Posts Tagged "music"

Alita over at  Alita Reads is having a quick mini-challenge. Choose a book that you are currently reading or have recently finished and then select a song that goes with, then answer a few questions, but hurry this mini-challenge is only up for a short time! I just finished reading What I Saw, and How I Lied by Judy Blundell, and here is the song I have chosen for the soundtrack: The song is “In the Mood” and in this clip is performed by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. As for why I chose the song, What I Saw, and How I Lied is a YA historical fiction set just after World War II. The main character’s stepfather has just returned home to New York after fighting in the war. “In the Mood” fits the time period of the story, and I believe...

Some people discover new music by hearing it on the radio or reading about it in a magazine, but for me my father has always been my source for new music. Whether it was Nirvana and Pearl Jam when I was in high school or Liz Phair when I was in college, my dad always seemed to be the first person I knew to discover new performers. He is not in any way involved in the music industry, though he does have this dream of starting an internet radio station when he retires. This is a hobby, a sometimes expensive hobby, since he has been known to buy several CDs a week. (Yes, there are still people out there who buy CDs.) Anyway, a CD he bought a little bit before Christmas and which he and I have decided is awesome is Fortress ’round My Heart by Ida Maria. So, this...

The theme of today’s group blog by Stephanie Faris at Steph in the City is “That Song That Fits Your Novel.” You can participate in the group blog by clicking here. I’ve noticed that a lot of writers have playlists that suit the mood of their works in progress as well as their finished novels, and despite being something of a music nerd – I think this might just mean that I listen to nerdy music – I’ve never really had a playlist for my work or even a single song that I considered the theme song of my novel. Way back (and it was a long time ago) when I first started working on The Balderdash Semesters I remember coming up with a list of inspirational books, films, movies and TV shows. I don’t think they were really...