Saturday, October 29, 2016

Stacking the Shelves - 10.29.16

Stacking the Shelves
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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!

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Bought:

=====> Book Passage, Corte Madera, hosted an event with, Maria Semple to celebrate the release of her latest novel, Today Will Be Different. She did a Q&A with author, Kelly Corrigan and imparted lots of interesting info about the writing craft.

Today Will Be Different
by Maria Semple
-Chick-lit
Amazon | Goodreads

=====> HAD to get this as I loved her novel, Where'd You Go, Bernadette.


Other things book-related:

Coming soon...

Jane Austen-ish
a virtual book event
November 6-11, 2016

=====> JOIN me for a week of Jane Austen-ish kinda things (giveaways included).


AND watched: in theatre

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (2011)
film of theatre production
Director: Danny Boyle
Play: Nick Dear
Based on the novel by: Mary Shelley
Starring: Jonny Lee Miller, Benedict Cumberbatch
-Drama | imdb | my rating: 5

Created by Victor Frankenstein, the one known only as the creature sets out to discover the world and the meaning of life.

=====> Oh, humanity. Amazing performance from the cast and cheers to Cumberbatch as the creature. His part for physically intense moments.


Currently flipping through: from the library

The Singing Bones:
Inspired by Grimms' Fairy Tales
by Shaun Tan
-Fairy Tales, Fantasy
Amazon | Goodreads

=====> Some creepy-ish fairy tale sculpture images for the season.


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