The Friday Reads that took a few twists and turns



The week in review on my channel:

Zooming In: None of Your Damned Business - Dorian and Shawn on Nameless Protagonists & Narrators
   • Zooming In: None of Your Damned Busin...  

Alina and Shawn chat about The Colony by Audrey Magee
   • Alina and Shawn chat about The Colony...  



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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
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag
Srinath Perur (Translator)
  / ghachar-ghochar  
(My review:    • REVIEW: GHACHAR GHOCHAR - VIVEK SHANBHAG  )

Poonachi: Or the Story of a Black Goat by Perumal Murugan
N. Kalyan Raman (Translator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Stories of the True by Jeyamohan
Priyamvada (Translator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

Heart Lamp: Selected Stories by Banu Mushtaq
Deepa Bhasthi (Translator)
  / heart-lamp  

Sakina’s Kiss by Vivek Shanbhag
Srinath Perur (Translator)
  / sakina-s-kiss  

Denison Avenue by Christina Wong
Daniel Innes (Illustrator)
  / denison-avenue  

Because Somebody Asked Me To: Observations on History, Literature, and the Passing Scene by Guy Vanderhaeghe
  / because-somebody-asked-me-to  

The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence
  / 317748.the_stone_angel  

The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Ivy's Tree by Wendy Burton
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Animal Person by Alexander MacLeod
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...



Mystery guest: Arunava Sinha
Arunava’s website: https://arunavasinha.in
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Khwabnama by Akhteruzzaman Elias
Arunava Sinha (Translator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
I read the opening of the novel starting at 14:53 here:    • Shawn the Book Maniac’s starter libra...  

Hospital by Sanya Rushdi
Arunava Sinha (Translator)
  / hospital  

A Touch of Salt by Anita Agnihotri
Arunava Sinha (Translator)
  / a-touch-of-salt  

The Greatest Indian Stories Ever Told by Arunava Sinha (ed.)
Multiple translators
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever Told by Arunava Sinha (ed.)
Arunava Sinha (Translator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...




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