:00 Alice Munro, persona non grata 03:12 The Hamilton Review of Books podcast 03:54 Mystery guest 33:34 Week in Review 34:04 Patreon news 34:45 Fire Exit by Morgan Talty 40:50 The Deluge by Stephen Markley Books mentioned: Middlemarch by George Eliotgoodreads.com/book/show/19089.Middlemarch?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=DlFAoudMiD&rank=1 Adam Bede by George Eliotgoodreads.com/book/show/20563.Adam_Bede Daniel Deronda by George Eliotgoodreads.com/book/show/304.Daniel_Deronda Silas Marner by George Eliotgoodreads.com/book/show/54539.Silas_Marner Bleak House by Charles Dickensgoodreads.com/book/show/31242.Bleak_House?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontëgoodreads.com/book/show/10210.Jane_Eyre?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_9 Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontëgoodreads.com/book/show/6185.Wuthering_Heights?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10 Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardygoodreads.com/book/show/50798.Jude_the_Obscure?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_7 Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskellgoodreads.com/author/show/1413437.Elizabeth_Gaskell A Month In The Country by J.L Carrgoodreads.com/book/show/60707.A_Month_in_the_Country?ac=1&from_search=true The Last Englishman: The Life of J. L. Carr by Byron Rogersgoodreads.com/en/book/show/2351412 True North: Selected Stories by Sara Maitlandgoodreads.com/book/show/213863340 The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythellgoodreads.com/book/show/35512560-the-diary-of-a-bookseller?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_11 The Bookshop That Floated Away by Sarah Henshawgoodreads.com/book/show/20748477-the-bookshop-that-floated-away Trespasses by Louise Kennedygoodreads.com/book/show/60064389-trespasses Milkman by Anna Burnsgoodreads.com/book/show/36047860-milkman?ac=1&from_search=true Fire Exit by Morgan Taltygoodreads.com/book/show/197789783-fire-exit The Deluge by Stephen Markleygoodreads.com/book/show/60806778-the-deluge?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=4DrqSSszw5&rank=1 Mystery guest: Rohan Maitzen Rohan’s blog, Novel Readings: rohanmaitzen.com/?cat=-1 Follow Rohan on Twitter: @RohanMaitzen *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-07-09 | Book Haul The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje goodreads.com/book/show/13536264-the-cat-s-table After Nora by Penelope Curtisgoodreads.com/book/show/206874460-after-nora?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=WRFvE4LZH6&rank=1 Greener by Gráinne Murphygoodreads.com/book/show/201306732-greener Sons, Daughters by Ivana Bodrožić Ellen Elias-Bursać (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/134113858-sons-daughters Contract With The World by Jane Rulegoodreads.com/book/show/135294.Contract_With_The_World?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_20 Kinauvit?: What’s Your Name? The Eskimo Disc System and a Daughter’s Search for her Grandmother by Norma Dunninggoodreads.com/book/show/72331072-kinauvit?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13 Other books mentioned: Divisadero by Michael Ondaatjegoodreads.com/book/show/1787711.Divisadero Tainna: The Unseen Ones, Short Stories by Norma Dunninggoodreads.com/book/show/52863971-tainna?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_7 Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=7582676 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Friday Reads: Back in the bailing saddle
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-07-05 | Friday Reads: Back in the bailing saddle #janeaustenjuly *The week in review on my channel:* Book Haul: youtu.be/ublalOMAtJo?feature=shared Zooming In: Clued in or clueless? - how much do readers want to know about a book before diving in?: youtu.be/SN2aXm6goms?feature=shared The Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag 2024: youtu.be/aoKdwlzfxzI?feature=shared The latest Backlisted podcast episode, featuring Rose Ruane on Joan Barfoot’s Gaining Ground (original Canadian title, Abra): https://www.backlisted.fm/episodes/215-joan-barfoot-gaining-ground Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links): 00:00 Introduction 03:07 Patreon news 04:49 Mystery guest 28:40 Week in Review 29:33 Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy 31:42 Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh Books mentioned: Birding by Rose Ruanegoodreads.com/book/show/178632549-birding?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13 My mystery guest chat with Rose starts at 1:08 here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7d0r-npNXMc Gaining Ground (Original Canadian title: Abra) by Joan Barfootgoodreads.com/book/show/215723684-gaining-ground Critical Injuries by Joan Barfootgoodreads.com/book/show/295756.Critical_Injuries?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_16 The Heir of Venus by Laura Sheppersongoodreads.com/book/show/209944817-the-heir-of-venus The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrnegoodreads.com/book/show/15819023-the-real-jane-austen?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12 Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroygoodreads.com/book/show/61842212-soldier-sailor?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_7 Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh goodreads.com/book/show/198563681-blessings?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_15 Mystery guest: Katie Lumsden Katie’s BookTube channel, Books & Things: youtube.com/@katiejlumsden?feature=shared Katie’s website: katielumsden.co.uk Follow Katie on Instagram: @katiejlumsden More links available at https://linktr.ee/katiejlumsden The Trouble With Mrs Montgomery Hurst by Katie Lumsdengoodreads.com/book/show/195269275-the-trouble-with-mrs-montgomery-hurst The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsdengoodreads.com/book/show/61322622-the-secrets-of-hartwood-hall *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765 [Image Description: a graphic featuring a photo of Shawn and the words Friday Reads: A tome toppled, a couple new books well met]
The Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag 2024
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-07-05 | The Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag 2024 Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak #midyearbookfreakouttag Tag Originated by IsThatChami: video no longer on YouTube My 2023 version: youtu.be/P-SG4V-MVfE?feature=shared My 2022 version: youtu.be/hhUD4JJ_65Q My 2021 version: youtu.be/6gTo6MN24fg My 2020 version: youtu.be/3qr161dutsM My 2019 version: youtube.com/watch?v=J1WPSaQjcgE&t=833s My 2018 version: youtu.be/yD2iHUTHcrY Books mentioned (in alphabetical order by author): The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1 by Beth Browergoodreads.com/book/show/52085140-the-unselected-journals-of-emma-m-lion-vol-1?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=BceYLyiOVm&rank=1 I talk about and read an excerpt from this book beginning at the 7 minute mark on this book haul video: youtu.be/QwxlANrTZQc?si=sjD4qWAdSKNR3dML The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol. 2 by Beth Browergoodreads.com/book/show/48677941-the-unselected-journals-of-emma-m-lion-vol-2 The Family Way by Christopher DiRaddogoodreads.com/book/show/56220542-the-family-way?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=9SNhbS9W1K&rank=2 The Geography of Pluto by Christopher DiRaddogoodreads.com/book/show/56220543-the-geography-of-pluto?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_8 My full review: youtu.be/Wbtsy8gj7bQ The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrichgoodreads.com/book/show/199793431-the-mighty-red?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=ZK3lWpzmAx&rank=1 In Tongues by Thomas Grattangoodreads.com/book/show/195790706-in-tongues My interview with Thomas Grattan about In Tongues: youtu.be/k1y7pRxWf4g?feature=shared The Recent East by Thomas Grattangoodreads.com/book/show/53317479-the-recent-east?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=U5AMdLFtV3&rank=1 My full review: youtu.be/6J0Se9P5rw4 My chat with Thomas Grattan: youtu.be/6J0Se9P5rw4 Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hessiongoodreads.com/book/show/200331592-ghost-mountain (My ‘mystery guest’ chat with him starts at 7:24 here: youtu.be/I7rOqorMUzo?si=2vzRnm9iKZ00Jb60 ) Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh goodreads.com/book/show/198563681-blessings?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_15 Change: A Method by Édouard Louis John Lambert (Translation)goodreads.com/book/show/152014964-change The Inheritance by Cauvery Madhavangoodreads.com/book/show/209307675-the-inheritance My Friends by Hisham Matargoodreads.com/book/show/127488823-my-friends Small Joys by Elvin James Mensah goodreads.com/book/show/61612872-small-joys My interview with the author: youtu.be/ZSiLlBnQfD8?feature=shared The Coast Road by Alan Murringoodreads.com/book/show/198530985-the-coast-road Johnny I Hardly Knew You by Edna O'Briengoodreads.com/en/book/show/694216 Night by Edna O'Briengoodreads.com/book/show/20751432-night Intermezzo by Sally Rooneygoodreads.com/book/show/208931300-intermezzo?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10 Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen by Suzanne Scanlon goodreads.com/book/show/19174676 My full review: youtu.be/fKvOGD-PBdk?feature=shared Blackouts by Justin Torresgoodreads.com/book/show/65215321-blackouts?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=NEMYzfZSy9&rank=1 Prompts: The Questions 1. Best book you’ve read so far 2. Best sequel you've read so far 3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to. 4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year. 5. Biggest disappointment. 6. Biggest surprise. 7. Favorite new author. (Debut or new to you) 8. Newest fictional crush. 9. Newest favorite character. 10. Book that made you cry (Saddest book you have read). 11. Book that made you happy. 12. Favorite book to film adaptation you saw this year. 13. Favorite review you've written this year. (Booktube version: Favorite video you have done so far in this year) 14. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received) 15. What books do you need to read by the end of the year? *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Zooming In: Clued in or clueless? - how much do readers want to know about a book before diving in?
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-07-02 | Zooming In: Clued in or clueless? - how much do readers want to know about a book before diving in? The Case for Never Reading the Book Jacket by Tajja Isen: thewalrus.ca/the-case-for-never-reading-the-book-jacket What Do You Want to Know About a Book Before You Read It? by Molly Templeton: reactormag.com/what-do-you-want-to-know-about-a-book-before-you-read-it My Zooming In episode with Brian of Bookish on out-of-control book blurbing:youtu.be/HyaMgCFaztk?si=TfwmmtffQm65QPIN The trigger warning website: DoesTheDogDie.com My Zooming In episode with Nelle and Scott on reading deal-breakers:youtu.be/gwWIT1FnN8s?si=QPhy5238IJRrqQwy Zooming In is an occasional series on my channel featuring chats with bookish social media luminaries, writers, and readers. Each short episode features a conversation about a book-related article, podcast episode, etc. The playlist of all Zooming In episodes is here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQfTh913NXVUFqKCzGlTh8Ez. Follow Carina: @time4reading on Instagram Check out her Big Book Reading Challenge: #BigBookReading2024 Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=7582676 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765 [Image Description: a graphic featuring a photo of Shawn and Carina and the words Zooming In: Clued in or clueless? - how much do readers want to know about a book before diving in?]
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-06-30 | Book Haul Rafael Has Pretty Eyes by Elaine McCluskeygoodreads.com/book/show/61385189-rafael-has-pretty-eyes?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17 I give my preliminary thoughts on the first story at 11:05 here: youtu.be/LCKOavOFfd0?feature=shared The Following Story by Cees Nooteboom Ina Rilke (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/322255.The_Following_Story Moccasin Square Gardens: Short Stories by Richard Van Campgoodreads.com/book/show/41150694-moccasin-square-gardens?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12 Perfect Little Angels by Vincent Aniokegoodreads.com/book/show/206007765-perfect-little-angels Birdeye by Judith Heneghangoodreads.com/book/show/200272927-birdeye The Coast Road by Alan Murringoodreads.com/book/show/198530985-the-coast-road Other books mentioned: Snegurochka by Judith Heneghangoodreads.com/book/show/44805100-snegurochka?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=8DNoeohPEI&rank=1; Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=7582676 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Friday Reads: A tome toppled, a couple new books well met
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-06-29 | Friday Reads: A tome toppled, a couple new books well met *The week in review on my channel:* Zooming In: What we talk about when we talk about books - Bernie and Shawn on bookish discourse: youtu.be/brRJOgrjaVg?feature=shared Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links): 00:00 Introduction 06:31 Mystery guest 34:31 Week in Review 34:54 Patreon news 39:41 Fire Exit by Morgan Talty 42:13 The Love of Singular Men by Victor Heringer Books mentioned: Colville's People by Carol Malyongoodreads.com/book/show/3133102-colville-s-people Late Breaking by K.D. Millergoodreads.com/book/show/41072962-late-breaking?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=K2yWFGVvUo&rank=1 The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem The Color Master: Stories by Aimee Bendergoodreads.com/book/show/17262213-the-color-master?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13 The Beech Forest by Marlis Wesselergoodreads.com/book/show/200629514-the-beech-forest?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=7tW8S3jhFW&rank=3 The Rasmussen Papers by Connie Gaultgoodreads.com/book/show/199721859-the-rasmussen-papers?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14 The Aspern Papers by Henry Jamesgoodreads.com/book/show/214528.The_Aspern_Papers?ref=nav_sb_ss_3_6 Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maughamgoodreads.com/book/show/8128338-of-human-bondage The Love of Singular Men by Victor Heringer James Young (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/134914064-the-love-of-singular-men?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17 Fire Exit by Morgan Taltygoodreads.com/book/show/197789783-fire-exit Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroygoodreads.com/book/show/61842212-soldier-sailor?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_7 Birding by Rose Ruanegoodreads.com/book/show/178632549-birding?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13 Mystery guest: Josiah Nelson Follow Josiah on Twitter: @josiahhnelson Read an interview with Josiah: pinholepoetry.ca/an-interview-with-josiah-nelson Read Josiah’s poems featured in Voices from Inside the Blue House: Saskatoon Writers in Collaboration: remaimoderncurrents.ca/voices-from-inside-the-blue-house-saskatoon-writers-in-collaboration Read Josiah’s ‘leaf blower’ story, ‘Hair, Teeth’: fracturedlit.com/hair-teeth/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2Q1DGNHuVermHNDbstbzflTtnsmSxCsTSvhofRLP4wXL-RMRB4W6esO1w_aem_41lBU1gPwDqG64DRFXlpEA *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765 [Image Description: a graphic featuring a photo of Shawn and the words Friday Reads: A tome toppled, a couple new books well met]
Zooming In: What we talk about when we talk about books - Bernie and Shawn on bookish discourse
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-06-26 | Zooming In: What we talk about when we talk about books - Bernie and Shawn on bookish discourse Why Are We Talking About Books Like This?: What the language we use says about our perception of reading by Molly Templeton: reactormag.com/why-are-we-talking-about-books-like-this Zooming In is an occasional series on my channel featuring chats with bookish social media luminaries, writers, and readers. Each short episode features a conversation about a book-related article, podcast episode, etc. The playlist of all Zooming In episodes is here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQfTh913NXVUFqKCzGlTh8Ez. Follow Bernie on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/1369715-bernie @bernie.lombardi on Instagram Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=7582676 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765 [Image Description: a graphic featuring a photo of Shawn and the words Friday Reads: In praise of voracious nosiness]
Friday Reads: I feel ‘back’
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-06-21 | Friday Reads: I feel ‘back’ *The week in review on my channel:* Novelist Barb Howard and Shawn launch their 2nd annual novella reading project: please join us!: youtu.be/wpAjvGy_7gA?feature=shared Book Haul: youtu.be/R9ugpcailig?feature=shared Suzanne Scanlon’s memoir Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen was a transformative read: here’s why: youtu.be/fKvOGD-PBdk?feature=shared Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links): 00:00 Introduction 02:11 Mystery guest 20:13 Week in Review 21:13 Patreon news 23:18 Spring on the Peninsula by Ery Shin 24:01 Blackouts by Justin Torres 26:00 Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen by Suzanne Scanlon 26:51 All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories by Edward P. Jones 30:12 A Son at the Front by Edith Wharton 31:20 Blue Postcards by Douglas Bruton 32:13 Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamond Lehmann 34:50 The Love of Singular Men by Victor Heringer 35:35 Fire Exit by Morgan Talty 36:46 Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy 37:10 Birding by Rose Ruane Books mentioned: I Never Met a Rattlesnake I Didn’t Like: a Memoir by David Carpenterngoodreads.com/book/show/61868522-i-never-met-a-rattlesnake-i-didn-t-like The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins goodreads.com/book/show/2767052-the-hunger-games?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_7 Prophet Song by Paul Lynchgoodreads.com/book/show/158875813-prophet-song?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12 Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beatongoodreads.com/book/show/59069071-ducks?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=AcmCRnKVYz&rank=1 Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandelgoodreads.com/book/show/20170404-station-eleven?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=bSDoumUx4s&rank=1 The Emotional Wound Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Psychological Trauma by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisigoodreads.com/book/show/36407946-the-emotional-wound-thesaurus?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=nT6wlU9Lwz&rank=2 Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhanggoodreads.com/book/show/101673225-land-of-milk-and-honey Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maughamgoodreads.com/book/show/8128338-of-human-bondage Spring on the Peninsula by Ery Shingoodreads.com/book/show/124012582-spring-on-the-peninsula?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=hnAY8OTwGu&rank=1 Blackouts by Justin Torresgoodreads.com/book/show/65215321-blackouts?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=NEMYzfZSy9&rank=1 Lindy of Lindy's Magpie Reads review of Blackouts starts at 14:05 here: youtu.be/pTv1X7WGrII?feature=shared&t=852 Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen by Suzanne Scanlon goodreads.com/book/show/191746769 My ‘mystery guest’ chat with Suzanne Scanlon starts at 2:17 here: youtu.be/KlM-pTBzmnI?feature=shared All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories by Edward P. Jonesgoodreads.com/book/show/11751.All_Aunt_Hagar_s_Children A Son at the Front by Edith Whartongoodreads.com/book/show/62871639-a-son-at-the-front Blue Postcards by Douglas Brutongoodreads.com/book/show/56684838-blue-postcards My interview with Douglas Bruton: youtu.be/XpzEI-4yMo4?feature=shared Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamond Lehmanngoodreads.com/book/show/1477344.Invitation_to_the_Waltz?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=ZkTtS7MljW&rank=1 The Love of Singular Men by Victor Heringer James Young (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/134914064-the-love-of-singular-men?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17 Fire Exit by Morgan Taltygoodreads.com/book/show/197789783-fire-exit Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroygoodreads.com/book/show/61842212-soldier-sailor?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_7 Birding by Rose Ruanegoodreads.com/book/show/178632549-birding?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13 This week’s mystery guest, Jaclyn Morken, is so deeply immersed in the face-to-face Saskatoon literary community and her own writing projects that she has no online presence whatsoever. *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765 [Image Description: a graphic featuring a photo of Shawn and the words Friday Reads: In praise of voracious nosiness]
Suzanne Scanlon’s memoir Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen was a transformative read: here’s why
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-06-21 | The memoir Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen by Suzanne Scanlon was a transformative read: here’s why Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen by Suzanne Scanlon goodreads.com/book/show/191746769 My ‘mystery guest’ chat with Suzanne Scanlon starts at 2:17 here: youtu.be/KlM-pTBzmnI?feature=shared Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com Other books mentioned: Dear Friend, From My Life I Write to You in Your Life by Yiyun Ligoodreads.com/book/show/30211990-dear-friend-from-my-life-i-write-to-you-in-your-life?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=rctyYqWKwN&rank=1 (My “review”: youtu.be/n6DRdJep1BA ) Towards Another Summer by Janet Framegoodreads.com/book/show/7934196-towards-another-summer My full review: youtu.be/crnFbrMatDY?feature=shared *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765 [Image Description: a graphic featuring a photo of Shawn and the cover of Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen by Suzanne Scanlon and the words The memoir Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen by Suzanne Scanlon was a transformative read: here’s why]
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-06-20 | Book Haul The Bruise by Magdalena Zurawskigoodreads.com/book/show/3797582-the-bruise?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=uKrmIwzLPd&rank=1 Gibbons or One Bloody Thing After Another by James Morrisongoodreads.com/book/show/195612644-gibbons-or-one-bloody-thing-after-another?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=fh5is617xN&rank=1 The video of the online book launch on October 21 for Gibbons or One Bloody Thing After Another by James Morrison: youtu.be/3S1OHRnb1Vg?si=mIO-QTW_QrbS9X1A The Swallows Uncaged: A Narrative in Eight Panels by Elizabeth McLeangoodreads.com/book/show/25701229-the-swallows-uncaged?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_15 The Imagined Land by Eduardo Berti Charlotte Coombe (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/43825350-the-imagined-land Fire Exit by Morgan Taltygoodreads.com/book/show/197789783-fire-exit The Borrowed Hills by Scott Prestongoodreads.com/book/show/200190910-the-borrowed-hills Other books mentioned: An Ideal Presence by Eduardo Berti Daniel Levin-Becker (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/56233032-an-ideal-presence?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11 Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56648158-night-of-the-living-rez... Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=7582676 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Novelist Barb Howard and Shawn launch their 2nd annual novella reading project: please join us!
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-06-19 | Novelist Barb Howard and Shawn launch their 2nd annual novella reading project: please join us! Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak Last years’s novella project: Part 1: youtu.be/S7MGYb7r6G8?feature=shared Part 2: youtu.be/jqw8b4X_0Oc?feature=shared Barb Howard’s website: barbhoward.ca @bhoward717 on Instagram Books mentioned: Until August by Gabriel García Márquez Anne McLean (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/200555496-until-august Proleterka by Fleur Jaeggy Alastair McEwen (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/43877137-proleterka Small Things Like These by Claire Keegangoodreads.com/en/book/show/58662236 Child of Fortune by Yūko Tsushima Geraldine Harcourt, Translatorgoodreads.com/book/show/1536879.Child_of_Fortune (My full review: youtu.be/HWeO7qk_hwM ) Animal Farm by George Orwellgoodreads.com/book/show/3149348-animal-farm Glory by NoViolet Bulawayogoodreads.com/book/show/57951400-glory The Pegnitz Junction: A Novella and Five Short Stories by Mavis Gallantgoodreads.com/book/show/23441400-the-pegnitz-junction The Collected Stories by Mavis Gallantgoodreads.com/book/show/28186100-the-collected-stories *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Friday Reads: In praise of voracious nosiness
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-06-14 | Friday Reads: In praise of voracious nosiness *The week in review on my channel:* Bite-sized Book Chats: The 73rd Episode: youtube.com/watch?v=4cNZDLej90o Book Haul: youtube.com/watch?v=tPPJwo7DccM Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links): 00:00 Introduction 01:08 Mystery guest 31:00 Week in Review 31:35 Anyone's Ghost by August Thompson 32:48 Blue Postcards by Douglas Bruton 33:44 Spring on the Peninsula by Ery Shin 34:58 A mild lament about being unable to read all the things Books mentioned: Small Joys by Elvin James Mensah goodreads.com/book/show/61612872-small-joys My interview with Elvin: youtu.be/ZSiLlBnQfD8?feature=shared With or Without Angels by Douglas Brutongoodreads.com/book/show/61312223-with-or-without-angels?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_34 My chat with Lindy about this: youtu.be/TVgF2kBcSW8?si=q6qBRatuVHwWIpVu My interview with Douglas Bruton: youtu.be/XpzEI-4yMo4?feature=shared Dead Animals by Phoebe Stuckesgoodreads.com/book/show/198716439-dead-animals?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12 Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes by Nicky Beergoodreads.com/book/show/59740658-real-phonies-and-genuine-fakes?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12 Mrs. S by K. Patrickgoodreads.com/book/show/63083089-mrs-s?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_5 The One Bright Book podcast episode on Mrs. S: onebrightbook.com/2023/08/22/episode-17-mrs-s Anyone's Ghost by August Thompsongoodreads.com/book/show/199373500-anyone-s-ghost?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=YhcrQwtlgi&rank=1 In Tongues by Thomas Grattangoodreads.com/book/show/195790706-in-tongues My interview with Thomas Grattan about In Tongues: youtu.be/k1y7pRxWf4g?feature=shared Blue Postcards by Douglas Brutongoodreads.com/book/show/56684838-blue-postcards Spring on the Peninsula by Ery Shingoodreads.com/book/show/124012582-spring-on-the-peninsula?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=hnAY8OTwGu&rank=1 Follow Rose Ruane on Instagram & Twitter: @RegretteRuane Birding by Rose Ruanegoodreads.com/book/show/178632549-birding?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=0VlAw901D5&rank=1 This Is Yesterday by Rose Ruanegoodreads.com/book/show/49575404-this-is-yesterday?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_9 *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765 [Image Description: a graphic featuring a photo of Shawn and the words Friday Reads: In praise of voracious nosiness]
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-06-13 | Book Haul The Word, The Voice, The Text: The Life of a Writer by Anne Szumigalskigoodreads.com/book/show/1542673.The_Word_The_Voice_The_Text Smile Please: An Unfinished Autobiography by Jean Rhys goodreads.com/book/show/30177829-smile-please The Power of Story: On Truth, the Trickster, and New Fictions for a New Era by Harold R. Johnsongoodreads.com/book/show/61357332-the-power-of-story?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=lYcLpTERcZ&rank=1 The Harpole Report by J.L. Carrgoodreads.com/book/show/3118291-the-harpole-report?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12 Quince Tree Press: http://www.quincetreepress.co.uk 73 Dove Street by Julie Owen Moylangoodreads.com/book/show/63274135-73-dove-street?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_7 Way Out West by Anthony Glavingoodreads.com/book/show/205796187-way-out-west?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10 Other books mentioned: A Month In The Country by J.L Carrgoodreads.com/book/show/60707.A_Month_in_the_Country?ac=1&from_search=true The Last Englishman: The Life of J. L. Carr by Byron Rogersgoodreads.com/en/book/show/2351412 Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=7582676 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Bite-sized Book Chats: The 73rd Episode
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-06-12 | Bite-sized Book Chats: The 73rd Episode Should you wish, support me on my new Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com A playlist of all episodes in the Bite-sized Book Chat series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQdBH5V0Zb9q-2ujl4PY8nhf Chat #1: with Karen from Maine @barkerforbooks on Twitter AND Instagram The River We Remember by William Kent Kruegergoodreads.com/book/show/101160844 Thoughts from a Page podcast: thoughtsfromapage.com Chat #2: with Nathan from near Seoul nathan’s nook on BookTube: youtube.com/@nathansnook Follow Nathan on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/12036939-nathan @pepperoniplayboy on Instagram @bulgogiboi on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/bulgogiboi Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Hetigoodreads.com/book/show/127282792 Motherhood by Sheila Hetigoodreads.com/book/show/36203362-motherhood Chat #3: with Nancy (The Literate Quilter) from Metro Detroit Check out The Literate Quilter blog: theliteratequilter.wordpress.com Follow Nancy on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/28397995 @NancyAdairB on Twitter @nancyadair on Instagram Chenneville by Paulette Jilesgoodreads.com/book/show/112975135 Read Nancy’s full review: theliteratequilter.wordpress.com/2023/09/10/chenneville-by-paulette-jiles Chat #4: with Vansa from India Follow Vansa on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/7625849 @Vansa on Litsy When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerrgoodreads.com/book/show/54283 *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Friday Reads: Friends and Family
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-06-08 | Friday Reads: Friends and Family I’ll Have What You’re Reading Readalong message board: goodreads.com/topic/show/2282241 #IllHaveWhatYoureReading Jenny of Reading Envy’s Good-reads: goodreads.com/user/show/68030 Watch the announcement Chris and Emily and I made starting at 23:37 here: youtu.be/5eRoZbAa5rw?feature=shared *The week in review on my channel:* Shawn of Shawn Breathes Books reviews Wild Houses by Colin Barrett: youtu.be/5KGqTmluH50?feature=shared Chris, Dorian, James and Shawn chat about Edith Wharton’s 1917 novel Summer: youtu.be/J5BBq39WA14?feature=shared Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links): 00:00 Introduction 01:44 Mystery guest 23:04 Week in Review 24:24 Wild Houses by Colin Barrett 25:24 The Family Way by Christopher DiRaddo 30:03 My Friends by Hisham Matar 35:40 Music & Silence by Rose Tremain 39:20 Season of Fury and Wonder by Sharon Butala 41:48 Anyone's Ghost by August Thompson Books mentioned: Other Ranks by William Vincent Tilsley goodreads.com/book/show/44319280-other-ranks?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12 Rediscoveries: Informal Essays in Which Well-Known Novelists Rediscover Neglected Works of Fiction By One of Their Favorite Authors by David Maddengoodreads.com/book/show/7463910-rediscoveries Rediscoveries II: Important Writers Select Their Favorite Works of Neglected Fiction by David Maddengoodreads.com/book/show/1580258.Rediscoveries_II Lost Classics: Writers on Books Loved and Lost, Overlooked, Under-read, Unavailable, Stolen, Extinct, or Otherwise Out of Commission by Michael Ondaatje, Michael Redhill, Esta Spalding and Linda Spalding (Editors)ngoodreads.com/book/show/524603.Lost_Classics?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=6i3ZScvipr&rank=5 The Book of Forgotten Authors by Christopher Fowlergoodreads.com/book/show/34100964-the-book-of-forgotten-authors Shawn and Ange’s joint review:youtube.com/watch?v=yl8J0zFdkDs&t=828s Gentleman Overboard by Herbert Clyde Lewisgoodreads.com/book/show/59524882-gentleman-overboard My bite-sized chat with James: youtu.be/3PjJiGJMDT0 Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist Michael Hofmann (Translator)goodreads.com/book/show/53529648-michael-kohlhaas Panthers and the Museum of Fire by Jen Craiggoodreads.com/book/show/25362962-panthers-and-the-museum-of-fire?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_13 Wild Houses by Colin Barrettgoodreads.com/book/show/128714412-wild-houses?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_13 The Family Way by Christopher DiRaddogoodreads.com/book/show/56220542-the-family-way My Friends by Hisham Matargoodreads.com/book/show/127488823-my-friends Music & Silence by Rose Tremaingoodreads.com/book/show/12945460-music-silence Season of Fury and Wonder by Sharon Butalagoodreads.com/book/show/43475906-season-of-fury-and-wonder?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=m6cYGjFPyK&rank=1 Anyone's Ghost by August Thompsongoodreads.com/book/show/199373500-anyone-s-ghost?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=YhcrQwtlgi&rank=1 Brad Bigelow’s website, Neglected Books: http://neglectedbooks.com @neglectedbooks on Twitter The Recovered Books series at Boiler House Press: https://www.boilerhouse.press/recovered-books The Wafer-thin Books book club: waferthinbooks.com *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Chris, Dorian, James and Shawn chat about Edith Wharton’s 1917 novel Summer
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-06-06 | Chris, Dorian, James, and Shawn chat about Edith Wharton’s 1917 novel Summer No spoilers until 31:28 Follow Chris on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/292019 Chris’s book blog: chriswolak.com Follow Chris on Twitter: twitter.com/chriswolak?s=21&t=Y4MTIwxTn8KnQ27Nv9fCxQ The Book Cougars podcast: bookcougars.com The Book Cougars podcast on YouTube: youtube.com/c/BookCougars The Book Cougars podcast on Twitter: twitter.com/bookcougars?s=21&t=Y4MTIwxTn8KnQ27Nv9fCxQ Dorian’s blog, Eiger, Mönch & Jungfrau: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog Dorian on Twitter: @ds228 One Bright Book podcast: onebrightbook.com Follow James: -on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/55905 -on his blog, Caustic Cover Critic: http://causticcovercritic.blogspot.com -on Twitter: @Unwise_Trousers -on Instagram: @fpasties Summer by Edith Wharton goodreads.com/book/show/26261738-summer Other books mentioned: Watch and Ward by Henry Jamesgoodreads.com/book/show/277547.Watch_and_Ward?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Ha7NTx0mod&rank=2 Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Shawn of Shawn Breathes Books reviews Wild Houses by Colin Barrett
Shawn Breathes Books 2024-06-05 | Shawn of Shawn Breathes Books reviews Wild Houses by Colin Barrett Wild Houses by Colin Barrettgoodreads.com/book/show/128714412-wild-houses?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_13 Ron Charles’s review in The Washington Post: washingtonpost.com/books/2024/03/13/colin-barrett-thriller-wild-houses Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com *Where else to follow me:* @shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765