We are thrilled and honored to have Cecelia Ahern visiting CLC today. She is one of the authors Melissa P. and I initially bonded about when we reconnected on Facebook back in 2009. Her books are heartfelt, entertaining and quirky. She is best known for P.S. I Love You, which was made into a movie a few years later. Other fabulous works of hers include Rosie Dunne (a.k.a. Love, Rosie), If You Could See Me Now and Thanks for the Memories. Her latest novel, One Hundred Names (reviewed here) is being published in paperback in the UK this week, and I'm sure that it won't be long before it comes to the US.
Cecelia is here today to answer our "Home and Away" questions. I hope you will enjoy her answers as much as we did! I even have one of her books to send to a lucky reader anywhere in the world! (It's a surprise though...)
Visit Cecelia at her website, Facebook and Twitter.
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Favorite place you liked to hang out at when you were a kid?
I used to sit in my wardrobe (Dublin, Ireland) and listen to Michael Jackson's "Bad Album" on a Fisher Price record player. I'd also make up stories in my head so I believe that's the beginning of my storytelling.
If we were to visit you where you currently live, what would you take us to see first?
I would bring you to Co. Kerry in the South west of Ireland to the Gap of Dunloe and I'd let you sit there and take in the view!
Tell us one feature that would be a must-have for the house of your dreams?
A chef would be ideal!
Where did you go for your last holiday?
We stayed on The Palm in Dubai in December and it was beautiful.
Where is the farthest location you've ever traveled to?
Australia. I've been twice on book tours and I love the country. I think Australians are the most relaxed, friendly people of all. Hobart, Tasmania was my favourite place on my last trip, it's so beautiful.
Do you have a favorite traveling outfit that you bring on every trip? No!
Thanks to Cecelia for visiting with us and to HarperCollins UK for coordinating this interview.
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Fave place to hang out when I was a kid was at my neighbors house.
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I love exploring our neighborhood as a child. sumsum085@aol.com
ReplyDeleteI loved hanging out in my friends basement...it was board game heaven and nice and cool:)
ReplyDeleteFavorite place to hang out as a kid was outside, in the backyard, or exploring the woods and climbing tree we had!!
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I loved hanging out in my bedroom---I was either playing with my dolls or reading. I read a lot. Still do. :) I also played outside a lot and rode my bicycle around the neighborhood.
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No question about it: My favorite place to hang out as a kid was to climb up the tree in my front yard with a couple of books and read all day. I loved it! Nancy Drew, some classics and biographies were my favorite. I was comfy and I loved it!
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My favorite place to hangout as a kid was our backyard, either on the swingset (usually reading) in the pool or on the trampoline! :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite place as a kid would have been in my own backyard. It was pretty big and I had a swingset!
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I loved hanging out at the local library. That's when my love of books started.
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My favorite place as a child was playing in our backyard with my younger brothers and neighbors.
ReplyDeleteMy second favorite place was the library and our daily outings to it every Monday!
I liked hanging out at the pool when I was a kid.
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Cecelia should visit Canada, if she enjoys the laid back nature of the Aussies. A lot of them say we are alike. :-)
ReplyDeleteThis really sounds like an interesting book. My favorite place to hang out when I was a kid when I lived in New York (until I was 10 years old) was the river. After we moved to Texas, I loved hanging out by the creek. I guess there was just something about water that relaxed me and let me dream.
ReplyDeleteI liked to hang out in my back yard with my friends.
ReplyDeleteI would hang out at a friend's house or the playground around the corner.
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother lived a block away from the beach. Always there!
ReplyDeleteI loved visiting my Minnesota cousins and hanging out in their upstairs bedroom! Oh the memories!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite place to hang out was the park ...swinging too see how I could go.
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My favorite place to hang out as a kid was the field in front of our house.
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Up in a tree reading! I called it "my reading tree." It had the perfect crook to lean back into and read the day away!
ReplyDeleteWe always went to the ice rink on Friday nights when I was in junior high. I loved that.
ReplyDeleteI loved to hang out at the beach by our cottage.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite place as a child was the beach, there was always so much to do there!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite place to hang out as a kid was my cousin's house. Thanks for having the giveaway.
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My favorite place to hang out was in the barn with the animals!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite place to hang out as a kid was a for we built in the wood behind our house!
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Down the backyard. Always something to do there.
ReplyDeleteI was a church kid growing up, so all of my friends were from church
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ReplyDeleteI loved to hang around our pool in the summer.
ReplyDeleteOur backyard backed up into a playground, we spent a lot of time there!
ReplyDeleteWe lived across the street from a huge park so many of us hung out there.
ReplyDeletefavorite place to hang out as a kid -- well 50+ years ago, being out and about wasn't so scary for kids [or for parents letting us out to play]. Summer time I'd get on my bike early morning and may not be home until late afternoon. Many times I'd be at my girlfriends' homes; or just riding around. And of an evening, all the kids in the neighborhood would play in the yards and in the street. Those days are gone -- more's the pity.
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