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January 10, 2012

Zade by Heather Reyes

Filed under: Book Reviews,General Fiction — The Writer @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Zade Author: Heather Reyes Genre: Fiction Publisher: Al Saqi Release Date: 2004 Pages: 176

Zade is a novel set predominately in Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris, and its cast of characters are mostly familiar, and mostly dead. The narrator is a young woman suddenly catapulted from the joys of young love to the verge of suicide. When her world begins to fall apart, she takes refuge in her favourite Parisian haunt, where she puts a gun in

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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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Zarbo – Recipes From a New Zealand Deli by Mark McDonough and Zarbo Deli & Café

Filed under: Book Reviews,Cookery — The Historian @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Zarbo - Recipes From a New Zealand Deli Author: Mark McDonough and Zarbo Deli & Café Genre: Cookery

Mark McDonough is the owner of leading Auckland deli and café Zarbo so, in a way, this cookbook is like a shop window for his own store. But, to McDonough’s credit, there’s little direct plugging of Zarbo merchandise although the logo does appear occasionally in the moody black and white pictures scattered throughout the book.

Sometimes

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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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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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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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The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Filed under: Book Reviews,General Fiction — The Historian @ 12:55 pm
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Title: The Poisonwood Bible Author: Barbara Kingsolver Genre: Americans Release Date: Apr 11 2013 Pages: 640

The Poisonwood Bible is truly an enthralling book. Nathan Price, a Baptist preacher and evangelist from Southern America, travels to pre-independence Belgian Congo in 1959, with his wife and four daughters in tow, in order to educate the “Tribes of Ham” in the teachings of Jesus.

The story is told through the very different perspectives

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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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Wild Swans by Jung Chan

Filed under: Book Reviews,Biography — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Wild Swans Author: Jung Chang Genre: Biography Publisher: HarperPress Release Date: Jan 1 2012 Pages: 688

This book was given me to my grandmother it was one of the first biographies I ever read, and I have been constantly disappointed ever since, no-one can match Jung Chang’s ability to tell a story.

It’s a beautifully written story of a grandmother, mother and daughter. Each woman’s life is very different and seems to typify a different

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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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