The Maze Runner (Book Review)
Audra’s Rating:
Great book for middle school boys. I thoroughly enjoyed it and am looking forward to the movie coming out in September. Warning: It’s a trilogy and you might get hooked!
New “Little Free Library” at Brook Run Park
Remember my post about Little Free Libraries?
I think they are ADORABLE! I received this note from an Aha! Subscriber and I’m thrilled to see that Brook Run will have one! I plan to stop by there soon and check it out…not sure if it is there yet or not but I’ll be looking for it!!!… Read More »
Books: Our ‘Good Books’ Survey Results
We polled our subscribers and the only question we asked was: “What good book(s) have you read lately?”
Following is a list of the top 15 books that were most commonly recommended by The Aha! Subscribers:
- Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
- The Fault in Our Stars
- The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
- Eleanor & Park
- Me Before You: A Novel
- Gone Girl: A Novel
- Orphan Train: A Novel
- The Invention of Wings: A Novel
- The Husband’s Secret
- Where’d You Go, Bernadette: A Novel
- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
- The Glass Castle: A Memoir
- The Light Between Oceans: A Novel
- The Shoemaker’s Wife: A Novel
- Wonder
Click here for the full results of our Good Books Survey… Read More »
Movie Giveaway: When the Game Stands Tall (We have enough Aha! passes to fill the theater!)
Screening Date:
Thursday, August 7 @ 7:30 PM
Regal Perimeter Pointe
1155 Mt. Vernon Hwy
Dunwoody, GA 30338
Synopsis:
The journey of legendary football coach Bob Ladouceur (Jim Caviezel), who took the De La Salle High School Spartans from obscurity to a 151-game winning streak that shattered all records for any American sport.
Rated: PG for thematic material, a scene of violence, and brief smoking
Stars: Jim Caviezel, Alexander Ludwig, Michael Chiklis | See full cast and crew »
We have tons of passes and each of you can download a max of 2 per email address!… Read More »
Book Review: The Sky is Everywhere
I could not put this book down and basically read it in less than 24 hours while on vacation. Jandy Nelson’sThe Sky Is Everywhere is a debut novel. It is a beautifully written story of grief, the bonds of sisterhood, the craziness of family, and is intertwined with a romantic ‘young love’ triangle. I absolutely love Nelson’s writing style. … Read More »
Girl Scout Book Drive
Hi my name is Sam. I am a rising sophomore at Dunwoody High School. I am working on earning my Girl Scout Gold Award this summer. For my project I am building a library for the residents at the Covenant House in downtown Atlanta. The Covenant House is a shelter for runaway, troubled, homeless youths ages 18-21.… Read More »
Contact:
Sam
(678)429-4636
Book of the Week: The Giver by Lois Lowry (I have one copy to give away!)
Update: The winner is Sheila Cope
The Giver is required reading for my Peachtree Charter Middle School 7th Grader. I love to read so much that I usually read my children’s required summer reading too. It drives them nuts in some ways because I read so much faster than they do but they also like it because I can have a mini book club type discussion with them. … Read More »
Tech Tip: TBH (To Be Honest) and More Slang Parents Should Know
I’m the kind of Mom who sporadically checks my boys’ social media and texts just to make sure they don’t need any of my advice on proper behavior. They love this about me…..HA! I’ve had to intervene once or twice with a nice little lesson from Mama. Sometimes I wish we lived in 1950 (well before cell phones). … Read More »
Rio 2 Summer Party Tour Comes to Atlanta on Saturday!
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment brings the party to the people with its cross country RIO 2 Summer Party Tour. Families will have plenty of reason to shake a tail feather down to the tour; it’s full of interactive activities for all ages including portable viewing stations to watch soccer games, live from Rio; screenings of RIO 2; Samba performances and lessons; customizable Carnival masks; soccer challenges, and much more!… Read More »
Book of the Week: The House on Mermaid Point by Wendy Wax
One of my neighborhood girlfriends (Heather Larson) and I were recently invited to Wendy Wax’s newest book launch party at Ragamuffin Music Hall on Historic Roswell Square. The House on Mermaid Point is the third in the series following Ten Beach Road and Ocean Beach.
I’ve read Ten Beach Road and am in the midst of Ocean Beach and love the characters! … Read More »
Storm Orphans – Dunwoody author Matt Handle’s debut novel of the zombie apocalypse
In 2011, a television reporter inexplicably started spouting gibberish in the middle of her on-air report. Five years later, what’s become known as the Babylonian Plague has killed 99% of the world’s population and turned virtually all the survivors into raving cannibals that are more blood-thirsty zombie than man. These monsters are now simply known as the Afflicted.… Read More »
Contact:
Matt Handle
Tech Tip: Audra’s Favorite New App – Magnifying Glass With Light – digital magnifier with flashlight
Click here to find out more from the Apple App Store!
My friend Lisa, who has eyes as old as mine, told me about this app last week and it has changed my life!
I really only need glasses to read. I used to be able to get by reading menus without my glasses but if the font is small and the lights are low…..forget… Read More »
Movie Giveaway: Tammy
Update: Gin Shaw won the original 4 passes!
I ended up with two extras & McDaniel Leask won those!
Screening Date:
Thursday, June 26, 2014 – 7:30 PM
Studio Movie Grill – Duluth
3850 Venture Dr., Duluth, GA 30096
Synopsis:
After losing her job and learning that her husband has been unfaithful, a woman hits the road with her profane, hard-drinking grandmother.… Read More »
Jersey Boys – Audra’s Review
My mom is in town and she and I attended a screening of the new film Jersey Boys last night. What a treat! I saw the musical on Broadway in February of 2013 with my husband and we absolutely LOVED it. So, of course Mama asked me after the movie, “Which was better….the movie or the musical?” … Read More »
‘Fault in Our Stars’ edges out ‘Tomorrow’ at box office
The Fault in Our Stars had a near-flawless opening this weekend, stunning analysts with a No. 1 debut that clobbered Tom Cruise’s latest and underscored moviegoers’ appetite for female-driven films
Stars collected $48.2 million, according to studio estimates from box-office trackers Rentrak.
The debut smashed expectations, which hovered around $35 million for the young-adult novel adaptation.… Read More »
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