when music hides in books

Whenever I'm at the library and find a book with a music cd in the back of it, it feels like my birthday. So when I saw the book, Gondola, by Donna Leon, with a mysterious cd including a song by my favorite opera singer, Cecilia Bartoli, I took it home.  Though the book is filled with lovely art, it's very dry and I never finished it.  Turns out I'm not really a gondola enthusiast.  The CD, however, is stellar.  




Another book, Listen to the Birds, was another book I couldn't resist taking home.  Melancholy is one of my favorite songs to put on repeat when I'm writing.