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#BookReview #YourEveryMove by @samblakebooks | @samblakebooks.bsky.social

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne16th December 2025Leave a comment

‘YOU THINK YOU’RE SAFE. BUT SOMEBODY’S WATCHING…‘ [ About Your Every Move ] Irish estate agent Rosie Kinsella loves her job selling high-end properties in London. But when she’s targeted by a mysterious stalker her amazing life is turned upside down. Who is ‘Michael’, and why does he seem to think he and Rosie are…

#BookReview of Is That You Beth Cherry? by Lucy Dillon

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne15th December 20254 Comments

Beth’s life, like the unfinished screenplay on her laptop, is stuck between chapters. [ About Is That You Beth Cherry? ] Since her breakup with Fraser – which was not part of the script – she’s retreated into a lonely WFH world of sweatpants, disordered hours and comfort eating. The one luminous constant in her life is…

#BookReview of The Boy from the Sea by Garrett Carr

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne11th December 20254 Comments

‘The Boy from the Sea is Garrett Carr’s brilliantly moving tale of an abandoned baby who rocks a small Irish town, bringing together a community – and igniting lifelong rivalries.‘(Publisher Quote) [ About The Boy from the Sea ] In 1973 on the west coast of Ireland, a baby is found abandoned on the beach. Who…

#BookReview of #DarkHorse by Felix Francis

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne10th December 2025Leave a comment

‘Sid Halley returns in Dark Horse, his seventh outing over the years’ [ About Dark Horse ] Imogen Duffy is a young Irish jockey, whose fledgling career is given a huge boost when she wins a prestigious horse race at the Cheltenham Steeplechasing Festival. But all is not well in her life. She has a…

#BookReview of The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne8th December 2025Leave a comment

‘The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is the sweeping tale of two young people navigating the many forces that shape their lives: country, class, race, history, and the complicated bonds that link one generation to the next.‘ [ About The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai ] When Sonia and Sunny first glimpse each…

#BookReview of #BeingThere by Jerzy Kosinski | #Audiobook

Audio, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne3rd December 20252 Comments

Audie Award Nominee, Best Solo Narration, 2013 [ About Being There ] Jerzy Kosinski’s clever parable of a naive man thrust into the modern world is more pointed now than ever. Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man, The Graduate), perhaps best known for his portrayals of vulnerable characters and antiheroes, gives an understated and…

#BookReview of #Sugartown by Caragh Maxwell

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne2nd December 2025Leave a comment

What do you do when you’ve ruined your life? You go home to your mother, if you’re lucky enough still to have one. Saoirse Maher wouldn’t recommend it. – Sugartown [ About Sugartown ] Leaving home wasn’t supposed to be temporary. When she moved to London, Saoirse was leaving Ireland behind for good, and with it…

#BookReview of #TheFutureOfTravel by Daniel Maurer |@melvillehouse | @NikkiTGriffiths | @MoscaMaurer

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne25th November 20252 Comments

‘A leading food and travel journalist depicts and predicts the good, the bad, and the ugly about the future of travel — and how we can transcend the complications of climate change, AI, and touristification . . .‘– The Future of Travel [ About The Future of Travel ] Travel is easier, more accessible, and more tempting…

#BookReview of There Came A-Tapping by Andrea Carter | @andysaibhcarter | @andreacarter.bsky.social

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne24th November 2025Leave a comment

[ About There Came A-Tapping ] Since losing her parents in a car crash as a teen, Allie has struggled to cope. Meeting Rory finally made things easier. She’s come to rely on him for almost everything, so when he disappears while filming a documentary in the West of Ireland, she fears she’ll come undone.…

#Bookreview of #MurderonaFrostyNight by @BrightVerity| @bookouture

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne21st November 20252 Comments

‘Wrapping presents and singing at midnight mass on a frosty night… Lady Swift is determined to enjoy Christmas at home this year, until another body turns up!‘– Murder on a FrostyNight [ About Murder on a Frosty Night ] Winter 1925. Eleanor and Hugh are decking the halls for their first married Christmas together when butler Clifford arrives with a…

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