Lovely Books and Things - 3.22.20

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. Trying a new recipe - Lamb and pearl barley soup (here) - success! Yummy!

2. Organizing my bookshelves and this book blog

3. Taking long leisurely walks for a dose of fresh air - Ocean Beach at sunset

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Bought:

Kolymsky Heights
by Lionel Davidson
-Mystery, Russian, Siberia | Goodreads
FOR my face-to-face group, Foreign Mystery Book Club, April selection.

The Unlikely Event
by L.J. Shen
-Romance, Contemporary | Goodreads

Bookcrossing:

The Betrayal of Trust
by Susan Hill
-Mystery, Crime, England | Goodreads

AND watched: online

Mob Psycho 100 (2016)
tv series, season 1 and 2
Stars: Setsuo Ito, Takahiro Sakurai, Akio Ôtsuka
-Animation, Action, Horror, Japan | imdb | my rating: 5
A psychic middle school boy tries to live a normal life and keep his growing powers under control, even though he constantly gets into trouble.



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Foreign Intrigue Book Club 2020

Foreign Intrigue Book Club
face-to-face (details)
Books, Inc. Laurel Village
Do you like to travel? Experience a country through the eyes of a local? Try the food of another country?

2020

DECEMBER/JANUARY:

The Blood Strand
(Faroes #1)
by Chris Ould
Mystery, Faroe Islands, Denmark | Goodreads | my rating: 4
FEBRUARY:

Evil Things
(Hella Mauzer #1)
by Katja Ivar
Mystery, Historical, Helsinki, Finland | Goodreads | my rating: 4
MARCH:

Department of Sensitive Crimes
by Alexander McCall Smith
Mystery, Humor, Sweden | Goodreads | my rating: 5
APRIL:

Kolymsky Heights
by Lionel Davidson
Mystery, Russian, Siberia | Goodreads | my rating: 4
MAY:

Athenian Blues
by Pol Koutsakis
Mystery, Greece | Goodreads | my rating: tba
JUNE:

Weeping Waters
by Karin Brynard
Mystery, South Africa | Goodreads | my rating: 5
JULY:

Don’t Send Flowers
by Martin Solares
Mystery, Crime, Mexico | Goodreads | my rating: 5
AUGUST:

Death Comes In Through The Kitchen
by Teresa Dovalpage
Mystery, Food, Havana | Goodreads | my rating: tba
SEPTEMBER:

The Levanter
by Eric Ambler
Mystery, Espionage, Syria | Goodreads | my rating: dnf
OCTOBER:

Beside the Syrian Sea
by James Wolff
Mystery, Thriller, Syria | Goodreads | my rating: dnf
NOVEMBER:

Among The Ruins by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Mystery, Canada, Iran| Goodreads | my rating: 4 zombie sighting:
After she'd made the offer she had a sudden vision of Zack painting the room black shuttering its windows and creating a collage of zombies in various stages of decay.
-chapter 26

DECEMBER/JANUARY:

Overkill
by Vanda Symon
Mystery, New Zealand | Goodreads | my rating: 4