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March 16, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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"Saoirse" by Charleen Hurtubise - Book Review @celadonbooks.bsky.social #ReadingIrelandMonth26 #Saorise #BookReview #BookSky #NewBook #ARCReview @charleenhurtubise.bsky.social
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“Saoirse” by Charleen Hurtubise – Book Review @CeladonBooks #ReadingIrelandMonth26 #Saorise #BookReview
I’ll admit, this novel didn’t grab me at first. Then, after a few chapters, I couldn’t put it down. Sarah had a traumatic childhood. Her mother was a drug addict and her stepfathe…
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March 13, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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Starting A GOAT'S SONG by Dermot Healy soon for #readingirelandmonth26.
A GOAT'S SONG by Dermot Healy. Published by Faber.
March 21, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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jacquiwine.bsky.social JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · Mar 8
New on the blog today, I've written about THE STEPDAUGHTER by Caroline Blackwood.

A short, sharp shock of a novel where the reader bears witness to a stepmother’s unravelling and the impact of this nightmare on those who are under her care. #BookSky 💙📚

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The Stepdaughter by Caroline Blackwood
Born into an aristocratic Anglo-Irish family, Lady Caroline Blackwood was, for many years, largely known as a socialite and muse. Her marriages to the artist Lucian Freud, the pianist Israel Citkow…
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March 8, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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A lovely review of The Barracks by Johen McGahern for #readingirelandmonth26
jacquiwine.bsky.social JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · Mar 3
New on the blog today, I've written about THE BARRACKS by John McGahern.

A sad, quietly devastating novel that delves deep into character, raising the question of whether the protagonist - a housewife in her early forties - has lived a meaningful life. 💙📚

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The Barracks by John McGahern
First published in 1963, The Barracks was John McGahern’s debut novel, written when he was in his late twenties. Now considered one of Ireland’s greatest authors, McGahern wrote about a world he kn…
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March 3, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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"Saoirse" by Charleen Hurtubise - Book Review @celadonbooks.bsky.social #ReadingIrelandMonth26 #Saorise #BookReview fictionophile.com/2026/03/13/s... via @fictionophile.bsky.social
“Saoirse” by Charleen Hurtubise – Book Review @CeladonBooks #ReadingIrelandMonth26 #Saorise #BookReview
I’ll admit, this novel didn’t grab me at first. Then, after a few chapters, I couldn’t put it down. Sarah had a traumatic childhood. Her mother was a drug addict and her stepfathe…
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March 14, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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On 746 Books, I review Niamh MacCabe’s new short story collection, Four Night Seas, a work that is thematically inventive and plays with form and structure to striking and impressive effect.

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Four Night Seas by Niamh MacCabe #readingirelandmonth26
In Four Night Seas, Niamh McCabe presents a formally ambitious and emotionally resonant collection of fourteen stories that explore how people live with guilt, confusion, and moral ambiguity. These…
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March 19, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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The Herring Girl [Book Review] #NetGalley #BookX #BookSky #BookBlogger #HistoricalFiction @BoldwoodBooks #ReadingIrelandMonth26 @cathy746books readingladies.com/2026/03/13/t... via @readingladiesbc.bsky.social
The Herring Girl [Book Review] #NetGalley #BookX #BookSky #BookBlogger #HistoricalFiction @BoldwoodBooks #ReadingIrelandMonth26 @cathy746books - Reading Ladies
The Herring Girl is a complicated family drama of a young woman's self-determination and a family secret.
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March 15, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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"The Hunter" by Tana French - Book Review by @fictionophile.bsky.social

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“The Hunter” by Tana French – Book Review #ReadingIrelandMonth26 #TheHunter @PenguinBooks @TanaFrench #BookReview
Back in 2021 I read “The Searcher”, the first book in the Cal Hooper series. I loved it! So, it was a ‘no-brainer’ that I would read the subsequent titles. “The Hunter…
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March 28, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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"The Herring Girl" by Chrissie Walsh #BookReview #NetGalley #BookSky #BookBlogger #HistoricalFiction @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social #ReadingIrelandMonth26 @cathybrown746.bsky.social
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The Herring Girl [Book Review] #NetGalley #BookX #BookSky #BookBlogger #HistoricalFiction @BoldwoodBooks #ReadingIrelandMonth26 @cathy746books - Reading Ladies
The Herring Girl is a complicated family drama of a young woman's self-determination and a family secret.
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March 19, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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The Herring Girl [Book Review] #NetGalley #BookX #BookSky #BookBlogger #HistoricalFiction @BoldwoodBooks #ReadingIrelandMonth26 @cathy746books - Reading Ladies
The Herring Girl is a complicated family drama of a young woman's self-determination and a family secret.
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March 14, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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"Saoirse" by Charleen Hurtubise - Book Review by @fictionophile.bsky.social

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“Saoirse” by Charleen Hurtubise – Book Review @CeladonBooks #ReadingIrelandMonth26 #Saorise #BookReview
I’ll admit, this novel didn’t grab me at first. Then, after a few chapters, I couldn’t put it down. Sarah had a traumatic childhood. Her mother was a drug addict and her stepfathe…
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March 14, 2026 at 7:38 AM
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The Herring Girl [Book Review] by @readingladiesbc.bsky.social

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The Herring Girl [Book Review] #NetGalley #BookX #BookSky #BookBlogger #HistoricalFiction @BoldwoodBooks #ReadingIrelandMonth26 @cathy746books - Reading Ladies
The Herring Girl is a complicated family drama of a young woman's self-determination and a family secret.
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March 14, 2026 at 7:39 AM
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"The Tour" by Jean Grainger - Book Review by @fictionophile.bsky.social

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“The Tour” by Jean Grainger – Book Review #ReadingIrelandMonth26 #TheTour #AudiobookReview #begorrathon26
narrated by Siobhan Waring In June 2024 I went on a coach tour of Ireland. It was quite possibly the best trip I’ve ever had. Loved every minute. With this audiobook by Jean Grainger, it tran…
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March 25, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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#BookReview - Sweep the Cobwebs Off the Sky by Mary O'Donnell @epoquepress.bsky.social #readingirelandmonth26 whatcathyreadnext.co.uk/2026/03/26/b...
Book Review – Sweep the Cobwebs Off the Sky by Mary O’Donnell @epoque_press #readingirelandmonth26
About the Book As spring evenings lengthen over Kilnavarn House, two sisters, looking after their infirm mother, navigate the fragile territory between past and present. Memories of a troubled upbr…
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May 6, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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"The Hunter" by Tana French - Book Review #ReadingIrelandMonth26 #TheHunter @PenguinBooks @TanaFrench #BookReview fictionophile.com/2026/03/28/t...

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“The Hunter” by Tana French – Book Review #ReadingIrelandMonth26 #TheHunter @PenguinBooks @TanaFrench #BookReview
Back in 2021 I read “The Searcher”, the first book in the Cal Hooper series. I loved it! So, it was a ‘no-brainer’ that I would read the subsequent titles. “The Hunter…
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March 29, 2026 at 6:48 AM
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"The Hunter" by Tana French - Book Review #ReadingIrelandMonth26 #TheHunter @PenguinBooks @TanaFrench #BookReview fictionophile.com/2026/03/28/t... via @fictionophile.bsky.social
“The Hunter” by Tana French – Book Review #ReadingIrelandMonth26 #TheHunter @PenguinBooks @TanaFrench #BookReview
Back in 2021 I read “The Searcher”, the first book in the Cal Hooper series. I loved it! So, it was a ‘no-brainer’ that I would read the subsequent titles. “The Hunter…
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March 30, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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My final review of the month is for #ReadingIrelandMonth26 and in it I explore the poetry of #Yeats @renardpress.com - kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/03/27/h...
“How can we know the dancer from the dance?” #thetower #yeats #readingirelandmonth26
Amongst the pile of possible choices for Reading Ireland Month lurked a slim volume of poetry: “The Tower” by W.B. Yeats. He’s a poet I’m not aware of having ever read befor…
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March 27, 2026 at 8:08 AM
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"The Tour" by Jean Grainger - Book Review #BookSky #ReadingIrelandMonth26 #TheTour #AudiobookReview #IrishFiction #begorrathon26 #BookReview @jeangraingerauthor.bsky.social
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“The Tour” by Jean Grainger – Book Review #ReadingIrelandMonth26 #TheTour #AudiobookReview #begorrathon26
narrated by Siobhan Waring In June 2024 I went on a coach tour of Ireland. It was quite possibly the best trip I’ve ever had. Loved every minute. With this audiobook by Jean Grainger, it tran…
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March 25, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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My review of 'The White Goddess: a historical grammar of poetic myth', by Robert Graves.
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A sustained metaphor: #ReadingIrelandMonth
Leucothea: Etruscan sculpture from Pyrgi, ca 350 BC, in the Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, Rome. The name translates as ‘white goddess’. The White Goddess: a historical gramma…
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March 26, 2026 at 8:40 AM
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Reading Ireland Month 2026 plans #ReadingIrelandMonth26 #IrishFiction #begorrathon26
For several years now I’ve participated in the Reading Ireland Month challenge hosted by Cathy over at 746 Books. Reading Ireland Month (or The Begorrathon as it is affectionately known) will…
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March 2, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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My review of Sweep the Cobwebs Off the Sky by Mary O'Donnell @epoquepress.bsky.social #SweepTheCobwebsOffTheSky #readingirelandmonth26 #books #bookreviews #booksky
Book Review – Sweep the Cobwebs Off the Sky by Mary O’Donnell @epoque_press #readingirelandmonth26
About the Book As spring evenings lengthen over Kilnavarn House, two sisters, looking after their infirm mother, navigate the fragile territory between past and present. Memories of a troubled upbringing resurface and the house holds onto the women, as it always has, refusing to let them go until long suppressed truths are spoken. Format: ebook (267 pages) Publisher: époque press…
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March 26, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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"Saoirse" by Charleen Hurtubise - Book Review @CeladonBooks #ReadingIrelandMonth26 #Saorise #BookReview fictionophile.com/2026/03/13/s...

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“Saoirse” by Charleen Hurtubise – Book Review @CeladonBooks #ReadingIrelandMonth26 #Saorise #BookReview
I’ll admit, this novel didn’t grab me at first. Then, after a few chapters, I couldn’t put it down. Sarah had a traumatic childhood. Her mother was a drug addict and her stepfathe…
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March 14, 2026 at 5:39 AM
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Book Review - Sweep the Cobwebs Off the Sky by Mary O'Donnell @epoque_press #readingirelandmonth26 whatcathyreadnext.co.uk/2026/03/26/b... via @whatcathyreadnext.bsky.social
Book Review – Sweep the Cobwebs Off the Sky by Mary O’Donnell @epoque_press #readingirelandmonth26
About the Book As spring evenings lengthen over Kilnavarn House, two sisters, looking after their infirm mother, navigate the fragile territory between past and present. Memories of a troubled upbr…
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March 26, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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bookjotter.com/2026/02/07/winding-up-the-week-459/ #Booklovers #AmReading #Books #BookReview #Reading #NationalStorytellingWeek #HumpbackWhaleAwarenessMonth #ReadingWales26 #readingirelandmonth26 @katheastman.bsky.social @bookertalk.bsky.social @cathybrown746.bsky.social @patfurstenberg.bsky.social
Winding Up the Week #459
This week I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce both Reading Wales Month 26 and Reading Ireland Month 2026, keep up with…
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February 7, 2026 at 2:43 PM