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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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4 editions
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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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3 editions
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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 Bloomsbury for a review copy of this book. A beautifully written book, crafted to create a feeling of a story unfolding seamlessly in front of the reader, easy yet so heartbreakingly real. A young Irish woman, Rósín strives th ...more | |
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| This book concludes Gill's wonderful Viking series, the memorable and compelling characters of the warrior poet Skarfr and his seer and trader wife Hlif continuing their adventures , their loyalties tested and their lives endangered in order to build ...more | |
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| Thanks to Netgalley and Random House UK, Cornerhouse for a review copy of this book. I have to say I really didn’t realise there was a horror fantasy genre and it wouldn’t ordinarily be my first choice, but there is something about Nghi Vo’s creative ...more | |
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| Thanks to Netegalley and Bloomsbury Publishing for the review copy of this book. A quirky whimsically told narrative structured in the style of journal, there’s a certain charm unfolds as we learn about the slightly improbable life of Emma M. Lion wh ...more | |
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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 | |
“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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