Sunday, March 28, 2021

Lovely Books and Things - 3.28.21

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. Received my renewed passport in the mail faster than expected.
2. Learning about the Guerilla Girls political art (here)
3. Outdoor reading with a Matcha Latte at a cafe - The Black Lizard / Beast in the Shadows by Edogawa Rampo for Japanese Mystery Readalong Book Club (here)

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Bought:
Play the Red Queen
by Juri Jurjevics
Mystery, Historical, Vietnam | Published: 2020 | Goodreads


Library: audiobook
In Order to Live
A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
by Yeonmi Park, Maryanne Vollers
Memoir, Korea | Published: 2015 | Goodreads


Library:
Ex Libris
100+ Books to Read and Reread
by Michiko Kakutani
illustrated by Dana Tanamachi
Memoir, Essays | Published: 2020 | Goodreads


Freebies: from Free Little Library
Yolk
by Mary H.K. Choi
YA, Mental Health, Korean American | Published: 2021 | Goodreads


For Review:
VIDAS
Deep in Mexico and Spain
by Edward Stanton
Travel, Memoir, Mexico, Spain | Published: March 2021 | Goodreads
courtesy of publisher - Thanks!
The Bounty
by Janet Evanovich, Steve Hamilton
Mystery, Thriller, Paris | Published: March 2021 | Goodreads
courtesy of publisher - Thanks!

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San Francisco School of Needlework & Design
Embroidery lecture series (details):
Erica Wilson - A Life in Stitches
by Linda Eaton and Anne Hilker
Biography, Embroidery | Published: 2020 | details | virtual exhibition

Elizabethan Lady, circa 1973 (source)

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AND watched: DVD
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
Director: Marielle Heller
Writers: Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster
Inspired by article: "Can You Say... Hero?" by Tom Junod
Stars: Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Chris Cooper
Biography, Drama | imdb | my rating: 5

Based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Lloyd Vogel.

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