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Shawn Breathes Books
@shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social
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BookTuber in Saskatoon

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Friday Reads: Heavy, sad books are my jam

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November 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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5 of 5 stars to Cold Fish Soup by Adam Farrer
www.goodreads.com/book/show/61...
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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A conversation with American novelist Shanthi Sekaran on her novel, Lucky Boy (NO SPOILERS)

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November 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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5 of 5 stars to The Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton
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November 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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3.5 of 5 stars to The Catholic by David Plante
www.goodreads.com/book/show/64...
November 17, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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Friday Reads: A satisfyingly triggering novel - and another that made me want to get my hair done

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November 17, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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I had a great time chatting to the inimitable @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social about my novel Blurred Faces. Head over to his YouTube channel for a look, and find a trove of literary conversations and recommendations! www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9zQ... 😍 📚
A conversation with queer Scottish novelist Allan Radcliffe on his new novel, Blurred Faces
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November 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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A conversation with queer Scottish novelist Allan Radcliffe on his new novel, Blurred Faces

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November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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5 of 5 stars to Blurred Faces by Allan Radcliffe
www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Just three weeks to the release of Sarah Campion's Makeshift, the next title in @bhousepress.bsky.social's Recovered Books series. Makeshift follows Charlotte Herz, a young Jewish woman from Berlin in 1919 to New Zealand in 1937, via England, South Africa, and Australia.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Friday Reads: Hanging out on the edges we've been shoved to, reading, and talking to each other

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November 9, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Here's hoping: A chat with Douglas Bruton about his novel Hope Never Knew Horizon

With Lindy of Lindy's Magpie Reads

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November 8, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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Marked as did-not-finish: Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories
by Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
November 8, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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5 of 5 stars to Set My Hand Upon the Plough by E. M. Barraud
www.goodreads.com/book/show/51...
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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5 of 5 stars to Gaza Weddings: A Novel by Ibrahim Nasrallah, Nancy Roberts (Translation)
www.goodreads.com/book/show/34...
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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4.5 of 5 stars to Full House M.J. Farrell (Molly Keane)
www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...
November 2, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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A big thank you to @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social for featuring Nadia Ragbar (The Pugilist and the Sailor) as their Mystery Guest!

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Friday Reads: Let us now praise omnivorous reading
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October 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Friday Reads: Up to my ears in books

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November 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Marked as did-not-finish: Heart Lamp: Selected Stories by Banu Mushtaq, Deepa Bhasthi (Translator)
www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
October 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Friday Reads: Let us now praise omnivorous reading

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#ShortySeptember
October 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Ibrahim Nasrallah Wins the 2026 Neustadt Prize

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Ibrahim Nasrallah Wins the 2026 Neustadt Prize
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October 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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4 of 5 stars to About Uncle by Rebecca Gisler, Jordan Stump (Translator)
www.goodreads.com/book/show/14...
October 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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5 of 5 stars to Though the Bodies Fall by Noel O'Regan
www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...
October 21, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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#SundaySentence from About Uncle by Rebecca Gisler, Jordan Stump (Translator)
[Image Description: a graphic featuring a photo of calamari à l'armoricaine and the words Uncle also claims to be the custodian of the time-honored recipe for calamari à l'armoricaine, a recipe that consists of frozen squid rings vaguely cooked in half a gallon of cheap red wine seasoned only with a pinch of pepper, a dish, I should add, reserved for special occasions, for honored guests, for first-time visitors, because Uncle likes to give all newcomers a lavish welcome, at least those who are too polite to refuse what they're so beamingly being offered, and when we suggest to Uncle that he add some garlic, and go a little lighter on the red wine, and have a look at the sell-by date on the squid, and also take a shower, just a little more often, a real shower, not just a swipe with a wet washcloth, no, a real cleaning from top to bottom, Uncle says simply no, he doesn't want to, he's sticking to his father's recipe.]
October 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Friday Reads: Men and their unmoorings

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October 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM