I actually liking doing this, though with my change of real-life situation over the past 6 or so months means I read a little less than I normally do, which means I listen to less music than normal. But, am not going to give this up yet, as I keep seeming to discover new artists and songs of late and they just click with what I'm reading.
So, do you listen to music while you read? If so, what? Am super intrigued! And I hope you like these song choices to what I read over the past few months...
SQUARED UP by Annabeth Albert
"I Hate Love Songs" by Kelsea Ballerini, "Thousand Miles" by Tove Lo and "The Fighter" by Keith Urban (featuring Carrie Underwood)
LORD OF SHADOWS by Cassandra Clare "I Can't Make Me" by Butterfly Boucher
LEAH ON THE OFFBEAT by Becky Ablertalli "Stop Me From Falling" by Kylie Minogue
Welcome back to another Books And Their Theme Songs post. As you know, I love reading books with music, even the books I decided to DNF. But with me changing jobs recently and my sudden addiction to random podcasts (and no audiobooks! I WOULD KILL TO LISTEN TO A KICKASS AUDIOBOOK!), this post might be a tad shorter than I like. But ha, at least am discovering and trying new things out!
So, enough of my jibber-jabber (we all know where this is going), let's get onto the music!
THE LAST MRS PARRISH by Liv Constantine (DNF)
"Gained the World" by Morcheeba & "Snakes" by Deva Mahal
SMALL-TOWN WEDDING Novella within THE COMPLETE SOOKIE STACKHOUSE STORIES by Charlaine Harris "Whatever You Want" by P!nk
SHADOW OF NIGHT by Deborah Harkness "Feather Jesus" and "Ursa Minor" by Fassine
THE WITCH'S TEARS by Katharine and Elizabeth Corr "Cold Hard Truth" by Nelly Furtado
And before this blog goes on Christmas holiday, let me show you some music I listened while I did my reading for the past few months! Yes, it's another Books And Their Theme Songs time again!
I hope you like my music choices and if you guys know of music which you think I will like, please let me know. I always love discovering new music!
OH MY! WHAT'S THIS?! A BOOKS AND THEIR THEME SONGS POST! It's been so long!!!
After reading a ton of books and ebooks and no real music clicking with them for one reason or another, am back! This is why in my last Books and Their Theme Songs post that this might be changing style.
Anyway, am back and hopefully you'll like the song choices for these stories so, ONWARDS!!!
SONGS ABOUT US by Chris Russell
"What About Us" by P!nk
DR JEKYLL AND MR SEEK by Anthony O'Neill
"Monsters" by Ruelle and "Look At What You Made Me Do" by Taylor Swift
FOXGLOVE COPSE by Alex Beecroft "Wish You Were Here" by Florence And The Machine
ILLEGAL CONTACT by Santino Hassell "Wildest Dreams" and "I Know Places" by Taylor Swift and "Craving You" by Thomas Rhett (featuring Marine Morris)
EVERY HEART A DOORWAY by Seanan McGuire "Crybaby" by Paloma Faith
It's about time I changed the name of this to reflect the months I read/listen to music. Plus, it gives me a bit of flexibility. So, instead of doing this every two months, I can change it up, depend on how many books and how much music I listen to. Plus, I can add a gif or two, just to make it more fun!
Now I got those gifs out of my system, let's get on with the music, shall we? Let's listen and dance it out together!!!
THE SLEEPING PRINCE by Melinda Salisbury
"High Hopes" by Quails
THE SCARECROW QUEEN by Melinda Salisbury
"Right Where I Want You" by Selah Sue
NOAH CAN'T EVEN by Simon James Green "Crazy Fool" by Girls Aloud
THE WITCH'S KISS by Katharine and Elizabeth Corr "The Ghost of You" by Caro Emerald with "The Huntsman" & "This Boy Will Be Your Undoing" by Mark Isman
RELEASE by Patrick Ness "The Rain That Never Came" by Apache Sun and "Serious Love" by Anya Marina
And that's it. Hopefully, I will have more songs and books in the coming months. If there is any songs/bands/albums I MUST listen to, leave a comment or tweet me! I'm always on the hunt for new songs!
HOW IS IT THE END OF FEBRUARY ALREADY?! What is happening, everyone?!
Anyway, it's that time on the blog again where I show you some of the music I was listening to while reading or a song that made a strong reaction while reading a book/ebook or listening to an audiobook!
Anyway, I hope you like the pics and if there is any music I should check out, leave a comment down below and I'll check them out!
CARVE THE MARK by Veronica Roth
"Renaissance Moon" by Laura Mvula
THE SIN EATER'S DAUGHTER by Melinda Salisbury "People" by Laura Mvula (featuring Wretch 32)
RED QUEEN by Victoria Aveyard (Still Listening to Audiobook) "Lethargy" by Bastille
Because of the last few months and their oddness, I decided quite late in the game to merge 4 months worth of reading/music listening into one blog post. I have listened to a lot of audiobooks which has kinda messed up my music-listening while reading and, because I went to New York, took a RSM break and then had a possible reading slump right before my ALM (oh, joy!), it's kinda threw my reading out of the loop!
But here is some music I listened to while reading. Hope you guys liked the music choices!
GOLDENHAND by Garth Nix
"The Walk" (Instrumental) and "Half-Life" (Instrumental) by Imogen Heap [Not Available]
HEARTLESS by Marissa Meyer (DNFed) "Shape" by Sugababies
A BOY CALLED CHRISTMAS by Matt Haig "It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas" by Perry Como & Michael Buble
THE GIRL WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS by Matt Haig (DNFed) "Carol of the Bells" & "The Holly and the Ivy"
It's the end of the summer. Are we sad? Are we crying? Did we even get a day of sunshine (if not, am so happy as I dislike heat. I like to be cool)?
But it's that time again. Music I was listening to while I was reading the past 2 months! And I hope it's a real mix of music genres! I hope you guys like and, if you have songs/artists I should discover, leave me a comment and let me know!
Two months of reading - one full of crime and the other of easy, fun reads. Including a big ass book or two. Now the end of these two months is over, which means one thing on this blog - READING MUSIC TIME!!! I hope you guys like and if you like any song, please support the artist and go buy it!
THE LEAVING by Tara Altebrando
"Sunlight" by Natalie Imbruglia and "Fear" by All Saints (Not unavailable at time of writing this post)
LYING ABOUT LAST SUMMER by Sue Wallman
"The Heroine" by Unwoman, "Clipping" by MuteMath and "Hurricane" by Natalie Imbruglia
CHASING THE STARS by Malorie Blackman "Under the Stars" by Morning Parade
That's it! See you in August for another "Books and their Theme Songs" post!
So, is this post of Books and Their Theme Songs gonna be longer than the last post back in February? Well, scroll down and have a look/listen to find out!
KINDRED SPIRITS by Rainbow Rowell "I Do What I Like" by The Corrs
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE by Juno Dawson "One Strike" by All Saints
FRAIL HUMAN HEART by Zoe Marriott "Tidal" by Imogen Heap & "Minds Without Fear" by Imogen Heap & Vishal/Shekhar
HALF LOST by Sally Green "Scars" by Tove Lo
THE CROWN AND THE ARROW by Renne Ahdieh "The Sky Is Calling" by Kim Boekbinder
LEAP YEAR!!! And this is gonna be a busy few days on the blog. So, let's get this week off with a bang and share some of my reading music for January and February. And yes, there isn't that many as was listening to audiobook so... yeah... moving on!
REBEL OF THE SANDS by Alwyn Hamilton "Devil Side" by Foxes
THE SERPENT KING by Jeff Zenter "Heal" by Ellie Goulding
I did warn you that there wasn't that many songs these last 2 months...
It's very close to Christmas, and because of that, I will be going on a tiny Christmas blog break. But I couldn't leave you without some music. Well, the music I have been listening to while reading the past two months.
So, let's get started! I hope you like...
CARRY ON by Rainbow Rowell "You Picked Me" by A Fine Frenzy
HALF TRUTH by Sally Green "Forget" and "I'm A Ruin" by Marina and the Diamonds
YEAR OF YES by Shonda Rhimes "Where Did The Good Go" by Sara and Tegan & "Cosy in The Rocket" by Psapp
Because I took July off (and I listened to very little music while reading throughout that month and August), I decided to merge the 2 Books And Their Theme Songs posts (end of August and end of October) together to, hopefully, create one huge blog post of music!
Well... that was the plan... *hands you the music and hopes you love them* THE SECRET FIRE by CJ Daugherty and Carina Rozenfeld "Shoot And Run" by Josef Salvat
THE NEXT TOGETHER by Lauren James "Thousand Miles" by Tove Lo
FANGIRL by Rainbow Rowell "Cool for the Summer" by Demi Lovato
MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN by Ransom Riggs "Various Storms and Saints" and "Queen of Peace" by Florence and the Machine & "Endless Dream" by God is An Astronaut
And in case you're curious over the music used in my Worrying about Failing blog post, the songs used are "Save Me" by Nicki Minaj, "Don't Be So Hard on Yourself" by Jess Glynne and "Wings" by Delta Goodrem.
30 BLOGPOSTS LINKED TO MUSIC I LISTEN TO WHILE I READ! 30!!! The same number as my age (say nothing! I AM STILL YOUNG ON THE INSIDE!!!)
Anyway, before I take my RSM, I am going to share my reading music for the past two months. I hope you like and I feel the urge to apologise for these choices. I'm not sure why I'm apologise, but I feel I should...
Anyway, let's get the music playing, shall we?
THE HEIR by Kiera Cass "How To Be A Heartbreaker" by Marina and the Diamonds
SPEAKING IN BONES by Kathy Reichs "Can't Deny My Love" by Brandon Flowers
ONE by Sarah Crossan "Breath (2am)" by Anna Nalick (& cover of song by Kelly Clarkson), "A Cold Wind Will Blow Through Your Door" by Bill Ricchini (Also, Dolly Parton - if you've read the book, you understand why...)
THOR: THE GODDESS OF THUNDER "White Lightening" by Rogue Traders
THE ART OF BEING NORMAL by Lisa Williamson "War Paint" by Kelly Clarkson (As side songs, "The Outsider" by Marina and the Diamonds & "1000 Stars" by Natalie Bassingthwaighte)
Did everyone have a good two months since Books and Their Theme Songs was up last? You know all my drama - award win (how?), reading slump (Half Wild by Sally Green) among other things. But here is the reason we're here. Music. I hope you like these tracks and, if you do, buy them legally please. Let's support both the books/authors and the music/artists.
Now, onto the music!!!
HALF WILD by Sally Green "I'm A Ruin" by Marina and the Diamonds & "No One's Here To Sleep" by Naughty Boy Featuring Bastille
I WAS HERE by Gayle Forman (A DNF while in reading slump. Promise to return to it soon!) "Never Let You Down" by Woodkid ft. Lykke Li
MISTRESS OF SOULS by Michelle Zink "Weeds" & "Solitaire" by Marina and the Diamonds
THE REST OF US JUST LIVE HERE by Patrick Ness "Keep Breathing" by Ingrid Michaelson
FIRST BOOKS AND THEIR THEME SONGS OF 2015! Where have the last 2 months gone?!
Anyway, because I was playing around with my idea of If I Made The Movie Soundtrack For... posts, there might not be as many songs here as I would have liked. Oh well...
I hope you like the songs choices! And, as I want to discover new music, if you read any of the books I mention and have a different song for them, please let me know! I would love to hear you about music!
THE GIRL WHO TWEETED WOLF and RUSH JOBS by Nick Bryan "What's The Matter" by Milo Grenne
ALL FALL DOWN by Ally Carter "I Lied" by Nicki Minaj
HALF BAD by Sally Green "Ten Tonne Skeleton" by Royal Blood & "I'm A Ruin" by Marina and the Diamonds
I'm popping this up now as it's Christmas and New Year and I don't think I shall be blogging for the next few weeks. Hopefully. I doubt I will keep to this plan but either way, I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas or whichever religious holiday you keep.
Be happy, be kind, be full of love, be you.
Anyway, before you go enjoy the next few days, let me show you guys the music I was listening to while I was reading in the past two months. I hope you like these songs choices!
THIS SHATTERED WORLD by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner "The Only One" by James Blunt
THE BANE CHRONICLES by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan & Maureen Johnson "Welcome to New York" by Taylor Swift [Not available on YouTube at this time]
CONSPIRACY GIRL by Sarah Alderson "If Only" & "Fine" by Kylie Minogue
A MONSTER CALLS by Patrick Ness (Based on the Original Idea by Siobhan Dowd) "Only Lonely" by Tina Arena
THE SNOW GLOBE by Sheila Roberts "Intro (Return of Blackbird) by Rumer
COLD WIND by Nicola Griffith "The Hanging Tree" by James Newton Howard(Sung by Jennifer Lawrence)
SHADOWS ON THE MOON by Zoe Marriott "No One's Here To Sleep" by Naughty Boy featuring Bastille & "Don't Forget Me" by Way Out West
CAPTIVE by A. J. Grainger "Happy" by Marina and the Diamonds
Happy Halloween! Before we go into the music for the past 2 months reads, let me throw this song at you...
Now we have that out of the way... ONTO THE MUSIC!!!
DAY 21 by Kass Morgan "Bring On The Wonder" by Susan Enan
THE MISUNDERSTANDING by Irene Nemirovsky "I Caught Myself" by Paramore, "Love is a Camera" by Sophie Ellis Bextor, "Figure 8" by Ellie Goulding, "Black Star" by Eliza Lumley & "Only Love Can Hurt Like This" by Paloma Faith
A NEW YORK CHRISTMAS by Anne Perry "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" by Kelly Clarkson
DREAMS OF GODS AND MONSTERS by Laini Taylor "Dreams of Gods and Monsters" by Lana Del Ray (BBC Eastenders Cut)
FRAIL MORTAL HEART (Advance Chapter Sampler) by Zoe Marriott "Satellite Heart" by Anya Marina
Volume 25?! Can you guys believe that this has been going on for 25 blog posts?! I am shocked and thrilled over this! You guys know that I love music and discovering new (well, to me) music! And if I love a book, music usually attaches itself to the book!
So, what music has attached itself to my reads in the past few months? Well, with no more waffle, enjoy the music. And if you have read the books in question and have your own songs attached to them, share! I would love to know what you guys listen to while you read!
Anyway, off we go!
DARKNESS HIDDEN by Zoe Marriott "Human" by Christina Perri and "Kings" by The Pierces
THE SILKWORM by Robert Galbraith "High Tide Rising" by Fox (with "Call Off Your Ghost" by Dessa and "Landline" by Greg Laswell featuring Ingrid Michaelson)
AS RED AS BLOOD by Salla Simukka "We Hit A Wall" by Chelsea Wolfe
