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Mariah Carey book DNF -> youtube rabbit hole of 90’s nostalgia

Why Mariah Carey Matters by Andrew Chan

December 21, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

I am a Mariah Carey fan. Growing up in the 90s, it was hard not to be. With Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Natalie Cole, Gloria Estefan, Toni Braxton, and Vanessa Williams at the top of every R&B or Adult contemporary hits list, it was a golden age of solo female power ballads. I thought I had a decent understanding of Mariah’s discography from when she burst onto the scene with 1990’s Vision of Love. However, there is an entire era (or multiple eras) of Mimi […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: 90s music, 90s nostalgia, Andrew Chan, ballads, celine dion, did not finish, DNF, mariah carey, Pop Music, power ballad, Women singers

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:75 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: 90s music, 90s nostalgia, Andrew Chan, ballads, celine dion, did not finish, DNF, mariah carey, Pop Music, power ballad, Women singers ·
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The Tao of Daisy Duke

Open Book by Jessica Simpson

April 28, 2020 by Halbs 1 Comment

I’m roughly the same age as Jessica Simpson, although prior to reading Open Book I didn’t know much about her other than that she had a reality show with Nick Lachey in the 2000s. She also played Daisy Duke in the Johnny Knoxville/Sean William Scott movie Dukes of Hazzard. (I saw that in theaters.) Since I love a good celebrity autobiography, I gave this one a shot. Glad I did, because it only took a few days for me to listen to the whole audiobook. Open Book […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Alcohol, body image, Jessica Simpson, John Mayer, Nick Lachey, Pop Music

Halbs's CBR12 Review No:25 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: Alcohol, body image, Jessica Simpson, John Mayer, Nick Lachey, Pop Music ·
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