If you were a fan of Russell T Davies C4 series It’s A Sin this book is an absolute must read for you. The character of Jill Baxter is based on the real life hero Jill Nalder who had to suffer the loss of dozens of her friends in the […]
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
Samantha Smith is the most unlikely heroine. She’s the younger of two sisters but while Cleo is vivacious and outgoing Sam is a lover of routine, of old black and white movies and is happiest with her nose buried in a book. Her life revolves her job as box office […]
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
Many thanks to the good people at Hodder & Stoughton for including “Angelnet Reviews” on their blog tour around the release date for Dandy Gilver’s latest outing. As usual I’ve done my normal trick of picking up a book far along in a series! This is book twelve in McPherson’s […]
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
Set in London in the mid-1960s. Theatre land has welcomed American actress Iolanthe Green as the leading lady in a new play at the Galaxy Theatre. As the book opens Lanny has gone missing and a media storm has ensued. She said goodbye to her dresser Anna Treadwell at the […]
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
I never read celebrity biographies. NEVER. Every Christmas there is a table in my local bookstore full of the latest asinine self congratulatory books, ghost written for people that don’t really deserve to be called celebrities. Honestly I was nervous picking up Scrappy Little Nobody. Anna Kendrick is only 31 […]
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
Realistically this book was always going to be on my “to read” pile. Written by one of my favourite writers at the moment Miss Wrong and Mr Right is a real laugh-out-loud romantic comedy set in the theatre world of West End London. The story opens with Natalie Love standing […]
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
If you have an interest in theatre and the performing arts then this is the book for you. Kelly Roberts recounts stories and situations that she encountered during her period when she was auditioning for work in the UK as a stage performer. Some of the stories will have you […]
Estimated reading time: 1 minute
This week I bought a book. Not unusual you might say, for a self-professed bibliophile. Over the past couple of years I’ve been lucky enough to get most of the books that I want to read as early review editions. Obviously J.K. had no need to try and drum up […]
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes