As you regular readers may have realized, I’m a little overwhelmed by life and school right now, so my mom, Carolyn, volunteered to help me fulfill my commitments by reading and reviewing Galway Bay for the blog tour today. I was happy because she loved it and she’s told me that she now wants to read more historical fiction epics! This from a woman who has previously informed me that if it wasn’t set in the modern day, she wasn’t interested. I think we have found out where my love of history comes from, and I think that says a lot about the quality of Galway Bay!I can’t begin to tell you how much I liked this book. I don’t think I can find words that can sufficiently express how wonderful this book is. The way this book is written you feel as if you are right there with this family. You can’t put it down. You think about it when you aren’t even reading. I will never forget this book and the people in it. Their story will stay with me forever, their struggles and their triumphs. The main theme of this book is love of family and love of country. You feel it in every page of this book. I love how much they love each other and how they would do anything for one another.
As I read this book, I wanted to share it with someone. I really wanted to talk about it. I would strongly recommend this book. I also recommend this book for a book club selection. Anyone who reads this book will get a different perspective on life.
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Carolyn – thanks for writing the review! My mother is a voracious reader, but she hasn’t yet agreed to write a guest post for me
I like this type of historical fiction that actually lets me learn a lot about the period and what a typical group of people might have gone thru (less so that kind of historical fiction that’s more of a long romantic saga)
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I’m so glad you loved this!!! Happy St. Patty’s Day!
Isn’t it the most gorgeous book! Inside and out. I just loved it. I’m so glad you did too! Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!!
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Sounds as if your mom really liked it! Thanks for the review Carolyn!
Amy @ My Friend Amy’s last blog post..Blog Tour: Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly
This book is everywhere today! My stepmother has already read some of the books I have for review and I’d love it if she wrote some reviews for me. So you are very lucky!
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Just popping over visiting the other tour stops. Carolyn, what a great review! My mom is starting to do reviews for my blog as well. Welcome and thanks for sharing your recommendation. I LOVED this book.
Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit)’s last blog post..Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly
Thanks, Carolyn! Sounds like I’ll have to pick this one up.
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Wonderful review. I agree that it’s hard to put this book into words-how do you encompass something so great.
Darlene’s last blog post..Book Review Blog Tour: Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly
Great review. It’s hard not to gush about such a great book, isn’t it?
Holly’s last blog post..Galway Bay
Thanks Carolyn (and Meghan) for confirming that I was right to put this on my BookMooch wishlist and reserve it at the library.
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I agree… it is not a book that you want to put down. Last night I found myself angry that I had to sleep because of work. I just wanted to read. I love being in the blog tour as I is an opportunity to ‘discuss’ the book with everyone. Great guest post.
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Wow, high praise! And that was so nice of your mom to help you out!
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Stopping by on the tour to say hi. I soooo agree with you – it was an amazing book and one that will live on my bookshelf forever!
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I thought this book was wonderful too. I love books with strong female characters. I think your mom needs her own blog!
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Carolyn, I totally agree with you. This was a fantastic book, and I found myself telling bits and pieces of it to my husband as I was reading just because I had to talk about it. The hardships the characters endured really got to me, but I’m glad the book was about so much more than that.
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