Febregency

Febregency on YouTube
a regency readathon details (here)
#Febregency
Readathon hosted by:
Emma @Bookish Princess
Jennifer @Jennifer Brooks
@Christy Luis-Dostoevsky in Space
Stephanie @Ms. Richards Reads

The main goal is to read a work that was popular during the regency era/written by a writer who lived during the regency era (1795-1837).

Prompts: (and my possibilities)

Read a regency era poem (bonus challenge: memorize a regency era poem!).

The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne
(Modern Library Series)
Poetry, Regency | Published: 2000 (first 1929) | Goodreads
Read a regency era play.

Miscellaneous Plays
by Joanna Baillie
Plays, Regency | Published: 2018 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
Read a work of nonfiction (either about the regency era or written during the regency era).

Jane Austen, the Secret Radical
by Helena Kelly
Biography, Feminism, Jane Austen | Published: 2017 | Goodreads | my rating: 5

Jane Austen at Home
by Lucy Worsley
Biography, History | Published: 2017 | Goodreads
Read a regency era work or author referenced by Jane Austen or who influenced Jane Austen.

Gossip's Story
by Jane West
Classics | Published: 2015 (first 1796) | Goodreads | my rating: 4
~*~ * on the side - going to listen to pieces by a composer of the era, Clara Schumann

Jane in Winter

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Febregency on YouTube
a regency readathon details (here)
#Febregency
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February 20 2022 – Virtual Book Club hosted by JASNA North Carolina (details)

Gossip's Story
by Jane West
Classics | Published: 2015 (first 1796) | Goodreads | my rating: 4

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* header image source: from Emma (2020) film
* part of Jane-austenesque 2022 (here)

Lovely Books and Things - 1.16.21

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. A slice of galette de rois (king's cake) from La Boulangerie (here) to celebrate Twelfth Night
2. A 30-day online yoga journey with Adrienne (here)
3. A pink flamingo

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Bought:

To Paradise
by Hanya Yanagihara
Literary, Historical | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
Library: audiobook

Libertie
by Kaitlyn Greenidge
Historical, African American | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
Library:

Gossip's Story
by Jane West
Classics, Historical, Jane Austen | Published: 2015 (first 1796) | Goodreads
Freebies: from Free Little Library

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Historical, Romance, LGBTQ | Published: 2017 | Goodreads

Oathbringer
by Brian Sanderson
Fantasy, Epic, Magic | Published: 2017 | Goodreads

For Review:

An Honest Lie
by Tarryn Fisher
Thriller, Mystery | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
courtesy of publisher -Thanks! ~*~
AND watched: Netflix

Don't Look Up (2021)
Director/Writer: Adam McKay
Story by: David Sirota
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence
Comedy, Drama, SciFi | imdb | my rating: 4
Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.

AND watched: virtual theatre

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)
Directors: Derek Drymon, Jennifer Kluska
Screenplay: Amos Vernon, Nunzio Randazzo, Genndy Tartakovsky
Based on book:
Stars: Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez
Animation, Adventure, Comedy | imdb | my rating: 3
When Van Helsing's mysterious invention, the "Monsterfication Ray", goes haywire, Drac and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster. In their new mismatched bodies, Drac, stripped of his powers, and an exuberant Johnny, loving life as a monster, must team up and race across the globe to find a cure before it's too late, and before they drive each other crazy. With help from Mavis and the hilariously human Drac Pack, the heat is on to find a way to switch themselves back before their transformations become permanent.

AND watched: theatre

Belle (2021)
Original title: Ryû to sobakasu no hime
Director/Writer: Mamoru Hosoda
Screenplay:
Based on book:
Stars: Kaho Nakamura, Ryô Narita
Animation, Adventure, Drama, Japan | imdb | my rating: 4
Suzu is a shy high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters "U", a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a globally-beloved singer.

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

Thanks for stopping by :-)