Lovely Books and Things - 6.13.21

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. Receiving a pretty bouquet of flowers
2. Exploring intermittent fasting
3. Spotting a whimisical mural while walking on Polk Street

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Freebies: from Free Little Library

Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
(Isabel Dalhousie #2)
by Alexander McCall Smith
Mystery, Scotland | Published: 2005 | Goodreads

For Review:

No Spring Chicken
Stories and Advice from a Wild Handicapper on Aging and Disability
by Francine Falk-Allen
Travel, Disability | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
courtesy of publisher -Thanks!

The Personal Librarian
by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
Historical, New York | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
courtesy of publisher -Thanks!

*!*~Winner~*!*

The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu
by Tom Lin
Western, Chinese American | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
courtesy of author -Thanks!
To Be Featured:

Never Saw Me Coming
by Vera Kurian
Mystery | Published: September 2021 | Goodreads
courtesy of publisher -Thanks!

~*~ Virtual Author event: hosted by Third Place Books
See archive of this (here)

With Teeth
by Kristen Arnett
LGBTQ, Contemporary | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

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

Rainbow Milk
by Paul Mendez
LGBTQ, Historical | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

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

Animal
by Lisa Taddeo
Thriller, Feminism | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

Should We Stay Or Should We Go
by Lionel Shriver
Contemporary | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

~*~ AND watched: DVD

Promising Young Woman (2020)
Director/Writer: Emerald Fennell
Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie
Crime, Drama, Thriller | imdb | my rating: 5
A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.

Ooo, vengeance. A dark heroine of sorts who brought the shivers.

The Invisibile Man (2020)
Director/Screenplay: Leigh Whannell
Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Harriet Dyer
Drama, Horror, Mystery | imdb | my rating: 5
When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

Loved this new take on the invisible man. More shivers with this story.

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