Sunday, June 21, 2020

Lovely Books and Things - 6.21.20

Lovely Books and Things
My Weekly Books and Films Update

Linking up with:
Sunday Post (details)
Mailbox Monday (details)

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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


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Bought:

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
by Austin Channing Brown
Memoir | Goodreads

The Nickel Boys
by Colson Whitehead
Historical, Pulitzer Prize 2020 | Goodreads

Library: audiobook

Girl, Woman, Other
by Bernardine Evaristo
Contemporary, Short Stories, Man Booker Prize 2019 | Goodreads

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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

Gangersterland
by Tod Goldeberg
Thriller, Crime, Mystery | Goodreads

Mothers Before:
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

Fairest
by Meredith Talusan
Memoir, LGBTQ, Filipino | Goodreads

Good Boy: My Life in 7 Dogs
by Jennifer Finney Boylan
Memoir, LGBTQ, Dogs | Goodreads

Bookish event:

Paris in July 2020
hosted by Thyme for Tea (details)

So excited to participate in this next month!

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AND watched: on Netflix

Schitt's Creek (2015)
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!

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* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently

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