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Showing posts with label soundtrack. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soundtrack. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

October: The Soundtrack to Lips Touch

Featured Author Laini Taylor hand-picked songs for the playlist that accompanies Lips Touch this month (take a sneak peek, left). Listen to the full soundtrack with the player in the right-hand sidebar or see the list of songs in the October issue!







Wednesday, June 9, 2010

June: The Soundtrack to Paper Towns

Featured Author John Green hand-picked songs for the playlist that accompanies Paper Towns this month (and how cool is that peek at the mix, left?). Listen to the full soundtrack with the player in the right-hand sidebar or in the June issue!



Tuesday, May 18, 2010

May: The Soundtrack to Absolutely Maybe

Featured Author Lisa Yee hand-picked songs for the playlist that accompanies Absolutely Maybe this month (and how cool is that peek at the mix, left?). Listen to the full soundtrack with the player in the right-hand sidebar or in the May issue!




Wednesday, April 7, 2010

April Playlist: The Secret Life of Prince Charming Soundtrack!

Check out the awesome music Deb Caletti has chosen for the soundtrack to The Secret Life of Prince Charming. Have a listen in the right-hand sidebar or just open up this month's issue of readergirlz and the music will start!

Deb selected a mix of different styles and time periods, for each of the main female characters...

1. "Daughters" by John Mayer Trio – Live (Quote from the opening page of the book)

2. "Baby I Can't Please You" by Sam Phillips (For Mom – Mary Louise Hoffman)

3. "Love You Madly" by Cake (For Aunt Annie)

4. "Shop Around" by Smokey Robinson (For Grandma – Dorothy Hoffman)

5. "I Was Never Young" by Of Montreal (For Sprout)

6. "Skinny Love" by Bon Iver (For Frances Lee)

7. "Changed the Locks" by Lucinda Williams (For Joelle Giofranco)

8. "Oh My Love" by John Lennon (For Elizabeth Bennett)

9. "A Lucky Guy" by Rickie Lee Jones (For Olivia Thorton)

10. "Not The Doctor" by Alanis Morissette (For Brie Jenkins)

11. "Love Is A Stranger" by Eurythmics (For Abigail Renfrew)

12. "Secret Heart" by Ron Sexsmith (For Quinn)


SWOON.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Scott Westerfeld's March Playlist: Leviathan

Check out the awesome music Scott Westerfeld has chosen for the soundtrack to Leviathan. Have a listen in the left-hand sidebar or just open up this month's issue of readergirlz and the music will start!

The soundtrack includes:

1. "Airship Pirate" by Abney Park
2. "Metal on Metal" by Kraftwerk
3. "Christiansands" by Tricky
4. "Hustle Rose" by Metric
5. "Galang" by M.I.A.
6. "The Sea" by Morcheeba
7. "We Are Pilots" by Shiny Toy Guns
8. "Barracuda" by Rasputina
9. "Supermodel" by Bran Van 3000
10. "Vingt à trente mille jours" by Françoiz Breu
11. "Flicks" by Frou Frou
12. "Yerkemo Sew" by Mulatu Astaque

Thursday, April 23, 2009

April: The IMPULSE Soundtrack

As discussed last night in our awesome LIVE! chat, Ellen Hopkins has chosen an amazing and eclectic soundtrack this month for Impulse. Here's a peek at who's on it--you can play it in the right sidebar, or hit up this month's issue for automatic listening action.