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The Radio 2 Book Club with Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas's novel is Concrete Rose, plus Victoria and Ian Hislop are the guest reviewers on the first Radio 2 Book Club of 2021.

Angie Thomas's novel Concrete Rose is the first choice of the Radio 2 Book Club for 2021 and Angie chats about it, plus there's the Factoids, Non-Stop Oldies and the latest entertainment and lifestyle news.
Private Eye editor Ian and award-winning author Victoria Hislop are guests on the Book Club, discussing what they've been reading recently, and there'll be some listener reviewers and non-fiction recommendations from the team.
Angie Thomas is a bestselling young adult author and her novel Concrete Rose is set in the fictional setting of Garden Heights, 17 years before the events of her first novel, The Hate U Give, and tells the story of Maverick Carter as a seventeen-year-old, who has to change his ways after discovering he has become a father.
The Hate U Give was a New York Times bestseller, which was adapted for the screen in 2018. Angie's second novel On The Come Up was a previous Radio 2 Book Club choice.

Photo: Valerie Schmidt

2 hours, 57 minutes

Music Played

  • Modjo

    Lady (Hear Me Tonight)

    • Now 47 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Electronic

    Getting Away With It...

    • (CD Single).
    • Factory Records.
  • Gary Barlow

    Enough Is Enough (feat. Beverley Knight)

    • Music Played By Humans.
    • Polydor.
  • Passenger

    Sword From The Stone

    • Songs For The Drunk And Broken Hearted.
    • Black Crow Records.
  • Free

    All Right Now

    • Back To The 70's (CD1) (Various).
    • EMI.
    • 15.
  • Pale Waves

    Easy

    • Who Am I?.
    • Dirty Hit.
  • The Beatles

    Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

    • 1962-1966.
    • Apple.
    • 2.
  • George Ezra

    Paradise

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
  • Olivia Rodrigo

    drivers licence

    • (CD Single).
    • Geffen.
    • 1.
  • The S.O.S. Band

    Just Be Good To Me

    • The History Of Dance Vol. 2 (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur Collection.
  • MAX

    Blueberry Eyes (feat. SUGA)

    • (CD Single).
    • Colour Vision Records.
  • benny blanco, Marshmello & Vance Joy

    You

    • Virgin / EMI.
  • Tim McGraw

    Me And Tennessee (feat. Gwyneth Paltrow)

    • Country Strong O.S.T..
    • Curb.
    • 1.
  • The Jam

    English Rose

    • More Monkey Business From Catalogue Marketing (Various Artists).
    • Universal.
  • Kate Bush

    The Man With The Child In His Eyes

    • Remastered Part I.
    • Fish People.
  • Amy Winehouse

    Love Is A Losing Game

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Lady A

    Need You Now

    • Need You Now.
    • Capitol Nashville.
    • 1.
  • Matt Monro

    On Days Like These

    • Matt Monro Sings Don Black.
    • EMI.
  • Justin Bieber

    Love Yourself

    • Purpose.
    • Def Jam.
    • 5.
  • The Whispers

    And The Beat Goes On

    • Time For Love (Various Artists).
    • Truetrax.
  • Cat Stevens

    Peace Train

    • The Very Best Of Cat Stevens.
    • Island.
  • Steps

    To The Beat Of My Heart

    • What The Future Holds.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).
  • Girls Aloud

    The Promise

    • (CD Single).
    • Fascination.
    • 1.
  • Harry Styles

    Treat People With Kindness

    • Fine Line.
    • Columbia.
  • The Monkees

    A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You

    • The Definitive Monkees.
    • Warner Strategic Market.
    • 15.
  • Elvis Presley vs Junkie XL

    A Little Less Conversation

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG/RCA.
  • Justin Bieber

    Anyone

    • (CD Single).
    • Def Jam.
  • Luis Fonsi

    Despacito (Remix) (feat. Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Jimmy Ruffin

    What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted

    • Motown Forever (Various Artists).
    • Motown.
  • Otto

    Tell Me Something (I Don't Know)

    • Post.
    • Bay Street Records.
    • 1.
  • Lighthouse Family

    Ocean Drive

    • Lighthouse Family - Ocean Drive.
    • Polydor.
  • Bread

    The Guitar Man

    • David Gates & Bread - Essentials.
    • Elektra.
  • Celeste

    Love Is Back

    • Not Your Muse.
    • Polydor.
  • Crown Heights Affair

    You Gave Me Love

    • Soul Years 1980 (Various Artists).
    • Knight Records.
  • Kenny Loggins

    Danger Zone

    • Top Gun O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • CBS.

Broadcast

  • Thu 11 Feb 2021 14:00

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