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Celebrating Irish Book Week (17th - 24th October) with a stack of some of my favourite Irish authors.

Small Things Like These - Claire Keegan
Strange Sally Diamond - Liz Nugent
Antarctica - Claire Keegan
Kala - Colin Walsh
The Rachel Incident - Caroline O’Donoghue
Long Island - Colm Toíbin
Trespasses - Louise Kennedy
Evenings and Weekends - Oisin McKenna
My Favourite Mistake - Marian Keyes
Unravelling Oliver - Liz Nugent
The Marriage Portrait - Maggie O’Farrell
Ordinary Saints - Niamh Ni Mhaoilcoin
Nesting - Roisin O’Donnell

💬Any favourites here? by @chaptersbythecoast

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Things that have been making me smile:
1. White chocolate and sesame swirls from the bakery
2. Autumn sunsets
3. Book covers with autumnal vibes
4. Changing seasons
5. This little poser
6. Wine tasting at the local literary festival
7. Stunning spiderwebs
8. Evening puzzle sessions
9. Forest walks
10. Books and coffee
11. Chai poached pear porridge
12. Afternoons in my reading room
13. Exploring with Mabel
14. Pistachio lattes
15. Peaceful coffee stops
16. Having the beach to ourselves
17. Working through my squash harvest
18. That sky 😍 by @chaptersbythecoast

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Autumn colours for the autumn equinox 🍂

Having a cosy evening - dinner and a catch up with my sister using my homegrown squash 🎃

Two books in this stack that I’m hoping to read this autumn are Disenchanted and People Watching. Have you read either?

Books featured:
The Rachel Incident - Caroline O’Donaghue
The Hive - Bee Wilson
Wintering - Katherine May
People Watching - Hannah Bonam Young
Matrescence - Lucy Jones
River of Stars - Georgina Moore
The Correspondent - Virginia Evans
Heart the Lover - Lily King
Disenchanted - Lucy Jane Wood by @chaptersbythecoast

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a month ago

Sunday vibes 📚☕️🐶🐈
What have you been reading this weekend? I’ve had a slow start to reading Buckeye - the writing is lovely but it’s not grabbing me yet. by @chaptersbythecoast

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a month ago

It’s a classic pink stack this Wednesday 🩷🌸🎀🌷featuring one of my books of the year so far - Nesting by Roisin O’Donnell.

Books featured:
Games and Rituals by Katherine Heiny (TBR)
The Tarot Reader of Versailles by Anya Bergman (TBR)
Greta and Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly
Weyward by Emilia Hart
Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Wants and Needs by Roxy Dunn
Table for One by Emma Gannon
Nesting by Roisin O’Donnell
Swept Away by Beth O’Leary
Disenchanted by Lucy Jane Wood (TBR) by @chaptersbythecoast

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Shopping my shelves this month, and staying away from the shiny new releases in favour of some books I’ve had for a while.

📚Buckeye by Patrick Ryan
📚The Appeal by Janice Hallett
📚The Secret History by Donna Tartt
📚Shark Heart by Emily Habeck

I had a cosy afternoon in my reading room yesterday, which I barely used over the summer. And as much as I love reading in the sun, nothing beats a book, a blanket and a big cup of tea!

What are your September reading plans? by @chaptersbythecoast

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Two books about art that you should read 🎨

The Artist - Lucy Steeds
This was a five star read for me and my book of the summer so far. Set in the sultry heat of the Provence summer, the novel follows journalist, Joseph as he is invited to stay with the talented yet reclusive artist, Edouard Tartuffe. Relationships grow, mysteries unravel and Joseph’s world is changed forever.

I consider myself to know a reasonable amount about artists but the detailed way Lucy Steeds described Tartuffe’s life and work had me Googling to confirm that he definitely wasn’t a real artist!

Stunning writing, great plot, memorable characters.

Still Life by Sarah Winman

This had been sat on my TBR for so long and I’m so glad I finally read it. It’s the kind of book where nothing much happens, but everything happens. I’d struggle to give you a plot line but what this book does give you is a sweeping exploration of life, love, making your own family, being true to yourself and finding the beauty in the world around you. I fell in love with the cast of characters that the novel follows across the decades and was touched by the love that they found in their friendships.

The style of this book won’t be for everyone but it was for me, and it has put Florence firmly on my travel wishlist. by @chaptersbythecoast

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2 months ago

Sunflower stack 🌻
These gorgeous flowers are just the ultimate symbol of summer. I’ve just started the latest book by one of my favourite beach read authors, Carley Fortune.
💬What are you currently reading?

Books featured:
Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Secret History by Donna Tartt (TBR)
All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré (TBR)
Britt-Marie was Here by Fredrik Backman
My Legendary Girlfriend by Mike Gayle (TBR)
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi (TBR)
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia by @chaptersbythecoast

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2 months ago

New week / New books

Some of my recent purchases (although this photo has been sat in my camera reel a while so I’ve read 2 and a half already!). I’ve slightly neglected this page lately but I haven’t been neglecting the reading, so I’ve got lots of reviews I need to get round to sharing.

Books featured:
Brave New Summer by Sarah Morgan
The Artist by Lucy Steeds
The Surf House by Lucy Clarke
River of Stars by Georgina Moore
The Age of Diagnosis by Suzanne O’Sullivan
People in Love by Claire Daverley

💬 What books have you got your eye on at the moment? by @chaptersbythecoast

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3 months ago

The gorgeous weather has meant Bookstagram has taken a back seat lately. Here’s what I’ve been doing instead.

1. Sea swims and views for miles
2. Enjoying breakfast in the garden
3. Sunset Aperols
4. Golden hour dog walks
5. Al fresco reading
6. Pottering in the garden
7. Beach yoga
8. More sea swims
9. All the barbecues
10. Getting value for money from my egg chair
11. Watching the sunset
12. Iced coffee dates
13. Seeking the shade in the woods
14. Finding the best matcha combos
15. Lunch by the sea
16. Inhaling this on the train
17. People watching and wine on the South Bank
18. Book club meet

#bookstagramuk #summerliving #islandlife by @chaptersbythecoast

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3 months ago

Netflix crime drama but make it literary.

Kala is a dual timeline, multi-perspective novel from Colin Walsh that follows a group of friends reunited in their hometown fifteen years after one of their group, the bold but vulnerable Kala, disappeared without a trace. When human remains are discovered on a building site in town, the friends realise it is time they must confront the past.

Walsh’s prose perfectly captures the darker undercurrents and atmosphere that can run beneath the surface in seemingly charming tourist towns. The beginning of the book is a slow-burn but with plenty of hints and hooks dropped as the tension builds. Towards the end of the book, the pace ramps up significantly. The crime storyline is slightly convoluted, but the real strength of this book is its depiction of the intensity of adolescent friendship and those long, hazy summers of teenage years.

The pacing and structure reminded me of The God of the Woods so if you enjoy crime novels with a literary twist, add Kala to your list. by @chaptersbythecoast

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3 months ago

I’ve been seeing some beautiful sunsets lately (including these from the weekend) which has inspired this flatlay featuring some favourites and some shiny new purchases.

💬 Any you’ve read here?

The Women - Kristin Hannah
The Love of Our Lives - Emma Steele
Go as a River - Shelley Read more
The Surf House - Lucy Clarke (TBR)
Swept Away - Beth O’Leary
River of Stars - Georgina Moore (TBR) by @chaptersbythecoast

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