Cindy's 2024 Depeche Mode Challenge

[Cindy (BKind2Books)]

Speak & Spell (1981)

“New Life “ – The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
“Puppets” – Read a book that features puppets, ventriloquist dummies, or marionettes
“Dreaming of Me” – Random in Death
“Boys Say Go!” – Pirate Latitudes
“Nodisco” – The Unmaking of June Farrow
“What’s Your Name?” – Mary, Mary
“Photographic” – Rescued by the Buccaneer
“Tora! Tora! Tora! – Us Against You
“Big Muff” – - A Very Typical Family
“Any Second Now (voices)” – We Used To Live Here
“Just Can’t Get Enough” – Watcher in the Woods

[Lori, Super Mod]

Yay!!! Thanks for joining the challenge!

[Cindy (BKind2Books)]

Thank you! Look forward to these every year.

[Cindy (BKind2Books)]

Finally finished my first 'album':

Some Great Reward (1984)

“Something to Do” – Remarkably Bright Creatures
“Lie to Me” – The Echo of Old Books
“People are People” – The Deal of a Lifetime
“It Doesn’t Matter” – Secretly Yours
“Stories of Old” – Read a classic!
“Somebody” – Slay
“Master and Servant” – Remarkably Bright Creatures
“If You Want” – Remarkably Bright Creatures
“Blasphemous Rumours” – The Bad Weather Friend

[Lori, Super Mod]

yay!!!!

[Cindy (BKind2Books)]

Another album done:

Construction Time Again (1983)

“Love, in Itself” – Random in Death
“More Than a Party” – Book Lovers
“Pipeline” – Pucks and Books
“Everything Counts” – Now Is Not the Time to Panic
“Two Minute Warning” – Camp Zero
“Shame” – Body Rush
“The Landscape is Changing” – We Used To Live Here
“Told You So” – This House Of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind
“And Then…” – Rescued by the Buccaneer

[Cindy (BKind2Books)]

Finished another album:

Playing the Angel (2005)

“A Pain That I’m Used To” – Rushing the Goal
“John the Revelator” – The Things We Leave Unfinished
“Suffer Well” – The Bondwoman's Narrative
“The Sinner in Me” – Winter Lost
“Precious” – Inheritance
“Macro” – The Dutch House
“I Want it All” – Only When It's Us
“Nothing’s Impossible” – A Short Walk Through a Wide World
“Introspectre” – Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
“Damaged People” – Notes on an Execution
“Lilian” – Random in Death
“The Darkest Star” – This Is Why We Lied

[Melissa]

This is AMAZING. Depeche Mode has been my favorite band since the 1980s; I never thought I would see anyone love them as much as me, AND find books that coordinate with their albums.

[Lori, Super Mod]

LOL thanks! I had fun making it and I'm glad you like it!!

[Cindy (BKind2Books)]

Finished 3 'albums':

Delta Machine (2013)

“Welcome to My World” – Leviathan Wakes
“Angel” – Slay
“Heaven” – Pucks and Books
“Secret to End” – The Bondwoman's Narrative
“My Little Universe” – The Deal of a Lifetime
“Slow” – A Friend in the Dark
“Broken” – This House Of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind
“The Child Inside” – The Ten Thousand Doors of January
“Soft Touch/Raw Nerve” – Inheritance
“Should Be Higher” – The Unmaking of June Farrow
“Alone” – A Short Walk Through a Wide World
“Soothe My Soul” – Mary, Mary
“Goodbye” – Passions in Death (it's the last book...for now)


Spirit (2017)
“Going Backwards” – This House Of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind
“Where’s the Revolution” – Camp Zero
“The Worst Crime” – Leviathan Wakes
“Scum” – A Friend in the Dark
“You Move” – Sing, Wild Bird, Sing
“Cover Me” – Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
“Eternal” – The Unmaking of June Farrow
“Poison Heart” – Notes on an Execution
“So Much Love” – Passions in Death
“No More (This is the Last Time)” – The Cheat Sheet
“Fail” – The Dutch House


Memento Mori (2023)
“My Cosmos is Mine” – Leviathan Wakes
“Wagging Tongue” – Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
“Ghosts Again” – The London Séance Society
“Don’t Say You Love Me” – 22 Seconds
“My Favorite Singer” – Field of Bones
“Soul With Me” – The London Séance Society
“Caroline’s Monkey” –Remarkably Bright Creatures
“Before we Drown” – Black Wind
“People Are Good” – Book Lovers
“Always You” – Us Against You ; The Deal of a Lifetime
“Never Let Me Go” – Us Against You
“Speak to Me” – We Used To Live Here

[Cindy (BKind2Books)]

Another one finished:

Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)

“I Feel You” – Notes on an Execution
“Walking in My Shoes” – The Bondwoman's Narrative
“Condemnation” – Going Rogue
“Mercy in You” – Remarkably Bright Creatures (Cameron)
“Judas” – This House Of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind
“In Your Room” – Us Against You
“Get Right with Me” – The Cheat Sheet
“Rush” – The Ten Thousand Doors of January
“One Caress” – The Deal of a Lifetime
“Higher Love” – City of Light

[Cindy (BKind2Books)]

Another album finished:

Sounds of the Universe (2009)

“In Chains” – Notes on an Execution
“Hole to Feed” – The Whole Body Reset: Your Weight-Loss Plan for a Flat Belly, Optimum Health & a Body You'll Love at Midlife and Beyond
“Wrong” – Mary, Mary
“Fragile Tension” – A Friend in the Dark
“Little Soul” – The Answer Is No
“In Sympathy” – Remarkably Bright Creatures
“Peace” – Leviathan Wakes
“Come Back” – Funny Story
“Spacewalker” – In Our Likeness
“Perfect” – Us Against You
“Miles Away/The Truth Is” – The Joy and Light Bus Company
“Jezebel” – The Echo Wife
“Corrupt” – Blood & Ink: An Heiress, a Tabloid War, and the Unsolved Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime

[Cindy (BKind2Books)]

Another one finished (I revised / replaced one prompt as I could not find anything for the original):


A Broken Frame (1982)

“Leave in Silence” – The Bad Weather Friend
“My Secret Garden” – Slay
“Monument” – The Dutch House
“Nothing to Fear” – Notes on an Execution
“See You” – Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books
“Satellite” – Leviathan Wakes
“The Meaning of Love” - Only When It's Us
“Further Excerpts From: My Secret Garden” – Us Against You
“A Photograph of You” – Book Lovers
“Shouldn’t Have Done That” – My Heart Is a Chainsaw
“The Sun & the Rainfall” - Camp Zero

[Cindy (BKind2Books)]

Another finished:

Exciter (2001)

“Dream On” – Body Rush
“Shine” – The Co-op
“The Sweetest Condition” – Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes
“When the Body Speaks” – Icebreaker
“The Dead of Night” – The Golden Spoon
“Lovetheme” – Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans
“Freelove” – Remarkably Bright Creatures
“Comatose” – The Things We Leave Unfinished
“I Feel Loved” – Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
“Breathe” – Pucks and Pups
“Easy Tiger” – Remarkably Bright Creatures
“I Am You” – Funny Story
“Goodnight Lovers” – Pucks and Books

[Cindy (BKind2Books)]

I did change-up one of the prompts, but felt the book still fit the title.

Finished:

Black Celebration (1986)

“Black Celebration” – The Bondwoman's Narrative
“Fly on the Windscreen” – Winter Lost
“A Question of Lust” – You Like It Darker
“Sometimes” – The Near Witch
“It Doesn’t Matter Two” – The Lost Ticket
“A Question of Time” – Us Against You
“Stripped” – 22 Seconds
“Here is the House” – The Dutch House
“World Full of Nothing” – Camp Zero
“Dressed in Black” – Going Rogue
“New Dress” – Their Last Resort
“The Things You Said” – Us Against You
“Strangelove” – Good Bad Girl
“Sacred” – Saint City Sinners
“Little 5” – Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight
“Behind the Wheel” – 12 Months to Live
“I Want You Now” – Now Is Not the Time to Panic
“To Have and to Hold” – This House Of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind
“Nothing” – Pucks and Books
“Pimpf” – My Heart Is a Chainsaw

[Cindy (BKind2Books)]

Another one done:

Ultra (1997)

“Barrel of a Gun” – Us Against You
“The Love Thieves” – The Joy and Light Bus Company
“Home” – Book Lovers
“It’s No Good” – - A Very Typical Family
“Uselink” – Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans
“Useless” – Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight
“Sister of the Night” – Slay
“Jazz Thieves” – How to Find Love in a Bookshop (there's enough focus on music for me to count this; I actually YouTubed some of the classical pieces)
“Freestate” – Watcher in the Woods
“The Bottom Line” – Black Wind
“Insight” – Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

[Cindy (BKind2Books)]

Almost done...I don't think I will make the last album

Violator (1990)

“World in My Eyes” – Books for Living
“Sweetest Perfection” – The Last Love Note
“Personal Jesus” – Only When It's Us
“Halo” – The Last Love Note
“Waiting for the Night” – Miracle Creek
“Enjoy the Silence” – Field of Bones
“Policy of Truth” – Blood & Ink: An Heiress, a Tabloid War, and the Unsolved Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime
“Blue Dress” – Book Lovers
“Clean” – Saint City Sinners