After the last book I read by Rob Sheffield turned me into a mushy, blubbery mess, I was anxious to read another one of his books that would hopefully be more of a pick me up before you go-go.  Talking to Girls About Duran Duran was just the brain fluff I needed.  It goes through the 1980s, a song for each year, and chronicles what the author was ( Read more... )

I can only say "this book changed my life" so many times before it starts to sound disingenuous.  I will do all two of us a favor and not say that now, but please know that this book moved me in a way that has not happened in a while, at least not since reading "I Feel Bad About my Neck" by Nora Ephron, the reason being that I read that book only a ( Read more... )