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Monthly Archives: April 2016

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Library Cat by Alex Howard – A Review

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne28th April 2016Leave a comment

Library Cat ‘The Observations of a Thinking Cat’ is a novel by Alex Howard. It is published by Black & White Publishing with it’s launch today 28th April 2016.  I would like to thank Black & White Publishing for my ARC in return for an honest review.

Healing Maddie Brees by Rebecca Brewster Stevenson – A Review

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne24th April 2016Leave a comment

Healing Maddie Brees is the debut novel from Rebecca Brewster Stevenson. It is published by Light Messages Publishing and is due for release September 2016. I received my ARC from NetGalley in return for an honest review.

Deep Six by D.P. Lyle – A Review

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne20th April 2016Leave a comment

Deep Six, a novel by D.P. Lyle is published by Oceanview Publishing. It is due for release in July 2016. I received this ARC from NetGalley in return for an honest review.

House of Dreams by Fanny Blake – A Review

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne18th April 2016Leave a comment

Published in November 2015 by Orion Publishing Group, House of Dreams is a novel that will transport you to sunnier climes. It is a very uplifting story of family & how the death of a parent is dealt with by those who remain behind.

The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie – A Review

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne13th April 2016Leave a comment

  The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie was published in January 2016 by Penguin Press.   ‘An exuberant, one-of-a-kind novel about love and family, war and nature, new money and old values by a brilliant New Yorker contributor The Portable Veblen is a dazzlingly original novel that’s as big-hearted as it is laugh-out-loud funny. Set in…

On Edge by Albert Ashforth – A Review

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne11th April 2016Leave a comment

  On Edge is a novel soon to be released by Oceanview Publishing (September 2016). I received my copy courtesy of Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.   On Edge is a novel based around true events that happened in Kabul in 2010. Possibly the world’s worst banking scandal ever took place there, where…

Our Book Recommendations as Selected by You – Part II

Recommended ReadingBy Mairéad Hearne9th April 2016Leave a comment

      What a selection of books we have in our latest Book Recommendation List  – Choose 1, Choose 2…Choose them all 🙂 Whichever you choose, remember what Harper Lee famously quoted, and I hope you enjoy the variety. All these books have come with 4* and 5* recommendations. There is quite a selection…

Betting Blind by Lily Gardner – A Review

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne9th April 2016Leave a comment

    For Lennox Cooper, helping out a friend means gambling with her life. ‘In the rainy city of Portland, Matilda Bauer has been blackmailing her parole officer, Fulin Chen. Just when Fulin’s ready to come clean, Matilda disappears. Bad news for Fulin, because once Matilda is arrested for breaking parole she’ll show the photos…

Tightrope by Simon Mawer – A Review

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne6th April 2016Leave a comment

I’m going to sound a bit bias here but I recommend ALL Simon Mawer’s books.  My love of his books started with a novel I picked up a few years back called The Glass Room and continues to this day. I will only be reviewing his 2015 publication Tightrope here but please go to the…

The Mystery of the Foot – A Sewing Discovery!!

SewingBy Mairéad Hearne5th April 2016Leave a comment

      Ok….I have to admit here that this whole sewing journey has stepped up a notch & I think it’s about time I considered making a few investments.  My problem is though what should that investment be???  i have a fairly basic model of a machine but even I wasn’t fully aware of…

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