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I found a video by Def Leppard that I’d always wanted to see, but never had because no one ever played it, on YouTube. If you wanna know what it is…it’s “Slang.” Wanna see it? Look below.

Now Yahoo! Music posted a 25 best hair metal bands list, and while some of my favorites made the list, and some of them could be considered hair metal and others not, there were some glaring omissions. So without further adieu, here are my top 25 hair metal bands.

25. Cinderella - These guys were ok, but I only really liked one or two of their songs.
24. Extreme - They had about 3 songs I liked, but their 3rd album really sucked.
23. Enuff Z’Nuff - They looked like Poison and their album wasn’t all THAT great, but they were cute.
22. Bon Jovi - I rarely ever listen to these guys anymore. Seriously.
21. Ratt - Robbin Crosby’s dead and they don’t sound the same. The old stuff is cool though.
20. Winger - Whatever happened to these guys anyways?
19. Trixter - They were all pretty cute, but the follow ups to their 1st album were lackluster to me.
18. Kiss - I never really was a big fan of Kiss. The only album I like is “Hot in the Shade.”
17. Scorpions - My favorite song is “No One Like You.” They’re cool, but not too cool.
16. Queensryche - I think Empire was the only CD by them I actually liked.
15. Aerosmith - This one I actually collected CDs by for a while, but finally gave up on it. I still like them though.
14. Firehouse - Their first and second albums were great. Their third, not so much. But I still like to listen to the first 2.
13. L.A. Guns - I had a lot of fun listening to them and I think I wore my Hollywood Vampires CD out.
12. Faster Pussycat - My favorites were “House of Pain” and “You’re So Vain.” I haven’t heard anything by them in forever though.
11. Kix - I still sing along everytime I hear “Don’t Close Your Eyes” or “Cold Blood.”
10. Skid Row - I miss the old Skid Row. It’s not the same without Sebastian singing.
9. Warrant - I don’t know, I miss the OLD Warrant with all the original members intact. Not a big fan of the newer version that tours.
8. BulletBoys - These guys were so awesome. I LOVED the singers voice.
7. Vixen - Had to love the girl band. Especially since I’m a girl!
6. Poison - They’re still together, still recording, but sometimes, I wonder why! (They covered Justin Timberlake’s “Sexy Back.”)
5. Van Halen - Some say they aren’t hair metal, I disagree. Did you ever stop to think how DLR got his hair to stay that fluffy? But the music was awesome.
4. Jackyl - Say what you will, but they showed up at the height of hair metal and they were damn good!
3. Slaughter - I miss these guys, but I guess when Tim died, keeping it together became less of a desire.
2. Def Leppard - I adore these guys, have the majority of their CDs.
1. Motley Crue - I have almost all their CDs, plus side project CDs and frankly, they’re the only ones I listen to regularly anymore.

There you have it. My top 25.

Ok, if you’re not into this kind of music, you won’t want to stick around, but just in case you haven’t heard the awesome new single from Motley Crue, here it is, in all it’s glory. It’s awesome and I can’t wait for the full CD to come out!

It doesn’t help that I don’t have internet at home and so I can’t just get up and post my thoughts on each book as I finish them. I will review the books I’m missing but it might take me a bit to do so.

Also the last 2 week’s questions for BTT just didn’t appeal to me, which is why I never did them. But I will return as soon as I find a question I feel I can answer.

If you could meet one author and have dinner with them, who would it be? Would you pick their brain about how they write their books, how the come up with their ideas, or would you just hold normal non-writing conversations with them?

My answer currently would be Stephen King. I would love to ask him how he comes up with his book ideas, and if it’s true that once he finishes them he never reads them. I heard that once, that he won’t read his books once he finishes writing them because they’re too scary for him!

Well, a free Vampire book! If you take a peek over at Joana’s awesome book review site, “The Symposium” you’ll find this nifty contest going on to win a copy of Diane Whiteside’s Bond of Blood.

Interested? Just click that little linky above there and leave a comment to enter. Blog about it if you want a second entry. Easy peasy. Now go get yourself a chance to win that book!

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Now playing: Pearl Jam - Black
via FoxyTunes

I am no longer backlogged! I have completed all the reviews for the books I’ve read so far. So now I can relax and finish reading the two I have going right now so I have more books to review for you.

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Now playing: Type O Negative - Summer Breeze
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What do you get when you mix four super intelligent dogs, one trainer who has no idea how truly special they are, an old friend who is part of an elite and highly top secret Naval team, and a rogue agent from that team who is after the dogs? You get Code Name: Baby!

This was my first Christina Skye novel, and I have to say it will not be my last. I am desperate to get my hands on the other Code Name series titles. When a rogue agent from the Foxfire team goes after Kit O’ Halloran and the special dogs she’s training, they send in Wolfe Houston, and old friend of hers. But not to protect her. No, they want him to use her and the dogs as bait to lure the rogue agent to where he can be captured. But Wolfe has other ideas about what should be done, and when it comes to the Foxfire principals of never letting anything get personal, Wolfe finds that where Kit is concerned, that just isn’t a possibility.

If you’re looking for a great read with a little sex, a little romance budding, and a lot of action and suspense, Code Name: Baby is what you’re looking for!

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Now playing: Evanescence - Taking Over Me
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Well, a couple of weeks ago, I finished The Tunnels by Michelle Gagnon. This was another book obtained through Harlequin’s Suspense club and frankly, I was surprised to note that although there was a hint of attraction between two of the characters, there was no flat out romance. Kind of disappointing when the genre of book that eHarlequin.com is famous for is romance, but this particular club doesn’t promise specifically romance books, so I guess it’s not that bad after all.

When a serial killer strikes a college, the students become terrified and rightly so. Gruesome pictures are painted in blood, and each victim is being taken quicker than the last. Add in a mental case, a priest with a frightening connection to the killer, and you’ve got an awesome story. I definitely recommend this one.

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Now playing: Nightwish - Bye Bye Beautiful
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All I can say when it comes to Wizard’s Daughter by Catherine Coulter is WOW! You have to understand, all I’ve ever seen from Catherine Coulter are FBI romantic suspense novels and historical romance novels that are a bit on the generic side. Same old, same old. Not this one!

Yes, it’s a historical romance novel, but it’s not dealing so much with the romance as it is with a fantasy story. It comes under the guise of another Sherbrooke Family book, but let me tell you, it’s anything but. Rosalind and Nicholas are destined to meet, destined to be together. But why? Well, frankly, because Rosalind is the debt that Nicholas Vail’s family owes.

This book was delightful and so very difficult to put down, what with a girl (Rosalind) who was found half beaten to death and unable to remember her past, a book with a strange code that ONLY Rosalind can read, and a fantastical world called The Pale which is a place that exists, even if it seems far too silly for it to be true. Add in Nicholas’ step mother and half brothers who hate his guts, and you’ve got one hell of a great book.

I highly recommend this book to any Catherine Coulter fan who has fallen by the wayside after reading so many of her other books. You will surely be impressed and fall in love with this book.