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#BookReview of #MyPhantoms by Gwendoline Riley

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne13th April 2022Leave a comment

‘She enjoyed answering questions when she felt she had the right answer, an approved answer. I understood that when I was very small, and could provide the prompts accordingly. Then talking to her was like a game, or a rhyme we were saying together.’– My Phantoms [ About the Book ] Helen Grant is a…

#BookReview of #TheDeadwoodEncore by Kathleen Murray | @KathleenMurrayE | @HCinIreland

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne11th April 20222 Comments

“I thought I’d reached the end… thought that whatever happened or didn’t, wasn’t nothing to do with me anymore. Now I’m wondering is this the end of my own story or the start of someone else’s? Or are we all tangled up in a middle that goes on and on?”– The Deadwood Encore [ About…

#BookReview of #TheNoShow by Beth O’ Leary

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne8th April 20224 Comments

‘The funny, heart-breaking and uplifting new novel from the bestselling author of The Flatshare’– The No-Show [ About the Book ] Three women. Three dates. One missing man… 8.52 a.m. Siobhan is looking forward to her breakfast date with Joseph. She was surprised when he suggested it – she normally sees him late at night in her hotel…

#BookReview of #EdithAndKim by Charlotte Philby | @PhilbyWrites @BoroughPress

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne7th April 2022Leave a comment

‘To betray, you must first belong…‘Edith and Kim [ About the Book ] In June 1934, Kim Philby met his Soviet handler, the spy Arnold Deutsch. The woman who introduced them was called Edith Tudor-Hart. She changed the course of 20th century history. Then she was written out of it. Drawing on the Secret Intelligence…

#BookReview of #TheMagician by Colm Tóibín

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne5th April 20224 Comments

‘”Papa is a magician”, he said.“He is the Magician!” Erika repeated.From being a joke, or a way of cheering the table up, the new soubriquet for their father stuck. Erika encouraged all visitors to join her in giving her father this new name’– The Magician [ About the Book ] The Magician tells the story of…

#BookReview of  #TheClub by @ElleryLLoyd | @MantleBooks 

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne1st April 20224 Comments

‘It was the club you’d kill to join; the launch event to which the A-list were dying to be invited. What no one could have anticipated was how tragically things were about to go wrong’– The Club [ About the Book ] There’s no place like Home . . . The Home Group is a…

#BookReview of #TheEmptyRoom by Brian McGilloway | @BrianMcGilloway

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne30th March 2022Leave a comment

‘What do you do when your child disappears?’– The Empty Room [ About the Book ] Dora Condron wakes one morning to discover her 17-year old daughter Ellie, has not come home after a party. The day Ellie disappears, Dora is alone as her husband Eamon has already left for the day in his job…

#BookReview of #Faceless by @vandasymon | @OrendaBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne29th March 20222 Comments

‘A stressed, middle-aged man picks up a teenage escort and commits an unspeakable crime, unaware that a homeless man – her only real friend – will do anything to find her.‘– Faceless [ About the Book ] Worn down by a job he hates, and a stressful family life, middle-aged, middle-class Bradley picks up a…

#BookReview of #Assembly by Natasha Brown

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne24th March 2022Leave a comment

‘ SHORTLISTED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZE 2022SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG FICTION AWARD 2021The acclaimed word-of-mouth hit and break-out debut of the year. Selected as a Book of the Year 2021 by booksellers, writers and readers: Observer Best Books of 2021Guardian Books of the YearThe i paper Books of the YearNew…

#BookReview of #DuffyAndSon by Damien Owens @OwensDamien | @HCinIreland

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne23rd March 20224 Comments

‘A heart-warming and hilarious novel about life, love, and the weight of all we leave unsaid’ – Duffy and Son [ About the Book ] Eugene Duffy is turning 70; his son Jim is turning 40. For decades now, they’ve been running the family hardware shop and living in good-natured bachelor harmony. But time is marching…

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