Sunday, July 25, 2021

Lovely Books and Things - 7.25.21

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. Preparing next week for Jane in July (host details)
2. Browsing in a bookstore in a leisurely manner
3. Dolce & Gabbana window - the Carretto print caught my eye
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Bought:
The Decagon House Murders
by Yukito Ayatsuji
translated by Ho-Ling Wong
Mystery, Crime, Japan | Published: 2020 (first 1987) | Goodreads

Library: audiobook
Where The Rhythm Takes You
by Sarah Dass
YA, Romance, Retelling - Persuasion by Jane Austen | Published: 2021 | Goodreads


Friends and Strangers
by J. Courtney
Contemporary, Women's Fiction, New York | Published: 2020 | Goodreads


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Virtual Author event: hosted by Third Place Books
See archive of this (here)
Curses
by Lish McBride
Fantasy, YA, Retelling - Beauty and the Beast | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

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AND watched: Netflix
The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021)
Director: Augustine Frizzell
Writers: Nick Payne, Esta Spalding
Based on book: Jojo Moyes
Stars: Shailene Woodley, Callum Turner, Joe Alwyn, Felicity Jones, Nabhaan Rizwan
Drama, Romance | imdb | my rating: 5

A pair of interwoven stories set in the past and present follow an ambitious journalist determined to solve the mystery of a forbidden love affair at the center of a trove of secret love letters from 1965.

Loved how the time period was captured. Beautiful scenes and scenery in Spain.

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