Category Archives: 2011 Ireland Reading Challenge

The Challenges of a Reader

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

Today seems to be a good time to write another post about my successful battle against Mount TBR – always write about your victories, never about your defeats 😉 So the mountain of around 130 books which had been reduced … Continue reading →

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Brian McGilloway, The Rising (2010)

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

The fourth Irish Inspector Devlin mystery. “To my immediate right something moved. I approached, squinting against the glare, my throat already burning with the heat of the smoke that had made it through the covering of my jacket. An old … Continue reading →

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>A Few Steps Forward

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> I have not written much about my challenges lately so perhaps it is time for a progress report. First, the Danish challenge “Bogudfordringen 2011”. January – crime before 2000. February – short storiesMarch – female Danish writersApril – books … Continue reading →

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>Jane Casey, The Burning (2010)

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> This novel is the Irish writer´s second thriller; a stand-alone which is set in London. My review of The Missing. Young Kelly Staples has been looking forward to a night out, but a couple of hours later she finds … Continue reading →

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>Colin Bateman, Mystery Man (2009)

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> This novel is a Northern Irish stand-alone (a belated St Patrick´s Day review)  The narrator of this story is a nameless first-person owner of a bookshop in Belfast. When his neighbour, a private detective, disappears, he is more or … Continue reading →

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>Declan Burke, The Big O (2007)

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> This love … eh caper crime story is the writer´s second novel. No, of course a male Irish writer doesn´t write love stories. Yet… No, certainly not. “Except what Karen remembered best was his eyes in the split-second when … Continue reading →

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>Brian McGilloway, Gallows Lane (2008)

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> This Irish police procedural is the second in the Inspector Benedict Devlin Series. This book was a fine choice for the Irish challenge. It conveys a strong sense of the setting close to the border of Northern Ireland and … Continue reading →

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>Tana French, The Likeness (2008)

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> [Dansk titel: Tana French, Som i et spejl – 2009] This thriller is the Irish writer´s second novel featuring Cassie Maddox. See my review of her debut, In the Woods. As I have read this one for the Ireland … Continue reading →

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>And a fourth challenge: Ireland Reading Challenge 2011

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>No, I can´t resist this one. Besides, I have five Irish novels on my TBR. Five books I´ve been looking forward to for weeks or months. And do you think I can resist Jane Casey´s The Burning for long? (Neither … Continue reading →

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