B- Reviews / Book Reviews1960s / actress / African American / Barbados / civil rights / Decades: A Journey of African American Romance / lawyer / New York City / POC / POC author / racism / Violence3 Comments
Chandra Williams’s dream of becoming an actress carries her from her home on Barbados to the bright lights of Broadway. But it’s the 1960s, and her goal of gracing the stage is obstructed by the limited opportunities for black actresses. Driven to help end discrimination and inequality, Chandra joins the ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsactress / Contemporary / critic / England / theatre3 Comments
Dear Lucy Parker, The latest in your London Celebrities series, The Austen Playbook, is another charming delight, featuring an icy, cynical Slytherin hero and an easygoing open-hearted Hufflepuff heroine, each dealing with their own family dramas – which somehow collide together into a spectacular mess and, ultimately of course, a ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsactress / autobiography / France / Historical / non-fiction / Paris7 Comments
Back in print for the first time in decades, the delectable escapades of Hollywood legend Olivia de Havilland, who fell in love with a Frenchman—and then became a Parisian In 1953, Olivia de Havilland—already an Academy Award-winning actress for her roles in To Each His Own and The Heiress—became the ... more >
Book Reviews / C- Reviewsactress / family relationships / India / mental illness / POC / POC author / South-Asian / wedding6 Comments
Ria Parkar is Bollywood’s favorite Ice Princess–beautiful, poised, and scandal-proof–until one impulsive act threatens to expose her destructive past. Traveling home to Chicago for her cousin’s wedding offers a chance to diffuse the coming media storm and find solace in family, food, and outsized celebrations that are like one of ... more >
B- Reviewsactress / Contemporary / friends-to-lovers / MontanaComments Off on REVIEW: Two Nights with His Bride by Kat Latham
Wedding fever has hit the little town of Marietta… Soap opera star Nancy Parsons is madly in love with Hollywood’s favorite leading man, and they’re getting married on her parents’ stunning horse ranch just outside Marietta, Montana. Actors, athletes, and politicians will be there to watch Hollywood’s most extravagant couple ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviewsactress / American Revolutionary War / Historical / spy7 Comments
British Occupied Manhattan, 1777. American actress Jennifer Leighton has been packing the John Street Theater with her witty comedies, but she longs to escape the provincial circuit for the glamour of the London stage. When the playwright General John Burgoyne visits the city, fresh from a recent success in the ... more >