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Mar 2024
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125: Books and Music

Carrie and Mia
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Music and books pair together so well. We’re both huge music fans and reading books about music and musicians really fascinates us. Today, we’re sharing some fiction and nonfiction books recs about music and we hope you’ll tune in to find some new faves!

 

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Something Bookish:

[04:43] S: Grayson by Lynne Cox

This is Love podcast, “Something Large and Wild”

[06:18] M: A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

 

Fiction Books About Music:

[12:35] S: Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

[13:20] M: Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

[14:22] S: The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton

[14:57] M: The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom

[16:06] S: Wreck the Halls by Tessa Bailey

[16:53] M: Run, Rose, Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson

[17:42] S: Charm City Rocks by Matthew Norman

[18:19] M: Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel

[19:11] S: The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb

[20:06] M: The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks

[21:03] S: Modern Lovers by Emma Straub

[21:41] S: The Breakup Tour by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka

 

Nonfiction Books About Music:

[22:29] M: The Beautiful Ones by Prince

[23:10] S: The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl

[23:56] M: Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton

[24:38] S: Open Book by Jessica Simpson

[25:16] M: Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis

 

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