Hello, lovely readers,
In March, Cathy and Niall are hosting Reading Ireland Month (#Begorrathon18, #readireland18), to celebrate all things Irish!
Here are some of my possible reads:
- The Gadfly, by Ethel Lilian Voynich (1897)
- The Bell, by Iris Murdoch (1958)
- The Rose Garden: Short Stories, by Maeve Brennan (1999)
- That Lady, by Kate O’Brien (1946)
- A Line Made by Walking, by Sara Baume (2017)
- The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, by Brian Moore (1955)
- The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, by Maggie O’Farrell (2006)
- The Heat of the Day, by Elizabeth Bowen (1948)
- Walk the Blue Fields, by Claire Keegan (2007)
- Belinda, by Maria Edgeworth (1801)
- Mary O’Grady, by Mary Josephine Lavin (1950)
- Tender by Belinda McKeon (2015)
- The Beth Book, by Sarah Grand (1897)
- Esther Waters, by George Moore (1894)
- Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney (2017)
- The Country Girls, by Edna O’Brien (1960)
- A struggle for fame, by Charlotte Riddell (1883)
If you need any recommendations, check out Cathy’s list of 100 Novels by Irish Women Writers. And here is a list of Irish books I enjoyed (my reviews are linked below).
- The Death of the Heart, by Elizabeth Bowen (1938)
- A girl is a half-formed thing ,by Eimear McBride (2013)
- Good Behaviour, by Molly Keane (1981)
- In Night’s City, by Dorothy Nelson (1982).
- Tea at Four O’Clock, by Janet McNeill (1956)
- There Were No Windows, by Norah Hoult (1944)
- The Visitor, by Maeve Brennan (2000, originally written in the 1940’s)
- Miss Emily, by Nuala O’Connor (Nuala Ní Chonchúir, 2015)
I guess that’s all. Which Irish books do you recommend? And what are your reading plans for March? I hope we have a great reading month. 🙂
Yours truly,
J.

So, I didn’t know that Mary Keene and Elizabeth Bowen were Irish…my list of possibilities is growing.
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Happy reading 🙂
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Hi there! I’m taking part in the Reading Ireland Month too. Will be my third and I’m so excited to be reading so many review about Irish books!
I like your list.In fact, I think I’ll steal a few titles… though I dont’ think I’ll be able to read them this month.
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Thank you 🙂 Happy Irish reading to us!
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