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Day one of the #ReadIrishWomenChallenge and my current read by Anne Enright certainly fits the bill. Has me constantly laughing out loud
Already running behind, but my Day 2 choice -a book about friendship- is I Found My Tribe by Ruth Fitzmaurice. Beautiful and heartbreaking in equal measure. #ReadIrishWomenChallenge
Day Three of the #ReadIrishWomenChallenge is -new & due book releases- so I'm hitting up some from my @gutterbookshop preorder list: Unfiltered by @SophWhiteWhoop , After the Silence by @oneilllo & A Ghost in the Throat by @DoireannNiG Presents to myself for post isolation
Day Four of the #ReadIrishWomenChallenge2020 is 'book set in a place other than the one you live in'. I've chosen my other home of Western Australia featured in Red Dirt by E.M Really. A great thriller.
I've gone with A Girl is a Half Formed Thing by Eimear McBride for day 5 of the #ReadIrishWomenChallenge2020 , book from the decade you were born. This astonishing story starts off in the 80s, just like I did. Similarities (luckily for me) end there. Frightening & brilliant book
Day 6-I've gone for the diaspora part of 'Book by an Irish WOC/ethnic minority/new Irish/diaspora' category for the #ReadIrishWomenChallenge2020 and chosen @SamanthaJPower The Education of An Idealist. Spoke to me on so many levels, personally & professionally. Highly recommend
'Book about social change' for day 7 of the #ReadIrishWomenChallenge2020 and it has to be Correspondences edited by @JessicaTraynor6 Powerful anthology calling for the end of direct provision, a call which is even more pressing on the current climate
Day 8 of the #ReadIrishWomenChallenge2020 is -a book with a death in it- highly recommend 'The Maamtrasna Murders' a wonderful work by the super talented @kellehmv Weaves history, murder, colonisation, loss of language and the human condition in a captivating read.
'Book that challenged the way you see the world' is the prompt for Day 9 of the #ReadIrishWomenChallenge2020 I've chosen @EmmaDabiri Don't touch my Hair. A wonderfully written combination of academic research and lived experience exposing racist, eurocentric hair 'norms'
Day 10 of the #ReadIrishWomenChallenge2020 was simply - a play - On Raftery's Hill by Marina Carr has stayed with me since I first read it and the 2018 staging @AbbeyTheatre was brilliantly done
It's The Importance of Being Aisling for Day 11 of the #ReadIrishWomenChallenge2020 -a book that is great for reading aloud- could have chosen any of the series. If you are reading & laughing in company, you'll be asked so often 'what's so funny?' it's easier to just read aloud
Re-read this recently for both the enjoyable storytelling and yummy recipes. I chose @SophWhiteWhoop 'Recipes for a Nervous Breakdown' for Day 12 of the #ReadIrishWomenChallenge2020 - Book where food/drink plays an important part- so many delicious treats linked to life stories.
Book you'd like to give your younger self is day 13 of the #ReadIrishWomenChallenge2020 - I've picked 'Vagina A Re-Education' by @lynnenright Knowledge is power & for too long women's bodies & health were kept a mystery, even from ourselves. Super informative, well written
Day 14 of the #ReadIrishWomenChallenge2020 is - a book with a journey - Edna O'Brien's Girl stays with me. The journey of one of the 'Boko Haram' girls from innocence to slavery and out the other side to an uncertain future. Haunting.
