Rock my Words: Lived One Thousand Lives' Guest Post
Hey Everyone!
I am Liv at Lived One Thousand Lives. I love reading YA books and poetry. I also run The Salaam Project which is a way to promote peace and positivism through my blog, however it’s slow going. Anyways, today I will be discussing the combination of music and books in a majority of different ways.
First, I will start with the use of music as a career or hobby inside books. I adore this because I myself am not musically inclined in the least bit. However, these books allow me to live through the thrill of performance and the comfort of creating music without embarrassing myself. When I read these books, the characters just seem to get such solace from music and I really wish I could connect to music so personally. Some books featuring musical characters include Breathe by Abbi Glines, If I Stay by Gayle Forman, and many others.
To me, books and music both serve as a therapeutic outlet for emotions. Reading as a form of therapy dates back to WWII era, which serves as both comfort and relief for PTSD when soldiers return from war along with other illnesses like depression. Reading as Therapy: What Contemporary Fiction Does for Middle-Class Americans by Timothy Aubry analyzes this topic in depth. Music is also used for therapy and has been proven to reduce stress, promote memory and even advance physical therapy. Now the combination of these ideas and topic allows for maximum relief, whether it be the character involved in music or listening to music in the background while I read.
Now, a new idea has come around with books coming with their own soundtracks, much like the movies. Some are reader designed, like http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/... here which has a list of books with reader contributed playlists. Some others feature a playlist inside of the book, like Where She Went by Gayle Forman whose titles are the name of a song in an album also created by the author. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is another example of a playlist oriented storyline.
Booktract.com allows a person to add a soundtrack to their text posts or books so as a person reads the electronic form of the book/story/text the soundtrack plays to add to the setting or plot. The video on the main page of the website explains this much better.
My favorite playlist to read to varies by the book’s mood, plot, and tension. I typically pick songs that correspond with the book to enhance my reading experience. For me, music and books both allow me to escape and relax, and combining them makes it so much better.
My spring and summer playlist is different and ever changing, but my top five currently are:
1. Carry on My Wayward Son by Kansas
2. 500 Miles by The Proclaimers
3. All My Days by Alex Murdoch
4. Human by Christina Perri
5. Rhythm of Love by Plain White T’s
Salaam,
Lived One Thousand Lives
Thank you, Liv!
I am Liv at Lived One Thousand Lives. I love reading YA books and poetry. I also run The Salaam Project which is a way to promote peace and positivism through my blog, however it’s slow going. Anyways, today I will be discussing the combination of music and books in a majority of different ways.
First, I will start with the use of music as a career or hobby inside books. I adore this because I myself am not musically inclined in the least bit. However, these books allow me to live through the thrill of performance and the comfort of creating music without embarrassing myself. When I read these books, the characters just seem to get such solace from music and I really wish I could connect to music so personally. Some books featuring musical characters include Breathe by Abbi Glines, If I Stay by Gayle Forman, and many others.
To me, books and music both serve as a therapeutic outlet for emotions. Reading as a form of therapy dates back to WWII era, which serves as both comfort and relief for PTSD when soldiers return from war along with other illnesses like depression. Reading as Therapy: What Contemporary Fiction Does for Middle-Class Americans by Timothy Aubry analyzes this topic in depth. Music is also used for therapy and has been proven to reduce stress, promote memory and even advance physical therapy. Now the combination of these ideas and topic allows for maximum relief, whether it be the character involved in music or listening to music in the background while I read.
Now, a new idea has come around with books coming with their own soundtracks, much like the movies. Some are reader designed, like http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/... here which has a list of books with reader contributed playlists. Some others feature a playlist inside of the book, like Where She Went by Gayle Forman whose titles are the name of a song in an album also created by the author. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is another example of a playlist oriented storyline.
Booktract.com allows a person to add a soundtrack to their text posts or books so as a person reads the electronic form of the book/story/text the soundtrack plays to add to the setting or plot. The video on the main page of the website explains this much better.
My favorite playlist to read to varies by the book’s mood, plot, and tension. I typically pick songs that correspond with the book to enhance my reading experience. For me, music and books both allow me to escape and relax, and combining them makes it so much better.
My spring and summer playlist is different and ever changing, but my top five currently are:
1. Carry on My Wayward Son by Kansas
2. 500 Miles by The Proclaimers
3. All My Days by Alex Murdoch
4. Human by Christina Perri
5. Rhythm of Love by Plain White T’s
Salaam,
Lived One Thousand Lives
Thank you, Liv!
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