My Weekly Books and Films Update
Linking up with:
Sunday Post (details)
Mailbox Monday (details)
HAPPY THINGS:
1. Surprise dinner box with beef curry, veggies, rice and dessert of cookies hand-delivered by friend :-)
2. Peter Pan musical (with Christopher Walken as Captain Hook!) - found out that Show Must Go (here) free musicals are still being offered on Fridays 11am pst - I missed Wiz and Hairspray. Wonder what next week's will be.
3. Outing to Japan town for yummy ramen
Bought:
by Austin Channing Brown
Memoir | Goodreads
by Colson Whitehead
Historical, Pulitzer Prize 2020 | Goodreads
Library: audiobook
by Bernardine Evaristo
Contemporary, Short Stories, Man Booker Prize 2019 | Goodreads
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 Tod Goldeberg
Thriller, Crime, Mystery | Goodreads
Stories and Portraits of Our Mothers As We Never Saw Them
by Edan Lepucki
Essays, with photos | 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 Meredith Talusan
Memoir, LGBTQ, Filipino | Goodreads
by Jennifer Finney Boylan
Memoir, LGBTQ, Dogs | Goodreads
Bookish event:
hosted by Thyme for Tea (details)
So excited to participate in this next month!
AND watched: on Netflix
season one
Creators: Dan Levy, Eugene Levy
Stars: Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Dan Levy
Comedy | imdb | my rating: 5
When rich video-store magnate Johnny Rose and his family suddenly find themselves broke, they are forced to leave their pampered lives to regroup in Schitt's Creek.
HILARIOUS! I'm hooked.
Bookish random:
Looking forward to when the San Francisco Public Libraries offer curbside service too!
* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently
Shelter In Place - Day 97, Week 15
Stay healthy! Be safe!
Thanks for stopping by :-)