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Thanks, I know. Now, I think I will treat myself one of these days with rereading classic Stephen King :D

You know what, f' it, let's just say that Cher's "Closer to the Truth (Deluxe Edition)" (2011) was the final album, because the other two are ABBA's covers (from Mama Mia) and Christmas songs. So, as always, subjective assessments of each album: 1. All I Really Want To Do (1965) - 6.7/10 [Best songs: Needles and Pins; He Thinks I Still Care; Dream Baby; Girl Don’t Come; Blowin in the Wind] 2. The Sonny Side of Cher (1966) - 7.5/10 [Best songs: Bang, Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down); Young Girl (Une Enfante); Ol’ Man River; Come to Your Window; It’s Not Unusual; Milord] 3. Cher (1966) - 7.5/10 [Best songs: You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me; Magic in the Air (I Feel Something in the Air); Will You Love Me Tomorrow?; Homeward Bound; I Want You] 4. With Love, Cher (1967) - 8/10 [Best songs: You Better Sit Down, Kids; Mama (When My Dollies Have Babies); Behind the Door; There But For Fortune; The Times They’re Changing] 5. Backstage (1968) - 7.5/10 [Best songs: Carnival; Masters of War; I Wasn’t Ready; Take Me For a Little While] 6. 3614 Jackson Highway (1969) - 7.3/10 [Best songs: For What It’s Worth; I Threw It All Away; I Walk on Guilded Splinters; Lay, Baby, Lay; Cry Like a Baby; Save the Children] 7. Chastity Original Motion Soundtrack (1969) - 10/10 [Best songs: Chastity’s Song (Band of Thieves); Flowers (Love of a Family)] 8. Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves (1971) - 8/10 [Best songs: Gipsies, Tramps and Thieves; Fire & Rain; I Hate to Sleep Alone; Touch and Go] 9. Foxy Lady (1972) - 10/10 [Best songs: I Might As Well Stay Monday (From Now On); Song For You; Don’t Try to Close a Rose; Let Me Down Easy; If I Knew Then; Don’t Hide Your Love] 10. Half-Breed (1973) - 8.2/10 [Best songs: Two People Clinging to a Thread; Half-Breed; Greatest Song I Ever Heard; Carousel Man; David’s Song; The Long and Winding Road; The God-Forsaken Day; Chastity’s Sun] 11. Dark Lady (1974) - 8/10 [Best songs: Train of Thought; Make the Man Love Me; Dark Lady; Dixie Girl; Rescue Me; Apples Don‘t Fall Farm From a Tree] 12. Take Me Home (1979) - 7.8/10 [Best songs: Take Me Home; Happy Was the Day We Met; Git Down (Guitar Groupie); Love and Pain; It’s Too Late to Love Me Now; My Song (Too Far Gone)] 13. Prisoner (1979) - 7.5/10 [Best songs: Holding Out for Love; Boys & Girls; Mirror Image; Holy Smoke!] 14. Cher (1987) - 7/10 [Best songs: Bang Bang (1987 Version); Main Man; Give Our Love A Fighting Chance; Dangerous Times; Working Girl] 15. Heart of Stone (1989) - 7.5/10 [Best songs: If I Could Turn Back Time; You Wouldn’t Know Love; Emotional Fire; All Because of You; Does Anybody Really Fall in Love Anymore?; Kiss to Kiss; After All (Love Theme From Chances Are)] 16. Love Hurts (1991) - 7.5/10 [Best songs: Love And Understanding; I’ll Never Stop Loving You; A World Without Heroes; Could Have Been You; When Love Calls Your Name; Who You Gonna Believe; The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss)] 17. It's A Man's World (1995) - 7.9/10 [Best songs: Walking in Memphis; Not Enough Love in the World; Angels Running; What About the Moonlight; The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore; Shape of Things to Come] 18. Believe (1998) - 8/10 [Best songs: Believe; Runaway; All or Nothing; Strong Enough; Dov’e l’amore] 19. Living Proof (Deluxe Edition) (2001) - 6.4/10 [Best songs: The Music’s Not Good Without You; Rain Rain; Love So High; Body to Body, Hear to Heart; Love is a Lonely Place Without You; Love One Another; The Look] 20. Closer to the Truth (Deluxe Edition) (2013) - 7.1/10 [Best songs: Dressed to Kill; Lovers Forever; I Walk Alone; Sirens; I Hope You Find It; You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me] Average score: 7.77/10 Next in line will be Ritchie Sambora (from Bon Jovi), and then something heavier, like Halloween or something...

Well, completed today War and Peace Vol. 2. Um, this whole book series (Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 at least) is a peculiar one - on the one hand you have like 3 parts which are mind numbingly boring, and then you have two parts that are more or less good. Anyways, won't be reading Volumes 3 and 4 of this book. I got the gist of it.

Twentieth Cher album "Closer to the Truth (Deluxe Edition)" (2011). This one is quite better than her last one. Still, does not hold a candle to her 89-2000 albums

Almost towards the end of Lev Tolstoj's War and Peace Volume 2. 30 or so pages left until Part V is completed. Um. now, Natasha seems to be swoon by Anatolij Kuragin - a womanizer, a drifter, a swindler etc. etc. - even though she promised her hand to, um, Nikoalaj I like to think his name is. In all honesty, I have no idea what is the purpose of the book - to show us how nobility is living in Russia for 90 percent of the time, and then what people are doing after the battles are over? I mean, sure... Most interesting character in the book is Pjer, because he's such a naive goofball that everyone can sway to their side, if they would just talk to him; also, he's a drunk goofball most of the time.

Cher - The Look Roxette - The Look

Eh, I wouldn't say impressed, but she's alright. Though, not really a fan of her early stuff. She became "good" to listen to for me during her late eighties early nineties period. Nineteenth Cher album "Living Proof (Deluxe Edition) (2001). Well, another dance-track album mostly. This one might be the weakest one of them.

Eighteenth Cher album "Believe" (1998). Third album of hers that I would consider to be dance-track album. And, it was almost 10/10, if not for two songs in the end.

Walking in Memphis was a cover? Interesting.

Seventeenth Cher album "It's A Man's World" (1995). You know, up until track six, I really thought that this will a ten out of ten out of all her modern albums. But, nope. Long stretches after wards of so-so tracks...

Sixteenth Cher album "Love Hurts" (1991). Named after her oh-so-meh cover of Nazareth's Love Hurts song. In terms of enjoyment, this was probably least joyful to listen to out of the last three albums, which I consider to be in modern music era...

Fifteenth (OMG, she probably album wise rivals Rolling Stones...) Cher album "Heart of Stone" (1989). Pretty much more of the same style as previous one just with more pronounced guitars in the background. Pretty good.

First time I encountered Morisson, was while reading Legends of the Dark Knight. Was not impressed with this Gothic story back then, ain't really impressed with his writing for Batman comics flash-forward to the 2010s. Don't know how he writes other stuff, though.

Fourteenth and second self-titled Cher album that came out in 1987, and as per typical 80s fashion, these I would say are in fashion of power ballads. It was alright.

Thirteenth Cher album "Prisoner" (1979). Another dance music type album, and quite better than her previous one.

Twelfth Cher album "Take Me Home" (1979). So, she made a five year break, and came out with quite differently sounding album from the rest. Half of the album I would consider to be dance beats. Also, I did not know that Take Me Home was Cher's song.

Yeah, Robbie is one of the GOAT live singers out there, no doubt! Also, this song is f'in classic

Eleventh (JFC, already eleven) Cher album "Dark Lady" (1974). More or less like the previous one. Decent.

Some thoughts about Marvel's Silver Age stories as per cover dates from 1962 to 1969. So, spoilers aplenty, beware: More than six months ago decided to try reading some of Marvel's Silver Age comics. At first, it was mostly Fantastic Four, Thor and Spider-Man, but as stories progressed, I found myself including Iron Man, Avengers and X-Men as well. Then, I included Daredevil as well, and in the end I found myself reading ten titles in total: Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Thor, Iron Man, Daredevil, X-Men, Avengers, Silver Surfer, Hulk and Captain America. Well, that's probably it for now. Gonna write something else if and/or when I reach the year 1979 for Marvel lol.

Tenth Cher album "Half-Breed" (1973). It's quite decent album, more of the same as her previous one. Definitely at leas an eight out of ten.

Having read much of DC stories since Post-Crisis (1987-2010), I'm going to go with Grant Morisson. 90 percent of the time I just don't care what he has got to say, his writing is too obscure for the sake of being too obscure (Batman/Final Crisis), and when he is not being overly weird, he's just boring (JLA). Of course, there are times that he writes good stories, but most of them I can count on fingers. Also, Brian Azarello... I read his Superman For Tomorrow and Hellblazer runs... all I've got to say that he writes some fewer dream sh*t that does not belong in main continuity... Oh, yes, and how can I forget Louize Simmonson. Even though, as far as I know she has won numerous prizes for her writings, but I just don't give a sh*t about her Man of Steel series. It became much better when she finally (after 9 or 10 years) left the writing post for it. She couldn't write slice of life stories for Superman if her life depended on it, IMO.

Ninth Cher album "Foxy Lady" (1972). This might be, so far, her 10 out of 10 album yet. I have no negatives to say about any of the songs. She really did grow in those six years as a musician...

Eight Cher album "Gipsies, Thieves and Tramps" (1971). Definitely better than most of her studio albums, but not as good as that movie soundtrack album.

Seventh Cher album "Chastity Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (1969). I don't know whether I'd say that this was a studio album from Cher, but... her motion picture soundtrack so far... yep, I'm gonna say 10/10. Very chillax and good quality album, which is vastly different from her previous ones, and clearly shows that professionals were working on it.

I sorta remember that episode on Moonlighting, was it a dream sequence? Or were they at some stake-out, can't remember... Anyways, sixth Cher album "3614 Jackson Highway" (1969). It was alright, nothing outstanding so far.