Category: Books

As Gaeilge

Nuair a bhí mé sa bhaile an seachtain seo cáite bhí­ mo dreathair ag caint as Gaeilge ó am go ham. Cén fáth? Bhuel, beidh an Teastais Shóisearaigh aige sa bhlian...

Interpreting LOTR

Open Democracyhas recently had a couple of articles written about the film trilogy that is LOTR. The first one:The Return of the King: Tolkien and the new medievalism by K.A. Dilday...

Love Remains by

Have just finished reading Glan Duncan’s Love Remains. Saw it in my local library and because I loved I, Lucifer so much had to take it out. This is a very...

East of Eden by

originally read 18th August 2003ISBN: 0140292942 My reread of East of Eden was down to the fact that my book club selected it to read. It’s been more than ten years...

War of the Flowers by

ISBN: 1841491896 When I first started this book I have to admit that I wasn’t that caught up in it, but I think that may have been whatever mood I was...

Weathercock by

ISBN: 0743220153 I’ll start this review by stating that ever since I read I, Lucifer I have been a fan of Glen Duncan. And this book has not changed my opinion...

Stoner by

ISBN: 0099445093 No not a book about drugs but a story about a university life. Not what we might call a successful life, but not a failure either. A suppose it...

Beauty by

Beauty is a retelling of many fairy tales, but with a slight agenda. And no I’m not really talking about a feminist slant here, but about an environmental one. The story...

Abarat by

ISBN: 0002259524 Barker has created an interesting world but I found that the whole story was overshadowed by the ending. But that is only because I didn’t realise that it was...

I, Lucifer by

ISBN: 0743220137 Now this is a truly fantastic book. The basic premise is that God offers the Devil one last chance. If Lucifer can live one month without sin then he...