One of my favorite girls from the DHS Class of 2017 texted me the following note from Athens this week:
“Read a really good book recently I thought you might like! It’s called INTO THE WATER by Paula Hawkins. Elizabeth (her roomie) and I both read it and were obsessed.”
Christy knows how much I love to read and we used to share books all the time before she moved to UGA. … Read More »
By Audra Anders for The Aha! Connection
I was in my attic last night gathering up all of our Christmas decorations and of course what I was looking for was in the very last box I checked. Alas, today is the first day of advent and I needed to find my Jesse Tree book! I stumbled upon this book in a pre-school workshop at Peachtree Road UMC in 2002. … Read More »
Peter Bein discovered a stack of frayed letters bound with old shoelaces inside a forbidden suitcase, hidden for forty years at the bottom of his father’s closet.They compelled him to make an appointment with his past.
The letters sparked Peter’s journey to family haunts in Germany and Poland and inspired his memoir, Maxwell’s Suitcase.
The author, Peter Bein lives with his wife in Sandy Springs, where he teaches English at a local community college.… Read More »
Elizabeth
(494) 271-9957
Elizabethbein@gmail.com
Thanks to Sue Rodman of 365 Atlanta Family for “cluing me in” to Clue Town Books. I was reading her suggestions of what to do in Atlanta over the holiday week and discovered these great interactive books. As soon as I can get my family to go with me, I’m grabbing the Oakland Cemetery Clue Town Book and heading over there to experience this Clue Town concept. … Read More »
So far, my friend Pamela is batting 1000 with book recommendations, so I don’t know why it took me so long to pick this book up and read it. I bought it last spring when she told me about it, but didn’t start ’til earlier this week. I’m not finished yet but am fascinated by it. … Read More »
I told someone this week that I’ve been addicted to Andy Stanley podcasts lately. I literally listened to his 4 part series “The Bible for Grown-Ups” in one afternoon. Now I’ve moved on to reading his latest book: Irresistible: Reclaiming the New that Jesus Unleashed for the World. I realize this book won’t be interesting to all of my subscribers, but both the Bible for Grown-Ups podcast series and his Irresistible book are well worth mentioning for our readers who are interested in how the Bible, as we know it, came to be……..… Read More »
Posman Books and City Winery Atlanta, both located at Ponce City Market, have announced Nappily Ever After by author Trisha R. Thomas as the November selection for the popular monthly book club, Books & Booze. Featuring lively discussions among fellow readers, the free event will be hosted by Marc Stiles, Posman Book’s General Manager, and will be held at the award-winning urban winery on Tuesday, November 20, 2018, beginning at 7 p.m.… Read More »
I just downloaded this 2013 book to my Kindle because it is my neighborhood book club’s book of the month for November. I read the following Amazon description and am very much looking forward to delving into this story!
“Mourning the passing of her mother, Sage Singer decides to attend a grief support group. She doesn’t expect to start an unlikely friendship with an elderly man also attending.… Read More »
I’ve been in my car a lot lately driving my baby on college tours and visiting my big boy in college. I love my little car by the way. It has an awesomely long sunroof, it is small and easy to park, I can talk to text with it so easily, but my most favorite thing of all is that it works with Apple Car Play and reads books from my phone to me!… Read More »
I was looking for a new book to read and keep hearing my friends say that they always go to Reese Witherspoon’s picks to help them choose. This is what Reese says about her last book of the month: “I can’t even express how much I love this book! My September pick is “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens.… Read More »
Many of my friends are taking this study right now at DUMC. I don’t have the time to attend on Wednesdays so decided to do the study on my own and am LOVING this book. I’ve been able to find several of the accompanying videos online also. So – if you’ve been looking for a good Bible study to do at your own pace, I’d highly recommend this one. … Read More »
Growing up, one of the first things we introduce our children to are books. But, it’s always another author’s words. What if it could be your own?
Atlanta-based, Puerto Rican communications professional Adacelis (Ada) Pérez (aka “Mom”) recently became a self-published author on September 16 when her first book titled, “Anxious Mom, Anxious Child: A Mother’s Journey from Anxiety to Serenity,” was released online via Amazon and Kindle.… Read More »
Ada Pérez
(470) 554-8734
adaperez@breathepublishing.com
One of my neighbors chose Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan for our Meadowlake book club. I’m not sure I would have ever picked it up otherwise. Truth be told…I started it last week and am now halfway through book TWO of the trilogy (China Rich Girlfriend). I’m addicted to these characters. They are absolutely hilarious and live in a world far different than I’ve ever imagined. … Read More »
DUNWOODY LIBRARY BOOK SALE SEPT 27 – OCT 1
The Friends of the Dunwoody Library will host its next BIG BOOK SALE Thursday, September 27 through Monday, October 1 at the library, 5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road. A special preview for Friends starts at 1 p.m. Thursday. The sale is open to the public 4 to 8 pm Thursday, and 10-5 Friday and Saturday.… Read More »
Dunwoody Library
(770) 512-4640
info@friendsofdunwoodylibrary.org
