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Books

Nancy’s Reads & Reels: “The Middlesteins: A Novel” by Jami Attenberg, “Flight” starring Denzel Washington & “Lincoln” starring Daniel Day-Lewis.

Read a book or go see a movie.

Opinion

Nancy’s Reads & Reels: “The Lost Daughter” by Lucy Ferriss, “The Deep Blue Sea,” “Won’t Back Down” & “The Trip” (in Decatur-Avondale Estates Patch)

A novel about a lost daughter and three movies you might want to see.

Books

Nancy’s Reads & Reels: Writing My First Book

A book about a dog named Lucky, written by a retired church secretary and illustrated by a homeless handyman.

Nancy’s Reads & Reels: The Decatur Book Festival and “Room” by Emma Donoghue (in Decatur-Avondale Estates Patch)

What I saw at the Decatur Book Festival.

Opinion

Nancy’s Reads & Reels: “Canada” by Richard Ford, “Hope Springs” and "Circumstance" (in Decatur-Avondale Estates Patch)

One book and two movies.

Opinion

Nancy's Reads & Reels: “Mr. Peanut,” “The Queen of Versailles” and “Beasts of the Southern Wild” (in Decatur-Avondale Estates Patch)

Ever wish you could ask the author of a book or the director of a movie what they were getting at? Read "Mr. Peanut" and go see "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and you might agree with me.

Arts & Entertainment

Nancy’s Reads & Reels: 'Gone Girl,' 'People Like Us' and 'Savages' (in Decatur-Avondale Estates Patch)

The audience gasped in "Savages," but not because of the bloodshed.

Arts & Entertainment

Nancy’s Reads & Reels: “Brave,” “Snow White and the Huntsman” & “Moonrise Kingdom” (in Decatur-Avondale Estates Patch)

Movies for young kids and older kids.

Books

Nancy's Reads & Reels: "behind the beautiful forevers," "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" and "Bernie" (in Decatur-Avondale Estates Patch)

One powerful book and two enjoyable movies.

Books

Nancy’s Reads & Reels: “The Raven” and “Townie” (in Decatur-Avondale Estates Patch)

The "Raven" tells you little about Edgar Allan Poe. "Townie" tells you a lot about author Andre Dubus III.

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