Lovely Books and Things - 8.24.19

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. Zarbee's Naturals - Cough Soothers to help overcome a summer cold

2. Finally pulling out The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt from the reading pile to join the Little Brown read along (here) and on instagram #goldfinchreadalong and #thegoldfinchreadalong to finish before the film release on September 13.

The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt
-Literary | Goodreads
3. Sunset at Molokai

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Bought:

Winter in the Madrid
by C.J. Sansom
-Mystery, Spain, Madrid | Goodreads
FOR my face-to-face group, Foreign Mystery Book Club.

Author event:

Hollow Kingdom
by Kira Jane Buxton
-Dystopia, Humor, Zombies | Goodreads
Bookshop West Portal hosted a fabulous fun and funny event with author Kira Jane Buxton and her latest novel.

Library:

The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted
by Robert Hillman
-Historical Fiction, Australia | Goodreads
FOR an upcoming "bookshop" reading challenge and Australia themed week.

Mr. Flood's Last Resort
by Jess Kidd
-Mystery, Ireland | Goodreads
FOR ibc online book club.


Review posts theme for next week: Mothers

The Need by Helen Phillips
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Whisper Network by Chandler Baker
The Lying Game by Ruth Ware
Murder in the Sentier by Cara Black

AND watched: in theatre

Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019)
Director/Screenplay: Richard Linklater
Screenplay: Holly Gent, Vincent Palmo Jr.
Based on novel by: Maria Semple
Stars: Cate Blanchett, Judy Greer, Kristen Wiig
-Comedy, Drama, Mystery | imdb | my rating: 4
A loving mom becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passions after years of sacrificing herself for her family. Her leap of faith takes her on an epic adventure that jump-starts her life and leads to her triumphant rediscovery.

FOLLOWS the book pretty well. Great to see the fictional architectural pieces come to life.


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Thanks for stopping by :-)

Top Ten Tuesday: 2014 Releases I Meant To Read But Didn't Get To

Top Ten Tuesday
meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish -details
Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created here at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

Note: I will do a variation of this meme with my Top 5 picks.

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January 13: Top Ten 2014 Releases I Meant To Read But Didn't Get To

These are ones that I definitely plan on reading this year!

All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
-France, Germany, historical, WWII
Amazon | Goodreads

With Zombies:
Assured Destruction Book #3
by Michael F. Stewart
-fantasy, YA, zombies
Amazon | Goodreads

The Bone Clocks
by David Mitchell
-fantasy, scifi
Amazon | Goodreads

The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt
-mystery
Amazon | Goodreads

Station Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel
-dystopia
Amazon | Goodreads

Stacking the Shelves - 2.1.14

Stacking the Shelves
hosted by Tynga's Reviews (details)
Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

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Just these two...

But excited to mention them!

Library:

The Secret History
by Donna Tartt
audio version
Narrated by: author
-thriller
Written richly. A whodunit as a opposed to a whodunit. I wanted to read this before reading Donna's latest, The Goldfinch.

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From Powell's Indiespensable club package (details):
Powell's subscription club delivers the best new books, with special attention to independent publishers. Signed first editions. Inventive, original sets. Exclusive printings.... Every six weeks, another installment to read and admire.

Plus, every package is stocked with exciting surprises!

This is package #45.

Orfeo
by Richard Powers
-literary, music
The National Book Award-winning author of The Echo Maker delivers his most emotionally charged novel to date, inspired by the myth of Orpheus.

"If Powers were an American writer of the nineteenth century...he'd probably be the Herman Melville of Moby-Dick. His picture is that big," wrote Margaret Atwood (New York Review of Books). Indeed, since his debut in 1985 with Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance, Richard Powers has been astonishing readers with novels that are sweeping in range, dazzling in technique, and rich in their explorations of music, art, literature, and technology.

In Orfeo, Powers tells the story of a man journeying into his past as he desperately flees the present. Composer Peter Els opens the door one evening to find the police on his doorstep. His home microbiology lab — the latest experiment in his lifelong attempt to find music in surprising patterns — has aroused the suspicions of Homeland Security. Panicked by the raid, Els turns fugitive. As an Internet-fueled hysteria erupts, Els — the "Bioterrorist Bach" — pays a final visit to the people he loves, those who shaped his musical journey. Through the help of his ex-wife, his daughter, and his longtime collaborator, Els hatches a plan to turn this disastrous collision with the security state into a work of art that will reawaken its audience to the sounds all around them. The result is a novel that soars in spirit and language by a writer who "may be America's most ambitious novelist" (Kevin Berger, San Francisco Chronicle).

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* most of these will be offered as giveaways within the next two months

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

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Stacking the Shelves - 11.16.13

Stacking the Shelves
hosted by Tynga's Reviews (details)
Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

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Bought:

Palace of Spies
by Sarah Zettel
-historical, thriller, YA

Evil and the Mask
by Fuminori Nakamura
-horror, Japan, thriller

The Thief
by Fuminori Nakamura
-Japan, mystery, thriller

For Review:

The White Stag
by Linden F. Lewis
-fantasy
courtesy of author
Thanks Linden!

glitter and glue
by Kelly Corrigan
-memoir
courtesy of publisher
Thanks!
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Library:

NOS4A2
by Joe Hill
-horror
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From Powell's Indiespensable club package (details):
Powell's subscription club delivers the best new books, with special attention to independent publishers. Signed first editions. Inventive, original sets. Exclusive printings.... Every six weeks, another installment to read and admire.

Plus, every package is stocked with exciting surprises!

This is package #43.

The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt
-mystery
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* most of these will be offered as giveaways within the next two months

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

* per usual, check out the sidebar for my current giveaways offers