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Broken Harbor by Tana French
Reader: Stephen Hogan
Short Review: The fourth book in French's excellent Dublin Murder Squad series, read by the talented Stephen Hogan. Previous books in the series include In the Woods and The Likeness. They can be read out of order without spoiling the series. -
Wild Decembers by Edna O’Brien
Reader: Suzanne Bertish Short Review: A beautiful book, poorly served by bad audio quality and frequent mispronunciations.
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The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Reader: Steven Crossley Short Review: A decent book with a major flaw, read beautifully by Steven Crossley. Connolly's book starts out as a promising depiction of the interior life of a bookish, depressed boy with apparently undiagnosed epilepsy and OCD. Unfortunately, it continues on into an all-too-familiar series of retellings of classic fairytales, several of which villanize women for no clear reason. I expected and hoped for more from the book itself. Thankfully, I truly enjoyed Crossley's narration, and allowed it to carry me through a book that otherwise left me scratching my head and feeling disappointed and maligned.
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The Likeness by Tana French
The Likeness
Available from Audible.comAuthor: Tana French
Reader: Heather O’Neill
Short Review: Tana French’s strong second novel read beautifully by Heather O’Neill. In this sequel to In the Woods, we follow Cassie Maddox in a strange undercover murder …
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In the Woods by Tana French
Author: Tana French
Reader: Steven Crossley
Short Review: This Edgar Award winning novel traces a murder in Ireland, following the detectives investigating the case and flashing back to an earlier, similar unsolved case. It …
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The Young Wan by Brendan O’Carroll
The Young Wan
Author: Brendan O’Carroll
Reader: Donada PetersShort Review: A sweet, funny prequel to O’Carroll’s earlier trilogy about Agnes Brown, read with great energy, humor, and personality by the incomparable Donada Peters.
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Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney
Beowulf, translated by Seamus HeaneyTranslator: Seamus Heaney
Reader: George GuidallShort Review: Heaney’s excellent translation read well, though not perfectly, by Guidall.
Long Review: You know already whether or not you want to listed …
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My Dream of You by Nuala O’Faolain
My Dream Of You
Author: Nuala O’Faolain
Reader: Dearbhla Molloy
Short Review: A beautiful first novel from one of Ireland’s best memoir and non-fiction writers, gorgeously read by Dublin’s excellent Dearbhla Molloy with just the right … -
Paula Spencer by Roddy Doyle
Author: Roddy Doyle
Reader: Ger Ryan
Short Review: A novel featuring the engaging lead character from Doyle’s The Woman Who Walked Into Doors gloriously read in the perfect Dublin accent by Ger Ryan.
Long Review: Paula Spencer is …