Friday Reads: Some of the best Black American short stories ever (IMHO) youtu.be/ihi6AK6uQuY

Mark as did-not-finish: Theatre of War by Andrea Jeftanovic, Frances Riddle (Translator) www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

5 of 5 stars to Lover Man by Alston Anderson www.goodreads.com/book/show/61...

4 of 5 stars to Peter and Paul Susan Scarlett (pseudonym of Noel Streatfeild) www.goodreads.com/book/show/61...

Friday Reads: A wee bit of indifference & some mixed feelings amidst a bunch of stellar stories youtu.be/-vMJ-5IB2I0 #Dewithon #IrishReadathon

5 of 5 stars to A Different Sound: Stories by Mid-century Women Writers by Lucy Scholes (Editor) www.goodreads.com/book/show/86...

4.5 of 5 stars to The Way the Day Breaks by David Roberts www.goodreads.com/book/show/81...

Robin and Shawn chat about The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor youtu.be/l99OpTg5Pd0

In Other Words youtu.be/QZ8AzHfsTXE

Friday Reads: One I'm still mulling over; another that just didn't stick the landing youtu.be/HYuAkqmL7fM #Dewithon #IrishReadathon

3 of 5 stars to The Sitter by Angela O'Keeffe www.goodreads.com/book/show/18...

Friday Reads: The shape of words youtu.be/UfaX4pkawRM

#SundaySentence from The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje (David McKay, translator) #currentlyreading

2.5 stars of 5 to Relearning to Read: Adventures in Not-Knowing by Ann Morgan www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

Marked as did-not-finish: Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

5 of 5 stars to Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell www.goodreads.com/book/show/60...

#SundaySentence from Elizabeth Gaskell's Mary Barton.

Saturday Reads: A hell of a reading week youtu.be/iVY7b6ciNto

A chat with Simon Thomas about Dorothy Evelyn Smith's wondrous 1943 novel, O, the Brave Music youtu.be/bOQI1ZHEKc8

5 of 5 stars to A Mouth Full of Salt by Reem Gaafar www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...

5 of 5 stars to A Backward Glance: An Autobiography by Edith Wharton www.goodreads.com/book/show/76...

5 of 5 stars to All That Belongs by Dora Dueck www.goodreads.com/book/show/50...

Marked as did-not-finish: Rhododendron Pie by Margery Sharp www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Friday Reads: Blissing out on some stellar Sudanese, Western Canadian, and WWII-era British fiction youtu.be/Ju3Hh510EU8.

#SundaySentence from A Backward Glance by Edith Wharton

#SundaySentence from Angels on Toast by Dawn Powell #DawnPowell

Friday Reads: Searching for gold—and traps youtu.be/IKhBAOlvySk

Novelist Barb Howard and Shawn wrap up their 3rd annual novella reading project youtu.be/igxwKIukwzc?...

5 of 5 stars to Angels on Toast by Dawn Powell www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

5 of 5 stars to The Gold by David Carpenter www.goodreads.com/book/show/33...

Friday Reads: The mother of all motherhood novels youtu.be/Uj3HY-aY8GY?...

5 of 5 stars to The Squire by Enid Bagnold www.goodreads.com/book/show/31...

4 of 5 stars to Out of Time: The Collected Short Stories of Samira Azzam www.goodreads.com/book/show/64...

3 of 5 stars to The Imagined Life by Andrew Porter www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

Tomorrow is publication day for my translation of @marclevyofficiel.bsky.social's SYMPHONY OF MONSTERS, out from @harpercollins.bsky.social. Set against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, this is an unforgettable story of courage, resilience, and love. www.harpercollins.com/products/sym...

Shawn Breathes Books presents the Besties & Worsties of 2025 youtu.be/DP_fkiHrdVI

Friday Reads: Literary rabbit-holes (in and amongst all the coughing and muddleheadedness) youtu.be/J_zTocJ2iKk

#SundaySentence from Angels on Toast by Dawn Powell #CurrentlyReading #DawnPowell

Friday Reads: Finishing the year off with a couple of bangers youtu.be/4_KInq_QhhU

Shawn’s Most-Anticipated Releases: Winter 2026 youtu.be/6zOrFSO3MHo [Image Description: a graphic featuring a photo of Shawn, and the words Shawn’s Most-Anticipated Releases: Winter 2026]

3.5 of 5 stars to The Doctor's Sweetheart and Other Stories by L.M. Montgomery www.goodreads.com/book/show/18...

5 of 5 stars to The Sunflower Boys by Sam Wachman www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

5 of 5 stars to Birdeye by Judith Heneghan www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...

5 of 5 stars to The Ecliptic by Benjamin Wood www.goodreads.com/book/show/26...

Friday Reads: Deliciously stimulating and intellectually hefty youtu.be/XHw5R9Oxke8

5 of 5 stars to Falling Animals by Sheila Armstrong www.goodreads.com/book/show/75...

5 of 5 stars to Getting It Right by Elizabeth Jane Howard www.goodreads.com/book/show/28...

Friday Reads: Just wondrously swirled together Cross-posted late due to pre-Xmas craziness www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4cq...

A conversation about writing and reading with novelist Ellen Hawley youtu.be/nCwq5iux_pE?...

Marked as did-not-finish: Hides by Rod Moody-Corbett www.goodreads.com/review/show/...