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Monthly Archives: May 2025

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#GoodForTheSoul by Philip Rennett ~ Guest Post and Extract

Extract, Guest PostBy Mairéad Hearne29th May 2025Leave a comment

Good For The Soul by Philip Rennett, published April 25th 2025 and is the second book in The Path Finder Series following on from the award-winning Paths Not Yet Taken. It is described as ‘an acerbic, heartrending and laugh-out-loud satirical rollercoaster. It rips chunks out of politicians and oligarchs, spits them onto the ground, then…

#BookReview of Some of This is True by Michelle McDonagh

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne28th May 20252 Comments

‘It wasn’t until the following morning that her body was found. The ground had been frozen overnight, an Arctic mass having moved south and extended over Ireland, bringing with it a widespread, severe frost.’– Some of This is True [ About Some of This is True ] On an icy morning in January, a body…

#BookReview of #TheBlackPool by Tim MacGabhann

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne27th May 20254 Comments

‘I couldn’t remember the taxi to the airport. The last thing I could remember before waking up on the plane was reaching for a spoon and the revolver-shaped novelty blowtorch lighter I had bought in Barcelona and letting it crackle under the foil again.’– The Black Pool [ About The Black Pool ] Following an…

A Reading Tour – Come West The Road With Me presented by @ConalCreedon

SpotlightBy Mairéad Hearne26th May 2025Leave a comment

Cónal Creedon is a writer and documentary filmmaker whose writing crosses borders, geographically, culturally and socially. As many of you know I have been fortunate to do a few festival events alongside Cónal Creedon, entitled Two For The Road, which has been described as a non-broadcast podcast. This has been a wonderful opportunity to get to…

#BookReview of #SpeakToMeOfHome by Jeanine Cummins

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne23rd May 20254 Comments

‘Why hadn’t she said to her daughter I love you beyond reason and none of this matters at all and every day that you breathe is a gift?’– Speak To Me Of Home [ About Speak To Me Of Home ] Rafaela remembers everything that matters: her beautiful childhood in San Juan, her marriage to Peter,…

#BookReview of #AGoodMother by Michelle Dunne

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne22nd May 2025Leave a comment

‘Two mothers. Two daughters. One devastating truth‘– A Good Mother [ About A Good Mother ] Alex Blake was terrified of water, and had been since she nearly drowned at age five. So when police find her body in the river and rule it a suicide, her mother, Jen knows they’re wrong. But no one…

#BookReview of #OnlyInNewYork by Melissa Hill

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne21st May 20254 Comments

He makes trouble. She makes headlines.– Only in New York [ About Only in New York ] LA Publicist Hannah is ready to put her broken heart behind her and start afresh. So when a celebrity client offers to lend her a luxury penthouse apartment in New York City, Hannah jumps at the chance. But…

 #TheMeetingOfAirAndWater ~ #GuestPost by author Sharon LaCour

Guest PostBy Mairéad Hearne20th May 20252 Comments

‘Steeped in the exotic atmosphere of southern Louisiana, The Meeting of Air and Water celebrates the healing power of love at any age while exploring the nature and fragility of the human need to create, and the complications and struggles that arrive when this need is denied. With insight and humor the novel reveals the dangers of…

#BookReview of #TheBestOfEverything by Kit De Waal

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne16th May 20252 Comments

‘From the author of My Name is Leon comes an unforgettable story of found family and the love that steals into our lives… in spite of our best laid plans.‘– The Best of Everything [ About The Best of Everything ] Paulette’s the kind of woman who likes the future all mapped out: the wedding to Denton,…

#BookReview of #NeverLookBack by Karen Fitzgibbon

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne15th May 2025Leave a comment

‘The truth is cloaked in shadows, buried beneath layers of falsehoods and dishonesty’– Never Look Back [ About Never Look Back ] Jenny loses her nineteen-year-old daughter Clara at Colbert train station in Limerick. She is holding Clara’s young baby in her arms, a baby she didn’t know existed twenty-four hours earlier. As they move…

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