Review for: Hollywood Cafe: Coffee with the Stars
This was an ARC (advanced reader copy) from Netgalley.
From the Goodreads synopsis for this book: "Put on a pot of your favorite coffee, perk up, and enjoy nostalgic black-and-white photos that celebrate screen icons from the Silent Era through the eighties, making and drinking their own cups of joe, java, pour-overs, and percolated brews. Hollywood Cafe bridges the vibrant coffee culture of right-now with the glamorous coffee culture of the star-studded past. A dream cast of nearly 200 stars--Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Clara Bow, Charlie Chaplin, W. C. Fields, Robert Mitchum, Rita Hayworth, Bob Hope, Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, Ava Gardner, Jackie Gleason, Lucille Ball, Elvis Presley, Jayne Mansfield, Sammy Davis Jr., William Holden, Lauren Bacall, John Wayne, and many more--is captured on the set, on the run, in costume and out, behind-the-scenes and at the kitchen table, refilling and refueling, sipping and savoring, drinking the good stuff, just like us."
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I enjoyed this book quite a bit and got some great ideas for movies favorite actors had done that I had never seen or even heard of ,that turned out to be great films. Having said this, the book is geared to a very specific niche audience, those that like old Hollywood and those that like coffee. (I do like both, in great quantities which is why I signed up for this book ! Lol) Cute, tongue in cheek coffee-table style book. Very quick book and no meat and potatoes. More like a snack or dessert. I was glad for the free copy but would not have purchased this book. Once I had read it once, I got out of it what I pretty much was looking for, but wouldn't likely go back to it again. Did overall enjoy the experience and enjoy seeing the photos, which were of extremely good HD quality. Would have enjoyed a few more anecdotes in the captions to make it a little meatier though. Experience was altogether pleasant so gave middle of the road 3 stars of 5. I would recommend the book, definitely, especially if you can get it free, or from the library or at a discounted price as a cool one time read but I would not pay full price for it.
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