A Novel Review Podcast

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Through this podcast Seamus will tackle the endless world of literature, one book at a time!

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May 27, 202510 BEST BOOKS of the 20th century
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The 30 best book of the 20th century. A curated list presented over three episodes all comes down to this final piece of the puzzle. The top 10 best books (in my opinion) of the 20th century. A conclusion to a list that will take many shapes throughout my life.. and at the moment, this is what it looks like.
Painting: Today I painted a book opening up to reveal the magic inside
Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:
“Sula” by Toni Morrison
“Rebecca” by Daphne du Maurier
“Giovani’s Room” by James Baldwin
“A Moveable Feast” by Ernest Hemmingway
“To the Lighthouse” by Virginia Woolf
“The Haunting of Hill-House” by Shirley Jackson
“The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
“And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie
“Blood Meridian” by Cormack McCarthy
“The Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R Tolkien
“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou
“Book of the New Sun” by Gene Wolfe
“Gormenghast Trilogy” by Mervyn Peake
“The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge” by Rainer Maria Rilke
“The Tree of Man” by Patrick White

Additional segments throughout the podcast include:
Mantle Piece Moments
What are you reading?
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQzE_T2r6qPR_jbZNgZC1Q
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5uCgZyBj9T5uPQsfbqTUW5
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May 20, 2025Stay With Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ - Book 111.
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Expectation lingers at the peripherals of this tale as the pressure builds with every page. Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀’s novel ‘Stay With Me’ explores the pressures of a society and culture that rest upon the foundation of expectation. The expectation to get married and have kids to further the family name. A pressure that bubbles within the characters until they break not with a bang, but with a whimper as the cultural milieu sweeps anything real under the rug in a tidy, well-kept home.

Painting: Today I painted a sunrise within a woman

Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:
“Stay With Me” by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
“Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe
“The Patience Stone” by Atiq Rahimi
“The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini

Additional segments throughout the podcast include:
Mantle Piece Moments
What are you reading?
On that Quote

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQzE_T2r6qPR_jbZNgZC1Q
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5uCgZyBj9T5uPQsfbqTUW5
Podbean: https://anovelreviewpodcast.podbean.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/novelreviewpod
Email: [email protected]
IG: https://www.instagram.com/anovelreviewpod/
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May 13, 2025"The Claw of the Conciliator" Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun - Book 110
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The Claw of the Conciliator sends the reader deeper into the labyrinth of Gene Wolfe’s imaginative science fantasy novel. Weaving the tale, there is only one way in and one way out. Severian the torturer, tortures us as the reader with a story that raises so many questions in the chaos of the narrative and yet offers us only glimpses into the truth of it all. And above it all is the question, what is really going on?
Painting: Today I painted the distant city of Thrax
Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:
“The Claw of the Conciliator” by Gene Wolfe
“The Sword of the Lictor” by Gene Wolfe
Additional segments throughout the podcast include:
Mantle Piece Moments
What are you reading?
On that Quote
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQzE_T2r6qPR_jbZNgZC1Q
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5uCgZyBj9T5uPQsfbqTUW5
Podbean: https://anovelreviewpodcast.podbean.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/novelreviewpod
Email: [email protected]
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May 06, 2025Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe - Book 109.
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Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart flips the colonial script. Okonkwo, fierce as a misplaced proverb, fights change to a fault. But when tradition clashes with colonialism, even the strongest warrior can’t wrestle fate. Achebe doesn't just tell a story - he reclaims one, reminding us that when things fall apart, it’s the silence that screams loudest.

Painting: Today I painted a noose against a red background

Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:
“Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe

Additional segments throughout the podcast include:
Mantle Piece Moments
What are you reading?
On that Quote

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQzE_T2r6qPR_jbZNgZC1Q
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5uCgZyBj9T5uPQsfbqTUW5
Podbean: https://anovelreviewpodcast.podbean.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/novelreviewpod
Email: [email protected]
IG: https://www.instagram.com/anovelreviewpod/
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April 30, 2025Forgotten Women of Literature: Marghanita Laski - Book 108.
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Throughout literary history, many remarkable women writers have been overlooked or forgotten, their voices buried beneath more celebrated names. Among them is Marghanita Laski, a prolific mid-20th-century author and critic whose sharp insights and evocative storytelling deserve renewed attention. Laski's works, rich with psychological depth and social critique, exemplify the enduring value of these often-sidelined literary contributions.
Painting: Today I painted a chaise lounge
Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:
“The Victorian Chaise Lounge” by Marghanita Laski
“Little Boy Lost” by Marghanita Laski
“The Dictionary of Lost Words” by Pip Williams
Additional segments throughout the podcast include:
Mantle Piece Moments
What are you reading?
On that Quote
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQzE_T2r6qPR_jbZNgZC1Q
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5uCgZyBj9T5uPQsfbqTUW5
Podbean: https://anovelreviewpodcast.podbean.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/novelreviewpod
Email: [email protected]
IG: https://www.instagram.com/anovelreviewpod/
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April 22, 202530 Best books of the 20th Century: Books 20 - 11
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Creating a list of the 30 best books of the 21st century with some rules is difficult enough but what makes it harder is just trying to remember all the books you have read in the first place. Join Seamus as he starts his list, counting down the 30 best books across 3 episodes!
Painting: Today I painted a lamp emanating a green light. I will let you try figure out the connection…
Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:
“The Chronicles of Narnia” by C.S. Lewis
“The Plague” by Albert Camus
“Brideshead Revisited” by Evelyn Waugh
“Hound of the Baskerville” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee
“A Year in Provence” by Peter Mayle
“1984” by George Orwell or “We” by Yevgeny Zamyatin
“Lord of the Flies” by William Golding
“Perfume” by Patrick Suskind
“The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Additional segments throughout the podcast include:
Mantle Piece Moments
What are you reading?
On that Quote
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQzE_T2r6qPR_jbZNgZC1Q
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5uCgZyBj9T5uPQsfbqTUW5
Podbean: https://anovelreviewpodcast.podbean.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/novelreviewpod
Email: [email protected]
IG: https://www.instagram.com/anovelreviewpod/
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April 15, 2025"Days at the Morisaki Bookshop" by Satoshi Yagisawa - Book 106.
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Days at the Morisaki Bookshop is a cozy cup of tea for the soul, steeped in heartbreak, healing, and the musty charm of secondhand books. Takako flees a crumbling life and tumbles into the quirky quiet of her uncle’s Tokyo bookshop - where literature whispers solace and dusty paperbacks double as therapy. It’s a love letter to books, proving stories mend what real life sometimes shatters.
Painting: Today I painted a bookshop
Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:
“Days at the Morisaki Bookshop” Satoshi Yagisawa
“Kitchen” Banana Yoshimoto
“Things Fall Apart” Chinua Achebe
“Stay with Me” Ayòbámi Adébáyò
Additional segments throughout the podcast include:
Mantle Piece Moments
What are you reading?
On that Quote
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQzE_T2r6qPR_jbZNgZC1Q
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5uCgZyBj9T5uPQsfbqTUW5
Podbean: https://anovelreviewpodcast.podbean.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/novelreviewpod
Email: [email protected]
IG: https://www.instagram.com/anovelreviewpod/
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April 08, 2025"The Shadow of the Torturer" Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun - Book 105
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In The Shadow of the Torturer, Gene Wolfe hands us a scalpel and says, “Figure it out.” Severian, our melancholic torturer with a soft spot for doomed women and old words, stumbles through a decaying Earth like a poetic space-opera Don Quixote. It's sci-fi wrapped in fantasy dressed as philosophy - beautifully baffling, like reading a riddle in a dream.
Painting: Today I painted Severian
Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:
“The Shadow of the Torturer - Book of the New Sun” Gene Wolfe
“The Victorian Chaise-Lounge” Marghanita Laski
Additional segments throughout the podcast include:
Mantle Piece Moments
What are you reading?
On that Quote
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQzE_T2r6qPR_jbZNgZC1Q
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5uCgZyBj9T5uPQsfbqTUW5
Podbean: https://anovelreviewpodcast.podbean.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/novelreviewpod
Email: [email protected]
IG: https://www.instagram.com/anovelreviewpod/
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April 01, 2025"Kitchen" by Banana Yoshimoto - Book 104.
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The world book tour takes flight once more and this month we are off to Japan with the first stop in the kitchen! Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto is a melancholic hug wrapped in the scent of home-cooked meals. It’s a tale of grief, love, and late-night ramen, where kitchens become sanctuaries and loneliness simmers on every page. Yoshimoto serves up a story that feels like warm miso for the soul.
Painting: Today I painted a kitchen
Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:
“Kitchen” Banana Yoshimoto
“Days at the Morisaki Bookshop” Satoshi Yagisawa
Additional segments throughout the podcast include:
Mantle Piece Moments
What are you reading?
On that Quote
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQzE_T2r6qPR_jbZNgZC1Q
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5uCgZyBj9T5uPQsfbqTUW5
Podbean: https://anovelreviewpodcast.podbean.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/novelreviewpod
Email: [email protected]
IG: https://www.instagram.com/anovelreviewpod/
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21min
March 25, 202530 Best books of the 20th Century: Books 30 - 21
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Creating a list of the 30 best books of the 21st century with some rules is difficult enough but what makes it harder is just trying to remember all the books you have read in the first place. Join Seamus as he starts his list, counting down the 30 best books across 3 episodes!
Painting: I am not sure what I painted, I was experimenting and this was the result
Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:
“A Small Place” Jamacia Kincaid
“The Enchanted April” Elizabeth von Armin
“The Dead” James Joyce
“Prisoner of Azkaban” by J.K. Rowling
“Misery” by Stephen King
“The Handmaids Tale” by Maragret Atwood
“Franny and Zooey” by J.D. Salinger
“Moon Tiger” by Penelope Lively
“Royal Game” by Stefan Zweig
“Stoner” by John Williams
Additional segments throughout the podcast include:
Mantle Piece Moments
What are you reading?
On that Quote
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQzE_T2r6qPR_jbZNgZC1Q
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5uCgZyBj9T5uPQsfbqTUW5
Podbean: https://anovelreviewpodcast.podbean.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/novelreviewpod
Email: [email protected]
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FAQs about A Novel Review Podcast:

How many episodes does A Novel Review Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 112 episodes available.