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January 10, 2012

The Book of Evidence by John Banville

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

Title: The Book of Evidence Author: John Banville Genre: Detective and mystery stories Publisher: Pan Macmillan Release Date: 1998 Pages: 219

While many book lovers know who John Banville is, quite a lot haven’t read any of his work. The reasons are possibly that Banville has a weighty literary rep that inspires awe and fear in equal measures. My first introduction to him is The Book of Evidence and based on this, his back catalogue beckons.

For a writer of literary fiction, it’s

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Three Weeks with My Brother by Nicholas Sparks, Micah Sparks

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

Title: Three Weeks with My Brother Author: Nicholas Sparks, Micah Sparks Genre: Biography Publisher: Sphere Pages: 384

Nicholas Sparks is probably best known for his books The Notebook and Message in a Bottle. In January 2003, Sparks and his brother Micah set off on a three-week trip around the world. Always close from early childhood, this trip was another milestone in the brothers’ lives as, by their early thirties, they were the only two surviving members

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Company of Three by Jennifer MacCann

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

Title: Company of Three Author: Jennifer MacCann Genre: Domestic fiction Release Date: 2005-01-01 Pages: 380

In this novel of first love, Anna's dull little life turns upside-down when the beautiful, witty Angela takes her under her wing and the gorgeous Marcus stumbles into her life.

Three young people are sharing a house in Dublin. Anna is a junior editor in a publishing house. Working for a woman who has no taste in literature, Anna’s life is a

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The Truth Club by Grace Wynne-Jones

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

Title: The Truth Club Author: Grace Wynne-Jones Publisher: Accent Press Pages: 408

Sally Adams has a confusing life. She has a job as a freelance journalist and a group of very supportive friends. She is even on good terms with her ex-husband Diarmuid – but why is he her ex? Why does she avoid writing her articles? Why has her perfectly satisfactory life suddenly lost its meaning?

Sally’s great aunt Aggie is dying and

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Ice Road by Gillian Slovo

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

Title: Ice Road Author: Gillian Slovo Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Virago Press Release Date: 2005 Pages: 544

Ice Road is a chilling and desperate story. Based in Leningrad during Stalin’s reign, Gillian Slovo uses a humble cleaner, Irina Davydovna, as her central character. Russia was never an easy place to live but, during Stalin’s rule and with the onslaught of World War II around the corner, it could only get worse.

Irina, though only a humble

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I Choose to Live by Sabine Dardenne

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

Title: I Choose to Live Author: Sabine Dardenne Genre: Biography & Autobiography Publisher: Virago Press Release Date: 2006 Pages: 213

Sabine Dardenne’s memoir is probably one of the most difficult books I’ve ever read. It was hard to read, not because of the language, or the format, or the style, but because it was one of the saddest and most upsetting accounts I’ve ever come across in a book.

Marc Dutroux was sentenced to 13 years for the rape of two children

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Talk Nation, The Irish on Everything and Anything by Aubrey Malone

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

Title: Talk Nation Author: Aubrey Malone Genre: Irish

I picked up this little collection of quotes in a bookshop and flicking through landed on Fiona Looney’s name. I have always enjoyed her humour-laden newspaper columns and her haphazard but oddly compelling contributions to Gerry Ryan’s show on 2FM. I have to admit she is the main reason I bought it, her quote caught my eye in the section

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The Lover by Marguerite Duras

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

Title: The Lover Author: Marguerite Duras Genre: Fiction Publisher: Pantheon Release Date: 1997 Pages: 117

The Lover is a book that will quietly sweep you away in the most unconventional manner. Written with an original and most unsettling fusion of reflection and confession, Marguerite Duras brings us into the life of a 15-year-old girl and her experience with her lover.

Set in Saigon in the time of French colonisation, a young girl and a Chinese millionaire

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This Model Life by Andrew O’Connor

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

Title: This Model Life Author: Andrew O'Connor Genre: Dublin (Ireland) Publisher: Poolbeg Press Release Date: 2005-01-01 Pages: 663

This book was given to me as I work in the world of Irish PR, not quite as glitzy as the one portrayed in this book, but familiar nonetheless. Otherwise I have to confess to being somewhat of a chick-lit snob. I was, however, intrigued to see what an Irish chick-lit novel written by a man would be like.

I was pleasantly surprised that I found it quite

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The Trouble With Boys by Gemma English

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

Title: The Trouble with Boys Author: Gemma English Release Date: 2005 Pages: 440

Amelia is very successful. She has a good job and her own apartment – complete with a vicious cat. When her sister Jenny announces her engagement to dull-as-dishwater Mike, Amelia is surprised to discover she is jealous. Her life is stuck in a rut and, at 29, she realises that it may be time to grow up.

She quickly moves in on Ray Donnelly at

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