Lovely Books and Things - 6.6.21

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. Start of my birthday month :-)
2. 3-day weekend - short work week
3. Walking the stairways in Corona Heights, Saturn (with garden), Vulcan stairway and Mt. Olympus (with obelisk monument). Couples pics in collage is from TT.

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To Be Featured:

What's Done in Darkness
by Laura McHugh
Mystery, Thriller | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
courtesy of publisher -Thanks!

The Other Black Girl
by Zakiya Dalila Harris
Mystery, Thriller | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
courtesy of publisher -Thanks!

~*~ Virtual Author event: hosted by Murder By The Book
See archive of this (here)

Dead Dead Girl
(Harlem Renaissance Mystery #1)
by Nekesa Afia
Mystery, Historical | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

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

The Nature of Witches
by Rachel Griffin
YA, Fantasy, Witches | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

~*~ AND watched: Netflix

High on the Hog (2021)
How African American Cuisine Transformed America
tv series
Documentary, History | imdb | my rating: 5
Black food is American food. Chef and writer Stephen Satterfield traces the delicious, moving throughlines from Africa to Texas in this docuseries.

Foodies delight. Would love a meal at Hercules and Hemmings in Los Angeles.

AND watched: DVD

Tenet (2020)
Director/Writer: Christopher Nolan
Stars: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | imdb | my rating: 5
Armed with only one word, Tenet, and fighting for the survival of the entire world, a Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.

Huh?! But an entertaining wild ride in past/future/present?!

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* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently

Thanks for stopping by :-)