Sunday, April 4, 2021

Lovely Books and Things - 4.4.21

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. Calamari Israeli Couscous at lokma
2. Booktubers - Books and Bao (here); with cindy (here)
3. Easter decorations in Bernal Heights

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Library: audiobook
Where the Wild Ladies Are
by Aoko Matsuda
translated by Polly Barton
Short Stories, Feminism, Japan | Published: 2020 | Goodreads


Library:
The Old Capital
by Yasunari Kawabata
translated by J. Martin Holman and Vanja Lantz
Classic, Historical, Japan | Published: 2006 (first 1962) | Goodreads


Borrowed: from friend/family
The Unreal and the Real:
Selected Stories Volume I
Where on Earth
by Ursula K. LeGuin
Short Stories, SciFi, Speculative Fiction | Published: 2012 | Goodreads


The Unreal and the Real:
Selected Stories Volume II
Outer Space, Inner Lands
by Ursula K. LeGuin
Short Stories, SciFi, Speculative Fiction | Published: 2012 | Goodreads


Freebies: from Free Little Library
The Silent Patient
by Alex Michaelides
Mystery, Thriller | Published: 2019 | Goodreads


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AND watched: Netflix
The Trial of the Chicago (2020)
Director/Writer: Aaron Sorkin
Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Alex Sharp, Sacha Baron Cohen
Drama, History, Thriller | imdb | my rating: 5

The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

AND watched: online
Firebringer (2016)
Directed by Julia Albain, Nick Lang
Music & Lyrics: Meredith Stepien, Mark Swiderski
Based on book by: Matt Lang, Nick Lang, Brian Holden
Musical | youtube | my rating: 5

Meet Jemilla and her tribe of stone-age pals. Every day, they work hard collecting nuts and berries. Every night, they take cover in their cave, hiding from the most fearsome predator alive... Snarl. When the tribe troublemaker, Zazzalil, goes out during a storm to test her latest invention, she stumbles upon the most important discovery in human history. It's one that will take her on a whirlwind journey from omega to alpha, as she becomes... the Firebringer!

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