Sure This Is It
Claire HennessyIrregular musings on creativity, literature, pop culture, modern Ireland, and more.
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Book Reviews (centaurs & spaceships)
Bit of cosy crime, bit of non-fiction, bit of romance.
Richard Osman - We Chase Shadows
This is the second book in the We Solve Murders series, in which we have a multi-generational team gallivanting all over the world to try to solve cr...
The Sure This Is It 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century
As you are perhaps aware, the NYT love their ‘best 100’ lists, because they get people clicking on things like it’s Wordle, and most recently they’ve been looking at the best 100 TV shows of the 21st century (industry list; reader list).
I...
Book Reviews (recent Irish titles)
Irish writers doing their thing.
Paul Howard - A Nation Once Again
Thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed this frolic through the world of civil servants, committees, Irishness, and public relations from the author and journalist who has cast a s...
Three failed attempts at explaining the Star Trek devotion
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (the one with the whales)
Trek essay, take one
‘Write something for the 60th anniversary of Star Trek’ has been on my to-do list for weeks, months even, with a deadline as though this is a weekend newspaper s...
Book Reviews (tradwives and babysitters)
Just two titles (unintentionally thematically connected if you squint - childcare and female entrepreneurship) this time around, because I Had A Lot Of Feelings.
Caro Claire Burke - Yesteryear
(A note for Irish readers: of course, in the...
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Writer, book critic, creative writing facilitator. Latest book: IN THE MOVIE OF HER LIFE (short stories, Doire Press, 2025).
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