Lovely Books and Things - 4.3.22

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. BookstaScreen Netflix watch party for Pieces of Her (details)
2. Finding inexpensive quality jigsaw puzzles at thrift shop
3. Encountering SpongeBob SquarePants in the neighborhood

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Library:

The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra
by Vaseem Khan
Mystery, India | Published: 2015 | Goodreads

Freebies: from Free Little Library

The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds
by Alexander McCall Smith
Mystery, Scotland | Published: 2012 | Goodreads

Bury Your Dead
by Louise Penny
Mystery, Canada | Published: 2010 | Goodreads

For Review:

Take My Hand
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Historical, African American | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
courtesy of publisher -Thanks!

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

On Gold Mountain:
The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family
by Lisa See
Memoir, History, China | Published: 1995 | Goodreads
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AND watched: theatre

You Won't Be Alone (2022)
Director/Writer: Goran Stolevski
Stars: Noomi Rapace, Alice Englert, Anamaria Marinca
Drama, Horror, Macedonia | imdb | my rating: 4
witch folklore told in a beautiful and dark scary way
In an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, a young girl is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit.

The Lost City (2022)
Director/Writer: Aaron Nee, Adam Nee
Screenplay: Oren Uziel, Dana Fox
Story: Seth Gordon
Stars: Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance | imdb | my rating: 4
fun times
A reclusive romance novelist on a book tour with her cover model gets swept up in a kidnapping attempt that lands them both in a cutthroat jungle adventure.


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Thanks for stopping by :-)

The Comfort Book Club 2022

The Comfort Book Club
hosted by Miranda Mills (details)
@thecomfortbookclub | YouTube
A monthly book club for fans of classic comfort reads.
JANUARY:

Dinner with Edward
A Story of an Unexpected Friendship
by Isabel Vincent
Memoir, Food, New York | Published: 2016 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
delightful friendship with dinners as bonding moments

FEBRUARY:

Miss Buncle's Book
by D.E. Stevenson
Classic, Humor, Historical, England | Published: 2012 (first 1934) | Goodreads

MARCH:

The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra
by Vaseem Khan
Mystery, India | Published: 2015 | Goodreads | mr rating: 5
rollicking good time; with adorable baby elephant

APRIL:

The Enchanted April
by Elizabeth von Arnim
Classics, Historical, Romance, Travel Italy | Published: 2015 (first 1922) | Goodreads

MAY:

Emma
by Jane Austen
Classics, Historical, England | Published: 2009 (first 1815) | Goodreads
JUNE:

A Sky Painted Gold
by Laura Wood
Historical, YA, Coming of Age | Published: 2018 | Goodreads
JULY:

Joy in the Morning
by P.G. Wodehouse
Classics, Humor, England | Published: 2011 (first 1947) | Goodreads
AUGUST:

Father
by Elizabeth von Arnim
Classics, Historical, England | Published: 2020 (first 1930) | Goodreads
SEPTEMBER:

The Lark
by Edith Nesbit
Classics, Historical, Coming of Age, England | Published: 2017 (first 1922) | Goodreads
OCTOBER:

Persuasion
by Jane Austen
Classics, Historical, Regency | Published: first 1817 | Goodreads

NOVEMBER:

Wintering
The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
by Katherine May
Memoir, Nature | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 4

DECEMBER:

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
by Karina Yan Glaser
Childrens, Middle Grade | Published: 2017 | Goodreads