Éabha Wall

Reminder: Kennys Bookshop delivers for free in Ireland. Easons have free delivery over 10 euros (and also sell toys and games and stationary). Lots of lovely booksellers in the actual stores too, like Books Upstairs, Gutter Bookshop, Hodges Figgis.

People convince themselves that animals can’t feel or think but desperately believe that a computer program that spews out summaries is something magical and intelligent

I find this very moving: a 10-year-old Ukrainian boy who moved to the West of Ireland 2 years ago as a refugee, speaking in Irish of his love of playing Irish music

Walk on Air Against Your Better Judgment What Seamus Heaney gave me

Chalk me up as another person who missed this piece when it came out in December. Stunning, luxurious writing on family, friends, and Seamus Heaney, by Caitlin Flanagan.

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

H/T @deshocks.bsky.social

Or we could cut the cables ourselves and never hear about these people again.

Screaming internally.. externally... just screaming...

Grand

Yes! So much potential but the execution was lacklustre in my opinion

7. Inheritance - Christopher Paoilini ⭐️⭐️⭐️ took 1 million year to finish but I guess I enjoyed LOTR lite #BookSky

6. ⭐️ This was terrible.

Main character? Dull
Love interest? Creepy
Pacing? Slow as sludge
No character development..

Honestly I am beginning to tire of fantasy stories where the central character competes in trials to win a place of note in a kingdom... ⭐️ #BookSky

5. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This was amazing. This non fiction book great pacing and storytelling elements, following two tales: Henriettas life & how her cells changed medicine forever, and the lives of her children. #BookSky📚

Fantasy cover for Two Twisted Crowns. Forest that looks barren with a woman in red walking away

4. Two Twisted Crowns - Rachel Gilleg ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

2nd in series, the Shepard King duology is solid if you like fantasy (YA vibes)

Cover of Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín. A shopfront in sepia with the title over the door

3. Brooklyn - Colm Tóibín ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Kind of can't believe I never read this cover to cover before.
Eilis is kind of a messy bitch.

Cover of The Dead of Wintrr by Sarah Clegg. A forest image with a witch and demon in the trees

2. The Dead of Winter- Sarah Clegg ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Slightly batshit, interesting history of the beginning of Christmas customs, ghouls and demons...

Cover of Maeve Binchy Book - Circle of Friends. A girl walking a bike along a tree lined road

1. Circle of Friends: Maeve Binchy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I'm sorry, the way this DELIGHTED me. It felt like being enveloped in a warm hug. I can feel I'm entering a new decade purely based on how much I enjoyed this...
Such a snapshot of a point in time in Ireland. Character based with just enough plot

Little grey mouse in the hole in the wall. Mouse is holding an orange book which is almost the same size. There is a little candle lighting and a pile of books on the floor

2025 reading list let's gooo #Books📚 #Reading

A picture of me, a white woman with glasses, holding my book TO EXIST AS I AM, a doctors notes on recovery and radical acceptance. The book cover is a picture of me sitting in my wheelchair wearing scrubs, from the shoulders down

a quote from y book, 'I want you to understand the nuances of my story, and that there is nuance to disability. Disability is too often oversimplified, sensationalised or glorified, leaving no room for its dynamic nature and the rich variety of experience. I want to frame this book in hope, too, writing from a place of compassion and empathy rather than criticism. I’m writing as someone who has not always done the right thing either, or always known what might be the right thing to – or the right words to say. I want us all to do better.'

Every thought, every interaction, every reflection on this journey I would chronicle on scrap paper, iPhone notes, emails to myself- and slowly, painstakingly, that has turned into a book, TO EXIST AS I AM. 3/5

This is praise indeed. I was looking forward to sharing Blue Road with @sineadgleeson.bsky.social

She has written more here:

momentsofrecognition.substack.com/p/on-edna-ob...

Our next Q&A event is in @lighthousecinema.bsky.social

Tickets here: 💙

www.lighthousecinema.ie/film/blue-ro...

Taylor Swift whispers to Chappel Roan and Chappel looks disinterested while wearing a large medieval cone hat.

"Sir, a second pony has hit the club"

FF&FG Discuss how they’ll carve up power again while a homeless woman - Vanessa O’Callaghan, was attacked and killed on the streets of Cork on Sunday. Volunteers at the soup kitchen tried to save her, the government was nowhere to be seen at the cold face of homeless.
Everyone deserves more

Tough year for art sales and I depend solely on it for a living, so if you like anything I do, I'd appreciate if you'd keep me in mind when buying gifts for friends or family. If you hate what I do, I'd appreciate if you'd keep me in mind when buying gifts for enemies or nemeses.

A scene from Seinfeld where George Costanza goes back to work after quitting. He says: "what's quit? Who quit"

Stephen Donnelly showing up at Soc Dems headquarters pretending he never quit

Joy for Padraig Rice from the Soc Dems as he claims the final seat in Cork South Central #GE24

Baffling to me that anyone would try to push a "they're stealing the election" narrative here when we literally have people packed into counting centres watching other people count votes from like inches away. It's incredibly transparent. #ge24

🇮🇪 Best teller outfit ever.

#irishelection #ge24

Happy #GE2024 Election Eve! Don't forget to leave some raw milk and anti-vaccine conspiracy theories for your local right-wing independents beside the fireplace, and room under your tree for your family members in Australia that Simon Harris has kidnapped

I, for one, am happy to be subsidising these data centres through sky-high residential electricity bills. Especially for all the wonderfully important AI garbage they produce.

Was just thinking this haha

Welsh government urged to safeguard Celtic rainforests Conservation groups’ report warns remaining temperate rainforest sites and ‘vital habitats’ are in poor condition

Only 1 in 5 Welsh rainforests are in good condition and NONE are in very good condition, due to invasive species + overgrazing. Sound familiar?

What is it with people, and treating these precious surviving ecosystem fragments as worthless expendables?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

Look out for an announcement RE: HONEY & SPICE sequel from me today...