Lovely Books and Things - 3.6.22

Lovely Books and Things
My Weekly Books and Films Update

Linking up with:
Sunday Post (details)
Mailbox Monday (details)
Sunday Salon (here)

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HAPPY THINGS:

1. Livestream Paris tours on Heygo (here)
2. 100,000 Free Tulips at Union Square
3. Lawn ornaments - huge skeleton with Valentine's day theme on Divisadero Street

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Library: audiobook

The Silence of Bones
by June Hur
Historical, Mystery, YA, Korea | Published: 2020 | Goodreads
for Koreadathon (here)

Library:

The Easy Life in Kamusari
by Shion Miura
translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter
YA, Contemporary, Japan | Published: 2021 (first 2009) | Goodreads
Freebies: from Free Little Library

The Forgotten Affairs of Youth
by Alexander McCall Smith
Mystery, Scotland, Philosophy | Published: 2011 | Goodreads
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Virtual Author event: hosted by SFPL
See archive of this (here)

What My Bones Know:
A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
by Stephanie Foo
Memoir, Mental Health | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
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AND watched: theatre

Cyrano (2021)
Director: Joe Wright
Writer: Erica Schmidt
Based on play: Edmond Rostand
Stars: Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Drama, Musical, Romance | imdb | my rating: 5
romance that pierces the soul
Too self-conscious to woo Roxanne himself, wordsmith Cyrano de Bergerac helps young Christian nab her heart through love letters.

AND watched: virtual theatre

The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
Director: Michael Showalter
Based on documentry by: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Abe Sylvia
Stars: Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield
Biography, Drama, Romance | imdb | my rating: 5
ahhh, for the love and happy
An intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.

AND watched: Mostly British Film Festival (details)

Phantom of the Open (2021)
Director: Craig Roberts
Screenplay: Simon Farnaby
Based on book: Scott Murray
Stars: Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins
Comedy, Drama, Sport, UK | imdb | my rating: 5
fun and inspiring
Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship Qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.

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