What Does the Bookworm Say?: Books and Music

Hey readers! Welcome to this week's edition of What Does the Bookworm Say! This week we will be discussing books and music. Don't forget to hop over to my fellow bookworm's blogs: Thuy @ Nite Lite Reviews and Kimberly @ The Windy Pages.

Do you listen to music when reading? What kind? Or is silence better? Bonus points if you make a playlist for your current book (if you have one).

Back when I was in high school and college, I used to be able to study, read, do homework, write a paper or anything while there was any kind of music playing. On my super old iPod I used to have playlists that were just for studying or writing a paper.  But now that I'm older, I prefer music without any words or just silence.  

When I was in college, I thought that the only music that didn't have words or lyrics was classical. Then my friend introduced me to Explosions in the Sky. And they are awesome! There is just something about instrumental music that is just so powerful.  It can pretty much become whatever you want it to be because there are no lyrics to define it.  To me, it become much more personal. 

As much as I always wanted to be a music person, I've just never been one.  And now I really don't care.  I've always preferred talk radio over any music station and I would much rather listen to podcasts than a playlist.  So if I'm not listening to country music, I'm listening to talk radio, instrumental music or podcasts. I'm also definitely not someone who makes playlists for books, but I think for those who do that it's really awesome!