The Heroin Diaries - A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star

Title: The Heroin Diaries - A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star

Author: Nikki Sixx with Ian Gitting

ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-1194-6

ISBN-10: 1-4165-1194-6

Publisher: Pocket Books

Pages: 413

My Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5

I consider myself a child of the 80s, and I was a HUGE Motley Crue fan back in the day, so when I heard Nikki Sixx had written a book I was anxious to read it. I'm glad I did. I knew Motley overindulged in the "sex, drugs and rock & roll" lifestyle, but I never realized it was as bad as the picture Nikki paints in this book. It was 1987 and basically, he went insane. We find out a little about his family life, a LOT about life on the road, and what his life was like in his own skin. It ain't pretty, but addiction never is. I wish that kids and young adults who think this lifestyle is so glamourous and cool, and who maybe are tempted to party like a rock star would read this book first. Maybe it would turn them against it before they ever start. I knew Nikki had died once, but rock star overdoses aren't really a shock anymore. It's how close he came to suicide that really shocked me when I read this book. I'm glad he didn't die and I'm glad I read this book. I would recommend this book to anyone.
This is probably a great big DUH, but there is a lot of graphic parts in this book pertaining to drug use, bodily functions, sex and a lot of bad language, so if that offends you, you probably shouldn't read this book.

2009 Suspense & Thriller Reading Challenge: REVIEW: Blackwood Farm

MY REVIEW:




I had been looking forward to reading this book for a long time so maybe my expectations were too high, but I didn't realy enjoy this book as much as I thought I would. I can divide it into three parts. The first third of the book is alright as she introduces us to the characters and Blackwood Farm itself. Anne Rice is the master at creating ambience and this book is no exception. The middle half is what took me the longest to read (I found myself thinking as I did in her novel "Memnoch the Devil" that I just wish he would shut up already and let Lestat do his thing.) So the middle part is pretty boring. Then the final third of the book is probably the best of it, because FINALLY the action picks up. New characters are introduced, characters from other novels (Merrick and The Witching Hour series) are brought in, and there is more than one twist that I did not see coming before the end of the book. Overall I give it 3 stars out of 5.

TBR Challenge 2009

Here are 12 of the books on my 2009 TBR Challenge list:
1. Blackwood Farm by Anne Rice
2. Rapture In Death by J.D. Robb
3. Islands by Anne Rivers-Siddons
4. Welcome to the World Baby Girl by Fannie Flagg
5. Merrick by Anne Rice
6. Dark Fever by Karen Marie Moning
7. Blood Fever by Karen Marie Moning
8. Getting Rid of Bradley by Jennifer Crusie
9. The Cursed by L.A. Banks
10. Rose Madder by Stephen King
11. The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
12. Born In Death by J. D. Robb

And my 12 alternates are:
1. Miss Zukas Shelves the Evidence by Jo Dereske
2 Divine Evil by Nora Roberts
3. If You Could See What I See by Sylvia Browne
4. Trace by Patricia Cornwell
5. Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich
6. Undead and Underappreciated by Mary Janice Davidson
7. Daddy's Girl by Mary Higgins Clarke
8. Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts
9. Every Breath You Take by Judith McNaught
10. R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton
11. The Cat Who Wasn't There by Lillian Jackson Braun
12. Love In The Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez