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bringing my favourite book to life: her name in the sky edition

(recommended listening: with headphones)

context: as i was trying to sleep a few nights ago i was thinking about how cool it would be if i could do something to bring my favourite book to life with audio. so taking clips from the audiobook and combining them with other bits of audio and a track, this is what i created. this is essentially how i visualise the scene, but just in audio. note: these are different parts of chapter 8 pieced together to create this scene. 

feedback would be really appreciated because i’m thinking about doing at least a few scenes from each chapter of the book :)

songs han loves - revised: a hannah eaden & baker hadley playlist

“Hannah picks up Baker’s iPhone, connected to the stereo through the auxiliary jack, and scrolls through the playlists until she finds the one she wants—the one she discovered by accident a few months ago, and which made Baker blush and steal the phone back. Songs han loves.”

1. untitled (hold tight) by laurel 2. flags by syml 3. back to my ways by john vincent iii 4. save us by lennon stella 5. heavy weather by billie marten 6. cool blue by the japanese house 7. shrike by hozier 8. step by the vampire weekend 9. tears by bipolar sunshine 10. i like it when you love me by oh wonder 11. blue dress by benjamin francis leftwich 12. maple by jome 13. cherry by harry styles 14. natalie by milk and bone 15. seventeen by sharon van etten 16. you and i by local natives 17. ribs by lorde 18. see you later by alexander 23 19. people need a melody by the head and the heart 20 when all my friends move away by caro 21. personal best by maisie peters 22. strawberry swing by coldplay 

bringing my favourite book to life: her name in the sky edition

(recommended listening: with headphones)

context: as i was trying to sleep a few nights ago i was thinking about how cool it would be if i could do something to bring my favourite book to life with audio. so taking clips from the audiobook and combining them with other bits of audio and a track, this is what i created. this is essentially how i visualise the scene, but just in audio. note: these are different parts of chapter 8 pieced together to create this scene. 

feedback would be really appreciated because i’m thinking about doing at least a few scenes from each chapter of the book :)

bringing my favourite book to life: her name in the sky edition, part six

“God knew exactly what he was doing when he created you, Hannah.”

note: this is just hannah at the chapel - there is no dialogue with ms. carpenter - it was nice to do something hopeful as opposed to heartbreaking and hannah coming home to herself was the perfect scene. 

“Did you hear me? I’m gay! I’m gay!”

[all credit to tanormedia and amber run for the song (slowed vers.)] & message me scene requests! 

listen to more:

chapter 3: mardi gras

chapter 6: spring break (I liked kissing you better)

chapter 7: the only two humans on earth

chapter 8: broken

bringing my favourite book to life: her name in the sky edition

(recommended listening: with headphones)

context: as i was trying to sleep a few nights ago i was thinking about how cool it would be if i could do something to bring my favourite book to life with audio. so taking clips from the audiobook and combining them with other bits of audio and a track, this is what i created. this is essentially how i visualise the scene, but just in audio. note: these are different parts of chapter 8 pieced together to create this scene. 

feedback would be really appreciated because i’m thinking about doing at least a few scenes from each chapter of the book :)

bringing my favourite book to life: her name in the sky edition, part six

“God knew exactly what he was doing when he created you, Hannah.”

note: this is just hannah at the chapel - there is no dialogue with ms. carpenter - it was nice to do something hopeful as opposed to heartbreaking and hannah coming home to herself was the perfect scene. 

“Did you hear me? I’m gay! I’m gay!”

[all credit to tanormedia and amber run for the song (slowed vers.)] & message me scene requests! 

listen to more:

chapter 3: mardi gras

chapter 6: spring break (I liked kissing you better)

chapter 7: the only two humans on earth

chapter 8: broken

hey b, 

you’re 19 now. you got into your dream college, just like we always planned. you graduated top of the class and now you’re having the time of your life at LSU. and you fell in love. you found it in the most unexpected place but it’s amazing. better than you ever imagined. just don’t be too scared when it comes around, okay? 

i say that because, well… it’s hannah. you fall in love with hannah. and god, every time her fingertips trace along your skin it’s electrifying. every time you kiss her your lips tingle for hours after. i won’t lie to you, bake, it’s messy. you act on impulse one night at a party and you kiss her and the whole world falls at your feet - and just like that you were done for. you drive home from clay’s party one night with hannah, you spent half an hour stargazing and then left to make mac ‘n’ cheese and i’m pretty sure it’s while you’re driving down the moonlit road as the rain lightly tapped against the windscreen as hannah bopped her head and hummed along to strawberry swing that you realised it was something more. but the kiss almost ruins it. you’re scared and you’re ashamed. you do everything you can to stop feeling that way.. you even do something you regret and it breaks your heart because it’s something sacred. something that only felt right with hannah. you’re going to push her away and you’re gonna hurt her, but promise me you’ll make it up to her? because she deserves the world, and you need to give that to her. she’s brave and she protected you - she really, really loves you.

you have a bit of an accident - but maybe a bump to the head was all you needed. that teaches you for getting brave, huh? don’t forget to thank Ms. C. and never, ever delete her email to you. it’s important and part of what shaped you as a person.

you’re ready to accept yourself, and to allow yourself to love hannah. and it’s wonderful. be patient with people, won’t you? especially your parents. they love you and your happiness is important to them. but it’s a lot to take in. they’re really trying, i promise. it’s easier now - especially because they love hannah so much. han’s special, bake. 

you’ll get to 17 and you’ll be terrified because kissing your best friend felt like coming home. and then you’ll get to 19 and be so in love with every last bit of her you’ll wonder why home ever scared you to begin with. 

so now you’re 19. studying at LSU, you’ve made a ton of new friends, you’re acing your classes and you’re happy. you’re happy, bake. you were so scared and ashamed - so guilt ridden. and everything fell into place and you can’t remember the last time your heart ever felt so full - you don’t think it ever has. hannah is visiting from Emory and is due to arrive any minute and you’ll spend the weekend together, just like you do every month. long distance is hard, but she makes it so worth it. cherish her and love her with every fibre of your being because you’ll never find another girl like her. trust me. 

you did it, bake. you found yourself and you fell in love with the most wonderful girl in the entire world - but most importantly, you learnt how to love yourself. you did it. 

bringing my favourite book to life: her name in the sky edition

(recommended listening: with headphones)

context: as i was trying to sleep a few nights ago i was thinking about how cool it would be if i could do something to bring my favourite book to life with audio. so taking clips from the audiobook and combining them with other bits of audio and a track, this is what i created. this is essentially how i visualise the scene, but just in audio. note: these are different parts of chapter 8 pieced together to create this scene. 

feedback would be really appreciated because i’m thinking about doing at least a few scenes from each chapter of the book :)

bringing my favourite book to life: her name in the sky edition, part four

context: in the dark of the night, with rain droplets her only witness, baker pours herself another drink as she attempts to make sense of her feelings. in her drunken haze, she reaches out to the only person she feels she can trust in this moment: ms. carpenter. 

*this isn’t a chapter audio, but rather just the email part because i can’t stop thinking about it - will post the playlist i made for it soon.

you can listen here for part one, part two and part three. 

x