My Weekly Books and Films Update
Linking up with:
Stacking the Shelves (details)
Sunday Post (details)
Mailbox Monday (details)
HAPPY THINGS:
1. Planning goals for the new year - 2019!
2. Café Bombon - espresso with condensed milk
3. La La Land movie soundtrack
Library:
(Crazy Rich Asians #3)
by Kevin Kwan
-ChickLit, Romance, China, Singapore | Goodreads
EXCITED to start the audio version of this last part of the trilogy.
OTHER things (kinda book-related):
JOINED one challenge for next year. I plan on seriously working on my tbr pile in 2019.
hosted by Book Journey (details)
JOINED the First Book of the Year 2019.
AND watched: on Netflix
Director/Writer: Alfonso Cuarón
Stars: Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey
-Drama, Mexico | imdb | my rating: 5
A story that chronicles a year in the life of a middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
BEAUTIFUL film shot in black/white that captures the daily life and time period of a family.
Director/Writer: Richard Curtis
Stars: Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson
-Comedy, Drama, Romance, Christmas | imdb | my rating: 5
Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
RE-watch with Christmas theme. Wonderful ensemble cast and scenarios to follow in this. Bill Nighy singing The Troggs' "Love Is All Around" is catchy.
Director: Justin G. Dyck
Screenplay: David Finley, Rebecca Lamarche, Keith Cooper
Based on book by: Teresa Southwick
Stars: Kaitlyn Leeb, Scott Cavalheiro, Mark Ghanimé
-Drama, Romance, Christmas | imdb | my rating: 5
Secret aspirations between a failed restaurateur and a celebrity chef threaten their blossoming Christmas romance.
GREAT for the foodie element.
Director: Justin G. Dyck
Screenplay: Keith Cooper
Based on book by: Stacy Connelly
Stars: Jocelyn Hudon, Stephen Huszar, Kelly Rutherford
-Romance, Christmas | imdb | my rating: 4
Wedding Planner, Kelsey Wilson, is about to have her big break: planning her beloved cousin's lavish and exclusive wedding. Everything is going smoothly until Connor McClane, a devilishly handsome private investigator, shows up and turns Kelsey's world upside-down. Hired by a secret source, Connor quickly disrupts the upcoming nuptials but wins Kelsey's heart in the process.
CUTE scenes with a spunky heroine.
Director: Michael Curtiz
Screenplay: Norman Krasna, Norman Panama
Stars: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Melvin Frank
-Comedy, Musical, Romance, Christmas | imdb | my rating: 5
A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.
RE-watch with Christmas theme. Love the singing and dancing.
* image source: La La Land (here)
* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently
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