Lovely Books and Things - 11.7.21

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. Creating a list of holiday themed things to do from now to the end of the year (see xmas lights, watch holiday films, holiday tea service...)
2. Completing a jigsaw puzzle and preparing to start the next one
3. Day of the Dead sights and sounds on 24th Street in the Mission district

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Bought:

Gothic Tales
by Elizabeth Gaskell
Short Stories, Gothic, Horror, Victorian | Published: 2000 | Goodreads

Library: audiobook

Passing
by Nella Larsen
Classics, Historical, African American | Published: 2021 (first 1929) | Goodreads
Library:

Thursday Murder Club
by Richard Osman
Mystery | Published: 2020 | Goodreads

Happy Endings
by Thien-Kim Lam
Romance, Contemporary, Vietnamese | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

Borrowed: from friend

Ming Tea Murder
by Laura Childs
Mystery, Cozy, Tea | Published: 2015 | Goodreads

Freebies: from Little Free Library

Jane
by Dee Wells
1970s, Women's Fiction | Published: 1978 (first 1973) | Goodreads

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

The Holiday Switch
by Tif Marcelo
Romance, YA, Filipino, Christmas | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
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AND watched: theatre

Dune (2021)
Director/Screenplay: Denis Villeneuve
Screenplay: Jon Spaihts, Eric Roth
Based on book: Frank Herbert
Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson
Action, Adventure, Drama | imdb | my rating: 5 Feature adaptation of Frank Herbert's science fiction novel, about the son of a noble family entrusted with the protection of the most valuable asset and most vital element in the galaxy.

The French Dispatch (2021)
Director/Screenplay: Wes Anderson
Story: Roman Coppola, Hugo Guinness, Jason Schwartzman
Comedy, Drama, Romance | imdb | my rating: 5 A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional twentieth century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch Magazine".

Artificial Gamer (2021)
Director: Chad Herschberger
Documentary | imdb | my rating: 5 At the 2017 annual eSports world championship, "The International", an Artificial Intelligence agent was unveiled that could play against some of the world's best players at DOTA 2, a popular online game considered one of the most complex video games ever. While this demonstration was based on a 1 vs 1 version of what is normally a 5 vs 5 game, and play was limited to a reduced section of the map, it was a major coup. After the demonstration, and to the surprise of both the gaming and artificial intelligence communities; the developers fueled by the excitement of the win announced to the crowd that they will be back the following year with a new AI that can play the full 5 vs 5 game. ARTIFICIAL GAMER follows the journey of the scientists and engineers at OpenAI, as they develop their artificial agent. During their quest, they face the unique challenges of building one of the largest and most complex AI systems in history, in only one year.

AND watched: theatre for SFFilm Documentary Film Festival (details)

Julia (2021)
Director: Julie Cohen, Betsy West
Documentary | imdb | my rating: 5 Julia tells the story of the legendary cookbook author and television superstar who changed the way Americans think about food, television, and even about women.

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