CRY - Community Radio Youghal

After chatting with Ryan Tubridy last year about The Secret Scripture' and 'The Private Lives of Pippa Lee', I was delighted to be asked to talk books on Youghal's local radio station. For those who missed it or were not quick enough to catch the titles and authors here are the books I spoke about:

ADULTS
Personally I Blame My Fairy Godmother - Claudia Carroll
House Rules - Jodie Picouolt
Mother of the Bride - Marita Conlon McKenna
The Best of Times - Penny Vincenzi
The Man Who Disappeared - Clare Morrell
The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters
Ghost Light - Joseph O'Connor
Let the Great World Spin/Dancer - Column McCann
The Soldiers Song - Alan Monaghan
The Slap - Christos Tsiolkas
The Help - Katherine Stockett

TEEN FICTION

Twilight Series - Stephanie Meyer
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner - Stephanie Meyer
Mortal Instruments Trilogy - Cassandra Clare
Hush Hush - Becca Fitzpatrick
Fallen - Lauren Kate
The Forest of Hands and Teeth - Carrie Ryan
Shiver - Maggie Stiever
Chaos Walking Trilogy - Patrick Ness
Gone/ Hunger - Michael Grant
Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins

CHILDREN'S FICTION

Adam's Pirate Adventure - Benji Bennett
What the Ladybird Heard/Troll - Julia Donaldson
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus - Mo Willems
The Heart in the Bottle/The Great Paper Caper/The Incredible Book Eating Boy - Oliver Jeffers
Aliens Love Underpants - Clare Freedman
The Great Dog Bottom Swap - Peter Bentley
There - Marie Louise Fitzpatrick
Beast Quest Series - Adam Blade
Dragon Blood Pirates Series - Dan Jerris

As you can tell I bored everyone silly with the great books that are available this summer, particularly on the children and young adult front. My thanks to CRY for having me and they have promised to let me have a recording of the interview for the blog - what would it be worth not to subject you to this podcast, answers in the comments section below!