B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1920s / 20th century / fish-out-of-water / Historical / historical mystery / Hollywood / Hollywood Golden Age / Los Angeles / murder mystery / silent movie6 Comments
“You shall never have a penny of my money. Leave me alone or I will shoot you dead!” 1924. After six months in Hollywood, young British widow Emma Blackstone has come to love her new employer, glamourous movie-star Kitty Flint – even if her late husband’s sister is one of ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews1960s / 1970s / 1980s / autobiography / female writers / feminism / Hollywood / non-fiction / television / widow4 Comments
Rita Lakin was a pioneer a female scriptwriter in the early 1960s when Hollywood television was exclusively male. For years, in creative meetings, she was literally “the only woman in the room.” In this breezy but heartfelt remembrance, Lakin takes readers to a long-forgotten time when women were not considered ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1930s / cats / filmmaking / gay historical / Historical / Hollywood / Hollywood Golden Age / LGBTQIA romance / m/m historical romance / short-story5 Comments
Given how 1930 was shaping up, Fred was thrilled when fulfilling some promises first made by his brother, Charlie, lead to the offer of a studio job. Too bad Fred didn’t ask if Carl Belasco was promised anything other than cat-sitting and help renovating. Dear Lucius Parhelion, I was inclined ... more >
Publishing Newsdiversity / DNA / ebook lending / History / Hollywood / Nebula Awards / smallpox / UK libraries3 Comments
This year’s Nebula Award nominees are incredibly diverse — read some online – What I like about this Verge coverage of the Nebula nominees is that it provides direct links to those works available free online, a collection that includes almost all the short stories and novelettes. The final award winners ... more >
Publishing Newsbest of lists / Casey Affleck / dictionary / Hollywood / literary awards / sexual harassment / world building1 Comments
The most ambitious, irritating, hopeful and overrated books of 2016 — and the best one, too – With all the “best of” booklists you see at the end of the year, I appreciated the range of Carlos Lozada’s list, from most hopeful to saddest to laziest to “most overrated book I read ... more >
Publishing Newsbook kiosks / gender identity / Hollywood / LGBTQIA / Libraries / parental rights / schools / sexism / women1 Comments
The Women of Hollywood Speak Out – As much as we talk about the respect problem for female authors, there seems to be an interesting comparison (or contrast?) to make with women in Hollywood, who are being paid less than their male counterparts and who continue to struggle to make up ... more >