Books of the Week: Upcoming Meadowlake Book Club Picks

The hostess of the month chooses the book.  We are a diverse group of gals…can you tell?  I’m most excited about the upcoming sequel to To Kill A Mockingbird….wowza!  I read Beautiful Ruins already and rated it 3/5 stars on Goodreads.   Can you believe my 75 year old father-in-law’s book club is reading Wild right now??? … Read More »

Big Little Lies – Book of the Week

Book of the Week
Big Little Lies Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty I thoroughly enjoyed this book.  It’s a great tale that somehow covers motherhood, friendship, kindergarten drama, domestic violence, date rape, and a murder mystery all into what is a sometimes light and sometimes dark but always fantastic story.  I want to be friends with all three of the main characters…actually I can see many of their characteristics in the women I know and love in Dunwoody!  … Read More »

7 Books to Read Before They are Movies in 2015

Book of the Week
7 Books to Read Before They are Movies in 2015

Source:   Common Sense Media

  Insurgent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 2) by Veronica Roth  

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Audra’s comments:  Really enjoyed this book series…did not like the first movie all that much.  Was very disappointed in the vast differences between movie and book.   I’ll probably go see the movie anyway though.… Read More »

A Week at the Lake – read it with me before anyone else can!

I’m such a book nerd.   As I type, my husband is currently making fun of how excited I am to read Wendy Wax’s newest book before anyone else can!  She sent me an “Advanced Copy” that has these words at the top:  “Uncorrected Proofs For Limited Distribution – NOT FOR SALE”

Guess what!!! She gave me TWO more to give to Aha!… Read More »

The Hundred Foot Journey

Book/Movie of the Week
The Hundred Foot Journey The Hundred-Foot Journey: A Novel by Richard C. Morais

 

I must admit that I longed for time to read this book but never found any extra moments to turn the pages.   I think I was a little afraid to pick it up because a friend told me that it was hard to understand some of the French Culinary jargon that was prevalent throughout.  … Read More »

Serial….a podcast

Podcast (instead of “Book”) of the Week
Serial

Two folks who have given me several great recommendations for television series to watch told me about Serial and were confident that I would LOVE It.  Serial  is not a television series, nor a book, but rather a podcast exploring a nonfiction story over multiple episodes.  Episodes vary in length and are available weekly.… Read More »

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Book of the Week
The Handmaid’s Tale The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood by Anchor Paperback ~ Release Date: 1998-03-16

List Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.11

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This is my Meadowlake Book Club’s choice for March.  I’ve just started reading it but can already tell I’m going to like it.   Goodreads gives it a 3.99 average rating and Amazon gives it 4.1/5 Stars. … Read More »

Me, Myself, & Lies: A Thought Closet Makeover ~7 Week Bible Study beginning Mid February

Note from Audra:  I’m taking this 7 week class and I personally know the facilitators and they are awesome.  Should be a GREAT class!

Me, Myself, & Lies: A Thought Closet Makeover We invite you to Jennifer Rothschild’s “Me, Myself, & Lies:  A Thought Closet Makeover”. The study begins February 19, on Thursdays, from 9:45-11:45 a.m.… Read More »

American Sniper

Book of the Week
American Sniper

 

American Sniper:   The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle by Harper

I’ll admit, I haven’t read the book but I saw the movie with my husband on the day it was released in theaters.  Bradley Cooper was in a word:  AMAZING.  This movie does an excellent job of giving insight into the day to day activities in the war that our American soldiers face in the middle east. … Read More »