Shawn Breathes Books | Friday Reads: Running the gamut from a bail to a wondrous memoir @shawnbreathesbooks | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Friday Reads: Running the gamut from a bail to a wondrous memoir


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Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links):

00:00 Intro

08:33 A special guest

18:39 Weekly Highlights

20:28 The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

21:43 Pearl by Siân Hughes

24:05 Tomorrow They Won't Dare to Murder Us by Joseph Andras

26:07 The Perfection of the Morning: A Woman's Awaking in Nature by Sharon Butala

27:56 Indians on Vacation: A Novel by Thomas King

29:30 After Julius by Elizabeth Jane Howard



Books mentioned:

Writing Home: Selected Essays by David Carpenter
goodreads.com/book/show/122584842-writing-home

Jokes for the Apocalypse by David Carpenter
goodreads.com/book/show/4610132-jokes-for-the-apocalypse

God's Bedfellows by David Carpenter
goodreads.com/book/show/6503023-god-s-bedfellows

The School of the Haunted River by Colleen Gerwing
goodreads.com/book/show/181520303-the-school-of-the-haunted-river?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12

The Apothecary's Garden by Jeanette Lynes
goodreads.com/book/show/59092245-the-apothecary-s-garden?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12

Danceland Diary by dee Hobsbawn-Smith
goodreads.com/book/show/63064898-danceland-diary?ref=nav_sb_ss_3_10

North Woods by Daniel Mason
goodreads.com/book/show/71872930-north-woods?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
goodreads.com/book/show/17465709-braiding-sweetgrass?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=sYra4UqzdY&rank=2

The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason
goodreads.com/book/show/456909.The_Piano_Tuner

A Registry of My Passage upon the Earth: Stories by Daniel Mason
goodreads.com/book/show/52879778-a-registry-of-my-passage-upon-the-earth

Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
goodreads.com/book/show/15677.Strangers_on_a_Train?from_search=true

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
goodreads.com/book/show/62039166-the-bee-sting?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_9

Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
goodreads.com/book/show/123636870-study-for-obedience?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_15

One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir by Binyavanga Wainaina
goodreads.com/book/show/9905586-one-day-i-will-write-about-this-place?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=4EQYDmisAK&rank=1
My Bite-sized Book Chat with Bernie: youtu.be/WkNKK6lMhoY?si=iC6ZcgrxtOcrNgYp

'I am a homosexual, mum' by Binyavanga Wainaina: africasacountry.com/2014/01/i-am-a-homosexual-mum

The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
Lara Vergnaud (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/123557124-the-most-secret-memory-of-men

Pearl by Siân Hughes
goodreads.com/book/show/145937508-pearl?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=aABkgNPVg3&rank=1

Tomorrow They Won't Dare to Murder Us by Joseph Andras
Simon Leser (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/55361614-tomorrow-they-won-t-dare-to-murder-us

The Perfection of the Morning: An Apprenticeship in Nature by Sharon Butala
goodreads.com/book/show/2277820.The_Perfection_of_the_Morning

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

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/blog/show/2502-new-and-upcoming-books-to-discover-this-pride-month?ref=pride23_eb



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