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Shane’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shane’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Shane Joseph
Goodreads Author
Born
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Website
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Genre
Influences
Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, Graham Greene
Member Since
December 2008
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Empire in the Sand
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2022
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Victoria Unveiled
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Redemption in Paradise
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2004
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Fringe Dwellers
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2008
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After the Flood
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2009
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4 editions
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Crossing Limbo: Deep Moments, Shallow Lives
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2017
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The Ulysses Man
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2011
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Circles in the Spiral
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2020
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Milltown
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2019
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In the Shadow of the Conquistador
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2015
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Let’s Talk “Woke” in Literature
My literary agent, tasked with getting me into the commercial market, recently rejected one of my late 18th-century adventure novels because it had references to “breasts” and “spreadeagled legs.” He also pointed out that the dialogue consisted of longer sentences than are spoken today, although it was reflective of the historical period. “So what’s the problem?” I asked. His reply, “Those sexist
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Shane’s Recent Updates
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David Mitchell’s canvases are wide, spanning continents, made up of several parts like linked novellas gathered together into a doorstopper novel, packed with surprises and action, and taking us into uncharted worlds. This novel fulfills all that. We ...more |
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"Strange Highways is a collection of 12 short stories and 2 novellas. The 2 novellas Strange Highways and Chase are probably my favorites along with Trapped.
Strange Highways is about a down on his luck alcoholic who while driving down a "strange high" Read more of this review » |
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"I don’t write reviews but if I can keep someone from reading this it’ll be worth it.
This book is an insult to Sappho’s memory. Not only because it revolves around Sappho moping around for Alcaeus (and don’t get me wrong, that was also ridiculous) bu" Read more of this review » |
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I tried to read this “airport bookshop buy type” novel and had to regretfully abandon it. Being #21 in the Gabriel Allon, master Israeli superspy, series, I had to endure a lot of back-story that was dropped in indiscriminate data dumps, without being ...more |
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"What I like best about this book is the slow, meticulous building of suspense with engrossing descriptions—like in most of Koontz’s books—and Michael J. What I like least is the predictability of the ending. I’ve read too many books by one of the two"
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| An autobiographical novel, written by a Catholic priest about sexual abuse in the Church – how juicy is that! What surprised me more was that Andrew Greely, a practicing priest until his tragic accident and death, was able to deal so explicitly with ...more | |
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| A collection of articles, reviews, and lectures delivered by Hilary Mantel over a nearly 40-year career of writing novels and random articles for newspapers and journals. It’s a motley collection difficult to categorize easily as she has a stream of ...more | |
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My first Kingsley Amis novel since reading Lucky Jim 50 years ago (and enjoying it at the time), and I was rather disappointed that this novel was not as funny and was more a commentary on the very dull lives of the rich and boring (and drunk). Ronni ...more |
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| A rare glimpse into the personal life of Salman Rushdie, the trickster normally given to bombastic erudition and flights of fantasy, in the wake of his encounter with the fulfilment of the Fatwa placed on him 33 years ago following the publication of ...more | |
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“Three Secrets, Two Women, One Grail” says the blurb for the Illustrated edition of this book, the one I read, and I would add “and a convoluted plot with some wires crossed, but which motivated me to visit Carcassonne one day.” The novel pivots betwe ...more |
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“I found this quote more relevant today than it was yesterday: 'Man is born to live in the convulsions of anxiety or the lethargy of boredom. Hard work is the final solution - it prevents all of the above.' - Voltaire”
― In the Shadow of the Conquistador
― In the Shadow of the Conquistador
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― In the Shadow of the Conquistador
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Richard wrote: "thank you for the friend"You are welcome.
Thanks for the friend invite, Shane. I am ashamed to confess I haven't read the most famous book in history, but your reasons for reading it might make me change my mind! :)
Mary Anita And The Second Liberation In Kenya Consider reading this book full of African passion and flavour, culture, social life and politics
I really appreciate your including me, Shane. jesse
Marilena wrote: "http://jenniferprado.blogspot.com/Interesting interview! Bravo! I haven't known about James Goonewardene. But I read today :)
http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.p..."
Glad I was able to help. I was a member of the drama workshop that James ran for the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation and acted in many of his radio plays. That is the time I got interested in writing
http://jenniferprado.blogspot.com/Interesting interview! Bravo! I haven't known about James Goonewardene. But I read today :)
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Okay - I have added my books to the bookshelf and added some pictures of me and the band(s) performingShane
Hi Shane,I just want to let you know that it's your turn to post in the 'Authors and Their Instruments' Group!
We look forward to it!
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Thanks for adding me, I am always looking for book suggestions!
I'd be honoured. And I welcome your feedback too! - Shane
Thanks for the connection. Have a great week!
Hi Jeannie - thanks for the note. I took a look at your website. Your co-operative effort with another writer must indeed be an interesting venture. I recently co-ordinated the publication of an anthology of short stories for writers in Northumberland County, Ontario where I live and it was an arduous but rewarding process. I hope your Sri Lankan friend was able to give you a description of that country. My first novel "Redemption in Paradise" was based in that country and tried to portray the effects of its 30-year civil war on a group of western tourists ( including two Americans). The Sri Lankan press ( government controlled) did not take too kindly to my "poking under the rug" as it were and were indifferent to the book although it sold well( and continues to sell) among the Sri Lankan diaspora around the world.Keep in touch!
Shane
Hi Shane and thanks so much for the friendship. I used to work with a girl from Sri Lanka...I'd never heard of it until then. Anyway...I love your website! It's very creative and interesting.Bleesings,
Jeannie
Please do - and I would welcome your feedback as well. Regards!Shane
Hello, Thanks for adding me. I look forward to reading your work.
-J.
Jerry wrote: "I really enjoyed your book, Redemption in Paradise. Thanks for inviting me to this site to learn more about books. I hope your short story launch last month was very successful.Jerry
Jerry - thanks for your kind sentiments and for giving me 4 stars. The launch of the anthology Changing Ways was a great success - over eighty people showed up (we were expecting 60) and we nearly ran out of books. Our launch for my second book Fringe Dwellers is this Thursday Dec 18th at 7pm at the Bohemian Penguin in Belleville, Ont. If the spirit moves you to take a drive in - do show up!
regards! Shane
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I really enjoyed your book, Redemption in Paradise. Thanks for inviting me to this site to learn more about books. I hope your short story laugh last month was very successful.Jerry
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