Shawn Breathes Books | Friday Reads: Skimming, semicolons, and some stellar sociopolitical fiction @shawnbreathesbooks | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Friday Reads: Skimming, semicolons, and some stellar sociopolitical fiction
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Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links):
00:00 Intro
00:47 A special guest
16:11 Weekly Highlights
17:53 Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark by Cecelia Watson
23:55 Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov
26:18 Leopoldstadt by Tom Stoppard
28:02 My Ántonia by Willa Cather
29:13 Now and Then by William Corlett
Books mentioned:
Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
goodreads.com/book/show/31549906-do-not-say-we-have-nothing?ac=1&from_search=true
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
goodreads.com/book/show/15852479-we-need-new-names
Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
goodreads.com/book/show/57951400-glory
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard
goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2023?ref=GCAs23_openinground_eb
Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark by Cecelia Watson
goodreads.com/book/show/42611087-semicolon?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=V35M4IbQon&rank=2
The Bostonians by Henry James
goodreads.com/book/show/194546.The_Bostonians?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10
Roderick Hudson by Henry James
from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=aM6A1HAUMm&rank=1
Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov
Boris Dralyuk (Goodreads Author) (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/50374582
Leopoldstadt by Tom Stoppard
goodreads.com/book/show/48567463-leopoldstadt?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_15
My Ántonia by Willa Cather
goodreads.com/book/show/157975.My_ntonia
Now and Then by William Corlett
goodreads.com/book/show/1279409.Now_and_Then?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=nVRJ4Lpwlf&rank=1
*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: Skimming, semicolons, and some stellar sociopolitical fiction
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
00:47 A special guest
16:11 Weekly Highlights
17:53 Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark by Cecelia Watson
23:55 Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov
26:18 Leopoldstadt by Tom Stoppard
28:02 My Ántonia by Willa Cather
29:13 Now and Then by William Corlett
Books mentioned:
Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
goodreads.com/book/show/31549906-do-not-say-we-have-nothing?ac=1&from_search=true
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
goodreads.com/book/show/15852479-we-need-new-names
Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
goodreads.com/book/show/57951400-glory
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard
goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2023?ref=GCAs23_openinground_eb
Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark by Cecelia Watson
goodreads.com/book/show/42611087-semicolon?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=V35M4IbQon&rank=2
The Bostonians by Henry James
goodreads.com/book/show/194546.The_Bostonians?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10
Roderick Hudson by Henry James
from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=aM6A1HAUMm&rank=1
Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov
Boris Dralyuk (Goodreads Author) (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/50374582
Leopoldstadt by Tom Stoppard
goodreads.com/book/show/48567463-leopoldstadt?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_15
My Ántonia by Willa Cather
goodreads.com/book/show/157975.My_ntonia
Now and Then by William Corlett
goodreads.com/book/show/1279409.Now_and_Then?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=nVRJ4Lpwlf&rank=1
*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
