Like many other readers, I am also an avid Swiftie. I love seeing bookish posts that encapsulate how people relate certain Taylor songs/albums/eras to certain books, so I thought I would share some of my Taylor Swift/book correlations, one album at a time. These were all comparisons from my own mind, but as I have seen many of these posts throughout the years, it is possible I subconsciously thought of someone else’s comparison (fully accidentally, of course). Rather than try to capture the vibe of the album as a whole, I picked three songs from each and made bookish comparisons to those. Safe to say there will be some spoilers in this post to make my points, so proceed with caution! Let’s get into book recommendations based on Taylor's debut album, Taylor Swift. :)
When I think of Taylor’s debut album, Taylor Swift, I think of my childhood. I think of young, teenage love and innocence. I picture this album as a teenage couple sitting in a truck bed watching the stars and, obviously, I think of Tim McGraw.
When I think of A Place in This World I think of Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez. As a traveling nurse, Emma tends to move around often, never staying in one place for too long. Having a toxic relationship with her mother and no significant other, she has no reason to stick around. The intro to A Place in This World describes Emma perfectly: “I don’t know what I want, so don’t ask me.” This song applies just as much for Justin, Emma’s love interest, as well. With his mother going to prison, Justin is given guardianship of his three siblings. This takes Justin from a single man living on his own to a man in a parental role. “Don’t know what’s down this road, I’m just walking trying to see through the rain coming down” describes Justin’s situation flawlessly.
Mary’s Song (Oh My My My), is my favorite song on Taylor Swift. I love the childhood friends to lovers trope, and nothing expresses that more than this song and The Summer I Turned Pretty. Isabel “Belly” Conklin has grown up going to Cousins Beach each summer to spend the sunny days with the Fisher family, always nursing a crush on Conrad, the Fisher brother that is two years her senior. I mean, it’s literally “I was seven and you were nine, I looked at you like the stars that shine in the sky.” The title The Summer I Turned Pretty is basically “I was sixteen when suddenly I wasn’t that little girl you used to see,” as the book series starts when Belly has gone through a glow up and is more noticeable to the boys (and yes, I’m pretending Jeremiah doesn’t exist while I make this song comparison). Belly and Conrad and Mary’s Song both exemplify the amazingly well known trope of a young girl crushing on her slightly older family friend.
It’s time for some honesty. I don’t really like People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry. It is by far my least favorite of her novels. That being said, I feel like Alex and Poppy depict debut’s I’m Only Me When I’m With You. The two are the best of friends, even though they are complete opposites. Hitting it off even though they are extremely different personalities already shows the accepting one as they are vibes of the song. After their bond becomes more distant due to a rift in their friendship, Poppy finds herself wandering through her days aimlessly, she reminisces on the times where she would travel with Alex, which feels very “I know everything about you, I don’t wanna live without you” to me. Though Poppy and Alex outwardly appear to want different things out of life, they aren’t able to be fully happy in their lives knowing the other is existing apart from them. Making each other feel complete, they truly are only themselves when with each other.
That's it for my Taylor Swift book comparisons. Stay tuned for Fearless. :)
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