“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
-George R.R. Martin
This week, our host Catherine Hickey is joined by Eorann Kavanagh, Georgia Lee Flynn, and Sean O'Brien, to discuss the pleasure of reading during the summer holidays. It is, without doubt, one of the finest pleasures in life, to be sitting somewhere comfortable, in the sun, with nothing much to do, engrossed in a novel. We take a trip down memory lane to discuss some of the books that left a mark on us when we were teenagers, and planted a love of reading in us all. E-mail us at englishdepartment@templecarrigschool.ie if you have a particularly fond memory of falling in love with a book, and be in with a chance to win a book voucher.
The picks below are not an exhaustive list, if you want to try to get into reading and you would like to be pointed in a particular direction, talk to your teacher!
Georgia Lee's picks
The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes - Suzanne Collins
Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Webtune - free app for listening to audio books (including the popular show Heart Stopper)
Graphic Novels & Manga...they're free, easy to read, and entertaining!
Catherine's picks
Romeo & Juliet - William Shakespeare
Harry Potter (series) - J.K. Rowling
Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Mildred D. Taylor
To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
The Testaments - Margaret Atwood
The Hawthorne Legacy - Jennifer Lynne Barnes
The Shardlake Series - C.J. Sansom
The Thursday Murder Book Club - Richard Osman
The Giver - Lois Lowry
Eorann's picks
The Hunger Games (series) - Suzanne Collins
The Red Queen - Phillipa Gregory
Agatha Christie (any book!)
1984 - George Orwell
Animal Farm - George Orwell
The Hitch-hiker's Guide To The Galaxy (series) - Douglas Adams
Sean's picks
The Belgariad (series) - David Eddings
The Discworld (series) - Terry Pratchett
The Plot Against America - Philip Roth
The Stepford Wives - Ira Levin
This Perfect Day - Ira Levin
The Boys From Brazil - Ira Levin
The Pearl - John Steinbeck
The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling - Podcast (on Spotify)