March was a pretty good month of reading 8 books in total. Stand out reads The Salt Path and Frenchman's Creek. 3 books read for #ReadingIrelandmonth25 . 💙📚 Full list in alt text.
April 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
March was a pretty good month of reading 8 books in total. Stand out reads The Salt Path and Frenchman's Creek. 3 books read for #ReadingIrelandmonth25 . 💙📚 Full list in alt text.
I finished Academy Street last night. It's a lovely novel, beautifully evocative, spanning six decades. Costello packs so much into a fairly short novel. #ReadingIrelandmonth25 💙📚
I've been away from social media for a couple of days, trying to ignore the rubbish that is going on.
Currently reading Academy Street by Mary Costello for #ReadingIrelandmonth25 another one I'm very late to the party with.
Currently reading Academy Street by Mary Costello for #ReadingIrelandmonth25 another one I'm very late to the party with.
March 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I finished Academy Street last night. It's a lovely novel, beautifully evocative, spanning six decades. Costello packs so much into a fairly short novel. #ReadingIrelandmonth25 💙📚
I'm still not blogging, still not missing it, but I can join in with #ReadingIrelandMonth25 just starting The Home Scar by Kathleen MacMahon which @jacquiwine.bsky.social sent me for Christmas. 💙📚
March 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I'm still not blogging, still not missing it, but I can join in with #ReadingIrelandMonth25 just starting The Home Scar by Kathleen MacMahon which @jacquiwine.bsky.social sent me for Christmas. 💙📚
"The Witch Elm" by Tana French - #AudiobookReview #BookReview #ReadingIrelandMonth25 @tanafrench.bsky.social #TheWitchElm #begorrathon25 @penguinaudio.bsky.social #BooksOnTape #LibbyApp fictionophile.com/2025/03/09/t... via @fictionophile.bsky.social
“The Witch Elm” by Tana French – #AudiobookReview #BookReview #ReadingIrelandMonth25 @tanafrench.bsky.social #TheWitchElm #begorrathon25 @penguinaudio.bsky.social #BooksOnTape #LibbyApp
Shortly after a work debacle, Toby goes out with his friends to have a pint or three. Toby Hennessy has always been ‘lucky’. Always popular, gregarious, successful AND he was born to af…
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March 9, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I've been away from social media for a couple of days, trying to ignore the rubbish that is going on.
Currently reading Academy Street by Mary Costello for #ReadingIrelandmonth25 another one I'm very late to the party with.
Currently reading Academy Street by Mary Costello for #ReadingIrelandmonth25 another one I'm very late to the party with.
March 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I've been away from social media for a couple of days, trying to ignore the rubbish that is going on.
Currently reading Academy Street by Mary Costello for #ReadingIrelandmonth25 another one I'm very late to the party with.
Currently reading Academy Street by Mary Costello for #ReadingIrelandmonth25 another one I'm very late to the party with.
I reviewed the brilliant short story collection from Liadan Ní Chuinn for #readingirelandmonth25 out now published by @stingingfly.bsky.social
Every One Still Here by Liadan Ní Chuinn #readingirelandmonth25
Liadan Ní Chuinn’s debut short story collection, Every One Still Here, is published by The Stinging Fly – always a seal of approval and the mark of something interesting. Ní Chuinn offers six stori…
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March 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I reviewed the brilliant short story collection from Liadan Ní Chuinn for #readingirelandmonth25 out now published by @stingingfly.bsky.social
First review for #ReadingIrelandMonth25 is
The Colony by #AudreyMagee
Two men from rival nations spend a summer on a small Irish speaking island- they have projects, of art and words
Seeking something authentic, in their pursuit, they disrupt what is.
Excellent.
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The Colony by #AudreyMagee
Two men from rival nations spend a summer on a small Irish speaking island- they have projects, of art and words
Seeking something authentic, in their pursuit, they disrupt what is.
Excellent.
clairemcalpine.com/2025/03/01/t...
The Colony by Audrey Magee
Reading Ireland Month March is Reading Ireland Month, run by Cathy over at 746books. An island of approximately 7 million people, it has a successful and supportive literary culture, including four…
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March 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
First review for #ReadingIrelandMonth25 is
The Colony by #AudreyMagee
Two men from rival nations spend a summer on a small Irish speaking island- they have projects, of art and words
Seeking something authentic, in their pursuit, they disrupt what is.
Excellent.
clairemcalpine.com/2025/03/01/t...
The Colony by #AudreyMagee
Two men from rival nations spend a summer on a small Irish speaking island- they have projects, of art and words
Seeking something authentic, in their pursuit, they disrupt what is.
Excellent.
clairemcalpine.com/2025/03/01/t...
I've been shouting about this book to everyone I know, but saved my review for #Readingirelandmonth25 - Garrett Carr's wonderful "The Boy from the Sea" librofulltime.wordpress.com/2025/03/03/b... This will be a book of the year for me for definite. @garrettcarr.bsky.social 💙📚
Book review - Garrett Carr - "The Boy from the Sea"
Ireland, siblings, fishing, foundlings
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March 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I've been shouting about this book to everyone I know, but saved my review for #Readingirelandmonth25 - Garrett Carr's wonderful "The Boy from the Sea" librofulltime.wordpress.com/2025/03/03/b... This will be a book of the year for me for definite. @garrettcarr.bsky.social 💙📚
Weekend reading, devouring this romp through medieval texts while the author recovers from grief and reflects on other aspects of her life, with anecdotal medieval snippets, enough to entertain, intrigue and inform without overwhelming.
Fierce Appetites by #ElizabethBoyle
#ReadingIrelandMonth25
Fierce Appetites by #ElizabethBoyle
#ReadingIrelandMonth25
March 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Weekend reading, devouring this romp through medieval texts while the author recovers from grief and reflects on other aspects of her life, with anecdotal medieval snippets, enough to entertain, intrigue and inform without overwhelming.
Fierce Appetites by #ElizabethBoyle
#ReadingIrelandMonth25
Fierce Appetites by #ElizabethBoyle
#ReadingIrelandMonth25
A few of the books I'll be choosing to read in March for #ReadingIrelandMonth25
March 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
A few of the books I'll be choosing to read in March for #ReadingIrelandMonth25
"Shadows On Our Skin" by Jennifer Johnston - Book Review - #ThrowbackThursday - R.I.P. Jennifer Johnston 1930-2025 #ReadingIrelandMonth25 #IrishFiction #ShadowsOnOurSkin #BookReview #Booksky fictionophile.com/2025/03/13/s... via @fictionophile.bsky.social
“Shadows On Our Skin” by Jennifer Johnston – Book Review – #ThrowbackThursday – R.I.P. Jennifer Johnston 1930-2025 #ReadingIrelandMonth25 #IrishFiction #ShadowsOnOurSkin #BookReview #Booksky
I was so saddened to hear that Irish author Jennifer Johnston passed away on February 25th. I have read several of her novels, and her work has touched many readers. For this Throwback Thursday I t…
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March 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
"Shadows On Our Skin" by Jennifer Johnston - Book Review - #ThrowbackThursday - R.I.P. Jennifer Johnston 1930-2025 #ReadingIrelandMonth25 #IrishFiction #ShadowsOnOurSkin #BookReview #Booksky fictionophile.com/2025/03/13/s... via @fictionophile.bsky.social
“The Coast Road” by Alan Murrin – Book Review #ReadingIrelandMonth25 #IrishFiction #AlanMurrin #TheCoastRoad @harpercollins.bsky.social #BookSky
A beautifully written debut novel about three women who live in a small, coastal Irish town. Women in their mid forties who are married and have few…
A beautifully written debut novel about three women who live in a small, coastal Irish town. Women in their mid forties who are married and have few…
“The Coast Road” by Alan Murrin – Book Review #ReadingIrelandMonth25 #IrishFiction #AlanMurrin #TheCoastRoad @harpercollins.bsky.social #BookSky
A beautifully written debut novel about three women who live in a small, coastal Irish town. Women in their mid forties who are married and have few options as they are living in a patriarchal society. Set during 1994/95, the time that Ireland voted on the right to divorce. Catholicism permeates the story and these people’s lives. Dolores Mullen…
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March 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“The Coast Road” by Alan Murrin – Book Review #ReadingIrelandMonth25 #IrishFiction #AlanMurrin #TheCoastRoad @harpercollins.bsky.social #BookSky
A beautifully written debut novel about three women who live in a small, coastal Irish town. Women in their mid forties who are married and have few…
A beautifully written debut novel about three women who live in a small, coastal Irish town. Women in their mid forties who are married and have few…
Are YOU taking part in #ReadingIrelandMonth25 #begorrathon25 #ReadingIreland ?
Here are the titles that I hope to read this month. @cathybrown746.bsky.social @fictionophile.bsky.social
#IrishFiction #IrishAuthors #Booksky 💙📚
Here are the titles that I hope to read this month. @cathybrown746.bsky.social @fictionophile.bsky.social
#IrishFiction #IrishAuthors #Booksky 💙📚
March 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Are YOU taking part in #ReadingIrelandMonth25 #begorrathon25 #ReadingIreland ?
Here are the titles that I hope to read this month. @cathybrown746.bsky.social @fictionophile.bsky.social
#IrishFiction #IrishAuthors #Booksky 💙📚
Here are the titles that I hope to read this month. @cathybrown746.bsky.social @fictionophile.bsky.social
#IrishFiction #IrishAuthors #Booksky 💙📚
"Nesting" by Roisín O'Donnell - Book Review #AudiobookReview #Nesting #BookReview #NetGalley @algonquinbooks.bsky.social #IrishFiction #ReadingIrelandMonth25 #RoisinODonnell #Booksky 💙📚🎧 fictionophile.com/2025/03/15/n... via @fictionophile.bsky.social
“Nesting” by Roisín O’Donnell – Book Review #AudiobookReview #Nesting #BookReview #NetGalley @algonquinbooks.bsky.social #IrishFiction #ReadingIrelandMonth25 #RoisinODonnell #Booksky 💙📚🎧
An audiobook that will make you laugh and then cry – sometimes in the same paragraph. You might think that only thrillers make you turn the pages at breakneck speed, however you would be wron…
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March 15, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"Nesting" by Roisín O'Donnell - Book Review #AudiobookReview #Nesting #BookReview #NetGalley @algonquinbooks.bsky.social #IrishFiction #ReadingIrelandMonth25 #RoisinODonnell #Booksky 💙📚🎧 fictionophile.com/2025/03/15/n... via @fictionophile.bsky.social
So I've begun yet another book for ##ReadingIrelandmonth25 on my trusty old Kindle. The Silver Swan by Benjamin Black (aka John Banville) #2 in his Quirke series. 💙📚
March 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
So I've begun yet another book for ##ReadingIrelandmonth25 on my trusty old Kindle. The Silver Swan by Benjamin Black (aka John Banville) #2 in his Quirke series. 💙📚
It's #readingirelandmonth25 and I have kicked off proceedings with a review of The City Changes It's Face by Eimear McBride
The City Changes Its Face by Eimear McBride #readingirelandmonth25
It may have taken Eimear McBride nine years to find a publisher for her debut novel A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, but it was worth the wait. The book won numerous accolades, including the Wom…
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March 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
It's #readingirelandmonth25 and I have kicked off proceedings with a review of The City Changes It's Face by Eimear McBride
For #ReadingIrelandMonth25 & A yr of reading #ednaobrien25 an author known to dig into social & religious issues deep in the fabric of Irish society
House of Splendid Isolation
Humans wronged who know not how to heal on a path from brief respite to destruction.
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House of Splendid Isolation
Humans wronged who know not how to heal on a path from brief respite to destruction.
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House of Splendid Isolation by Edna O’Brien
Back to the final days of Reading Ireland Month 2025, this week I slowly read Edna O’Brien’s political novel House of Splendid Isolation, the first of the Modern Ireland Trilogy, books …
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March 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
For #ReadingIrelandMonth25 & A yr of reading #ednaobrien25 an author known to dig into social & religious issues deep in the fabric of Irish society
House of Splendid Isolation
Humans wronged who know not how to heal on a path from brief respite to destruction.
clairemcalpine.com/2025/03/30/h...
House of Splendid Isolation
Humans wronged who know not how to heal on a path from brief respite to destruction.
clairemcalpine.com/2025/03/30/h...
On the blog today, thoughts on the roller coaster ride of
Nesting by Roísin O'Donnell
from life changing decision to safety, a path full of hurdles, lures and a few good sorts, a breathtaking read
#ReadingIrelandMonth25
#WomensPrize #Fiction longlist
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Nesting by Roísin O'Donnell
from life changing decision to safety, a path full of hurdles, lures and a few good sorts, a breathtaking read
#ReadingIrelandMonth25
#WomensPrize #Fiction longlist
clairemcalpine.com/2025/03/17/n...
Nesting by Roísin O’Donnell
I have added this new title to my pile of books to read for Reading Ireland Month 2025, since it came to my attention, when it was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2025. On the Ru…
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March 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
On the blog today, thoughts on the roller coaster ride of
Nesting by Roísin O'Donnell
from life changing decision to safety, a path full of hurdles, lures and a few good sorts, a breathtaking read
#ReadingIrelandMonth25
#WomensPrize #Fiction longlist
clairemcalpine.com/2025/03/17/n...
Nesting by Roísin O'Donnell
from life changing decision to safety, a path full of hurdles, lures and a few good sorts, a breathtaking read
#ReadingIrelandMonth25
#WomensPrize #Fiction longlist
clairemcalpine.com/2025/03/17/n...
"The Witch Elm" by Tana French - #AudiobookReview #BookReview #ReadingIrelandMonth25 @tanafrench.bsky.social #TheWitchElm #begorrathon25 @penguinaudio.bsky.social #BooksOnTape #LibbyApp fictionophile.com/2025/03/09/t...
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“The Witch Elm” by Tana French – #AudiobookReview #BookReview #ReadingIrelandMonth25 @tanafrench.bsky.social #TheWitchElm #begorrathon25 @penguinaudio.bsky.social #BooksOnTape #LibbyApp
Shortly after a work debacle, Toby goes out with his friends to have a pint or three. Toby Hennessy has always been ‘lucky’. Always popular, gregarious, successful AND he was born to af…
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March 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Today on the blog, a post for #readingirelandmonth25 hosted by @cathybrown746.bsky.social “We cannot know from whose mouths the echoes of our lives will chime.” (Doireann Ní Ghríofa, A Ghost in the Throat) madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2025/03/12/w...
“We cannot know from whose mouths the echoes of our lives will chime.” (Doireann Ní Ghríofa, A Ghost in the Throat)
I felt quite intimidated approaching A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa (2020) for Cathy’s Reading Ireland Month. A piece of auto-fiction woven around a 18th century Irish-language lament…
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March 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Today on the blog, a post for #readingirelandmonth25 hosted by @cathybrown746.bsky.social “We cannot know from whose mouths the echoes of our lives will chime.” (Doireann Ní Ghríofa, A Ghost in the Throat) madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2025/03/12/w...
"Strange Flowers" by Donal Ryan - Book Review #DonalRyan @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #ReadingIrelandMonth25 #StrangeFlowers #BookReview #BookSky fictionophile.com/2025/03/31/s...
“Strange Flowers” by Donal Ryan – Book Review #DonalRyan @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #ReadingIrelandMonth25 #StrangeFlowers #BookReview #BookSky
“You can change memories to suit yourself, to fit across the shapes of your wounds” This is the fourth time I’ve had the pleasure of reading Donal Ryan’s work, and once agai…
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March 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"Strange Flowers" by Donal Ryan - Book Review #DonalRyan @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #ReadingIrelandMonth25 #StrangeFlowers #BookReview #BookSky fictionophile.com/2025/03/31/s...
Twenty-Eight Books I've Read by Irish Authors #readingirelandmonth25 whatcathyreadnext.co.uk/2025/03/29/t...
Twenty-Eight Books I’ve Read by Irish Authors #readingirelandmonth25
This post could just as easily be called ‘The One That Got Away’ because I really did start the month with the intention of participating in Reading Ireland Month hosted by Cathy at 746…
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March 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Twenty-Eight Books I've Read by Irish Authors #readingirelandmonth25 whatcathyreadnext.co.uk/2025/03/29/t...
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Twenty-Eight Books I’ve Read by Irish Authors #readingirelandmonth25
This post could just as easily be called ‘The One That Got Away’ because I really did start the month with the intention of participating in Reading Ireland Month hosted by Cathy at 746…
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March 30, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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In advance of publication of his new novel The Bureau, I reviewed Blue is the Night by Eoin McNamee, the final part of his magnificent Blue Trilogy #readingirelandmonth25
No 257 Blue is the Night by Eoin McNamee #readingirelandmonth25
Eoin McNamee has made his name as an author of noirish literary reimagining’s of real-life crimes. From the Shankill Butchers (in Resurrection Man) to Princess Diana (in 12:23), he mines the noveli…
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March 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
In advance of publication of his new novel The Bureau, I reviewed Blue is the Night by Eoin McNamee, the final part of his magnificent Blue Trilogy #readingirelandmonth25
So good to read this and recall the immersive reading experience of A Ghost in the Throat by #DoireannNíGhríofa
An ideal choice for #readingirelandmonth25
An ideal choice for #readingirelandmonth25
Today on the blog, a post for #readingirelandmonth25 hosted by @cathybrown746.bsky.social “We cannot know from whose mouths the echoes of our lives will chime.” (Doireann Ní Ghríofa, A Ghost in the Throat) madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2025/03/12/w...
“We cannot know from whose mouths the echoes of our lives will chime.” (Doireann Ní Ghríofa, A Ghost in the Throat)
I felt quite intimidated approaching A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa (2020) for Cathy’s Reading Ireland Month. A piece of auto-fiction woven around a 18th century Irish-language lament…
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March 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
So good to read this and recall the immersive reading experience of A Ghost in the Throat by #DoireannNíGhríofa
An ideal choice for #readingirelandmonth25
An ideal choice for #readingirelandmonth25