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Centique
Wishful Drinking | Carrie Fisher
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This was my selection for July‘s Titles and Tunes. A quick and humorous read - bittersweet knowing Carrie isnt with us anymore. Her personality shines here - what a vibrant, sharp and funny woman - and wow, her incarnation as Leia really did follow her for every day of her life. Loved the shade she threw about that!

Cinfhen Excellent choice! RIP 👑 1y
Jeg Watched Her life in 10 pictures . Very interesting. 1y
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DebinHawaii
We Sold Our Souls | Grady Hendrix
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Finished yesterday, my July #TitlesAndTunes pick for #SexDrugsAndRockNRoll & I loved it! Although metal has never been my thing per se, I did recognize most all of the references that Hendrix does so well. You really have to be okay with gore for his books-although for claustrophobic me, there‘s a part when our MC Kris is trying to get out of a tight underground situation (bats & bugs included) that had me whimpering like a baby in a good way!😱🤣

DebinHawaii Thank you to our hosts @Cinfhen & @BarbaraBB for a fun prompt & making a great playlist. My main pick was Patti Smith‘s (So You Want To Be A (Rock ‘N‘ Roll Star) but Bon Jovi‘s Dead or Alive was a pretty close second. 🎸🎼🎤🖤 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0EjmJFKQzUikCsGrLXLs6x?si=owgI5t4URXC2snteNevE... (edited) 1y
BarbaraBB I‘ll add them both 🫶🏽 1y
Cinfhen Fantastic 🥰love everything about this post 😘 1y
squirrelbrain Bon Jovi ❤️❤️❤️ - I picked one of their tracks too! 1y
Read4life @squirrelbrain & @DebinHawaii I picked Bon Jovi, too 🤘🏻💙💙 1y
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Cinfhen
Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway | Cherie Currie, Tony O'Neill
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This one DEFINITELY fits the bill for #TitlesAndTunes #SexDrugsAndRockNRoll Cherie shares growing up in the 70‘s being heavily influenced by David Bowie, her addiction to drugs, her abandonment of rules & approval and remarkable recovery.
Despite the appearance of leading a glamorous existence , Cherie Curie‘s life was messy, chaotic and troubled. Plenty of trauma & harrowing stories 🙌🏻🖤TW: violent rape 👇🏼

Cinfhen Her friendship & collaboration with Joan Jett is legendary. Even if you‘re not familiar with Cherie Currie her book is worth a read! Riveting (edited) 1y
BarbaraBB Sounds perfect for the prompt!! 1y
Cinfhen It REALLY was @BarbaraBB especially since my #GuiltyPleasure(s) were duds 😂 1y
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Blaire
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Ok so not a typical pick but this book that chronicles the lives of women who were able to obtain an abortion compared to those who were turned away has sex, a small amount of drugs, and not really much rock n‘ roll. plenty of melancholy tunes that could accompany this but I‘m going with rock n roll Joan Jett‘s Bad Reputation - for women leading lives they want. #Titlesandtunes #sexdrugsandrocknroll

Cinfhen Awesomeness 🙌🏻💥♥️ 1y
Rissreads Love everything about this! ♥️ 1y
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Jari-chan
First Blood | Amelie Nothomb
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Soft pick, since I prefer Nothombs original stories over the biographical ones. But it's still Amelie Nothomb and I do have a very soft spot for her. She's an autobuy, whatever she writes. Actually, this is a very personal book, since she writes the life story of her father. I was surprised to find out that you can visit the place belonging to her family (where the first half of the book is set as well). Maybe I should go there at some point...

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squirrelbrain
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I loved this, my #titlesandtunes pick for #sexdrugsandrocknroll. It certainly wasn‘t on the seedy side, despite Esme living in squats in the 70s and designing see-through outfits; it just seems as though she has enjoyed every minute of a fabulous life, and is still doing so!

This also works for a couple of other challenges too:

#pop23 #acelebritymemoir
#52books23 #afashionablecharacter

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LaraReads
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There were so many emotions that this book brought me, took me down the rabbit hole of the juxtaposition of white artists wanting the soulful black sound as backup on their records all while taking the credit as front men, or still flying their confederate flags and singing their southern rock anthems. Merry Clayton added her beautiful vocals and epic scream to one of the most famous rock songs-The Rolling Stones‘ Gimme Shelter. ⬇️⬇️

LaraReads She suffered a miscarriage the day after recording it. She then decided to record her own version. She also added the “Boo Boo Boos” to Leonard Skynard‘s controversial anthem Sweet Home Alabama. A song that was a clap back at Neil Young‘s Southern Man (that Merry Clayton also recorded a version of). A band (like The Bond Brothers of the book) that is well known for flying the confederate flag for decades. ⬇️⬇️ (edited) 1y
LaraReads In her own memories of it, she states she chose to use her voice in it as a sort of protest. So I‘m recognizing Opal and Merry in this month‘s #titlesandtunes #sexdrugsandrocknroll https://open.spotify.com/track/318Vrl9zzFT7zT8BYKNhgP?si=exeZ9cXTQomplvBnTBM1AA (edited) 1y
Cinfhen PREACH 🙌🏻💗🤘🫶🏼all the LOVE for your choice 1y
rockpools Wow on both counts! Stacking and listening. 1y
Rissreads This sounds brilliant! Stacked! 1y
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Bklover
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Pulled this song right from one of my playlists. Definitely represents the drugs part of #sexdrugsandrocknroll
#titlesandtunes

https://spotify.link/yvV1BmgQ6Ab

Cinfhen Just when I thought our playlist couldn‘t get any better…. 1y
Bklover 🐇🐇🐇❤️❤️ @Cinfhen (been listening all day- feeling nostalgic!😎❤️ (edited) 1y
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julesG
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#TitlesAndTunes

#SexDrugsAndRockNRoll and #MountTBR pointed me to the tagged book, which in turn made me think of the entirely unrelated -apart from the title song.

Can't link to the Spotify version right now, sorry. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=XN7iEFVLf5c

@BarbaraBB @Cinfhen

Soubhiville Yes, this song is a great choice! (edited) 1y
Cinfhen Perfection 🙌🏻♥️ 1y
TheBookHippie 🔥🔥🔥 1y
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merelybookish
Big Swiss: A Novel | Jen Beagin
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Squeaking in my #titlesandtunes for July. Focusing on the sex in #sexdrugsandrocknroll. A book about a sex therapy transcriptionist and a classic song about holding out for a partner with a 'slow hand.'
@BarbaraBB @Cinfhen

tpixie 😂 what a combo! that book sounds like a very interesting experiment/ challenge for the author. 1y
Bookzombie 🤯I only knew this as a Conway Twitty song! 1y
BarbaraBB Great match! I‘ve listened to that song about a thousand times through the years I think! “ Not come and go in a heated rush” 😀 1y
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Cinfhen Hilarious!!! Well played 🫶🏼 1y
batsy Nicely done! 😆 I loved the book and now I need to go listen to the Pointer Sisters (again). 1y
merelybookish @tpixie Thanks! I'm very curious to see how the book goes! 1y
merelybookish @Bookzombie I had no idea there was a country version! I'm biased but I bet the Pointer Sisters' is better. 😄 1y
merelybookish @BarbaraBB Exactly!! It's a great song. 1y
merelybookish @Cinfhen Thanks for this challenge. It's fun! 1y
merelybookish @batsy I'm excited to hear you liked the book! And yes, Pointer Sisters are 🔥🔥 1y
tpixie @merelybookish I haven‘t read it, but you might need a fan for the hot 🔥 parts! 😂 1y
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