
Spending 2 weeks in Ireland in August. Dublin, Cork region mostly. Looking for advice/suggestions on bookish places—Trinity Library!—as well as good history books. Curing up the Tana French and Claire Keegan backlists…have read Say Nothing.
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Spending 2 weeks in Ireland in August. Dublin, Cork region mostly. Looking for advice/suggestions on bookish places—Trinity Library!—as well as good history books. Curing up the Tana French and Claire Keegan backlists…have read Say Nothing.
O‘Toole time! I‘ve been reading a chapter or two of this brilliant book each day this month. Only midway, but likely to be among my top reads of the year.
Cheers! Wishing you all a wonderful weekend 🍻
I‘m doing all the readathons this month! My goals are to make a dent in the tagged group-planning a visit to Ireland this summer. I want to finish my IRL book club reads of Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson and This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub and start Trust by Herman Diaz. On audio listening to The Authority Gap for #SheSaid. Thanks for hosting @Andrew65 !
10-23 Feb 22 (audiobook)
Well-written and read, this is a history of Ireland during the period of the author‘s life. Whilst some of the events are personal, it goes well beyond focusing on the author and provides an insight into the social, political and cultural changes Ireland has undergone since the late 1959s. Some information is astounding (so few toilets in the 1960s); some heartbreaking; and some infuriating. A must read for me.
It took me ages & several downloads to finish this, but wow. It was impressive. The author gives a history lesson of Ireland from the late 1950‘s to 2018. The brutality of the Catholic Church to women & children is unrelenting, greedy politicians, emigration, hunger strikes, violence…it‘s all here. I‘m going to be thinking about this book for a long time. This is the country one side of my family comes from & I feel I know the country more now.
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1.Ireland!Fintan o'Toole's blistering and deeply personal account of 6 decades from 1958 on,when he was born.The personal is always political,exemplified by this book.
2.Brother of the more famous Jack.Witty,romantic, heartbreaking.Full review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4779189530
3.Cannot wait to read this,first in a planned trilogy on Suleyman the Magnificent.
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🦋5 🌟so far,nuanced,complex and deeply personal account of the authors growing up in Ireland during the Troubles.
🦋Michael Ignatieff's On consolation,Richard Cohen's Making History and Abi Morgan's This is not a pity memoir.Links to my reviews in comments!
🦋We have an appointment FINALLY for our vaccine booster this Saturday,very relieved!