It's Thursday so that means it's Recommends time again.

This week there was definitely a book theme going on as both Jacqui and Colm went with books but not Jim-Jim.

So let's start with Jacqui. She recommended the two GAA autobiographies that were published last week and have been causing controversy ever since. Donal Og Cusack's Come What May deals with his personal life and hurling life. It's the inside story on the Cork GAA conflicts and about how he's coped with being gay in the world of GAA.

The other GAA book she recommended is Tadhg Kennelly's autobiography Unfinished Business and who would have thought it would manage to steal the headlines from Donal Og, but it has, because Kennelly admitted in the book that his challenge on Cork midfielder Nicholas Murphy at the start of the All-Ireland final was premeditated. He's since come out to say that he never read the final proof of the book and his comments were misconstrued. Whether that's true or not, his book makes for another fascinating GAA read.

Both are available from all good book shops.

Colm also went with a book but not a sports one. Instead he picked John Irving's new novel - Last Night in Twisted River. It's Irving's 12th novel and according to his own website, it's the first time since The World According to Garp that he's managed to include the title of the book in the last sentence.

Apparently he always begins with the last sentence every time he writes a novel and works his way backwards. And this time, the last four words are indeed the same as the title Last Night In Twisted River. Colm is a big fan of Irving so highly recommends you check out his latest book.

Finally, Jim-Jim departed from the book theme and went instead with a festival - the Galway Comedy Festival to be exact. It's the fourth year of the event and it takes place all this weekend across the Bank Holiday. There's over 50 different acts performing from all over the world.

Check out their website galwaycomedyfestival.com/