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January 10, 2012

Pretending by Caroline Williams

Filed under: Book Reviews,General Fiction,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm

Title: Pretending Author: Caroline Williams Genre: General Fiction Release Date: 2007 Pages: 391

Caroline Williams’ main protagonist is Cuan. Everyone loves Cuan – he is attractive, friendly and completely unselfconscious – and when he meets Martina she too falls in love with him. However, Cuan has had his share of problems and only his dependable older brother, Michael, knows their full extent.

The main storyline is about how

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The Poor Mouth by Flann O’Brien

Filed under: Book Reviews,General Fiction,Irish — The Artist @ 12:55 pm

Title: The Poor Mouth Author: Flann O'Brien Genre: General Fiction, Irish Publisher: HarperPerennial Release Date: 1993 Pages: 128

Due to the mountain of books on my ‘to read’ list, it isn’t often I revisit the same book twice – and definitely not without having many years in between. The Poor Mouth is an exception. The reason I decided to reread The Poor Mouth – or An Beal Bocht as it was originally called upon publication in 1941 – was because

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Pieces of Me by Róisín Ingle

Filed under: Book Reviews,Irish,Biography — The Techie @ 12:55 pm

Title: Pieces of Me Author: Róisín Ingle Genre: Biography, Irish Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Release Date: 2005 Pages: 413

If you are an Irish Times reader you are probably familiar with Róisín Ingle. She writes a column in the Irish Times Magazine every Saturday and seems to be either loved or hated by the readers. Pieces of Me is a collection of the articles that she has written over the last three years.

Róisín grew up in Sandymount, Dublin, living two doors down

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Perish Twice by Robert B Parker

Filed under: Book Reviews,Thriller — The Techie @ 12:55 pm

Title: Perish Twice Author: Robert B. Parker Genre: Thriller Publisher: Penguin Release Date: 2001 Pages: 334

Boston private investigator Sunny Randall comes to the aid of three very different women as she investigates threats against a prominent feminist and assists her best friend and older sister, each of whom is confronting a wrenching personal struggle, in this well-plotted thriller by the author of Family Honor and Hugger Mugger. Reprint.

Sunny Randall

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Recipes for a Perfect Marriage by Kate Kerrigan

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm

Title: Recipes for a Perfect Marriage Author: Kate Kerrigan Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Publisher: Pan Pages: 336

Tressa is a New York food writer in her late thirties. Just home from her honeymoon, after marrying the gorgeous Dan, she already doubts their marriage. Convinced that she married Dan because she was terrified of being left on the shelf, Tressa wonders if she has made a terrible mistake.

Bernardine was Tressa’s grandmother. Born in Ireland in

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All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West

Filed under: Book Reviews,General Fiction — The Artist @ 12:55 pm

Title: All Passion Spent Author: Vita Sackville-West Genre: General Fiction Publisher: Virago Modern Classics Release Date: 1982 Pages: 193

The story of the life of Vita Sackville-West is as fascinating as any novel. Most famously she was the close friend and lover of Virginia Woolf. This is not merely a salacious titbit but part of the information imparted in Victoria Glendinning’s introduction to All Passion Spent. Information that lends much to the understand of Sackville-West

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Passing Under Heaven by Justin Hill

Filed under: Book Reviews,General Fiction — The DJ @ 12:55 pm

Title: Passing Under Heaven Author: Justin Hill Genre: Fiction Publisher: Abacus (UK) Release Date: 2005 Pages: 440

When Scholar Yu proclaims: “All worry in life begins from learning to read and write” to the young Lily, he doesn’t realise the prophetic nature of his words. His adopted daughter, Little Flower, as she is then called, is destined to be a woman shaped by the power of the words she writes and recites. Lily, or Yu Xuanji, was a real

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English Passengers by Matthew Kneale

Filed under: Book Reviews,Literature — The DJ @ 12:55 pm

Title: English Passengers Author: Matthew Kneale Genre: Aboriginal Tasmanians Publisher: Penguin UK Release Date: 2001-01 Pages: 462

In 2001 an unusual development arose during the final judging of one of Britain’s most prestigious literary awards. The Whitbread Prize Book of the Year Award (the most hotly contested category) looked as though it might be a draw – until Tim Rice stepped in. As the literary world held its breath, Sir Tim used his casting vote to award

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Passage by Connie Willis

Filed under: Book Reviews,Science Fiction — The Historian @ 12:55 pm

Title: Passage Author: Connie Willis Genre: Fiction Publisher: Bantam Release Date: 2001 Pages: 594

Sometimes a fascination with death can take you too far from the living as Dr Joanna Lander discovers during her research into near-death experiences (NDEs) at the sprawling Mercy General Hospital. Confined to documenting the accounts of patients, Lander jumps at the chance to work with neurologist Richard Wright who has discovered a way of tricking

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Paris, France: Personal Recollections by Gertrude Stein

Filed under: Book Reviews,Biography — The Writer @ 12:55 pm

Title: Paris France Author: Gertrude Stein Genre: Biography & Autobiography Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers Release Date: 2003 Pages: 120

On her deathbed Gertrude Stein asked, “What is the answer?” No one replied, so she laughed and responded herself, her famous last words being, “Then what is the question?”

I have not read anything else by Stein but on the evidence of this book, you get the feeling she was never one to let a comfortable silence lie.

Quirky, irreverent

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