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shanaqui
Death of a Naturalist | Seamus Heaney
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I 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

Clare-Dragonfly 😨😭 2w
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shanaqui
Door into the Dark | Seamus Heaney
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I 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.

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Mattsbookaday
Ghost Mountain: Roman | Ronan Hession
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Ghost 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. ⬇️

Mattsbookaday Some have called this a contemporary fable, only I can‘t quite figure out what its lesson would be. There is little in overall plot, even as the characters‘ stories proceed at breathtaking speed. And I think that‘s the point? It‘s far from being bad and I certainly recommend it, but it‘s one that I think will remain a bit unsettled for me. 2w
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keithmalek

A joke:

How do you know when there's a bodhran player at your front door?

The knocking gets faster and faster.

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keithmalek

And there's a woman climbing over chairs, taking pictures of every conceivable object at every conceivable angle...so she's obviously American.

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keithmalek

He's upset a few along the way too, as does anyone willing to put their head above the fray.

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NovelNancyM
Our London Lives | Christine Dwyer Hickey
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A 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.

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Hooked_on_books
Translations | Brian Friel
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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.

squirrelbrain Exciting! I‘ve only read the Kang. I thought I owned Perfection, but apparently not! 🤷‍♀️ Going out for a walk this morning before the weather turns to s*** for a couple of days 😬 so I‘ll have lots of van-time to explore the list later! 😜 2mo
BarbaraBB Exciting! I read Perfection, Hunchback and On the Calculation of Volume III and have We do not Part and The Remembered Soldier on my shelves! I loved the ones I read and the Dutch author is very good so I have high hopes for her book! (edited) 2mo
Hooked_on_books @BarbaraBB That‘s good to hear about the Dutch author! In past years, I‘ve often found this to be the most interesting of the lists, with books that I would not have found otherwise on it. 2mo
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sjc731
The Book of Evidence | John Banville
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dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
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sjc731
Athena | John Banville
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dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
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