Sign in with Facebook
more photos (20)
Clare’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Clare’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Clare O'Beara’s Followers (370)
3,858 books
|
640 friends
527 books
|
15 friends
2,796 books
|
219 friends
1,604 books
|
447 friends
9,743 books
|
74 friends
8,736 books
|
106 friends
8,339 books
|
38 friends
3,227 books
|
216 friends
More friends…
Clare O'Beara
Goodreads Author
Born
in Dublin, Ireland
Website
Genre
Member Since
August 2013
|
Dining Out Around the Solar System (Dining Out Around The Solar System, #1)
—
published
2013
—
2 editions
|
|
|
Murder at Irish Mensa (Mensa Mystery Series, #1)
—
published
2013
—
2 editions
|
|
|
Dining Out with the Ice Giants (Dining Out Around The Solar System, #2)
—
published
2014
|
|
|
Silks and Sins
—
published
2013
—
3 editions
|
|
|
Show Jumping Team
|
|
|
Murder at Dublin Mensa (Mensa Mystery Series #3)
—
published
2013
|
|
|
Murder at Wicklow Mensa (Mensa Mystery, #5)
—
published
2013
—
2 editions
|
|
|
Murder At Scottish Mensa (Mensa Mystery series #2)
—
published
2013
—
2 editions
|
|
|
A Pony for Quarantine (Irish Lockdown #1)
—
published
2020
—
2 editions
|
|
|
Murder At Kildare Mensa (Mensa Mystery Series #4)
—
published
2013
|
|
August – The Arkady Renko Connection
Martin Cruz Smith has passed away, I’m sad to report. For many of us, his seminal Gorky Park (1981), told from the point of view of a police investigator in Cold War Moscow, enlightened us as to the lives of everyday citizens in modern Russia. 
Polar Star and Red Square continued the theme, and later books followed Arkady Renko as he investigated cases in places like Havana and Cher
Read more of this blog post »
Clare’s Recent Updates
|
"
Hi Stephen, I have just finished a fun, light dog mystery. There are several in the series, this is also a Christmas story.
Lost and Found in Dog Town ...more " |
|
|
Clare O'Beara
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
|
This is a charming story about a lady nurse who works two healthcare jobs, and her son who is at that awkward teenage stage. They have a lovely dog, George, but George vanishes. Is he lost, dognapped or held for ransom? The location is a town which h ...more |
|
|
"
https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2025/...
"The first confirmed birth of a white-tailed eagle in Co Waterford for over 150 years has taken place. The chic ...more " |
|
|
"
I'm pleased to say that our home now has 10 piezoelectric solar panels on the roof, and a storage battery in the attic.
We are running the house, heat ...more " |
|
|
Clare O'Beara
made a comment in the group
Green Group
—
Climate Change Acceleration Breaking the Scales - Part II
topic
"
Robert wrote: "Interesting charts that show a lot. There are a lot of economists who think climate change is going to have a big negative effect on th
...more
"
|
|
|
Clare O'Beara
wants to read
|
|
|
Clare O'Beara
wants to read
|
|
|
Clare O'Beara
wants to read
|
|
|
Clare O'Beara
wants to read
|
|
|
Clare O'Beara
rated a book did not like it
|
|
| I'm not into horror. This is a dystopian set in a future Ozark region of America. There are vampires. The reduced population say there were too many people, and now, over half the population has enough food and housing, doctors, there are even dentis ...more | |
“You should know that.” Pietr sounded serious. “You guys find a great story like this in some different zine, it gets taken away from you and handed to me. You might get your names as researchers on the bottom. You find this story as a freelancer, what do you think happens?”
“We sell it?” Myron asked.
“You go to jail,” said Pietr.”
― Dining Out Around The Solar System
“We sell it?” Myron asked.
“You go to jail,” said Pietr.”
― Dining Out Around The Solar System
“A RIB is a rigid inflatable boat, and this has an engine at the rear which pushes the nose up and out of the water as it bounces along at a great speed. This was a good-sized one and I realised that it must have an antigrav component because it never sank in the water though the team of Neptunians got on with us. The marine engineer steering it took us out to the dive boat, a large – to our eyes – vessel over a mile offshore. We sat back and gripped the rope lacings along the sides and breathed in salt spray air, grinning foolishly at our friends and each other. The RIB engine was so noisy that we couldn’t really talk but we were relishing being right down at water level, streaking across the Thames estuary, heading for the most dangerous boat in the world.”
― Dining Out Around The Solar System
― Dining Out Around The Solar System
Topics Mentioning This Author
| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cozy Mysteries :
Title and Author Game, Round 2
|
15570 | 1201 | Mar 21, 2016 09:15AM | |
| Glens Falls (NY) ...: Books about horses | 31 | 7 | Apr 02, 2016 07:39PM | |
|
The Seasonal Read...:
Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD
|
2760 | 473 | May 31, 2017 09:01PM | |
|
Game Night:
Mind Readers✨Team 15 M❤️M
|
863 | 51 | Oct 01, 2017 02:13PM | |
| WACKY READING CHA...: September 2017 Mini Challenge | 105 | 78 | Nov 06, 2017 03:22PM | |
|
Game Night:
The Weekly Snoop Check In Here
|
197 | 93 | Nov 11, 2017 07:47AM |
“Read 500 pages like this every day. That’s how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will do it.”
―
―
“One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast....a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it’s still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much; I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound men and women with their hearts in a safe deposit box, and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this; You will outlive the bastards.”
―
―
“Men explain things to me, still. And no man has ever apologized for explaining, wrongly, things that I know and they don't.”
― Men Explain Things to Me
― Men Explain Things to Me
Green Group
— 1967 members
— last activity 10 hours, 48 min ago
The Green group is about living in a sustainable manner--how human activity affects the environment and how a changing climate/environment affects how ...more
Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy
— 8617 members
— last activity 13 hours, 3 min ago
A place for those who walk the green forests of Middle Earth, cross the pale sands of Arrakis, sail the blue waters of Earthsea, slip among the shadow ...more
Goodreads Librarians Group
— 292379 members
— last activity 1 minute ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
Horse Lovers Central
— 345 members
— last activity Aug 31, 2025 01:04PM
This is the best group for anyone who loves horse books! New members are always welcome!
How to Promote YOUR book on Amazon
— 8658 members
— last activity Aug 24, 2025 11:15AM
Are YOU an author? If so I am sure you are aware of how hard it can be to market your book successfully. There is so much you can do on Amazon.com to ...more
Goodreads Ireland
— 2081 members
— last activity 1 hour, 54 min ago
Welcome to Goodreads Ireland, a bookgroup for people from, or just interested in Ireland and Irish literature. Please introduce yourself in the Introd ...more
Ancient & Medieval Historical Fiction
— 6093 members
— last activity 20 hours, 25 min ago
The focus of this group is historical fiction set in Ancient and Medieval eras(with some post Medieval), in any geographical location. Preference is g ...more
SciFi and Fantasy eBook Club
— 3754 members
— last activity Jul 30, 2025 09:27AM
This is for those of us whose preferred format is the ebook ... So, Whether you're a Kindle, Nook, Sony, iPad, Google, or whatever person; come on in ...more
Sci-fi Women
— 1693 members
— last activity Jun 13, 2022 03:06PM
A discussion of women in literary science fiction.
Forgotten Vintage Children's Lit We Want Republished!
— 121 members
— last activity Aug 31, 2025 01:29AM
Here's a place to discuss out-of-print, forgotten, obscure, and beloved juvenile literature which you would like to see republished or digitized. Ther ...more
Comments (showing 1-9)
post a comment »
date
newest »
newest »
Paddy wrote: "Clare,I've finished book three in the ballet trilogy. Letters to Follow- A Dancer's Adventure heads your direction (but doesn't get to Ireland I'm sad to say). Lynne travels to France then around ..."
Hi Paddy, and happy holiday season if you celebrate.
I'd love to read another book in your ballet series. I can take a Net Galley download, a pdf or mobi file. My list is crammed so I can't read it until the new year.
- Clare
Clare,I've finished book three in the ballet trilogy. Letters to Follow- A Dancer's Adventure heads your direction (but doesn't get to Ireland I'm sad to say). Lynne travels to France then around the continent. Hope you will be able to read it and will let me know whatyou thunk.
Paddy Eger
Hi Allynn,Thanks for getting in touch and offering me a chance to read your next book. Sounds like an interesting story!
I can take a Pdf or mobi file and I can offer a review to Fresh Fiction again.
Best luck for your book,
- Clare
Clare wrote: "Hi Allynn, Nice chatting with you.
I enjoyed reading your book so thanks for the lift to my spirits!
You may have sent a note of thanks to Fresh Fiction, and I would encourage you to do this as ..."
Dear Clare,
I'd like to take you up on your comment about wanting a chance to review the second book of my sci-fi Fantasy series - The Stone's Blade. "The Balance" is currently at the proofreader but I could send you a pdf of what she has if you have time to read before publication.
Your review of the first book, "The Blood", for Fresh Fiction made my day and I have been able to use parts of it in my marketing. This second installment of the series, "The Balance," has a a bit more of the romance along with the appearance of an unlikely future antagonist who currently hides in dark corners - observing. "The Balance" also got way more complicated when the characters decided that in order to find Ani's twin they were going to have to lie.
Let me know if you are still interested and have the time to read and review.
- Allynn
Hi Allynn, Nice chatting with you.
I enjoyed reading your book so thanks for the lift to my spirits!
You may have sent a note of thanks to Fresh Fiction, and I would encourage you to do this as the whole staff are book lovers who try really hard to get the word about great books to potential readers. When your next book is ready I'd love the chance to review again.
- Clare
Good evening Clare,It is good to count you as a friend here on Goodreads. I have been enjoying your comments in the groups we share - thoughtful, to the point, and with humor, too.
Thank you for the review of my book, THE BLOOD: THE STONE'S BLADE, #1
which was posted on Fresh Fiction's website earlier this week. It was unexpected and I was intrigued, dare I say delighted and awed, to be compared to McCaffrey, one of my all time favorite authors. I hope to live up to that comparison. I should thank you for the extra pressure and encouragement to do even better with the second book of the series, THE BALANCE.Now I get to figure out how to use your review to broaden the readership of THE BLOOD in preparation for the sequel. Please feel free to encourage your friends and acquaintances to check it out.
THANK YOU again as this review will be an asset in my marketing plan.
Hi Clare,Thanks for sending a friend request to this fellow Goodreads mystery author!
Lara wrote: "Clare,Thank you so much for the brilliant review of
I am thrilled. It's 'a hard ol station' as they say and I am in the early stages of marketi..."I'm delighted that you are pleased as I really enjoyed your book... as you can probably tell!
Write more!
Clare,Thank you so much for the brilliant review of
I am thrilled. It's 'a hard ol station' as they say and I am in the early stages of marketing and getting the word out. Your review will be so helpful to people. Thanks, Thanks, thanks. Lara
