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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…

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…

About Sisterland by Martina Devlin – A Guest Review

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne5th April 2016Leave a comment

I am delighted to host a guest book reviewer today, the wonderful Irish writer, Orla McAlinden.   Orla has been published in the Fish Anthology, The Chattahoochee Review, The Ilanot Review and others. Her first collection of short stories, The Accidental Wife, will be published in Summer 2016 by Sowilo Press, Philadelphia.  Her debut novel,…

My Map of You by Isabelle Broom – A Review

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne3rd April 2016Leave a comment

    ‘Holly Wright has had a difficult few years.  After her mother’s death, she’s become expert at keeping people at a distance – including her boyfriend, Rupert. But when Holly receives an unexpected letter explaining that an aunt she has never met has left her a house on the Greek island of Zakynthos, the…

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