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Recent acquisition:

📖 Sun Dancing: A Vision of Medieval Ireland by Geoffrey Moorhouse

★★★★★

? Through Irish Eyes: A Visual Companion to Angela McCourt"s Ireland by David Pritchard, forward by Malachy McCourt

I chose these for Jace and I to read together for #foodandlit this month. The alphabet book was cute although kind of grim for a kid‘s book. Let‘s See Ireland was not my cup of tea. Does anyone have any good recs for children‘s books set in Ireland? 🇮🇪

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#Ireland
#childrensbooks

Almost the entire Irish village of Baltimore was taken captive by pirates in the early 1600s and sold as slaves in #Algeria. With little records about their lives as slaves, the author relies on a number of accounts by other slaves to try to describe what their lives could have been like. The author also posits a hypothesis that the taking was an elaborate plan of an evil mastermind who wanted to rid the coastal town of its inhabitants for his ⬇️

I‘ve long wanted to read about the Irish taken into slavery in the Islamic world. So this book is perfect for #Ireland #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

Though music is a huge part of my life, this is my first #TuesdayTunes. I've been listening to a lot of Fontaines D.C. lately and I'm very excited to see them live for the second time in April.

#12Booksof2024 OCTOBER Having loved The Spinning Heart , I read this sequel ( which is a standalone too). It‘s equally as good. The first character we hear from is Bobby Mahon and Bobby might be one of my favorite characters ever. ❤️
Our Bookclub went to hear Donal Ryan reading from his book. He‘s sincere and great craic.

I wish I hadn't waited so long to read this. What a delightful, old-fashioned country Christmas read. The author describes a Christmas from her childhood and all the exciting preparations involved, with all the magic and innocence that only a child at Christmas can bring. 🎄 ❄️

It‘s doesn‘t seem like Litsy have the entire title: “Missing Persons. Or: My grandmother‘s secrets”. It‘s also interesting that the Norwegian title has switched the sentences.

So what is this about?
In her 20s Wills is told about a cousin she never knew about. Apparently her uncle Jack fathered a child in the 50s. Since he and the mother didn‘t want to get married, the mother was sent off to a home to give birth.

How could her family accept