The Restricted Section

I first want to acknowledge how weird it is to just drop a normal blog post. My heart and mind are heavy with the current state of the world. Between pandemic and rampant injustice, it’s a lot to take in. It is pervasive in all aspects of my life right now – as a cornerstone of my day job and its impacts to my family and friends. This blog is and always will be a place for love – not just the kissy books kind – but a equality and inclusion kind of love, too. With that in mind, I’m putting conscience effort into my TBR picks this go around (and from now on).

Culture & Current Events

The Complete Poetry by Maya Angelou
Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Talking To Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby

Fun & Fluff

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Well Met by Jen DeLuca
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez
One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
The Hollow Ones by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan

XOXO

Today I’ve paired some book titles that would make a killer band name along with a favorite song I think fits the name (and likely has nothing to do with the book itself).

There’s a tricksy theme here, can you guess it? If not look for the bonus clue 😛

New band: The Fever (by Megan Abbott)
Hit track: Honest Mistake (by The Bravery)

New band: Things Fall Apart (by Chinua Achebe)
Hit track: Emerge (by Fischerspooner)

New band: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (by Jesse Andrews)
Hit track: Say So (by Dojo Cat)

New band: Emergency Contact (by Mary H.K. Choi)
Hit track: Only Human (by The Jonas Brothers)

New band: The Andromeda Strain (by Michael Crichton)
Hit track: High Horse (by Kacey Musgraves)

New band: The Death Cure (by James Dashner)
Hit track: Circles (by Post Malone)

New band: Bleak House (by Charles Dickens)
Hit track: Mariners Apartment Complex (by Lana Del Rey)

New band: The Undomestic Goddess (by Sophie Kinsella)
Hit track: Don’t Start Now (by Dua Lipa)

New band: The Pleasure of My Company (by Steve Martin)
Hit track: Dancing with a Stranger (by Sam Smith)

New band: The Slippery Slope (by Lemony Snicket)
Hit track: Bad to Worse (by Ra Ra Riot)

*BONUS CLUE*

New band: Get Well Soon (by Jennifer Wright)
Hit track: It’s the End of the World as We Know It (by R.E.M.)

And the answer is…

XOXO