Shawn Breathes Books | Friday Reads: Out with a disgraced favorite, in with a superb debut @shawnbreathesbooks | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
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: 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 Eliot
goodreads.com/book/show/19089.Middlemarch?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=DlFAoudMiD&rank=1

Adam Bede by George Eliot
goodreads.com/book/show/20563.Adam_Bede

Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
goodreads.com/book/show/304.Daniel_Deronda

Silas Marner by George Eliot
goodreads.com/book/show/54539.Silas_Marner

Bleak House by Charles Dickens
goodreads.com/book/show/31242.Bleak_House?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
goodreads.com/book/show/10210.Jane_Eyre?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_9

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
goodreads.com/book/show/6185.Wuthering_Heights?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10

Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
goodreads.com/book/show/50798.Jude_the_Obscure?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_7

Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
goodreads.com/author/show/1413437.Elizabeth_Gaskell

A Month In The Country by J.L Carr
goodreads.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 Rogers
goodreads.com/en/book/show/2351412

True North: Selected Stories by Sara Maitland
goodreads.com/book/show/213863340

The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
goodreads.com/book/show/35512560-the-diary-of-a-bookseller?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_11

The Bookshop That Floated Away by Sarah Henshaw
goodreads.com/book/show/20748477-the-bookshop-that-floated-away

Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
goodreads.com/book/show/60064389-trespasses

Milkman by Anna Burns
goodreads.com/book/show/36047860-milkman?ac=1&from_search=true

Fire Exit by Morgan Talty
goodreads.com/book/show/197789783-fire-exit

The Deluge by Stephen Markley
goodreads.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


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