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#TuesdayBookBlog GROWN UPS by Marian Keyes (@PenguinUKBooks) Complex family relationships and serious issues for devoted Keyes’s fans

Posted on February 11, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: Today I bring you a book by a famous author I hadn’t read yet. Grown Ups by Marian Keyes PRE-ORDER THE BRAND-NEW BOOK FROM MARIAN KEYES, THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BREAK PICKED AS ONE TO WATCH IN 2020 BY THE TIMES, DAILY MAIL, EVENING STANDARD, THE i, STYLIST, COSMOPOLITAN, GRAZIA AND MORE ‘Magnificently messy

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog bulimia, contemporary Ireland, family relationships, family saga, Ireland, Marian Keyes, parenthood

#TuesdayBookBlog SEVEN LETTERS by J. P. Monninger (@StMartinsPress). A lyrical and romantic story set in a magical Ireland #sevenletters #bookblogtour

Posted on October 15, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I’m very pleased to join in the book blog tour for an author I’d never read before, but I can tell you he writes beautifully! The first letter brings her to Ireland. The next six are a test of true love… SEVEN LETTERS A Novel By J.P. Monninger From the author of

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog academia, Blasket Islands, Ireland, Irish stories, Italy, J.P. Monninger, Love, PhD, refugees, romance, USA

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

Posted on January 22, 2019 by OlgaNunez

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

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

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

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

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

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

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