Following is a NEW Review by DHS Book Club Co-President, Christy Holloway
After hearing all the buzz about The Martian coming out as a movie, the Dunwoody Book club decided to read the book before seeing the movie.… Read More »
Books of the Week American Literature Courses for DHS (updated)
In December I wrote about the American Literature courses at DHS. My source was a high school junior that had taken the course first semester of this school year. If you’ll remember, I wasn’t very high on the choices and only found one that got me excited enough to read it. … Read More »
Today my friend Beth and I start an exercise program with our new personal trainer. In exchange for a few month’s of training I agreed to write about my experience. Just so you’ll know… I. DON’T. EXERCISE. Not unless you call walking George exercise. I also love to cook and try new food. However, as I’m nearing 50 my body is telling me that it will feel better and last longer if I make some healthy adjustments to my lifestyle. … Read More »
Let me start by telling you that I predict this book (which is Kibler’s first novel) could possibly become as successful as The Help. A major motion picture is already “in development”. … Read More »
Books of the Week American Literature Requirements for DHS Students
Burger Boy is taking American Literature at Dunwoody High next semester. This is the required English course for all DHS Juniors. His book worm Mama is so excited that he will be forced to read novels that I couldn’t wait to find out what he’s going to be reading so we can discuss together!… Read More »
Book of the Week Confess
Confess: A Novel
by Colleen Hoover
Kindle Edition ~ Release Date: 2015-03-10
Buy Now
My friend Debbie texted me recently wanting to know if I wanted to read Confess “a quick young adult love story that won 2015 Best Romance Good Reads” before she returned it to the library. I promptly remembered that the paperback was in my summer book stack. … Read More »
Book of the Week Sarah’s Key
Book Review by Dunwoody High School Junior, Abby Chambless
Note from Audra: I read this in 2010 and gave it 4 Stars on Goodreads. It is an excellent book! Peggy also read it and loved it too!
Sarah’s Key
by Tatiana de Rosnay
Paperback ~ Release Date: 2008-09-30
Book of the Week The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
by Marie Kondo
Kindle Edition ~ Release Date: 2014-10-14
My neighbor, Liz, chose this book for our December Meadowlake Book Club. I read the title, balked and decided not to read it. However, soon after giving up on the title, I sat next to my friend Mary at the Young Life Banquet and she mentioned to me that her husband recently read the book on a long flight. … Read More »
Book of the Week The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
The 5th Wave: The First Book of the 5th Wave Series
by Rick Yancey by Speak
Paperback ~ Release Date: 2015-02-10
Book Review by Macon Chiles, Dunwoody High School Junior
I usually pride myself in being able to, for the most part, outsmart the books I read.… Read More »
Book of the Week Anna Dressed in Blood
Note from Audra: Christy Holloway is the third of my trio of Dunwoody High School Juniors to provide us with a Junior Book Review. Christy along with Abby Chambless started the ‘DHS Bookclub’ this year. When Christy told me about it I immediately asked her if she and Abby would be willing to write about some of their fave choices from their book club reading this year. … Read More »
Books of the Week Amazon, NY Times and Good Reads Top of 2015
Amazon Editors Pick as the #1 Book of 2015
Fates and Furies: A Novel
by Lauren Groff by Riverhead Books
Hardcover ~ Release Date: 2015-09-15
At the tender age of twelve, Spring-baby is faced with the worst of all villains: death. With the untimely loss of her father, the unwitting protagonist must reconcile the new hole she finds in her heart, but upon a surprise encounter with a creature that has never known death, her journey toward that reconciliation takes her to spiritual heights she could have never imagined.… Read More »
November is the month I chose to host my neighborhood book club. On Wednesday night, 24 of the most lovely and wonderful Meadowlake Book Worms converged on my home to discuss this compelling, twisty page-turner. … Read More »
When I heard that Moyes had written a sequel to Me Before You, I couldn’t download it to my Kindle fast enough! I plowed through it in two days and loved reading about how Lou moved on after Will. … Read More »
