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Here you can find lots of great book recommendations from staff, the latest news and updates, along with information about our programmes and events.
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Book Review: Strange Sally Diamond
Title: Strange Sally Diamond Author: Liz Nugent Genre: Fiction Reviewed by: Aoife, Leixlip Library Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do, to put him out with the rubbish when he died. Now Sally is the centre of attention, not only… Read more
Book Review: House of Leaves
Author: Mark Z. Danielewski Genre: Adult Fiction, Horror Fiction Reviewed by: Heather This book is an interesting one, in that the basic plot isn’t particularly complicated but the writing style and format in which the story is structured make it quite a challenging and interesting read. The story itself follows a young family as they… Read more
Book Review: Where I End
Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award in 2022, Sophie White’s “Where I End” is a beautifully written novel, which manages to be both deeply unsettling and incredibly compelling at once. Read more
Book Review: This is How You Lose the Time War
Authors: Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone Genre: Adult Fiction Reviewed by: Heather This is a difficult book to review because it’s honestly a difficult book to describe. If you haven’t read it yet, I’m going to try my best to summarize but I don’t feel like I could entirely do it justice, so apologies in… Read more
Book Review: The First to Die at The End
Author: Adam Silvera Genre: Older Teen (Young Adult), Romance, LGBTQIA+ Age Range: 15-17 Review by: Niamh Synopsis: A prequel to the best-selling They Both Die at the End, this novel follows Orion and Valentino as Deathcast, a subscription service where you can sign up to receive a call on your death day, goes live. They… Read more
Book Review: The Dos and Donuts of Love
Author: Adiba Jaigirdar Genre: Teen (Ages 12+), Romance, Drama, LGBTQIA+, Multicultural Inclusion Fiction Age Range: 12-14 Review by: Niamh Synopsis: Shireen is a Bangladeshi-Irish girl who loves baking. She obsessively watches The Great British Bake-Off, particularly when she’s sad. At the moment she’s watching a lot because she’s had a hard break-up with Chris. She… Read more
