Play(list) by the Book - Girl, Woman, Other, by Bernardine Evaristo

 

Hello, everyone! Creating a literary playlist is always fun for me, even when it takes me some time to actually compile and post it. The truth is that I had this one sitting on my phone's notes for quite some time. And today, it was the right time to actually create it. 

"Girl, Woman, Other" by Bernardine Evaristo is a phenomenal book, which I can't recommend it enough! Lucklily, there were plenty of songs and artists mentioned in the novel to create a book playlist. Just like the diverse cast of characters in the book, the songs in the book are diverse  So, I hope that you enjoy it and discover some new songs! 

As per usual, I have included all the songs and artists mentioned in the pages of the book. In this case, the author had mentioned many artists without a specific song, so in these cases I picked one of their most popular ones. Other cases that I took some freedom were mentions of:

• Oktavists singers - for this one, I found a dedicated playlist and picked a song,
• Raqs Sharqi - which is a traditional Egyptian dance. So, I found a song used for this dance,
• Motown - which is one of the most famous record labels. For this, I felt that it would be a shame not to include one song.

Have you read "Girl, Woman, Other"? 

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Play(list) by the Book - The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig

Hello, everyone! Even though I'm not very active in this blog, I still enjoy making these literary playlists, whenever I come across a book with music references. In fact, I've had this list of songs mentioned in "The Midnight Library" for quite some time. So, I finally sat down to create a new Play(list) by the Book (since I see that many people like these).

I have to admit that all the music mentioned in "The Midnight Library" was to my taste and it's definitely one of the playlists that I would gladly play on any day. Even the classical pieces reminded me of when I was learning how to play the piano. So, I hope that you enjoy it as much as I do! 

As per usual, I have included all the songs and artists mentioned in the novel. My job in compiling the songs in "The Midnight Library" was a fairly easy one. In most cases, the author mentioned a specific song, and when he only mentioned an artist, I already had a song in mind that would fit the mood.

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Play(list) by the Book - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman

Hello, everyone! As you already know, creating playlists with music mentioned in novels is one of my favourite things. So, whenever I come across a book that has a couple of references, I'm hoping that they would be enough to justify a playlist. As a rule of thumb, I only create playlists for books that have more than 10 songs mentioned in them. 

So, I was more than happy to discover that Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine qualified for a Play(list) by the Book. I wouldn't say that this playlist has a consistent theme, but it is rather sort and enjoyable. 

As per usual, I have included all the songs and artists mentioned in the text. The songs mentioned in Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine were a few, and so, I mostly had to choose the ones I preferred for each artist. I found it interesting that Eleanor mentioned a lot of musical composers, and for this reason, you will some musical pieces in the playlist. 

At first, I hesitated to include Michael Jackson in the playlist, as he is not clearly mentioned. You see, in that scene, Eleanor is wearing some white gloves and her colleagues make fun of her by imitating moon walk. I ended up including a song though, as at least to me, the reference was clear enough.

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