Claire Hennessy Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Claire Hennessy

BOOK REVIEW: The List Of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead . In this middle-grade novel, Bea is excited to welcome her future stepsister Sonia into the family. Bea's excited that their dads are getting married, & is less understanding about So… https://t.co/VG4xQqJDtZ https://t.co/DYhd5D2Ilu

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The Best Bad Day Ever is a gorgeous picture book by Marianna Coppo about one of those days where you're just cranky & the world is bad & wrong - & then someone else gets it & it makes things better. Out in July! https://t.co/WHXMysJaUr https://t.co/btrqO5Wtp9

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BOOK REVIEW: You and Me on Vacation by Emily Henry / also published as People You Meet On Vacation . Beach Read made me an Emily Henry fan, so I was excited for this one, about two long-time friends who go on different trips together but have never hook… https://instagr.am/p/CZ9n_AkMqkx/ https://t.co/oVTAmsRMdY

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BOOK REVIEW: Something To Talk About by Meryl Wilsner . A delightfully fluffy read about former actress & showrunner Jo, who falls for her cute assistant Emma; when the press spot them together at an event there is tabloid gossip over them dating but of … https://t.co/0rbvdMvvlt https://t.co/3MXVot4Kpo

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🎉📚☘️ YA titles from Irish authors coming in 2023 (a thread): - Every Gift A Curse by Caroline O'Donoghue (Feb), the conclusion to her emotionally-intelligent witchy trilogy - Catfish Rolling by Clara Kumagai (Mar), a Japanese-myth-inspired magical realist debut

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BOOK REVIEW: Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus . In the 1960s, Elizabeth Zott is a reluctant & difficult TV star. Ousted from the world of official science after her husband's death, she nonetheless continues to pursue her experiments at home, & to u… https://t.co/DX5DIQ9moj https://t.co/gbZ7hBKsU3

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My review of the latest Jodi Picoult novel, Wish You Were Here, which begins in March 2020 (I know, I know - but I adored it) is over at the Irish Times website (also in last Saturday's print edition). https://instagr.am/p/CXIt1ZJMXib/ https://t.co/jisuEbQM5g

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Also enjoying/appreciating @fotoole's BWWAY review over at @IrishTimesBooks. (Social-media-type reviews are allowed out tomorrow, I will be yammering then.) https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/beautiful-world-where-are-you-fintan-o-toole-on-sally-rooney-s-tense-very-risky-new-novel-1.4657059

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Memoir: MIND ON FIRE by Arnold Thomas Fanning & WHAT HAVE I DONE by Laura Dockrill are gripping accounts of living through some bad times & how scary that is. Not devoid of hope by any means, but brutally honest in a way that illness demands.

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BOOK REVIEW: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin . This account of two creators drawn together by their love of an often-underestimated art form (computer/video games) reminded me of Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier C… https://t.co/zu0aeF2ohg https://t.co/KxlS9HIbFj

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