The Comfort Book Club 2022

The Comfort Book Club
hosted by Miranda Mills (details)
@thecomfortbookclub | YouTube
A monthly book club for fans of classic comfort reads.
JANUARY:

Dinner with Edward
A Story of an Unexpected Friendship
by Isabel Vincent
Memoir, Food, New York | Published: 2016 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
delightful friendship with dinners as bonding moments

FEBRUARY:

Miss Buncle's Book
by D.E. Stevenson
Classic, Humor, Historical, England | Published: 2012 (first 1934) | Goodreads

MARCH:

The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra
by Vaseem Khan
Mystery, India | Published: 2015 | Goodreads | mr rating: 5
rollicking good time; with adorable baby elephant

APRIL:

The Enchanted April
by Elizabeth von Arnim
Classics, Historical, Romance, Travel Italy | Published: 2015 (first 1922) | Goodreads

MAY:

Emma
by Jane Austen
Classics, Historical, England | Published: 2009 (first 1815) | Goodreads
JUNE:

A Sky Painted Gold
by Laura Wood
Historical, YA, Coming of Age | Published: 2018 | Goodreads
JULY:

Joy in the Morning
by P.G. Wodehouse
Classics, Humor, England | Published: 2011 (first 1947) | Goodreads
AUGUST:

Father
by Elizabeth von Arnim
Classics, Historical, England | Published: 2020 (first 1930) | Goodreads
SEPTEMBER:

The Lark
by Edith Nesbit
Classics, Historical, Coming of Age, England | Published: 2017 (first 1922) | Goodreads
OCTOBER:

Persuasion
by Jane Austen
Classics, Historical, Regency | Published: first 1817 | Goodreads

NOVEMBER:

Wintering
The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
by Katherine May
Memoir, Nature | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 4

DECEMBER:

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
by Karina Yan Glaser
Childrens, Middle Grade | Published: 2017 | Goodreads

Lovely Books and Things - 10.3.21

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. Fall Icon stickers (Autumn theme) for my planner from Paper Source (here)
2. Pumpkin Cheesecake Cupcake from Sift dessert bar (here)
3. An exhibit of Michaelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling at Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption

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Library: audiobook

My Heart is a Chainsaw
by Stephen Graham Jones
Horror, Thriller | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

Library:

Novel Houses
Twenty Famous Fictional Dwellings
by Christina Hardyment
History | Published: 2019 | Goodreads

Freebies: from Free Little Library

Miss Buncle Married
by D.E. Stevenson
Classic, Historical, Humor, England | Published: 2012 (first 1936) | Goodreads

The Pit: A Story of Chicago
by Frank Norris
Classics, Historical, American | Published: 1994 (first 1903) | Goodreads

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Virtual Author event: hosted by Murder By The Book
See archive of this (here)

Her Perfect Life
by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Thriller, Mystery | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
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AND watched: DVD

Zodiac (2007)
Director: David Fincher
Screenplay: James Vanderbilt
Based on book: Robert Graysmith
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo
Crime, Drama, Mystery | imdb | my rating: 4
Between 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.

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Thanks for stopping by :-)

Lovely Books and Things - 6.20.21

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. Packing up the old office to get ready for a move into a new location
2. Pool side dining with Grandma - felt like being on vacation on a tropical island
3. Amusing social distance sign - keep 3 sourdough baguettes apart

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Freebies: from Free Little Library

The Pyramid: The First Wallander Cases
by Henning Mankell
translated by Ebba Segerberg, Laurie Thompson
Crime, Mystery, Sweden | Published: 2009 (first 1999) | Goodreads

Wretchedness
by Andrzej Tichý
translated by Nichola Smalley
Literary, Sweden | Published: 2020 (first 2016) | Goodreads

Miss Buncle's Book
by D.E. Stevenson
Classic, Humor, Historical, England | Published: 2012 (first 1934) | Goodreads

To Be Featured:

The Hive
by Gregg Olsen
Mystery, Thriller | Published: June 8, 2021 | Goodreads
courtesy of author -Thanks!
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Virtual Author event: hosted by Green Apple Books
Check out their calendar for future free author events (here)

Buy Me Love
by Martha Cooley
Contemporary | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

~*~ AND watched: virtual screening

The Sparks Brothers (2021)
Director: Edgar Wright
Stars: Ron Mael, Russell Mael
Documentary, Music | imdb | my rating: 5
THE SPARKS BROTHERS, is a musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with Ron and Russell Mael celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks.

Eye opening documentary on these prolific, inspiring, innovative artists. I only remember them from the 80's song Cool Places that featured Jane Wiedlin.

Shanghai Queer (2019)
Director: Xiangqi Chen
Writer: Jiamin Hu
Documentary, China | imdb | my rating: 4
Shanghai Queer documents LGBTQ communities' pursuit of equality and freedom in Shanghai, China.

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AND watched: DVD

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw (2019)
Director: David Leitch
Writers: Chris Morgan, Drew Pearce
Based on characters created by: Gary Scott Thompson
Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba
Action, Adventure, Thriller | imdb | my rating: 5
Lawman Luke Hobbs (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) and outcast Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) form an unlikely alliance when a cyber-genetically enhanced villain threatens the future of humanity.

Perfect summer action and adventure with that familiar fun, fast and furious vibe.

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

Thanks for stopping by :-)