Motley Crue - The Dirt

by Neil Strauss

Like all books about rock stars, once you know the truth, the illusions are shattered.

Herion addiction, alcohol & drug abuse, jail time, it's all here. A group of fragile personalities collide together in a quest to be accepted and liked. Through forming a rock band they achieve this acceptance and along with the fame, a bucket load of money.

With little emotional maturity and development, they waste the money, abuse their bodies and spiral down a decadent descent into self destruction.

The most interesting story in this book is the guitarist Mick Mars and his battle with a degenerative bone wasting disease. There is no cure for this disease and he deals with pain on a daily basis. He finds solace in his music and is the most centered person in the group.

The rest of the band are on a continual journey of self discovery after crawling out of the pit of substance abuse.

VIKING - King's Man

by Tim Severin

The 3rd and last installment......

Thorgils is now in Constantinople and a member of the Varangian lifeguard and witnesses the glories of the richest city on earth but also the murderous ways of th imperial family.

Eventually Thorgils returns to Norway after the assassination of the emperor of Constantinople. Here he is by the side of Harald who takes the throne of Norway. As a follower of the Odin and the old ways, can Thorgils convince Harald to ignore the growing religion of the white christ?

This 3rd book is great and climaxes with an epic battle in England between the vikings and the britons. Thorgils finds that he can't stop the onslaught of this new religion, but in his ageing years he continues to spread the teachings of Odin and the old ways until he disappears.

People talk of the old hermit that they no longer see anymore. A teacher of the old ways, very kind and greatly reveared by the villagers...........