Stacking the Shelves - 8.13.16

Stacking the Shelves
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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:

You Will Know Me
by Megan Abbott
-Mystery, Thriller
Amazon | Goodreads

=====> Books Inc., Opera Plaza, San Francisco, hosted a visit from author, Megan Abbott, to celebrate the release of her 8th book!

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child , Parts I & II
by J.K. Rowling
-Fantasy, YA
Amazon | Goodreads
=====> Because Harry Potter is irresistible.


Borrowed: Thanks Dina!

Please Look After Mother
by Kyung-Sook Shin
-Family, Korea
Amazon | Goodreads
=====> Yay! fits right into my Korean reading challenge.


Audiobook: from library

Siracusa
by Delia Ephron
narrated by Talia Balsam, Katie Finneran, Darren Goldstein, John Slattery
-Mystery, Italy
Amazon | Goodreads

OTHER things book-related:

Korean Book Challenge
hosted by vvb32 reads (details)=====> Decided to make my Korean book reading official by creating a challenge. If I get other participants I will throw in a giveaway with it. As I am starting it mid-year books read earlier this year are eligible


AND watched: in theatre

Indignation (2016)
Director/Screenplay: James Schamus
Based on book by: Philip Roth
Starring: Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon
-Drama | imdb | my rating: 4
In 1951, Marcus, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with sexual repression and cultural disaffection, amid the ongoing Korean War.

=====> Coming of age story with a sad tinge.

Hell or High Water (2016)
Director: David Mackenzie
Screenplay: Taylor Sheridan
Starring: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges
-Crime, Drama | imdb | my rating: 4
A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.

Oscar nominated for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, Film Editing.

Loved Jeff Bridges performance in this. This film portrays a depressing vibe of New Mexico just right.

AND binge watching: online

Descendants of the Sun (2016)
Tae-yang-eui hoo-ye (original title)
tv series
Starring: Joong-ki Song, Hye-kyo Song, Goo-seo Jin, Ji-won Kim
-Kdrama, Romance | imdb | my rating: 5
A love story develops between Captain Yoo Shi Jin, from South Korean Special Forces and Doctor Kang Mo Yeon, who works as a Surgeon at Haesung Hospital in Seoul. They will find themselves in the middle of great events and deadly dangers, both in their Motherland and in the fictitious, war-torn country of Urk.

=====> Loving it - totally living up to the hype.
Coincidentally for this post, I found a Harry Potter reference - one of the soldier's moniker.


Currently flipping through: various Duran Duran scrapbooks

=====> Reliving some high school fangirl moments before going to a Duran Duran concert at the end of the month ;-)


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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts I & II by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Parts I & II by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany

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Just released: July 31, 2016
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books; Special Rehearsal ed. edition
Genre: Fantasy, YA
Hardback: 320 pages
Rating: 5

Harry Potter series:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts I & II

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play will receive its world premiere in London’s West End on July 30, 2016.

It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children.

While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.

My two-bits:

LOVED it!

Although Harry's story is told in a different format than the previous novels, it stays true to the essence of the HP world.

Some twists and turns and lessons to be learned.

Plenty of adventure and appearances by favorite characters throughout.

I left the book feeling that I MUST go to London to see this 5 hour play. It is currently SOLD OUT! Boo-hoo. Maybe next year will open up for me...