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 »
In a world where journalism is under attack, Marie Colvin (Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike) is one of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time. Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless, while constantly testing the limits between bravery and bravado.… 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 »
When Tony Lip (Mortensen), a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley (Ali), a world-class Black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they must rely on “The Green Book” to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for African-Americans. Confronted with racism, danger—as well as unexpected humanity and humor—they are forced to set aside differences to survive and thrive on the journey of a lifetime.… Read More »
Hope you are doing well. I have an 11-year-old daughter who eats the entire dinner knowing her Dad has not come home to dinner to eat his portion. She has never bothered to ask if anyone else is eating and just helps herself. It does not happen every time, but we are nevertheless frustrated.… Read More »
A local Dunwoody businessman, who is also from my home state of Alabama, contacted me recently and asked me if I’d like to have a copy of his book to read. Once I read the synopsis I immediately agreed to add it to my list of books to read. I haven’t read it yetbut wanted to go ahead and let you know about it in case you’d like to get a copy of your own.
Here’s the synopsis from Amazon:
Out Of Sight Out Of Mind: A Madman’s Journal is the memoir of a longtime businessman who was prosecuted and convicted for his debts following the great recession.… Read More »
Note from Audra: I’ve had several emails and phone calls asking when our Style Editor is going to announce her fall nail polish picks! Well – today is the day! Comment on this post with your favorite of these colors and you might win a bottle! We’ll give away one of every color on Friday!
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 »
RV vacations are on many people’s bucket list, but many wonder if it’s one that their family would enjoy. There are many things to consider when pondering an RV vacation. My family took a nine night RV trip this past summer through Arizona, Southern Utah and Southwest Colorado.… 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 »
Based on Patrick DeWitt’s novel, The Sisters Brothers revolves around the colourfully named gold prospector Hermann Kermit Warm, who’s being pursued across 1000 miles of 1850s Oregon desert to San Francisco by the notorious assassins Eli and Charlie Sisters. Except Eli is having a personal crisis and beginning to doubt the longevity of his chosen career.… Read More »
If you’ve been shopping around for parental controls to help manage your kids’ Apple devices, you might want to put on the brakes: The new operating system, iOS 12, has a feature called Screen Time that might have what you’re looking for, and it’s available on September 12. We previewed an early version to give you an advanced look at the new features.… Read More »
If you’re a Neflix subscriber who has run out of things to binge-watch or you just want to cancel your membership to save money, there are other options for streaming TV shows and movies online.
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 »
