Shawn Breathes Books
Bite-sized Book Chats: The 49th Episode
updated
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Chat #1: with Robin from Delaware
Follow Robin:
-on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/4446974-robin-robertson
-on Facebook: facebook.com/Itsallaboutprint
-on Instagram: @mcrobus
The East Indian by Brinda Charry
goodreads.com/book/show/62919367-the-east-indian?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=lrx8GZsKLW&rank=1
Chat #2: with Rowan in Tasmania
Follow Rowan on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/35794399
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/rowmac
Depth of Field by Kirsty Iltners
goodreads.com/book/show/208002519-depth-of-field?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_8
Order this directly from the Australian publisher (in print or ebook format): https://uwap.uwa.edu.au/products/depth-of-field?_pos=3&_sid=6b4d516b3&_ss=r
Chat #3: with Bek from near Portland, Oregon
Bek’s BookTube channel, MoonyReadsByStarlight: youtube.com/@moonyreadsbystarlight
Follow Bek on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-bek-moonyreadsbystarlight
@readsbystarlight on Instagram
Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English by Valerie Fridland
goodreads.com/book/show/61685974-like-literally-dude?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=myea21sGxm&rank=1
Valerie FridlandRead Nancy’s full review: theliteratequilter.wordpress.com/2023/09/10/chenneville-by-paulette-jiles
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
Chat #4: with Nora from Dublin
Follow Nora:
-on Instagram: @pear.jelly
-on Twitter: @pearjelly_
Our Zooming In chat about rearranging books: youtu.be/GXKD4ULbGjM?si=8BOkX9fUPVDQsqdf
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
goodreads.com/book/show/54283
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, عدنية شبلي, Elisabeth Jaquette (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/52045757-minor-detail?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=YMPMLWWzPD&rank=2
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
goodreads.com/book/show/17465709-braiding-sweetgrass?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_8
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Check out the reverse project from last year:
Mikiko’s reading project: thetravellingeditor.blogspot.com/2023/01/reading-some-of-shawns-5-star-books.html
The video, Part 1: youtu.be/61uy-RQTgvo?si=o7XPwmUt_QX-YkGD
Part 2: youtube.com/watch?v=qNC0kAqAPj0
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Books
In a Grove by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Michael Brase (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/8132998-in-a-grove
Falling Animals by Sheila Armstrong
goodreads.com/book/show/153353965-falling-animals?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_25
Though the Bodies Fall by Noel O'Regan
goodreads.com/book/show/123277323-though-the-bodies-fall?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18
Tauhou by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall
goodreads.com/book/show/63213007-tauhou?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_6
Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmid
goodreads.com/book/show/43328763-highway-of-tears?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_21
Brat: An '80s Story by Andrew McCarthy
goodreads.com/book/show/55277901-brat?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_7
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The Red Detachment of Women by Jiang Yun
Mingyuan Hu & Annelise Finegan (Translators)
goodreads.com/book/show/202159543-the-red-detachment-of-women?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_20
Hermits United webpage: hermits-united.com
Odd Girl Out by Elizabeth Jane Howard
goodreads.com/book/show/26831019-odd-girl-out
Landbridge: life in fragments by Y-Dang Troeung
goodreads.com/book/show/123856312-landbridge?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_7
The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson
goodreads.com/book/show/52639051-the-seed-keeper?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17
Cool Water by Dianne Warren
goodreads.com/book/show/7811046-cool-water?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
goodreads.com/book/show/63094957-the-rachel-incident?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=NB7YaX0N0c&rank=1
Other 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
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*The week in review on my channel:*
Sharon and Shawn Talk Books
youtu.be/fH19_Q7CoZ0
Zooming In: Literary fiction - dead or alive? – Ros & Shawn weigh in
youtu.be/-L4swRgd22I?si=3co1KnjilVs74l7u
Lindy schools Shawn on the finalists of the 2024 Governor General’s Literary Awards
youtu.be/mdXA3nHNepQ
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Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links):
00:00 Introduction
00:20 A queer poetic biblioadventure
04:48 Mystery guest
31:02 Weekly highlights
34:15 The Inheritance by Cauvery Madhavan
36:12 Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hession
38:00 Held by Anne Michaels
40:33 Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller
Books mentioned:
I Hate Parties: Poems by Jes Battis
goodreads.com/book/show/211316471-i-hate-parties?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14
I Feel That Way Too by Jaz Papadopoulos
goodreads.com/book/show/211316461-i-feel-that-way-too?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17
She's a Lamb! by Meredith Hambrock
goodreads.com/book/show/216698520-she-s-a-lamb?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=cGXxVouZmf&rank=2
We've Had a Hundred Years of Psychotherapy & the World's Getting Worse by James Hillman & Michael Ventura
goodreads.com/book/show/203306.We_ve_Had_a_Hundred_Years_of_Psychotherapy_the_World_s_Getting_Worse?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
goodreads.com/book/show/46263943-real-life?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_24
The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem
Sinan Antoon (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/42921509-the-book-of-disappearance?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_21
The Inheritance by Cauvery Madhavan
goodreads.com/book/show/209307675-the-inheritance?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=QGShHKcPhs&rank=1
Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hession
goodreads.com/book/show/200331592-ghost-mountain
Held by Anne Michaels
goodreads.com/book/show/200241802-held?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=aBGcNDkCMd&rank=1
Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller
goodreads.com/book/show/53341634-unsettled-ground
Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller
goodreads.com/book/show/30304221-swimming-lessons
Mystery guest: Noreen Masud
Noreen’s website: https noreenmasud.com
Follow Noreen:
-on Twitter: @NoreenMasud
-on Instagram: @noreen_masud
A Flat Place: Moving Through Empty Landscapes, Naming Complex Trauma by Noreen Masud
goodreads.com/book/show/119028182-a-flat-place?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12
Stevie Smith and the Aphorism: Hard Language by Noreen Masud
goodreads.com/book/show/62871110-stevie-smith-and-the-aphorism
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#GGBooks2024
ggbooks.ca
Lindy’s channel, Lindy’s Magpie Reads: youtube.com/@lindysmagpiereads
@nightcoyotes on Instagram
Governor General Literary Awards website: ggbooks.ca
Books discussed:
GG Fiction finalists:
The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of North America, Volume 1 by Kent Monkman and Gisele Gordon, published by McClelland and Stewart
Empty Spaces by Jordan Abel, published by McClelland and Stewart
Naniki by Oonya Kempadoo, published by Dundurn Press
Code Noir by Canisia Lubrin, published by Knopf Canada
Her Body Among Animals: Stories by Paola Ferrante, published by Book*hug
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GG Nonfiction finalists:
Becoming a Matriarch by Helen Knott, published by Vintage Canada
Crooked Teeth by Danny Ramadan, published by Viking
Winipek by Niigaan Sinclair, published by McClelland and Stewart
The Walls Have Eyes by Petra Molnar, published by The New Press
The Age of Insecurity by Astra Taylor, published by House of Anansi
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GG Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books finalists:
Skating Wild on an Inland Sea by Jean Pendziwol and Todd Stewart, published by Groundwood
Do You Remember? by Sydney Smith, published by Groundwood
The Gulf by Adam de Souza, published by Tundra
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GG Translation finalists:
So Long Sad Love by Mirion Malle, translated by Aleshia Jensen, published by Drawn and Quarterly
Nights Too Short to Dance by Marie-Claire Blais, translated by Katia Grubisic, published by Second Story Press
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Other mentions:
Nishga by Jordan Abel
The Nature Book by Tom Comitta
Voodoo Hypothesis by Canisia Lubrin
The Dyzgraphxst by Canisia Lubrin
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu
In My Own Moccasins by Helen Knott
Nights in the Underground by Marie-Claire Blais
Songs for Angel by Marie-Claire Blais
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What was literary fiction? by Dan Sinykin: thenation.com/article/culture/what-was-literary-fiction
The big idea: should we abolish literary genres? by Alex Clark:
theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/27/the-big-idea-should-we-abolish-literary-genres
Zooming In is a series on my channel featuring chats with bookish social media luminaries, writers, and readers. Each short episode features a conversation about a book-related article, podcast episode, etc. The playlist of all Zooming In episodes is here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQfTh913NXVUFqKCzGlTh8Ez.
Ros’s BookTube channel, Scallydandling about the books: youtube.com/@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711?si=inN64c8KsA20DfWf
@rosamunday_scallydandling on Instagram
Books mentioned:
Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens: goodreads.com/book/show/37703550-where-the-crawdads-sing
(My full review: youtube.com/watch?v=blnwR3oGpbQ&t=332s)
goodreads.com/book/show/18144590-the-alchemist?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=qbRdDjk3f8&rank=1
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
goodreads.com/book/show/18144590-the-alchemist
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
goodreads.com/book/show/28921.The_Remains_of_the_Day?ref=nav_sb_ss_3_8
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
goodreads.com/book/show/6334.Never_Let_Me_Go?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
goodreads.com/book/show/22522805-the-buried-giant?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=OKqd2YosZf&rank=1
Wolf Hall / Bring Up the Bodies / The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel
goodreads.com/book/show/52172741-wolf-hall-bring-up-the-bodies-the-mirror-and-the-light?ref=nav_sb_ss_5_11
Cecily by Annie Garthwaite
goodreads.com/book/show/55818511-cecily?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=ZhoGAGmSfZ&rank=1
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
goodreads.com/book/show/58659343-our-wives-under-the-sea?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12
Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature by Dan Sinykin
goodreads.com/book/show/152263880-big-fiction?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_7
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Sharon Butala’s website: http://sharonbutala.com
Books discussed:
The Perfection of the Morning: An Apprenticeship in Nature by Sharon Butala
goodreads.com/book/show/831646.Perfection_of_the_Morning?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18
My interview with Sharon about this memoir: youtu.be/qxLEb2oiWm0?si=sfEe3-Tb4y7LdeSq
Where I Live Now: A Journey through Love and Loss to Healing and Hope by Sharon Butala
goodreads.com/book/show/30983496-where-i-live-now
How to Breathe Water by Sharon Butala
(Forthcoming)
Season of Fury and Wonder by Sharon Butala
goodreads.com/book/show/43475906-season-of-fury-and-wonder?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=m6cYGjFPyK&rank=1
The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov
Constance Garnett (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/42413010-the-lady-with-the-dog-and-other-stories
Reading Chekhov: A Critical Journey by Janet Malcolm
goodreads.com/book/show/1107183.Reading_Chekhov?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13
Ward No. 6 and other stories by Anton Chekhov
Constance Garnett (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/2799614-ward-no-6
The Duel by Anton Chekhov
Constance Garnett (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/312862.The_Duel?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov
Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky (Translators)
goodreads.com/book/show/5693.Selected_Stories_of_Anton_Chekhov?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=3E7aUFopdZ&rank=1
Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart
goodreads.com/book/show/57408095-our-country-friends?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_16
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
goodreads.com/book/show/56816904-the-sentence?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=mjyRLc4UJD&rank=1
The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez
goodreads.com/book/show/125930473-the-vulnerables?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17
Day by Michael Cunningham
goodreads.com/book/show/123033397-day?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_15
August Blue by Deborah Levy
goodreads.com/book/show/62039277-august-blue?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14
The Limits by Nell Freudenberger
goodreads.com/book/show/179546868-the-limits?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11
Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru
goodreads.com/book/show/196845471-blue-ruin?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_9
A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham
goodreads.com/book/show/2137.A_Home_at_the_End_of_the_World?ac=1&from_search=true
Asking for a Friend by Kerry Clare
goodreads.com/book/show/66035092-asking-for-a-friend?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_12
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut
Adrian Nathan West (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/62069739-when-we-cease-to-understand-the-world
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*The week in review on my channel:*
Book Haul:
youtu.be/5G7l-PeeOfA
Shawn Breathes Books presents a surprise alfresco veelog for #ShortySeptember
youtu.be/HdLOl_6oOJU
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Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links):
00:00 Introduction
02:24 Mystery guest
27:35 Weekly highlights
29:00 Rumi and the Red Handbag by Shawna Lemay
30:20 Suzanne and Gertrude by Jeb Loy Nichols
31:42 Khwabnama by Akhteruzzaman Elias
34:15 On imperfect readings
35:07 And the Stones Cry Out by Clara Dupont-Monod
42:97 Animal Person by Alexander MacLeod
45:26 Held by Anne Michaels
46:07 Victoria's Daughters by Jerrold M. Packard
Books mentioned:
Man Descending by Guy Vanderhaeghe
goodreads.com/book/show/25112475-man-descending
Homesick by Guy Vanderhaeghe
goodreads.com/book/show/1194962.Homesick
All Things Consoled: A Daughter's Memoir by Elizabeth Hay
goodreads.com/book/show/37811576-all-things-consoled?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=kCveddFcvC&rank=1
The Diamond House by Dianne Warren
goodreads.com/book/show/52216057-the-diamond-house?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_18
Rumi and the Red Handbag by Shawna Lemay
goodreads.com/book/show/26063446-rumi-and-the-red-handbag?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=GA7I4TxSLw&rank=1
Suzanne and Gertrude by Jeb Loy Nichols
goodreads.com/book/show/44550601-suzanne-and-gertrude
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
My mystery guest chat with the translator, Arunava, starts at 4:21 here: youtu.be/7YtuMpg5BE4?si=wsYr42jBONxbJB7e
And the Stones Cry Out by Clara Dupont-Monod
Ben Faccini (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/156745282-and-the-stones-cry-out?ref=nav_sb_ss_5_14
Animal Person by Alexander MacLeod
goodreads.com/book/show/57693577-animal-person?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13
Held by Anne Michaels
goodreads.com/book/show/200241802-held?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14
Victoria's Daughters by Jerrold M. Packard
goodreads.com/book/show/1695841.Victoria_s_Daughters?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_42
Mystery guest: Karin Melberg Schwier
Karin’s website: karinschwier.wordpress.com
Small Reckonings by Karin Melberg Schwier
goodreads.com/book/show/53258112-small-reckonings?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=9MrQIkTYs3&rank=4
Available from online book retailers worldwide or directly (paper copy or e-book) from the publisher, Shadowpaw Press, which ships worldwide: shadowpawpress.com/product/small-reckonings
Sexuality: Your Sons and Daughters With Intellectual Disabilities by Karin Melberg Schwier & David Hingsburger
goodreads.com/book/show/1507407.Sexuality
Flourish: People with Disabilties Living Life with Passion by Karin Melberg Schwier
goodreads.com/book/show/54815591-flourish
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#ShortySeptember
#FramedinSeptember
#ArtReadathon
#SpinsterSeptember
Books mentioned:
Rumi and the Red Handbag by Shawna Lemay
goodreads.com/book/show/26063446-rumi-and-the-red-handbag?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=GA7I4TxSLw&rank=1
Suzanne and Gertrude by Jeb Loy Nichols
goodreads.com/book/show/44550601-suzanne-and-gertrude
Other books mentioned:
Angel Wing Splash Pattern by Richard Van Camp
goodreads.com/book/show/34714584-angel-wing-splash-pattern
Genetic Criticism: Tracing Creativity in Literature by Dirk Van Hulle
goodreads.com/book/show/60850772-genetic-criticism?ref=nav_sb_ss_3_17
BookTubers mentioned:
@HannahsBooks
@alldbooks9165
@pastorytime2683
@TooManyHeathers
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In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience by Helen Knott
goodreads.com/book/show/44643952-in-my-own-moccasins
Angels on Toast by Dawn Powell
goodreads.com/book/show/217076.Angels_on_Toast?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=SFtu1rY4rB&rank=2
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
goodreads.com/book/show/8913370-fingersmith
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
goodreads.com/book/show/1356487.O_Pioneers_
The Bone People by Keri Hulme
goodreads.com/book/show/1341074.The_Bone_People
The Englishman's Boy by Guy Vanderhaeghe
goodreads.com/book/show/408032.The_Englishman_s_Boy?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Gu72HjvewY&rank=1
Other books mentioned:
Becoming a Matriarch by Helen Knott
goodreads.com/book/show/123666414-becoming-a-matriarch?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=uBjiG6me9Q&rank=2
My Ántonia by Willa Cather
goodreads.com/book/show/157975.My_ntonia
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*The week in review on my channel:*
Zooming In: None of Your Damned Business - Dorian and Shawn on Nameless Protagonists & Narrators
youtu.be/qwdxjmC46BA
Alina and Shawn chat about The Colony by Audrey Magee
youtu.be/VBZrM2aWEAM
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Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links):
00:00 Introduction
04:21 Mystery guest
37:46 Weekly highlights
38:44 The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence
39:34 The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
42:27 Ivy's Tree by Wendy Burton
45:17 Animal Person by Alexander MacLeod
Books mentioned:
Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh
goodreads.com/book/show/42436500-gun-island?ac=1&from_search=true
Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag
Srinath Perur (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/30267604-ghachar-ghochar
(My review: youtube.com/watch?v=QoallDjKwGs&t=34s)
Poonachi: Or the Story of a Black Goat by Perumal Murugan
N. Kalyan Raman (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/38318462-poonachi?ac=1&from_search=true
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
goodreads.com/book/show/208931300-intermezzo?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10
Stories of the True by Jeyamohan
Priyamvada (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/62080203-stories-of-the-true?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=1CRQUkkkUt&rank=1
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories by Banu Mushtaq
Deepa Bhasthi (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/205544315-heart-lamp
Sakina’s Kiss by Vivek Shanbhag
Srinath Perur (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/198534114-sakina-s-kiss
Denison Avenue by Christina Wong
Daniel Innes (Illustrator)
goodreads.com/book/show/64995552-denison-avenue
Because Somebody Asked Me To: Observations on History, Literature, and the Passing Scene by Guy Vanderhaeghe
goodreads.com/book/show/208912957-because-somebody-asked-me-to
The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence
goodreads.com/book/show/317748.The_Stone_Angel
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
goodreads.com/book/show/199798201-the-safekeep?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_8
Ivy's Tree by Wendy Burton
goodreads.com/book/show/53485064-ivy-s-tree?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_13
Animal Person by Alexander MacLeod
goodreads.com/book/show/57693577-animal-person?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13
Mystery guest: Arunava Sinha
Arunava’s website: https://arunavasinha.in
Follow Arunava:
-on Instagram: @arunavasinha
-on Twitter: @arunava
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
Hospital by Sanya Rushdi
Arunava Sinha (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/170108848-hospital
A Touch of Salt by Anita Agnihotri
Arunava Sinha (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/219317792-a-touch-of-salt
The Greatest Indian Stories Ever Told by Arunava Sinha (ed.)
Multiple translators
goodreads.com/book/show/178634496-the-greatest-indian-stories-ever-told?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_14
The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever Told by Arunava Sinha (ed.)
Arunava Sinha (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/29906274-the-greatest-bengali-stories-ever-told?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10
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Follow Alina on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/13776958
The Colony by Audrey Magee
goodreads.com/book/show/57977494-the-colony
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2 Novels About What’s-Their-Name by Leah Greenblatt: nytimes.com/2024/01/13/books/read-like-wind-recommendations.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb&ngrp=mnp&pvid=4685466D-F4B4-47E4-9BA6-E17419FE9486
Zooming In is a series on my channel featuring chats with bookish social media luminaries, writers, and readers. Each short episode features a conversation about a book-related article, podcast episode, etc. The playlist of all Zooming In episodes is here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQfTh913NXVUFqKCzGlTh8Ez.
Dorian’s blog, Eiger, Mönch & Jungfrau: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog
Dorian on Twitter: @ds228
One Bright Book podcast: onebrightbook.com
Books mentioned:
Milkman by Anna Burns
goodreads.com/book/show/36047860-milkman?ac=1&from_search=true
Remainder by Tom McCarthy
goodreads.com/blog/show/2828?ref=HHM24_eb
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
goodreads.com/book/show/420031.Heart_of_Darkness
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
goodreads.com/book/show/17899948-rebecca?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=NSnESt2frX&rank=1
The Yellow Wall-Paper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
goodreads.com/book/show/6425940-the-yellow-wall-paper-and-other-stories
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
goodreads.com/book/show/16981.Invisible_Man?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=5jpCBjSztx&rank=4
The Wall by Marlen Haushofer
Shaun Whiteside (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/59468837-the-wall
Remembrance of Things Past Volumes 1-3
Marcel Proust
(There are various translations so I’m not going to name one translator - do your own due diligence )
goodreads.com/book/show/797309.Remembrance_of_Things_Past_Volumes_1_3_Box_Set?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=CGA44ZRYdw&rank=7
The Rise of the Nameless Narrator By Sam Sacks
March 3, 2015 issue of The New Yorker
newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-rise-of-the-nameless-narrator
S/Z: An Essay by Roland Barthes
Richard Miller (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/139246.S_Z#CommunityReviews
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
goodreads.com/book/show/153747.Moby_Dick_or_The_Whale?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=k4gE2JjtQD&rank=1
The Family Clause by Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Alice Menzies (Translation)
goodreads.com/book/show/51251241-the-family-clause
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#FramedinSeptember
#ArtReadathon
#SpinsterSeptember
*The week in review on my channel:*
Book Haul: youtu.be/pKmoevrGCBc?si=hmhsGn5jIv-TTDCb
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Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links):
00:00 Introduction
01:20 Mystery guest
32:34 Welcome to Canada by David Carpenter
34:36 Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamond Lehmann
39:15 The Inheritance by Cauvery Madhavan
42:30 Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hession
45:51 Ivy's Tree by Wendy Burton
Books mentioned:
Against the Law by Peter Wildeblood
goodreads.com/book/show/2036972.Against_the_Law?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=0Ci6X5tAlE&rank=1
Prick Up Your Ears: The Biography of Joe Orton by John Lahr
goodreads.com/book/show/1473968.Prick_Up_Your_Ears
Entertaining Mr. Sloane by Joe Orton
goodreads.com/book/show/1103629.Entertaining_Mr_Sloane?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_19
Keith Vaughan: Journals, 1939-1977 by Keith Vaughan
goodreads.com/book/show/3348094-keith-vaughan?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13
James Courage Diaries
Chris Brickell (ed.)
goodreads.com/book/show/58573506-james-courage-diaries
A Way of Love by James Courage
goodreads.com/book/show/25274148-a-way-of-love
The Life to Come and Other Stories by E.M. Forster
goodreads.com/book/show/208913.The_Life_to_Come_and_Other_Stories?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_16
The Island: W. H. Auden and the Last of Englishness by Nicholas Jenkins
goodreads.com/book/show/216745998-the-island?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13
The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
goodreads.com/book/show/12738.The_Transit_of_Venus?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_15
Good Night, Beloved Comrade: The Letters of Denton Welch to Eric Oliver by Daniel J. Murtaugh (Editor)
goodreads.com/book/show/29936768-good-night-beloved-comrade?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=LTVphO8NGr&rank=1
Love's Civil War: Elizabeth Bowen and Charles Ritchie: Letters and Diaries 1941-1973 by Elizabeth Bowen
goodreads.com/book/show/148402912-love-s-civil-war?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=o0hKz1yNIH&rank=3
In Youth Is Pleasure by Denton Welch
goodreads.com/book/show/5142778-in-youth-is-pleasure
My full review: youtube.com/watch?v=WsNDSkfwct0
A Voice Through a Cloud by Denton Welch
goodreads.com/book/show/398336.A_Voice_Through_a_Cloud?ac=1&from_search=true
(My full review: youtu.be/WWUt1VRS8W0)
Where Nothing Sleeps: The Complete Short Stories and Other Related Works by Denton Welch
James Methuen-Campbell, ed.
goodreads.com/book/show/1906243.Where_Nothing_Sleeps?from_search=true
Welcome to Canada by David Carpenter
goodreads.com/book/show/9663445-welcome-to-canada?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=8cTmGbifdv&rank=1
Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamond Lehmann
goodreads.com/book/show/1477344.Invitation_to_the_Waltz?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=ZkTtS7MljW&rank=1
The Inheritance by Cauvery Madhavan
goodreads.com/book/show/209307675-the-inheritance
(My ‘mystery guest’ chat with her about The Inheritance starts at 2:19 here: youtube.com/watch?v=UTz7IGYrRcs)
Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hession
goodreads.com/book/show/200331592-ghost-mountain
(My ‘mystery guest’ chat with him about Ghost Mountain starts at 7:24 here: youtu.be/I7rOqorMUzo?si=2vzRnm9iKZ00Jb60)
Ivy's Tree by Wendy Burton
goodreads.com/book/show/53485064-ivy-s-tree?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_13
Mystery guest: Peter Parker
Peter’s website: peterparkerwriter.com
Follow Peter:
-on Instagram: @prnparker
-on Twitter: @PParkerWriting
Some Men in London: Queer Life, 1945–1959 by Peter Parker
goodreads.com/book/show/198283571-some-men-in-london
Some Men in London: Queer Life, 1960–1967 by Peter Parker
goodreads.com/book/show/207007790-some-men-in-london
Ackerley: The Life of J.R. Ackerley by Peter Parker
goodreads.com/book/show/97048.Ackerley
Isherwood: A Life Revealed by Peter Parker
goodreads.com/book/show/118342.Isherwood?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18
A Little Book of Latin for Gardeners by Peter Parker
goodreads.com/book/show/42513941-a-little-book-of-latin-for-gardeners?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_19
“The embarrassing love letters of Denton Welch” by Peter Parker
in The Spectator (March 2017)
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A Simple Carpenter by David Margoshes
goodreads.com/book/show/200356407-a-simple-carpenter
Falling Animals by Sheila Armstrong
goodreads.com/book/show/75673428-falling-animals
An Episode of Sparrows by Rumer Godden
goodreads.com/book/show/5985.An_Episode_of_Sparrows?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14
Ponyboy by Eliot Duncan
goodreads.com/book/show/60693551-ponyboy
Hollow Bamboo: A Novel by William Seto Ping
goodreads.com/book/show/61722727-hollow-bamboo?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
goodreads.com/book/show/57926137-black-cake
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#FramedinSeptember
#ArtReadathon
#SpinsterSeptember
*The week in review on my channel:*
Lindy and Shawn chat with Douglas Bruton about his novel Blue Postcards: youtu.be/cWH4S2ptZFw?si=amwrpxEZ-o0dW2Ew
Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Book Giveaway post on Patreon: patreon.com/posts/book-giveaway-109299855
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Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links):
00:00 Introduction
00:36 Mystery guest
25:56 Week in review
26:58 Off Keck Road by Mona Simpson
29:54 The Art Lover by Carole Maso
31:38 The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
36:08 A doubleheader reading project
Books mentioned:
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
goodreads.com/book/show/12543.Bird_by_Bird?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_6
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Jeremy Leggatt (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/193755.The_Diving_Bell_and_the_Butterfly?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11
I Raise My Eyes to Say Yes by Ruth Sienkiewicz-Mercer, Steven B. Kaplan
goodreads.com/book/show/759247.I_Raise_My_Eyes_to_Say_Yes?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=6V7IJhPLdu&rank=1
Turn Up the Ocean: Poems by Tony Hoagland
goodreads.com/book/show/58772726-turn-up-the-ocean?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_16
Off Keck Road by Mona Simpson
goodreads.com/book/show/407271.Off_Keck_Road
The Art Lover by Carole Maso
goodreads.com/book/show/153595.The_Art_Lover?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_9
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
goodreads.com/book/show/199798201-the-safekeep?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_8
The Inheritance by Cauvery Madhavan
goodreads.com/book/show/209307675-the-inheritance
(My ‘mystery guest’ chat with her about The Inheritance starts at 2:19 here: youtube.com/watch?v=UTz7IGYrRcs)
Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hession
goodreads.com/book/show/200331592-ghost-mountain
(My ‘mystery guest’ chat with him about Ghost Mountain starts at 7:24 here: youtu.be/I7rOqorMUzo?si=2vzRnm9iKZ00Jb60)
Mystery guest: Nina Berkhout
Nina is not on social media. Please check out this profile of her on Canadian Literature: canlit.ca/issue-250-author-spotlight-nina-berkhout
This Bright Dust by Nina Berkhout
goodreads.com/book/show/210494000-this-bright-dust?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=gVGTvJvCN7&rank=1
1939 Royal visit to Saskatoon footage video: youtu.be/C2zQ_kFaLn8?si=_xDXM1feXmDjV0Wh
The Great Wake by Nina Berkhout
goodreads.com/book/show/215592025-the-great-wake?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14
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#FramedinSeptember
#ArtReadathon
Douglas Bruton’s website: http://douglasrdb.blogspot.com
My previous long form interview with Douglas: youtu.be/XpzEI-4yMo4?feature=shared
Lindy’s channel, Lindy’s Magpie Reads: youtube.com/@lindysmagpiereads
@nightcoyotes on Instagram
Blue Postcards by Douglas Bruton
goodreads.com/book/show/56684838-blue-postcards
Other books mentioned:
I Remember by Joe Brainard
goodreads.com/book/show/35385.Joe_Brainard
With or Without Angels by Douglas Bruton
goodreads.com/book/show/61312223-with-or-without-angels?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_34
My chat with Lindy about this: youtu.be/TVgF2kBcSW8?si=q6qBRatuVHwWIpVu
Theory of Colours by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Charles Lock Eastlake (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/18225.Theory_of_Colours
The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard
Maria Jolas (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/20893524-the-poetics-of-space
Hope Never Knew Horizon by Douglas Bruton
goodreads.com/book/show/210525551-hope-never-knew-horizon
Woman in Blue by Douglas Bruton
Coming February 2025
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*Where else to follow me:*
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My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney
My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
#FramedinSeptember
#ArtReadathon
#SpinsterSeptember
*The week in review on my channel:*
Zooming In: Mindy and Shawn on the audacity of literary opinion: youtu.be/cMnd0Q5smJQ?si=sAbcvZmyZ7EHrToT
Book Haul: youtu.be/1sfpCGO-Yew?si=9jet2ffXmYStexZI
Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Book Giveaway post on Patreon: patreon.com/posts/book-giveaway-109299855
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Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links):
00:00 Introduction
05:03 A couple milestones
06:01 Mystery guest
29:43 Week in review
30:32 The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
34:21 The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry
37:20 The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence
43:55 The Misses Mallett by E.H. Young
46:20 Off Keck Road by Mona Simpson
47:55 Spinster Kang by Zoë S. Roy
49:32 The Art Lover by Carole Maso
Books mentioned:
Rhine Journey by Ann Schlee
goodreads.com/book/show/199798695-rhine-journey
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/42983724-drive-your-plow-over-the-bones-of-the-dead
Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
goodreads.com/book/show/937105.Lolly_Willowes?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=k46jNWmXPO&rank=1
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym
goodreads.com/book/show/60402210-excellent-women
Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
goodreads.com/book/show/251665.Hotel_du_Lac?ac=1&from_search=true
Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi
David Boyd & Lucy North (Translators)
goodreads.com/book/show/59629744-diary-of-a-void?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=IPlykJ7qHO&rank=1
Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami
Allison Markin Powell (Translator)
goodreads.com/blog/show/2783-readers-most-anticipated-books-of-fall?ref=BigBooksFall24_eb
The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Archibald Colquhoun (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/1320341.The_Leopard
The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry
goodreads.com/book/show/199795387-the-heart-in-winter?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18
The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence
goodreads.com/book/show/317748.The_Stone_Angel
The Misses Mallett by E.H. Young
goodreads.com/book/show/3875872-the-misses-mallett
Off Keck Road by Mona Simpson
goodreads.com/book/show/407271.Off_Keck_Road
Spinster Kang by Zoë S. Roy
goodreads.com/book/show/42789195-spinster-kang?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13
The Art Lover by Carole Maso
goodreads.com/book/show/153595.The_Art_Lover?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_9
Mystery guest: Nora
-on Instagram: @pear.jelly
-on Twitter: @pearjelly_
Our Zooming In chat about rearranging books: youtu.be/GXKD4ULbGjM?si=8BOkX9fUPVDQsqdf
Nora’s announcement post about Spinster September: instagram.com/p/C-ntTNiACH6/?igsh=MXh3YTdtMXlmbzdmaQ==
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Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson
goodreads.com/book/show/59634120-small-worlds?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=O5MdWqUADZ&rank=2
An Ideal Presence by Eduardo Berti
Daniel Levin-Becker (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/56233032-an-ideal-presence?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11
Dominoes by Phoebe Mcintosh
goodreads.com/book/show/62628930-dominoes?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=wVyGEk2gvx&rank=1
Lie With Me by Philippe Besson
Molly Ringwald (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/40539136-lie-with-me?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12
The Frozen Thames by Helen Humphreys
goodreads.com/book/show/3229410-the-frozen-thames
A Book of Great Worth by Dave Margoshes
goodreads.com/book/show/13087213-a-book-of-great-worth?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_10
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The I Recommends by Jon Doughboy: minorliteratures.com/2023/10/10/the-i-recommends-jon-doughboy
Zooming In is a series on my channel featuring chats with bookish social media luminaries, writers, and readers. Each short episode features a conversation about a book-related article, podcast episode, etc. The playlist of all Zooming In episodes is here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQfTh913NXVUFqKCzGlTh8Ez.
Follow Mindy on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/56061282
Follow Mindy’s blog on Substack: substack.com/@readonceanddestroy
Books mentioned:
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
goodreads.com/book/show/14201.Jonathan_Strange_Mr_Norrell
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
goodreads.com/book/show/7354.The_Shipping_News?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13
Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov
goodreads.com/series/59386-foundation-publication-order
Normal People by Sally Rooney
goodreads.com/book/show/41057294-normal-people?from_search=true&qid=YkzrnDLnOZ&rank=2
(My full review: youtu.be/6y7F9CTKxc8)
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
goodreads.com/book/show/32187419-conversations-with-friends?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=T0KpAZw5Ec&rank=1
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
goodreads.com/book/show/58784475-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_8
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
goodreads.com/book/show/59357120-yellowface?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=zahqXVQfTd&rank=1
Babel by R.F. Kuang
goodreads.com/book/show/57945316-babel
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
goodreads.com/book/show/158875813-prophet-song?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
goodreads.com/book/show/63241104-tom-lake?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_9
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
goodreads.com/book/show/139400713-martyr?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_7
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
goodreads.com/book/show/195430687-blue-sisters?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_12
My Death by Lisa Tuttle
goodreads.com/book/show/125053180-my-death
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#womenintranslation
#WITmonth
#FramedinSeptember
#ArtReadathon
#SpinsterSeptember
Spinster September host: Nora
-on Instagram: @pear.jelly
-on Twitter: @pearjelly_
*The week in review on my channel:*
David Carpenter on the Francophone Alberta writer Georges Bugnet and his 1935 novel The Forest: youtu.be/SzTf-12DeFI?si=0kM2ISDwGun1M7hh
Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765
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Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links):
00:00 Introduction
03:51 Mystery guest
28:19 Week in review
29:51 Patreon news
30:27 Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro
36:16 The Misses Mallett by E.H. Young
36:51 Off Keck Road by Mona Simpson
37:47 The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence
Books mentioned:
Septology by Jon Fosse
Damion Searls (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/61966062-septology
Aliss at the Fire by Jon Fosse
Damion Searls (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/8238557-aliss-at-the-fire
Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright
goodreads.com/book/show/181866973-praiseworthy
Marshland by Otohiko Kaga
Albert Novick (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/60534011-marshland?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14
Flunker by Dennis Cooper
goodreads.com/book/show/214384754-flunker?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14
The Forest by Georges Bugnet
David Carpenter (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/6877844-the-forest?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=126DKJRgQQ&rank=1
Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro
Frances Riddle (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/56802275-elena-knows?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Kxa29BTzgy&rank=1
The Misses Mallett by E.H. Young
goodreads.com/book/show/3875872-the-misses-mallett
Off Keck Road by Mona Simpson
goodreads.com/book/show/407271.Off_Keck_Road
The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence
goodreads.com/book/show/317748.The_Stone_Angel
Mystery guest: Adam of mementomori
mementomori: youtube.com/@mementomoriadam?si=BVkYiZTQkj3Pd-tR
Instagram: @mementomoriadam
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There is a short section of the discussion that goes into spoilers, from 22:58 to 24:42. You will be warned just beforehand.
This is part of a series of conversations with Western Canadian writer David Carpenter. The playlist is here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQeIH0zizfA8EqmgK1Ml4tW6
David Carpenter’s website: dccarpenter.com
The Forest by Georges Bugnet
David Carpenter (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/6877844-the-forest?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=126DKJRgQQ&rank=1
Other books mentioned:
Banjo Lessons by David Carpenter
goodreads.com/blog/show/2770?ref=SRTypeRecs24_eb
Settlers of the Marsh by Frederick Philip Grove
goodreads.com/book/show/1025943.Settlers_of_the_Marsh?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14
As For Me And My House by Sinclair Ross
goodreads.com/book/show/826769.As_for_Me_and_My_House
Strangers in the House by Candace Savage
goodreads.com/book/show/49348909-strangers-in-the-house?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=bLF3gU4V3O&rank=5
Writing Home: Selected Essays by David Carpenter
goodreads.com/book/show/12258484
My interview with Dave about Writing Home: youtu.be/3LgON18sgP4?si=cKK1jcaDShWMQduq
Fruits of the Earth by Frederick Philip Grove
goodreads.com/book/show/78238.Fruits_of_the_Earth?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18
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#womenintranslation
#WITmonth
#FramedinSeptember
#ArtReadathon
*The week in review on my channel:*
Nada.
Novelist Barb Howard and Shawn launch their 2nd annual novella reading project: please join us! youtu.be/wpAjvGy_7gA?feature=shared
Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Book Giveaway post on Patreon: patreon.com/posts/book-giveaway-109299855
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Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links):
00:00 Introduction
02:05 Mystery guest
31:24 Patreon news
32:02 A Girl's Story by Annie Ernaux
35:14 The Pegnitz Junction by Mavis Gallant
42:29 Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro
Books mentioned:
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
goodreads.com/en/book/show/58662236 ge
A Month In The Country by J.L Carr
goodreads.com/book/show/60707.A_Month_in_the_Country?ac=1&from_search=true
The Whale Tattoo by Jon Ransom
goodreads.com/book/show/60261868-the-whale-tattoo?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_12
Rosarita by Anita Desai
goodreads.com/book/show/205031034-rosarita?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_15
A Girl's Story by Annie Ernaux
Alison L. Strayer (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/53443227-a-girl-s-story?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10
The Pegnitz Junction: A Novella and Five Short Stories by Mavis Gallant
goodreads.com/book/show/23441400-the-pegnitz-junction
‘The Pegnitz Junction’ in The Collected Stories by Mavis Gallant
goodreads.com/book/show/28186100-the-collected-stories
Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro
Frances Riddle (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/56802275-elena-knows?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Kxa29BTzgy&rank=1
Mystery guest: Allan Radcliffe
Allan’s website: allanradcliffe.co.uk
Allan’s blog: allanradcliffe.wordpress.com/author/radcliffeallan
Twitter: @AllanRadcliffe
Instagram: @allan_radcliffe
The Old Haunts by Allan Radcliffe
goodreads.com/book/show/122758134
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My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney
My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
#womenintranslation
#WITmonth
#FramedinSeptember
#ArtReadathon
*The week in review on my channel:*
Nada.
Novelist Barb Howard and Shawn launch their 2nd annual novella reading project: please join us! youtu.be/wpAjvGy_7gA?feature=shared
Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Book Giveaway post on Patreon: patreon.com/posts/book-giveaway-109299855
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 Introduction
01:58 Mystery guest
23:24 Patreon news
26:50 Until August by Gabriel García Márquez
27:50 Young Bloomsbury: The Generation That Redefined Love, Freedom, and Self-Expression in 1920s England by Nino Strachey
30:33 Minor Detail by Adania Shibli
34:42 Leaf blower interlude with Cate Blanchett cameo
36:19 The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry
39:07 The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
44:19 The Pegnitz Junction by Mavis Gallant
Books mentioned:
Mild Vertigo by Mieko Kanai
Polly Barton (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/62972502-mild-vertigo
I was part of a group discussion of this novel on an episode of the Book Club Review podcast: youtu.be/ls-x7oniqPA?si=ZJwsRP9ghg6_SRlu
Bear by Marian Engel
goodreads.com/book/show/23879542-bear
An in-depth discussion with Dorian and James about Bear: youtu.be/phHuokngjxo
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
goodreads.com/book/show/28921.The_Remains_of_the_Day
Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo
Douglas J. Weatherford (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/22931012-pedro-p-ramo
El Llano in flames - Juan Rulfo (Stephen Beechinor, trans.): goodreads.com/book/show/48418123-el-llano-in-flames
Ghost Image by Hervé Guibert
Robert Bononno (Translation)
goodreads.com/book/show/18526888-ghost-image
To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life by Hervé Guibert
Linda Cloverdale (Translation)
goodreads.com/book/show/29406.To_the_Friend_Who_Did_Not_Save_My_Life?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=zvSF2Da3lG&rank=2
Until August by Gabriel García Márquez
Anne McLean (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/200555496-until-august
Young Bloomsbury: The Generation That Redefined Love, Freedom, and Self-Expression in 1920s England by Nino Strachey
goodreads.com/book/show/60903482-young-bloomsbury
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, عدنية شبلي, Elisabeth Jaquette (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/52045757-minor-detail?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=YMPMLWWzPD&rank=2
The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry
goodreads.com/book/show/199795387-the-heart-in-winter?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18
West by Carys Davies
goodreads.com/book/show/35297141-west
Shawn & Doris discuss this novella, Part 1: youtube.com/watch?v=_XkOu5gtLhs&t=861s & Part 2: youtube.com/watch?v=vGFFCpZb2Y0
Days Without End by Sebastian Barry
goodreads.com/book/show/30212107-days-without-end?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=POesqowORx&rank=2
The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Archibald Colquhoun (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/1320341.The_Leopard
The Pegnitz Junction: A Novella and Five Short Stories by Mavis Gallant
goodreads.com/book/show/23441400-the-pegnitz-junction
‘The Pegnitz Junction’ in The Collected Stories by Mavis Gallant
goodreads.com/book/show/28186100-the-collected-stories
Mystery guest: Christine Lai
Christine’s website: christine-lai.com
Twitter: @christinelai44
Instagram: @chryseis44
Landscapes by Christine Lai
goodreads.com/book/show/124931360-landscapes
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@shawnbreathesbooks 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
#womenintranslation
#WITmonth
*The week in review on my channel:*
Book Haul: youtu.be/ErolMao2bxc?si=j5pGnu-veQBr6oLc
Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Book Giveaway post on Patreon: patreon.com/posts/book-giveaway-109299855
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 Introduction
04:20 Mystery guest
28:08 Patreon news
29:09 Ti Amo by Hanne Ørstavik
34:22 Forgottenness by Tanja Maljartschuk
36:50 And the Stones Cry Out by Clara Dupont-Monod
40:43 The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
41:15 The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry
41:41 Minor Detail by Adania Shibli
Books mentioned:
North Woods by Daniel Mason
goodreads.com/book/show/71872930-north-woods?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12
When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà
Mara Faye Lethem (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/61142285-when-i-sing-mountains-dance
The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym - Paula Byrne: goodreads.com/book/show/56329046-the-adventures-of-miss-barbara-pym
Less Than Angels by Barbara Pym
goodreads.com/book/show/587597.Less_Than_Angels
Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym
goodreads.com/book/show/2066735.Quartet_in_Autumn
My full review: youtu.be/xyeMFRK5BAU?si=DQHkIFWv2MPx7Abo
The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence
goodreads.com/book/show/317748.The_Stone_Angel
Ti Amo by Hanne Ørstavik
Martin Aitken (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/60173268-ti-amo
Love by Hanne Ørstavik
Martin Aitken (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/37945656-love
(My full review: youtu.be/xPownS5MuQo)
stay with me by Hanne Orstavik
Martin Aitken (translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/216524192-stay-with-me
Less Than Angels by Barbara Pym
goodreads.com/book/show/587597.Less_Than_Angels
Forgottenness by Tanja Maljartschuk
Zenia Tompkins (translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/209319935-forgottenness
There are at least two versions on audio; the audiobook that I listened to and loved with all my heart was read by Emma Fielding
And the Stones Cry Out by Clara Dupont-Monod
Ben Faccini (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/156745282-and-the-stones-cry-out?ref=nav_sb_ss_5_14
The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Archibald Colquhoun (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/1320341.The_Leopard
The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry
goodreads.com/book/show/199795387-the-heart-in-winter?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, عدنية شبلي, Elisabeth Jaquette (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/52045757-minor-detail?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=YMPMLWWzPD&rank=2
Mystery guest: Judith Heneghan
Judith’s website: judithheneghan.co.uk
Instagram & Threads: @judith_heneghan
Snegurochka by Judith Heneghan
goodreads.com/book/show/44805100-snegurochka?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14
Birdeye by Judith Heneghan
goodreads.com/book/show/200272927-birdeye
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The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
goodreads.com/book/show/1820684.The_Stone_Diaries
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Kathleen James-Cavan (Editor)
goodreads.com/book/show/41886.Sense_and_Sensibility
And the Stones Cry Out by Clara Dupont-Monod
Ben Faccini (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/156745282-and-the-stones-cry-out?ref=nav_sb_ss_5_14
Forgottenness by Tanja Maljartschuk
Zenia Tompkins (translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/209319935-forgottenness
Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan
goodreads.com/book/show/60324341-brotherless-night?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=z0BRWx7IIn&rank=1
Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=7582676
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
My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak
*Where else to follow me:*
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My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
#womenintranslation
#WITmonth
#BookerPrize
#FramedinSeptember
#ArtReadathon
Framed! In September — an art readathon - announcement video: youtu.be/60v2BB5RgDE?si=r4ODta-wFYW3iE40
*The week in review on my channel:*
Shawn Breathes Books chats with Montreal writer Christopher DiRaddo about his fabulously gay novels: youtu.be/_BkZWf1Yquw?si=D82PJPiHLYaWnhnf
Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765
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Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links):
00:00 RIP, Edna O’Brien
03:16 Introduction
07:14 Booker longlist
09:18 Mystery guest
32:37 Patreon news
32:50 Week in review
33:22 Blue Postcards by Douglas Bruton
35:49 Animal Farm by George Orwell
36:15 Season of Fury and Wonder by Sharon Butala
37:41 Less Than Angels by Barbara Pym
39:06 Until August by Gabriel García Márquez
39:54 Welcome to Canada by David Carpenter
40:59 Forgottenness by Tanja Maljartschuk
41:52 And the Stones Cry Out by Clara Dupont-Monod
42:32 Ti Amo by Hanne Ørstavik
Books mentioned:
The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien
goodreads.com/book/show/517061.The_Country_Girls
A Fanatic Heart by Edna O'Brien
goodreads.com/book/show/694218.A_Fanatic_Heart?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=6s3x6dEcpV&rank=1
A Pagan Place by Edna O'Brien
goodreads.com/book/show/42971993-a-pagan-place
Country Girl by Edna O'Brien
goodreads.com/book/show/15790829-country-girl?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=YqA8C4N1Wn&rank=3
My Indian Summer by Joseph Kakwinokanasum
goodreads.com/book/show/62322995-my-indian-summer?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=DMwSG6H05J&rank=1
Video of the book launch I attended: youtube.com/live/sA7EC1adV_0?si=WXGwv48e0VVsOoXD
My Friends by Hisham Matar
goodreads.com/book/show/127488823-my-friends
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
goodreads.com/book/show/174147294-wandering-stars
Wild Houses by Colin Barrett
goodreads.com/book/show/128714412-wild-houses?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_13
My full review: youtu.be/5KGqTmluH50?si=5Kc7tudUcl4IgXZ-
Held by Anne Michaels
goodreads.com/book/show/200241802-held?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14
James by Percival Everett
goodreads.com/book/show/173754979-james?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_25
River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure
goodreads.com/book/show/127823210-river-east-river-west?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_5
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
goodreads.com/book/show/199698485-the-god-of-the-woods?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_10
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
goodreads.com/book/show/57938906-great-circle
The Family Way by Christopher DiRaddo
goodreads.com/book/show/56220542-the-family-way?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=9SNhbS9W1K&rank=2
Blue Postcards by Douglas Bruton
goodreads.com/book/show/56684838-blue-postcards
My interview with Douglas Bruton: youtu.be/XpzEI-4yMo4?feature=shared
Animal Farm by George Orwell
goodreads.com/book/show/3149348-animal-farm
Season of Fury and Wonder by Sharon Butala
goodreads.com/book/show/43475906-season-of-fury-and-wonder?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=m6cYGjFPyK&rank=1
Less Than Angels by Barbara Pym
goodreads.com/book/show/587597.Less_Than_Angels
Until August by Gabriel García Márquez
Anne McLean (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/200555496-until-august
Welcome to Canada by David Carpenter
goodreads.com/book/show/9663445-welcome-to-canada?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=8cTmGbifdv&rank=1
Forgottenness by Tanja Maljartschuk
Zenia Tompkins (translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/209319935-forgottenness
And the Stones Cry Out by Clara Dupont-Monod
Ben Faccini (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/156745282-and-the-stones-cry-out?ref=nav_sb_ss_5_14
Ti Amo by Hanne Ørstavik
Martin Aitken (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/60173268-ti-amo
Love by Hanne Ørstavik
Martin Aitken (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/37945656-love
(My full review: youtu.be/xPownS5MuQo)
Mystery guest: Edward Y.C. Lee
Ed’s website: edwardyclee.com
Twitter: @edwardyclee
The Laundryman’s Boy: A Novel by Edward Y.C. Lee
goodreads.com/book/show/181109960-the-laundryman-s-boy?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18
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The Geography of Pluto by Christopher DiRaddo
goodreads.com/book/show/56220543-the-geography-of-pluto?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_8
My full review: youtu.be/Wbtsy8gj7bQ
The Family Way by Christopher DiRaddo
goodreads.com/book/show/56220542-the-family-way?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=9SNhbS9W1K&rank=2
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*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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My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Novelist Barb Howard and Shawn launch their 2nd annual novella reading project: please join us! youtu.be/wpAjvGy_7gA?feature=shared
*The week in review on my channel:*
Book Haul: youtu.be/nRLnbwX9ax4?feature=shared
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 Introduction
03:26 Mystery guest
29:15 Week in Review
29:41 Patreon news
30:59 The Love of Singular Men by Victor Heringer
34:29 The Deluge by Stephen Markley
39:05 Animal Farm by George Orwell
39:44 Khwabnama by Akhteruzzaman Elias
Books mentioned:
‘Account’ by Namwali Serpell, published in the Enkare Review: drive.google.com/file/d/1JBjLthQqjVVzk59s_qWHRnxX1U2bIVTg/view
Pomegranate by Helen Elaine Lee
goodreads.com/book/show/61273768-pomegranate?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_11
Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh
goodreads.com/book/show/198563681-blessings?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_15
The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence
goodreads.com/book/show/317748.The_Stone_Angel
The Love of Singular Men by Victor Heringer
James Young (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/134914064-the-love-of-singular-men?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17
The Deluge by Stephen Markley
goodreads.com/book/show/60806778-the-deluge?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=4DrqSSszw5&rank=1
Collected Works by Lydia Sandgren
Agnes Broomé (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/60334013-collected-works
My full review: youtu.be/h49vGte0dIY?si=khjTLVH3jRU1tMO5
Ohio by Stephen Markley
goodreads.com/book/show/36373372-ohio
My full review: youtu.be/yddqBFWRGKY?feature=shared
Animal Farm by George Orwell
goodreads.com/book/show/3149348-animal-farm
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
Mystery guest: Vincent Anioke
Vincent’s website: vincentanioke.com
Twitter: @AniokeVincent
Instagram: @vincent.anioke
YouTube: youtube.com/@vincentanioke1490?feature=shared
SmokeLong Quarterly: smokelong.com
Perfect Little Angels by Vincent Anioke
goodreads.com/book/show/206007765-perfect-little-angels
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My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Archibald Colquhoun (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/1320341.The_Leopard
Other Ranks by William Vincent Tilsley
goodreads.com/book/show/44319280-other-ranks?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
goodreads.com/book/show/11529868-the-orphan-master-s-son
A Perfect Day to Be Alone by Nanae Aoyama
Jesse Kirkwood (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/156512861-a-perfect-day-to-be-alone?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=gHFzHImFG5&rank=1
The Laundryman’s Boy: A Novel by Edward Y.C. Lee
goodreads.com/book/show/181109960-the-laundryman-s-boy?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=12GVnXbnRw&rank=1
The Canadian Prairies - A History by Gerald Friesen
goodreads.com/book/show/11312532-the-canadian-prairies---a-history
Other books mentioned:
Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson
goodreads.com/book/show/23590496-fortune-smiles?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_29
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My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak
*Where else to follow me:*
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My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
My appearance on the Hamilton Review of Books Podcast, talking about queer literature: http://hamiltonreviewofbooks.com/hrb-podcast/2024/06/08/hamilton-review-of-books-podcast-season-3-episode-3-queer-literature-featuring-shawn-mooney
*The week in review on my channel:*
Book Haul: youtube.com/watch?v=FDNz1_ac7Js
Zooming In: Bob and Shawn on the pressure to ‘keep up’ as readers and bookish content creators: youtube.com/watch?v=08KtsuofpCE
Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765
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Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links):
00:00 Alice Munro, persona non grata
03:12 The Hamilton Review of Books podcast
03:54 Mystery guest
33:34 Week in Review
34:04 Patreon news
34:45 Fire Exit by Morgan Talty
40:50 The Deluge by Stephen Markley
Books mentioned:
Middlemarch by George Eliot
goodreads.com/book/show/19089.Middlemarch?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=DlFAoudMiD&rank=1
Adam Bede by George Eliot
goodreads.com/book/show/20563.Adam_Bede
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
goodreads.com/book/show/304.Daniel_Deronda
Silas Marner by George Eliot
goodreads.com/book/show/54539.Silas_Marner
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
goodreads.com/book/show/31242.Bleak_House?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
goodreads.com/book/show/10210.Jane_Eyre?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_9
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
goodreads.com/book/show/6185.Wuthering_Heights?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
goodreads.com/book/show/50798.Jude_the_Obscure?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_7
Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
goodreads.com/author/show/1413437.Elizabeth_Gaskell
A Month In The Country by J.L Carr
goodreads.com/book/show/60707.A_Month_in_the_Country?ac=1&from_search=true
The Last Englishman: The Life of J. L. Carr by Byron Rogers
goodreads.com/en/book/show/2351412
True North: Selected Stories by Sara Maitland
goodreads.com/book/show/213863340
The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
goodreads.com/book/show/35512560-the-diary-of-a-bookseller?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_11
The Bookshop That Floated Away by Sarah Henshaw
goodreads.com/book/show/20748477-the-bookshop-that-floated-away
Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
goodreads.com/book/show/60064389-trespasses
Milkman by Anna Burns
goodreads.com/book/show/36047860-milkman?ac=1&from_search=true
Fire Exit by Morgan Talty
goodreads.com/book/show/197789783-fire-exit
The Deluge by Stephen Markley
goodreads.com/book/show/60806778-the-deluge?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=4DrqSSszw5&rank=1
Mystery guest: Rohan Maitzen
Rohan’s blog, Novel Readings: rohanmaitzen.com/?cat=-1
Follow Rohan on Twitter: @RohanMaitzen
*Where else to follow me:*
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@shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky
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My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
On Letting Go of the Idea of “Keeping Up” by Molly Templeton: reactormag.com/on-letting-go-of-the-idea-of-keeping-up
Zooming In is a series on my channel featuring chats with bookish social media luminaries, writers, and readers. Each short episode features a conversation about a book-related article, podcast episode, etc. The playlist of all Zooming In episodes is here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQfTh913NXVUFqKCzGlTh8Ez.
Bob’s BookTube channel, Bob the Bookerer: youtube.com/channel/UCo9wDCo3u3J5Sky9skhVkXA
Follow Bob on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/94796885
@wordbib on Twitter
@bobopolis on Instagram
Books mentioned:
The Promise by Damon Galgut
goodreads.com/book/show/54633172-the-promise
(My Zoom chat with Bob the Bookerer: youtu.be/mkj9ZAgnRD0)
The Way the Day Breaks by David Roberts
goodreads.com/book/show/81306265-the-way-the-day-breaks?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=YKANQvbwUA&rank=1
Playground by Richard Powers
goodreads.com/book/show/205478762-playground
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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
My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak
*Where else to follow me:*
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@shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads
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My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney
My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
goodreads.com/book/show/13536264-the-cat-s-table
After Nora by Penelope Curtis
goodreads.com/book/show/206874460-after-nora?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=WRFvE4LZH6&rank=1
Greener by Gráinne Murphy
goodreads.com/book/show/201306732-greener
Sons, Daughters by Ivana Bodrožić
Ellen Elias-Bursać (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/134113858-sons-daughters
Contract With The World by Jane Rule
goodreads.com/book/show/135294.Contract_With_The_World?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_20
Kinauvit?: What’s Your Name? The Eskimo Disc System and a Daughter’s Search for her Grandmother by Norma Dunning
goodreads.com/book/show/72331072-kinauvit?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13
Other books mentioned:
Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje
goodreads.com/book/show/1787711.Divisadero
Tainna: The Unseen Ones, Short Stories by Norma Dunning
goodreads.com/book/show/52863971-tainna?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_7
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#janeaustenjuly
*The week in review on my channel:*
Book Haul: youtu.be/ublalOMAtJo?feature=shared
Zooming In: Clued in or clueless? - how much do readers want to know about a book before diving in?: youtu.be/SN2aXm6goms?feature=shared
The Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag 2024: youtu.be/aoKdwlzfxzI?feature=shared
The latest Backlisted podcast episode, featuring Rose Ruane on Joan Barfoot’s Gaining Ground (original Canadian title, Abra): https://www.backlisted.fm/episodes/215-joan-barfoot-gaining-ground
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Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links):
00:00 Introduction
03:07 Patreon news
04:49 Mystery guest
28:40 Week in Review
29:33 Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
31:42 Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh
Books mentioned:
Birding by Rose Ruane
goodreads.com/book/show/178632549-birding?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13
My mystery guest chat with Rose starts at 1:08 here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7d0r-npNXMc
Gaining Ground (Original Canadian title: Abra) by Joan Barfoot
goodreads.com/book/show/215723684-gaining-ground
Critical Injuries by Joan Barfoot
goodreads.com/book/show/295756.Critical_Injuries?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_16
The Heir of Venus by Laura Shepperson
goodreads.com/book/show/209944817-the-heir-of-venus
The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne
goodreads.com/book/show/15819023-the-real-jane-austen?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
goodreads.com/book/show/61842212-soldier-sailor?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_7
Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh
goodreads.com/book/show/198563681-blessings?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_15
Mystery guest: Katie Lumsden
Katie’s BookTube channel, Books & Things: youtube.com/@katiejlumsden?feature=shared
Katie’s website: katielumsden.co.uk
Follow Katie on Instagram: @katiejlumsden
More links available at https://linktr.ee/katiejlumsden
The Trouble With Mrs Montgomery Hurst by Katie Lumsden
goodreads.com/book/show/195269275-the-trouble-with-mrs-montgomery-hurst
The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden
goodreads.com/book/show/61322622-the-secrets-of-hartwood-hall
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My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
[Image Description: a graphic featuring a photo of Shawn and the words Friday Reads: A tome toppled, a couple new books well met]
Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: 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
My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak
#midyearbookfreakouttag
Tag Originated by IsThatChami: video no longer on YouTube
My 2023 version: youtu.be/P-SG4V-MVfE?feature=shared
My 2022 version: youtu.be/hhUD4JJ_65Q
My 2021 version: youtu.be/6gTo6MN24fg
My 2020 version: youtu.be/3qr161dutsM
My 2019 version: youtube.com/watch?v=J1WPSaQjcgE&t=833s
My 2018 version: youtu.be/yD2iHUTHcrY
Books mentioned (in alphabetical order by author):
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1 by Beth Brower
goodreads.com/book/show/52085140-the-unselected-journals-of-emma-m-lion-vol-1?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=BceYLyiOVm&rank=1
I talk about and read an excerpt from this book beginning at the 7 minute mark on this book haul video: youtu.be/QwxlANrTZQc?si=sjD4qWAdSKNR3dML
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol. 2 by Beth Brower
goodreads.com/book/show/48677941-the-unselected-journals-of-emma-m-lion-vol-2
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 Geography of Pluto by Christopher DiRaddo
goodreads.com/book/show/56220543-the-geography-of-pluto?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_8
My full review: youtu.be/Wbtsy8gj7bQ
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
goodreads.com/book/show/199793431-the-mighty-red?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=ZK3lWpzmAx&rank=1
In Tongues by Thomas Grattan
goodreads.com/book/show/195790706-in-tongues
My interview with Thomas Grattan about In Tongues: youtu.be/k1y7pRxWf4g?feature=shared
The Recent East by Thomas Grattan
goodreads.com/book/show/53317479-the-recent-east?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=U5AMdLFtV3&rank=1
My full review: youtu.be/6J0Se9P5rw4
My chat with Thomas Grattan: youtu.be/6J0Se9P5rw4
Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hession
goodreads.com/book/show/200331592-ghost-mountain
(My ‘mystery guest’ chat with him starts at 7:24 here: youtu.be/I7rOqorMUzo?si=2vzRnm9iKZ00Jb60)
Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh
goodreads.com/book/show/198563681-blessings?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_15
Change: A Method by Édouard Louis
John Lambert (Translation)
goodreads.com/book/show/152014964-change
The Inheritance by Cauvery Madhavan
goodreads.com/book/show/209307675-the-inheritance
My Friends by Hisham Matar
goodreads.com/book/show/127488823-my-friends
Small Joys by Elvin James Mensah
goodreads.com/book/show/61612872-small-joys
My interview with the author: youtu.be/ZSiLlBnQfD8?feature=shared
The Coast Road by Alan Murrin
goodreads.com/book/show/198530985-the-coast-road
Johnny I Hardly Knew You by Edna O'Brien
goodreads.com/en/book/show/694216
Night by Edna O'Brien
goodreads.com/book/show/20751432-night
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
goodreads.com/book/show/208931300-intermezzo?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10
Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen by Suzanne Scanlon
goodreads.com/book/show/19174676
My full review: youtu.be/fKvOGD-PBdk?feature=shared
Blackouts by Justin Torres
goodreads.com/book/show/65215321-blackouts?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=NEMYzfZSy9&rank=1
Prompts:
The Questions
1. Best book you’ve read so far
2. Best sequel you've read so far
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to.
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year.
5. Biggest disappointment.
6. Biggest surprise.
7. Favorite new author. (Debut or new to you)
8. Newest fictional crush.
9. Newest favorite character.
10. Book that made you cry (Saddest book you have read).
11. Book that made you happy.
12. Favorite book to film adaptation you saw this year.
13. Favorite review you've written this year. (Booktube version: Favorite video you have done so far in this year)
14. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received)
15. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
*Where else to follow me:*
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My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
The Case for Never Reading the Book Jacket by Tajja Isen: thewalrus.ca/the-case-for-never-reading-the-book-jacket
What Do You Want to Know About a Book Before You Read It? by Molly Templeton: reactormag.com/what-do-you-want-to-know-about-a-book-before-you-read-it
My Zooming In episode with Brian of Bookish on out-of-control book blurbing:
youtu.be/HyaMgCFaztk?si=TfwmmtffQm65QPIN
The trigger warning website: DoesTheDogDie.com
My Zooming In episode with Nelle and Scott on reading deal-breakers:
youtu.be/gwWIT1FnN8s?si=QPhy5238IJRrqQwy
Zooming In is an occasional series on my channel featuring chats with bookish social media luminaries, writers, and readers. Each short episode features a conversation about a book-related article, podcast episode, etc. The playlist of all Zooming In episodes is here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQfTh913NXVUFqKCzGlTh8Ez.
Follow Carina:
@time4reading on Instagram
Check out her Big Book Reading Challenge: #BigBookReading2024
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*Where else to follow me:*
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My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney
My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
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Rafael Has Pretty Eyes by Elaine McCluskey
goodreads.com/book/show/61385189-rafael-has-pretty-eyes?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17
I give my preliminary thoughts on the first story at 11:05 here: youtu.be/LCKOavOFfd0?feature=shared
The Following Story by Cees Nooteboom
Ina Rilke (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/322255.The_Following_Story
Moccasin Square Gardens: Short Stories by Richard Van Camp
goodreads.com/book/show/41150694-moccasin-square-gardens?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12
Perfect Little Angels by Vincent Anioke
goodreads.com/book/show/206007765-perfect-little-angels
Birdeye by Judith Heneghan
goodreads.com/book/show/200272927-birdeye
The Coast Road by Alan Murrin
goodreads.com/book/show/198530985-the-coast-road
Other books mentioned:
Snegurochka by Judith Heneghan
goodreads.com/book/show/44805100-snegurochka?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=8DNoeohPEI&rank=1;
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My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak
*Where else to follow me:*
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@shawnbreathesbooks 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
*The week in review on my channel:*
Zooming In: What we talk about when we talk about books - Bernie and Shawn on bookish discourse: youtu.be/brRJOgrjaVg?feature=shared
Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: patreon.com/user?u=75826765
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Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links):
00:00 Introduction
06:31 Mystery guest
34:31 Week in Review
34:54 Patreon news
39:41 Fire Exit by Morgan Talty
42:13 The Love of Singular Men by Victor Heringer
Books mentioned:
Colville's People by Carol Malyon
goodreads.com/book/show/3133102-colville-s-people
Late Breaking by K.D. Miller
goodreads.com/book/show/41072962-late-breaking?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=K2yWFGVvUo&rank=1
The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
The Color Master: Stories by Aimee Bender
goodreads.com/book/show/17262213-the-color-master?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13
The Beech Forest by Marlis Wesseler
goodreads.com/book/show/200629514-the-beech-forest?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=7tW8S3jhFW&rank=3
The Rasmussen Papers by Connie Gault
goodreads.com/book/show/199721859-the-rasmussen-papers?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14
The Aspern Papers by Henry James
goodreads.com/book/show/214528.The_Aspern_Papers?ref=nav_sb_ss_3_6
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
goodreads.com/book/show/8128338-of-human-bondage
The Love of Singular Men by Victor Heringer
James Young (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/134914064-the-love-of-singular-men?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17
Fire Exit by Morgan Talty
goodreads.com/book/show/197789783-fire-exit
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
goodreads.com/book/show/61842212-soldier-sailor?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_7
Birding by Rose Ruane
goodreads.com/book/show/178632549-birding?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13
Mystery guest: Josiah Nelson
Follow Josiah on Twitter: @josiahhnelson
Read an interview with Josiah: pinholepoetry.ca/an-interview-with-josiah-nelson
Read Josiah’s poems featured in Voices from Inside the Blue House: Saskatoon Writers in Collaboration: remaimoderncurrents.ca/voices-from-inside-the-blue-house-saskatoon-writers-in-collaboration
Read Josiah’s ‘leaf blower’ story, ‘Hair, Teeth’: fracturedlit.com/hair-teeth/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2Q1DGNHuVermHNDbstbzflTtnsmSxCsTSvhofRLP4wXL-RMRB4W6esO1w_aem_41lBU1gPwDqG64DRFXlpEA
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@shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky
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My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
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Why Are We Talking About Books Like This?: What the language we use says about our perception of reading by Molly Templeton: reactormag.com/why-are-we-talking-about-books-like-this
Zooming In is an occasional series on my channel featuring chats with bookish social media luminaries, writers, and readers. Each short episode features a conversation about a book-related article, podcast episode, etc. The playlist of all Zooming In episodes is here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQfTh913NXVUFqKCzGlTh8Ez.
Follow Bernie on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/1369715-bernie
@bernie.lombardi on Instagram
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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
My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak
*Where else to follow me:*
@shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter
@shawnbreathesbooks 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
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*The week in review on my channel:*
Novelist Barb Howard and Shawn launch their 2nd annual novella reading project: please join us!: youtu.be/wpAjvGy_7gA?feature=shared
Book Haul: youtu.be/R9ugpcailig?feature=shared
Suzanne Scanlon’s memoir Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen was a transformative read: here’s why: youtu.be/fKvOGD-PBdk?feature=shared
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 Introduction
02:11 Mystery guest
20:13 Week in Review
21:13 Patreon news
23:18 Spring on the Peninsula by Ery Shin
24:01 Blackouts by Justin Torres
26:00 Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen by Suzanne Scanlon
26:51 All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories by Edward P. Jones
30:12 A Son at the Front by Edith Wharton
31:20 Blue Postcards by Douglas Bruton
32:13 Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamond Lehmann
34:50 The Love of Singular Men by Victor Heringer
35:35 Fire Exit by Morgan Talty
36:46 Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
37:10 Birding by Rose Ruane
Books mentioned:
I Never Met a Rattlesnake I Didn’t Like: a Memoir by David Carpentern
goodreads.com/book/show/61868522-i-never-met-a-rattlesnake-i-didn-t-like
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
goodreads.com/book/show/2767052-the-hunger-games?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_7
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
goodreads.com/book/show/158875813-prophet-song?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
goodreads.com/book/show/59069071-ducks?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=AcmCRnKVYz&rank=1
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
goodreads.com/book/show/20170404-station-eleven?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=bSDoumUx4s&rank=1
The Emotional Wound Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Psychological Trauma by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi
goodreads.com/book/show/36407946-the-emotional-wound-thesaurus?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=nT6wlU9Lwz&rank=2
Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang
goodreads.com/book/show/101673225-land-of-milk-and-honey
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
goodreads.com/book/show/8128338-of-human-bondage
Spring on the Peninsula by Ery Shin
goodreads.com/book/show/124012582-spring-on-the-peninsula?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=hnAY8OTwGu&rank=1
Blackouts by Justin Torres
goodreads.com/book/show/65215321-blackouts?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=NEMYzfZSy9&rank=1
Lindy of Lindy's Magpie Reads review of Blackouts starts at 14:05 here: youtu.be/pTv1X7WGrII?feature=shared&t=852
Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen by Suzanne Scanlon
goodreads.com/book/show/191746769
My ‘mystery guest’ chat with Suzanne Scanlon starts at 2:17 here: youtu.be/KlM-pTBzmnI?feature=shared
All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories by Edward P. Jones
goodreads.com/book/show/11751.All_Aunt_Hagar_s_Children
A Son at the Front by Edith Wharton
goodreads.com/book/show/62871639-a-son-at-the-front
Blue Postcards by Douglas Bruton
goodreads.com/book/show/56684838-blue-postcards
My interview with Douglas Bruton: youtu.be/XpzEI-4yMo4?feature=shared
Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamond Lehmann
goodreads.com/book/show/1477344.Invitation_to_the_Waltz?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=ZkTtS7MljW&rank=1
The Love of Singular Men by Victor Heringer
James Young (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/134914064-the-love-of-singular-men?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17
Fire Exit by Morgan Talty
goodreads.com/book/show/197789783-fire-exit
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
goodreads.com/book/show/61842212-soldier-sailor?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_7
Birding by Rose Ruane
goodreads.com/book/show/178632549-birding?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13
This week’s mystery guest, Jaclyn Morken, is so deeply immersed in the face-to-face Saskatoon literary community and her own writing projects that she has no online presence whatsoever.
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Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen by Suzanne Scanlon
goodreads.com/book/show/191746769
My ‘mystery guest’ chat with Suzanne Scanlon starts at 2:17 here: youtu.be/KlM-pTBzmnI?feature=shared
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
Other books mentioned:
Dear Friend, From My Life I Write to You in Your Life by Yiyun Li
goodreads.com/book/show/30211990-dear-friend-from-my-life-i-write-to-you-in-your-life?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=rctyYqWKwN&rank=1
(My “review”: youtu.be/n6DRdJep1BA)
Towards Another Summer by Janet Frame
goodreads.com/book/show/7934196-towards-another-summer
My full review: youtu.be/crnFbrMatDY?feature=shared
*Where else to follow me:*
@shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter
@shawnbreathesbooks 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
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The Bruise by Magdalena Zurawski
goodreads.com/book/show/3797582-the-bruise?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=uKrmIwzLPd&rank=1
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
The video of the online book launch on October 21 for Gibbons or One Bloody Thing After Another by James Morrison: youtu.be/3S1OHRnb1Vg?si=mIO-QTW_QrbS9X1A
The Swallows Uncaged: A Narrative in Eight Panels by Elizabeth McLean
goodreads.com/book/show/25701229-the-swallows-uncaged?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_15
The Imagined Land by Eduardo Berti
Charlotte Coombe (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/43825350-the-imagined-land
Fire Exit by Morgan Talty
goodreads.com/book/show/197789783-fire-exit
The Borrowed Hills by Scott Preston
goodreads.com/book/show/200190910-the-borrowed-hills
Other books mentioned:
An Ideal Presence by Eduardo Berti
Daniel Levin-Becker (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/56233032-an-ideal-presence?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11
Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56648158-night-of-the-living-rez...
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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
My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak
*Where else to follow me:*
@shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter
@shawnbreathesbooks 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
Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: 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
My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak
Last years’s novella project:
Part 1: youtu.be/S7MGYb7r6G8?feature=shared
Part 2: youtu.be/jqw8b4X_0Oc?feature=shared
Barb Howard’s website: barbhoward.ca
@bhoward717 on Instagram
Books mentioned:
Until August by Gabriel García Márquez
Anne McLean (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/200555496-until-august
Proleterka by Fleur Jaeggy
Alastair McEwen (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/43877137-proleterka
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
goodreads.com/en/book/show/58662236
Child of Fortune by Yūko Tsushima
Geraldine Harcourt, Translator
goodreads.com/book/show/1536879.Child_of_Fortune
(My full review: youtu.be/HWeO7qk_hwM)
Animal Farm by George Orwell
goodreads.com/book/show/3149348-animal-farm
Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
goodreads.com/book/show/57951400-glory
The Pegnitz Junction: A Novella and Five Short Stories by Mavis Gallant
goodreads.com/book/show/23441400-the-pegnitz-junction
The Collected Stories by Mavis Gallant
goodreads.com/book/show/28186100-the-collected-stories
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@shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky
My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney
My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
*The week in review on my channel:*
Bite-sized Book Chats: The 73rd Episode: youtube.com/watch?v=4cNZDLej90o
Book Haul: youtube.com/watch?v=tPPJwo7DccM
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 Introduction
01:08 Mystery guest
31:00 Week in Review
31:35 Anyone's Ghost by August Thompson
32:48 Blue Postcards by Douglas Bruton
33:44 Spring on the Peninsula by Ery Shin
34:58 A mild lament about being unable to read all the things
Books mentioned:
Small Joys by Elvin James Mensah
goodreads.com/book/show/61612872-small-joys
My interview with Elvin: youtu.be/ZSiLlBnQfD8?feature=shared
With or Without Angels by Douglas Bruton
goodreads.com/book/show/61312223-with-or-without-angels?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_34
My chat with Lindy about this: youtu.be/TVgF2kBcSW8?si=q6qBRatuVHwWIpVu
My interview with Douglas Bruton: youtu.be/XpzEI-4yMo4?feature=shared
Dead Animals by Phoebe Stuckes
goodreads.com/book/show/198716439-dead-animals?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12
Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes by Nicky Beer
goodreads.com/book/show/59740658-real-phonies-and-genuine-fakes?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12
Mrs. S by K. Patrick
goodreads.com/book/show/63083089-mrs-s?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_5
The One Bright Book podcast episode on Mrs. S: onebrightbook.com/2023/08/22/episode-17-mrs-s
Anyone's Ghost by August Thompson
goodreads.com/book/show/199373500-anyone-s-ghost?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=YhcrQwtlgi&rank=1
In Tongues by Thomas Grattan
goodreads.com/book/show/195790706-in-tongues
My interview with Thomas Grattan about In Tongues: youtu.be/k1y7pRxWf4g?feature=shared
Blue Postcards by Douglas Bruton
goodreads.com/book/show/56684838-blue-postcards
Spring on the Peninsula by Ery Shin
goodreads.com/book/show/124012582-spring-on-the-peninsula?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=hnAY8OTwGu&rank=1
Follow Rose Ruane on Instagram & Twitter: @RegretteRuane
Birding by Rose Ruane
goodreads.com/book/show/178632549-birding?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=0VlAw901D5&rank=1
This Is Yesterday by Rose Ruane
goodreads.com/book/show/49575404-this-is-yesterday?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_9
*Where else to follow me:*
@shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter
@shawnbreathesbooks 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
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The Word, The Voice, The Text: The Life of a Writer by Anne Szumigalski
goodreads.com/book/show/1542673.The_Word_The_Voice_The_Text
Smile Please: An Unfinished Autobiography by Jean Rhys
goodreads.com/book/show/30177829-smile-please
The Power of Story: On Truth, the Trickster, and New Fictions for a New Era by Harold R. Johnson
goodreads.com/book/show/61357332-the-power-of-story?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=lYcLpTERcZ&rank=1
The Harpole Report by J.L. Carr
goodreads.com/book/show/3118291-the-harpole-report?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12
Quince Tree Press: http://www.quincetreepress.co.uk
73 Dove Street by Julie Owen Moylan
goodreads.com/book/show/63274135-73-dove-street?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_7
Way Out West by Anthony Glavin
goodreads.com/book/show/205796187-way-out-west?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10
Other books mentioned:
A Month In The Country by J.L Carr
goodreads.com/book/show/60707.A_Month_in_the_Country?ac=1&from_search=true
The Last Englishman: The Life of J. L. Carr by Byron Rogers
goodreads.com/en/book/show/2351412
Should you wish, support me on my Patreon account: patreon.com/user?u=7582676
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My Patreon announcement video: youtu.be/iMNWAKxp7Ak
*Where else to follow me:*
@shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter
@shawnbreathesbooks 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
Should you wish, support me on my new Patreon account: 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
A playlist of all episodes in the Bite-sized Book Chat series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQdBH5V0Zb9q-2ujl4PY8nhf
Chat #1: with Karen from Maine
@barkerforbooks on Twitter AND Instagram
The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
goodreads.com/book/show/101160844
Thoughts from a Page podcast: thoughtsfromapage.com
Chat #2: with Nathan from near Seoul
nathan’s nook on BookTube: youtube.com/@nathansnook
Follow Nathan on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/12036939-nathan
@pepperoniplayboy on Instagram
@bulgogiboi on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/bulgogiboi
Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti
goodreads.com/book/show/127282792
Motherhood by Sheila Heti
goodreads.com/book/show/36203362-motherhood
Chat #3: with Nancy (The Literate Quilter) from Metro Detroit
Check out The Literate Quilter blog: theliteratequilter.wordpress.com
Follow Nancy on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/28397995
@NancyAdairB on Twitter
@nancyadair on Instagram
Chenneville by Paulette Jiles
goodreads.com/book/show/112975135
Read Nancy’s full review: theliteratequilter.wordpress.com/2023/09/10/chenneville-by-paulette-jiles
Chat #4: with Vansa from India
Follow Vansa on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/7625849
@Vansa on Litsy
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
goodreads.com/book/show/54283
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My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
I’ll Have What You’re Reading Readalong message board: goodreads.com/topic/show/2282241
#IllHaveWhatYoureReading
Jenny of Reading Envy’s Good-reads: goodreads.com/user/show/68030
Watch the announcement Chris and Emily and I made starting at 23:37 here: youtu.be/5eRoZbAa5rw?feature=shared
*The week in review on my channel:*
Shawn of Shawn Breathes Books reviews Wild Houses by Colin Barrett: youtu.be/5KGqTmluH50?feature=shared
Chris, Dorian, James and Shawn chat about Edith Wharton’s 1917 novel Summer: youtu.be/J5BBq39WA14?feature=shared
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Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links):
00:00 Introduction
01:44 Mystery guest
23:04 Week in Review
24:24 Wild Houses by Colin Barrett
25:24 The Family Way by Christopher DiRaddo
30:03 My Friends by Hisham Matar
35:40 Music & Silence by Rose Tremain
39:20 Season of Fury and Wonder by Sharon Butala
41:48 Anyone's Ghost by August Thompson
Books mentioned:
Other Ranks by William Vincent Tilsley
goodreads.com/book/show/44319280-other-ranks?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12
Rediscoveries: Informal Essays in Which Well-Known Novelists Rediscover Neglected Works of Fiction By One of Their Favorite Authors by David Madden
goodreads.com/book/show/7463910-rediscoveries
Rediscoveries II: Important Writers Select Their Favorite Works of Neglected Fiction by David Madden
goodreads.com/book/show/1580258.Rediscoveries_II
Lost Classics: Writers on Books Loved and Lost, Overlooked, Under-read, Unavailable, Stolen, Extinct, or Otherwise Out of Commission by Michael Ondaatje, Michael Redhill, Esta Spalding and Linda Spalding (Editors)n
goodreads.com/book/show/524603.Lost_Classics?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=6i3ZScvipr&rank=5
The Book of Forgotten Authors by Christopher Fowler
goodreads.com/book/show/34100964-the-book-of-forgotten-authors
Shawn and Ange’s joint review:
youtube.com/watch?v=yl8J0zFdkDs&t=828s
Gentleman Overboard by Herbert Clyde Lewis
goodreads.com/book/show/59524882-gentleman-overboard
My bite-sized chat with James: youtu.be/3PjJiGJMDT0
Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist
Michael Hofmann (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/53529648-michael-kohlhaas
Panthers and the Museum of Fire by Jen Craig
goodreads.com/book/show/25362962-panthers-and-the-museum-of-fire?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_13
Wild Houses by Colin Barrett
goodreads.com/book/show/128714412-wild-houses?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_13
The Family Way by Christopher DiRaddo
goodreads.com/book/show/56220542-the-family-way
My Friends by Hisham Matar
goodreads.com/book/show/127488823-my-friends
Music & Silence by Rose Tremain
goodreads.com/book/show/12945460-music-silence
Season of Fury and Wonder by Sharon Butala
goodreads.com/book/show/43475906-season-of-fury-and-wonder?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=m6cYGjFPyK&rank=1
Anyone's Ghost by August Thompson
goodreads.com/book/show/199373500-anyone-s-ghost?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=YhcrQwtlgi&rank=1
Brad Bigelow’s website, Neglected Books: http://neglectedbooks.com
@neglectedbooks on Twitter
The Recovered Books series at Boiler House Press: https://www.boilerhouse.press/recovered-books
The Wafer-thin Books book club: waferthinbooks.com
*Where else to follow me:*
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No spoilers until 31:28
Follow Chris on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/292019
Chris’s book blog: chriswolak.com
Follow Chris on Twitter: twitter.com/chriswolak?s=21&t=Y4MTIwxTn8KnQ27Nv9fCxQ
The Book Cougars podcast: bookcougars.com
The Book Cougars podcast on YouTube: youtube.com/c/BookCougars
The Book Cougars podcast on Twitter: twitter.com/bookcougars?s=21&t=Y4MTIwxTn8KnQ27Nv9fCxQ
Dorian’s blog, Eiger, Mönch & Jungfrau: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog
Dorian on Twitter: @ds228
One Bright Book podcast: onebrightbook.com
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-on his blog, Caustic Cover Critic: http://causticcovercritic.blogspot.com
-on Twitter: @Unwise_Trousers
-on Instagram: @fpasties
Summer by Edith Wharton
goodreads.com/book/show/26261738-summer
Other books mentioned:
Watch and Ward by Henry James
goodreads.com/book/show/277547.Watch_and_Ward?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Ha7NTx0mod&rank=2
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*Where else to follow me:*
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@shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky
My Goodreads is goodreads.com/user/show/50408211-shawn-mooney
My Patreon is patreon.com/user?u=75826765
Wild Houses by Colin Barrett
goodreads.com/book/show/128714412-wild-houses?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_13
Ron Charles’s review in The Washington Post: washingtonpost.com/books/2024/03/13/colin-barrett-thriller-wild-houses
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
*Where else to follow me:*
@shawnmooney on Litsy and on Twitter
@shawnbreathesbooks 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