Month: June 2017

New Short Book Reviews – June 2017

Posted Rick O'Shea

  Late as usual, life (and festivals, events, work etc.) getting in the way, but here are my latest very short reviews of stuff I’ve read recently.   David Sedaris – Theft By Finding As someone who has read and loved him for years this is just brilliant. His actual diaries from 1977 right the way through 2002. Fascinating and funny in and of themselves, I do wonder though if you’d find them as interesting if you’d never read any of his collections. I loved it though.   Sally Rooney – Conversations With Friends This highly anticipated debut novel was […]

ROSBC – Books Of The Month June 2017

Posted Rick O'Shea

Seriously, how are the months sliding past so quickly?? Anyway. For June, the 2 books we’ll be recommending here on the ROSBC are: Sally Rooney – Conversations With Friends The much anticipated (it was part of a seven way bidding war between publishers, although not in the Wrestlemania kind of way I had imagined as she corrected me last night!) debut novel from this 26 year old Irish author doesn’t disappoint. It’s an entertaining, human, real story of 2 quite different couples(?) whose lives collide in a very 21st century way. And: Edouard Louis – The End Of Eddy A […]