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10 Things I Hate About You (1999) by Gil Junger

Book title: Like Mother, Like Daughter: How Women Are Influenced by Their Mother’s Relationship With Food-And How to Break the Pattern (1997) by Debra Waterhouse

Ten Stupid Things Men Do to Mess Up Their Lives (1998) by Laura Schlessinger

Dancing in the Street: Confessions of a Motown Diva (1994) by Martha Reeves and Mark Bego

The Rolling Stone Book of Women in Rock: Trouble Girls (1997) by Barbara O'Dair

This weekend is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony! In addition to some of my favorites like Soundgarden and The White Stripes, there's also "it's about time" inductees like Cyndi Lauper. Also in the same category is Joe Cocker. I always liked him because he and I shared the same birthday of May 20 (very different years though). If you want to learn more about Cocker, who died in 2014 at age 70, checked out the 2023 bio Joe Cocker: With a LOT of Help from His Friends written by Mark Bego.

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This one might be a bit obscure. I’m not a great judge on what kind of notifications other people get, and what would catch someone’s attention. I bought this book after I read that one of the people who helped write some of The Monkees’ songs had died, and I realized that Micky Dolenz, is the last member of the band still living (Mike Nesmith passed in 2021, but I had somehow missed that…