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![]() Bitch Better Have My Money – Rihanna // 5. Power & Control – Marina and the Diamonds // 4. ![]() school for the children of the rich and powerful, where she unwittingly becomes a fixer for the high school set, fixing teens’ problems the way her sister fixes their parents’ problems.Īnd when a conspiracy surfaces that involves the family member of one of Tess’s classmates, love triangles and unbelievable family secrets come to light and life gets even more interesting-and complicated-for Tess.ġ. She also starts at Hardwicke Academy, the D.C. But when her estranged sister Ivy uproots her to D.C., Tess is thrown into a world that revolves around politics and power. Sixteen-year-old Tess Kendrick has spent her entire life on her grandfather’s ranch. If you’ve read this book and know these songs leave a comment! I’d love to hear your opinions on how you interpret them fitting into the story! Also check out Sara’s post here. So we came together to put together this fun little post! And I like to relate books to music just for fun anyway. ![]() I spend the majority of my day in contact with music whether I’m actively listening to it or a song is just playing in my head. Sara presented the idea to me one evening and I offered my assistance. ![]() ![]() Essentially, while reading or after you’ve finished a book you go through your music library and choose 8-10 songs that describe or relate to the book, characters, themes, events, etc. Soundtrack to My Book is a meme created by Sara Freadom Library. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was just in a matter of time that he developed these feelings. “I was especially fond of animals, and was indulged by my parents with a great variety of pets.” These very lines show that the author was not so violent with pets from the beginning. The writer vividly describes what the man felt when he committed such heinous acts. ![]() ![]() He perhaps suffered from some mental disease, which led him into committing the crime. The plot shows the man’s unbalanced nature and how he kills his favorite pet and his own wife. The story is defined under the category of Mental Mayhem. He manages to throw light upon the man’s own confessions of his deeds. The writer describes the events of the story with keen insight. The Black Cat, written by Edgar Allen Poe, demonstrates the very acute mental disturbance of a man, who, having a soft corner for animals, and thus having possessed many animals as pets, turns out to be the psycho killer in the end. ![]() ![]() When, in her twenties, Franny begins an affair with the legendary author Leon Posen and tells him about her family, the story of her siblings is no longer hers to control. Spending summers together in Virginia, the Keating and Cousins children forge a lasting bond that is based on a shared disillusionment with their parents and the strange and genuine affection that grows up between them. Spanning five decades, Commonwealth explores how this chance encounter reverberates through the lives of the four parents and six children involved. ![]() Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny's mother, Beverly-thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families. One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating's christening party uninvited. The acclaimed, bestselling author-winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize-tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families' lives. ![]() ![]() This maze is composed of a stone labyrinth with a low ceiling and only four exits. There is allowed only one day of rest and one day of preparation between each trial, but Darren's timing is lucky, as a festival will fall right in the middle of his trials, meaning that they will have to be put on hold and he will have more time to rest.ĭarren reports to the Hall of Princes and is presented with his first Trial: The Aquatic Maze. They range from "fighting wild boars to climbing perilous mountains to crawling through a pit filled with snakes." An ancient vampiric tradition, any vampire wishing to become a Vampire General had to pass five of these Trials. It is only now that Darren learns about the trials themselves. ![]() The catch? If he fails, he must be executed. 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The less known non-fiction book ‘What Young India Wants’ did not sell as many copies which was expected (no surprises his non-fiction did not cut the ice with the audience he generally has). ![]() We have been treated to Five Point Someone, One Night at a Call Centre, The Three Mistakes of My Life, 2 states and Revolution 2020. Book: Half Girlfriend Author: Chetan Bhagat Publisher: Rupa PublicationsĬhetan Bhagat, the has been writing for years, and his books have sold in big numbers for many reasons that he chooses the right words that easy and tells the story in a format that’s most acceptable to the Indian reader. ![]() ![]() The enthralling debut from bestselling novelist Michael Chabon is a penetrating narrative of complex friendships, father-son conflicts, and the awakening of a young man’s sexual identity.Ĭhabon masterfully renders the funny, tender, and captivating first-person narrative of Art Bechstein, whose confusion and heartache echo the tones of literary forebears like T he Catcher in the Rye’s Holden Caulfield and The Great Gatsby’s Nick Carraway. ![]() ![]() Gottlieb combines her areas of interest in this book, she leverages her excellent storytelling to tell us a bit more about what therapy is about. Her early career revolved around visual storytelling and she has been a film and television executive, before deciding to change the path, going back to school and becoming a therapist. And that’s what Gottlieb’s book does, gives you a glimpse of what’s behind those closed doors.īefore becoming a therapist Lori Gottlieb is a writer and a therapist. And since several of the people close to me have gone to therapy I was curious to understand a bit more about their experience, without studying too much academic literature. I heard about this book on the radio one day. It will not solve your problems, but it may convince you to start taking action. Written in an honest and non-pretentious way it is also a book that makes you think. Lori Gotlieb gives us a glimpse into a year of her life, through the stories of her patients and the tale of her own experience on the other side of the table. It’s a book written by a therapist who also became a patient. ![]() A look at psychotherapy from an interesting perspective. ![]() |