Lovely Books and Things - 8.28.22

Lovely Books and Things
My Weekly Books and Films Update
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HAPPY THINGS:

1. Bag of backyard lemons from friend
2. Crime Junkie, a true crime podcast (here)
3. Road trip road side attraction, Paul Bunyan statue in Kenton, Oregon

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Bought:

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

Library: audiobook

There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job
by Kikuko Tsumura
translated by Polly Barton
Contemporary, Japan | Published: 2020 | Goodreads

Library:

Death by Landscape
by Elvia Wilk
Essays, Feminism, Environment, Climate Change | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

Freebies: ARC for Romance Bookstore Day on August 20

Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match
by Sally Thorne
Historical, Romance | Published: Sep 2022 | Goodreads

Freebies: from Free Little Library

When Life Gives You Lululemons
by Lauren Weisberger
Chicklit | Published: 2018 | Goodreads

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AND watched: theatre

Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Director/Writer: Taika Waititi
Writer: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
Based on Marvel comic: Stan Lee, Jason Aaron
Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale
Action, Adventure, Comedy | imdb | my rating: 4
fun one for summer
Thor enlists the help of Valkyrie, Korg and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster to fight Gorr the God Butcher, who intends to make the gods extinct.

Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (2022)
Director/Writer: Adamma Ebo
Stars: Regina Hall, Sterling K. Brown
Comedy | imdb | my rating: 5
stand by your man moments and then some
In the aftermath of a huge scandal, Trinitie Childs, the first lady of a prominent Southern Baptist Mega Church, attempts to help her pastor-husband, Lee-Curtis Childs, rebuild their congregation.

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Sunny's Book Club

Sunny's Book Club
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Sunny’s Book Club is a monthly book club highlighting both new releases and backlist titles we love.

JUNE:

Don't Say We Didn't Warn You
by Ariel Delgado Dixon
Contemporary, Thriller, LGBTQ | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
JULY:

New Animal
by Ella Baxter
Literary, Australia | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

AUGUST:

Death by Landscape
by Elvia Wilk
Essays, Feminism, Environment, Climate Change | Published: 2022 | Goodreads | my rating: 4

SEPTEMBER:

Dogs of Summer
by Andrea Abreu
translated by Julia Sanches LGBTQ, Spain | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
OCTOBER:

Motherthing
by Ainslie Hogarth
Horror, Ghosts | Published: 2022 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
NOVEMBER:

How to Read Now: Essays
by Elaine Castillo
Essays | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
DECEMBER:

Out
by Natsuo Kirino
translated by Stephen B. Snyder
Thriller, Japan | Published: 2022 (first 1997) | Goodreads | my rating: 5