Lovely Books and Things - 6.27.21

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. Halo Halo flavored Mitchell's Ice Cream located in the Mission District (here)
2. Became one of the hosts for Mailbox Monday (here) and my posts start in July 😊
3. First movie theatre outing (since last year) with friends to see In The Heights

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Bought:

The Chosen and the Beautiful
by Nghi Vo
1920s, LGBTQ, Vietnamese, Retelling (The Great Gatsby) | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
fyi: Goodreads Giveaway for this ends June 29
Library:

The House in the Cerulean Sea
by T.J. Klune
Fantasy, LGBTQ | Published: 2020 | Goodreads
Freebies: from Free Little Library

The Terranauts
by T.C. Boyle
SciFi, Historical | Published: 2016 | Goodreads
To Be Featured:

Ghost Forest
by Pik-Shuen Fung
Contemporary, Chinese Canadian | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
courtesy of publisher -Thanks!
~*~ AND watched: theatre

In The Heights (2021)
Director: Jon M. Chu
Screenplay: Quiara Alegría Hudes
Based on Musical Stage Play Music and Lyrics by: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Stars: Anthony Ramos, Leslie Grace, Corey Hawkins, Melissa Barrera
Drama, Musical | imdb | my rating: 5
A film version of the Broadway musical in which Usnavi, a sympathetic New York bodega owner, saves every penny every day as he imagines and sings about a better life.

Immigrant and American dream stories in musical form.

AND watched: DVD

Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)
Director/Writer: Jake Kasdan
Writers: Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg
Based on book: Chris Van Allsburg
Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan
Action, Adventure, Comedy | imdb | my rating: 4
In Jumanji: The Next Level, the gang is back but the game has changed. As they return to rescue one of their own, the players will have to brave parts unknown from arid deserts to snowy mountains, to escape the world's most dangerous game.

I did not see the first film, but enjoyed this romp into a video game scenario. Fun summer film.

Jungleland (2019)
Director/Writer: Max Winkler
Writers: Theodore Bressman, David Branson Smith
Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Jack O'Connell, Jessica Barden
Drama | imdb | my rating: 5
Two brothers try to escape their circumstances by travelling across the country for a no holds barred boxing match that becomes a fight for their lives.

Talent, passion, sacrifice, oh yeah.
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* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Jane's Birthday Day

Jane Austen
(1775 - 1817)
created by British painter Ozias Humphry
only known oil painting of Jane
at about age 14
Did you know that:

T.C. Boyle "...Dated Jane Austen"


Description from the Lakeside Musing:
I Dated Jane Austen by T.C. Boyle was written in 1977 which is part of the T.C. Boyle Stories.

It tells of Boyle's date with our beloved Jane. He arrives at the Austen residence (dressed in 70's attire), and is shown into a parlor to meet Reverend Austen.





I'm looking forward to this latest YA Jane book:

I was Jane Austen's Best Friend
by Cora Harrison

Release date: March 2010 (U.K.)

Description from the amazon:
When shy Jenny Cooper goes to stay with her cousin Jane Austen she knows nothing of the world of beautiful dresses, dances, secrets, gossip and romance that Jane inhabits.

But Jane is already a sharp observer of the customs of courtship, and when Jenny falls utterly in love with the dashing Captain Thomas Williams, who better than Jane to help her win the heart of this most eligible of men?

*spotted this as Reading Teenage Fiction's WoW

*** Austen alert ***

It's been announced and in the news lately that Natalie Portman will be Elizabeth Bennet in the upcoming movie version of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I can't wait to be dazzled by her martial arts abilities as she slays unmentionables.

But true fans want to know, who's going to be MR DARCY ???

I'd like to see a lesser known or new actor become Darcy-fied.

How about you?

*currently reading Mansfield Park

*for a Week of Austen books and giveaways visit:
Chick with Books
Risky Regencies