Lovely Books and Things - 11.20.22

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. Knitting my first pair of socks - autumn colors
2. Sting: A Winter's Night... Live from Durham Cathedral (here)
3. Kongkee: Warring States Cyberpunk at the Asian Art Museum (here)

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Bought:

The Christmas Murder Game
by Alexandra Benedict
Mystery, Christmas | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

Library: audiobook

The Cloisters
by Katy Hays
Mystery, Gothic | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

Library:

Lonely Castle in the Mirror
by Mizuki Tsujimura
translated by Philip Gabriel
Fantasy, YA, Japan | Published: 2021 (first 2017) | Goodreads

For review:

Going Rogue
by Janet Evanovich
Mystery, Humor | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
courtesy of publisher - Thanks!

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

The Last Party
by Clare Mackintosh
Mystery, Thriller | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
Virtual Author event: Happy Hannukah Romance
See archive of this (here)

Recommended for You
by Laura Silverman
YA, Romance | Published: 2020 | Goodreads

Mr. Perfect on Paper
by Jean Meltzer
Contemporary, Romance | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

Love and Latkes
by Stacey Agdern
Romance, Holiday | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

Season of Love
by Helena Greer
Romance, LGBTQ, Holiday | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

~*~ AND watched: streaming

The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022)
Director: Claire Scanlon
Screenplay: Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin, Wendy Molyneux
Based on book: Grant Ginder
Stars: Allison Janney, Ben Platt, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Kristen Bell
Comedy | imdb | my rating: 4

Family tensions ramp up among siblings in the week leading up to their half-sister's wedding in the country.

AND watched: theatre

All That Breathes (2022)
Director: Shaunak Sen
Stars: Salik RehmanMohammad SaudNadeem Shehzad
Documentary | imdb | my rating: 5

Amidst the darkening backdrop of Delhi's apocalyptic air and escalating violence, two brothers devote their lives to protect one casualty of the turbulent times: the bird known as the Black Kite.

The Menu (2022)
Director: Mark Mylod
Writers: Seth Reiss, Will Tracy
Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult
Comedy, Horror, Thriller | imdb | my rating: 4

A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.

Triangle of Sadness (2022)
Director/Writer: Ruben Östlund
Stars: Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Woody Harrelson
Comedy, Drama | imdb | my rating: 5

A fashion model celebrity couple join an eventful cruise for the super-rich.


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Thanks for stopping by :-)

Japanese Literature Challenge 15

Japanese Literature Challenge 15
hosted by Dolce Bellezza (details)
January 1 to March 31, 2022

The possiblities...

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

Before the Coffee Gets Cold:
Tales from the Café
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
translated by Geoffrey Trousselot
SciFi, Fantasy, Japan | Published: 2021 | Goodreads | my rating: 4

Earthlings
by Sayaka Murata
translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori
Horror, Japan | Published: 2020 (first 2018) | Goodreads | my rating: 5
hooey! what a story, oh humanity

Last Winter We Parted
by Fuminori Nakamura
translated by Allison Markin Powell
Mystery, Japan | Published: 2014 | Goodreads | my rating: 4

Lonely Castle in the Mirror
by Mizuki Tsujimura
translated by Philip Gabriel
Fantasy, YA, Japan | Published: 2021 (first 2017) | Goodreads | my rating: 4

My Annihilation
by Fuminori Nakamura
translated by Sam Bett
Thriller, Japan | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

Tokyo Ueno Station
by Miri Yū
translated by Morgan Giles
Historical, Japan | Published: 2019 | Goodreads | my rating: 4

TW Book Club 2021

TW Book Club
(Tokyo Weekender)
January to December 2021
details | Goodreads
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JANUARY:

The View From Breast Pocket Mountain
by Karen Hill Anton
Memoir, Travel, Japan | Published: 2020 | Goodreads

FEBRUARY:

The Forest of Wool and Steel
by Natsu Miyashita
translated by Philip Gabriel
Literary, Music, Japan | Published: 2019 | Goodreads

MARCH:

Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye: A Journey
by Marie Mutsuki Mockett
Memoir, Travel, Buddhism, Japan | Published: 2016 | Goodreads


APRIL:

Water, Wood and Wild Things:
Learning Craft and Cultivation in a Japanese Mountain Town
by Hannah Kirshner
Travel, Memoir, Food, Recipes, Japan | Published: 2020 | Goodreads

MAY:

Lonely Castle in the Mirror
by Mizuki Tsujimura
translated by Philip Gabriel
Fantasy, YA, Japan | Published: 2021 (first 2017) | Goodreads

JUNE:

Stranger in the Shogun's City
A Japanese Woman and Her World
by Amy Stanley
Biography, Japan | Published: 2020 | Goodreads

JULY:

Things Remembered and Things Forgotten
by Kyōko Nakajima
translated by Ginny Takemori, Ian MacDonald
Short Stories, Japan | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

AUGUST:

Heaven
by Mieko Kawakami
translated by Sam Bett, David Boyd
Literary, Coming of Age, Japan | Published: 2021 (first 2009) | Goodreads | my rating: 5

SEPTEMBER:

So We Look to the Sky
by Misumi Kubo
translated by Polly Barton
Contemporary, Japan | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
OCTOBER:

Touring the Land of the Dead
(and Ninety-Nine Kisses)
by Maki Kashimada
translated by Hadyn Trowell
Short stories, Japan | Published: 2021 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
NOVEMBER:

Farewell, My Orange
by Kei Iwaki
translated by Meredith McKinney
Literary, Australia, Japan | Published: 2018 (first 2013) | Goodreads
DECEMBER:

An I-Novel
by Minae Mizumura
translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter
Literary, Japan | Published: 2021 (first 1995) | Goodreads