Tag: reviews
Off the Shelf: The Island book review

Off the Shelf: The Island By Adrian McKinty ISBN 9780316531283 375 pp. 2022 Little, Brown Co. Review by Terrence J. Kenneally An American family’s trip to see koalas and Australian […]
Off the Shelf: Foster Book Review

Off the Shelf: Foster By Claire Keegan Grove Press ISBN 978-0-8021-6014-0 275 95 pp 2022 Review by Terrence J. Kenneally Foster is the second book written by Claire Keegan reviewed […]
Off the Shelf: Haven by Emma Donoghue

Off the Shelf: Haven By Emma Donoghue @2022 Little Brown and Company ISBN 978-1-5290-9111-3 257 pp. Review by Terrence J. Kenneally In this novel of religious discovery set in the […]
A Wee Bit of Trivia: Irish Crossword Puzzle

A Wee Bit of Trivia: Irish Crossword Puzzle By Linda Fulton Burke ACROSS 1 Matt Molloy plays the _____. 3 ______ Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York, The 6 In […]
Off the Shelf: The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Toibin

Off the Shelf: The Blackwater Lightship By Colm Toibin ISBN 13: 978-0-684-87389-3 1999 273 pp. Review by Terrence Kenneally This month’s book review features a book from our not-so-distant-past. […]
Off the Shelf: The Colony

Off the Shelf: The Colony By Audrey Magee Forrer, Strauss and Giroux ISBN-9780374606527 2022 373 pp. Review by Terrence Kenneally Magee’s setting is a remote Atlantic Island off Ireland’s […]
Off the Shelf: Trespasses

Off the Shelf: Trespasses By Louise Kennedy Bloomsbury Circus LSBN 978-1-5266-2333-1 311 pp. Review by Terry Kenneally Set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles (1975), Trespasses is a shattering novel […]
Off the Shelf Book Reviews: Traveling on a Strange Land / Spies in Canaan

Off the Shelf: Traveling in a Strange Land / Spies in Canaan Both by David Park. Bloomsbury Publishing 978-1-4088-9275-6 163 pp. 2018 / Bloomsbury Publishing 978-1-5266-3195-4 188 pp 2022. Review by […]
Off the Shelf: The Border The Legacy of a Century of Anglo-Irish Politics

Off the Shelf: The Border – The Legacy of a Century of Anglo-Irish PoliticsBy Diarmaid Ferriter, Profile Books ISBN 978 -78816-179-4 2019 184 pp. Review by Terrence J. Kenneally In […]
Off the Shelf: Life Without Children Book Review

Off the Shelf: Life Without Children By Roddy Doyle Viking ISBN 9780593300565 177 pp. Review by Terrence J. Kenneally Roddy Doyle is the author of eleven acclaimed novels, several of […]