Hour 23 Mini-Challenge: Share a Song

Posted 26 April 2015 in events /81 Comments

HUZZAH!! Welcome to Hour 23 of Dewey’s 24-Hour Read-a-thon! Give yourself a pat on the back, because you’ve done an awesome job making it this far. I’m glad you decided to take a pause and stop by here. My challenge features music. Take a moment to listen to a song or two, maybe get up and dance around a bit to keep awake! So, what’s the challenge? In the comments below or in a tweet (please @ reply fallingletters), share a song featured in a book you’ve read during the Read-a-thon. If no music is mentioned in your story, choose and explain why a song fits one of your reads. To kick things off, here’s a catchy tune that Jeff VanderMeer listened to while writing Annihilation, my first read today.


The prize will be one book of your choice from The Book Depository, value up to $15. This challenge will run through the end of the Read-a-thon. A winner will be randomly chosen from all entries (blog comments and Twitter combined). The winner will be contacted by Monday morning. Only one entry per person – please comment or tweet, but not both.

Enjoy your final hours of reading!


81 responses to “Hour 23 Mini-Challenge: Share a Song

  1. Ooh, Annihilation was on my readathon list but I'm not going to get to it this time.

    I couldn't think of a song for a book I've read tonight… but… in the spirit of sharing songs, how about the official theme song of John Scalzi's Redshirts?

  2. thetangledwebweweave

    my first readathon read was Every Day by David Levithan. There are songs in this book but I don't know/can't remember what they are, I finished it waaaay back in hour 9 I think. Anyway, the song I'd pick to fit this is Every Day by Buddy Holly, the lyrics also make a lot of sense with the storyline of the novel!

  3. I'm currently on page 340 of Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. Whenever I read a book about people planning a rebellion or any dystopian book really, I like to think of really upbeat songs. So for Uglies at the moment I'm gonna go with Kids In The Dark by All Time Low =)

    https://youtu.be/SaIegdJxTsE

  4. Kristina Eyre @theklonkur

    I'm still reading the biography on the eccentric, Swedish singer Thomas di Leva. And he talks about his career, his music and one of his most controversial songs: "Everyone is Jesus". Here it is, listen and decide for yourself what you think of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GllR1WyDzJc

  5. Angelica Rodarte

    The first song that come to my head was Take me to church by Hozier and it fits perfectly with the graphic novel I read in this marathon, Blue is the warmest color by Julie Maroh, specially with the first part of the story
    Here is the song if for a strange reason you haven't read it https://youtu.be/PVjiKRfKpPI

  6. Trine229

    Well, I can't remember any songs in the books (other than that they mentioned a classic, violin "thingy" in Me before you.. It is just not something I pay attention too. But I thought I could share a song from Skammerens Datter (The shamer chronicles 1) as I am currently reading the 2nd book in the series. https://youtu.be/vbxlDpIZ6rk

  7. Maria

    The first book I read for the readathon was "A Dip in the Ocean" by Sarah Outen. "Don't Stop Me Now" from Queen was mentioned several times and packed quite a punch each time.
    Maria @ abookgeek.blogspot.com (maria.elmvang at gmail dot com)

  8. Sadaf Hassan

    Oh my god this is perfect! This has never happened to me before but this time while reading The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, I could not stop humming Michael Jackson's Thriller! Coincidence? I think not!

    The setting of this book reminds me of the scene from the music video when the dead begin to rise to corner Michael Jackson and his ladylove.

    Night creatures call
    And the dead start to walk in their masquerade……….

  9. Irene

    One by Metallica is mentioned in Playlist for the Dead. It was a really good book btw, and so was the playlist!

    ireneejensen @hotmail.com

  10. Avery Hartling

    Participating in mini challenges to keep me awake…! I finished El Deafo (and it was very good, btw!) which featured The Lumberjack Song by Monty Python

  11. Mayra

    Jut finished reading Epic Fail by Claire LaZebnik, which happens to be a retelling of Pride and Prejudice. the whole time i was reading this book Miley Cyrus- 7 things was in my head and it fits perfectly

  12. debnance

    Music is used in Middlemarch to contrast Rosalind and Dorothea. Shallow Rosalind plays "low music" like "Last Rose of Summer" but kind Dorothea plays nothing at all.

  13. Sofieeloves10

    I read Sex Criminals… in the comic Suzie sings "Fat Bottomed Girls" by Queen. It's a very funny comic 😛

  14. Ana @ fishinfog

    I'm reading All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris right now and I think there's only a fictional band mentioned so far. I'm choosing Little Less Conversation by Elvis Presley, because of Bubba.

    [SPOILER ALERT: Bubba is actually Elvis turned into a vampire, but something went wrong so he's a bit weird and awkward in the Sookie Stackhouse series.]

  15. Jenna Colby

    Broken arrows by Pixie Lott is the song I keep thinking about whilst reading Angelfall.

  16. Jess Hearts Books

    Shakira-She Wolf the main character in my current read The Vintage Guide to Love and Romance dances to her and does an impression! Can be contacted @JessHeartsBook on Twitter if I win!

  17. Melissa

    After reading Crow Call by Lois Lowry, I kept thinking about the song Blackbird by the Beatles. It's a perfect fit!

  18. I don't think there was any specific song mentioned in anything I read, but Karine Polwart's 'We're All Leaving' sort of fits Voyage of the Basilisk by Marie Brennan; it's about Darwin and the insights he gained through his work as a naturalist, and the heroine of Voyage is a naturalist and beginning to understand evolution.

    -Nikki, from breathesbooks.com

  19. Tim

    In one of the short stories written by Saki, a parrot sings parts from Gilbert&Sullivan- The Yeomen of the Guard.

  20. Strina

    I read Antiquities, an anthology by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and in The Curse Tablet, a slave joins in on a hymn to Apollo with two buskers and he then receives a godmark.

  21. MollieVX

    I'm reading Inuyasha and Ellie Goulding's Little dreams has been my song to this series ever since I first started reading it. Some of the lyrics just fit so well with how much I get lost in this story and this world each time I revisit it. And some of the lyrics and the music just fit well with the story itself.
    So the book is now open and the song is now playing and that's how it feels perfect.
    @MollieVX

  22. Lena

    I read "Of Mice and Men" and no one is listening music there, but while I was reading I kept playing Tom Waits' "Hold on" in my head.

  23. Kristen H.

    I'm reading Mark of the Thief by Jennifer A Nielsen and I think of the song Prince Ali from Aladdin because the main character is a thief. 🙂

  24. Olga Starenky

    I'm thinking of Puttin' on the Ritz because I'm reading the Great Gatsby and it has all the spirit of the twenties 🙂

  25. Isa

    I read Yes Please by Amy Poehler and I know she references several songs but the one that stood out to me is Sir Mix-a-Lot – Baby Got Back. I know its quite random, she also mentions one she'd like to play as she gives birth but I can't recall it, ugh.

  26. Trish Hannon

    I'm reading A Robot in the Garden by Debirah Install. And my song is Born to be Free as it's Tang's fav song. Which is ironic as he was manufactured to obey instructions!

  27. Melissa

    After reading Crow Call by Lois Lowry, I kept thinking about the song Blackbird by the Beatles. It&#39s a perfect fit!

  28. Ana @ fishinfog

    I&#39m reading All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris right now and I think there&#39s only a fictional band mentioned so far. I&#39m choosing Little Less Conversation by Elvis Presley, because of Bubba.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkCWVNaX6-k%5BSPOILER ALERT: Bubba is actually Elvis turned into a vampire, but something went wrong so he&#39s a bit weird and awkward in the Sookie Stackhouse series.]

  29. Strina

    I read Antiquities, an anthology by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and in The Curse Tablet, a slave joins in on a hymn to Apollo with two buskers and he then receives a godmark.

  30. Isa

    I read Yes Please by Amy Poehler and I know she references several songs but the one that stood out to me is Sir Mix-a-Lot – Baby Got Back. I know its quite random, she also mentions one she&#39d like to play as she gives birth but I can&#39t recall it, ugh.

  31. I&#39m reading A Robot in the Garden by Debirah Install. And my song is Born to be Free as it&#39s Tang&#39s fav song. Which is ironic as he was manufactured to obey instructions!

  32. Jess Hearts Books

    Shakira-She Wolf the main character in my current read The Vintage Guide to Love and Romance dances to her and does an impression! Can be contacted @JessHeartsBook on Twitter if I win!

  33. MollieVX

    I&#39m reading Inuyasha and Ellie Goulding&#39s Little dreams has been my song to this series ever since I first started reading it. Some of the lyrics just fit so well with how much I get lost in this story and this world each time I revisit it. And some of the lyrics and the music just fit well with the story itself.So the book is now open and the song is now playing and that&#39s how it feels perfect.@MollieVX

  34. Tim

    In one of the short stories written by Saki, a parrot sings parts from Gilbert&Sullivan- The Yeomen of the Guard.

  35. Olga Starenky

    I&#39m thinking of Puttin&#39 on the Ritz because I&#39m reading the Great Gatsby and it has all the spirit of the twenties 🙂

  36. debnance

    Music is used in Middlemarch to contrast Rosalind and Dorothea. Shallow Rosalind plays "low music" like "Last Rose of Summer" but kind Dorothea plays nothing at all.

  37. Lena

    I read "Of Mice and Men" and no one is listening music there, but while I was reading I kept playing Tom Waits&#39 "Hold on" in my head.

  38. Sofieeloves10

    I read Sex Criminals… in the comic Suzie sings "Fat Bottomed Girls" by Queen. It&#39s a very funny comic 😛

  39. Angelica Rodarte

    The first song that come to my head was Take me to church by Hozier and it fits perfectly with the graphic novel I read in this marathon, Blue is the warmest color by Julie Maroh, specially with the first part of the storyHere is the song if for a strange reason you haven&#39t read it https://youtu.be/PVjiKRfKpPI

  40. I don&#39t think there was any specific song mentioned in anything I read, but Karine Polwart&#39s &#39We&#39re All Leaving&#39 sort of fits Voyage of the Basilisk by Marie Brennan; it&#39s about Darwin and the insights he gained through his work as a naturalist, and the heroine of Voyage is a naturalist and beginning to understand evolution.-Nikki, from breathesbooks.com

  41. Maria

    The first book I read for the readathon was "A Dip in the Ocean" by Sarah Outen. "Don&#39t Stop Me Now" from Queen was mentioned several times and packed quite a punch each time.Maria @ abookgeek.blogspot.com (maria.elmvang at gmail dot com)

  42. Trine229

    Well, I can&#39t remember any songs in the books (other than that they mentioned a classic, violin "thingy" in Me before you.. It is just not something I pay attention too. But I thought I could share a song from Skammerens Datter (The shamer chronicles 1) as I am currently reading the 2nd book in the series. https://youtu.be/vbxlDpIZ6rk

  43. thetangledwebweweave

    my first readathon read was Every Day by David Levithan. There are songs in this book but I don&#39t know/can&#39t remember what they are, I finished it waaaay back in hour 9 I think. Anyway, the song I&#39d pick to fit this is Every Day by Buddy Holly, the lyrics also make a lot of sense with the storyline of the novel!

  44. Sadaf Hassan

    Oh my god this is perfect! This has never happened to me before but this time while reading The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, I could not stop humming Michael Jackson&#39s Thriller! Coincidence? I think not! The setting of this book reminds me of the scene from the music video when the dead begin to rise to corner Michael Jackson and his ladylove.Night creatures callAnd the dead start to walk in their masquerade……….

  45. Avery Hartling

    Participating in mini challenges to keep me awake…! I finished El Deafo (and it was very good, btw!) which featured The Lumberjack Song by Monty Python

  46. Kristen H.

    I&#39m reading Mark of the Thief by Jennifer A Nielsen and I think of the song Prince Ali from Aladdin because the main character is a thief. 🙂

  47. I&#39m currently on page 340 of Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. Whenever I read a book about people planning a rebellion or any dystopian book really, I like to think of really upbeat songs. So for Uglies at the moment I&#39m gonna go with Kids In The Dark by All Time Low =)https://youtu.be/SaIegdJxTsE

  48. Kristina Eyre @theklonkur

    I&#39m still reading the biography on the eccentric, Swedish singer Thomas di Leva. And he talks about his career, his music and one of his most controversial songs: "Everyone is Jesus". Here it is, listen and decide for yourself what you think of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GllR1WyDzJc

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