Lovely Books and Things - 9.5.22

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. The start of September Summer in San Francisco - warm and sunny days - best time to visit the city if you're thinking of venturing out.
2. Pasta swirled in a wheel of Parmesan cheese and topped with mushroom truffle sauce at Acquolina (here)
3. Reading on a train trip - Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger

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Library: audiobook

Murder in Old Bombay
by Nev March
Mystery, Historical, India | Published: 2020 | Goodreads
Library:

Without Merit
by Colleen Hoover
YA, Romance, Mental Health | Published: 2017 | Goodreads
fallen into the read-all-the-Colleen Hoover trap

A Place in the World:
Finding the Meaning of Home
by Frances Mayes
Memoir, Travel | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

Freebies: from Free Little Library

Jane Austen's Guide to Dating
by Lauren Henderson
Chicklit, Non-fiction, Humor | Published: 2005 | Goodreads

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AND watched: theatre

Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
Director/Writer: George Miller
Writer: August Gore
Based on short story: The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye by A.S. Byatt
Stars: Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba
Drama, Fantasy, Romance | imdb | my rating: 4
ahhh... wishes... what would you...
A lonely scholar, on a trip to Istanbul, discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.


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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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