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DebinHawaii
The Star Of The Sea | Joseph O'Connor
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#Read2025

Finished this weekend for #BookedInTime & #FoodAndLit #Ireland This book is set in 1847 against the backdrop of the Irish famine where a ship of many souls (over 450 with steerage, First Class & crew) sets out from Ireland to New York trying to escape the Great Famine & survive. There are lots of secrets revealed & a murder that take place on the month-long voyage. This was tough to read due to the subject matter & many characters ⬇️

DebinHawaii …to keep track of as well as the sometimes convoluted writing & back & forth in time, but it‘s a good book & well worth the effort.

(I‘ll do a separate #FoodAndLit post with the Irish food I ate.)
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Texreader Great review. 18h
DieAReader 🥳Excellent! 16h
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Bookwormjillk Love your review. I think this is one I‘ll need to read again to understand it fully. 10h
Cuilin Fabulous 9h
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DebinHawaii
The Star Of The Sea | Joseph O'Connor
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#Read2025

Finished this weekend for #BookedInTime & #FoodAndLit #Ireland This book is set in 1847 against the backdrop of the Irish famine where a ship of many souls (over 450 with steerage, First Class & crew) sets out from Ireland to New York trying to escape the Great Famine & survive. There are lots of secrets revealed & a murder that take place on the month-long voyage. This was tough to read due to the subject matter & many characters ⬇️

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AnneCecilie
Star of the Sea | Joseph O'Connor
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Winter 1847, Star of the Sea is leaving Ireland for a 26 day trip to New York. Some is rich, some is poor, but they all hope for a better life in NYC, and a lot can happen on a trip. We get the backstories for everyone and the ending surprised me.

I still don‘t see the point of the pictures and excerpts throughout, and the way to tell the story felt a little odd at times, but other than that I quite enjoyed this

Texreader Great review. Same feeling about the odd way of writing 3d
Catsandbooks 👍🏼🇮🇪 20h
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Bookwormjillk
The Star Of The Sea | Joseph O'Connor
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I enjoyed this book even though I think I‘m going to have to read it again to fully understand what happened.

#BookedInTime #FoodAndLit #Ireland

Cuilin I learn something new every time I read it. Discussion this weekend. 4d
Bookwormjillk @Cuilin looking forward to it! 4d
AllDebooks Love this book. I've just started the sequel 4d
Bookwormjillk @AllDebooks I didn‘t know there was a sequel. Thanks! 4d
Catsandbooks 💚🇮🇪 2d
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DebinHawaii
The Star Of The Sea | Joseph O'Connor
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Happy Friday! Headed to Hilo for the second time this week for a day of meetings. Breakfast, coffee & hopefully a few chapters of the tagged book. I‘m trying to finish for March #FoodAndLit & #BookedInTime

Cuilin Enjoy your yummy breakfast. I‘ll post questions this weekend. 4d
readingjedi Oh I loved this one! I lent it to my sister who lent it to her friend & I never got it back! 😡 4d
Catsandbooks 💚🇮🇪 4d
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Bookwormjillk
The Star Of The Sea | Joseph O'Connor
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I have the day off today. Starting off with a leisurely #BookAndBreakfast - pulled a scone from the freezer and made some tea to go along with this book which started slow but has turned into quite the page turner.

Lesliereadsalot Why didn‘t I pull a scone out of my freezer to go with my tea this am? So jealous. 4d
Bookwormjillk @Lesliereadsalot It was one of the better decisions I made last night. 4d
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Suet624
Star of the Sea | Joseph O'Connor
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If you want to learn about the famine in Ireland in the 1800‘s, if you want to learn about life on a ship leaving Ireland heading to New York and if you like a story that involves a murderer on board the ship, this book is for you. There‘s even an affair going on! This book is brutal and yet I‘m glad I read it. It‘s a history lesson that needs to be told and remembered. What happened in Ireland was a terrible thing.

kspenmoll I am still processing this book. 2w
Suet624 @kspenmoll it took me a bit of time before I could write this review. 😊 being Irish, you know, it really gets you in the gut. 2w
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Texreader
Star of the Sea | Joseph O'Connor
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This is the story about a miserable excuse of a man and the man he‘s been coerced to murder, an Englishman who lived in #Ireland, during their escape aboard ship to NYC from the famine. But a lot of folks have reasons to commit the murder, and does he really “deserve” to die? There are a lot of side stories that all tie back to these two characters. I wasn‘t terribly keen on the writer‘s style but it was a good, interesting read. #bookedintime ⬇️

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DebinHawaii
The Star Of The Sea | Joseph O'Connor
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What happens when Ireland meets a Hawaii institution. Thought I‘d share my lunch & dinner for St. Patrick‘s Day. I didn‘t feel like cooking this weekend but wanted corned beef & cabbage. The closest easiest thing was to run to Zippy‘s (think Hawaii Denny‘s) for their special today. No potatoes, it‘s served plate-lunch style with 2 scoops rice & mac salad! 😂 And of course I had to add-on the drink lilikoi punch & Napple special (apple turnover).⬇️

DebinHawaii … & their other special “Pot of Gold Soup” (there‘s the potatoes!) 😉 While not traditional it was/is delicious. Eating half for lunch & other half for dinner & the Napple for tomorrow‘s breakfast.

I‘ve only just started this book for #FoodandLit #Ireland & #BookedInTime but I hope to read more tonight after work. ☘️ 💚🍀
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Texreader ❤️ corned beef and cabbage! I think you figured out a great “Irish” meal!! 2w
TheBookHippie Looks delicious!! 2w
Cuilin Fusion food at its best!!! Yum. 2w
Catsandbooks Yum! 🇮🇪💚 2w
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kspenmoll
Star of the Sea | Joseph O'Connor
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We celebrated St.Patrick‘s Day tonight with Irish Beef Stew made with Guinness Extra-Stout, & Irish apple cake. The cake was a hit- the stew was strong for my husband. He likes my Julia Child Beef Stew better. #FoodandLit #March #Ireland 💚☘️🇮🇪

Texreader Oh how awesome does this look!! 😋 2w
Suet624 That‘s wonderful! 2w
dabbe 💚🍀💚 2w
Catsandbooks Delicious! 🇮🇪💚 2w
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