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Love Pop Flowers make beautifully crafted pop-up cards. Floral bouquets, stationery and sticker cards, Star Wars and Marvel and Disney-themed items. Made of paper, they are intricately laser cut and very detailed. This is a sponsored post on behalf of Love Pop. I received the product in exchange for this review but all opinions are my own and were not influenced in any way. This post contains affiliate links. If you click a link and make a purchase, Poe in Wonderland will earn a small commission for the referral at no cost to you. They were kind enough to gift me with 3 cards to try out. I decided to do a video review so you can really see them vs. only on their website. I specifically asked for the Cherry Blossom card since I’ve become low-key obsessed with this flower after reading about it in backdrops of book scenes,…

This is a sponsored post on behalf of Storiarts.com. I received the product in exchange for my review but all opinions are my own and not influenced in any way. Being the literature lover that I am, I couldn’t help but be intrigued when I spotted a coffee called Gothic Roast while surfing the Storiarts.com site one day. I’m a fan of their literary items and check their site periodically to see what’s new. They take literary quotes and passages and print them on everything from t-shirts to scarves to blankets and home goods. And then, apparently coffee. I’ve reviewed 3 of their products in the past so I asked them if I could do the same with their new coffee. My suggestion was that I try it with 3 friends as a tasting. They liked the idea and kindly sent their product. The company’s description of their coffee: Our…

Tried a Thai and Chinese restaurant this week I’ve heard about forever while living in Atlanta. Little Bangkok is located down on Cheshire Bridge Road in a small strip mall. It’s over 20 years old now and has a pretty loyal following. The first thing you need to know is that parking is tight. I bypassed the lot because people literally double park to fit in the space. I parked next door risking a tow truck since it was only for lunch. The restaurant is more traditionally decorated with Thai posters and menus on the walls. I sat in a booth surrounded by a crowd consisting of diners in suits obviously on their lunch hour, friends having lunch, and older couples. Nice atmosphere.  I ordered their Tom Ka soup to start. It was different from what I normally expect when it comes to this dish. A little thicker and a…

In search of something good to read? USA TODAY’s Barbara VanDenburgh scopes out the shelves for this week’s hottest new book releases. Published January 22, 2020 1. “Almost Just Friends,” by Jill Shalvis (William Morrow, fiction, on sale Jan. 21) This post may contain affiliate links and we may earn compensation when you click on the links at no additional cost to you. What it’s about: After her parents died, tough-as-nails Piper Manning raised her younger siblings, who are now all grown. Now, at 30, she’s ready to sell the house and move on to live life on her own terms. But a fling with a charming Drug Enforcement Administration agent with his own trauma threatens to upend her plans. The buzz: “Shalvis will immediately grab the reader’s attention with a strong heroine and caring connection between two wounded souls,” says Publishers Weekly. 2. “A Long Petal of the Sea,” by Isabel Allende (Ballantine, fiction, on sale…

Knives Out opened on Thanksgiving and I could not wait. I love mysteries in books and film and the trailer looked so good especially with its cast. Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Christopher Plummer and more. Written and directed by Rian Johnson, of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) fame and another worthwhile mystery – Brick (2005), the story is obviously styled after Agatha Christie. Rian Johnson has referenced her in interviews. Nothing more thrilling in a mystery setting than a large, stately manor with scores of rooms crammed with objets d’art, stuffed animals, books, fireplaces, and bickering relatives. Photo Credit: Lionsgate Knives Out is about the death of Harlan Thrombey an internationally famous mystery writer who’s written hundreds of novels translated in multiple languages. He’s the patriarch of a family who’s gathered for his 85th birthday at his manor. The morning after the party Harlan is discovered…

Welcome to December. So far in Atlanta, Georgia it’s been a mixture of fall weather in the ’60’s to winter the past two days in the ’40’s. The south doesn’t always make its mind up about the weather! This post may contain affiliate links and we may earn compensation when you click on the links at no additional cost to you. John and I were lucky enough to travel down to Charleston, South Carolina for one night in late November. The Lowcountry as it’s called is one of my favorite places. I am from South Carolina and it feels like home. We stayed on King Street about two blocks from the city market. Before I travel, I like to research restaurants for all of our meals. And, I don’t mean look up a few. I deep dive into cross referencing places. I went to TripAdvisor first and pulled up top…

Universal Pictures My friend, Lane, and I love to see movies together. We’ve hit up some good ones over the past few years. Recently, Crazy Rich Asians and Rocketman. After all of the steroid holiday hype of Last Christmas with Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding, we decided it was one we had to check out. Lane watched all of Game of Thrones (me only here and there) with Emilia Clarke and we both love Henry Golding from Crazy Rich Asians. It still amazes me that was his debut movie – or at least his first big role. Emilia Clarke as Kate in “Last Christmas,” directed by Paul Feig. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9CEIcmWmtA Great holiday rom-com! Best Christmas movie ever. …dripping with holiday sweetness Worth Giving your Heart To These are some of the promotions on social media and tv/radio to get you over the top excited. You have to know it isn’t going…

Review by Jennifer Graham A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick I can’t even express how much I love this book! I didn’t want this story to end!– Reese Witherspoon I recently finished reading Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. It debuted in August 2018 and has sold more than 1.5 million copies. A #1 New York Times bestseller – it is an emotional story I will carry with me awhile. Here’s the description of the book from the inside of its cover: This post may contain affiliate links and we may earn compensation when you click on the links at no additional cost to you. For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But…

It’s a good lie is part of the main foundation of Lulu Wang’s film The Farewell about a Chinese family in a medical crisis. Based on her own grandmother’s experience, Wang has written and directed a meaningful film about what happens when a family with different viewpoints and lives has to reunite and support a cause for the greater good even if they truly don’t want to. Nai Nai (meaning paternal grandmother) is the head of the family. We see her in the beginning of the film talking long distance from China to her beloved granddaughter Billi, played by the wonderful Awkwafina, in New York. Nai Nai is seen at the doctor’s office being tested, and later we see her younger sister receiving the news that Nai Nai has terminal cancer. Interestingly, in China the law does not require doctors to give patients their diagnoses so her sister can inquire…

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