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#bookreview The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne11th November 20164 Comments

‘I will make myself of life here for life is this place and would be start of mine.’ The Lesser Bohemians is a novel achieving great notoriety in the book world at the moment. Published in September 2016 by Faber & Faber, Eimear McBride has written a novel, I feel, will appeal to a certain few.…

#bookreview ~ Madam Tulip by David Ahern @DaveAhernWriter

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne7th November 20161 Comment

‘Everybody knows that in Ireland seventh sons of seventh sons have extraordinary powers and can do all kinds of mystical things….Hasn’t the gift been male since time immemorial? But Tulip isn’t in the least concerned. Times change even in the realms of the supernatural.’ Madam Tulip is a novel with a difference!! After reading a…

#bookreview : The Last Night by Cesca Major @Cescawrites @CorvusBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne3rd November 2016Leave a comment

Two women, separated by years, tied by secrets untold and haunted by tragedies that could not be foreseen The Last Night by Cesca Major is her latest novel, following on from the wonderful The Silent Hours. Published by Corvus (3rd November 2016), Cesca Major has written a fictional novel based around true events that took place in…

#bookreview : The Last Days of Leda Grey by @essiefox @orionbooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne2nd November 2016Leave a comment

The Last Days of Leda Grey is rather an unusual book with probably one of the most stunning covers I have seen in a long time….truly beautiful! Published by Orion, Essie Fox’s latest novel, is released this month (November 2016) and is one that will transport you, the reader, to a very different time and place!!…

#bookreview I See You by Clare Mackintosh @claremackint0sh

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne29th October 20164 Comments

My review of I See You by Claire Mackintosh. Great read folks!!

#blogtour #guestpost Why Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein still inspires ~ Sandra Ireland @22_ireland

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne26th October 2016Leave a comment

It’s always great to be involved with a blogtour, especially when the book is something as unique and slightly Gothic as Beneath the Skin. Published by Polygon and written by Sandra Ireland this was one book I was looking forward to reading. My full review is now available to read Here But in the meantime I…

#bookreview #blogtour #CHAOS by Patricia Cornwell @1pcornwell

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne26th October 2016Leave a comment

‘CHAOS ~ A vast chasm or void Anarchy The science of unpredictability’ No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers her twenty-fourth thriller starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta, CHAOS. Published by Harper Collins, on 20th October, I was delighted to be invited to hop on the CHAOS blogtour bus!! Please read on to…

#bookreview Beneath the Skin by Sandra Ireland @22_ireland

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne25th October 2016Leave a comment

‘The scars of the past are more than skin deep’ Now this is a very different read. Described as ‘Deliciously disturbing’, Beneath the Skin is the debut novel from Sandra Ireland. Published in September 2016 by Polygon, I was only too delighted to be contacted by Dawn Geddes, Freelance Publicity Officer at Bookish PR a few weeks…

#blogtour #bookreview I Know Your Secret by Graham Smith @GrahamSmith1972

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne22nd October 20162 Comments

‘What would you do if your most intimate secrets got into the wrong hands?’ How excited am I to part of this phenomenal Blog Tour for I know Your Secret by Graham Smith. Published by Caffeine Nights, I was contacted by Noelle Holten of the Crimebook Junkie blog to take part in the tour. Of…

#bookreview~Lost Stars (or what Lou Reed taught me about love) @LisaSelinDavis

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne20th October 20162 Comments

‘Maybe they are not gone, those stars. Maybe they’re just lost… Maybe they’re just trying to find their way home.’ Lost Stars or what Lou Reed taught me about Love is the latest novel from NY writer Lisa Selin Davis. Author of the grown-up novel Belly, this is Lisa’s debut YA novel set in the 1980s and…

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