My Weekly Books and Films Update
Linking up with:
Stacking the Shelves (details)
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Mailbox Monday (details)
HAPPY THINGS:
1. Loving arm-chair traveling to Singapore via reading Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan. And, excited to continue the fun with book 2 of the trilogy, China Rich Girlfriend.
2. Free tickets to see the film The Wife.
3. Visiting the Legion of Honor museum and finding art by Julian Schnabel
Library:
by Chanel Cleeton
-Romance, Caribbean, Cuba, Havana
Amazon | Goodreads
REESE Witherspoon's book club July pick (here).
Author event:
by Fiona Davis
-Historical, New York City
Just released: August 7, 2018
Amazon | Goodreads
BookShop West Portal hosted an event with Fiona Davis to celebrate the release of her third historical novel set in New York's Grand Central Terminal, The Masterpiece. Loved to listen to the research process for the novel and found that Helen Dryden was one of inspirational points.
AND watched: in theatre
Director: Marc Turtletaub
Screenplay: Polly Mann, Oren Moverman
based on the Argentinian film "Rompecabezas" by: Natalia Smirnoff
Stars: Kelly Macdonald, Irrfan Khan, David Denman
-Drama | imdb | my rating: 4
Agnes, taken for granted as a suburban mother, discovers a passion for solving jigsaw puzzles which unexpectedly draws her into a new world - where her life unfolds in ways she could never have imagined.
LOVED the scenes at Grand Central Station. One of those taking stock of your life stories.
Director: Björn Runge
Screenplay: Jane Anderson
Based on book by: Meg Wolitzer
Stars: Christian Slater, Glenn Close, Max Irons
-Drama | imdb | my rating: 5
A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
GLENN is amazing in this role. Interesting take on a couple and the power that writing holds.
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