Copyright © 2021 overthehilda.ie | web by cloud nine
Best Books to Read from Autobiographies to Thrillers
Monday, 18 January 2021
‘Reading gives us some place to go when we stay where we are.’ Reading has been an escape from the pandemic, where I can lose myself in other worlds. I have not read as much since I was at college. When I was teaching and raising a family, I was mostly too tired to read
- Published in Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News
Review of ‘The Middle Place’ by Kealan Ryan
Tuesday, 09 April 2019
What an incredible first novel. No, what a brilliant novel. Full Stop. I was an English teacher in a former life and I know the narrator of The Middle Place. I taught him. I taught plenty like him and they were great ‘craic’. Cheeky, chirpy, funny, confident. You had to like them. But you
- Published in Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News, Rants and Random Thoughts
Three books for holiday reading
Wednesday, 07 June 2017
It has been a while since I wrote about what I am reading and so I decided to tell you about some of the books I have enjoyed over the past year. Maybe you need a few ideas for your holidays. When I was teaching and time was even more precious, I relied on my
- Published in Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News