#TheIrishReadathon 2020 : wrap-up

For this year's readathon, I planned to read more Irish books than I did, due to the lock-in : the other books are at the library, still waiting on my desk.

But I managed to read those, and made wonderful discoveries even if I didn't love them all (click on the covers to read the full reviews) :

A biography of Byron by the famous Edna O'Brien. I liked it, mainly because I finally learned more about Byron, but I won't rush to buy and keep it.

A great discovery ! I knew the author is Sinead O'Connor's brother, but not much more. Now that I finally opened one of his books, it won't be the last.

Of course, I'd already heard about this book, but never had the opportunity to read it, it's finally done and was poignant at times...

This one is my best discovery. The writing completely blew me - I'm still recovering !

Great at times, boring at others. I can recognize his talent but I'm afraid his writing style is not for me...

Easily read, a short book by Jonathan Swift filled with the author's dark humour and wit !

A nice read, but maybe a bit too long - but a nice read.

Disappointing after all the good I'd heard, just a few pages for a life not that interesting...

Two stories intertwined, one at the beginning of the 20th century (the OK part), one contemporary (I wanted to kill each and every character with my bare hands !). Two women, two eras, but not as good as Kate Morton can write them.

Donal Ryan is my favorite of all the books above, there is such humanity in his novel ! Joseph O'Connor is a great writer too, I'll have to catch up on both of them. I loved Oscar Wilde and Jonathan Swift's A modest proposal, but it's no surprise, I knew them already.
I'm disappointed however because there is no female writer in my favorites. Anna Burn's Milkman is out of reach for me, I'll read it when everything goes back to normal.