Growing Pains - Billie Piper (paperback)

Advantages: Full of emotion and feeling, plenty of detail...
Disadvantages: Hard to put down, can draw tears to the eyes

...what Billie says about not really paying attention to the 'unknown' acts at concerts and performances, so it would obviously have been an unbearable atmosphere to get up on stage at the start of your pop career and perform for a bunch of kids who could not care if you weren't there. But being the determined soul that she is, Billie kept going passed this! I think I wouldn't want to do under-18 clubs performances given the chance, but the school tours Piper embarked upon seemed like fun! Billie also mentions her boyfriend in this chapter - David. I can understand how her relationship between her and her friends back in Swindon must have been tough during her career launch. Chapter four starts off with a date, stating when Because We Want To was released. I own this track on several different singles and albums, and I can see how it went to...

Amy69 06.06.2007 (17.09.2007) · Read review
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Growing Pains - Billie Piper's life story

Advantages: good read, honest account of her life (so far)
Disadvantages: none

...I remember Billie as an annoying 14 year old singing "Because We Want Too". She had a couple of hits, "Honey To The Bee" being another one that I can think of. Then she went quiet for a while and the next thing we hear is that Chris Evans from TFI Friday has given her a red Ferrari and she can't even drive! Why did Chris give her a Ferrari, why did she think she could sing?! All these questions and more are answered in her compelling book Growing Pains. Growing Pains is the autobiography of Billie Piper. It is an honest, interesting and quite touching story of her life until now. An autobiography used to be about the life story of a person, now it seems to be the life story (so far). Billie Piper is still only 23 years old, what can she know about life? Enough to fill a book? The answer is yes. Billie, at the age of 23...

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Billie Piper : Walk Of Life (album)

Advantages: Plenty fabulous tracks, deep meaning
Disadvantages: Maybe a bonus track would have been nice!

...After a successful first year, and a great album, Billie makes her comeback after her tour with a smashing album, a new image, and a surname! Billie Piper was born in Swindon in 1982. She attended Sylvia Young school at the age of 13, taking part in classes in singing, acting, and dancing (dancing being her strongest point after attending various classes since she was small). When she was 15, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity came along for Billie when Innocent recording studios offered her a record deal - and unsurprisingly, Billie and her family when ahead with it! After an amazing first year and a spectacular experience, Billie made her second album, and was given a surname! She was no longer the bubble-gum blowing, bubbly teen Billie, but the new-improved, sophisticated Billie Piper. This was the point in Billie's life when...

Amy69 05.06.2007 (07.06.2007) · Read review
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Growing Pains - Billie Piper

Advantages: Great read with an insight into her short life so far
Disadvantages: None interesting read

...Well I have to say when I was given this book, I thought great another 23 years old autobiography how interesting can it be? But i was bored so I picked it up. Which im glad i did, as i couldnt put it down. I dont want to say too much about it but Billie gives a very honest and truthful account of the experieces she has encoutered already in her short life. We all remember the girly, purple suit wearing singer shouting out "beacause we want to" back in the 90s. However you never imagine how these pop princesses deal with the fame and fortune. Having had the oportunity to study at the exclusive Sylvia Young, Billie was picked at the tender age of 14 to become the new face of the british pop world. A great opportunity at such a young age but not everything was as it seemed. Being miles away from her family and friends...

paulalross 06.12.2006 · Read review
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Best Of Billie

Advantages: Great tracks, loads of emotion packed inside!
Disadvantages: Not so much tracks from her first album

...A jam-packed CD full of unique tracks from an amazing artist! ***** Billie Paul Piper was born in 1982 in Swindon. Since she was tiny, she dreamed of performing and attended various dance classes and drama groups! When she was 13, she won a place in Sylvia Young Drama School and stayed there in London. When she was 15, she was given the opportunity of a lifetime! Innocent Record Company offered her a record deal! Without hesitating, Billie jumped at the chance, and became a new face for music - a young, lively, bubbly teen! Billie's first single, 'Because We Want To', went straight to number one - a massive achievement! Following that, Billie had several other fantastic hits and a great album, 'Honey To the Bee'. Billie promoted this album by going on tour, then taking a short break afterwards. When her break was over, Billie...

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Review of Best Of Billie, The - Billie Piper

Lifting the lid on Miss Piper's life and loves

Advantages: Honest, compelling, interesting, entertaining, humorous... fab!
Disadvantages: If you too remember Billie's popstar days at all fondly then this may disappoint you

...In Celeb World age is just a number; celebrities live life in the fast lane and speed rapidly through all the milestones of marriage, kids and more. Failure to have had at least two marriages, three kids, four different career paths and two properties in two different continents by the age of thirty is the true epitome of failure in an industry where having everything and doing everything is key. Without taking this in to consideration, twenty three may seem like a young age in which to publish an autobiography. However, for Billie Piper, who first encountered fame at the tender age of fifteen, an autobiography actually seems strangely long overdue. Billie has experienced more than many of us will experience in our entire lifetimes. No young girl could have failed to have been intrigued over the years by the career and personal life...

hannahmc3 18.04.2007 · Read review
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Listening to Billie all day and night

Advantages: Really lifts your spirit!
Disadvantages: Only one song with various versions

..."All of the day. All of the night. The things you do. That makes me feel so right". ***** Billie Paul Piper was born in 1982 in Swindon. Since she was tiny, she dreamed of performing and attended various dance classes and drama groups! When she was 13, she won a place in Sylvia Young Drama School and stayed there in London. When she was 15, she was given the opportunity of a lifetime! Innocent Record Company offered her a record deal! Without hesitating, Billie jumped at the chance, and became a new face for music - a young, lively, bubbly teen! Billie's first single, 'Because We Want To', went straight to number one - a massive achievement! Following that, Billie had several other fantastic hits and a great album, 'Honey To the Bee'. Billie promoted this album by going on tour, then taking a short break afterwards. When her break was...

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Review of Day & Night - Billie Piper

Ode to a 90s pop princess

Advantages: Fun, upbeat pop that brings back fabulous memories!
Disadvantages: A few fillers near the end

...? by the then teen sensation, Billie Piper. Or simply Billie, as she was known back then. When Billie first bounced on to the music scene in her baggy combats, boiler suits and little tops she was all smiles and teeth and cheesy lyrics. I remember discussing this new girl on the music scene with much excitement with the girls at school. With her mousy brown hair and girl next door looks she could have been one of us; with her cheeky, rapped vocals she could have been a karaoke singer; and with her over the top dance routines and immature choruses this could have been a complete disaster. However, none of these facts were true. Billie?s career took off with a bang and nobody was more surprised than us fellow teen girls who sat and looked on in awe. Billie?s music will always be remembered as a bit of a cheese-fest; all those...

hannahmc3 08.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Best Of Billie, The - Billie Piper

The rollercoaster life for Britain's Hottest Star

Advantages: brilliant and you can't get enough of it
Disadvantages: it screams out your name and you have to read on

...now for a few days I've been thinking of how to start a review, now many people may decide that in a couple of hours or even minutes, but this time it's special to me due to the fact that this has been the first EVER biography book I have ever read. So I hope I give an in-depth review that will hopefully make you either rate the review really high, or go out and buy the book (Or you can do both, doing both would make me really happy). I got this book off Amazon, someone (maybe by accident) had put £0.01, and I quickly snapped it up! And if I knew it was as good as I'm saying it is I would have even paid £10.00 for it! Now I've always loved Billie Piper, that's been one reason why I've been after the books and her CDs, I remember when I was really young and Billie had started her singing career at the age I am of now (15)! Now that...

Jonni_boi 03.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Billie Piper - Chris Stevens

* Play It Day And Night , yeah *

Advantages: Great song, Great Vocals
Disadvantages: None!

...Billie Paul Piper ( born on Lianne Paul Piper - her parents changed her name to Billie when she was three weeks old) on 22nd September 1982 in Swindon , Wiltshire. She is currently twenty six years old. She has a younger brother and two younger sisters. She rose to fame as a popstar in 1998 when she was just fifteen years old. She was married to DJ Chris Evans between 2001 and 2007 , although she is now married to Laurence Fox since 2007 and together they are expecting their first child. The baby is due in October. Day and Night is the sixth single from Billie. It was released in the United Kingdom on May 15th 2000. The song comes under the pop genre. Day and Night reached number one in the United Kingdom. This song is taken from Billie's second album ; Walk Of Life. This is my favourite ever Billie Piper song! It has a very 2000...

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