Top Ten Tuesday ~ Movies and TV Shows That Would Make Great Books

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly event hosted by 

The Broke and the Bookish. 

This weeks topic: Since this was a free week, Banana gets credit for coming up with our topic which is:

Movies and TV Shows That Would Make Great Books

10 ~ Knight and Day

This movie is a family favorite around here.  It is hilarious and we would definitely read a book about it.

9 ~ Hart of Dixie

This show was one we enjoyed every episode of.  It would certainly make for some fun contemporary southern romance books.

8 ~ The Emperor's New Groove

If you haven't seen this movie then shame, shame, shame on you!  It is one of our favorite Disney movies of all time and provides so many quotable one liners it's ridiculous!  It would make for a hilarious adventure story in book form.

7 ~ Private Practice

What makes for a great book?  How about a lot of messed up relationships intermingled with medical cases?  We think Private Practice has potential for a great book series.

6 ~ Heroes

Heroes would be an excellent basis for a graphic novel series!  Who's with us on this one?

5 ~ Grey's Anatomy

Want to talk about an awesome medical drama series filled with relationship angst, lies and all those other goodies?  We think Grey's Anatomy has great potential as a book series.  You'll be crying a lot though because your favorite characters will be dying every other book!

4 ~ Gilmore Girls

Whit, sarcasm, relationships, quirky small town adventures.  What's not to love about Gilmore Girls and who wouldn't want to read this series as a book?

3 ~ How to Get Away With Murder

If this show doesn't translate into a great book series we don't know what would!  They had us going until the very end with season 1 and now season 2 is going to be just as epic as we try and find out who committed the latest murder on this fantastic series.

2 ~ 24

24 has all the right combination for everything you would want in a great thriller series.  Don't tell me you wouldn't love to read about Jack Bauer uncovering intense terrorist crimes using all his non-conventional methods.  24 the book series...hopefully coming to a bookstore near you!

1 ~ Scandal

This show has it all: drama, suspense, romance, and everything else.  It would be very interesting to get into the heads of all these amazing characters and read their thoughts on what's happening.  The constant twists throughout the book alone would definitely keep you reading until way past 3am!


Now it's your turn!  Tell us what shows you think would make great books.  Also what topics did you decide on for your free week?  Leave us your comments so we can check out your posts as well!

Finding Perfect by Kendra C. Highley ~ Blitz and Giveaway

Finding Perfect by Kendra C. Highley 
Published by: Entangled Crush
Publication date: September 14th 2015
Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult

For “Perfect Paige” Westfeld, today is “D” Day. As in, she just got one on her calculus test. With  her dreams of Stanford, her reputation, and her parents’ expectations at stake, Paige needs to  find a way to save face before everything she’s worked for goes up in flames.

Ben Franklin (yes, he’s related) is from the wrong side of town, with the wrong clothes and the  wrong kind of life. He also knows an opportunity when he sees one, and he’ll be happy to tutor  Paige—if she makes him into the kind of guy her best friend, the hottest girl in school, will date.

It’s the perfect arrangement. And Paige is determined not even the inconvenient—and utterly imperfect—attraction simmering between her and Ben will ruin it…

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The Songs of Finding Perfect

I’m one of those writers who has to have music in order to write. But it’s more than that—I have to have a playlist, specific to each book, complete with songs that the major characters. The playlist for this book was really important: Paige is all about her music, and Ben loves it, too. I needed songs that pointed to who they were, inside and out. So what did I listen to? Here’s fifteen songs from the list:

1. “Demons” by Imagine Dragons
2. “Radioactive” cover (Imagine Dragons) by William Joseph
3. “Here With Me” by Susie Suh and Robert Koch
4. “A Sky Full of Stars” by Coldplay
5. “Oblivion” by Bastille
6. “I Lived” by One Republic
7. “Stolen Dance” by Milky Chance
8. “Love Love Love” by Of Monsters and Men
9. “Wrapped Around Your Finger” by The Police
10. “Every Breaking Wave” by U2
11. “Heartlines” by Florence + Machine
12. “Iridescent” by Linkin Park
13. “Stay” by Rihanna (feat. Mikky Ekko)
14. “Fix You” by Coldplay
15. “With or Without You” by U2

About the Author

Kendra C. Highley lives in north Texas with her husband and two children. She also serves as staff to four self-important cats. This, according to the cats, is her most crucial job. She believes chocolate is a basic human right, running a 10k is harder than it sounds, and that everyone should learn to drive a stick-shift. She loves monsters, vacations, baking and listening to bad electronica.

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Sarcastic Song Shuffle ~ September 2015 Edition

We listen to music all the time in our house so we thought it would be fun to share some of the music we love with you in a blog post every month.  Get ready, because everyone is grabbing their iPods and then...

WE ARE GOING TO HIT SHUFFLE!

Coconut

Female ~ Age: 10

Favorite music groups/artists:  One Direction, Justin Bieber, 

Cody Simpson, Austin Mahone

Coconut's Playlist

1. Pool Mashup ~ Pitch Perfect Soundtrack
2. Brave Honest Beautiful ~ Fifth Harmony feat. Meghan Trainor
3. Blown Away ~ Carrie Underwood
4. La La Land ~ Demi Lovato
5. 11:11 ~ Austin Mahone
6. Trebles Finals ~ Pitch Perfect Soundtrack
7. Without You ~ Hinder
8. One Way or Another ~ One Direction
9. Alive ~ One Direction
10. Summertime of Our Lives ~ Cody Simpson

Toucan

Female ~ Age: 14

Favorite Music Groups/Artists :  One Direction, 5 Seconds of Summer, Shawn Mendes, Jack and Jack, Troye Sivan

Likes to listen to Top 40 Radio Hits.

Toucan's Playlist

1. Arms Around A Memory ~ Hilary Duff
2. This Is How We Do ~ Katy Perry
3. The Weight ~ Shawn Mendes 
4. Be My Baby  ~ Ariana Grande feat. Cashmere Cat
5. Change Your Ticket ~ One Direction
6. BITE ~ Troye Sivan
7. It's Gonna Be Me ~ *NSYNC
8. Better Than Words ~ One Direction
9. California Gurls ~ Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg
10. Beez In the Trap ~ Nicki Minaj feat. 2 Chainz 

Flamingo

Female ~ Age: Adult

Favorite Music Group: Bon Jovi

She will pretty much listen to and enjoy anything.

Flamingo's Playlist

1. Summer ~ Sum 41
2. Baby I ~ Ariana Grande
3. Somebody ~ Bryan Adams
4. DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love ~ Usher feat. Pitbull
5. Miles Away ~ Winger
6. Louder Then Ever ~ Daughtry
7. The Way ~ Ariana Grande feat. Mac Miller
8. By the Way ~ Hinder
9. No Control ~ One Direction
10. Bounce ~ Bon Jovi

Banana

Male ~ Age:17 

Likes to listen to pretty much any kind of music.  

Doesn't have a favorite Artist.

Banana's Playlist

1. Hot N Cold ~ Katy Perry
2. What I've Been Looking For (Reprise) ~ High School Musical Soundtrack
3. Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You ~ Kellie Pickler
4. Fun, Fun, Fun ~ Despicable Me Soundtrack
5. Troublemaker ~ Olly Murs feat. Flo Rida
6. California Gurls ~ Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg
7. Red ~ Taylor Swift
8. Nothing Feels Like You ~ Little Mix
9. Good For You ~ Selena Gomez feat. A$AP Rocky
10. Top Down ~ Fifth Harmony

Last up ~ Surfboard

Male ~ Age: Adult

Doesn't like any particular artist, just songs.  

Surfboard's Playlist

1. Pump Up the Jam ~ Technotronic
2. Piano Man ~ Billy Joel
3. Supermassive Black Hole ~ Muse
4. Next to You, Next to Me ~ Shenandoah
5. Raise Your Hands ~ Bon Jovi
6. Endless Summer Nights ~ Richard Marx
7. Put Your Hearts Up ~ Ariana Grande
8. The 23rd Psalm ~ Bobby McFerrin
9. Breathless ~ The Corrs
10. I'll Still Be Loving You ~ Restless Heart

Do you want to join us in the Sarcastic Song Shuffle?  We love finding new music and would love to know what you are listening to as well.  From now on, Sarcastic Song Shuffle is going to be a blog hop!  Grab the Sarcastic Song Shuffle sticker at the top of this post and join the linky so we can see what you are listening to as well.  We will be doing this on the FIRST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH so put it on your schedule now and join us in the Sarcastic Song Shuffle!  

(If you would like a monthly reminder email about the Sarcastic Song Shuffle, contact me at sarcasticpalmtrees@gmail.com)