Lovely Books and Things - 5.30.21

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. Upcoming dates with friends and family
2. Craftivism (here)
3. Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit, San Francisco (details) - WOW!

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Freebies: from Free Little Library

Our Violent Ends
by Chloe Gong
YA, Retelling, ARC | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

*!*~Winner~*!*

Where the Grass Is Green and the Girls Are Pretty
by Lauren Weisberger
ChickLit, ARC | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
courtesy of publisher -Thanks!

To Be Featured:

Yes, Daddy
by Jonathan Parks-Ramage
Contemporary, Thriller, LGBTQ | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
courtesy of publisher -Thanks!

Gifted: tea cozy mysteries -Thanks, S!

Tea & Treachery
by Vicki Delany
Mystery, Cozy, Food | Published: 2020 | Goodreads

A Glimmer of a Clue
by Daryl Wood Gerber
Mystery, Cozy, Food | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

Murder with Oolong Tea
by Karen Rose Smith
Mystery, Cozy, Food | Published: 2020 | Goodreads
~*~ Virtual Author event: hosted by Books Inc.
See archive of this (here)

Project Hail Mary
by Andy Weir
SciFi, Space | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

Virtual Author event: hosted by The Book Report Network
See archive of this (here)

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
by Robert Kolker
Biography, Mental Health | Published: 2020 | Goodreads

Virtual Author event: hosted by Green Apple Books
Check out their calendar for future free author events (here)

Things We Lost to the Water
by Eric Nguyen
Historical, LGBTQ, Vietnamese American | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

Virtual Author event: hosted by Book Passages
See archive of this (here)

Metropolitan Stories
by Christine Coulson
Short Stories, Art, New York | Published: 2019 | Goodreads

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AND watched: virtual theatre

Profile (2021-usa)
Director/Writer: Timur Bekmambetov
Writers: Britt Poulton, Olga Kharina
Based on book: In the skin of a Jihadist by Anna Érelle
Stars: Valene Kane, Morgan Watkins, Christine Adams, Shazad Latif
Mystery, Thriller | imdb | my rating: 5
An undercover British journalist infiltrates the online propaganda channels of the so-called Islamic State, only to be sucked in by her recruiter.

Story telling was unique in that perspectives and interactions were shown through social media outlets.

AND watched: virtual theatre for CAAM Festival (details)

Better Days (2019)
Shaonian de ni (original title)
Director: Derek Tsang
Screenplay: Wing-Sum Lam, Yuan Li, Yimeng Xu, Nan Chen
Based on book: In His Youth, In Her Beauty by Jiuyue Xi
Stars: Dongyu Zhou, Jackson Yee, Fang Yin
Crime, Drama, Family, China | imdb | my rating: 5
A bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants, all while she copes with the pressures of her final examinations.

Beautiful film. Loved the character growth.

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