Shawn Breathes Books | Friday Reads: Things are looking up - oh, and a special guest @shawnbreathesbooks | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Friday Reads: Things are looking up - oh, and a special guest


The online book launch on October 21 for Gibbons or One Bloody Thing After Another by James Morrison
eventbrite.com/e/book-launch-gibbons-or-one-bloody-thing-after-another-by-james-morrison-tickets-728313885437
The publisher: orbistertiuspress.ca
Buy the book here: lulu.com/shop/james-morrison/gibbons/paperback/product-g6rmj4.html?page=1&pageSize=4





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Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links):

00:00 Intro

01:48 Biblioadventure

04:23 Reminder of the James Morrison book launch

05:45 Welcome to a new patron

07:24 A special guest

21:14 Weekly Highlights

23:40 Grass Roots: The Universe of Home by Paul Gruchow

26:45 Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih

30:07 The Perfection of the Morning: A Woman's Awaking in Nature by Sharon Butala

30:58 The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

32:31 Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark by Cecelia Watson


Books mentioned:

Towards a Prairie Atonement by Trevor Herriot
goodreads.com/book/show/29890959-towards-a-prairie-atonement?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=I3fpts6wgR&rank=1

River in a Dry Land by Trevor Herriot
goodreads.com/book/show/3109173-river-in-a-dry-land
(My mom talked about her love of this book in this video: youtu.be/2850VYaYc_8)

The Economy of Sparrows by Trevor Herriot
goodreads.com/book/show/128120340-the-economy-of-sparrows

Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov
Boris Dralyuk (Goodreads Author) (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/50374582

Gibbons or One Bloody Thing After Another by James Morrison
goodreads.com/book/show/195612644-gibbons-or-one-bloody-thing-after-another?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=fh5is617xN&rank=1
(Scroll up for information on the book launch, the publisher, and how to order the book)

Ghost Mountain by Ronan Hession
goodreads.com/book/show/200331592-ghost-mountain

Farthings: CB editions in 113 bites by Charles Boyle
goodreads.com/book/show/200332755-farthings

House on the A34 by Philip Hancock
goodreads.com/book/show/200332966-house-on-the-a34

Kick the Latch by Kathryn Scanlan
goodreads.com/book/show/60534035-kick-the-latch

Grimmish by Michael Winkler
goodreads.com/book/show/56772060-grimmish?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=YFRNGZWW38&rank=1

The End of August by Yū Miri
Morgan Giles (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/181495690-the-end-of-august

Grass Roots: The Universe of Home by Paul Gruchow
goodreads.com/book/show/756589.Grass_Roots?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=gj4PispfvU&rank=1

Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih
Denys Johnson-Davies (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/6145869-season-of-migration-to-the-north

The Perfection of the Morning: A Woman's Awaking in Nature by Sharon Butala
goodreads.com/book/show/831646.Perfection_of_the_Morning?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18

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

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


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