Playlist for the Enchanted Letters Series

More often than not, my brain is full of music. There is a never-ending playlist of songs feeding through my subconscious at any given moment. Most of the time, I give in to the need to quiet my ADHD brain with the music it desires. Often, a song or a lyric will pop into my head in response to something that was said or something I read. Anyone who knows me well will know that I will 50% of the time respond in a song lyric. The other 50% I’m holding it in.

This affinity for my brain to match my life to music also works with books. I will read a line a character says or a scene and instantly be transported to a song. Similarly, I can hear a song and link it back to the book I’m reading. I thought it might be fun to start putting these book playlists together and sharing them with you. As I just finished reading the Enchanted Letters series by Rebecca Ross (review here), I decided the first playlist shared would coincide with these books.

However, I built this playlist a little differently than I plan to do in the future. While I was reading these books, songs did pop into my head, but all I could think about was how they didn’t fit aesthetically. While the lyrics worked, the sound was off. After all, Ross does a great job of transporting you back in time to her early 20th century timeline. Then, it struck me: Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox is the perfect blend of modern lyrics with the swing style one might place in the early 1900s.

In building this playlist, I looked through the repertoire of Postmodern Jukebox and picked the songs that spoke to me about the book series. (Sidenote: A brand new album, Lounge Language Models, dropped yesterday. I highly recommend a listen.) Some are songs that are normally a part of my in-head playlist; others were fun finds in browsing through the catalogue. Some, like Grenade, were just too perfect to pass up. If you know, you know.

I really hope you enjoy the music!