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Kristin Gleeson
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Philadelphia, The United States
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November 2011
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In Praise of the Bees (Women of Ireland #1)
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2015
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The Hostage of Glenorchy (Highland Ballad #1)
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2016
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The Mists of Glen Strae (Highland Ballad #2)
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2016
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The Braes of Huntly (Highland Ballad #3)
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2018
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Awakening the Gods (Rise of the Celtic Gods, #1)
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2021
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Song of the Bees (Women of Ireland #2)
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The Sea of Travail (Renaissance Sojourner #2)
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The Imp of Eye (Renaissance Sojourner #1)
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2015
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A Trick of Fate (Renaissance Sojourner #0.5)
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2015
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Along the Far Shores (Celtic Knot Series)
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2014
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Music As a Writing Muse
As a musician as well as a writer it seems like second nature to have music inform and surround my writing, not only when I think about my story, but when I write. And often it doesn’t stop just as background, but enters into my story and even influences, shapes and directs my story. And finally, I have created a page with a growing library of downloads of the music that I recorded which informs
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I love Hannah Kent’s writing. It’s beautifully crafted with a wonderful sense of place that engages as well as evokes. Her latest novel is no different, but with a twist in the plot this time that perhaps doesn’t quite succeed. Set in 1830s Prussia,
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| Thanks to Netgalley and Entangled Publishing for a review copy of this book. Harlow has written a warm hearted small town romance that also includes issues around narcissm and self esteem in a sympathetic manner that flows naturally within the absorb ...more | |
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| Thanks to Netgalley and Bloomsbury for a review copy of this novel. Ann Patchett always creates wonderfully crafted novels where the conversation just flows so naturally, to the point that the reader feels a participant. The style easy, the story sim ...more | |
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| Thanks to Netgalley and HarperCollins UK for a review copy of this book. Twisty and suspenseful are definitely part of this novel with heavy doses of unreliable narrator to make a good, absorbing read. Jane Casey has her trademark voice and creative ...more | |
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| Thanks to Netgalley and Pan MacMillan for a review copy of this book. Wow. Tension, twists, dark, broody characters all set in a dystopian world that is grim, but so awfully compelling. It’s certainly worth the six years waiting for Roth to spill it ...more | |
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| Thanks to Netgalley and Random House UK for a review copy of this novel. Matchmaking with a lovely whimsical twist that weaves Korean folk customs into a wonderful whimsical magical thinking that creates such a wonderful and warm read that is a delig ...more | |
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| Thanks to Netgalley and Aria and Aries for a review copy of the book. Delightful, absorbing, so witty and a wonderful story to sink into, a descriptor for all of Monaghan’s books for me. This is right up there and I so enjoyed reading every minute of ...more | |
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| Thanks to Netgalley and Michael Joseph for a review copy of this novel. Sigh. I just love her novels and spent the last two days savouring the novel, the words, the characters and the plot. Like her other novels, it’s a novel you can just sink into, ...more | |
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| Thanks to Netgalley and HQ Press for a review copy of this novel. A very enjoyable novel of attempts at reinvention and anxiety driven misunderstandings and self realisation. The characters are relatable and their struggles shape the story in ways th ...more | |
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| Thanks to Michael Joseph and Netgalley for a review copy of this book. I was such a fan of Daverley’s prior novel, Talking at Night and looked forward to her next offering, People in Love. In this gem of a book Daverely’s distinctive style and voice ...more | |
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| Thanks to Netgalley and Random House UK for a review copy of this novel. A delightful debut full of heartfelt moments and an absorbing plot that is in the ‘hate to put down’ category until the very end. Filled with witty banter that I just loved that ...more | |
“She is not the quiet, fearful Áine that graced our community and shadowed Siúr Sodelb. But neither is she the fierce, spirited and impulsive Cuimne that grew up motherless. Now she is something in between, but most assuredly a good woman.’ ‘She is a woman torn and a little bit afraid, that much I know.”
― In Praise of the Bees
― In Praise of the Bees
“Be thou my vision, beloved Lord: None other is aught but the King of the seven heavens Be thou my meditation by day and night; May it be thou that I behold forever in my sleep. Be thou my speech, be thou my understanding; Be thou for me; may I be for thee.”
― In Praise of the Bees
― In Praise of the Bees
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