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Monthly Archives: June 2019

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#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…

#BookReview #KilbrideHouse by @SheilaForsey | @PoolbegBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne25th June 20192 Comments

‘The Truth Cannot Lie Untold….’ [ About the Book] A STORY OF ENDURING LOVE, SIBLING LOYALTY AND A SECRET PACT THAT LASTS A LIFETIME Kilbride House is set on the mystical Dingle Peninsula. Victoria Goulding, a Protestant, falls in love with Canice Meagher, born on the Blasket Islands and a Roman Catholic. To be together…

#TimeWillTell by @EvaJordanWriter | #BookReview | @urbanebooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne24th June 20194 Comments

‘You’ll be fine,in time,and I’ll be right behind you…’ [ About the Book ] Writer, Lizzie Lemalf, and her loving but somewhat dysfunctional family are still grieving over the loss of a much-loved family member. Lizzie is doing her best to keep her family together but why does the recent death of a well-known celebrity…

Something to Live For by @richardroper | @orionbooks | #FindYourSomething

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne21st June 20196 Comments

Sometimes you need to risk everything…To find your something [ About the Book ] All Andrew wants is to be normal. He has the perfect wife and 2.4 children waiting at home for him after a long day. At least, that’s what he’s told people. The truth is, his life isn’t exactly as people think…

Who Killed Ruby? by Camilla Way | #BookReview

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne20th June 20193 Comments

‘You never know what’s going on behind closed doors….’ [ About the Book ] If you passed it on the street, you’d see an ordinary London townhouse. You might wonder about the people who live there, assume they’re just like you. But inside a family is trapped in a nightmare. In the kitchen, a man…

The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter | #BookReview

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne19th June 20198 Comments

KidnappedBrokenImprisoned She must unlock the truth…Before it is too late [ About the Book ] It begins with an abduction. The routine of a family shopping trip is shattered when Michelle Spivey is snatched as she leaves the mall with her young daughter. The police search for her, her partner pleads for her release, but in…

#BookReview of A Modern Family by @HelgaFlatland | #BlogTour with @OrendaBooks | #AModernFamily

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne18th June 2019Leave a comment

Winner of the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize and a number one bestseller, A Modern Family is the English debut by Helga Flatland. Described as the Norwegian Anne Tyler, Helga Flatland made her literary debut in 2010, with this, A Modern Family, being her fifth book. I am delighted to be joining Helga Flatland and Orenda Books…

#BookReview | #TheOutsider by Emily Hourican |@EmilyH71 |@HachetteIre

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne14th June 20192 Comments

Two very different families…..One is loud, eccentric, rich and confident.The other is less sure of their place in life. [ About the Book ] On holidays in Portugal, a near-drowning brings the ten-year-old daughters, Jamie and Sarah, together and a friendship is formed.As the bond between the girls grows deeper, so too do the ties…

#BookReview | #SomeoneisLying by @JennyBlackhurst |@headlinepg | #RandomThingsTours

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne12th June 20194 Comments

‘In this podcast I’ll be looking at the six people with the most to hide about the night Erica Spencer died….’ [ About the Book ] It’s been a year since Erica Spencer died in a tragic accident at a party, and the community where she lived has moved on with their lives.Everybody has secrets.…

#Breakers by @doug_johnstone | #Bookreview | @OrendaBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne11th June 20196 Comments

A toxic familyA fight for survival [ About the Book ] Seventeen-year-old Tyler lives in one of Edinburgh’s most deprived areas. Coerced into robbing rich people’s homes by his bullying older siblings, he’s also trying to care for his little sister and his drug-addict mum. On a job, his brother Barry stabs a homeowner and…

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