“And that’s when I understood what Miss Farthingdale had meant… We don’t have a future in English because there’s no such thing. It was just
One thing leading to another is the case when reading about an unearthed time capsule brings me back to Thaddeus Kosciuszko. Last Thursday, August 31st,
Sometimes when picking a new book to review, it’s best not to look at the advance praise printed on the back cover. Words like “epic,
Here’s an update to a favorite book I reviewed fourteen years ago. Our name recognition for American Revolutionary War luminaries may not bring up Thaddeus
At the end of his historical biography of General Alex Dumas, The Black Count Tom Reiss cites a passage written by the General’s famous son.
SETTING FREE THE KITES It’s not often that we read a book with as many laughs as tears, but Alex George has done it again
It is exciting when a new book from Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse hits the bookshelves of stores and libraries (though it is a little daunting
Not another list. I’m really too late for a list, but check out our reviews, there are some great “dad” reads. No, I’m writing about
Karen Hesse’s photographs which illuminate and give depth to her YA novel, Safekeeping, got me to poking around online to see who else likes illustrated
It is February fellow-Americans, and we know, as readers, students, television programmers and booksellers, what that means: It’s Black History Month! What I’ve never understood
True Believers is a book for boomers, the generation that came of age in the 1960’s, a turbulent time of political unrest in America. There were
Instinct: A way of behaving, thinking, or feeling that is not learned; a natural desire or tendency that makes you want to act in a
Night Watch presents an intricate literary puzzle, where multiple characters and their lives interlock together, creating an unexpected back-lit photograph of London in the 1940s.
Happy Father’s Day – Books for Dad This is going out on a limb, but here are some recommendations from Bookin’ with Sunny: For dads
Black History Month – I can’t believe I have not upgraded this essay and list of interesting titles since 2013. Today, in our frightening political
HOMEGOING — Retrieval of family ties Not since Alex Haley’s Roots have I been so taken by a novel with characters spanning more than three
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