Books and Laundry: Hamnet

Hamnet
by Maggie O'Farrell
Historical, England, Shakespeare | Published: 2020 | Goodreads

Warwickshire in the 1580s. Agnes is a woman as feared as she is sought after for her unusual gifts. She settles with her husband in Henley street, Stratford, and has three children: a daughter, Susanna, and then twins, Hamnet and Judith. The boy, Hamnet, dies in 1596, aged eleven. Four years or so later, the husband writes a play called Hamlet.

First sentence(s):
A boy is coming down a flight of stairs.

Lovely Books and Things - 7.4.21

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. Joining and learning how to Discord because of a book club
2. Galaxy peaches - fun shape
3. Blast from the past. Actually, I still have mixtapes from the 80s :-)

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Bought:

Automatic Eve
by Rokurō Inui
translated by Matt Treyvaud
SciFi, Steampunk, Japan | Published: 2019 | Goodreads

Hamnet
by Maggie O'Farrell
Historical, England, Shakespeare | Published: 2020 | Goodreads
Library:

The Postscript Murders
by Elly Griffiths
Mystery, England | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

Freebies: from Free Little Library

The Marvels
by Brian Selznick
Historical, Middle Grade, Illustrated | Published: 2015 | Goodreads

To Be Featured:

We Are Not Like Them
by Christine Pride, Jo Piazza
Contemporary | Published: October 2021 | Goodreads
courtesy of publisher -Thanks!

~*~ AND watched: virtual theatre

The Tomorrow War (2021)
Director: Chris McKay
Writer: Zach Dean
Stars: Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski
Action, Adventure, SciFi | imdb | my rating: 4
A family man is drafted to fight in a future war where the fate of humanity relies on his ability to confront the past.

Got me thinking of parent-child relationships.

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

Thanks for stopping by :-)

ibc 2021

International Book Club
(my online book club 2021 pics)
complete list (here)
~*~ JANUARY:

The Paying Guests
by Sarah Waters
Historical, LGBTQ | Published: 2014 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
friendship and beyond
FEBRUARY:

Migrations
by Charlotte McConaghy
Literary, Dystopia | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
letting go
MARCH:

The Sun Down Motel
by Simone St. James
Mystery, Thriller | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
justice, ghosts

APRIL:

The Midnight Library
by Matt Haig
Fantasy, Contemporary | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
the what-if's, life lessons and perspectives to ponder
MAY:

The Rent Collector
by Camron Wright
Historical, Cambodia | Published: 2012 | Goodreads | my rating: dnf
JUNE:

The Vanishing Half
by Brit Bennett
Historical | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
living true, what's it worth
JULY:

Hamnet
by Maggie O'Farrell
Historical, England, Shakespeare | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
AUGUST:

Friends and Strangers
by J. Courtney Sullivan
Contemporary, Women's Fiction, New York | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
unlikable characters, but interesting slow-going story
SEPTEMBER:

White Ivy
by Susie Yang
Contemporary, Thriller | Published: 2021 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
ugly characters, selfish, depressing
OCTOBER:

The Lost Apothecary
by Sarah Penner
Historical, Mystery | Published: 2021 | Goodreads | my rating: 4

NOVEMBER:

Thursday Murder Club
by Richard Osman
Mystery | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 3
DECEMBER:

The Maidens
by Alex Michaelides
Mystery, Thriller | Published: 2021 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
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