Bibliofemme Bookclub An Irish Bookclub

January 10, 2012

The Bridgestone 100 Best Restaurants 2006 & The Bridgestone 100 Best Places to Stay 2006 by John and Sally McKenna

Filed under: Book Reviews,Irish,Cookery — The Historian @ 12:55 pm
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Title: 100 Best Restaurants in Ireland 2006 Author: John McKenna, Portfolio Books Limited, Sally McKenna, Release Date: 2006-12 Pages: 143

With 15 years of eating and sleeping the length and breadth of the country in a tireless quest for the best of the best, John and Sally McKenna have it down to a fine art. This year’s editions of The Bridgestone 100 Best Restaurants and The Bridgestone 100 Best Places to Stay are as wonderfully opinionated and idiosyncratic as ever. And also

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Atlas of Cork City edited by John Crowley, Robert Devoy, Denis Linehan and Patrick O’Flanagan

Filed under: Book Reviews,Irish — The Historian @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Atlas of Cork City Author: edited by John Crowley, Robert Devoy, Denis Linehan and Patrick O'Flanagan Genre: Geography

With UCC as my alma mater and the Historian as my Bibliofemme name, it was to be expected that the Atlas of Cork City, published by Cork University Press, would appeal. This tome – there are nearly 500 lavishly illustrated pages – boasts contributions from more than 60 experts, concentrating particularly on the areas of history, geography

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Love Child by Linda Kavanagh

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Love Child Author: Linda Kavanagh Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Publisher: Poolbeg Press

Linda Kavanagh’s second novel follows the same lines as her excellent debut, Love Hurts.

Joanna Brennan has just set up her own solicitor’s practice. One of her first jobs is to administer the will of her mother’s friend, Agnes, who has just suffered a serious heart attack. Agnes is about to reveal the reasoning behind some of her

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Pack up the Moon by Anna McPartlin

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Pack Up the Moon Author: Anna McPartlin Genre: Bereavement Publisher: Penguin Ireland Release Date: Jun 4 2009 Pages: 384

Emma and her friends have an enviable life. Young, successful and happy, the future is alive with possibilities. When Richard inherits some money they are only too happy to help him celebrate, but tragedy strikes and the lives that they once knew and enjoyed are over for good.

Plunged into despair, Emma’s life shrinks until all it consists of

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Wishful Thinking by Melissa Hill

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Wishful Thinking Author: Melissa Hill Genre: Chick-lit, Irish Publisher: Hodder

Rosie Mitchell is finally getting used to life without her late husband Martin. However, her two grown-up children are proving to be just a little bit selfish. So far Rosie has given in to their every request – but will it bring her happiness?

Louise Patterson is only 24, but she has already been through the mill. Determined to live life to

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Yeats is Dead! by 15 Irish authors

Filed under: Book Reviews,General Fiction,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Yeats Is Dead! Author: edited by Joseph O'Connor Genre: Fiction Publisher: Vintage Books Release Date: Jun 1 2002 Pages: 272

‘Yeats is Dead!’ is a rather bizarre story about a missing James Joyce manuscript and a mysterious formula – Y8s=+! – supposedly for hand cream.

Roddy Doyle starts the ball rolling in a caravan in Dublin with Nestor and Roberts. They are interrogating Reynolds on the instruction of Mrs Bloom and what Bloom says goes, after

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Around Ireland with a Pan by Éamonn Ó Catháin

Filed under: Book Reviews,Irish,Cookery — The Historian @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Around Ireland with a Pan Author: Éamonn Ó Catháin Genre: Cookery

Irish chef Éamonn Ó Catháin will be a familiar face to anyone who’s ever flicked to TG4 and caught Bia’s Bothar, his food series as Gaeilge. Entertaining and informative, his trip through the foodie highways and byways of Ireland was something that’d been done many times before but Bia’s Bothar was none the less enjoyable

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Lovers’ Hollow by Orna Ross

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Lovers' Hollow Author: Orna Ross, Áine McCarthy, Genre: Chick-lit Release Date: 2006 Pages: 667

The first thing you notice about Lovers’ Hollow is its weight – at 668 pages this book is not for the weak limbed! However, if you do manage to balance the book and start turning the pages, you will find a riveting story hidden between the covers.

Jo Devereux returns to Wexford for her mother’s funeral with mixed feelings; she hasn’t

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Love Hurts by Linda Kavanagh

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Love Hurts Author: Linda Kavanagh Genre: Ireland Publisher: Poolbeg Press Release Date: Jan 1 2004 Pages: 504

The cover of this book is deceptive. It would lead me to believe that this book was just another standard chick lit novel but it isn’t, it’s much more.

Love Hurts tells us the story of Ciara, who has been recently widowed. Her husband and childhood sweetheart Niall dropped dead of a heart attack before his time. Alone, with a daughter

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Two for Joy by Patricia Scanlan

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Two for Joy Author: Patricia Scanlan Genre: Women Publisher: Random House Release Date: Apr 1 2007 Pages: 623

Heather is a country girl, who doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with being a country girl, her glamorous cousin thinks that living anywhere other than Dublin is a mortal sin, so therefore good natured Heather is dragged off to Dublin where slowly but surely things start to go wrong.

Noreen returned home from London to nurse her mother

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