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Review: Animal Crackers

Sarah Webb and Alan Nolan Animal Crackers The O’Brien Press, August 2020 Paperback, 176PP, €11.99 ISBN: 9781788490658 Picturebook, Nonfiction, Middle Grade Review by Joanna Geoghegan. Did you know that dolphins only shut down half their brain when they sleep? Or that polar bears’ fur isn’t white – it’s actually translucent to allow light to hitContinue reading “Review: Animal Crackers”

Review: Home Stretch

Graham Norton Home Stretch Hodder & Stoughton, October 2020 Paperback, 362PP, €13.99 ISBN: 978 1 473 66517 0 Adult fiction, LGBTQIA+ fiction Review by Joanna Geoghegan. It is 1987, and the town of Mullinmore, County Cork, is in high glee as they prepare for a wedding. The afternoon before the big day, however, the bride,Continue reading “Review: Home Stretch”

Review: The Dead Zoo

Peter Donnelly The Dead Zoo Gill Books, September 2020 Hardback, 32PP, €14.99 ISBN: 9780717189724 Picturebook, age 0-4 Review by Joanna Geoghegan. Mr Gray is a very serious man who works in a museum called the Dead Zoo, which is full of animals who are very quiet, and very still. Imagine Mr Gray’s surprise when oneContinue reading “Review: The Dead Zoo”

Review: Beyond the Tape: The Life and Many Deaths of A State Pathologist

Dr Marie Cassidy Beyond the Tape: The Life and Many Deaths of A State Pathologist Hachette Books Ireland, October 2020 Paperback, 302PP, €16.99 ISBN: 978 1 5293 5297 3 Adult Nonfiction Review by Joanna Geoghegan. Beyond the Tape: The Life and Many Deaths of a State Pathologist is the gripping new memoir by the formerContinue reading “Review: Beyond the Tape: The Life and Many Deaths of A State Pathologist”

Review: Have You Seen the Dublin Vampire?

Úna Woods Have You Seen the Dublin Vampire? The O’Brien Press, September 2020 Hardback, 32PP, €12.99 ISBN: 9781788491198 Picturebook, 0-4, 5-7 years Review by Joanna Geoghegan. The Dublin Vampire loves to go for night-time walks around Dublin. Some of his favourite spots include O’Connell Street, Trinity College, Stephen’s Green and the Natural History Museum. Along theContinue reading “Review: Have You Seen the Dublin Vampire?”