#readingireland

Amongst the pile of possible choices for Reading Ireland Month lurked a slim volume of poetry: “The Tower” by W.B. Yeats. He’s a poet I’m not aware of having ever read before, which was why I was pleased when this book was reissued by Renard Press and came to me as part of my subscription with them. It seemed like the perfect option to explore for my second Irish author of the month, and it…

For Reading Ireland Month, I discovered that I had a good number of options on the TBR, and if you take a look at the photo from my end of February post you’ll see a lot of them were very chunky! However, the book which initially caught my eye was a very skinny one which has been sitting on the TBR for some time since I picked it up online in June 2020 (and I have no idea what prompted that…)…

When it came to choosing a book for Reading Ireland month (March certainly is very Celtic!), I once again had a dig on the shelves to see what I had, and there were actually a number of possibles. I have classic writings by authors like Swift or Goldsmith, and of course there is always James Joyce. However, in the end I turned to an old favourite – a writer whose books take up a big chunk of my…

In contrast to the insanely long month which is January, February always seems to fly past… I think this is possibly exacerbated by half term, because once I go back to work after the break, the month is nearly at an end! However, this year’s half term was blighted by both myself and Mr. Kaggsy being laid low by a hideous virus and frankly I think we’re still recovering from it! The pile of books…