My Weekly Books and Films Update
Linking up with:
Sunday Post (details)
Mailbox Monday (details)
HAPPY THINGS:
1. Three-day weekend :-)
2. Mini doodle-a-day in my bullet journal
3. Baby Chef Kobe of Kobe Eats on instagram (here) - so adorable
Bought:
by James Villa
-Contemporary, Romance, Southern | Goodreads
Library: audiobook
by Jenny Offill
-Literary, New York | Goodreads
NOTE: Most of the virtual author events below are recorded and can be currently accessed for a listen - check per site
Virtual Author event: hosted by Alta Magazine
Check out their calendar for future free author events (here)
Tune in Wednesdays 12:30pm pst Alta Asks
by Peter Orner
Short Stories | Goodreads
Virtual Author event: hosted by Booksmith
Check out their calendar for future free author events (here)
Tune in Tuesdays 11am pst VIRTUAL: ZYZZYVA & The Booksmith Present: Lockdown Lit @ Lunch
by Clare Beams
Historical | Goodreads
by Rachel Vorona Cote
Historical, Feminism | Goodreads
Virtual Author event: hosted by Books Inc.
Check out their calendar for future free author events (here)
by Traci Chee
Historical, YA, Japanese-American | Goodreads
(Shamanborn #1)
by Lori M. Lee
Fantasy, YA | Goodreads
by by I.W. Gregorio
YA, Chinese-American | Goodreads
Virtual Author event: hosted by Green Apple Books
Check out their calendar for future free author events (here)
A conversation between Stephanie Danler and Anna Wiener
by Stephanie Danler
Memoir | Goodreads
by Anna Wiener
Memoir | Goodreads
Virtual Author event: hosted by Book Passages
Register and listen to the archive of this or to future Book Passages author talks for free (here)
A conversation between Lori Gottlieb and Dr. Rick Hanson
A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
by Lori Gottlieb
Memoir, Psychology | Goodreads
New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness
by Dr. Rick Hanson
Psychology | Goodreads
AUTHOR ALERT: fans...
Virtual Event at Book Passage (here)
Wednesday, May 27
12pm pst / 3pm est
AND watched: online for CAAMFest 2020
Director/Writer: Alan Yang
Stars: Tzi Ma, Christine Ko, Hong-Chi Lee
on Netflix
Drama, Taiwain | imdb | my rating: 5
In this multi-generational drama, a Taiwanese factory worker leaves his homeland to seek opportunity in America, where he struggles to find connection while balancing family and newfound responsibilities.
Director/Writer: H.P. Mendoza
Stars: L.A. Renigen, Mike Curtis, Theresa Navarro
Comedy, Musical, Filipino-American, San Francisco | imdb | my rating: 4
Filipina performance artist Bethesda moves into an art commune to search for her long missing biological mother. Along the way, she comes to realize that she just might be a fairy princess, fag hag, fruit fly.
created by Cookie Activist, Jasmine Cho
see more cookie creations (here)
featured in CAAMfest 2020
Check out her book:
Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders Who Made History
by Jasmine Cho
History, Children, Picture Book | Goodreads
* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently
Shelter In Place - Day 69, Week 11
Something amusing: Wes Anderson–inspired guide to surviving the lockdown by Madelaine Turner
@in_too_deepmp3 i tried to see if I could make this only using things I could find in my apartment. hope you like ! 😂 ##fyp ##foryou ##wesanderson ##film
♬ original sound - in_too_deepmp3
Stay healthy! Be safe!
Thanks for stopping by :-)