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Mira Miroslavova’s illustrated book cover for Caroline Gertler’s Where You’ve Got to Be.

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The 65 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in September 2022

The 65 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in September 2022

Here is the list of the 65 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in September 2022. The image contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon; the “on this site” links to the book’s page on this site. Alte Zachen / Old Things by Ziggy Hanaor (on this site) The Book of Revolutions by Edward Feld (on this site) The Boy Behind The Door by David Tabatsky (on…

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Off the tippy top of my under-caffeinated Sunday morning head, and with full acknowledgement that some of these will be quite familiar to some of you and to others, they will be totally unheard of: Iris Murdoch’s A Severed Head; T. Gertler’s Elbowing the Seducer; anything by Rachel Ingalls, especially Binstead’s Safari; the under-studied Summer by Edith Wharton; Schiaparelli’s Shocking Life and frankly Dior’s autobiography too; all the Jean Rhys (her oeuvre is a must-devour for any aspiring fashion scribe); surely you’ve all read Jane Bowles’s books and collected works?; Rhonda Lieberman’s reader (not fiction but FEELS like it); Fleur Jaeggy’s Sweet Days of Discipline; anything Caroline Blackwood (Caroline is to Elizabeth Hardwick what Eve Babitz is to Joan Didion, only add some horrifying husband-stealing and a famous artist); Diana Vreeland’s autobiography; I don’t understand why no one’s done a big fun thing around Marie Darrieussecq’s Pig Tales and beauty influencers?; Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner; Loer Segal’s Lucinella; and do try to track down a copy of Daisy Fellowes’s Sundays. 

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B-4 : Oscars 2023 Predictions - A Film fan's perspective (Part - 2)

The 95th Academy Awards, a.k.a. The Oscars®, will take place on March 13 at 5:30 AM IST. The celebrations of the Oscar season are at their peak. Amid the fun and excitement, here's a look at the movies categories and our predictions of the winners:-

Best Animated Film

Nominees:

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio – Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, and Alex Bulkley

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On – Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan, and Paul Mezey

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – Joel Crawford and Mark Swift

The Sea Beast – Chris Williams and Jed Schlanger

Turning Red – Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins

Prediction: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

del Toro's first attempt at stop-motion animation to present the classic tale of the wooden boy in a different style has received several accolades this year. An Oscar is gonna be another such honor.

Best International Feature Film

Nominees:

All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany) – directed by Edward Berger

Argentina, 1985 (Argentina) – directed by Santiago Mitre

Close (Belgium) – directed by Lukas Dhont

EO (Poland) – directed by Jerzy Skolimowski

The Quiet Girl (Ireland) – directed by Colm Bairéad

Prediction(s): All Quiet on The Western Front/Argentina, 1985

While the former is an anti-war film appreciated by critics & audiences, the latter was the Golden Globe winner in the same category this year. Hence, the two are gonna be strong contenders.

Best Documentary Feature

Nominees:

All That Breathes – Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann, and Teddy Leifer

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed – Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin, and Yoni Golijov

Fire of Love – Sara Dosa, Shane Boris, and Ina Fichman

A House Made of Splinters – Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström

Navalny – Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller, and Shane Boris

Prediction(s): All the Beauty and the Bloodshed/A House Made of Splinters

The former is about the life of photographer and activist Nan Goldin and her efforts to hold Purdue Pharma, owned by the Sackler family, accountable for the opioid epidemic. On the other hand, the latter is about an orphanage with children dealing with the Russia-Ukraine war. Both themes have been a crucial topic of discussion among cinephiles and filmmakers - and the Academy might be a part of it as well.

Best Documentary Short Subject

Nominees:

The Elephant Whisperers – Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga

Haulout – Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev

How Do You Measure a Year? – Jay Rosenblatt

The Martha Mitchell Effect – Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison

Stranger at the Gate – Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones

Prediction(s): The Elephant Whispers/The Martha Mitchell Effect

The Academy can have a split decision between a human-elephant relationship and the whistleblower of the biggest political scandals of the world - Watergate!

Best Live Action Short Film

Nominees:

An Irish Goodbye – Tom Berkely and Ross White

Ivalu – Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan

Le Pupille – Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón

Night Ride – Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen

The Red Suitcase – Cyrus Neshvad

Prediction: An Irish Goodbye

The story of two siblings reuniting after their mother's death - filled with humor & drama would be the ultimate contender.

Best Animated Short Film

Nominees:

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud

The Flying Sailor – Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis

Ice Merchants – João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano

My Year of Dicks – Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon

An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It – Lachlan Pendragon

Prediction: My Year of Dicks

A teenage girl's obsession with finding the right partner for sex amid a comedic journey of disappointment and self-discovery can win the golden man for depicting female sexism.

Best Original Score

Nominees:

All Quiet on the Western Front – Volker Bertelmann

Babylon – Justin Hurwitz

The Banshees of Inisherin – Carter Burwell

Everything Everywhere All at Once – Son Lux

The Fabelmans – John Williams

Prediction: The Banshees of Inishrein/Babylon

While John Williams has become the most nominated living person (53 - winning 5), Hurwitz and Burwell would be giving The Fabelmans' score a tough competition. While the former gives the 1920s Silent Hollywood vibe, the latter's Irish folk composition is full of humor and intense tension as the film progresses.

Best Original Song

Nominees:

"Applause" from Tell It Like a Woman – Music and lyrics by Diane Warren

"Hold My Hand" from Top Gun: Maverick – Music and lyrics by Lady Gaga and BloodPop

"Lift Me Up" from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Göransson; Lyrics by Tems and Ryan Coogler

"Naatu Naatu" from RRR – Music by M. M. Keeravani; Lyrics by Chandrabose

"This Is a Life" from Everything Everywhere All at Once – Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne, and Mitski; Lyrics by Ryan Lott and David Byrne

Prediction: Naatu Naatu

Undoubtedly, this "feel good" dance number can make the Academy members shake their legs as well. The audience's love and the Golden Globe for Keeravani are enough to ensure an Oscar for another South Indian composer (first since AR Rahman for Jai Ho).

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1. Stanley Spencer (1891-1959, British) ~ At the Chest of Drawers, 1936  [Source- The Times, UK].

2. Stanley Spencer (British, 1891-1959), Hilda and I at Pond Street, 1954. Oil on canvas, 51.5 x 77 cm.

3. Stanley Spencer (1891-1959, British) ~ Christ Preaching at Cookham Regatta - Punts by the River, 1958  [Source- Sotheby’s].

4. Stanley Spencer (1891-1959, British) ~ The Woolshop, 1939  [Source- tate.org.uk].

5. Stanley Spencer (1891-1959, British) ~ Neighbours, 1936 © Estate Stanley Spencer & Bridgeman Images, London  [Source- museumcrush.org].

Stanley Spencer (1891 - 1959, English painter).

Stanley Spencer was born in Cookham, Berkshire, the eighth surviving child of William and Anna Caroline Spencer. His father, usually known as Par, was a music teacher and church organist. Stanley's younger brother, Gilbert Spencer (1892–1979), also became a notable artist, known principally for his landscape paintings. The family home, "Fernlea", on Cookham High Street, had been built by Spencer's grandfather Julius Spencer. 

Stanley Spencer was educated at home by his sisters Annie and Florence, as his parents had reservations about the local council school but could not afford private education for him. However, Gilbert and Stanley took drawing lessons from a local artist, Dorothy Bailey. Eventually, Gilbert was sent to a school in Maidenhead, but the family did not feel this would be beneficial for Stanley, who was developing into a solitary teenager given to long walks, yet with a passion for drawing. 

Par Spencer approached local landowners, Lord and Lady Boston, for advice, and Lady Boston agreed Stanley could spend time drawing with her each week. In 1907 Lady Boston arranged for Stanley to attend Maidenhead Technical Institute, where his father insisted he should not take any exams.

From 1908 to 1912, Spencer studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, under Henry Tonks and others. His contemporaries at the Slade included Dora Carrington, Maxwell Gordon Lightfoot, Mark Gertler, Paul Nash, Edward Wadsworth, Isaac Rosenberg and David Bomberg.

So profound was his attachment to Cookham that most days he would take the train back home in time for tea. It even became his nickname: his fellow student Christopher R. W. Nevinson dubbed him Cookham, a name which Spencer himself took to using for a time. While at the Slade, Spencer allied with a short-lived group who called themselves the "Neo-Primitives" which was centred on Bomberg and William Roberts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Spencer

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mid-year book freakout

thank you for tagging me @cocoartistwrites Best Book You’ve Read So Far in 2021? Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Best Sequel You’ve Read So Far in 2021? Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater

New Release You Haven’t Read Yet, But Want To? Nothing really occurs to me?

Most Anticipated Release For Second Half of 2021?  I'm looking forward to The Plentiful Darkness by Heather Kassner and The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters

Biggest Disappointment? lol, no. I follow the Brandon Sanderson school of thought wherein I keep my mouth shut about books I disliked.

Biggest Surprise? Legendborn by Tracy Deonn. I expected formulaic YA and was delighted by what it turned out to be.

Favorite New Author? Tracy Deonn

Newest Fiction Crush? meh. none. I'm way too old to get crushes on YA characters, and most of the adult books I read are not the sort of books to engender that kind of reaction

Newest Favorite Character? Selwyn Kane really is the kind of catnip I love in escapist books. Asshole with sad backstory and magic powers.

Book That Made You Cry? Many Points of Me by Caroline Gertler

Book That Made You Happy? Squad Goals by Erika J. Kendrick

Favorite Book Adaption You Saw This Year?  Eh? I don't really watch video media

Favorite Review You’ve Written This Year? I don’t remember

Most Beautiful Book You Bought So Far This Year? Piranesi has a gorgeous cover

What Books Do You Need To Read By The End of The Year?  Eh? you’re up: @evolutionsbedingt, @fullyvisible, @pedlimwen, @reapersbarge @pugetprincess

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Where You've Got to Be by Caroline Gertler

Where You’ve Got to Be by Caroline Gertler

Feeling left behind by both her sister and her best friend, Nolie tries her best to belong but soon finds herself at a moral crossroads. Set in the bustle of New York City during the Jewish High Holy Days, Where You’ve Got to Be is an accessible story about identities and relationships—the ones you keep and ones you let go. Pitch-perfect for tween readers who love Rebecca Stead, Holly Goldberg…