#20 Books of Summer – An Update
It is safe to say that my 20 Books of Summer Challenge is not going to plan at all. With just under 4 weeks to go, I have read 10, reviewed a pitiful 5 and am half way through 2 more. 20 seems very far away right now and if my summer continues the…
June Round Up! – #20booksof summer
The curse of 20 Books of Summer has struck again! For yet another year, my reading is going really well, but the reviewing is falling by the wayside. I swore I wouldn’t do mini-reviews, but I have to face facts. We’re one month in and by my calculations, I should have 6.66 books reviewed. I…
No 589 The Blue Tango by Eoin McNamee: Book 3 of #20booksofsummer
Eoin McNamee has made his name as an author of noirish literary reimaginings of real life crimes. From the Shankill Butchers to Princess Diana, he mines the novelistic possibilities that real life murder and conspiracy is alive with. His writing is lyrical, at times beautiful and always at odds with his subject matter. The…
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My 20 Books of Summer List is Finalised!
20 Book of Summer is just around the corner!
August in Review
August has been a very busy month here at 746 Books. Well, not so much on the blog at 746 Books, but in the real life of 746 Books! August was the final full month of 20 Books of Summer and I watched in envy as several participants tweeted details of their 20th review! What…
More Mini Summer Reviews!
The summer is slipping away from me and although I’m reading LOADS, my reviewing has stalled. I have been very busy in work trying to get everything in place for leaving my current job, and this has left me incapable of doing much in the evenings bar drinking some wine and watching some telly.…
No 621 This Is How by MJ Hyland
MJ Hyland’s third novel, This Is How, opens as the narrator, 23-year-old Patrick Oxtoby, arrives at the seaside boarding house he has just moved to, shortly after his fiancée has broken off their engagement. I put my bags down on the doorstep and knock three times. I don’t bang hard like a copper, but…
Round Up Reviews – No 624 – 622
I said I wouldn’t do this, but I am going to have to. Circumstances have dictated that I’m going to have to do a few round up reviews, just to clear the back log! Life has been very busy these last few weeks and I have started to feel stressed about falling behind on my…
