Bout of Books 23

Bout of Books 23
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TBR pile:

A Place for Us
by Fatima Farheen Mirza
-Literary, Family, India, Muslim
Amazon | Goodreads | my review | my rating: 4
8/20/18: Started - been working on this one slowly and want to finally finish it this week.
8/22/18: Finished

Murder on the Left Bank
by Cara Black
-Mystery, France, Paris
Amazon | Goodreads | my review | my rating: 4
8/20/18: Started - part of my picks last month for Paris in July - finally cracking it open.
8/25/18: Still working on this. Should be done today. Finished in the evening.

News of the World
by Paulette Jiles
-Historical, Western
Amazon | Goodreads | my review | my rating: 5
8/20/18: Started
8/26/18: Reading this in bits but will post review next month for a Western theme I am plotting.

Lady Jane
by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, Brodi Ashton
-Historical, Humor, Retelling, YA
Amazon | Goodreads | my review | my rating: 5
8/23/18: Started - loving it so far
8/24/18: Loved it to the end.

Reservoir 13
by Jon McGregor
-Literary
Amazon | Goodreads | my review: DNF
8/20/18: Started
8/23/18: Stopped - lost my attention

Children of Blood and Bone
Legacy of Orïsha #1
by Tomi Adeyemi
-Fantasy, YA
Amazon | Goodreads | my review: DNF
8/20/18: Started
8/21/18: Stopped - just could not get into it


CHALLENGES:

Monday 8/20 (daily post)

Introduce yourself #insixwords

adventurous, anxious, curious, reader, observer, open

instagram-a-day: currently reading

Tuesday 8/21
Book Plot Emoji - for News of the World by Paulette Jiles.

👧 🐎 🔫

instagram-a-day: favorite color covers

Wednesday 8/22
Literary Villain - he who must not be named aka Lord Voldemort

instagram-a-day: book spine poetry

maestra, open me
sacré bleu
cruel beautiful world
Thursday 8/23
Book Trip - Venice in October for the infamous Masquerade

Masquerade in Venice
by Velda Johnston
-Mystery, Gothic
Amazon | Goodreads
instagram-a-day: 5 star read

Friday 8/24
Bookish Playlist - feeling French with my current read, Murder on the Left Bank, so pairing it with Claude Debussy's Suite Bergamasque - Claire de Lune



instagram-a-day: unfinished book series - Crazy Rich Asians

Saturday 8/25
Discover Books - I was excited to see this cover on a Bout of Books related post.

Lethal White
by Robert Galbraith - but we all know it's J.K. Rowling ;-)
-Mystery, Thriller
Amazon | Goodreads
instagram-a-day: published in 2018 - just picked this up from the library

Dance of Thieves
by Mary E. Pearson
-Fantasy, YA
Amazon | Goodreads
Sunday 8/26
Stretch Goal

I found that I had to revise the reading pile as a couple did not work out for me this round of Bout of Books.

Feeling pretty good that I got around to reading from the tbr pile.

instagram-a-day: series love - Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series

Twitter Chats
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Saturday: 10am CST (TZC)

Lovely Books and Things - 9.16.17

Lovely Books and Things
My Weekly Books and Films Update
Linking up with:
Stacking the Shelves (details)
Sunday Post (details)
Mailbox Monday (details)

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I had a bit of an uptick with reading this week. Managed to read a novel and novella. And, finished IT by Stephen King for the read along (here). There is something to be said of chunky books that are over 1,000 pages. After investing so much time reading it and getting into the novel's world, there is a craving for more at the end of the last page.

The next chunkster book I will dive into is Paul Auster's 4 3 2 1.

Gearing up to do a reading binge session with the Man Booker Prize long listed books for the rest of the month and into next. Hopefully I can read over half from the list (here) before the winner is announced. Do any of you ever read Man Booker nominees?

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Bought:

Solar Bones
by Mike McCormack (Ireland) (Canongate)
-Literary, Ireland
Amazon | Goodreads
FOR the Man Booker 2017 long list.

INTERESTING thing about this one is that it is one super long sentence - 265 pages worth.

Reservoir 13
by Jon McGregor (UK) (4th Estate)
-Literary, Mystery
Amazon | Goodreads
FOR the Man Booker 2017 long list.

Elmet
Elmet by Fiona Mozley (UK) (JM Originals)
-Literary
Amazon | Goodreads
FOR the Man Booker 2017 short list.


For Review:

Best Day Ever
by Kaira Rouda
-Thriller, Mystery
courtesy of publisher -Thanks!
Amazon | Goodreads
THIS cover screams "READ ME".

Say You'll Stay
by Corinne Michaels
-New Adult, Romance
courtesy of Romance Read-of-the-Month Club -Thanks!
BarnesNoble | Amazon | Goodreads
FOR the romance fix ;-)


OTHER things (kinda book-related):

Book Blogger Hop
features a book related question
Sponsored by The Coffee Addicted Writer (details)
This week's prompt: Have you ever bought a more expensive edition of a book, when a cheaper edition was available, just because you preferred the cover of the more expensive one?
(submitted by Maria @ A Night's Dream of Books)

YES, but rarely - only if I really want to keep it in my library. I mostly pick out paperback editions and then give the book away.


AND watched: in theatre

It (2017)
Director: Andy Muschietti
Screenplay: Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunaga, Gary Dauberman
Based on book by: Stephen King
Starring: Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis,
Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer,
Wyatt Oleff, Bill Skarsgård
-Adventure, Drama, Horror | imdb | my rating: 4
A group of bullied kids band together when a shapeshifting demon, taking the appearance of clown, begins hunting children.

For Fall Film challenge: about fortitude

Gotta hand it to the kids for figuring out things. This version did not get too much into the paranormal bits found in the book. Clown creepiness cringe moments, indeed.

TO add to the creepy, we spotted this in the theatre lobby after the show. Ahhhh.


AND watched: on DVD

Lust, Caution (2007)
Se, jie (original title)
Director: Ang Lee
Screenplay: James Schamus, Hui-Ling Wang
Story by: Eileen Chang
Starring: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Wei Tang, Joan Chen
-Drama, Romance, Thriller, Taiwan | imdb | my rating: 5
During World War II era, a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee.

For Fall Film challenge: about lust

BEAUTIFULLY done with lots of sexy lust and caution thrown about. And then an inkling of love? Lovely closeups.

Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Director: James Bobin
Screenplay: Linda Woolverton
Based on book by: Lewis Carroll
Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter
-Adventure, Family, Fantasy | imdb | my rating: 3
Alice returns to the whimsical world of Wonderland and travels back in time to help the Mad Hatter.

For Fall Film challenge: starring alan rickman

COLORFUL world with lots of time related puns that got stale after awhile. Alan Rickman had such a small part compared to the first Alice film.


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