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#BookReview of #TheGame – A Journey into the Heart of Sport by @TadhgCoakley | @MerrionPress

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne30th May 20222 Comments

‘There I am: a happy innocent boy standing in my back garden, my whole life ahead of me, playing a game with a ball. Around me, my childhood home and my family; safe, fulfilled, intact.‘– The Game [ About the Book ] The Game is a multifaceted reflection on sport. It is part memoir, outlining Tadhg…

#BookReview of #TheGhostlights by Gráinne Murphy | @GraMurphy | @Legend_Times_

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne25th May 20222 Comments

‘The poignant story of a family of Irish women who are each looking for the real meaning of home’– The Ghostlights [ About the Book ] Can anyone really choose to be forgotten?An elderly gentleman checks into a B&B in a small village in rural Ireland where he knows nobody. Four days later, his body…

#BookReview of #TheLastToDisappear by Jo Spain | @SpainJoanne

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne23rd May 2022Leave a comment

‘Welcome to Koppe, FinlandA picturesque villageA wondrous escape‘– The Last to Disappear [ About the Book ] A luxury resort. Three missing women. One body. When young London professional Alex Evans is informed that his sister’s body has been pulled from an icy lake in Northern Lapland, he assumes his irresponsible sister accidentally drowned. He…

#TheIsland by Adrian McKinty – #BookReview

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne23rd May 20226 Comments

IT WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE A FAMILY VACATION. A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT CHANGED EVERYTHING.– The Island [ About the Book ] After moving from a small country town to Seattle, Heather Baxter marries Tom, a widowed doctor with a young son and teenage daughter. A working vacation overseas seems like the perfect way to bring…

#BookReview of #SixDaysInRome by Francesca Giacco

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne19th May 2022Leave a comment

‘And, with a slight left, there it is. All this space suddenly, exhale. Butter yellow buildings, with their faded blue windows. Some apartments have flower boxes, some are bare. If it were a little darker, I’d be able to see inside.Spectacular things in Rome can just happen like this, with no warning. Around a non-descript…

#GuestPost by Karl MacDermott – Author of 58% Cabbage | @endlesshilarity

Guest PostBy Mairéad Hearne17th May 2022Leave a comment

58% Cabbage by Karl MacDermott was published September 3rd with The Black Spring Press Group and is described by MacDermott as ‘a novel written through the prism of humour about a deluded feckless middle-aged Galwegian going through the throes of a mid-life crisis’. I am delighted to welcome Karl MacDermott today with a guest post…

#BookReview of #GlassHouses by Melanie Murphy

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne17th May 2022Leave a comment

‘To be home without her was to ache all over with a grief so fierce it could bruise his living flesh’ [ About the Book ] Jenna Walker has suddenly found herself with no job, no boyfriend, nowhere to live – and she’s been wondering for a while now if, apart from her beloved cat…

#Extract ~ #TellMeYourLies by Kate Ruby | @katerubybooks | @simonschusterUK | @midaspr

Blog Tour, ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne12th May 20221 Comment

For fans of Nine Perfect Strangers and Little Fires Everywhere, Tell Me Your Lies is the gripping debut thriller from one of British TV’s most successful producers and screenwriters. Tell Me Your Lies by Kate Ruby published April 28th with Simon & Schuster. A Richard & Judy Book Club pick, it is partly inspired by the true story…

#BookReview of #Three by Valérie Perrin | @EuropaEdUK

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne12th May 20229 Comments

‘A COMPULSIVE STORY ABOUT THE POWERS AND FLEETINGNESS OF FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND LIFE‘ – FROM THE AUTHOR OF FRESH WATER FOR FLOWERS [ About the Book ] 1986: Adrien, Etienne and Nina are 10 years old when they meet at school and become inseparable. They promise each other they will one day leave their provincial backwater,…

#BookReview of #TheMurderRule by Dervla McTiernan

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne11th May 2022Leave a comment

[ About the Book ] No one is innocent in this story. First Rule: Make them like you.Second Rule: Make them need you.Third Rule: Make them pay. They think I’m a young, idealistic law student, that I’m passionate about reforming a corrupt and brutal system. They think I’m working hard to impress them. They think I’m here to save an innocent…

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