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Friday Reads: A one-hit wonder, epilogues, poor pacing, and some blissful literary perfection
Sharon Butala’s website: sharonbutala.com
The Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize:
writerstrust.com/awards/atwood-gibson-writers-trust-fiction-prize
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 Intro
02:19 A special guest
23:39 Weekly Highlights
26:00 The Tattooed Woman by Marian Engel
28:13 The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley
33:01 Indians on Vacation: A Novel by Thomas King
35:24 In the Upper Country by Kai Thomas
37:40 After Julius by Elizabeth Jane Howard
40:40 Open City by Teju Cole
45:41 In The Fog of the Season’s End by Alex La Guma
Books mentioned:
The Perfection of the Morning: An Apprenticeship in Nature by Sharon Butala
goodreads.com/book/show/2277820.The_Perfection_of_the_Morning
Where I Live Now: A Journey through Love and Loss to Healing and Hope by Sharon Butala
goodreads.com/book/show/30983496-where-i-live-now?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=BpAinvVOIA&rank=1
The Living Sea of Waking Dreams by Richard Flanagan
goodreads.com/book/show/54282408-the-living-sea-of-waking-dreams?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_16
The Book of Rain by Thomas Wharton
goodreads.com/blog/show/2687-goodreads-members-76-most-popular-books-of-the-past-decade?ref=decadepopular2023_eb
Dear Friend, From My Life I Write to You in Your Life - Yiyun Li
goodreads.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)
The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li
goodreads.com/book/show/59808607-the-book-of-goose?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=bRzeFY48JD&rank=1
Hellgoing by Lynn Coady
goodreads.com/book/show/19171621-hellgoing
Flicker by Lori Hahnel
goodreads.com/book/show/193311291-flicker?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12
The Waves by Virginia Woolf
goodreads.com/book/show/28501520-the-waves
The Bright Book of Life: Novels to Read and Reread by Harold Bloom
goodreads.com/book/show/51457167-the-bright-book-of-life?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_19
The Tattooed Woman by Marian Engel
goodreads.com/book/show/4294686-the-tattooed-woman?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_16
Bear by Marian Engel
goodreads.com/book/show/23879542-bear
An in-depth discussion with Dorian and James about Bear: youtu.be/phHuokngjxo
Summer by Edith Wharton
goodreads.com/book/show/26261738-summer
The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley
goodreads.com/book/show/258079.The_Go_Between?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=rAIcFH6zpt&rank=3
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
goodreads.com/book/show/5826.Bel_Canto?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=6v9iKIjg03&rank=1
Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah
goodreads.com/book/show/52744975-afterlives?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=JlRMJBYzRH&rank=1
My chat with Tilly and Ros: youtu.be/Ufd6P-RHZVI?si=R9LIBsRZ4rLkh0IH
Indians on Vacation: A Novel by Thomas King
goodreads.com/book/show/48947326-indians-on-vacation?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=aM6A1HAUMm&rank=1
We Are Coming Home: Repatriation and the Restoration of Blackfoot Cultural Confidence by Gerald T. Conaty (Editor)
goodreads.com/book/show/25274728-we-are-coming-home?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13
In the Upper Country by Kai Thomas
goodreads.com/book/show/60880810-in-the-upper-country?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10
After Julius by Elizabeth Jane Howard
goodreads.com/book/show/31699703-after-julius
Open City by Teju Cole
goodreads.com/book/show/8526694-open-city?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=ZYLlk9mBLe&rank=1
In The Fog of the Season’s End by Alex La Guma
goodreads.com/book/show/832714.In_the_Fog_of_the_Seasons_End
*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 one-hit wonder, epilogues, poor pacing, and some blissful literary perfection
Sharon Butala’s website: sharonbutala.com
The Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize:
writerstrust.com/awards/atwood-gibson-writers-trust-fiction-prize
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 Intro
02:19 A special guest
23:39 Weekly Highlights
26:00 The Tattooed Woman by Marian Engel
28:13 The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley
33:01 Indians on Vacation: A Novel by Thomas King
35:24 In the Upper Country by Kai Thomas
37:40 After Julius by Elizabeth Jane Howard
40:40 Open City by Teju Cole
45:41 In The Fog of the Season’s End by Alex La Guma
Books mentioned:
The Perfection of the Morning: An Apprenticeship in Nature by Sharon Butala
goodreads.com/book/show/2277820.The_Perfection_of_the_Morning
Where I Live Now: A Journey through Love and Loss to Healing and Hope by Sharon Butala
goodreads.com/book/show/30983496-where-i-live-now?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=BpAinvVOIA&rank=1
The Living Sea of Waking Dreams by Richard Flanagan
goodreads.com/book/show/54282408-the-living-sea-of-waking-dreams?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_16
The Book of Rain by Thomas Wharton
goodreads.com/blog/show/2687-goodreads-members-76-most-popular-books-of-the-past-decade?ref=decadepopular2023_eb
Dear Friend, From My Life I Write to You in Your Life - Yiyun Li
goodreads.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)
The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li
goodreads.com/book/show/59808607-the-book-of-goose?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=bRzeFY48JD&rank=1
Hellgoing by Lynn Coady
goodreads.com/book/show/19171621-hellgoing
Flicker by Lori Hahnel
goodreads.com/book/show/193311291-flicker?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12
The Waves by Virginia Woolf
goodreads.com/book/show/28501520-the-waves
The Bright Book of Life: Novels to Read and Reread by Harold Bloom
goodreads.com/book/show/51457167-the-bright-book-of-life?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_19
The Tattooed Woman by Marian Engel
goodreads.com/book/show/4294686-the-tattooed-woman?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_16
Bear by Marian Engel
goodreads.com/book/show/23879542-bear
An in-depth discussion with Dorian and James about Bear: youtu.be/phHuokngjxo
Summer by Edith Wharton
goodreads.com/book/show/26261738-summer
The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley
goodreads.com/book/show/258079.The_Go_Between?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=rAIcFH6zpt&rank=3
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
goodreads.com/book/show/5826.Bel_Canto?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=6v9iKIjg03&rank=1
Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah
goodreads.com/book/show/52744975-afterlives?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=JlRMJBYzRH&rank=1
My chat with Tilly and Ros: youtu.be/Ufd6P-RHZVI?si=R9LIBsRZ4rLkh0IH
Indians on Vacation: A Novel by Thomas King
goodreads.com/book/show/48947326-indians-on-vacation?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=aM6A1HAUMm&rank=1
We Are Coming Home: Repatriation and the Restoration of Blackfoot Cultural Confidence by Gerald T. Conaty (Editor)
goodreads.com/book/show/25274728-we-are-coming-home?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13
In the Upper Country by Kai Thomas
goodreads.com/book/show/60880810-in-the-upper-country?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10
After Julius by Elizabeth Jane Howard
goodreads.com/book/show/31699703-after-julius
Open City by Teju Cole
goodreads.com/book/show/8526694-open-city?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=ZYLlk9mBLe&rank=1
In The Fog of the Season’s End by Alex La Guma
goodreads.com/book/show/832714.In_the_Fog_of_the_Seasons_End
*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
