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Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!
Bought:
by Megan Abbott
-Mystery, Thriller
Amazon | Goodreads
=====> Books Inc., Opera Plaza, San Francisco, hosted a visit from author, Megan Abbott, to celebrate the release of her 8th book!
by J.K. Rowling
-Fantasy, YA
Amazon | Goodreads
=====> Because Harry Potter is irresistible.
Borrowed: Thanks Dina!
by Kyung-Sook Shin
-Family, Korea
Amazon | Goodreads
=====> Yay! fits right into my Korean reading challenge.
Audiobook: from library
by Delia Ephron
narrated by Talia Balsam, Katie Finneran, Darren Goldstein, John Slattery
-Mystery, Italy
Amazon | Goodreads
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AND watched: in theatre
Director/Screenplay: James Schamus
Based on book by: Philip Roth
Starring: Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon
-Drama | imdb | my rating: 4
In 1951, Marcus, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with sexual repression and cultural disaffection, amid the ongoing Korean War.
=====> Coming of age story with a sad tinge.
Director: David Mackenzie
Screenplay: Taylor Sheridan
Starring: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges
-Crime, Drama | imdb | my rating: 4
A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.
Oscar nominated for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, Film Editing.
Loved Jeff Bridges performance in this. This film portrays a depressing vibe of New Mexico just right.
AND binge watching: online
Tae-yang-eui hoo-ye (original title)
tv series
Starring: Joong-ki Song, Hye-kyo Song, Goo-seo Jin, Ji-won Kim
-Kdrama, Romance | imdb | my rating: 5
A love story develops between Captain Yoo Shi Jin, from South Korean Special Forces and Doctor Kang Mo Yeon, who works as a Surgeon at Haesung Hospital in Seoul. They will find themselves in the middle of great events and deadly dangers, both in their Motherland and in the fictitious, war-torn country of Urk.
=====> Loving it - totally living up to the hype.
Coincidentally for this post, I found a Harry Potter reference - one of the soldier's moniker.
Currently flipping through: various Duran Duran scrapbooks
=====> Reliving some high school fangirl moments before going to a Duran Duran concert at the end of the month ;-)
* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently