Lovely Books and Things - 9.12.21

Lovely Books and Things
My Weekly Books and Films Update

Linking up with:
Sunday Post (details)
Sunday Salon (details)
Mailbox Monday (details)

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HAPPY THINGS:

1. Finding a new hole-in-the wall thai restaurant gem - yummy
2. Planning a fall wardrobe - cozy cardigans
3. Spotting horses at Golden Gate Park

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Library: audiobook

White Ivy
by Susie Yang
Contemporary, Thriller | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
Library:

The Sleeping Nymph
by Ilaria Tuti
translated by Ekin Oklap
Mystery, Italy | Published: 2020 (first 2019) | Goodreads

Period Piece
A Cambridge Childhood by Gwen Raverat
Classics, Memoir, Victorian, England | Published: 1981 first (1952) | Goodreads

Freebies: from Little Free Library - thanks to the folks who share their books

The Glass Room
by Ann Cleeves
Mystery, Crime, England | Published: 2012 | Goodreads

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

Kept Animals
by Kate Milliken
Historical, LGBTQ, Horses | Published: 2020 | Goodreads

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AND watched: Netflix

Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed (2021)
Director: Joshua Rofé
Documentary, Art | imdb | my rating: 5
Bob Ross brought joy to millions as the world's most famous art instructor. But a battle for his business empire cast a shadow over his happy trees.

Such a good guy.

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Thanks for stopping by :-)

R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril xvi: Peril of the Fiction Read

R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril xvi
September 1 - October 31 (details)
hosted by @perilreaders
#ripxvi #ripperils #ripcozy #riptradition #ripatmosphere
Peril of the Fiction Read
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What's Done in Darkness
by Laura McHugh
Mystery, Thriller | Published: 2021 | Goodreads | my rating: 3
Seventeen-year-old Sarabeth has become increasingly rebellious since her parents found God and moved their family to a remote Arkansas farmstead where she's forced to wear long dresses, follow strict rules, and grow her hair down to her waist. She's all but given up on escaping the farm when a masked man appears one stifling summer morning and snatches her out of the cornfield.

A week after her abduction, she's found alongside a highway in a bloodstained dress--alive--but her family treats her like she's tainted, and there's little hope of finding her captor, who kept Sarabeth blindfolded in the dark the entire time, never uttering a word. One good thing arises from the horrific ordeal: a chance to leave the Ozarks and start a new life.

Five years later, Sarabeth is struggling to keep her past buried when investigator Nick Farrow calls. Convinced that her case is connected to the strikingly similar disappearance of another young girl, Farrow wants Sarabeth's help, and he'll do whatever it takes to get it, even if that means dragging her back to the last place she wants to go--the hills and hollers of home, to face her estranged family and all her deepest fears.

Never Saw Me Coming
by Vera Kurian
Mystery, Dark Academia | Published: September 2021 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
listen to author interview with Murder by the Book (here)
Meet Chloe Sevre. She’s a freshman honor student, a leggings-wearing hot girl next door, who also happens to be a psychopath. Her hobbies include yogalates, frat parties, and plotting to kill Will Bachman, a childhood friend who grievously wronged her.

Chloe is one of seven students at her DC-based college who are part of an unusual clinical study for psychopaths—students like herself who lack empathy and can’t comprehend emotions like fear or guilt. The study, led by a renowned psychologist, requires them to wear smart watches that track their moods and movements.

When one of the students in the study is found murdered in the psychology building, a dangerous game of cat and mouse begins, and Chloe goes from hunter to prey. As she races to identify the killer and put her own plan into action, she’ll be forced to decide if she can trust any of her fellow psychopaths—and everybody knows you should never trust a psychopath.

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* part of RIP xvi challenge (schedule)

R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril xvi: Peril of the Real

R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril xvi
September 1 - October 31 (details)
hosted by @perilreaders
#ripxvi #ripperils #ripcozy #riptradition #ripatmosphere
Peril of the Real
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Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
by Ruth Franklin
Biography, Writing, Horror | Published: 2017 (first 2016) | Goodreads
Shirley Jackson reveals the tumultuous life and inner darkness of the literary genius behind such classics as The Lottery and The Haunting of Hill House. In this “remarkable act of reclamation” (Neil Gaiman), Ruth Franklin envisions Jackson as “belonging to the great tradition of Hawthorne, Poe and James” (New York Times Book Review) and demonstrates how her unique contribution to the canon “so uncannily channeled women’s nightmares and contradictions that it is ‘nothing less than the secret history of American women of her era’ ” (Washington Post). Franklin investigates the “interplay between the life, the work, and the times with real skill and insight, making this fine book a real contribution not only to biography, but to mid-20th-century women’s history” (Chicago Tribune). “Wisely rescu[ing] Shirley Jackson from any semblance of obscurity” (Lena Dunham), Franklin’s invigorating portrait stands as the definitive biography of a generational avatar and an American literary genius.

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* part of RIP xvi challenge (schedule)

R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril xvi

R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril xvi
September 1 - October 31 (details)
hosted by @perilreaders
#ripxvi #ripperils #ripcozy #riptradition #ripatmosphere
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Peril of the Group Read

The Sundial
by Shirley Jackson
Classics, Horror, Gothic | Published: 2014 (first 1958) | Goodreads
discord discussion on October 1
Aunt Fanny has always been somewhat peculiar. No one is surprised that while the Halloran clan gathers at the crumbling old mansion for a funeral she wanders off to the secret garden. But when she reports the vision she had there, the family is engulfed in fear, violence, and madness. For Aunt Fanny's long-dead father has given her the precise date of the final cataclysm!

Peril of the Real
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin

Peril of the Fiction Read
What's Done in Darkness by Laura McHugh
Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian

Peril of the Short Story
Spooky Mo by Marivi Soliven Blanco

Peril of the Listen
Macabre London

Peril of the Screen
Blumhouse Amazon Prime releases

On The Nightstand:
Ghosts
The Ghost: A Cultural History by Susan Owens
The Kindred Spirits Supper Club by Amy E. Reichert

Witches
The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin
Heather House: Witch of the Moors by Carmen Caine
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker

Vampires
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Puzzles: Castle Bran

RIP Photo Challenge - Cozy

Tea & Treachery
by Vicki Delany
Mystery, Cozy, Food, Cape Cod | Published: 2020 | Goodreads

Lovely Books and Things - 9.5.21

Lovely Books and Things
My Weekly Books and Films Update

Linking up with:
Sunday Post (details)
Sunday Salon (details)
Mailbox Monday (details)

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HAPPY THINGS:

1. Playing Quirkle, a tile-based game
2. Moroccan food and belly dancing at El Mansour restaurant
3. Balloon art of veggies on Clement Street

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Bought:

Bombshell
by Sarah MacLean
Romance, Regency, London | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
with sticker goodies from Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore
Library: audiobook

Mrs. March
by Virginia Feito
Mystery, Thriller, Historical | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

Murder in a Teacup
by Vicki Delany
Mystery, Cozy, Food | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

Library:

The Sleeping Nymph
by Ilaria Tuti
translated by Ekin Oklap
Thriller, Mystery, Italy | Published: 2020 (first 2019) | Goodreads

Freebies: from Little Free Library - thanks to the folks who share their books

Peyton Place
by Grace Metalious
Classics, Romance, Historical | Published: 1957 (first 1956) | Goodreads

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
by Gail Honeyman
Contemporary, Mental Health | Published: 2017 | Goodreads

AND watched: theatre

Reminiscence (2021)
Director/Writer: Lisa Joy
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson
Romance, Mystery, SciFi | imdb | my rating: 4
Nick Bannister, a private investigator of the mind, navigates the alluring world of the past when his life is changed by new client Mae. A simple case becomes an obsession after she disappears and he fights to learn the truth about her.

Cinderella (2021)
Director/Screenplay: Kay Cannon
Stars: Camila Cabello, Billy Porter
Comedy, Fantasy, Family | imdb | my rating: 4
A modern movie musical with a bold take on the classic fairy tale. Our ambitious heroine has big dreams and with the help of her fab Godmother, she perseveres to make them come true.

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