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#BookReview | #IConfess by Alex Barclay | @alexbarcs | @HCinIreland

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne21st August 20197 Comments

Seven friends.One killer.No escape….– I Confess [ About the Book ] A group of childhood friends are reunited at a luxury inn on a remote west coast peninsula in Ireland. But as a storm builds outside, the dark events that marred their childhoods threaten to resurface. And when a body is discovered, the group faces…

#BookReview | #TheGuiltyMother by Diane Jeffrey

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne20th August 20194 Comments

‘WOULD YOU BELIEVE HER?’– The Guilty Mother [ About the Book] 2013 Melissa Slade had it all: beauty, money, a successful husband and beautiful twin babies. But, in the blink of an eye, her perfect life became a nightmare – when she found herself on trial for the murder of her little girls.  PRESENT DAY…

#BookReview | #TakeItBack by @KiaAbdullah | @HQstories

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne19th August 20192 Comments

Take your place on the jury. Who will you find guilty? – Take It Back [ About the Book ] The Victim: A sixteen-year-old girl with facial deformities, neglected by an alcoholic mother. Who accuses the boys of something unthinkable. The Defendants: Four handsome teenage boys from hardworking immigrant families. All with corroborating stories. Whose…

#BookReview | #FilterThis by Sophie White | @SophWhiteWrites | @HachetteIre

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne16th August 20199 Comments

Are the #instafabulous really #livingtheirbestlives ?– Filter This [ About the Book ] Ali Jones is hell-bent on achieving her #lifegoals: 10,000 Instagram followers and a win at the upcoming Glossie Influencer Awards. So when she inadvertently leads people to believe she is sporting a baby bump and immediately gains thousands of followers, she realises…

#BookReview | The Most Difficult Thing by Charlotte Philby |

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne14th August 20197 Comments

‘HOW DO YOU KNOW WHO’S ON YOUR SIDEIF YOU DON’T KNOW WHOSE SIDE YOU’RE ON?’– The Most Difficult Thing [ About the Book ] On the surface, Anna Witherall personifies everything the aspirational magazine she works for represents. Married to her university boyfriend David, she has a beautiful home and gorgeous three-year-old twin daughters, Stella…

#BookReview | #TheSummerVilla by @melissahillbks |@HCinIreland

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne13th August 20192 Comments

‘One summer.A trip that will change everything.’ – The Summer Villa Hello folks!! I went off the radar there for a week or so as we went on a very unscheduled break to Co. Kerry, which was just FANTASTIC. Back now with lots more exciting books to read and also to share my thoughts with…

#BookReview | Love & Ruin by Paula McLain (With a reference to For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway)

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne2nd August 20195 Comments

In 1937, courageous and independent Martha Gellhorn travels to Madrid to report on the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War… – Love & Ruin [ About Love & Ruin ] In 1937, courageous and independent Martha Gellhorn travels to Madrid to report on the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War, and finds herself drawn to…

The Birthday Party by Roisin Meaney | #BookReview

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne1st August 20192 Comments

‘I wish…’ she began, and came to a halt. She wished so much. She wished he was different. She wished their story was different…She wished they loved one another, and depended on one another, and missed each other when they were apart’ – The Birthday Party [ About the Book ] Another summer is in…

A Nail, A Rose by Madeleine Bourdouxhe | #BookReview | @PushkinPress

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne31st July 20196 Comments

A Nail, A Rose is a collection of ‘sharp, elegant stories of women’s inner lives by the rediscovered Belgian author Madeleine Bourdouxhe‘ [ About the Book ] These are stories of longing and dissatisfaction, of daily life ruptured by strange currents of feeling. A woman, wandering alone and heartbroken, is first attacked and then romantically…

The Things I Know by Amanda Prowse | #BookReview | @MrsAmandaProwse | #TheThingsIKnow

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne30th July 20193 Comments

She knows she’s not like most women.Fortunately, he’s not like most men. [ About the Book ] Thomasina ‘Hitch’ Waycott loves living and working on the remote family farm and B&B. But she also wants more. To see the world. To own her own home. To fall madly in love. But those are fairy tales,…

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