Showing posts with label Dublin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dublin. Show all posts
Monday, March 17, 2025
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch – Reading Ireland Month 2025
After Eilish Stack answers the door one night to find two policemen asking for her husband, she slowly begins to realize nothing will be the same for her family. Her husband’s job seems innocuous – he is an administrator for the Teachers’ Union of Ireland but these men are investigating an allegation against him:
Saturday, March 1, 2025
Six Degrees of Separation – from Prophet Song to Whitethorn Woods
It’s time for #6degrees, inspired by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best. We all start at the same place as other readers, add six books, and see where it ends up. This month’s starting point is the 2023 Booker winner, Prophet Song by Paul Lynch.
I got Prophet Song from the library this week for Reading Ireland 2025 as it is about an Irish family and takes place in Dublin (as I plan to read it I avoided spoilers).
Monday, August 8, 2022
The Mountains Wild by Sarah Stewart Taylor
Title: The Mountains Wild
Author: Sarah Stewart Taylor
Publication: Minotaur Books/St. Martin’s, hardcover 2020
Genre: Mystery
Setting: Dublin
Description: Twenty-three years ago, Maggie D’Arcy’s cousin Erin disappeared in Ireland so she flew from Long Island to Dublin to represent the family and find out what was going on.
Author: Sarah Stewart Taylor
Publication: Minotaur Books/St. Martin’s, hardcover 2020
Genre: Mystery
Setting: Dublin
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Girl Unknown (Book Review)
Title: Girl Unknown
Author: Karen Perry
Publication: Henry Holt & Co., hardcover, 2018
Genre: Suspense
Plot: David and Caroline Connolly are an ordinary couple in Dublin with two children when their lives suddenly go wrong. One minute, David is expecting a big promotion at the university where he has taught history for many years and Caroline is doing well in a new job covering for someone on maternity leave. It's true there has been a slight rift in their marriage but they agreed not to let their children, teen Robbie and 11-year-old Holly, know anything was wrong as they work past it. Then everything changes when David is approached by a lovely blonde student who says he is her father. It is unclear exactly what Zoe wants but her every existence is an immediate threat to the Connolly family . . .
Audience: Fans of psychological suspense; authors such as Clare Mackintosh, S. J. Watson, and Emma Healey
Quote: "Explores emotional danger with relentless, surgical accuracy," bestselling author Tana French
My Impressions: This was a fast paced novel full of believable (if unlikable) characters and told in alternating chapters from David's and from Caroline's points of view. Perhaps not so coincidentally, the author is really a male/female team. I was reminded, however, of something my sister said recently when I had recommended a book to her - that she really doesn't enjoy reading novels where the characters do such stupid things. There were certainly a number of poor choices made by a variety of characters. David is not a very nice guy but even he does not deserve the downward spiral Zoe brings in her wake to his family. While some aspects of the story were predictable (and I wished for more of a sense of place for Dublin) there were enough twists and surprises to keep me entertained - and the light on until the wee hours.
Source: I was provided a copy of this book by the publisher and TLC Book Tours for review purposes. You can visit other stops on the tour and read the reviews below:
Author: Karen Perry
Publication: Henry Holt & Co., hardcover, 2018Genre: Suspense
Plot: David and Caroline Connolly are an ordinary couple in Dublin with two children when their lives suddenly go wrong. One minute, David is expecting a big promotion at the university where he has taught history for many years and Caroline is doing well in a new job covering for someone on maternity leave. It's true there has been a slight rift in their marriage but they agreed not to let their children, teen Robbie and 11-year-old Holly, know anything was wrong as they work past it. Then everything changes when David is approached by a lovely blonde student who says he is her father. It is unclear exactly what Zoe wants but her every existence is an immediate threat to the Connolly family . . .
Audience: Fans of psychological suspense; authors such as Clare Mackintosh, S. J. Watson, and Emma Healey
Quote: "Explores emotional danger with relentless, surgical accuracy," bestselling author Tana French
My Impressions: This was a fast paced novel full of believable (if unlikable) characters and told in alternating chapters from David's and from Caroline's points of view. Perhaps not so coincidentally, the author is really a male/female team. I was reminded, however, of something my sister said recently when I had recommended a book to her - that she really doesn't enjoy reading novels where the characters do such stupid things. There were certainly a number of poor choices made by a variety of characters. David is not a very nice guy but even he does not deserve the downward spiral Zoe brings in her wake to his family. While some aspects of the story were predictable (and I wished for more of a sense of place for Dublin) there were enough twists and surprises to keep me entertained - and the light on until the wee hours.
Tuesday, February 6th: Tina Says…
Thursday, February 8th: Write – Read – Life
Friday, February 9th: No More Grumpy Bookseller
Monday, February 12th: Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile
Wednesday, February 14th: Instagram: @ACaffeinatedBibliophile
Friday, February 16th: Into the Hall of Books
Friday, February 16th: Not in Jersey
Tuesday, February 20th: Novel Gossip
Wednesday, February 21st: Sweet Southern Home
Thursday, February 22nd: What Is That Book About
Monday, February 26th: Helen’s Book Blog
Thursday, March 1st: Dreams, Etc.
Friday, March 2nd: A Bookworm’s World
Monday, March 5th: The Ludic Reader
TBD: 5 Minutes For Books
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