hi friends!! i’ve been trying to make reading fun this year (more so than it already is, that is) and one way i want to do that is by doing a playlist inspired by my reads! this particular idea was inspired while reading Crying In H-Mart by Michelle Zauner, since she is also known as the musician Japanese Breakfast. each book i read will have one song dedicated to it on this playlist. this song choice is up to interpretation, whether it’s based on something in the text or makes you feel similarly to a character. i invite others to do the same!

my first three songs of the year are as follows:

• “Wuthering Heights” by Kate Bush for Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
• “august” by Taylor Swift for People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry
• “Choke” by I Don’t Know How But They Found Me for Yellowface by R. F. Kuang

if you end up doing this with me, let me know what the first songs on your playlist are! happy reading and listening 🫶

How did you get into reading? I know maybe a simple question, but I got into reading because of my Godmother, she was a librarian for a school board and always gifted me books for Christmas and birthdays growing up. They would always be different genres and always something i would never choose myself. This made me really appreciate stepping outside your comfort zone to find something you may like (or may not like lol). Last year, we decided to share a read together and again it was something I likely would have not picked up myself, but I was left with that feeling of appreciation for stepping outside your comfort zone and nostalgia for the old traditions manifesting itself in different ways.

So how does your story go? Have you been a reader since before you can remember? Was there a teacher or loved one that showed you the joys of reading? Or did you stumble upon reading later on in life?

Tell me, I'm nosy!!