Lovely Books and Things - 2.13.22

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. Announcement of the Oscar nominations - and we're off...
2. Swedish Princess Cake from Schubert's Bakery (here)
3. Choo Choo Cat plushies at Japan town mall

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Bought:

Still Life
by Louise Penny
Mystery, Canada | Published: 2007 (first 2005) | Goodreads
going to start a buddy read with this series
Library: audiobook

The Echo Wife
by Sarah Gailey
SciFi, Thriller | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
Library:

Hiroshige:
Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces
by Anne Sefrioui
Art, Travel, Japan | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

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In case you missed it...
My Blogoversary Giveaway offer is happening (here)
(offer expires at the end of the month)

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AND watched: Apple TV

Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
Director/screenplay: Joel Coen
Based on book: William Shakespeare
Stars: Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand
Drama, History, Thriller | imdb | my rating: 5
oh, the power of the power
A Scottish lord becomes convinced by a trio of witches that he will become the next King of Scotland, and his ambitious wife supports him in his plans of seizing power.

AND watched: theatre

The Worst Person in the World (2021)
Director/Writer: Joachim Trier
Original title: Verdens verste menneske
Writer: Eskil Vogt
Stars: Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum
Drama, Comedy, Romance | imdb | my rating: 5
wonderfully crafted creative storytelling
The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.

Nightmare Alley (2021)
Director/screenplay: Guillermo del Toro
Screenplay: Kim Morgan
Based on book: William Lindsay Gresham
Stars: Bradley Cooper, Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett
Crime, Drama, Thriller | imdb | my rating: 5
sad, carny life
An ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.

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HAPPY GALENTINE'S DAY !
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Thanks for stopping by :-)

Reading Pilgrimage

Reading Pilgrimage
Readathon
details | #PilgrimageTogether
Reading Pilgrimage is intended to help readers discover and appreciate Dorothy Richardson’s masterpiece Pilgrimage.
~*~ JANUARY:
Pointed Roofs
Published: 1915 | Goodreads

FEBRUARY:
Backwater
Published: 1916 | Goodreads | first sentence

MARCH:
Honeycomb
Published: 1917 | Goodreads

APRIL:
The Tunnel
Published: 1919 | Goodreads

MAY:
Interim
Published: 1920 | Goodreads

JUNE:
Deadlock
Published: 1921 | Goodreads

JULY:
Revolving Lights
Published: 1923 | Goodreads

AUGUST:
The Trap
Published: 1925 | Goodreads

Oberland
Published: 1928 | Goodreads

SEPTEMBER:
Dawn's Left Hand
Published: 1931 | Goodreads

OCTOBER:
Clear Horizon
Published: 1935 | Goodreads

NOVEMBER:
Dimple Hill
Published: 1938 | Goodreads

DECEMBER:
March Moonlight
Published: 1967 | Goodreads

~*~ * header image source: cover for Pilgrimage 1 by Dorothy Richardson

TW Book Club 2022

TW Book Club
(Tokyo Weekender)
January to December 2022
details | Goodreads
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JANUARY:

The Easy Life in Kamusari
by Shion Miura
translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter
YA, Contemporary, Japan | Published: 2021 (first 2009) | Goodreads | my rating: 5
FEBRUARY:

Colorful
by Eto Mori
YA, Fantasy, Japan | Published: 2021 (first 1998) | Goodreads | my rating: 5
MARCH:

March Was Made of Yarn
edited by David Karashima, Elmer Luke
Short Stories, Japan | Published: 2012 | Goodreads
APRIL:

Moshi Moshi
by Banana Yoshimoto
translated by Gala Maria Follaco
Literary, Japan | Published: 2012 (first 2010) | Goodreads
MAY:

The Woman in the Purple Skirt
by Natsuko Imamura
translated by Lucy North
Literary, Japan | Published: 2021 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
strange, living vicariously, stalker-ish

JUNE:

There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job
by Kikuko Tsumura
translated by Polly Barton
Contemporary, Japan | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
try as she might...

JULY:

The Cat and The City
by Nick Bradley
illustrated by Mariko Aruga
Contemporary, Short Stories, Japan | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
AUGUST:

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

SEPTEMBER:

Terminal Boredom
by Izumi Suzuki
translated by Polly Barton, Sam Bett, David Boyd, Daniel Joseph, Aiko Masubuchi, Helen O'Horan
SciFi, Short Stories | Published: 2021 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
OCTOBER:

Diary of a Void
by Emi Yagi
translated by David Boyd, Lucy North
Contemporary, Japan | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

NOVEMBER:

Where the Wild Ladies Are
by Aoko Matsuda
translated by Polly Barton
Short Stories, Feminism, Japan | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
non-traditional female routes, sad and dark alternatives

DECEMBER:

n/a

Lovely Books and Things - 2.6.22

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. Netflixing true crime with a friend and cozy fireplace
2. Can't go wrong at... Rong's - tried a new local Chinese restaurant - yummy
3. Waste Not Want 2 by Marsha Shaw (mixed media) at Tides of Change exhibit (here)

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Did you know?
My Blogoversary Giveaway offer is happening (here)
(offer expires at the end of the month)

Bought: from Book of the Month club - get yours with my referral link (here)

Vladimir
by Julia May Jonas
Literary, Dark Academia | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
see interview with author at The Bar and the Bookcase (here)
Library: audiobook

Eternal
by Lisa Scottoline
Historical, WW2, Italy | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
Library:

Colorful
by Eto Mori
YA, Fantasy, Japan | Published: 2021 (first 1998) | Goodreads
Freebies: from Free Little Library

Contempt
by Alberto Moravia
translated by Angus Davidson
Classics, Italy | Published: 2004 (first 1994) | Goodreads
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Virtual Author event: hosted by Murder By The Book
See archive of this (here)

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
by Elle Cosimano
Mystery, Thriller | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

The Christie Affair
by Nina de Gramont
Historical, Mystery, Agatha Christie | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
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AND watched: Netflix

Tinder Swindler (2022)
Director: Felicity Morris
Documentary, True Crime | imdb | my rating: 5
modern horror story of sorts
Posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, he wooed women online then conned them out of millions of dollars. Now some victims plan for payback.

AND watched: theatre

Belfast (2021)
Director/Writer: Kenneth Branagh
Stars: Jude Hill, Caitriona Balfe, Jamie Dornan
Biography, Drama, History | imdb | my rating: 5
beautifully done
A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s.

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Febregency

Febregency on YouTube
a regency readathon details (here)
#Febregency
Readathon hosted by:
Emma @Bookish Princess
Jennifer @Jennifer Brooks
@Christy Luis-Dostoevsky in Space
Stephanie @Ms. Richards Reads

The main goal is to read a work that was popular during the regency era/written by a writer who lived during the regency era (1795-1837).

Prompts: (and my possibilities)

Read a regency era poem (bonus challenge: memorize a regency era poem!).

The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne
(Modern Library Series)
Poetry, Regency | Published: 2000 (first 1929) | Goodreads
Read a regency era play.

Miscellaneous Plays
by Joanna Baillie
Plays, Regency | Published: 2018 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
Read a work of nonfiction (either about the regency era or written during the regency era).

Jane Austen, the Secret Radical
by Helena Kelly
Biography, Feminism, Jane Austen | Published: 2017 | Goodreads | my rating: 5

Jane Austen at Home
by Lucy Worsley
Biography, History | Published: 2017 | Goodreads
Read a regency era work or author referenced by Jane Austen or who influenced Jane Austen.

Gossip's Story
by Jane West
Classics | Published: 2015 (first 1796) | Goodreads | my rating: 4
~*~ * on the side - going to listen to pieces by a composer of the era, Clara Schumann