Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The Friday that made the Construction Workers very excited.
Channels mentioned however briefly
shelly swearingen first Friday reads - youtu.be/YgW8beSd6Qs
Books Read (for #WITMonth / Women in Translation Month, for the #ReadMoreIrishWomen #ReadIrishWomenChallenge2021 challenge and from the Jhalak Short List):
The Mad Women’s Ball by Victoria Mas and Translated from the French by Frank Wynne. This was purchased from The Reading Room Limited in Carraick-On-Shannon.
The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard. This was purchased in the Lahinch Bookshop Co Clare.
Cursed Bunny by Chora Chung. Translated from the Korean by Anton Hur. This was purchased from the publisher directly Honford Star – honfordstar.com. I recommend this publisher but if you are outside of the UK they will take a bit of time to get to you.
I dropped it and so forgot to mention that I reread . Rachel Long’s My Darling from the Lions.
Currently Reading:
On the Landing by Yenta Mash translated by the truly lovely Ellen Cassedy – borrowed from South Dublin Library’s – Ballyroan Branch.
The Gathering by Anne Enright. This was purchased from Chapters Bookshop Dublin. http://chapters.ie/
August 21 to August 26 of Uwe Johnson Anniversaries 1.
Currently Reading #HorrorBooks i
In the Car during the occasional commute. Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Irish Ghost Stories by Padraic O’Farrell
My other social media:
Twitter: twitter.com/mariahilldublin?lang=en
Instagram: instagram.com/miadublin
Goodreads (Please answer the question any way you like and I will Friend back): goodreads.com/user/show/46346297-maria-hill-aka-mh-books
The Friday that made the Construction Workers very excited.
Channels mentioned however briefly
shelly swearingen first Friday reads - youtu.be/YgW8beSd6Qs
Books Read (for #WITMonth / Women in Translation Month, for the #ReadMoreIrishWomen #ReadIrishWomenChallenge2021 challenge and from the Jhalak Short List):
The Mad Women’s Ball by Victoria Mas and Translated from the French by Frank Wynne. This was purchased from The Reading Room Limited in Carraick-On-Shannon.
The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard. This was purchased in the Lahinch Bookshop Co Clare.
Cursed Bunny by Chora Chung. Translated from the Korean by Anton Hur. This was purchased from the publisher directly Honford Star – honfordstar.com. I recommend this publisher but if you are outside of the UK they will take a bit of time to get to you.
I dropped it and so forgot to mention that I reread . Rachel Long’s My Darling from the Lions.
Currently Reading:
On the Landing by Yenta Mash translated by the truly lovely Ellen Cassedy – borrowed from South Dublin Library’s – Ballyroan Branch.
The Gathering by Anne Enright. This was purchased from Chapters Bookshop Dublin. http://chapters.ie/
August 21 to August 26 of Uwe Johnson Anniversaries 1.
Currently Reading #HorrorBooks i
In the Car during the occasional commute. Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Irish Ghost Stories by Padraic O’Farrell
My other social media:
Twitter: twitter.com/mariahilldublin?lang=en
Instagram: instagram.com/miadublin
Goodreads (Please answer the question any way you like and I will Friend back): goodreads.com/user/show/46346297-maria-hill-aka-mh-books


![The Covid Katchup Tag
The Covid Katchup Tag.
Tag originator. Allen @ Big Hard Books and Classics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ako1J...
Tagged by: Beating around the books.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBp0p53CTLU
Tagged if they want to do it.
Rainierbooks Walking Round Stockholm https://youtu.be/-Zu4ClHHKlM
Eva Strange, Reading Vlogs – most recent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wO2qt5DymQ
Knitting, Books etc. From Portugal. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsUr8yiR-I2sWvxyXWhA0jQ
Questions.
1 When did you first hear about Covid-19?
2 How are things in your neck of the woods? Whats open or not?
3 Beach reading - any books you are looking forward to reading after Covid?
4 Whats a book you have read in these last months directly or indirectly because of Covid?
5 What is the best video you have made or seen during Covid?
6 Are you going to have the vaccine?
7 Tag people.
I am trying to read 6/12 Jhalak longlisted books by 13th April – but which ones and can I do it?
The longlist can be found here - https://www.jhalakprize.com/.
And Mel’s discussion video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxa0775jBmA
Romalyn Ante - Antiemetic for Homesickness (Chatto & Windus)
Catherine Cho - Inferno (Bloomsbury Circus)
Afshan D’Souza-Lodhi - [re: desire] (Burning Eye Books)
Caleb Femi - Poor (Penguin)
Kiran Millwood Hargrave - The Mercies (Picador)
Tammye Huf - A More Perfect Union (Myriad Editions)
Rachel Long - My Darling From the Lions (Picador)
Deirdre Mask - The Address Book (Profile Books)
Katy Massey - Are We Home Yet (jacaranda)
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi - The First Woman (Oneworld Publications)
Paul Mendez - Rainbow Milk (Dialogue Books)
Stephanie Scott - What’s Left of Me Is Yours (W&N)
My other social media:
Goodreads (Please answer the question any way you like and I will Friend back): https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/46346297-maria-hill-aka-mh-books
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mariahilldublin?lang=en The Covid Katchup Tag](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iLb3HpvNltk/mqdefault.jpg)







