Twice Tempted playlist

As many of you know, each book I write has a "playlist", which means there are certain songs I listen to while writing that book. It helps put me in the right frame of mind because I'm conditioning myself to write a particular story whenever I hear those songs (not saying this will work for everyone, but it works for me). Since many of these songs are recommendations that you, readers, have given me, around the time a new book releases, I post the songs I listened to while writing it. So here is Twice Tempted's playlist. Remember: Music tastes are as personal as reading tastes, so if you don't like some of the bands/songs, no problem. Just please don't tell me that I shouldn't, because if it's listed, then I like it even if you don't, and no arguing on your part will change my mind :).

Layout is band name: song; other song (if more than one from the same band). Bands are in alphabetical order, not in order of preference.

 

The Automatic Automatic: Monster

Band Of Horses: Is There A Ghost; The Funeral

Bat For Lashes: Glass

Califone: Funeral Singers; The Orchids

Cold: Cure My Tragedy

Dommin: My Heart, Your Hands

Evanescence: My Heart Is Broken

Fireflight: For Those Who Wait; Unbreakable

Five Finger Death Punch: Far From Home

Flo Rida (with Sia): Wild Ones

The Fray: The Fighter; Heartless; Turn Me On; Run For Your Life; The Wind; 1961; Munich; Rainy Zurich; Be Still;

Gotye: Somebody That I Used To Know

Gym Class Heroes: The Fighter

In This Moment: A Star Crossed Wasteland

Katy Perry: Wide Awake

Kill Hannah: Lips Like Morphine; Mouth To Mouth

The Killers: Miss Atomic Bomb

Lifehouse: Crash And Burn

Mat Kearney: Breathe In, Breathe Out

Mumford and Sons: Babel; I Will Wait

Neko Case: Hold On, Hold On; Nothing to Remember

One Republic: Secrets

P!nk: Blow Me One Last Kiss; Try*

Papa Roach: Scars; Forever

Parabelle: More

Seether: Here And Now; Master Of Disaster; Pass Slowly

Sia: Breathe Me

Skillet: Hero; Monster; Awake And Alive

Skylar Grey: Coming Home (Part 2)

Snow Patrol: I'll Never Let Go; Called Out In The Dark; New York; In The End; The Symphony

Stone Sour: Through Glass

Temple Of The Dog: Hunger Strike

Tenth Avenue North: Healing Begins

Tim McMorris: Overwhelmed

We Are The Fallen: Bury Me Alive

 

* If P!nk and I were BFF's (we're not) and she told me she wanted to write lyrics that reflected some of the emotional struggle in Twice Tempted (she didn't), I couldn't have asked for better than the chorus to Try:

Where there is desire there is gonna be a flame

Where there is a flame someone's bound to get burned

But just because it burns doesn't mean you're gonna die

You've gotta get up and try...

Copyright - P!nk

 

Now, have to get ready for my "Strange Brew" panel with Pamela Palmer, Kim Harrison , and Vicki Pettersson at the Virginia Festival of the Book today. If you're in the Charlottesville, VA area around 2pm, come check it out!