pickI knew a lot of poems from this one, some of my favourites of Heaney's. The one that will never leave me alone is 'Mid-Term Break', of course, and its final line:
“A four foot box, a foot for every year.“
#BirthdayBashReadathon
pickI couldn't point to a specific poem here that I loved, but I do enjoy Heaney's style. There's something solid about it; almost all of the poems have presence, forced me to take time to consider them.
pickGhost Mountain, by Ronan Hession (2024)
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Premise: Life for a small community is changed when a mountain suddenly appears in an abandoned field—but not as much as one might think.
Review: Hession has been one of 2025‘s great discoveries for me, but this one didn‘t quite live up to expectation or to its fascinating premise. ⬇️
A joke:
How do you know when there's a bodhran player at your front door?
The knocking gets faster and faster.
And there's a woman climbing over chairs, taking pictures of every conceivable object at every conceivable angle...so she's obviously American.
He's upset a few along the way too, as does anyone willing to put their head above the fray.
pickA family saga about Milly and Pip who drift in and out of each other's lives over the years. In many ways not much happens other than the daily life of these two characters and the close people in their life. However, the writing is so descriptive I found myself quite invested in the characters.
It‘s here!! National Book Awards longlist week!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳 Today‘s lists are translated lit and young people‘s lit (you‘ll have to go their website for the latter, which I don‘t follow). I‘ve actually read 2 of these, the Kang and Hunchback, and the Balle and Barrera don‘t release until November, which is always frustrating. I am loving the cover of Sleep Phase and We Computers only has 3 ratings on Goodreads, so I love seeing it elevated here.
