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#BookReview of #AllWrappedUp by Ally Bunbury

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne5th November 2022Leave a comment

‘It’s the time of year … to run away from your life’– All Wrapped Up [ About All Wrapped Up ] Holly always seems to make the wrong decisions: her career in London is going nowhere, and she’s ended up engaged to a man she doesn’t love. Which is why she decides that’s all going…

#BookReview of #WinterPeople by Gráinne Murphy | @GraMurphy @Legend_Times_

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne28th October 20223 Comments

The wild Atlantic coast of Ireland. Three strangers. One question: who are we without the people who love us?– Winter People [ About the Book ] Sis Cotter has lived her whole life in a small house by her beloved beach. Here, she grew up, reared her family, and buried her husband. Now her children…

#BookReview of #WhileSheSleeps by @arlenehunt | @HachetteIre

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne13th September 2022Leave a comment

‘A young woman lies in a coma in the wake of a brutal attack. Under pressure for a quick solve, detectives Ryan and Kane soon find themselves at odds – and overshadowed by past deeds…’– While She Sleeps [ About the Book ] When Jody Kavanagh is discovered close to death in her home, it’s…

#BookReview of #UnFollowMe by Judith Cuffe

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne9th September 20224 Comments

‘Followed by a Million. Targeted by One‘– Unfollow Me [ About the Book ] A single photo taken in college defined Eve Kelly’s entire life. The iconic image of the falling girl in a red dress brought her unintentional fame. Twenty years later, @beli’EVE, a successful model turned influencer, is a reluctant leader. Over a…

#BookReview of #Haven by Emma Donoghue

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne12th August 20224 Comments

‘Three men vow to leave the world behind them and start anew . . .‘ [ About the Book ] In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the sinful world behind. Taking two monks – young Trian and old Cormac – he travels down the river…

My Mini Book Reviews of a few of my Summer reads | #bookreview

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne8th August 20228 Comments

I don’t normally write more than one review at a time but, as the days pass busily by, I decided I needed to gather up my thoughts on four of my recent reads if they were ever to see the light of day. I have written a few short words (mini book reviews) on each,…

#BookReview of #HideAndSeek by @AndreaMaraBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne21st July 20221 Comment

‘A twisty and compelling thriller about a tangled web of secrets in a close-knit suburban community’ [ About the Book ] CLOSE YOUR EYES The game of hide and seek is over, everyone has gone home, but little Lily Murphy hasn’t been found. Her parents search the woods and tell themselves that the worst hasn’t…

#BookReview of #APerfectCopy by Derville Murphy

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne18th July 2022Leave a comment

‘Fake or fortune? Or something else entirely …‘– A Perfect Copy [ About the Book ] Daisy Staunton and Ben Tarrant meet at an auction and discover they own identical copies of a Victorian portrait of an elegant, enigmatic ancestor of theirs. But is one a fake? On a sweeping trail of mystery and intrigue…

#BookReview of #LifeSentences by Billy O’ Callaghan | @billythescribe

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne12th July 20222 Comments

‘Three generations. More than a century of famine, war, violence and love.‘– Life Sentences [ About the Book ] At sixteen Nancy, the only member of her family to survive the Great Famine, leaves her small island for the mainland. Finding work in a grand house on the edge of Cork City, she feels irrepressibly…

#BookReview of #IDOL by Louise O’ Neill

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne28th June 2022Leave a comment

‘Follow your heart and speak your truth.’– IDOL [ About the Book ] For Samantha Miller’s young fans – her ‘girls’ – she’s everything they want to be. She’s an oracle, telling them how to live their lives, how to be happy, how to find and honour their ‘truth’. And her career is booming: she’s…

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