Welcome to Litsy!

This book of short essays are all about the music that has taught the author about life or that he connects to different times in his life. There were a couple of interesting parts, but not enough to even justify a whole book. The author is clearly very knowledgeable about a variety of types of music, and I love the cover. I just didn‘t enjoy this one.

DNF‘ing this one.
Some of the essays are insightful.
But most are too personal to connect to.
And the songs selected for each section are obscure. If they were chosen to evoke images & emotions, they were chosen poorly.

The things we‘re losing to digitization... handwritten notes, the sound of a loved one ... it comes down to warmth. We‘re sacrificing it for expediency.

Well, this is an auspicious start 😉❤️🎶

Bailed...very dense. Maybe I'll pick it up at a later time.

This did not work for me at all. Blech.

This got delivered tonight-- looking forward to starting it when I get done with my current #cozymystery read: Murder Offstage by LB Hathaway. Fun, frothy and just the ticket for mindless entertainment.

The premise is a good one. Perhaps had I known any of the songs referenced I might have gotten more from it. Still, it's worth a read if you love music and how it reflects our feelings.

So many quotes! While I don't recognize many of the songs he's chosen, it's still full of nuggets like this one. Truth.

Saw what you mean to say by John Mayer cones to mind.

"We scooped food from stone bowls with our hands." ?? My kids still ask me about the "old days" before cellphones, Internet, etc.

Starting this today as my free Kindle First on Amazon Prime. I'm have high hopes for this.