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January 10, 2012

Said and Done by Annie Sparrow

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Said and Done Author: Annie Sparrow Genre: Chick-Lit Publisher: Orbit Books Release Date: 2001 Pages: 358

Emma is a 35-year-old legal secretary. Working in a small office of a large solicitors firm in London hasn’t exactly prepared her for the high life, neither has marriage to Tony, her husband of seven years.

Tony left the army six years ago and has been working as a bouncer on the door of the local pub. Emma, has put on weight and hides behind

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The Small Boat Of Great Sorrows by Dan Fesperman

Filed under: Book Reviews,Thriller — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: The Small Boat of Great Sorrows Author: Dan Fesperman Genre: Thriller Publisher: Vintage Release Date: 2003 Pages: 307

Vlado Petric is a former detective from war-torn Sarajevo. Having escaped his homeland he now lives in Berlin with his wife and daughter, working on construction sites. Life isn’t easy and, although he tries to settle, Petric longs for home.

Returning from work one evening he receives a visit from Calvin Pine, an enigmatic American investigator

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Sophia’s Story by Susan McKay

Filed under: Book Reviews,Irish,Biography — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Sophia's Story Author: Susan McKay Genre: Biography Release Date: 2004 Pages: 199

In 1995 Joseph McColgan was arrested in the West of Ireland, he was dubbed ‘The West of Ireland’ farmer by the newspapers. Over a period of 15 years he had repeatedly raped, assaulted and physically abused his wife and six children, as news of his appalling treatment of his family came to light the public wanted questions answered; how

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Something Borrowed by Tina Reilly

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Something Borrowed Author: Tina Reilly Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Publisher: Times Warner

Vicky McCarthy doesn’t know who she is. Adopted as a baby, a fact revealed to her when she was twelve, she just never really fitted it. Finally her curiosity has got the better of her and she wants to trace her birth mother.

Meanwhile in work, the bosses son, Ed, has just started working for her. Vicky is convinced that he’s being groomed

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Someone Like You by Cathy Kelly

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Someone Like You Author: Cathy Kelly Release Date: 2001 Pages: 688

Three woman meet on a cruise ship on the River Nile and a bond is formed that will last forever. Single, sexy Hannah is trying desperately to forget the man who betrayed her and is concentrating on her career – but is she really happy living a single life again? Emma has been married for two years to a wonderful man, but she’s desperate

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Some Girls Will by Denise Sewell

Filed under: Book Reviews,General Fiction,Irish — Femmes @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Some Girls Will Author: Denise Sewell Genre: General Fiction Release Date: 2007 Pages: 327

You would think after so many years of reading and reviewing books I would have gone past the stage of judging a book by its cover. Not so, I’m afraid, and when Some Girls Will by Denise Sewell popped through the letter box I instantly classed it as chick lit. How wrong I was.

Some Girls Will follows a family living in inner city Dublin for

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Snow by Orhan Pamuk

Filed under: Book Reviews,Historical Fiction — The Historian @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Snow Author: Orhan Pamuk Genre: Historical fiction Publisher: Faber & Faber Release Date: 2005 Pages: 436

A native of Istanbul, Orhan Pamuk abandoned his architecture studies to write his first book, but struggled to find a publisher. That was over twenty-five years and eight books ago. He is now Turkey’s best-selling novelist, one of Europe’s most prominent writers and his work has been translated into languages across the globe. Last year

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The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark

Filed under: Bookclub Books,General Fiction — The Artist @ 12:55 pm
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Title: The Girls of Slender Means Author: Muriel Spark Publisher: Penguin Pages: 144

Like the follow up to the girls of St Trinian’s or some other girls’ boarding school tale, the girls of the May of Teck Club live in a cosy world of dress-sharing, squeezing out windows and entertaining suitors.

The May of Teck Club is not a school society but a hostel existing for the “pecuniary convenience and social protection

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Sleepyhead by Mark Billingham

Filed under: Book Reviews,Thriller — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Sleepyhead Author: Mark Billingham Genre: Thriller Release Date: Mar 1 2012 Pages: 416

Three women have been found dead, the fourth was not so fortunate. But it seems Alison is unlucky to be alive. She has survived a stroke, deliberately induced by skilful manipulation of pressure points on the head and neck. She can see, hear and is completely aware of everything going on around her, but she cannot move and she cannot communicate

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Sleep Toward Heaven by Amanda Eyre Ward

Filed under: Book Reviews,Thriller — Femmes @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Sleep Toward Heaven Author: Amanda Eyre Ward Genre: Thriller Publisher: Zondervan Release Date: Feb 17 2004 Pages: 304

Set in the sweltering heat of Texas, American author Amanda Eyre Ward tackles the difficult and controversial issue of corporal punishment with her debut novel Sleep Toward Heaven. This book intertwines the lives of three women; a doctor from Manhattan, a convicted killer on Death Row and the wife whose husband has fallen victim to murder.

Through

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