Friday Book Reviews – Red Ribbons and The Doll’s House
I enjoy reading crime novels and thrillers – nothing too bloodthirsty but I love the Whodunnit, if people are murdered they tend to be unknowns or characters we don’t know that well so we’re not too upset, I particularly enjoy crime novels in a series which shows the personality of the main detective, such as the Harry Hole series by Jo Nesbo – I really enjoyed each and every one of them.
There are nearly anarchy on twitter the other night [...]
Friday Book Review: And The Mountains Echoed
I loved Khaled Hosseini’s first two books, The Kite Runner and more so, A Thousand Splendid Suns. And The Mountains Echoes didn’t disappoint yet I didn’t think it was as good as A Thousand Splendid Suns – I think most readers would have felt so strongly for its two main female characters, the novel would just have stayed with them for months and years.
This novel spans many [...]
Book Progress Update of ‘Would You Marry A Farmer?’
It just occurred to me that I haven’t let you all know how I’ve been getting on with ‘Would You Marry A Farmer?‘ since early December when I had 1000 copies stacked in my hallway. As you may know, I was interviewed on RTE Countrywide, Tubridy 2FM and Joe Duffy before Christmas and on News Talk last week (with Ivan Yates). I got some press PR on backchat of Irish Country Living and three very nice mentions in [...]
Review of Sycamore Row by John Grisham
Reading Sycamore Row by John Grisham earlier this week, I was struck by how topical the whole issue of trials over wills can be. Caitriona Murphy wrote a piece for the Farming Independent this week about how an ill-planned will can really bring trauma and heartache – not just if family members fall out when they hear the will but also if the will is challenged in court. ?It has happened that sons have been promised farms and [...]