My Weekly Books and Films Update
Linking up with:
Mailbox Monday (details)
Stacking the Shelves (details)
Sunday Post (details)
Sunday Salon (details)
HAPPY THINGS:
1. Planning a road trip
2. Found Stitching Parlor: Jane Austen themed cross stitch patterns at Acorns and Threads (here) -call and ask for patterns as they are not listed on the site
3. Colorful ferris wheel in Golden Gate Park - it's lit!
Gift: thanks, M!
by Kerri Maher
Historical, Paris, France | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
just in time for Paris in July (details)
Borrowed: thanks, S!
by Mercedes Wadkins and Sara Coats
Children's | Published: 2016 | Goodreads
For Review:
by Jacinda Townsend
Contemporary, Feminism, Africa | Published: May 3, 2022 | Goodreads
courtesy of publisher -Thanks!
Virtual Author event: hosted by Green Apple Books
See archive of this (here)
by Ottessa Moshfegh
Historical, Horror, Magical Realism | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
Virtual Author event: hosted by Book Passage
See archive of this (here)
by Alexis Schaitkin
Dystopia | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
AND watched: Netflix
Director/Writer: Brandon Camp
Based on book: Jenna Evans Welch
Stars: Susanna Skaggs, Tobia De Angelis, Owen McDonnell
Comedy, Drama, Romance, Rome, Italy | imdb | my rating: 4
sweet summer romance and coming of age
Lina makes a promise to her sick mother that she'll spend the summer before college in Rome, where she falls for the city, the people - and the "gelato".
* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently
Thanks for stopping by :-)