Shawn Breathes Books | Friday Reads: Two books - not that great, not bad enough to bail on @shawnbreathesbooks | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Friday Reads: Two books - not that great, not bad enough to bail on



*The week in review on my channel:*

-scandalously, there’s nothing to report


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Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links):

00:00 Introduction

02:13 Mystery guest

28:08 Patreon news

29:23 The Colony by Audrey Magee

31:22 Music & Silence by Rose Tremain

35:03 Khwabnama by Akhteruzzaman Elias

38:00 Less Than Angels by Barbara Pym


Books mentioned:

If Sylvie Had Nine Lives by Leona Theis
goodreads.com/book/show/53484262-if-sylvie-had-nine-lives?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11

Asking for a Friend by Kerry Clare
goodreads.com/book/show/66035092-asking-for-a-friend?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_12

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

Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56648158-night-of-the-living-rez...

The Family Way by Christopher DiRaddo
goodreads.com/book/show/56220542-the-family-way?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=9SNhbS9W1K&rank=2

The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence
goodreads.com/book/show/317748.The_Stone_Angel

The Colony by Audrey Magee
goodreads.com/book/show/57977494-the-colony

Music & Silence by Rose Tremain
goodreads.com/book/show/12945460-music-silence

Khwabnama by Akhteruzzaman Elias
Arunava Sinha (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/58367739-khwabnama?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=kStzzZjYYf&rank=1
I read the opening of the novel starting at 14:53 here: youtu.be/Z51LwX1Bz8w?feature=shared

Less Than Angels by Barbara Pym
goodreads.com/book/show/587597.Less_Than_Angels




Mystery guest: Marion Agnew
Marion’s website: marionagnew.com
Instagram: @marionagnew

Making Up the Gods by Marion Agnew
goodreads.com/book/show/131867899-making-up-the-gods

Reverberations: A Daughter’s Meditations on Alzheimer’s by Marion Agnew
goodreads.com/book/show/45292287-reverberations


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