As a fan of 1990s grunge, I found this very short book, which is actually a series of articles that appeared on the AV Club website about 1990s music, pretty entertaining. It's written by journalist Steven Hyden who not only shares a similar name with That 70s Show character Hyde but whose writing will attract fans of awesome music and pop culture writer Chuck Klosterman. Sometimes, I disagreed with the author's commentary, but he spouts so many other truths that I often nodded in agreement. He intersperses his own coming of age with the music he most paid attention to during that time.

Past 1997, I stopped following music so heavily because it didn't speak to me anymore. The author puts a summation of my similar thoughts into words. Once grunge ended, I was on my way out, but it also could be that my next stage of life was on the horizon -- marriage, babies, houses. I was content with the music I already loved, and if I heard anything new that I liked like the White Stripes or something else, it probably came from my husband's collection or I delved into jazz or blues.

Now I listen to the same music I've always loved on CD, SiriusXM, or turntable and sometimes hear contemporary, saccharine pop music from my daughter along with Abba or the Ramones or Blondie or hear the covert bleeps and raps of my son's favorite rappers or thankfully the Beatles or Rolling Stones.