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My Bookish Life Book Review: The Decade That Rocked

          Hello and how are you guys doing? I hope you are all doing really good. I've had a nice couple of days. I really have been meaning to do some work on this blog but I've just been lazy about it. Hopefully I'm going to get it all done soon!     I have a lot of studying I have to do tomorrow so now that I have got my house work done for the day I want to chill and write about books! I hope you have fun reading the review because I had fun reading this book so I really hope it's a good one! Lets get rocking!  Title: Ther Decade That Rocked: The Photography of Mark Weiss Author: Mark Weiss Genre: Nonfiction/Photography Pages: 376 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis: Mark Weiss set an unmatched standard for rock photography. Starting out as a teenager by sneaking into concerts with a neighbor's 35mm camera, he embarked on a legendary career that took him around the globe and onto some of the most memorable album and magazine covers in rock history- ...

My Bookish Life Book Review: This Is Going To Hurt: Music , Photography , and Life Through The Distorted Lens of Nikki Sixx

Title: This Is Going To Hurt: Music, Photography,  and Life Through The Distorted Lens of Nikki Sixx Author: Nikki Sixx  Genre: Art, Biography,  Photography,  Self Help (maybe)  Pages: 2233 Rating: 3.5 or 4 stars     Summary: This Is Gonna Hurt is music, photography and life through the distorted lens of Nikki Sixx, bassist for heavy metal band Motley Crue and the New York Times bestselling author of The Heroin Diaries.  A combination of powerful prose and dramatic photographs,  This Is Going To Hurt is an arresting,  deeply personal look through the eyes of a real rock star at a stark , post-addiction world.     My thoughts on the book: This is another book I read to highlight the musicians involved with the concert I'm being optimistic that I'm still going to get to go see this August.  Even though I can only give it a 3.5 or a 4 this was an interesting read. I would say that it actually blended a few differe...