Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Book Titles That Remind Me of Songs

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This is the last week of me having to make up a topic (Thank goodness! How do they do it?!), and I want to talk about

Book Titles That Remind Me of Songs!

I don't know if this has ever happened to you, but there are book titles that make me start singing, because the title reminds me of a song I know. It can sort of make me nuts, but I cannot seem to make it stop. There are series, which I know must intentionally be named after songs, like Jill Shalvis' Lucky Harbor or Ann Aguirre's 2B Trilogy, but there are some that I am not sure if it was intentional or accidental, and there are others that are just one little word away from a song title. These are all books I have read in the recent past or one's that I cannot escape. Either way, I am sorry if I plant any earwigs. 

Since You've Been Gone
Morgan Matson
Series: n/a
Publisher: Simon & Schuster




Breakaway
Cate Cameron
Series: Corrigan Falls Raiders, #4
Publisher: Entangled: Crush



Bittersweet
Sarah Ockler
Series: n/a
Publisher: Simon Pulse



Who's That Girl
Blair Thornburgh
Series: n/a
Publisher: Harper Collin's Children's



More of Me
Kathryn Evans
Series: n/a
Publisher: Amulet Books



Hello?
Liza Wiemer
Series: n/a
Publisher: Spencer Hill Press



Songs About a Girl
Chris Russell
Series: n/a
Publisher



I Believe in a Thing Called Love
Maurene Goo
Series: n/a
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc



Fireworks
Katie Cotugno
Series: n/a
Publisher: HarperCollins/Blazer & Bray



By Your Side
Kasie West
Series: n/a
Publisher: Harper Teen






Does this ever happen to you?
Let us know in the comments!

30 comments:

  1. Yes! Since You've Been Gone immediately made me think of Kelly Clarkson.

    For some reason, Britney Spears' You Drive Me Crazy reminds me of Robin Reul's book, My Kind of Crazy.

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    1. I could totally see that. I think Patsy Kline's Crazy would pop into my head too or Madonna's Crazy for You. And that Matson book is one I cannot escape! At least the song is pretty good, right?

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  2. I love this post! :D It's highly likely that NONE of the books really match the songs, but just because of the titles they kind of work. Haven't read any of these ones to say for sure. :P Thanks for sharing!

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    1. There are a few that work. Both the Kelly Clarkson songs work for the books. I think About a Girl and Firework work well too, and probably By Your Side too.

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  3. Oh my I love, love this post. Since You've Been Gone always makes me think of the song! You paired all of these so well!!

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    1. Yep! Matson's book was the one that inspired this list.

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  4. Great Top Ten topic, Sam! I didn't recognize a couple of the songs but a few made me instantly nostalgic. I don't think I've seen the Who's That Girl video in 20+ years. LOL

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    1. I originally have Romancing the Throne with Romancing the Stone on the list too. Does that one take you back?

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    2. Yes! A little Eddy Grant happening. And now I need to go YouTube that video for a few laughs.

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  5. Oh boy, I think I'll be hearing Since You've Been Gone all day today. =) Love this post, and love the pairing.

    PS. I enjoy reading you comments very much.

    Lonna @ FLYLēF

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    1. See. I apologized up front about the earwig thing, but seriously, I was telling my co-worker about this and then she had Kelly Clarkson stuck in her head too. Every. Time.

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  6. Since You've Been Gone reminds me of a song, definitely, but not that one. There must be another song with that title out there. And Who's That Girl definitely reminds me of the Madonna song lol. Love it!

    Fireworks is a good one too! :)

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  7. OOoh good topic choice! And picks! Though a lot of these are totally new to me ones! I guess my paranormal reads are harder to find in lyrics!

    Here's my Tuesday Post

    Have a GREAT day!

    Old Follower :)

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    1. Funny, when I started reading for pleasure again, I read all my daughter's book -- lots of paranormal and dystopians. But my first love has always been contemporary romance. This was a really fun topic actually, but I am glad we will have our TTT topics from the Broke and the Bookish again next week.

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  8. I love your top ten list! I always notice when books share a song title.

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    1. I notice and then I start singing and singing. The Shalvis books really did a number on me with all those great oldies tunes.

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  9. Oh wow, what a great topic! I've never though about it before, but I loved your list :)

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    1. I was inspired when I found myself singing "Since You've Been Gone" again(!), and I got to feature some older books too, which I really loved.

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  10. This never crossed my mind before! I'll probably see this more in the books I read because I'll be looking for it subconsciously C:

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    1. I do this all the time. Titles, phrases I hear on TV or when people are talking can cause me to break out in song

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  11. This is such an awesome post, Sam! You're right, there really are a ton of book titles out there that make me think of songs. Sine You've Been Gone is a great pick! I scanned my own shelves to see if there were any that are similar to song titles, but not many fantasy novel titles work well with song titles! 😂

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    1. I love It! A challenge! It us funny you say that, because when I asked my co-blogger about thus post, she said she would have to think about it, and she is more of a dystopian, paranormal, fantasy reader.

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  12. Such a fun post! I sing the Kelly Clarkson song in my head every time I see Since You've Been Gone, haha.

    I also like the Bonnie Raitt song for I Believe in a Thing Called Love. The song by Darkness is the one that always pops into my head.

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    1. Wow! That's an oldie, but now I remember it. BTW - that video was so weird. 😆

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  13. I find I get ear-wormed by Patrick Ness's More Than This and of course Geraldine Brooks's The Secret Chord, which is, if not intentional, inspired by the same biblical verse behind the song Hallelujah. And "Hello?" makes me think more of Lionel Richie, though the Adele song is one I'd much rather have stuck in my head!

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    1. Yes, I totally hear Lionel Richie too, but Adele's song was every where at one point, so it came to mind first. Wow, More Than This - such a great song. I have not thought of it in forever.

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  14. I haven't read any of these books yet, but I still love this post and the songs you picked for them! :)

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    1. This was a super-fun post, and I liked that I got to show off some books that may be new to some people.

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