Lovely Books and Things - 3.13.22

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. Picking out a pie(s) for upcoming Pi Day on Monday
2. The start of the Tournament of Books (here)
3. Window displays - Louis Vuitton chess theme at Macy's and garden theme at Julie Haas Artist below

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Bought:

Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing
by Maryla Szymiczkowa
translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Mystery, Historical, Poland | Published: 2020 (first 2015) | Goodreads

Bought: from Book of the Month club - get yours with my referral link (here)

The Paris Apartment
by Lucy Foley
Mystery, Thriller, Paris | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

Library: audiobook

Gallant
by V.E. Schwab
illustrated by Manuel Sumberac
Fantasy, YA, Gothic | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

Library:

March Was Made of Yarn
edited by David Karashima, Elmer Luke
Short Stories, Japan | Published: 2012 | Goodreads
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Live Author event: hosted by Book Passage - Ferry Building

The Torqued Man
by Peter Mann
Historical, WWII, Germany | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
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AND watched: Mostly British Film Festival (details)

Mothering Sunday (2021)
Director: Eva Husson
Screenplay: Alice Birch
Based on book: Graham Swift
Stars: Odessa Young, Josh O'Connor
Drama, Romance, England | imdb | my rating: 5

A maid living in post-World War I England secretly plans to meet with the man she loves before he leaves to marry another woman.

The Duke (2020)
Director: Roger Michell
Screenplay: Richard Bean, Clive Coleman
Stars: Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren
Biography, Comedy, Drama, England | imdb | my rating: 5

In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, steals Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.

Nobody Has to Know (2021)
aka L'ombre d'un mensonge
Director/Writer: Bouli Lanners
Stars: Michelle Fairley, Bouli Lanners
Drama, Scotland | imdb | my rating: 5

Phil, a robust middle-aged man suffers a stroke, causing him to lose his memory. Millie, who takes care of him, tells him falsely that they were secretly in love before his accident.

June Again (2020)
Director/Writer: JJ Winlove
Stars: Noni Hazlehurst, Claudia Karvan, Stephen Curry
Drama, Australia | imdb | my rating: 5

During a fleeting bout of lucidity from her dementia, June Wilton has precious little time to bring together her estranged children, save the family business, and rekindle an old flame.


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Thanks for stopping by :-)

TW Book Club 2022

TW Book Club
(Tokyo Weekender)
January to December 2022
details | Goodreads
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JANUARY:

The Easy Life in Kamusari
by Shion Miura
translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter
YA, Contemporary, Japan | Published: 2021 (first 2009) | Goodreads | my rating: 5
FEBRUARY:

Colorful
by Eto Mori
YA, Fantasy, Japan | Published: 2021 (first 1998) | Goodreads | my rating: 5
MARCH:

March Was Made of Yarn
edited by David Karashima, Elmer Luke
Short Stories, Japan | Published: 2012 | Goodreads
APRIL:

Moshi Moshi
by Banana Yoshimoto
translated by Gala Maria Follaco
Literary, Japan | Published: 2012 (first 2010) | Goodreads
MAY:

The Woman in the Purple Skirt
by Natsuko Imamura
translated by Lucy North
Literary, Japan | Published: 2021 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
strange, living vicariously, stalker-ish

JUNE:

There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job
by Kikuko Tsumura
translated by Polly Barton
Contemporary, Japan | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
try as she might...

JULY:

The Cat and The City
by Nick Bradley
illustrated by Mariko Aruga
Contemporary, Short Stories, Japan | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
AUGUST:

Before the Coffee Gets Cold:
Tales from the Café
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
translated by Geoffrey Trousselot
SciFi, Fantasy, Japan | Published: 2021 | Goodreads | my rating: 4

SEPTEMBER:

Terminal Boredom
by Izumi Suzuki
translated by Polly Barton, Sam Bett, David Boyd, Daniel Joseph, Aiko Masubuchi, Helen O'Horan
SciFi, Short Stories | Published: 2021 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
OCTOBER:

Diary of a Void
by Emi Yagi
translated by David Boyd, Lucy North
Contemporary, Japan | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

NOVEMBER:

Where the Wild Ladies Are
by Aoko Matsuda
translated by Polly Barton
Short Stories, Feminism, Japan | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
non-traditional female routes, sad and dark alternatives

DECEMBER:

n/a