Work has been busy this week, so I'm getting my weekly post out a day late ... but here I am!
I had so much fun doing Cielo's Folklore book tag a few weeks ago that I decided to do an Evermore tag as well! This one is by Ahaana at Windows to Worlds. I also added questions for the two bonus tracks on the deluxe edition, because I really really love "right where you left me".
I actually had to go back and listen to Evermore, because I hadn't listened to it for years and had decided I didn't like it. After getting the CD out of the library so I could listen to it in my car (I'm not actually as old as that makes me sound), and after hearing it about ten times, I can confirm that it's a pretty solid album after all. (Maybe I should give Red another chance next ...)
Rules
- Link back to the original creator’s post: Ahaana at Windows to Worlds
- Tag at least 5 people
- Thank the person who tagged you and link back to their post!!
- Feel free to use the graphics in this post , but please credit back because they took a lot of time and effort to make :)
Questions
"willow" - a book with a character you can't help but fall in love with
War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy: Natasha! Enough said.
"champagne problems" - a book with a broken relationship
Britt-Marie Was Here, by Fredrik Backman: Kent and Britt-Marie's dysfunctional marriage is what kicks off the entire book (which is a follow-up to My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry), but it's not about their dysfunctional relationship; instead, it's about Britt-Marie trying to figure out who she is without Kent's suffocating influence.
"gold rush" - a book you love with all your heart
"'tis the damn season" - a book in which the character reconnects with their family/hometown
"I parkеd my car right between the Methodist / And thе school that used to be ours"
"tolerate it" - a book with a suffering relationship
"I know my love should be celebrated / But you tolerate it"
Jacob Have I Loved, by Katherine Paterson: I actually really disliked this book. The relationship between Louise and Caroline is, however, strained at best.
"no body, no crime" - a book about murder
"Good thing my daddy made me get a boating license when I was fifteen / And I've cleaned enough houses to know how to cover up a scene"
Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie: Agatha Christie is just about the only mystery novelist I'll read. I love all of her books that I've read, but this one truly blew my mind.
"happiness" - a book that's an old favorite, but you just can't relate to anymore
"There'll be happiness after you / But there was happiness because of you"
"dorothea" - a book featuring old (or strong) friendships
"The stars in your eyes / Shined brighter in Tupelo / And if you're ever tired of being known / For who you know / You know, you'll always know me"
"coney island" - a book that made you cry // completely destroyed you
Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom: I don't talk about it a lot, but this might be one of my favorite books. I've read it twice, and it made me cry both times.
"ivy" - a book that was an unexpected favorite
"Oh, I can't / Stop you putting roots in my dreamland / My house of stone, your ivy grows / And now I'm covered"
"cowboy like me" - a book about thieves, or criminals
The Thief Lord, by Cornelia Funke: It's been soooooo long since I read this, but I remember really loving it! I'd like to revisit some of Cornelia Funke's books soon.
"long story short" - a book that made up your childhood
"Actually / I always felt I must look better in the rear view"
"marjorie" - a book with a moving message
"Never be so polite, you forget your power / Never wield such power, you forget to be polite"
"closure" - a series in which you NEED the next book
"Yes, I got your letter / Yes, I'm doing better / I know that it's over / I don't need your closure"
The Hero of Ages, by Brandon Sanderson: Closure is, without a doubt, my least favorite song on the album. I tend to prefer standalone novels, but there have been a few series where I needed the next book; however, I already used all the ones that immediately popped into my head for the Folklore book tag! So I decided to tweak this prompt slightly to fit the lyrics better and picked a series where I didn't feel like I needed the next book, and that would definitely be the Mistborn series. I feel like it ended quite nicely after The Hero of Ages, and I might read the rest of the series someday, but for now I'm satisfied.
"evermore" - a perfect conclusion to an extremely long (but worth it) series
"And I couldn't be sure / I had a feeling so peculiar / That this pain would be for / Evermore"
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling: This seems like the obvious choice to me.
Bonus Tracks
"right where you left me" - a book with a character who's stuck in time
Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens: I love this song, and it always makes me think of Miss Havisham!
"it's time to go" - a book with a character going through a divorce
Becoming Duchess Goldblatt, by Anonymous: The author of this book wasn't the one in the relationship who decided to leave, but it was the only book I've read featuring a divorce that I could think of.
And there you have it! My favorite songs from Evermore would definitely be "right where you left me" and "champagne problems". What are yours? Let me know if you do the tag!
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