My Weekly Books and Films Update
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HAPPY THINGS:
1. Getting back on track after returning from vacation
2. Surprise chocolate marzipan gift from a friend who returned from travels
3. Andy Warhol exhibit at the SF MOMA
Library:
by Megan Miranda
-Mystery, Thriller, Maine | Goodreads
AUGUST pick for Reese's Book Club and for my Books and States challenge.
by Matthew Kepnes
-Memoir, Travel | Goodreads
FOR tips, tricks and tales of travel for wanderlust cravings.
Review posts theme for next week: Australia
Summer Skin by Kirsty Eagar
The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted by Robert Hillman
Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
AND watched: in theatre
Director/Writer: Quentin Tarantino
Writer: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie
-Comedy, Drama | imdb | my rating: 5
A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the film industry during the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.
Sooo Hollywood.
Sooo Tarantino.
Pleasantly surprised. I usually am not into the 70's genre, but loved the filming style and Tarantino's take.
AND watched: on DVD
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Screenplay: Eleanor Witcombe
Based on novel by: Miles Franklin
Stars: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes
-Biography, Drama, Romance, Coming of Age, Australia | imdb | my rating: 4
A young independent woman who lives with her grandmother and aunt in the countryside rebels against being pressured into marriage and chooses to solely focus on having a career as a writer. Nevertheless, two suitors propose to her.
LOVELY scenes from the well-manicured mostly the wealthier side of Australia as well as some vast landscapes.
* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently
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