Lovely Books and Things - 10.10.21

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. Browsing for Holiday advent calendar themes - tea, nail polish, mini-puzzles, chocolate, etc.
2. Exploring The Criterion Channel films (here)
3. Victober 2021 (here)

Victober mug
from etsy (here)
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Library: audiobook

Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins
Classic, Mystery, Horror, Victorian | Published: 2005 (first 1859) | Goodreads

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Virtual Author event: hosted by Murder By The Book
See archive of this (here)

The Lighthouse Witches
by C.J. Cooke
Fantasy, Horror, Gothic, Witches | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

Cackle
by Rachel Harrison
Horror, Fantasy, Witches | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

Echoes of the Dead
by Spencer Kope
Fantasy, Paranormal | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

Virtual Author event: hosted by bookreporter
See archive of this (here)

Last Girl Ghosted
by Lisa Unger
Thriller, Mystery | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

The Night She Disappeared
by Lisa Jewell
Thriller, Mystery | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

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AND watched: virtual theatre for Welcome to Blumhouse live event
free rsvp for next event, Oct 14, 2021 (details)

The Manor (2021)
Director/Writer: Axelle Carolyn
Stars: Barbara Hershey, Nicholas Alexander
Horror | imdb | my rating: 4
After suffering a mild stroke, Judith Albright reluctantly moves into a historic nursing home where she becomes convinced a supernatural force is killing the residents.

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

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Lovely Books and Things - 11.10.19

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. Yummy Korean Beef Stew made at home by the kid

2. Sonoma State Improv midnight show - starring one of our best buddies

3. Dia De Los Muertos Parade

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Author event:

Green Apple Books on the Park hosted a conversation between authors Shannon Pufahl and Anthony Marra.

On Swift Horses
by Shannon Pufahl
-Literary, Historical, LGBTQ, Horses | Goodreads

Freebies: from free bin at Green Apple Books

A Simple Favor
by Darcey Bell
-Mystery, Thriller | Goodreads
BEEN meaning to read the book after watching the film version awhile ago.

Watching You
by Lisa Jewell
-Mystery, Thriller | Goodreads
FOR my Lisa Jewell reading binge.


For Review:

The Watsons
by Jane Austen and Rose Servitova
courtesy of author for book tour -Thanks! | Goodreads

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

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

Then She Was Gone
by Lisa Jewell

Published: 2018
Publisher: Atria Books
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, UK
Hardback: 359
Rating: 4
Goodreads
Website

First sentence(s):
Those months, the months befoe she disappeared, were the best months.

THEN
She was fifteen, her mother's golden girl. She had her whole life ahead of her. And then, in the blink of an eye, Ellie was gone.

NOW
It’s been ten years since Ellie disappeared, but Laurel has never given up hope of finding her daughter.

And then one day a charming and charismatic stranger called Floyd walks into a café and sweeps Laurel off her feet.

Before too long she’s staying the night at this house and being introduced to his nine year old daughter.

Poppy is precocious and pretty - and meeting her completely takes Laurel's breath away.

Because Poppy is the spitting image of Ellie when she was that age. And now all those unanswered questions that have haunted Laurel come flooding back.

What happened to Ellie? Where did she go?

Who still has secrets to hide?

My two-bits:
That lady was nuts!

Certain parts were so sad. But the mystery was compelling.

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* listened to the audio version

* part of Author binge: Lisa Jewell (here)

I Found You by Lisa Jewell

I Found You
by Lisa Jewell
narrated by Helen Duff

Published: 2016
Publisher: Atria Books
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Hardback: 352
Rating: 4
Goodreads
Website

First sentence(s):
Alice Lake lives in a house by the sea.

'How long have you been sitting out here?'
'I got here yesterday.'
'Where did you come from?'
'I have no idea.'

East Yorkshire: Single mum Alice Lake finds a man on the beach outside her house. He has no name, no jacket, no idea what he is doing there. Against her better judgement she invites him in to her home.

Surrey: Twenty-one-year-old Lily Monrose has only been married for three weeks. When her new husband fails to come home from work one night she is left stranded in a new country where she knows no one. Then the police tell her that her husband never existed.

My two-bits:
Unrealiable characters kept me on edge with this story.

Ended up liking one of the unreliables.

The topic of dissociative amnesia is introduced with this story - amazing how the mind protects.

Includes a touch of romance.

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* Filipino characters mentioned

* Listened to audiobook version.

* part of Author binge: Lisa Jewell (here)

Author binge: Lisa Jewell

Lisa Jewell
Reading Challenge
(mystery thrillers)
Ralph's Pary (1999)
Thirtynothing (2000)
One-Hit Wonder (2001)
A Friend of the Family (2004)
Vince and Joy (2005)
Roommates Wanted (2007)
The Truth About Melody Browne (2009)
After The Party (2010)
The Making of Us (2011)
Before I Met You (2012)
The House We Grew Up In (2013)
The Third Wife (2014)
Girls in the Garden (2015)
I Found You (2016) (review)
Then She Was Gone (2017) (review)
Watching You (2018)

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