Reading Ireland Month: Week One round up! #readingirelandmonth23
Well, that’s the first full week of reading Ireland Month done and dusted!
It was Classics week on 746 Books and I reviewed The Book of Evidence by John Banville and The Love Department by William Trevor and also celebrated the two Irish authors – Maggie O’Farrell and Louise Kennedy – who made the longlist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction.
There were some great posts from you all this week:
Foster by Claire Keegan – Annabel at Annabookbel
Spell the Month in Books – Lisa at ANZ Lit Lovers
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan – Liz at Adventures in Reading, Running and Working from Home
Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry – Kim at Reading Matters
Haunted Ground by Erin Hart – Constance at Staircase Wit
Irish Movie Reviews – Carla at Carla Loves to Read
The Country Girls Trilogy by Edna O’Brien – Claire at Word by Word
Notes to Self by Emilie Pine – Paperback Cats on Instagram
We Don’t Know Ourselves by Fintan O’Toole – Paperback Cats on Instagram
Actress by Anne Enright – Brona at This Reading Life
Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry – Susan at A Life in Books
August is a Wicked Month by Enda O’Brien – Kim at Reading Matters
Marrying Damian – A short story by William Trevor – Brona at This Reading Life
Thanks to everyone who has taken part so far. Next week I am concentrating on Contemporary Fiction, with a couple of reviews, a look forward to some great new novels from Irish writers coming later in 2023 and a very special giveaway.
I’ll also be keeping my fingers very firmly crossed for the Irish contingent at the Oscars this evening!
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Thanks for adding my review of Old God’s Time, Cathy. I found a copy of Banville’s The Book of Evidence on the shelves belonging to my partner. Now on my tbr thanks to your review.
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I’d love to hear what you think of it Susan!
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And so would I! I can’t find my copy but I did find five Banville’s in my TBR!
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I am currently reading Cheating at Canasta by William Trevor and I hope to get to Trespasses by Louise Kennedy later in the month. With my reviewing so erratic, though, I can’t promise any blog posts before the end of March.
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No worries Ali, just glad to hear that you are enjoying some Irish lit!
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I’m currently reading Judith Hearne and absolutely loving it (though of course I didn’t finish it in time to write about it for Classics week). So glad Reading Ireland Month prompted me to pick it up!
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Oh I love that one, although it is VERY sad!
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That’s why it’s taking me so long to read it. I have to do it in small doses, because I feel like I can see exactly how it’s going to end and I keep wanting to intervene and save poor Judith Hearne from herself!
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