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January 10, 2012

Star of the Sea by Joseph O’Connor

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

Title: Star of the Sea Author: Joseph O'Connor Genre: General Fiction, Irish Publisher: Vintage Books Release Date: 2003 Pages: 410

The Star of the Sea is the ironic name of one of the coffin ships that made it’s way painstakingly slowly from Ireland to America during the time of the famine. Carrying a load of Irish peasants who lived in squalor that was inhumane in the least this novel depicts the journey of those on board.

From the outset we are informed that their has

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Tara’s Fortune by Geraldine O’Neill

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

Title: Tara's Fortune Author: Geraldine O'Neill Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Release Date: 2005 Pages: 550

Tara Flynn has everything she ever dreamed of, married to her first love Gabriel Fitzgerald she in now mistress of Ballygrace House, and wants for nothing. Having grown up with very little Tara counts her blessings, but after several years of marriage there is still one thing missing, Tara and Gabriel have no children.

Biddy, Tara’s childhood

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Sleep Toward Heaven by Amanda Eyre Ward

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

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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Sleepyhead by Mark Billingham

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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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Snow by Orhan Pamuk

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

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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Some Girls Will by Denise Sewell

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

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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Someone Like You by Cathy Kelly

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

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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Something Borrowed by Tina Reilly

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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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Sophia’s Story by Susan McKay

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

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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Sex, Lies and Fairytales by Kate Thompson

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

Title: Sex, Lies and Fairytales Author: Kate Thompson Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Release Date: 2005 Pages: 333

Cleo Dowling won the lottery and is now running a bookshop in a small West of Ireland village called Kilrowan. Cleo and her gorgeous husband Pablo are definitely living the dream but all too quickly the dream becomes a nightmare when Pablo’s commission to paint a Dublin 4 princess threatens to ruin their marriage.

Pixi Pirelli is an incredibly

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