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My favorite 15 books from 2010 (out of 132 read, give or take how [overly] sensitive you are to counting comic book volumes as a book), paired with a song that connected, in my head at least, to the story.
Zippy!
Dr. Dog - Ain’t It Strange(Youth in Revolt - C.D. Payne)
Josh Garrels - Be Set Free(Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto - Mark Levin)
Doug Burr - Topeka(Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry - Leanne Shapton)
Peter Broderick - Human Eyeballs on Toast(The Book Thief - Markus Zusak)
David Newman - Main Title (Sandlot)(The Opposite Field - Jesse Katz)
Peter Gabriel - Zaar(The Farseer Trilogy - Robin Hobb)
Keegan DeWitt - Hearts Beat Loud(Flipped - Wendelin Van Draanen)
Crystal Castles - Tell Me What to Swallow(Graceling - Kristin Cashore)
Soley - Kill the Clown(We Have Always Lived In the Castle - Shirley Jackson)
Goldfrapp - Cologne Cerrone Houdini(New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance - Elna Baker)
Active Child - Weight of the World(Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins)
Piano Magic - A Fond Farewell(Poison Study - Maria Snyder)
James Vincent McMorrow - If I Had A Boat(Leaving Paradise - Simone Elkeles)
Eluvium - The Motion Makes Me Last(The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake - Aimee Bender)
Guillemots - Take Me Home(Sweet Tooth Vol. I-III - Jeff Lemire)

My favorite 15 books from 2010 (out of 132 read, give or take how [overly] sensitive you are to counting comic book volumes as a book), paired with a song that connected, in my head at least, to the story.

Zippy!

  1. Dr. Dog - Ain’t It Strange
    (Youth in Revolt - C.D. Payne)
  2. Josh Garrels - Be Set Free
    (Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto - Mark Levin)
  3. Doug Burr - Topeka
    (Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry - Leanne Shapton)
  4. Peter Broderick - Human Eyeballs on Toast
    (The Book Thief - Markus Zusak)
  5. David Newman - Main Title (Sandlot)
    (The Opposite Field - Jesse Katz)
  6. Peter Gabriel - Zaar
    (The Farseer Trilogy - Robin Hobb)
  7. Keegan DeWitt - Hearts Beat Loud
    (Flipped - Wendelin Van Draanen)
  8. Crystal Castles - Tell Me What to Swallow
    (Graceling - Kristin Cashore)
  9. Soley - Kill the Clown
    (We Have Always Lived In the Castle - Shirley Jackson)
  10. Goldfrapp - Cologne Cerrone Houdini
    (New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance - Elna Baker)
  11. Active Child - Weight of the World
    (Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins)
  12. Piano Magic - A Fond Farewell
    (Poison Study - Maria Snyder)
  13. James Vincent McMorrow - If I Had A Boat
    (Leaving Paradise - Simone Elkeles)
  14. Eluvium - The Motion Makes Me Last
    (The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake - Aimee Bender)
  15. Guillemots - Take Me Home
    (Sweet Tooth Vol. I-III - Jeff Lemire)
  1. dick-dastardly reblogged this from bunkercomplex and added:
    haven’t mentioned it lately but I adore Andrea for doing this for the better part...three...
  2. 52books said: Ok, this is amazing. Well done on the music choices!
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