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Top Ten Blogs/Websites I Visit That Aren’t About Books
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the bloggers over at the Broke and the Bookish. Book bloggers from all around create lists based on the chosen topics, and post links to the host blog to share our love of books. This week we’re stepping away from the books and talking about other great sites on the web that we just loooooove to visit.
‘Cause y’all know I don’t just love books! The internet is a black hole, a time suck, with all of its delicious little bits of fun and knowledge. There are so many sites that I love, but here are my favorites:
Top Ten Blogs/Websites I Visit That Aren’t About Books
[or, what's in Tara's bookmarks?]
1.) Facebook — This list is going to show that I’m a bit of a social media/iPhone app whore. I spend a lot of time on a lot of social media programs. But Facebook has been #1 in my heart since I first logged in in August 2004. It’s my favorite way of keeping up with all of my friend all over the world.
2.) All Things Google — Google, Google Docs, Gmail, Google Maps, Calendar, Google Reader..I run my life through Google. I Google search at least twenty times a day.
3.) Instagram — While I only share about a picture a day, I also love looking at other photos that my friends post. Instagram is great because it makes every day life just a little more artistic and a little more fun. My future biographer will get a better idea of my life from my Instagram feed than from anything else, because I use it to capture all of the little moments and things that might otherwise be forgotten.
4.) Foursquare — I am the mayor of my house and a few gas stations, and today I stole the mayorship of my school from a coworker. I’m also the mayor of the local Girl Scout offices. I don’t know why checking in at places suddenly became so addictive, but it’s fun (if not a little stalker-friendly).
5.) UNC.edu — Since I’m heading back for my doctorate in the fall, I spend a LOT of time on UNC’s website. I’ve never had to navigate financial aid before, so I spend a lot of time researching all things funding and finances. I also look up classes…and basketball ticket policies.
6.) Television Without Pity — I can’t just watch TV, I have to read the forums on this site to see what other people think of the ridiculous shows I love. My fav forums to read? Toddlers and Tiaras, Real Housewives, How I Met Your Mother, Dance Moms, 19 Kids and Counting, and Sisters Wives. I love snark.
7.) Netflix/Hulu — The sites I use to watch all of the shows listed in #7. Plus 30 Rock and Downton Abbey.
8.) PostSecret — I don’t always read the secrets on Sunday, but I have been reading them in my Google Reader for at least five years. Something about reading other people’s secrets always makes me feel like my life is pretty okay. Plus it gives me a little empathy when dealing with people in the real world because you never know what’s going on behind the scenes.
9.) Pinterest — Even if I don’t pin anything, I could browse this site for hours. It’s full of crafts that I say I’ll do, but never will. And a few that I might actually do. I always find great inspiration, though, for many things in life, from decorating to gifts.
10.) How Stuff Works – Their podcasts are the best! I’ve listened to every single episode of Stuff Mom Never Told You, Stuff You Should Know, and PopStuff…and many episodes of all the others. Their site is great for answering questions I have and teaching me something new on a daily basis.
Which non-book websites do you love? Do you love any of these?
Top Ten Favorite Quotes from Books
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the bloggers over at the Broke and the Bookish. Book bloggers from all around create lists based on the chosen topics, and post links to the host blog to share our love of books. This week we’re looking at our favorite quotes from books.
If you are a regular here at my blog, you know this topic is perfect for me! Every week I have a feature called Quotetastic Friday, where I combine my favorite personal photos (sometimes public domain/antique photos) with my favorite quotes from books I love. I’m using this Top Ten Tuesday to show case my favorite Quotetastic Friday pieces in an easy-to-digest slideshow for your viewing pleasure! Here they are in, random order:
Top Ten Favorite Quotes From Books
[Quotetastic Friday Style!]
[note: the back/stop/forward buttons will go away
if you take your mouse out of the slideshow box]
The slideshow goes a little fast (I couldn’t edit it), so press the stop button for more time on each picture.
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You can see all of my Quotetastic Friday posts here!
Top Ten Books I’d Like To See Made Into a Movie
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the bloggers over at the Broke and the Bookish. Book bloggers from all around create lists based on the chosen topics, and post links to the host blog to share our love of books. This week we’re looking at books that we think would make great movies. This can either be due to the desperate desire to see a beloved story/character played out on the big screen or because the book just seems perfectly suited for the theater. I wrote a post about my views on books into movies, which included my favorites and a wish list, so check it out if you get the chance! Here are my top picks:
Top Ten Books I’d Like To See Made Into a Movie
[aka movies I'd pay $15 to see, even though I already know the ending]
1.) Divergent by Veronica Roth
The scene where Tris ziplines down the Chicago skyline from a skyscraper? That alone would be worth it.
2.) Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
I just want to see the battle room in action.
3.) The Ruby Oliver series by E. Lockhart
Okay, so this one is purely selfish. I just want to see the cute outfits and you KNOW it’d have a great indie music soundtrack.
4.) The Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare
…so I can watch the movie and decide if I really want to read the books.
5.) Bunheads by Sophie Flack
I could watch ballet movies for hours.
6.) The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
This would make an amazing kid’s movie that grown-ups could also enjoy, especially if they put a good budget behind it and did it well.
7.) When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Just imagine all the pieces coming together at the end for a twist and a bang! But I also think the period feel could be done well, and the scenes with the $20,000 Pyramid would be fun.
8.) A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
It could ride the coattails of the Downton Abbey obsession AND the paranormal romance obsession, all in one book. I didn’t ever finish the book, so it would also inspire me to do so.
9.) The Maze Runner by James Dashner
It’s just asking to be made into an action movie with crazy special effects.
10.) Any Agatha Christie Novel
Now here’s a movie franchise I could take part in! I would love to see Christie’s stories OR new stories based on hers told on the big screen in the 21st century. The TV movies and adaptations and whatnot are nice, but they could really kill it (pun intended) with a good budget and some great actors.
Basically I’ll go see any movie that comes out for a book I’ve read. What movie would you like to see on the screen? What movie do you wish you could write/produce?
[Also, note that my book cover collages are back! I found a post-Picnik site that will do them just like Picnik: ipiccy.com!]
Top Ten Tips for New Book Bloggers
(I love this new TTT image!)
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the bloggers over at the Broke and the Bookish. Book bloggers from all around create lists based on the chosen topics, and post links to the host blog to share our love of books. This week we’re looking at the actual practice of book blogging. I’ve learned a lot about blogging in the past year, and I still have a lot to learn. I may not be the most qualified person to dish out advice, but I guess I could give a few pointers that I wish someone had told me when I started all of this. So here we go:
Top Ten Tips for New Book Bloggers
[blogging is fun!]
1.) Write often – When I started blogging, I told myself I was going to post at least three posts a week. Once you get in the habit of writing regularly and reviewing the books you read it will come easily, but it does take some work to build that habit. This is not the first blog I’ve had, but it is the only one where I’ve managed to blog often and regularly — it’s not easy.
2.) Schedule your posts – This tip helps with tip #1. I tend to finish a lot of books at the same time. I review books immediately after reading them, but I schedule those reviews for dates in the future to spread them out. One of my favorite things to do is go to Starbucks on a Sunday afternoon and write lots of posts all at once. In fact, I wrote this post on April 9.
3.) Participate in memes – Memes have been a great way for me to connect with the blogging community. Top Ten Tuesday in particular has connected me with blogs I love, and it has brought many people to my blog! The comments are really great on these posts because we are all tuned in to the same topic for a day, so we have a lot to say. Find a meme you like and participate…you don’t have to do it every week, but give it a try.
4.) …but not too many memes! – That being said, your blog should have some original content. A blog of all memes is not really showcasing your personality or your voice. The best blogs are the ones where I really feel like I know the blogger like a friend. That means sometimes I’ve got to see what topics you want to talk about.
5.) Get on Twitter – I’m not the best at Twitter myself, but I do think it has helped me keep up with all the blogs I love to read. I used to love Google Reader, but now I just follow my favorite bloggers on Twitter and click on posts that interest me. My problem with Twitter is that I try to stay away from social media overload, so I don’t use it as much as I could. But even as casual user, it’s helped connect people with my content and reach out to readers.
6.) Tag your posts – Tagging, especially on WordPress, helps drive visitors to your content who might not otherwise visit. I tag the subjects of some of my books I review (mostly non-fiction, things like religion or science), and I notice a distinct spike in views, comments, and likes on those posts. The tag allows it to show up on tag searches, and people often browse blogs using the tags. I also tag every post with a “books” category.
7.) Challenge yourself – This year I have challenged myself to read 75 books, up from 52 books in the previous years. Keeping track of a number means I read more, or read more books to completion. I also have sub-challenges, like adult fiction, audio books, and classics. When I read more and more variety, my posts are more interesting. I have new opinions and more material to work with.
8.) Read what you want – In the end, though, you have to read what you want. Challenge yourself, step outside of your comfort zone, but never let reading be a chore. You don’t have to read that trendy book just because all the book bloggers are raving about it!
9.) Comment – Blogging is about community, and commenting is the way we create that. I would love to comment on every post I read, but that’s not always possible. However, I still try. If I have time, I do it. For the blogs I read regularly, once every couple posts is okay. Retweets also go in this category. One of my personal goals is to retweet posts I like more often to spread the love!
10.) Blog for yourself – Don’t worry about statistics or comments or readers at first. Blog because you like it, because you want to write and record your reviews, or because you have opinions on books. I love my blog enough that I’d continue writing it even if I had no readers. In fact, I only had about 30 followers and the occasional sporadic comment for my first 11 months! It took a while to build good content and find my voice. Blogging is a labor of love, not fame and fortune.
What tips do you have for new book bloggers? New bloggers in general? How have you grown as a blogger since you started?
Top Ten TV Shows I Love
This week I am taking a break from the assigned Top Ten Tuesday topic over at The Broke and the Bookish to do a top ten list of my own. The topic today was supposed to be Top Ten Books That Deceived Me, but I didn’t think I could come up with ten and I wasn’t feeling the topic.
So instead I’m going to talk about TV.
‘Cause y’all know I don’t just sit around and read all day. I’d addicted to my TiVo (yes, TiVo. I’m a diehard TiVoer and refuse to use the cable company’s DVR). Though I only have about ten channels at the moment, these are my favs to catch on network TV, Netflix, and Hulu. So here we go with a distinctively non-bookish Top Ten Tuesday:
Top Ten TV Shows I Love
[shows I never miss an episode of]
1.) 30 Rock – I have seen every episode a bajillion times, it’s my go-to show on Netflix. Liz Lemon is my hero, the writing is superb, and the cast is hilarious. There are a million jokes hidden in the dialogue of every episode. I love quoting the show and it always makes me laugh ridiculously hard at least once an episode. It’s my favorite show. Ever.
2.)How I Met Your Mother — Some may say the show is going downhill, but I will continue to watch. I love the continuity within the series and the fact that 2030 Ted is an unreliable narrator, so sometimes the stories are exaggerated. I love Barney Stinson most of all.
3.) Big Bang Theory — Sheldon Cooper. Need I say more? Again, this one is kind of going downhill for me, but the legacy of the first few wonderful seasons keeps it above the pack in TiVo queue.
4.) Modern Family — I’ve just recently really fallen in love with Modern Family. I knew I’d like it, but I just didn’t have time for it. I love the characters and the multiple subplots in each episode. My favorite characters have to be Mitchell Pritchett, Phil Dunphy, and Alex Dunphy…but who am I kidding? I love them all.
5.) Dance Moms — Okay, here’s the part where I proudly announce my love of reality TV. Yes, I love bad reality TV. I love Dance Moms because I like watching the kids dance, but also because I love how badly staged the drama is. It’s so, so, so fake.
6.) Project Runway — I enjoy the sassy outfits and the general fact that this show has historically focused more on the actual competition than the drama back in the living quarters. However, the 1.5 hour format has gone into this a lot more. I don’t really care for the 1.5 hour episodes, but a few “bloop bloop bloops” of the TiVo and I can skip ahead the good stuff: the runway shows. Drool.
7.) Toddlers and Tiaras — Shock and awe. I’m sold. See #5 about my love of trashy TV. It makes me feel like I will be an okay mother one day if there are really people like that running around out there. Plus I totally knew kids and families like that in grade school.
8.) Real Housewives of New York/Orange County — I think this one sprung from many afternoons of Bravo marathons. Those bitches are CRAZY and I eat it up.
9.) Penn and Teller: Bullshit! — I have a hard time finding episodes to watch, since I don’t have Showtime, but I desperately want to own this show on DVD. These guys are libertarians and they aren’t afraid to be skeptical about things and speak their minds about it. Recycling? Family values? Boy Scouts? Nothing is safe. Plus I always laugh.
10.) Downton Abbey — Though I admittedly love the half-hour sitcom and reality TV, Downton Abbey did capture my heart. I’ve watched series 1 on Netflix three times, and I’m trying to get ahold of series 2. This is one show that I put everything away for and focus on 100%.
What TV shows do you love? And do you know where I can find Downton Abbey?
Top Ten Books To Read In A Day
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the bloggers over at the Broke and the Bookish. Book bloggers from all around create lists based on the chosen topics, and post links to the host blog to share our love of books. This week we’re looking at books that are so awesome that they should be devoured in one sitting. Since I like to dish out the advice I take, this is actually a list of books I’ve read that I devoured in a single day. Some books technically break that rule, but it’s just as commendable to say that I read the book during every possible second of available time around my work schedule in order to finish it. So here we go:
Top Ten Books To Read In A Day
[books I actually read in a day...-ish]
1.) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling – The first and the last Harry Potter went the most quickly for me. I definitely read the last one while I was a unit leader at Girl Scout camp, and the kids totally understood why I reading during meals, pool time, shower hour, FOB, and allllllll night long.
2.) A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness – Since it’s relatively short, I do recommend reading this one in one sitting. Eerie and beautiful, I had to find out what it all meant.
3.) Twilight by Stephenie Meyer – It is with great shame that I admit to this one. I sped through it because it is well paced, but I wanted to throw it against a wall when I was done. I have never read any of the other books.
4.) Real Live Boyfriends by E. Lockhart – My final Ruby Oliver book. I started it with the intention of reading a few pages before bed…and finished at 3am with a satisfied smile on my face.
5.) Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher – I had to know why Hannah Baker killed herself, and the 13-story narrative structure of the tapes made it easy to say, “just one more!” until I realized it was over.
6.) My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult – Picoult sure can weave a tale. I had no clue where this one was going. Nothing can keep me up until the wee hours of the morning like a mystery or the promise of a twist ending (which is the appeal of the Harry Potter books, too).
7.) 1st To Die by James Patterson – A mystery! So again I was reading to find out whodunnit. Patterson’s short chapters allowed me to breeze through these books in the Women’s Murder Club series and the Alex Cross series over the course of the spring of 2007. I think I read like 12 of his books in just as many weeks. Not stellar prose, but addictive.
8.) The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown – I don’t care what y’all say, I like Dan Brown’s books. DaVinci Code in particular had me tearing through pages. Th pacing is so fast and there is so much action that I just couldn’t stop. Of course, I take him with a grain of salt and read him as FICTION. But yes, I did get caught up in the hype.
9.) Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card – Best required reading ever! I’ve been required to read this one three times for college-level courses, and I’ve loved doing the reading each time. The first time, though, I read it over Christmas break and I’m pretty sure it went in the bathtub with me so I could read and bathe at the same time…it was that good.
10.) Holes by Louis Sachar – I guess the appeal here was in Sachar’s amazing storytelling. I could just feel that something was going to happen, but I didn’t quite get everything that was going on. Every detail was important and the two tales wove together perfectly for a surprise ending. I still haven’t read a book that does it quite like this. Unputdownable.
Top Ten Books On My Spring To-Be-Read List
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the bloggers over at the Broke and the Bookish. Book bloggers from all around create lists based on the chosen topics, and post links to the host blog to share our love of books. This week we’re looking at our top ten books on our spring TBR lists. If you know me, you know that I’m not always reading 2012 releases. So this list reflects everything in my TBR pile, both in terms of new releases and older books that I know I need/want to read. Here we go:
Top Ten Books On My Spring To-Be-Read List
[not just new releases!]
I’ll start with the 5 new releases…
1.) Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver — The sequel to Delirium. I’m excited to read it, but I’m being patient enough to wait for the ebook or a library copy. I’ll either love it or hate it, and I’m intrigued to see what Oliver does with the story.
2.) Insurgent by Veronica Roth — I liked Divergent, though I felt it got a bit crazy at the end. Like Pandemonium, I’ll either love it or hate it. Hopefully it’s as fast-paced and awesome as the first one in the trilogy.
3.) Such a Rush by Jennifer Echols — My first Jennifer Echols novel. I know, right? But it sounds good and I need some more YA Contemporaries in my brain.
4.) The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith — If John Green loved it, I have to give it a go. I love the cover and I love the idea. And from what I’ve seen, it’s gotten a lot of book-blogger love. It’s just a matter of price at this point, darn it!
5.) Bunheads by Sophie Flack — It’s sitting on my Nook, ready for me.
And then 5 oldies-but-goodies…
6.) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling — Once I finish Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, I’m going to want to read the fifth book by summer as I read my way through the series for the third time.
7.) Alice in April/Alice In Between/Alice the Brave by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor — Reading my way through the entire Alice series is going very, very slowly. These books at the beginning are important, but I’ve already read them all. I can’t wait to get to the later books where I’ll be reading some for the first time.
8.) The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak — I know, I know. It’s amazing and I’ll love it and why haven’t I read it already? I know it will be good, when it get to it. And I will. I’m going to make it a required reading this spring. It’s been in my TBR pile for years!
9.) The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness — Like The Book Thief, I have no excuses for this one. I can only say that I know I should read it, I know I will like it, and I will read it as soon as I have a way of getting my hands on it.
10.) The Jessica Darling series by Megan McCafferty — The public library has these as an e-book with all five novels in the series in one package. I want to get it quite badly, but I’m going to have to be prepared to read five novels in the two week lending period. I think summer might be the better choice of timing, but it’s very high on my radar and I wish it could be sooner!
Which books are you just dying to read this spring? Do you have any oldies on your list that you are trying to get to? Any new releases that you will be rushing to buy/check out?
Top Ten YA Dystopian Novels
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the bloggers over at the Broke and the Bookish. Book bloggers from all around create lists based on the chosen topics, and post links to the host blog to share our love of books. This week we’re looking at our top ten favorite book in various genres. We all got to pick our own genre, so the lists around the blogosphere should be varied and awesome! As a librarian, I know that I might be using the list this week in prepping my next book order. I’ve decided to make a list of my favorite dystopian novels, since dystopia is my favorite genre — especially in YA.
Top Ten YA Dystopian Books
[let's face it, this is really just an updated list of my favorite books of all time,
because I love YA dystopia like it's my JOB. Well, cause it kind of is my job]
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3.) The Giver by Lois Lowry.
4.) Divergent by Veronica Roth.
5.) Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card.
6.) The City of Ember/People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau.
7.) Life As We Knew It/The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
8.) The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan.
9.) Matched by Ally Condie.
Runner Up: You should note that Delirium by Lauren Oliver is not on this list. Delirium, you are on probation until I read Pandemonium. Which will be soon. The sequel will make or break the trilogy, if Oliver does with it what I hope she does (or, rather, if she doesn’t do what I hope she doesn’t do).
Top Ten Favorite Book Covers
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the bloggers over at the Broke and the Bookish. Book bloggers from all around create lists based on the chosen topics, and post links to the host blog to share our love of books. This week we’re looking at great book covers. I didn’t like enough book covers in my 2011 reads to do any of the year-end “best covers” memes, but many of the books I’ve read this year have had amazing covers! This list was actually pretty easy to create because I came up with exactly ten pretty quickly. I decided to do a video blog to try something different!
Top Ten Books I Would Give A Theme Song To
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the bloggers over at the Broke and the Bookish. Book bloggers from all around create lists based on the chosen topics, and post links to the host blog to share our love of books. This week we’re looking at music and books. I thought this post would be easy and fun, but it actually turned out to be quite difficult! I guess I love my music so much and I love my books so much that matching them made me super-picky. There were other choices, but I liked these the best:
Top Ten Books I Would Give A Theme Song To
[and what the song is. and why.]
1.) Peak by Roland Smith/”Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
Though a love song, I’m applying it to a teenager climbing Mt. Everest here. Because I can.
2.) Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher/”Rocketship” by Guster
This is a book about suicide, and the suicide “note” Hannah Abbott has left behind in the form of seven audio tapes. The tapes tell her story and explain how thirteen people caused her to end her life. The Guster song is a beautiful, but heartbreaking, song about suicide.
“They’ll find it on the stairs
Politely placed it there
Been so unkind without a hint
No warning sign for them
Read my apology
Their hope of disbelief
But no denial changes things
No remedy ahead”
3.) Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli/”Magic” by Ben Folds
I just wrote my review of Stargirl yesterday after I re-read it with my book club. Basically, Stargirl is a free spirited girl who tries to attend a normal public high school full of conforming students…and the one boy who loves her almost as much as he loves fitting in. The Ben Folds song captures the way that Leo watches Stargirl as a bystander, and how Stargirl can’t be contained.
“saw you last night
dance by the light of the moon
stars in your eyes
free from the life that you knew
saw you last night
stars in your eyes
smiled in my room”
4.) Crossed by Allie Condie (or any other dystopian novel)/”Run Away” by The Real McCoy
Though I didn’t care much for the book, it does make me think of this song for the 90′s. A bit a of a throwback for you! The song also works for just about any dystopian novel…take your pick. Delirium? Divergent? The Giver? Unwind? The Forest of Hands and Teeth?
“Money, sex in full control, look, big brother is watching you,
Unlock your brain and save your soul,
No more limits, no more curfew
Life in the perfect system,
Take a stand and fight for freedom
Keep the faith, you gotta keep the faith
You’d better keep the faith and run away”
5.) Stuff White People Like by Christian Lander/”Hipster Bitch” by Lelia Broussard
The book is a non-fiction book based on the website of the same name, but I always think of it when I hear this Lelia Broussard song. Nobody likes to admit they are a hipster, but there are enough of them out there to drive me nuts.
“hipster bitch
lord knows i’m nothin like her
hipster bitch
gotta be the life of the party
hipster bitch
so quick to tell ya she’s artsy
but I guess it’s hard to hate that ass and those lips
hipster bitch”
6.) Beauty Queens by Libba Bray/”Welcome to the Jungle” by Guns N’ Roses
The song is over-the-top and so is the book. It’s all a big metaphor in the end, right?
“Welcome to the jungle
We take it day by day
If you want it you’re gonna bleed
But it’s the price you pay
And you’re a very sexy girl
That’s very hard to please
You can taste the bright lights
But you won’t get them for free
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle”
7.) The Fault In Our Stars by John Green/”What Sarah Said” by Death Cab for Cutie
The Death Cab song is one of my favorite songs of all time. Many of the Death Cab songs, with their dark themes about life and death, would work for this book about kids with cancer.
“And it came to me then that every plan is a tiny prayer to father time
As I stared at my shoes in the ICU that reeked of piss and 409
And I rationed my breaths as I said to myself that I’d already taken too much today
As each descending peak on the LCD took you a little farther away from me”
8.) Anna and the French Kiss by Stephenie Perkins/”I Love You” by Sarah McLachlan
Anna and Etienne get thisclose to falling for each other at so many points in this book, while roaming the streets of Paris. Since this Sarah McLachlan song takes place during a parting at a streetlight filled with unspoken emotions, I thought it was perfect for the romantic tension of the novel.
“Oh and every time I’m close to you
There’s too much I can’t say
And you just walk away
And I forgot
To tell you
I love you”
9.) Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver/”Here It Goes Again” by OK Go
Before I Fall has a Groundhog Day-esque plotline about a girl reliving the same day over and over. I thought the OK Go song would be peppy enough for the movie soundtrack of the book. I imagine it as the song playing on her alarm clock when she wakes up each morning. Or on the car radio.
“Oh here it goes, here it goes, here it goes again
Oh, here it goes again
I should have known, should have known, should have known again
But here it goes again
Oh, here it goes again”
10.) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins/”Love Is Battlefield” by Pat Benatar
Really this song works for the whole series.
“When I’m losing control
Will you turn me away
Or touch me deep inside
And when all this gets old
Will it still feel the same
There’s no way this will die
But if we get much closer
I could lose control
And if your heart surrenders
You’ll need me to hold”
