Sunday, March 13, 2022

Lovely Books and Things - 3.13.22

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. Picking out a pie(s) for upcoming Pi Day on Monday
2. The start of the Tournament of Books (here)
3. Window displays - Louis Vuitton chess theme at Macy's and garden theme at Julie Haas Artist below
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Bought:
Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing
by Maryla Szymiczkowa
translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Mystery, Historical, Poland | Published: 2020 (first 2015) | Goodreads


Bought: from Book of the Month club - get yours with my referral link (here)
The Paris Apartment
by Lucy Foley
Mystery, Thriller, Paris | Published: 2022 | Goodreads


Library: audiobook
Gallant
by V.E. Schwab
illustrated by Manuel Sumberac
Fantasy, YA, Gothic | Published: 2022 | Goodreads


Library:
March Was Made of Yarn
edited by David Karashima, Elmer Luke
Short Stories, Japan | Published: 2012 | Goodreads

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Live Author event: hosted by Book Passage - Ferry Building
The Torqued Man
by Peter Mann
Historical, WWII, Germany | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

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AND watched: Mostly British Film Festival (details)
Mothering Sunday (2021)
Director: Eva Husson
Screenplay: Alice Birch
Based on book: Graham Swift
Stars: Odessa Young, Josh O'Connor
Drama, Romance, England | imdb | my rating: 5

A maid living in post-World War I England secretly plans to meet with the man she loves before he leaves to marry another woman.

The Duke (2020)
Director: Roger Michell
Screenplay: Richard Bean, Clive Coleman
Stars: Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren
Biography, Comedy, Drama, England | imdb | my rating: 5

In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, steals Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.

Nobody Has to Know (2021)
aka L'ombre d'un mensonge
Director/Writer: Bouli Lanners
Stars: Michelle Fairley, Bouli Lanners
Drama, Scotland | imdb | my rating: 5

Phil, a robust middle-aged man suffers a stroke, causing him to lose his memory. Millie, who takes care of him, tells him falsely that they were secretly in love before his accident.

June Again (2020)
Director/Writer: JJ Winlove
Stars: Noni Hazlehurst, Claudia Karvan, Stephen Curry
Drama, Australia | imdb | my rating: 5

During a fleeting bout of lucidity from her dementia, June Wilton has precious little time to bring together her estranged children, save the family business, and rekindle an old flame.


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