Bibliofemme Bookclub An Irish Bookclub

January 10, 2012

True Believer by Nicholas Sparks

Filed under: Book Reviews,General Fiction — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: True Believer Author: Nicholas Sparks Genre: Journalists Publisher: Little, Brown and Compagny Books Release Date: 2008-12 Pages: 322

Although Nicholas Sparks is a familiar name, I had never read anything by him until very recently. Well known for his works of fiction, which include The Notebook, A Walk to Remember and Message in a Bottle, my first encounter with Sparks was actually Three Weeks with my Brother, a memoir that he penned with his brother Micah’s assistance.

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Martha Gellhorn: A Life by Caroline Moorehead

Filed under: Book Reviews,Biography — The Historian @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Martha Gellhorn Author: Caroline Moorehead Genre: Foreign correspondents Publisher: Random House Release Date: 2004 Pages: 560

An extraordinarily committed war journalist and novelist, Martha Gellhorn (1908-1998) also found the time in her wide-ranging and busy life to become Ernest Hemingway’s second of many wives. And it is for that, rather than her own writing, that she is remembered. A truly ambitious woman, this was a fact that she found intolerable while she

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The Alphabet Sisters by Monica McInerney

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: The Alphabet Sisters Author: Monica McInerney Genre: Families Publisher: Pan Macmillan Release Date: 2008 Pages: 400

Anna, Bett and Carrie Quinlan were childhood singing stars – the Alphabet Sisters. As adults they haven’t spoken for years. Not since Bett’s fiancĂ© left her for another sister…

Now Lola, their larger-than-life grandmother, summons them home for a birthday extravaganza and a surprise announcement.

The main concept of The Alphabet

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Sheer Abandon by Penny Vincenzi

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Sheer Abandon Author: Penny Vincenzi Genre: Chick-Lit Publisher: Headline Review Release Date: 2005 Pages: 720

Penny Vincenzi first began writing when she was nine, selling her ‘stories’ for two old pence in school. Since then she has written eleven novels and each one has become a number one bestseller.

Jocasta, Clio and Martha met in 1985 as they were setting out on their gap year to go and discover the world. They clicked instantly and spent

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Ash Wednesday by Ethan Hawke

Filed under: Book Reviews,General Fiction — The Historian @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Ash Wednesday Author: Bingham Hawke, Ethan Hawke, Genre: Fiction Publisher: Vintage Books Release Date: 2002 Pages: 240

Having read and enjoyed Ethan Hawke’s debut novel, The Hottest State, it was, of course, my interest in his published oeuvre that drew me to the reading of his new book, Ash Wednesday, at the Project in Dublin a couple of years ago. Well, that and the power of celebrity. It’s not often that you get an international actor at your questioning

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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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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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Every Secret Thing: My Family, My Country by Gillian Slovo

Filed under: Book Reviews,Biography — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Every Secret Thing Author: Gillian Slovo Genre: Biography & Autobiography Publisher: Virago Press Release Date: 2010-04 Pages: 366

South African-born Gillian Slovo is the daughter of two extraordinary people – journalist and political activist Ruth First, murdered in Mozambique in 1982, and Joe Slovo, head of the South African communist party and one of the founders of the ANC’s military arm. Both privileged white people in the turbulent South Africa of the Fifties

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The Fat Ladies Club by H Gardener, A Bettridge, S Groves, A Jones, L Lawrence

Filed under: Book Reviews,Biography — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: The Fat Ladies Club Author: Hilary Gardener, Andrea Bettridge, Sarah Groves, Annette Jones, Lyndsey Lawrence, Genre: Biography & Autobiography Publisher: Penguin UK Release Date: 2003-11-06 Pages: 224

It’s amazing how, when you get pregnant, your first reaction is to read and inwardly absorb as much information as possible, much of which is incomprehensible and terrifying. I’m lucky in that I have a friend who has gone before me – already has a baby, that is – and this is the book she gave me.

Written by five friends who

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From Here to Maternity: One Mother of a Journey by Mel Giedroyc

Filed under: Book Reviews,Biography — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: From Here to Maternity Author: Mel Giedroyc Genre: Childbirth Publisher: Random House Release Date: 2005 Pages: 266

When I recently discovered I was pregnant (and after I got over the shock), I did what most first time expectant mothers do – ran out and bought lots of pregnancy books. While most of these books are useful, the majority of them scare the living daylights out of me, and my ability to retain information seems to disappear as quickly as I turn

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