Recent Reads #37 | Internet novels & plotless beauty @ShaelinWrites
Recent Reads #37 | Internet novels & plotless beauty  @ShaelinWrites
Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
2:35 - What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad (goodreads.com/book/show/53773242-what-strange-paradise)
4:17 - She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan (goodreads.com/book/show/48727813-she-who-became-the-sun_
6:12 - Summer by Ali Smith (goodreads.com/book/show/52842705-summer)
8:07 - This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El Mohtar and Max Gladstone (goodreads.com/book/show/43352954-this-is-how-you-lose-the-time-war)
11:46 - The Idiot by Elif Batuman (goodreads.com/book/show/30962053-the-idiot)
14:21 - No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood (goodreads.com/book/show/53733106-no-one-is-talking-about-this)
17:45 - Ghost Forest by Pik-Shuen Fung (goodreads.com/en/book/show/55333961)
20:09 - Rest and Be Thankful by Emma Glass (goodreads.com/en/book/show/44587970)
21:17 - The Most Precious Substance on Earth by Shashi Bhat (goodreads.com/en/book/show/57700204)

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