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#BookReview of #Haven by Emma Donoghue

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne12th August 20224 Comments

‘Three men vow to leave the world behind them and start anew . . .‘ [ About the Book ] In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the sinful world behind. Taking two monks – young Trian and old Cormac – he travels down the river…

#BookReview of #Luster by Raven Leilani #SUDTP21

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne12th May 20214 Comments

‘Retired internet slang interspersed with earnest remarks about how the light falls on my face.Compared to the inscrutable advances of younger men, it is a relief’– Luster [ About the Book ] Edie is just trying to survive. She’s messing up in her dead-end admin job in her all-white office, is sleeping with all the…

#TheHidingGame by @NaomiWoodBooks | @picadorbooks | #BookReview

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne27th June 20196 Comments

Set at the Bauhaus art school in pre-war Germany…An intoxicating story of young friendships and fledgling loves in a heady and enticing world set against the backdrop of a precarious Europe. [ About the Book ] In 1922, Paul Beckermann arrives at the Bauhaus art school and is immediately seduced by both the charismatic teaching…

Review for @TripFiction : The Muse by Jessie Burton

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne6th September 20162 Comments

Firstly let me state that I’m a huge fan of Jessie Burton’s writing. I treated myself to her previous novel, The Miniaturist, on a trip to The National Gallery in Dublin. I felt it was a fitting location to purchase it and what a read!! When the opportunity came up from TripFiction to read The Muse I was more…

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