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Not all rainbows in these celebrity memoirs

We're Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union

Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair) by Rosie Perez

November 23, 2020 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

I read We’re Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union for my last in-person Mocha Girls Read meeting in March. This memoir is a collection of moments that are mostly linear with some flashbacks. Unlike Becoming, the chapters are not as detailed about her early childhood. The book is all about keeping it real and reflecting on her past with levity. We learn about her family and how she at a young age she looked after herself. With no supervision, Gabrielle got up to some […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, and Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair), autobiography, celebrity, Celebrity Memoir, child abuse, childhood trauma, comedy actress, Gabrielle Union, Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, latinx author, Rosie Perez, trauma, We're Going to Need More Wine

teresaelectro's CBR12 Review No:21 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, and Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair), autobiography, celebrity, Celebrity Memoir, child abuse, childhood trauma, comedy actress, Gabrielle Union, Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, latinx author, Rosie Perez, trauma, We're Going to Need More Wine ·
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cbr12bingo – Nostalgia! sweet, silly, stupid nostalgia

Beastie Boys Book by Michael Diamond & Adam Horovitz, with Colson Whitehead, Jonathan Lethem, Ada Calhoun, Luc Sante, Roy Choi, Amy Poehler, Junit Tondora, Spike Jonze, Ian Rogers, Andre Leon Talley

September 4, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

“Now here’s a little story I’ve got to tell About three bad brothers you know so well It started way back in history With Ad-Rock, MCA, (and me) Mike D” Beastie Boys Book, while a delightful name, is a bit of a misnomer. This isn’t a book- it’s an EXPERIENCE. Adam “Ad-Rock” (Ad-Rock) and Michael “Mike D” Diamond  got together with friends, collaborators, fans, contemporaries, rivals, pop-culture icons, and countless others to tell the story of the Beastie Boys: who they are, where they came from, […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Ada Calhoun, adam horovitz, adam yauch, amy poehler, Andre Leon Talley, beastie boys, Ben Stiller, Bette Midler, Bobby Cannavale, cbr12bingo, Chloe Sevigny, Chuck D, Colson Whitehead, creativity, Crosby Fitzgerald, Dave Macklovitch, Elvis Costello, Exene Cervenka, fame, hardcore, hip-hop, Ian Rogers, Jarvis Cocker, Jeff Tweedy, John C. Reilly, Jon Stewart, Jonathan Lethem, Josh Hamilton, Junit Tondora, Kate Schellenbach, Kelly Reichardt, kim gordon, LL Cool J, Luc Sante, Maya Rudolph, MC Serch, Michael Diamond & Adam Horovitz, Michael Diamond & Adam Horovitz, with Colson Whitehead, Jonathan Lethem, Ada Calhoun, Luc Sante, Roy Choi, Amy Poehler, Junit Tondora, Spike Jonze, Ian Rogers, Andre Leon Talley, Mix Master Mike, music, music business, Nadia Dajani, Nas, New York City, nostalgia, oral history, Pat Kiernan, Philippe Zdar, Rachel Maddow, Randy Gardner, rap, record industry, Rev Run, Rick Rubin, Rosie Perez, Roy Choi, Russell Simmons, Snoop Dogg, Spike Jonze, Steve Buscemi, Talib Kweli, Tim Meadows, tribute, Wanda Sykes, Will Ferrell, Yoshimi O

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:96 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir · Tags: Ada Calhoun, adam horovitz, adam yauch, amy poehler, Andre Leon Talley, beastie boys, Ben Stiller, Bette Midler, Bobby Cannavale, cbr12bingo, Chloe Sevigny, Chuck D, Colson Whitehead, creativity, Crosby Fitzgerald, Dave Macklovitch, Elvis Costello, Exene Cervenka, fame, hardcore, hip-hop, Ian Rogers, Jarvis Cocker, Jeff Tweedy, John C. Reilly, Jon Stewart, Jonathan Lethem, Josh Hamilton, Junit Tondora, Kate Schellenbach, Kelly Reichardt, kim gordon, LL Cool J, Luc Sante, Maya Rudolph, MC Serch, Michael Diamond & Adam Horovitz, Michael Diamond & Adam Horovitz, with Colson Whitehead, Jonathan Lethem, Ada Calhoun, Luc Sante, Roy Choi, Amy Poehler, Junit Tondora, Spike Jonze, Ian Rogers, Andre Leon Talley, Mix Master Mike, music, music business, Nadia Dajani, Nas, New York City, nostalgia, oral history, Pat Kiernan, Philippe Zdar, Rachel Maddow, Randy Gardner, rap, record industry, Rev Run, Rick Rubin, Rosie Perez, Roy Choi, Russell Simmons, Snoop Dogg, Spike Jonze, Steve Buscemi, Talib Kweli, Tim Meadows, tribute, Wanda Sykes, Will Ferrell, Yoshimi O ·
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