Well, there we have it. Week 3 of Reading Ireland Month is complete. Where is this month going?

It was Short Story Week and I reviewed:

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• Standard Time by Keith Ridgway

• The China Factory by Mary Costello

• Dark Lies the Island by Kevin Barry

I also shared 10 Short Stories by Irish authors that you can read online today, a poem by Eavan Boland for St Patrick’s Day and a post highlighting some great collections coming later this year.

There have been so many fantastic contributions this week that it was almost hard to keep up!

• Peggy at Peggy’s Porch reviewed Loving and Giving by Molly Keane and A Star Called Henry by Roddy Doyle.

• Jacqui at Jacqui Wine’s Journal reviewed Mrs Eckdorf in O’Neill’s Hotel by William Trevor

• Another great William Trevor review came from Ali and HeavenAli, who reviewed The Children of Dynmouth

• Ali also reviewed The Visitor by Maeve Brennan and Time After Time by Molly Keane

• Niall at Raging Fluff reviewed two new books about Tony Small, servant of United Irishman Lord Edward Fitzgerald by Laura McKenna and Neil Jordan.

• Nancy Elin was less than impressed with the play Ulster American by David Ireland but shared a great post about the short stories of Claire Keegan, John McGahern and William Trevor.

• Virginia at Rosepoint Publishing reviewed First Love: An Erin O’Kelly Mystery by Stephen Henry, Last Port of Call by Jean Grainger and wasn’t all that impressed with Normal People by Sally Rooney.

• Constance at Staircase Wit reviewed Thicker than Water by Madeline Polland, which I hadn’t heard of before but which sounds fantastic!

• Lynne at Fictionophile reviewed The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue

• Bitter Tea and Mystery reviewed I Hear the Sirens in the Street by the brilliant Adrian McKinty

• Claire at Word by Word reviewed The Fire Starters by Jan Carson

• JC Greenway over at Ten Million Hardbacks reviewed Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession

• Chris at Calmgrove reviewed Charlie Savage by Roddy Doyle

• Stuart at Winston’s Dads Blog reviewed A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

• Rebecca at Bookish Beck shared her irish-themed reading, including A Ghost in the Throat and Handiwork.

• Lisa at ANZ Litlovers posted a lovely review of one of my favourites, Grace Notes by Bernard MacLaverty

It’s been a really busy week, both personally and on the blog and I’m so grateful to everyone who has taken part. There are now a whopping 65 posts in the link up and you can check them all out here.

If you have posted for Reading Ireland Month and I have missed it, do let me know in the comments.

And if that all isn’t enough to celebrate, Northern Ireland’s favourite police officer is back on our screens tonight…

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