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#TuesdayBookBlog WHEN ALL IS SAID by Anne Griffin (@AnneGriffin_) A gorgeous and deeply touching book #WhenAllIsSaid

Posted on January 22, 2019 by OlgaNunez 22 Comments

Dear all: I love this book, and I hope you will too. When All is Said by Anne Griffin. Five toasts. Five people. One lifetime. ‘A hugely enjoyable, engrossing novel, a genuine page-turner.’ Donal Ryan ‘An extraordinary novel, a poetic writer, and a story that moved me to tears.’ John Boyne ‘I’m here to remember – all

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog bereavement, Dyslexia, Family drama, family secrets, grief, Ireland, loss, old-age, rural Ireland

#TuesdayBookBlog TALES FROM THE IRISH GARDEN by Sally Cronin (@sgc58) (@DonataEZawadzka). #fairytales A magical book for readers young at heart.

Posted on January 8, 2019 by OlgaNunez 32 Comments

Hi all: Today I bring you a review for a book written by an author who is a great favourite with many of us, Sally Cronin. She has a fabulous blog where she shares her knowledge of all things and also features writers, musicians, illustrators… She is always cooking up new schemes to help readers

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog blog, fairies, fairy tales, goblins, Ireland, Tales from the Irish Garden, Tuesday Book Blog

#TuesdayBookBlog TEARAGH’T by Craig Newnes (@TheRealPressPub). #Historicalfiction with a difference. One story, two narrators, two styles, and many questions. #RBRT

Posted on February 20, 2018 by OlgaNunez 20 Comments

Hi all: I bring you a very special book today. Published by The Real Press. You can check them up here. Tearagh’t by Craig Newnes After the remains of the Armada hobbled back to Spain, an extraordinary document – part diary, part love letter – is discovered on a remote island off the coast of Ireland.

Posted in Book review, Book reviews conversos, critical psychology, Felipe II of Spain, historical fiction, Ireland, Jewishness, men, Spain, Spanish Armada, Tuesday Book Blog, TuesdayBookBlog, Women, writing style, XVI century Spain

#Bookreview DAYS WITHOUT END by Sebastian Barry (@FaberBooks) A Western, a Civil War novel, and a love story whose narrator you won’t forget. #historicalfiction #Iamreading

Posted on October 30, 2017 by OlgaNunez 12 Comments

Hi all: Those of you who follow my blog will know I had been trying to catch up on some of the books that had made initially the long-list and later the short-list of the Man-Booker Prize. Now we have a winner, George Saunder’s Lincoln in the Bardo. It is not one of the novels

Posted in Book review, Book reviews American history, awards, Civil War, gay fiction, historical fiction, Indian Wars, Ireland, western

#Bookreviews THE ART OF EXILE. A VAGABOND LIFE by John Freely (@ibtauris) An Extraordinary Life Dedicated to Knowledge, Travel and Writing

Posted on July 22, 2016 by OlgaNunez 4 Comments

Hi all: As you know on Fridays I share new books and writers (today more than usual, but it’s a busy month). John Freely is not a new writer, far from it, but this is the first book I read by him and I expect now that I’ve discovered him, it won’t be the last

Posted in Book reviews, New books Brooklyn, Classics, Greece, I.B.Tauris, Ireland, Istanbul, John Freely, New York, Physics, professor, Turkey, university, WWII

#Freebook tour. Lucky Charms by Louisa Bacio (@Louisabacio) 18th of March last day. Hurry!

Posted on March 18, 2016 by OlgaNunez 4 Comments

Hi all: As you know on Fridays I usually bring you new books, and today I saw the chance of bringing you a new book (although the story had already been published), free (but only until the 18th inclusive, so hurry), and really appropriate to celebrate St. Patrick’s day. Because who doesn’t need a lucky

Posted in Blog Tour, FREE, New books Amazon, free book, Ireland, Lucky Charms, romance, St Patrick's Day

#Bookreview ‘Going Against Type’ by Sharon Black (@Authorsharonb) and Chapter 7 of Escaping Psychiatry. Beginnings #TuesdayBookBlog

Posted on February 16, 2016 by OlgaNunez 6 Comments

Hi all: Yes, you’re in the right place and I’m still sharing the prequel to my story, but as I had another post booked for Friday (a great new book) I felt I should share this book I read as part of Rosie’s Book Review Team. It’s a completely different read to my own book,

Posted in Book reviews, Escaping Psychiatry. Beginnings, FREE, Rosie's Book Team Review Chapter 7, comedy, Escaping Psychiatry. Beginnings, Going Against Type, Ireland, journalism, prequel, romance, Rosie's Book Review Team, Sharon Black

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