Rick O'Shea Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Happening - Annie Ernaux (translated by Tanya Leslie) To my eternal shame my first Annie Ernaux, but will not be my last. The story of how in 1963, as a 23-year-old student, she found herself pregnant and seeking an illegal abortion. (1/2) https://t.co/8gYJfje6Jx

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Cormac McCarthy - The Passenger I can't explain this book to you, I just can't. Part thriller(?), part family story, all hugely memorable characters set in New Orleans in the 80s and flashing back to the main character's late sister and her encounters with imaginary characters.. https://t.co/IRZkJFa9FH

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And finally, for me, perhaps unsurprisingly... Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney: https://t.co/n6hVMjLMy6

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It's time for the October books of the month over in the @ROSBookClub. Two absolute peaches in Bewilderment by Richard Powers and Anthony Doerr's Cloud Cuckoo Land. Come in, chat along with 37,500 other readers all over the world... https://www.facebook.com/groups/therickosheabookclub https://t.co/r2p69KiPVD

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And the wildcard is the "maybe slightly niche but probably totally my sort of thing" Magnificent Rebels by @andrea_wulf. https://t.co/x2YeJByCvR

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*** BOOK OF THE MONTH - JULY 2023 *** I have been remiss on having Rick O'Shea Book Club book of the month and we're going to get started again. @michaelmagee__'s debut novel Close To Home is the story of a young man who has come back to Belfast after college and is... 🧵 https://t.co/HDbsKFfaol

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@KitdeWaal Bewilderment by Richard Powers, The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi, Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry For The Future, @supersplurk's The Line, John Lanchester's The Wall, might even suggest Augustina Bazterrica's Tender Is The Flesh...

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*** RICK O'SHEA BOOK CLUB - BOOKS OF 2022 *** And so we have winners... As voted by members, the best Irish book of 2022 is Donal Ryan's The Queen Of Dirt Island and the best International book is Lessons in Chemistry by @BonnieGarmus. https://t.co/UXkbBljc0p

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Not a crime story though, it reminded me more than a little of Donal Ryan's The Spinning Heart. It's gorgeously written and also only 240 pages - perfect if you need a manageable read for holidays. A definite must read.

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So few days left, so many reviews to do. So. Gabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow A book I absolutely adored. Sam and Sadie meet as young kids in a hospital ward and then bump into each other in a train station near Harvard in college... (1/2) https://t.co/murexg42eo