Booksmith Crime Log

SATURDAY 13:27   Police responded to a shooting on the beach. A man of Arab descent was murdered. Suspect is in custody. Hate crime suspected.

SUNDAY 20:49   Police responded to noise complaint in an apartment complex. Upon investigating the scene, police discovered a double homicide. Items appear to be missing from the apartment as well though no sign of breaking and entering was detected. No murder weapon has been found though a suspect, a tenant of one of the victim's properties, has been called in for questioning.

MONDAY 23:10   Police responded to a stolen vehicle downtown. Two young, white gentleman were last seen near the car. The suspect is believed to be Dean Moriarty, a known car thief.

TUESDAY 23:47   A young couple called police to report an injured man in the park. The victim, a transient, claimed a gang of oddly-dressed teenagers sang at him then beat him severely. There are no suspects at this time.

WEDNESDAY 14:05   An area man called to claim that his daughter was abused by a hired handyman. The charges were later dropped.

THURSDAY 09:17   The liquor license of a hotel downtown is now suspended after an anonymous tip that the bartender served a minor. According to the report, the minor appeared to be 15 or 16 and wore a red flannel hat.

FRIDAY 19:57   Police received a complaint that a load of jeans was stolen from a dryer out of an area laundromat. According to surveillance tapes, it appears to be known thief Marla Singer. She appeared to have an accomplice.

FRIDAY 21:38   Area woman E. L. James was arrested for impersonating an author. [Ed.: ZING!]

Literary Mix Tapes

Social media has opened up the book community in engaging new ways when we talk about new books or the old books we love. Before Haruki Murakami's latest epic released in the US, a Spotify playlist of essentially a soundtrack to the novel was released, and just today, the nerd blogosphere lit up with the release of the actual soundtrack to the new film adaptation of Kerouac's On the Road. 

Sometimes music spins in the background while I read creating an impromptu soundtrack; other times, I think of songs that fit certain characters or moods or settings, and it's fun AND NOT AT ALL NERDY to create a playlist that goes with the book I'm reading. I've talked on the blog before of my love for Patrick Süskind's novel Perfume, and reading the fireworks scene always makes me think of the Siouxsie and the Banshees song "Fireworks." We are fireworks, guys.

I'm a huge metal-head and reading The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson, the main character Katri makes me think of the Burzum song "A Lost, Forgotten Sad Spirit." Oh, Katri. So harsh and cold, like the crustiest Norwegian black metal. Similarly (in character, not genre), here's a link to a literary mixtape for Arya Stark, my favorite character in Game of Thrones.

Are there songs that make you think of scenes in your favorite books? Or characters? Share thoughts and playlists here!