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

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Foreign Intrigue Book Club 2022

Foreign Intrigue Book Club
face-to-face (details)
Books, Inc. Laurel Village
Do you like to travel? Experience a country through the eyes of a local? Try the food of another country?

2022

DECEMBER/JANUARY:

The Darkness
by Ragnar Jónasson
translated by Arvid Nordh
Mystery, Crime, Iceland | Published: 2018 (first 2015) | Goodreads | my rating: 4
tough and tenacious lady detective
FEBRUARY:

Cry Wolf
by Hans Rosenfeldt
Mystery, Thriller, Sweden | Published: 2021 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
liked the woven plot and characters
MARCH:

The Basel Killings
by Hansjörg Schneider
translated by Mike Mitchell
Mystery, Crime, Germany | Published: 2021 (first 2004) | Goodreads
APRIL:

Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing
by Maryla Szymiczkowa
translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Mystery, Historical, Poland | Published: 2015 | Goodreads | my rating: 4

MAY:

A Death in Vienna
by Frank Tallis
Mystery, Historical, Austria | Published: 2005 | Goodreads
JUNE:

Babylon Berlin
by Volker Kutscher
translated by Niall Sellar
Mystery, Crime, Historical, Germany | Published: 2016 (first 2007) | Goodreads
JULY:

The Wolf and the Watchman
by Niklas Natt Och Dag
Mystery, Historical, Sweden | Published: 2017 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
AUGUST:

Murder in Old Bombay
by Nev March
Mystery, Historical, India | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
SEPTEMBER:

Singapore Sapphire
by A.M. Stuart
Mystery, Historical, Singapore | Published: 2019 | Goodreads
OCTOBER:

Mark of the Lion
by Suzanne Arruda
Mystery, Historical, Africa, Kenya | Published: 2006 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
NOVEMBER:

Ghosts of the Past
by Marco Vichi
translated by Stephen Sartarelli
Mystery, Italy | Published: 2018 (first 2014) | Goodreads | my rating: 5
DECEMBER/JANUARY:

The Silver Pigs
by Lindsey Davis
Mystery, | Published: first 1989 | Goodreads