"Name That Tune" Fun

In one of the book groups that I participate in on Goodreads runs a bi-monthly Toppler, which in basic terms is a read-a-thon. They alternate between a week long one and a 24 hour one. This time around, it is a 24 hour one which started at 12 noon DST (which is 5pm my time) on Saturday 9th August and finished at 12 noon DST on Sunday 10th August.

Each Toppler has a theme and this time it is the game show "Name That Tune". So first off, I had to pick a song that I like. I chose "The End of the Line" by The Offspring. Then I had to choose a book that would make a good song title, I chose Coraline by Neil Gaiman as the title rhymed with Line in the song which I thought might make things easier on me. I then read my selected book within the 24 hour time frame allotted. Then finally, after reading my book, I wrote a song set to the tune of my chosen song. The result is as follows:

"The End Of Coraline"
When the book's by Neil Gaiman
And the Toppler’s going on
All of time should just stand still

When the story’s underway
And the Toppler game is played
I could live my life happy
if this book would never end

Please stay now, don’t leave me without a book- the end of Coraline
Please stay I can't make it on my own - the end of Coraline
Make it on my own
The end of Coraline

Now that you are read and gone
And I'm left to carry on
I could never smile till I
Find another book

Please stay now, don’t leave me without a book- the end of Coraline
Please stay I can't make it on my own - the end of Coraline
Make it on my own
The end of Coraline

Finally,
Your final resting day
Is a Sunday
I weep
And think of brighter days
What’s my next read?

You can't take back, the one you’ve read
That still lives on after the last page’s spent
In that one day, that changed our lives
And happy memories are left behind

You can't take back, the one you’ve read
That still lives on after the last page’s spent
In that one day, that changed our lives
And happy memories are left behind
Please stay now, don’t leave me without a book- the end of Coraline
Please stay I can't make it on my own - the end of Coraline
Make it on my own
The end of Coraline

I'm really chuffed with my song and the book was really good too! I will post my review for Coraline soon.

Normally when I take part in the 24 hour topplers, I manage to read one book but this time round I managed to squeeze in a cheeky second book. I read The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson. Again, I had to choose a song and write some new lyrics for it. I chose to adapt "Mirror in the Bathroom" by The Beat. I only did the first two verses of the song and while I do like it, I don't think it's as good as my Coraline song.

The Emperor's Soul
Shai is in a locked room
Wants to be free
The door is locked
Just her waiting to flee.
Where she sits and carves
Soulstone at the table
All by herself
While she is carving.

Shai is in a locked room
She just can't stop it,
Every day she plans to flee
And carving.
All her interest in the
Carving of a self
Just a thousand indentations
For the Emperor’s soul, soul, soul...

So it has been a reading and lyric writing packed weekend for me! Some of the other participants were brave enough to record themselves singing their revised song but I'm too chicken to do that! I will post a review for The Emperor's Soul soon.