Saturday, March 10, 2018

Lovely Books and Things - 3.10.18

Lovely Books and Things
My Weekly Books and Films Update

Linking up with:
Stacking the Shelves (details)
Sunday Post (details)
Mailbox Monday (details)

~*~

HAPPY THINGS:

1. Enjoying Bobby McFerrin's Improvisació 1 which is on the soundtrack for the film, The Square (2017).

2. Participated in an Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Women's International Day at the SFMOMA.

Great way to learn about editing Wikipedia pages. I worked on a page for the artist, Patty Chang. I added a sentence and reference link.

FYI: There are edit-a-thon events held year round at different locations and everyone is welcome to attend and learn how to edit and contribute pages to Wikipedia. See if there is a place near you (details).

3. Tournament of Books 2018 (Rooster Award), March 7-30


GOT the latest Field Notes special edition Rooster Memo book. Also got the Field Notes Haxley edition which includes a “Story Book,” featuring ruled pages alongside 31 black-and-white drawings and a “Sketch Book” with blank pages. So cute.


~*~

Bought:

A Useful Woman
(Rosalind Thorne Mysteries #1)
by Darcie Wilde
-Mystery, Historical, Jane Austen theme
Amazon | Goodreads

DELIGHTFUL looking mystery.


Freebie:

Pucked Up
by Helena Hunting
- Romance,Humor, Sports - Hockey
courtesy of author -Thanks!
Amazon | Goodreads

FOR my ever growing romance pile.

River of Love
(The Bradens at Peaceful Harbor, MD #3)
by Melissa Foster
-Contemporary, Romance
courtesy of Romance Read-of-the-Month Club -Thanks!
(Feel free to join and get a copy of your own.)
Amazon | Goodreads

MORE romance ;-)


Library:

Lucky Boy
by Shanthi Sekaran
-Women's Fiction
Amazon | Goodreads

ONE of the Tournament of Books nominees.

Up Up, Down Down: Essays
by Cheston Knapp
-Essays, Memoir
Amazon | Goodreads

THOUGHT I would try something new with this set of essays. I hope to get through a couple if not the whole book.


AND watched: in theatre

Black Panther (2018)
Director/Writer: Ryan Coogler
Writer: Joe Robert Cole
Based on book by: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby
Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o
-Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | imdb | my rating: 4

T'Challa, the King of Wakanda, rises to the throne in the isolated, technologically advanced African nation, but his claim is challenged by a vengeful outsider who was a childhood victim of T'Challa's father's mistake.

COOL storyline and origin story of a hero that is new to me. As with most Marvel movies, make sure to stick around for the very end of the end credits for some extras.

~*~

* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently

Thanks for stopping by :-)
 
Imagination Designs
Images from: Lovelytocu