Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 23 minutes ago

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Come with me on holiday as I go to Ireland and Hay Festival, read some books along the way, and maybe even do a few book hauls... 👀

Somehow I completely forgot to mention that the first part of our Ireland holiday is a family wedding, which is why I seem so hungover at the first check-in.

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Channels mentioned
@GKReads
@jack_edwards
@SavidgeReads
@KDbooks (don't worry Kieran I don't expect you to watch a 45 minute vlog - I just mentioned you were at Hay!)
@fictionalfates

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Books mentioned
📖 Panenka, by Rónán Hession
📖 Foster, by Claire Keegan
📖 Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan
📖 Grown Ups, by Marian Keyes
📖 The Wych Elm, by Tana French
📖 The Heart's Invisible Furies, by John Boyne
📖 The Spinning Heart, by Donal Ryan
📖 Service, by Sarah Gilmartin
📖 Soldier, Sailor, by Claire Kilroy
📖 Leonard and Hungry Paul, by Rónán Hession
📖 Apeirogon, by Colum McCann
📖 The Reluctant Fundamentalist, by Mohsin Hamid
📖 The Gray House, by Mariam Petrosyan (translated by Andrew Bromfield)
📖 Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
📖 Young Mungo, by Douglas Stuart
📖 The Great Fire, by Shirley Hazzard
📖 The Echo Maker, by Richard Powers

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