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January 10, 2012

The Third Time He Left Me by Sarah Harris

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

Title: The Third Time He Left Me Author: Sarah Harris Genre: Courtship Release Date: 2001 Pages: 403

Lucy had it all or so she thought, a gorgeous husband, an adorable daughter, devoted friends, a glamorous career and a super modern apartment; yet one day she came home from work and Charlie was gone – for the third time.

This time was more serious than the others though, he had taken all of his male grooming products and his hairdryer and that

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The Restaurant: Food and Wine from the TV Series

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

Title: The Restaurant Author: Gary Flood, Regina Lobby, Sharyn Mitchell, Genre: Cooking Release Date: Nov 1 2004 Pages: 134

While I was still in Ireland when The Restaurant programme started, the lack of a television set precluded me from actually seeing the stars in action but the recently published book of the series gives a good picture of how it worked. Each week The Restaurant played host to a celebrity chef who planned the menu, chose the wine and, together with

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The Picture She Took by Fiona Shaw

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

Title: The Picture She Took Author: Fiona Shaw Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Virago Press Release Date: 2005 Pages: 344

Set in England, Belgium and Ireland in the aftermath of World War I, The Picture She Took is a love story uncomfortably pinned onto a reasonably well-drawn historical canvas. Beginning in England in the 1920s, it slowly brings together Daniel, a man mentally, physically and emotionally broken by time spent fighting with the Black and Tans, and Jude

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The Master by Colm Tóibín

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

Title: The Master Author: Colm Tóibín Genre: Literature, Irish Publisher: Pan Macmillan Release Date: 2005-01 Pages: 359

The Master is Colm Tóibín’s sixth work of fiction and by far his best. Shortlisted for the 2004 Booker Prize, Tóibín was unlucky not to win. Focusing on the life of Henry James, Tobin has created a wonderful work of fiction that reads like a biography.

The book opens in 1895 as James’ play Guy Domville has received an appalling reception

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The Lighthouse by PD James

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

Title: The Lighthouse Author: P. D. James Genre: Thriller Publisher: Vintage Books Release Date: Oct 1 2006 Pages: 383

I am somewhat surprised that I have managed to get this far in life without ever having picked up a PD James novel. As a huge fan of crime fiction, it seems incredible that The Lighthouse is the first of Ms James’ books to end up in my ‘must read’ pile.

James’ main protagonist is Adam Dalgliesh who, I am reliably informed

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The Group by Mary McCarthy

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

Title: The Group Author: Mary McCarthy Genre: Fiction Publisher: Harcourt Inc Release Date: 1991 Pages: 487

McCarthy’s novel focuses on the lives of eight young women after they graduate from New York’s Vassar College in 1933. By following the different choices they make right up to 1940 McCarthy mirrors changes in America, both political and social. In charting the girls’ individual development, she invokes debate about sex, contraception

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The Diviners by Rick Moody

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

Title: The Diviners Author: Rick Moody Genre: General Fiction Release Date: Jan 18 2007 Pages: 567

Set mostly in New York City in the days after the disputed 2000 US presidential election, The Diviners is ostensibly the story of an independent production company’s attempts to get a TV mini-series about man’s lifelong search for water off the ground; in reality, Rick Moody’s latest is a sweeping commentary on contemporary America

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The Awakening by Kate Chopin

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

Title: The Awakening Author: Kate Chopin Genre: Classics Publisher: Courier Corporation Release Date: 1993 Pages: 116

When first published in 1899, "The Awakening" shocked readers with its honest treatment of female marital infidelity. Audiences accustomed to the pieties of late Victorian romantic fiction were taken aback by Chopin's daring portrayal of a woman trapped in a stifling marriage, who seeks and finds passionate physical love outside the straitened confines

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The Affair by Anna Dillon

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

Title: The Affair Author: Anna Dillon Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Release Date: 2005 Pages: 419

The saying goes that there are two sides to every story, but in The Affair there are three: those of the wife, the husband and the mistress.

Kathy and Robert have been married for eighteen years and have three children. Robert is spending more and more time at the office, working in his production company building the business – or so Kathy

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The Tenko Club by Elizabeth Noble

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

Title: The Tenko Club Author: Elizabeth Noble Genre: Female friendship Release Date: 2004 Pages: 377

The Tenko Club is made up of four women, Freddie the tall straight shooting American, Tamsin the English student and born to be mother, Reagan a moody intelligent career women and Sarah the beauty who makes men swoon. The girls met at Oxford University in the 80’s and over girly chats and late nights formed the Tenko Club, vowing to always

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