A song to match everyone's heartbeat.
A soaring melody, a pulse-pounding beat, a touching lyric: Music takes a moment and makes it a memory. It's a universal language that can capture love, heartbreak, loss, soul searching, and wing spreading-all in the span of a few notes. In Behind the Song, fourteen acclaimed young adult authors and musicians share short stories and personal essays inspired by the songs, the albums, the musicians who move them.
So cue up the playlist and crank the volume. This is an anthology you'll want to experience on repeat.
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['Dude' I say (SUBURBIANA BY DAVID ARNOLD)]***
(@SourcebooksFire, 5 September 2017, 376 pages, e-book, borrowed from @GlasgowLib via @OverDriveLibs)
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I loved the concept behind this collection, stories and essays inspired by music. Music is something that does speak to everyone and certain songs resonate more than others. Perhaps they remind us of a significant experience such as first love or someone who once met a lot to us. I enjoyed the essays more than the stories which surprised me. The essays were a mixed bag written by singers discussing their own music as well as writers inspired by specific songs. The best essay is Cold Beverage: The Song I Wrote That Changed My Life by G. Love. I enjoyed all of the stories as well. The stories were a mixed bag, spread across different genres and styles. My favourites included Miss Atomic Bomb by Anthony Breznican, Tiffany Twisted by Ellen Hopkins and City Girl by E.C Myers.
