Friday Reads: Surprising good genre fiction and a bunch of male writers – who even am I?

Friday Reads: Surprising good genre fiction and a bunch of male writers – who even am I?

#irishreadathon
Irish Readathon announcement video by Words of Clover: https://youtu.be/tWVMjOO2TnU?si=qyVVdtPIz5Kt7bOR


The week in review:
Zooming In: Should men read more fiction and STFU? - Brian and Shawn weigh in: https://youtu.be/3KAHSSxGMZI

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Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links):

00:00 Introduction
01:26 Mystery guest
25:07 Week in Review
27:36 Babbacombe's by Susan Scarlett

29:56 Luck by David Carpenter

32:44 After Nora by Penelope Curtis

35:32 The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4 by Beth Brower

35:52 The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor

37:56 The Pornographer by John McGahern


Books mentioned:
Twenty Thousand Saints by Fflur Dafydd
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5967590-twenty-thousand-saints
(Her Zoom chat video “Telling Welsh stories”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRK46aE2DjA&t=38s)
My full review: https://youtu.be/pButrPfUMhI

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning by Keiran Goddard
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/171732053-i-see-buildings-fall-like-lightning

Clear by Carys Davies
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/176443690-clear

Open Up by Thomas Morris
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63211102-open-up

Kit by Megan Barker
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63326009-kit

The Old Haunts by Allan Radcliffe
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/207533691-the-old-haunts

Babbacombe's by Susan Scarlett
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61400442-babbacombe-s

Clothes-Pegs by Susan Scarlett, Noel Streatfeild https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61253534-clothes-pegs My full review: https://youtu.be/m-5vKfqWjN0

Luck by David Carpenter
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1485525.


After Nora by Penelope Curtis
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/206874460-after-nora

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4 by Beth Brower
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56553921-the-unselected-journals-of-emma-m-lion


The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33699170-the-story-of-lucy-gault


The Pornographer by John McGahern
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208522405-the-pornographer

All Will Be Well: A Memoir by John McGahern
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/432139.All_Will_Be_Well



Mystery guest: Anthony Shapland
Biography: https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/anthony-shapland

A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216822994-a-room-above-a-shop

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