The Blackthorn Album – Readers’ Choices
When I set up this competition and put a call out for songs for the Blackthorn Album (mock-up, I must stress!), I didn’t expect so many suggestions! More so, I’ve been thrilled with how apt your choices are. Yep, I’ve googled all the lyrics.
When I write a book, I have no idea how it will be received. I don’t know if readers will see what I see, feel what I feel, or care about the world I’ve created anywhere near as much as I do. Aside from reviews and individual messages, this has been the closest I’ve come to seeing how you view Blackthorn and the characters residing there. What has shone through from this competition is how much you’ve been peeling away the emotional layers of the characters and sifting through the complexity of their relationships – and totally getting it. And I love that so many of these song choices – despite a good number being as suitably dark in theme as the books themselves – are laced with hope. The fact you are rooting for the survival of these characters and their relationships is just immense.
So thank you to every single person who got involved in this – we’ve ended up with a triple album! And here we go – your awesome choices (I had to include them all) and the categories you put them in…
Kane and Caitlin (Blood Shadows)
Do What U Want – Lady Gaga
Wonderland – Natalia Kills
Poison – Alice Cooper
Nothing Else Matters – Metallica
Temptation – The Tea Party
Look After You – The Fray
Hang Ten – Edwin (Kane for Caitlin)
Caleb and Leila (Blood Roses)
Fix You – Coldplay
Red – Taylor Swift
Never Let Me Go – Florence and the Machine
Precious Things – Tori Amos
All You Wanted – Michelle Branch
Bed of Roses – Bon Jovi
I Hate Everything About You – Three Days Grace
Hang Ten – Edwin (Caleb for Leila)
Jask and Sophia (Blood Torn)
We Found Love – Rihanna
All of Me – John Legend
Feel Again – One Republic
My Immortal – Evanescence
Bitch – Meredith Brooks
Radioactive – Imagine Dragons
Blackthorn Theme
Welcome to the Jungle – Guns N Roses
Black Black Heart – David Usher
People are Strange – The Doors
When Worlds Collide – Powerman 5000
The Day the World Went Away – Nine Inch Nails
Unattributed
The Dark Side – Kelly Clarkson
Demons – Imagine Dragons
Bound To You – Christina Aguilera
Resistance – Muse
Thousand Years – Christina Perri
Unintended – Muse
Undisclosed Desires – Muse
Without You – Hinder
Map of the Problematique – Muse
Hit the Floor – Linkin Park
Blue Jeans – Lana Del Rey
It Could Be Sweet – Portishead
Battle in Me – Garbage
Teeth – Lady Gaga
HUGE thanks to everyone who contributed to the album. I do hope I haven’t missed any songs out! And I’m just so glad I’d decided to pick the winners randomly before this started! Those 5 winners of a signed postcard, are:
Deb Bailey, Sari Kalanti, Denise Morrissey, Tracey Rogers and Sam Williams.
Congratulations!! If you send me your postal address either through Facebook or via my ‘contact’ tab above, I’ll get your postcard to you asap. Just let me know if you’d like it signed to you personally.
I hope those who didn’t win won’t be too disappointed. 🙁 I promise I’ll run something similar again at some point.
Have a great week, everyone!
Comments
Yay!!! And I would buy that album in a heartbeat. Most of my faves are on there 🙂
Congrats, Tracey!! I’m tempted to buy it too – there really are some awesome choices. I’ve decided there’s definitely similar tastes between books and music when it comes to Team Blackthorn. 🙂
An awesome selection of music. I, too, would totally buy a Blackthorn album!
I think Team Blackthorn did incredibly well – I love so many of these choices. And I’ve discovered Imagine Dragons through it, which is cool too!