Eggs and Bunnies

Chocolate Eggs at One65
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The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes
by DuBose Heyward
illustrated by Marjorie Flack
Classics, Childrens | Published: 2967 (first 1939) | Goodreads
The country bunny is a lady, and she attains the exalted position of Easter Bunny in spite of her responsibilities as the mother of twenty-one children. That the story ends with success and a reward is, of course, as every child would wish.

Like so many other classic stories for children, this one grew from being told and retold to a child for many years. That is why Mr. Heyward gives credit on the title-page to his eight-year-old daughter, Jenifer.

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Egg displayed at Antique store
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The Gardens of Bunny Mellon
by Linda Jane Holden
photos by Roger Foley
Gardening | Published: 2018 | Goodreads
Throughout her long and storied life, Rachel “Bunny” Mellon’s greatest passion was garden design. She and her husband, Paul Mellon, one of the wealthiest men in America, maintained homes in New York, Cape Cod, Nantucket, Antigua, and Upperville, Virginia, and she designed the gardens at all of them. She also designed gardens for some of her dearest friends, including the Rose Garden and the East Garden at the White House, at the request of President Kennedy, and the gardens at both the Paris home and the château of couturier Hubert de Givenchy. All of these gardens are featured in The Gardens of Bunny Mellon, illustrated with Mellon’s own garden plans, sketches, and watercolors, as well as with archival photographs and specially commissioned photographs of Oak Spring, the Mellon estate in Upperville. Author Linda Holden’s text is based on extensive interviews with Mellon before her death in 2014.

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Eggs in the neighborhood ~*~

Cursed Bunny
by Bora Chung
translated by Anton Hurby
Short Stories, Horror, Korea | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
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JASNA NorCal Reading Group

JASNA NorCal Reading Group
a Jane Austen book club
(details)
APRIL:

Jane Austen:
Writing, Society, Politics
by Tom Keymer
History | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 4

MAY:

Sense & Sensibility
by Joanna Trollope
Retelling, Jane Austen | Published: 2013 | Goodreads
JUNE:

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

JULY:

Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
Classics, Historical, England | Published: 1811 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
AUGUST:

The Making of Jane Austen
by Devoney Looser
History, Jane Austen | Goodreads
SEPTEMBER:

Sansei and Sensibility
by Karen Tei Yamashita
Short Stories, Retellings, Jane Austen | Goodreads | my rating: 4

OCTOBER:

Among the Janeites
A Journey Through the World of Jane Austen Fandom
by Deborah Yaffe
Memoir, History | Published: 2013 | Goodreads
NOVEMBER:

Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas:
Being a Jane Austen Mystery
by Stephanie Barron
Mystery, Jane Austen | Published: 2014 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
DECEMBER:

n/a

Happy release: Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Take My Hand
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Historical, African American | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
Montgomery, Alabama 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend has big plans to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she intends to help women make their own choices for their lives and bodies.

But when her first week on the job takes her down a dusty country road to a worn down one-room cabin, she’s shocked to learn that her new patients are children—just 11 and 13 years old. Neither of the Williams sisters has even kissed a boy, but they are poor and Black and for those handling the family’s welfare benefits that’s reason enough to have the girls on birth control. As Civil grapples with her role, she takes India, Erica and their family into her heart. Until one day, she arrives at the door to learn the unthinkable has happened and nothing will ever be the same for any of them.

Decades later, with her daughter grown and a long career in her wake, Dr. Civil Townsend is ready to retire, to find her peace and to leave the past behind. But there are people and stories that refuse to be forgotten.That must not be forgotten.

Because history repeats what we don’t remember.

Lovely Books and Things - 4.10.22

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. Attending first Postcrossing meetup (details)
2. Browsing and picking out yarn to play with at Atelier Yarn shop (here)
3. Grammy winner (2022) - The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical soundtrack by Barlow & Bear

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Bought:

Jane Austen:
Writing, Society, Politics
by Tom Keymer
History | Published: 2020 | Goodreads

Library:

The Clockmaker’s Daughter
by Kate Morton
Historical, Mystery, England | Published: 2018 | Goodreads
Freebies: from Free Little Library

The Quiet Side of Passion
by Alexander McCall Smith
Mystery, Scotland | Published: 2018 | Goodreads

Review:

Bloomsbury Girls
by Natalie Jenner
Women's Fiction, England, WWII | Release date: May 17, 2022 | Goodreads
courtesy of publisher -Thanks!
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Virtual Author event: hosted by Cove and Kilcreggan Book Festival Live
See archive of this (here)

Dog Days:
A Year with Olive and Mabel
by Andrew Cotter
Memoir, Dogs | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
Olive and Mabel YouTube episodes (here)
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AND watched: theatre

a-ha: The Movie (2021)
Director: Thomas Robsahm, Aslaug Holm
Documentary, Biography, Music | imdb | my rating: 5
yes, there's an a-ha a-ha moment - sad, but true
It follows the band on tour, telling the full story of how three young men followed their impossible dream of becoming Norwegian pop stars. When Take On Me reached number 1 on Billboard in the US in 1985 the dream came true. Or did it?

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

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Get Dressed: Dressmakers

The Dressmaker
by Rosalie Ham
Historical, Romance, Australia | Published: 2015 (first 2000) | Goodreads
After twenty years spent mastering the art of dressmaking at couture houses in Paris, Myrtle “Tilly” Dunnage returns to the small Australian town she was banished from as a child. She plans only to check on her ailing mother and leave. But Tilly decides to stay, and though she is still an outcast, her lush, exquisite dresses prove irresistible to the prim women of Dungatar. Through her fashion business, her friendship with Sergeant Farrat—the town’s only policeman, who harbors an unusual passion for fabrics—and a budding romance with Teddy, the local football star whose family is almost as reviled as hers, she finds a measure of grudging acceptance. But as her dresses begin to arouse competition and envy in town, causing old resentments to surface, it becomes clear that Tilly’s mind is set on a darker design: exacting revenge on those who wronged her, in the most spectacular fashion.

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The Dressmaker (2015)
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Writer: P.J. Hogan
Based on book by: Rosalie Ham
Stars: Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Judy Davis
Drama, Comedy, Australia | imdb
A glamorous woman returns to her small town in rural Australia. With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong.