Lovely Books and Things - 9.25.22

Lovely Books and Things
My Weekly Books and Films Update

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

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HAPPY THINGS:

1. Celebrating the first day of Autumn with a Pumpkin Spice Latte
2. Live stream theatre of Man of God by Shotgun Players (here) runs through Oct 2
3. Happy Everything cross stitch piece at Goodwill

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Bought:

The Make-Up Test
by Jenny L. Howe
Romance, Academia | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

Library: audiobook

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
Library:

The Greengage Summer
by Rumer Godden
Classics, British, YA, France | Published: 1958 | Goodreads

Freebies: from Free Little Library

Three
by Valérie Perrin
translated by Hildegarde Serle
Mystery, France | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

For Review:

Confidence
by Rafael Frumkin
Contemporary, LGBTQ | Published: February 2023 | Goodreads
courtesy of publisher -Thanks!
fyi: Goodreads has a giveaway for this that ends Oct 10

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AND watched: theatre

Confess, Fletch (2022)
Director/Writer: Greg Mottola
Writer: Zev Borow
Based on book by: Gregory McDonald
Stars: Jon Hamm, Lorenza Izzo
Comedy, Crime | imdb | my rating: 4

After becoming the prime suspect in multiple murders, Fletch strives to prove his innocence while simultaneously searching for his fiancé's stolen art collection.

Don't Worry Darling (2022)
Director: Olivia Wilde
Writers: Katie Silberman, Carey Van Dyke, Shane Van Dyke
Stars: Florence Pugh, Harry Styles
Drama, Mystery, Thriller | imdb | my rating: 4

A 1950s housewife living with her husband in a utopian experimental community begins to worry that his glamorous company could be hiding disturbing secrets.

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Books and Bag: Crocodiles

Books and Bag
doing some dreaming
a designer bag and books to fill it
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and add a Pumpkin Spice Latte to this mix...

The Crocodile Bride
by Ashleigh Bell Pedersen
Historical, Magical Realism | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

Set during the swampy summer in 1982, this stunning debut novel follows eleven-year-old Sunshine Turner and her troubled father Billy as the secrets of their family’s past swirl around them in the one-road town of Fingertip, Louisiana. During a hot summer of June moods, grubworms, and dark storms, Sunshine discovers stones in her chest – and learns the dangers her coming-of-age will bring about in the yellow house she shares with her father. Without the vocabulary to comprehend Billy’s actions or her own changing body, Sunshine turns to an apocryphal story passed down from her grandmother: in the dark waters of the Black Bayou lives a crocodile with an insatiable appetite and a woman with a mysterious healing gift. As Sunshine’s summer unspools, she turns to the one person who will need no explanation of the family secrets she carries—the crocodile bride.

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* image source: bag -Birkin, Hermès Shiny Porosus Crocodile Birkin

Lovely Books and Things - 9.18.22

Lovely Books and Things
My Weekly Books and Films Update

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

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HAPPY THINGS:

1. Squid Game Emmy 2022 wins - gotta/gonna rewatch it
2. Autumn Moon festival on Clement Street (here) - mmm, mooncake time
3. My first cross stitch reproduction sampler for #samplerseptember and #septembersamplersoiree

Ellen Barber 1895
Home Sweet Home
from Hands Across the Sea Samplers
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Library:

Manhunt
by Gretchen Felker-Martin
Horror, LGBTQ | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

Library: audiobook

The Unexpected Guest: A Play In Two Acts
by Agatha Christie
Mystery, Play | Published: 1958 | Goodreads

My Name Is Lucy Barton
by Elizabeth Strout
Literary | Published: 2016 | Goodreads

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AND watched: theatre

See How They Run (2022)
Director: Tom George
Writer: Mark Chappell
Stars: Adrien Brody, Saoirse Ronan, Sam Rockwell
Comedy, Mystery, Agatha Christie theme | imdb | my rating: 4
loved the cast
In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered.


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Explore: New Zealand

Explore The World 2022
through books, films, etc.
September: New Zealand

READ:

The Luminaries
by Eleanor Catton
Literary | Published: 2013 | Goodreads
It is 1866, and young Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On the stormy night of his arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men who have met in secret to discuss a series of unexplained events: A wealthy man has vanished, a prostitute has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely ornate as the night sky.

WATCH:

The Stolen (2017)
Director/Writer: Niall Johnson
Writers: Emily Corcoran
Stars: Alice Eve, Graham McTavish
Action, Adventure, Drama, Western, New Zealand | imdb | my rating: 4
The story of a woman who must find her kidnapped son, navigating a world she doesn't know, on the edge of danger with every heartbeat.

VISIT: someday...

The Women's Bookshop
105 Ponsonby Rd
Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand
(details)

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* part of Explore the World (here)

Lovely Books and Things - 9.11.22

Lovely Books and Things
My Weekly Books and Films Update

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

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HAPPY THINGS:

1. Bumping into friends at the Chuseok Festival (Korean Thanksgiving) in the Presidio (here)
2. Palace of Legion Honor (here) outing with friend to see Guo Pei Couture Fantasy exhibit (my second viewing)
3. Going to a special event...

High Tea

Peacock Court Room at the Mark Hopkins Hotel ~*~
Library: audiobook

Reckless Girls
by Rachel Hawkins
Thriller, Mystery | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

Freebies: from Free Little Library

Park Avenue Summer
by Renee Rosen
Historical, 1960s, New York | Goodreads

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

Lessons in Chemistry
by Bonnie Garmus
1960s, Feminism, Romance | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
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