Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Pam's Beatlemania Challenge (still being formulated!)
Read books that connect to a title, lyric or theme in a Beatles song.
Challenge starts Jan 1, 2022 and has no end date and no goals. It's just for fun!

Album: Let it Be

Album: The White Album

Album: Magical Mystery Tour
Songs: Magical Mystery Tour, I am the Walrus, Baby You're a Rich Man, Flying, Strawberry Fields Forever, All You Need is Love, Penny Lane, The Fool on the Hill, Your Mother Should Know, Hello Goodbye, Blue Jay Way

Album: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Songs: Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, With a Little Help from My Friends, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Getting Better, Fixing a Hole, She's Leaving Home, For the Benefit of Mr. Kite, Within Without You, When I'm 64, Lovely Rita, Good Morning Good Morning, A Day in the Life

Album: A Hard Day's Night

Album: Yellow Submarine

Album: Revolver

Album: Abbey Road

Album: Rubber Soul

Number of books read by Album:
Let it Be: 1
The White Album: 1
Magical Mystery Tour: 1
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: 2
A Hard Day's Night:
Yellow Submarine:
Revolver: 1
Abbey Road:
Rubber Soul:

Ideas:

Get Back (Jo Jo):
Jojo Myers book

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds:
- line "Your head in the clouds" Cloud Cuckoo Land, The Invention of Exile (clouds on cover)
- line "Picture yourself on a train in the station" The Winter Station by Jody Shields-
"Follow her Down to a Bridge by the River" - The Bridge on the Drina

The Long and Winding Road:
On the Road
The Road
Travels with Charley: In Search of America

Rain:
The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng

Across the Universe:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

A day in the Life:
Anything related to news or politics

The Octopuses Garden:
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness

Books read:
Format- Title, author, song, line/theme, album

2022 Books
1.Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck
The Long and Winding Road on Let it Be
*Roadtrip story
2. The Winter Station by Jody Shields
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds on Sgt. Pepper's
*Lyric "Picture yourself on a train in a station..."
3. The Lola Quartet by Emily St. John Mandel
With a Little Help From My Friends on Sgt Pepper's
*Story involves 4 old friends from high school
4. The Glass-Blowers by Daphne du Maurier
Revolution on The White Album
*Book was set during the French Revolution
5. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman
All You Need is Love on The Magical Mystery Tour
*The love between the two brothers is what kept them both going!
6. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Good Day Sunshine on Revolver
*Sun---Sunshine

I’ve been doing something like this as a side challenge this year. I’m not really picking out the books to match the songs, per se, but when I finish them, I pick out which song matches the book best (for me anyway).

Well, I finally added some books to this challenge - 6 for now! I will have to add the other songs to post #1 since I can't think of all of their songs off the top of my head. The Sgt Pepper's album is in the early lead.

I thought of Here Comes the Sun for Klara and the Sun! Fun challenge idea, I'll see if I can find some to match my books.