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Yearly Archives: 2023

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#BookReview of #ThePaperMan by Billy O’ Callaghan @billythescribe

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne26th June 20234 Comments

‘An unforgettable and sweeping interwar love story, from the Costa-shortlisted and bestselling Irish author of Life Sentences’ – The Paper Man, Publisher Quote [ About The Paper Man ] 1980s Cork. Jack Shine discovers a shoe box full of love letters in his mother’s belongings. Rebekah came to Cork alone as a young Jewish refugee from…

#BookReview of #TheBeeSting by Paul Murray

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne22nd June 2023Leave a comment

‘WINNER OF THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS EASON NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2023Winner of the Nero Gold Prize, Book of the Year 2023– The Bee Sting [ About The Bee Sting ] The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie’s once-lucrative car business is going under – but rather than face the music, he’s spending his days…

#BookReview of #NoOneSawaThing by Andrea Mara @AndreaMaraBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne20th June 20236 Comments

‘Two children get on the train. Only one gets off…‘– No One Saw a Thing [ About No One Saw a Thing ] No one saw it happen.You stand on a crowded tube platform in London. Your two little girls jump on the train ahead of you. As you try to join them, the doors…

#BookReview of #TheLastLifeboat by @HazelGaynor | @HCinIreland

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne30th May 20236 Comments

‘Captures the little-known story of the evacuees sent away by sea during WW2’– The Last Lifeboat [ About The Last Lifeboat ] Liverpool 1940. Alice King stands on the deck of SS Carlisle, waiting to escort a group of children to Canada as overseas evacuees. She is finally doing her bit for the war. In…

#BookReview of #WatchingFromTheWings by Christine Webber | @1chriswebber

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne29th May 2023Leave a comment

[ About Watching From The Wings ] What happens when the fairytale you thought you wanted at twenty-two, feels like a prison forty years later? Watching From the Wings is a heartwarming story of devotion, friendship, joy and passion, but also one involving disappointment, duplicity and betrayal. We all have our own journey of love. Katharine’s…

#BookReview of #FallingAnimals by Sheila Armstrong | @Sheela_no_gig | @BloomsburyBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne25th May 20234 Comments

‘The disquieting story of an unidentified man as told by those who crossed paths with him on the last day of his life‘– Falling Animals [ About Falling Animals ] On an isolated beach set against a lonely, windswept coastline, a pale figure sits serenely against a sand dune staring out to sea. His hands…

#BookReview of #TheLastDance by @MarkBillingham

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne24th May 20232 Comments

‘You were desperate for a day or two to catch your breath or even just looking to recharge your batteries after a major inquiry and someone decided to poison their husband or stab a passer-by because they didn’t like their trainers. People were so bloody inconsiderate, sometimes.’– The Last Dance [ About The Last Dance…

#BookReview of #TheHappyCouple by Naoise Dolan | @wnbooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne23rd May 20234 Comments

‘From the author of Exciting Times‘– The Happy Couple [ About The Happy Couple ] Meet the wedding party:THE BRIDE AND GROOMCeline and Luke are meant to get married and live happily ever after. But Celine’s more interested in playing the piano, and Luke’s a serial cheater. THE BRIDESMAIDPhoebe, Celine’s sister, is meant to finish college…

#BookReview of #SoPretty by Ronnie Turner

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne22nd May 2023Leave a comment

‘There is something malignant about the place. The blinds are up, its eyes are open, and I wonder if I have made a mistake in coming here’– So Pretty [ About So Pretty ] Fear blisters through this town like a fever… When Teddy Colne arrives in the small town of Rye, he believes he…

#BookReview of #BoysDontCry by Fíona Scarlett | @Scarlett_for_ya

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne19th May 20234 Comments

‘Being pushed in a Tesco trolley round the back of the flat. Joe giving us all a shot, but letting me stay the longest. Pushing me faster. Spinning and laughing while crashing into the overflowing double-steel bins’– Boys Don’t Cry [ About Boys Don’t Cry ] They say boys don’t cry.But Finn’s seen his Da…

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