Topic

Ireland

A collection of 4 issues

August (Part 2) - theme: Booker Long List

Wild Houses by Colin Barrett A year after I started the August 2024 theme, picked by my mother ,I have finished part two. It seems when my mother gives me a theme, she buys me two options and obviously I have to read them both. This was a good book,

Audiobook - Grown Ups - Marian Keyes

Marian Keyes, you've done it again. I've been reading Marian Keyes books since adolescence when I picked up Rachel's holiday on a whim. Since then I have slowly worked my way through most of her back catalogue. All Marian's books are good

Additional Review C - Our Greatest Living Mystery Writer?

The Searcher by Tana French The book jacket does indeed call Tana French our greatest living mystery writer. It seems a bold claim to make. The book is good, but not that good and not actually that much of a straight forward mystery. I would probably pick someone like Lisa

Additional Review 5

The No-Show by Beth O'Leary Thanks Caitlin for the loan of this surprisingly good book. I thought it would be a typical rom-com chick lit kinda deal. It was a bit more complicated than that. Nicely written and easy to read, it felt reminiscent of Marian Keyes with