Stacking the Shelves - 10.29.16

Stacking the Shelves
hosted by Tynga's Reviews (details)
Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

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Bought:

=====> Book Passage, Corte Madera, hosted an event with, Maria Semple to celebrate the release of her latest novel, Today Will Be Different. She did a Q&A with author, Kelly Corrigan and imparted lots of interesting info about the writing craft.

Today Will Be Different
by Maria Semple
-Chick-lit
Amazon | Goodreads
=====> HAD to get this as I loved her novel, Where'd You Go, Bernadette.


Other things book-related:

Coming soon...

Jane Austen-ish
a virtual book event
November 6-11, 2016
=====> JOIN me for a week of Jane Austen-ish kinda things (giveaways included).


AND watched: in theatre

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (2011)
film of theatre production
Director: Danny Boyle
Play: Nick Dear
Based on the novel by: Mary Shelley
Starring: Jonny Lee Miller, Benedict Cumberbatch
-Drama | imdb | my rating: 5
Created by Victor Frankenstein, the one known only as the creature sets out to discover the world and the meaning of life.

=====> Oh, humanity. Amazing performance from the cast and cheers to Cumberbatch as the creature. His part for physically intense moments.


Currently flipping through: from the library

The Singing Bones:
Inspired by Grimms' Fairy Tales
by Shaun Tan
-Fairy Tales, Fantasy
Amazon | Goodreads
=====> Some creepy-ish fairy tale sculpture images for the season.


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Waiting on Wednesday - 8.31.16

Waiting on Wednesday
sponsored by Jill at Breaking the Spine (details)
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I'm waiting for...

Today Will Be Different
by Maria Semple
-Chick-lit
Release date: October 4, 2016
Amazon | Goodreads
Eleanor knows she's a mess. But today, she will tackle the little things. She will shower and get dressed. She will have her poetry and yoga lessons after dropping off her son, Timby. She won't swear. She will initiate sex with her husband, Joe. But before she can put her modest plan into action-life happens. Today, it turns out, is the day Timby has decided to fake sick to weasel his way into his mother's company. It's also the day Joe has chosen to tell his office-but not Eleanor-that he's on vacation. Just when it seems like things can't go more awry, an encounter with a former colleague produces a graphic memoir whose dramatic tale threatens to reveal a buried family secret.

TODAY WILL BE DIFFERENT is a hilarious, heart-filled story about reinvention, sisterhood, and how sometimes it takes facing up to our former selves to truly begin living.

=====> I MUST read this because I loved Maria's first book, Where'd You Go, Bernadette so much!

Stacking the Shelves - 4.12.14

Stacking the Shelves
hosted by Tynga's Reviews (details)
Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

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Bought:

Queen of Hearts:
The Crown
by Colleen Oakes
-fantasy, YA, Alice in Wonderland theme
For Review:

Exposure
by Kim Askew and Amy Helmes
courtesy of author
-Shakespeare (Macbeth), YA
Thanks Kim!

Hot Chocolate
Dawn Greenfield Ireland
-cozy mystery
courtesy of the author and tour
Thanks Dawn!

Jane's Melody
by Ryan Winfield
-romance
courtesy of publisher
Thanks Bobbilyn!

Unplug & Play! 50 Games That Don't Need Charging
by Brad Berger
courtesy of publisher
Thanks Laura!

Whip Smart:
Lola Montez and the Poisoned Nom de Plume
by Kit Brennan
-action, historical, romance
courtesy of publisher
Thanks Jillian!
Library:

Where'd You Go, Bernadette
by Maria Semple
-humor, women's fiction
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