Holy moly, I’m feel twisted and wrung out like a wet rag after reading this. The Paper Bracelet by Rachael English broke my heart with it’s tragic theme of what happened in Irish mother and baby homes in the past. All the more so as it’s many women’s untold story. … Read more »
Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for The Cutting Place by Jane Casey. I have to start with a HUGE confession, I haven’t read a Jane Casey book in years and I’m jumping straight in at book 9 on a well established series. What could go wrong?! Nothing… Read more »
Patricia Scanlan is one of my all time favourite authors. When I first read her books, in the late 1980s, I felt for the first time that here was an author writing about a world that I could relate easily to. So I’ve been a long time fan, and her… Read more »
Huge thanks to Harper Collins Ireland for asking me to join the blog tour for this fab looking book, I couldn’t reply to the email fast enough. I knew it looked good, but what was inside was even more delightful that I had hoped. My thoughts on Rewrite The Stars… Read more »
David Dunnigan is a series that I’ve seen others rave about time after time. And I kept noting to myself to read it. So I’m way behind on the hype train, but I’m here now, and delighted with the journey that I’ve had with After She Vanished by Shane Dunphy…. Read more »
There were two reasons I had to get my hands on Meet Me In Monaco ASAP Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb wrote one of my all time favourite books Last Christmas in Paris Grace Kelly! Enough said. I’ve beyond grateful that Harper Collins Ireland invited me to join the blog… Read more »
I really enjoyed Nicola Cassidy’s debut Novel – December Girl – so I was eagerly anticipating her second novel- The Nanny at Number 43. And I’m delighted to say she has delivered another page turner that I loved reading. My Thoughts on The Nanny at No. 43 by Nicola Cassidy… Read more »
Tell Nobody by Patricia Gibney is book 5 in the Lottie Parker series. And I feel this series has gone from strength to strength. I find the mysteries to be compelling and very tricky to work out in advance. And they definitely keep me listening to the audiobooks every chance… Read more »
I feel privileged to be on the blogtour for Her Husband’s Mistake by Sheila O’Flanagan. Thanks Random Things Tours for the invite to join in the fun for an author I admire so much. I have a copy to giveaway on Between My Line’s Facebook Page, so hop over there to enter!… Read more »
I read The Country Girls by Edna O’Brien years ago, but remembered nothing of it. And as it’s the book for One City One Book in Dublin this month, I thought it was a good chance to reread it. Even better was that I was able to grab the audiobook… Read more »
The Heart’s Invisible Furies is one of those books that once you read it, you’ll always remember it. Believe me, I know it’s a cliche to say a book made me laugh and cry, but it genuinely did. I FELT so much while reading this book, and I already know… Read more »
This review for The Wych Elm by Tana French might sound a bit disjointed. I’m a HUGE Tana French fangirl, and I’ll chat all night about her characters, the moral dilemmas they face, and her GORGEOUS writing. But I simultaneously enjoyed this book, while also feeling a bit deflated after reading… Read more »
The Gift of Friends by Emma Hannigan earned the easiest five stars I’ve given all year. And I’m stingy with my ratings, I don’t hand out five stars left, right and centre, I only do so when a book has earned every one. And this didn’t earn those stars on… Read more »
