Reading Ireland Month: Week Two Round Up!
Well, last week may not have brought a raft of Oscars to Ireland, but it was a great week for Reading Ireland Month posts!
I was quite surprised at the lack of Oscar love for The Banshees of Inisherin (even though I wasn’t overly impressed with it) and I really thought The Quiet Girl could pull it off.
However,I was delighted that An Irish Goodbye, a small film from Nothern Ireland won the Oscar for Best Short, and that its star James Martin, had the whole of Hollywood sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to him as he accepted the gong. An Irish Goodbye is a really sweet, heartfelt short film about two brothers doing their mother’s bucket list after her death and it is currently on the BBC iPlayer if you fancy checking it out.
This week was Contemporary Literature week and I reviewed Hidden Symptoms by Deirdre Madden and Bad Day in Blackrock by Kevin Power.
I also shared not one, but two posts detailing all the forthcoming fiction I’m looking forward to this year.
Thanks to everyone who shared a post this week:
Beowulf by Seamus Heaney – Chris at Calmgrove
The Likeness by Tana French – Laila at Big Reading Life
Dance Move by Wendy Erskine – Jacqui at JacquiWine’s Journal
Fools of Fortune by William Trevor – Lisa at ANZ Lit Lovers
Felicia’s Journey from book to screen – Laura at Reading in Bed
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor – Simon at Stuck in a Book
A World of Love by Elizabeth Bowen – Claire at Word by Word
The Missing Ones/ The Stolen Girls by Patricia Gibney – Carla at Carla Loves to Read
My Father’s House by Joseph O’Connor – Adrian at Bookshelf Discovery
Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession – Loves Books, Reads Books
The Sea by John Banville – Rosepoint Publishing
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde – Loves Books, Reads Books
Foster by Claire Keegan – Arti at Ripple Effects
Joseph by Bernie McGill – Loves Books, Reads Books
My Top Ten Tracks from the Island of Ireland – Imogen at Reading and Watching the World
Phantom Gang by Ciaran O’Rourke – Rebecca at Bookish Beck
St Patrick’s Day Dinner! – Rosepoint Publishing
Last Stories by William Trevor – Jule at Gallimaufry Book Studio
The Shortest Day by Colm Tóibín – Carla at Carla Loves to Read
As always, if I’ve missed a post, give me a nudge in the comments and I’ll add your link and do check back next from tomorrow on, for Short Story Week.
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I really liked An Irish Goodbye too, sweet but not saccharine. All the performances were great.
I’m hoping to post for the Begorrathon this coming week, fingers crossed!
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Yeah, I thought it trod a thin line but in the end managed not to be overly sentimental.
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*chuckle* It’s good to see that William Trevor is getting so much love! I had a lucky find at the OpShop this week, a copy of Mrs Gomez and the Brethren for $3.00!
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Thanks for the tip on An Irish Goodbye. I am in the US, but I found it on Youtube, so will watch it tomorrow.
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