Can your taste in music help you choose a book to read?
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NOW that's what I call READING Very interested in what has happened this week with Rage Against The Machine beating Joe McElderry to the No 1 Xmas spot, all thanks to a Facebook campaign. Shows how powerful it can be. Which one did you buy, if either?
NOW that's what I call READING Yesterday the Observer Music Monthly put The Streets album Original Pirate Material at the top of its 50 best albums of the decade. Do you agree with this choice?
NOW that's what I call READING updated its Extended Info.
...you might like these sort of books now includes
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Red Riding Quartet by David Peace
I am Legend by Richard Matheson
Snow Flower & The Secret Fan by Lisa See
The Cellist Of Sara...jevo by Steven Galloway
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Virgin Suicides by Jeffery Euginides
The Reader by Bernard Schlink
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
A Cool Head by Ian Rankin (Quick Read)
Or anything by Raymond Chandler, Walter Mosley, Henning Mankel, Martin Amis or Ian McEwan
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...you might like these sort of books now includes One Day by David Nichols Pop Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones David Beckham My Side: the autobiography Marley & Me by John Grogan I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Breakfast at Tiffanys by Truman Capote For crying out loud: The world according to Jeremy Clarkson My world is my Bond: The Autobiography by Roger Moore The To-Do List by Mike Gayle Danny Wallace and the Centre of the Universe by Danny Wallace (Quick Read) Or anything by Dorothy Koomson, Cecelia Aherne, Wendy Holden, Cathy Kelly, Marian Keyes or Sophie Kinsella .
See More...you might like these sort of books now includes One Day by David Nichols Pop Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones David Beckham My Side: the autobiography Marley & Me by John Grogan I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Breakfast at Tiffanys by Truman Capote For crying out loud: The world according to Jeremy Clarkson My world is my Bond: The Autobiography by Roger Moore The To-Do List by Mike Gayle Danny Wallace and the Centre of the Universe by Danny Wallace (Quick Read) Or anything by Dorothy Koomson, Cecelia Aherne, Wendy Holden, Cathy Kelly, Marian Keyes or Sophie Kinsella .
If you are a Twilight- books or film- fan you might like to look at http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/twilight_playlist.html Stephanie says she can't write without music and you can see there a Playlist of songs she has in her head when she's reading her own work back...
NOW that's what I call READING updated its Extended Info.
If you like music by Franz Ferdinand, the Arctic Monkeys, British Sea Power, Zutons, Little Boots... now includes http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/zanelowe/galleries/media/051219_yh_zanearct_300.jpg.
NOW that's what I call READING updated its Extended Info.
If you like music by Florence and the Machine, The Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, Basshunter, Daft Punk, Fatboy Slim, MGMT, CSS now includes http://static.guim.co.uk/Guardian/music/gallery/2008/nov/28/musical-advent-calendar/FlorenceXmas-4120.jpg.
NOW that's what I call READING Quiz has been updated again. Now you can find a Xmas shopping-themed read to get you in the mood for the fast approaching festive season. Click on logo, bottom left of page.
Spotted an item in Friday's Guardian ( 2.10.09 Film & Music) about 2 Blue Plaques unveiled in Rochdale...
NOW that's what I call READING Why not try our quiz again during October? If you are brave enough you will receive a Halloween-themed recommendation
NOW that's what I call READING Sorry Tom Palmer- that should have been Dead Ball, not Dead Zone which is by Stephen King
NOW that's what I call READING 2 long train journeys this week to Exeter and back. Read Booker shortlisted The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds, accompanied mostly by Keith Jarrett (piano playing) going down and Dead Zone by Tom Palmer coming back, accompanied mostly by Ella Fitzgerald and The Zutons. . Stayed awake all the way in both directions.
NOW that's what I call READING Cumbria Libraries are currently promoting books which fans of this Facebook migh enjoy. Books are on display now at Whitehaven Library and move onto Millom for the month of October.Books are free to borrow from public libraries
Read about music you enjoy
Time:2:30PM Tuesday, September 15th
Location:Millom Library
NOW that's what I call READING Congratulations to Speech Debelle who won the Mercury Prize last night for her album Speech Therapy. Watch the YouTube video to hear that her songs are all about coming of age and moving on. Books to read might be Gangsta Rap by Benjamin Zephania or any of Sarah Dessen's 'girls growing up' novels.
NOW that's what I call READING posted Speech Debelle, Album Speech Therapy: Channel 4 Documentary from YouTube to their page
Speech Debelle, Album Speech Therapy: Channel 4 Documentary
Channel 4 4PLAY 06.08.09
Please see credit for more details...
www.myspace.com/speechdebellemusic
www.speechdebelle.com
