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“And it so angered me that I finally thought to myself, ‘Bitch, do something yourself instead of just sitting there getting angry. Do something.'”

Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon by Kate Andersen Brower

November 27, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

What a fascinating life this woman led. I really feel like it would be pretty hard to come away from this book not liking Elizabeth Taylor as a human being. She loved fiercely, struggled publicly, and left a huge legacy that has helped millions of people, and continues to do so. I grew up in the 80s and 90s knowing who Elizabeth Taylor was, just like everyone else, because she was part of the zeitgeist, one of the most famous women ever to live. I […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #biography, AIDS activists, audiobooks, Elizabeth Taylor, Hollywood, Kate Andersen Brower, narfna, non fiction, Richard Burton, The Grit & Glamour of an Icon

narfna's CBR15 Review No:142 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #biography, AIDS activists, audiobooks, Elizabeth Taylor, Hollywood, Kate Andersen Brower, narfna, non fiction, Richard Burton, The Grit & Glamour of an Icon ·
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The effects of reading 4 before 1

December 15, 2016 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I accidentally read book 4 of this series (The Secret of Abdu El Yezadi) before book 1, The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack, so my perspective here may be a little out of whack, but oh well. I think a lot of things meant to be surprises or reveals were not because I’d already seen the results. Burton complains briefly of feeling disconnected, and the reason for that gets fully disclosed in the 4th book, so I guess I missed wondering about that too, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: algernon swinburne, Richard Burton, streampunk, Victorian

CoffeeShopReader's CBR8 Review No:40 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: algernon swinburne, Richard Burton, streampunk, Victorian ·
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The Marriage of the Century

February 12, 2015 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

I read How to be a Movie Star after Elizabeth Taylor passed away four years ago and was instantly taken with the story of “Liz& Dick.” Furious Love focuses primarily on the years that Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton shared together. There is background on both of their lives leading up to Rome, 1962 and the Cleopatra set but the star attraction in this biography is the 25 years they spent loving and hating each other. Anyone interested in the history of cinema knows the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Elizabeth Taylor, Furious Love, Nancy Schoenberger, Richard Burton, Sam Kashner

Caitlin_D's CBR7 Review No:9 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction, Romance · Tags: Elizabeth Taylor, Furious Love, Nancy Schoenberger, Richard Burton, Sam Kashner ·
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