Lovely Books and Things - 3.20.22

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. Inching along on my latest book themed cross stich project (updated post)
2. Snacking on yummy Lahmacun - Armenian pizza
3. Mostly British Film Festival live screenings at the Vogue theatre (details)

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Library:

Postcolonial Love Poem
by Natalie Diaz
Poetry, LGBTQ, Race, Feminism | Published: 2020 | Goodreads
Freebies: from Free Little Library

Spring Collection
by Judith Krantz
Chick Lit, Romance | Published: 1996 | Goodreads
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Virtual Author event: hosted by Alta Magazine
See archive of this (here)

Cherish Farrah
by Bethany C. Morrow
Horror, Thriller | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
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AND watched: Mostly British Film Festival (details)

Falling for Figaro (2020)
Director/Writer: Ben Lewin
Writer: Allen Palmer
Stars: Danielle Macdonald, Shazad Latif, Joanna Lumley
Comedy, Romance, Scotland | imdb | my rating: 5
lovely dose of Opera
A brilliant young fund manager leaves her unfulfilling job and long-term boyfriend to chase her lifelong dream of becoming an opera singer in the Scottish Highlands.

The Last Bus (2021)
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Writer: Joe Ainsworth
Stars: Timothy Spall
Drama, Scotland, England | imdb | my rating: 5
road trip adventure with funny and touching moments
An old man crosses the country just using local buses.

Rams (2020)
Director: Jeremy Sims
Screenplay: Jules Duncan
Based on film by: Grímur Hákonarson
Stars: Sam Neill, Michael Caton
Comedy, Drama, Australia | imdb | my rating: 5
brotherly love and hate
A decades-long feud between two sheep farming brothers comes to a head when disaster strikes their flocks.

After Love (2020)
Director/Writer: Aleem Khan
Stars: Joanna Scanlan, Nathalie Richard
Drama, England | imdb | my rating: 5
what if, wow, kinda story
Set in the port town of Dover, Mary Hussain suddenly finds herself a widow following the unexpected death of her husband. A day after the burial, she discovers he has a secret just twenty-one miles across the English Channel in Calais.

The Last Film Show (2021)
Director/Writer: Pan Nalin
Stars: Bhavin Rabari, Dipen Raval, Rahul Koli
Drama, India | imdb | my rating: 5
beautiful
When the magic of movies conquers nine-year young Samay's heart; he moves heaven and earth in pursuit of his 35mm dreams unaware of heartbreaking times that awaits him.

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