Showing posts with label Jenny L. Howe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jenny L. Howe. Show all posts

Sunday, September 25, 2022

Lovely Books and Things - 9.25.22

Lovely Books and Things
My Weekly Books and Films Update


Linking up with:
Mailbox Monday (details)
Stacking the Shelves (details)
Sunday Post (details)
Sunday Salon (details)

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HAPPY THINGS:

1. Celebrating the first day of Autumn with a Pumpkin Spice Latte
2. Live stream theatre of Man of God by Shotgun Players (here) runs through Oct 2
3. Happy Everything cross stitch piece at Goodwill
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Bought:
The Make-Up Test
by Jenny L. Howe
Romance, Academia | Published: 2022 | Goodreads


Library: audiobook
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

Library:
The Greengage Summer
by Rumer Godden
Classics, British, YA, France | Published: 1958 | Goodreads


Freebies: from Free Little Library
Three
by Valérie Perrin
translated by Hildegarde Serle
Mystery, France | Published: 2021 | Goodreads


For Review:
Confidence
by Rafael Frumkin
Contemporary, LGBTQ | Published: February 2023 | Goodreads
courtesy of publisher -Thanks!
fyi: Goodreads has a giveaway for this that ends Oct 10


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AND watched: theatre
Confess, Fletch (2022)
Director/Writer: Greg Mottola
Writer: Zev Borow
Based on book by: Gregory McDonald
Stars: Jon Hamm, Lorenza Izzo
Comedy, Crime | imdb | my rating: 4

After becoming the prime suspect in multiple murders, Fletch strives to prove his innocence while simultaneously searching for his fiancé's stolen art collection.

Don't Worry Darling (2022)
Director: Olivia Wilde
Writers: Katie Silberman, Carey Van Dyke, Shane Van Dyke
Stars: Florence Pugh, Harry Styles
Drama, Mystery, Thriller | imdb | my rating: 4

A 1950s housewife living with her husband in a utopian experimental community begins to worry that his glamorous company could be hiding disturbing secrets.

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

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Thursday, April 28, 2022

Perdita Book Club

Perdita
Romance Book Club
(details)

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Found this super cute shop in the lower Haight that has a book club with some lovely picks. Gonna join in.

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APRIL:
Mr. Wrong Number
by Lynn Painter
Romance, Contemporary | Published: 2022 | Goodreads | my rating: 4

MAY:
Dating Dr. Dil
(If Shakespeare was an Auntie #1)
by Nisha Sharma
Romance, Contemporary, India | Published: 2022 | Goodreads | my rating: 4

Portrait of a Thief
by Grace D. Li
Mystery, Art | Published: 2022 | Goodreads | my rating: 4

JUNE:

Book Lovers
by Emily Henry
Contemporary, Romance | Published: 2022 | Goodreads | my rating: 4


Disorientation
by Elaine Hsieh Chou
Literary, Asian American, Taiwan | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

JULY:

A Lady for a Duke
by Alexis Hall
Romance, Historical, LGBTQ | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

AUGUST:

The Cartographers
by Peng Shepherd
Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller | Published: 2022 | Goodreads


SEPTEMBER:

Love on the Brain
by Ali Hazelwood
Romance | Published: 2022 | Goodreads


OCTOBER:

The Make-Up Test
by Jenny L. Howe
Romance, Academia | Published: 2022 | Goodreads | my rating: 3

NOVEMBER:

The Cloisters
by Katy Hays
Mystery, Gothic | Published: 2022 | Goodreads | my rating: 3

DECEMBER:

Just Like Magic
by Sarah Hogle
Romance, Holiday | Published: 2022 | Goodreads


 
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