Books and Bag: Sparkle

Books and Bag
doing some dreaming
a designer bag and books to fill it
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Husband Material
by Alexis Hall
Romance, LGBTQ | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

Wanted:
One (very real) husband
Nowhere near perfect but desperately trying his best

In BOYFRIEND MATERIAL, Luc and Oliver met, pretended to fall in love, fell in love for real, dealt with heartbreak and disappointment and family and friends…and somehow figured out a way to make it work. Now it seems like everyone around them is getting married, and Luc’s feeling the social pressure to propose. But it’ll take more than four weddings, a funeral, and a bowl full of special curry to get these two from I don’t know what I’m doing to I do.

Good thing Oliver is such perfect HUSBAND MATERIAL.

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All Good People Here
by Ashley Flowers
Mystery, Thriller | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

Everyone from Wakarusa, Indiana, remembers the case of January Jacobs, who was found dead in a ditch hours after her family awoke to find her gone. Margot Davies was six at the time, the same age as January—and they were next-door neighbors. In the twenty years since, Margot has grown up, moved away, and become a big-city journalist, but she’s always been haunted by the fear that it could’ve been her. And the worst part is, January’s killer has never been brought to justice.

When Margot returns home to help care for her sick uncle, it feels like walking into a time capsule. Wakarusa is exactly how she remembered: genial, stifled, secretive. Then news breaks about five-year-old Natalie Clark from the next town over, who’s gone missing under eerily similar circumstances. With all the old feelings rushing back, Margot vows to find Natalie and solve January’s murder once and for all.

But the police, the family, the townspeople—they all seem to be hiding something. And the deeper Margot digs into Natalie’s disappearance, the more resistance she encounters, and the colder January’s case feels. Could the killer still be out there? Could it be the same person who kidnapped Natalie? And what will it cost to finally discover what truly happened that night?

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* image source: bag -Cult Gaia, Hera Crystal Shoulder Bag

Perdita Book Club

Perdita
Romance Book Club (details)
~*~ Found this super cute shop in the lower Haight that has a book club with some lovely picks. Gonna join in.

~*~ APRIL:

Mr. Wrong Number
by Lynn Painter
Romance, Contemporary | Published: 2022 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
MAY:

Dating Dr. Dil
(If Shakespeare was an Auntie #1)
by Nisha Sharma
Romance, Contemporary, India | Published: 2022 | Goodreads | my rating: 4

Portrait of a Thief
by Grace D. Li
Mystery, Art | Published: 2022 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
JUNE:

Book Lovers
by Emily Henry
Contemporary, Romance | Published: 2022 | Goodreads | my rating: 4

Disorientation
by Elaine Hsieh Chou
Literary, Asian American, Taiwan | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
JULY:

A Lady for a Duke
by Alexis Hall
Romance, Historical, LGBTQ | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
AUGUST:

The Cartographers
by Peng Shepherd
Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

SEPTEMBER:

Love on the Brain
by Ali Hazelwood
Romance | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

OCTOBER:

The Make-Up Test
by Jenny L. Howe
Romance, Academia | Published: 2022 | Goodreads | my rating: 3
NOVEMBER:

The Cloisters
by Katy Hays
Mystery, Gothic | Published: 2022 | Goodreads | my rating: 3
DECEMBER:

Just Like Magic
by Sarah Hogle
Romance, Holiday | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

Books and Bag: Pink and Romance

Books and Bag
doing some dreaming
a designer bag and books to fill it
~*~

To Sir Phillip, With Love
(Bridgertons #5)
by Julia Quinn
Romance, Regency | Published: 2003 | Goodreads

Sir Phillip knew from his correspondence with his dead wife's distant cousin that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he'd proposed, figuring that she'd be homely and unassuming, and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage.

Except . . . she wasn't.

The beautiful woman on his doorstep was anything but quiet, and when she stopped talking long enough to close her mouth, all he wanted to do was kiss her...

Eloise Bridgerton couldn't marry a man she had never met!

But then she started thinking... and wondering... and before she knew it, she was in a hired carriage in the middle of the night, on her way to meet the man she hoped might be her perfect match.

Except... he wasn't.

Her perfect husband wouldn't be so moody and ill-mannered. And he certainly should have mentioned that he had two young - and decidedly unruly - children, as much in need of a mother as Phillip is in need of a wife.

Something Fabulous
by Alexis Hall
Romance, Regency, LGBTQ | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
Valentine Layton, the Duke of Malvern, has twin problems: literally.

It was always his father’s hope that Valentine would marry Miss Arabella Tarleton. But, unfortunately, too many novels at an impressionable age have caused her to grow up…romantic. So romantic that a marriage of convenience will not do and after Valentine’s proposal she flees into the night determined never to set eyes on him again.

Arabella’s twin brother, Mr. Bonaventure “Bonny” Tarleton, has also grown up…romantic. And fully expects Valentine to ride out after Arabella and prove to her that he’s not the cold-hearted cad he seems to be.

Despite copious misgivings, Valentine finds himself on a pell-mell chase to Dover with Bonny by his side. Bonny is unreasonable, overdramatic, annoying, and…beautiful? And being with him makes Valentine question everything he thought he knew. About himself. About love. Even about which Tarleton he should be pursuing.

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* image source: bags -Chanel

Lovely Books and Things - 8.29.21

Lovely Books and Things
My Weekly Books and Films Update

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

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HAPPY THINGS:
1. Two weekends of Godzilla film festival at the Balboa theatre
2. Circus Bella at Yerba Buena Center
3. Spotting British royalty in the Bay area

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Library: audiobook

We Were Never Here
by Andrea Bartz
Thriller, Mystery | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

Library:

Rosaline Palmer Takes The Cake
by Alexis Hall
Romance, Contemporary, LGBTQ | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
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Virtual Author event: hosted by Murder By The Book
See archive of this (here)

For Your Own Good
by Samantha Downing
Thriller, Mystery | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

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AND watched: Godzilla Film Festival

Godzilla (1954)
Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
Godzilla vs. Destroyah (1995)

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Lovely Books and Things - 8.9.20

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. Dewey's 24 hour Reverse Readathon (Aug 7-8) - liked this format better as it starts and ends in the afternoon.

2. Creating a summer themed mood board for the month.

3. Spotted a Stormtrooper on my walk.


Well, hello...
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Bought:


Boyfriend Material
by Alexis Hall | Romance, LGBTQ | Goodreads
A pre-order from Third Street Books came with a Rom Com Activity booklet.

Freebies: from Free Little Library

Summer Crossing
by Truman Capote
Classics, Literary | Goodreads

Library: audiobook


Summer
by Edith Wharton
narrated by Isabella Howell
Classics, Romance | Goodreads

For Review:


Prospects of a Woman
by Wendy Voorsanger
courtesy of October blog tour -Thanks!
Western, Historical | Goodreads
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Virtual Author event: hosted by Booksmith
Listen to archive of this and check out their calendar for future free author events (here)
Tune in Tuesdays 11am pst VIRTUAL: ZYZZYVA & The Booksmith Present: Lockdown Lit @ Lunch
A conversation between:


The Son of Good Fortune
by Lysley Tenorio
Contemporary, Filipino American | Goodreads


Members Only
by Sameer Pandya
Contemporary, Indian American | Goodreads
Virtual Author event: hosted by Book Passages
Listen to archive of this and check out their calendar for future free author events (here)


Dead Land
by Sara Paretsky
Mystery, Crime | Goodreads

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AND watched: virtual theatre for SFFILM Hong Kong Cinema (here)


Mad World (2016)
Yat nim mou ming (original title)
Director: Chun Wong
Writer: Florence Chan
Stars: Shawn Yue, Eric Tsang, Elaine Jin
Drama, Hong Kong, on Netflix | imdb | my rating: 5

A mentally ill stockbroker struggles to reconcile with his estranged father and his perturbed ex-fiancée.

SENSITIVE topic is tackled with interesting perspectives.

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* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently

*** THANKS to those on the front line during these times ***
Shelter In Place - Day 146, Week 22
Stay healthy! Be safe!

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