My Weekly Books and Films Update
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HAPPY THINGS:
1. Deciding on and going to french related places for Paris in July theme this month - mostly food inspired.
2. Yummy new recipe and new (to me) spice: Za'atar Roasted Chicken Breast (here)
3. Covid themed rock garden spotted during walk
Bought:
by Teresa Dovalpage
Mystery, Food, Havana | Goodreads
Library: ebook
by Cara Black
Mystery, France, Paris | Goodreads
Virtual Author event: hosted by NY Times Books
See archive of this on instagram igtv (here)
by Michele Harper
Memoir, Health-medical field | Goodreads
Virtual Author event: hosted by Booksmith
Listen to archive of this and check out their calendar for future free author events (here)
Tune in Tuesdays 11am pst VIRTUAL: ZYZZYVA & The Booksmith Present: Lockdown Lit @ Lunch
A conversation between:
by Jennifer Steil
Historical, WWII, Jewish, Bolivia | Goodreads
by Ava Homa
Contemporary, Iran | Goodreads
Virtual Author event: hosted by Book Passages
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A conversation between: John Muir Laws and Amy Tan
by John Muir Laws, Emilie Lygren
Art, How-to, Nature | Goodreads
A conversation between: Mark Nepo and Brooke Warner
by Mark Nepo
Spirituality | Goodreads
AND watched: SFFilm online preview screening
Director: Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss
Stars: Steven Garza, Ben Feinstein, René Otero, Robert Macdougall
Documentary | imdb | my rating: 5
A thousand 17-year-old boys from Texas join together to build a representative government from the ground up. Filmed at UT Austin in June 2018
POLITICS at play with future leaders in the making.
Director: Jesse Moss
Stars: Ed 'Speedo' Jager, Linda Jager, Anthony Jager
Documentary, Sport, on vimeo | imdb | my rating: 5
A film about Ed “Speedo” Jager, a Long Island demolition derby champion.
PASSION for demolition derby that Speedo has really drives this story which drew me in.
* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently
Shelter In Place - Day 132, Week 20
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