The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan
Set in a small Irish village, Nenagh, four generations of Aylward women live loudly, argumentatively and with fierce love for … More The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan
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Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
I’ve recently read several books where the friendship is a real push-pull affair where one pushes the other to move … More Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
This is our next book club choice and with a few days to go, I am almost finished. I realised … More The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
Haven by Emma Donoghue
I have no idea what I was expecting when I picked this book up in the library but it wasn’t … More Haven by Emma Donoghue
Scenes of a Graphic Nature by Caroline O’Donoghue
I nearly didn’t read this because of the title and because Dolly Alderton had a quote on the front but … More Scenes of a Graphic Nature by Caroline O’Donoghue
The Country Girls by Edna O’Brien
This is our next book club read and when I looked through the list of O’Brien’s titles I realised that … More The Country Girls by Edna O’Brien