Lovely Books and Things - 6.7.20

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. Despite repetition of 4 lines (840 pages worth), relentlessness, one becomes mesmerized by pianist, Igor Levit's, livestream piano-a-thon, of Vexations by Erik Satie (excerpt: 11 hrs) (complete: 15 hrs) - so fitting for these times

2. Happy Birthday wishes :-)

3. Morning coffee and a book at Justin Herman Plaza, San Francisco

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Bought:

Weeping Waters
by Karin Brynard
Mystery, South Africa | Goodreads

Flow
issue 35 | website
Flow Magazine issue 35 includes stories on the Dutch art of doing nothing, and letting worrying work to your advantage. The colorful cover was illustrated by Hadas Hayun. This issue has four dividers with cat illustrations and, of course, there are some lovely paper goodies: a set of ‘conversation starter’ cards and a notebook illustrated by Tallulah Fontaine.

Flow Magazine is all about positive psychology, mindfulness, creativity and the beauty of imperfection. We love illustrations and in each issue there is a gift made of our much-loved paper.

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 Booksmith
Check out their calendar for future free author events (here)

Running Toward Mystery:
by Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi and Zara Houshmand
Memoir, Buddhism | Goodreads
Virtual Author event: hosted by Book Passage
Register and listen to the archive of this or to future Book Passage author talks for free (here)
A conversation between Téa Obreht and R.O. Kwon

Inland
by Téa Obreht
Historical, West | Goodreads

The Incendiaries
by R.O. Kwon
Literary, Coming of Age, Asian American, Korean | Goodreads

AND watched: on Netflix

The Midnight Gospel (2020)
tv series, season one
Creator: Duncan Trussell
based on Duncan's podcast (here)
Animation, Adventure, Comedy | imdb | my rating: 4
Clancy, a spacecaster with a malfunctioning multiverse simulator, leaves the comfort of his home to interview beings living in dying worlds.

Recognized a couple authors featured, Anne Lamott and Damien Wayne Echols.


AND watched: online part of We Are One Global Film Festival (here)

Sisterhood (2016)
Gwat mooi (original title)
Director: Tracy Choi
Writers: Kin-Yee Au, Yee Lam Wong
Stars: Gigi Leung, Fish Liew, Jennifer Yu
Drama, Macau | imdb | my rating: 5
Love intertwines at the wrong time. Sei and Ling, former masseuses in Macau, in retrospect, had the best time together. Decades after, Sei learns that her late best friend has kept a secret she never knew...

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*** THANKS to those on the front line during these times ***
Shelter In Place - Day 83, Week 13
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