What have YOU been reading?!~ Let’s create a summer reading list for the Aha! Mamas and Daddies

I’ve given you a good resource to find books for your KIDS to read by sharing all the local school summer reading lists.   Then…Cindy H. asked me yesterday “Where is the adult summer reading list?!”

She’s right….where is it???   Let’s create one!

What are you reading now?   What book(s) have you read lately that you couldn’t put down? … Read More »

Amazon.com Announces Best-Selling Books of 2011

The top 10 best-selling books overall are:

  1. “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson
  2. “Bossypants” by Tina Fey
  3. “A Stolen Life” by Jaycee Dugard
  4. “The Mill River Recluse” by Darcie Chan
  5. “In the Garden of the Beasts” by Erik Larson
  6. “A Dance with Dragons” by George R.R. Martin
  7. “The Paris Wife” by Paula McLain
  8. “The Litigators” by John Grisham
  9. “The Abbey” by Chris Culver
  10. “Inheritance (The Inheritance Cycle)” by Christopher Paolini
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Tech-Tip (App Recommendations)

Application Category Description/Comments

Price

ABC Player Content TV

Free

Bloomberg Content Financial

Free

Editors’ Choice Content The NY Times (Limited Content)

Free

Financial Times Content News

Free

FlipBoard Content Your social magazine – aggregate content

Free

Hootsuite Content Social media tool for Twitter, Facebook & Foursquare

Free

iBooks Content eReader

Free

Instapaper Pro Content Capture web content to read when disconnected from web

$4.99

iWiki HD Content Wikipedia for the iPad

$2.99

Kindle Content eReader

Free

Mint.comRead More »

Big Green Egg Giveaway!

Note from Audra:  I have a Big Green Egg but I bought a ticket  anyway (thanks Hunter Lupoli!) and hope I win the Big Green Egg for my Dad!!

The Dunwoody High School Boys Lacrosse team is in the middle of their largest fundraiser of the year.  We are giving away a Big Green Egg ($1000 value) to one lucky winner!… Read More »

Movies I want to see over the holidays!

I love to read and I’ve read three of these four books that have been made in to movies and may have to read the fourth soon.   I was looking up the details to find out more about release dates and thought I’d share some details in case any of you are interested in my kind of books/movies!… Read More »

Tech Tip: If you own an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch then you must upgrade to iOS 5!

Update:   Please note that I’ve been told that for those with an iPhone 3GS…the upgrade may NOT be recommended.  The rumor is that you would be running great new software on an older phone that isn’t equipped for that kind of software.  It could run slow and run your battery down.

 

My friend Debbie told me the other day that I needed to upgrade my iPhone software to iOS 5 so that I could iMessage with her instead of texting.  … Read More »

Reach out and Read

Submitted by Debbie Sumner:

Reach Out and Read is an evidence-based nonprofit organization that promotes early literacy and school readiness in pediatric exam rooms nationwide by giving new books to children and advice to parents about the importance of reading aloud.

Reach Out and Read builds on the unique relationship between parents and medical providers to develop critical early reading skills in children, beginning at 6 months of age.… Read More »

A Halloween Giveaway that you and your kids will LOVE! ~

Winner Update:

Facebook:

  1. Devi Knapp
  2. Lynn Phipps
  3. Lynn Embs

Email:

  1. David Lewkowict
  2. Claire High

Website

Facebook

Let me explain about Hoot & Ollie – It’s an interactive book created by two Dunwoody dads. (I just love this local stuff!)  There’s an adorable book with a really fun Halloween story plus several options for YARD Art.  You can buy “ready to hang” art or purchase “kits” to paint and decorate with your family!… Read More »

Tech Tip: What are those weird square black and white things that seem to be printed everywhere?

QR Codes 101

Quick Response codes (QR codes) and other two-dimensional codes have achieved widespread use this year – and for good reason. Consumers want immediate access to what’s relevant and QR codes are being used to make that possible.

If you’re not yet familiar with QR codes, they’re similar to the barcodes used by retailers to track inventory and price products at the point of sale.… Read More »

Book Donations Needed

PCMS Drama Book Nook  

Donations Needed!  

Drama Club needs your help for the Book Nook at Fall Festival.  Please send in gently used books by September 15. Baby books, kid books, adult books, paperbacks, and hardbacks.  There is a bin outside the front office at PCMS for collections or Click here to E-mail Stacia Lupoli with any questions.… Read More »

The Legacy Letters- Messages of Life and Hope from 9/11 Family Members

I just received an email telling me about this book.

It was edited by a Dunwoody resident,  Brian Curtis.

It is a powerful book and all proceeds go directly the non-profit Tuesday’s Children (http://www.tuesdayschildren.org/)

Click the image of the book above to find out more about it or order it from Amazon.

It is for a great cause and is nice to highlight a resident of Dunwoody trying donating his time to memorialize 9/11…   Following is the book description taken directly from Amazon:

Ten years after the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the family members of one hundred of the individuals lost on that terrible day look back-and forward-in this inspiring collection of letters.… Read More »