The Mystery of Lewis Carroll
The Mystery of Lewis Carroll, Discovering the Whimsical, Thoughtful, and Sometimes Lonely Man Who Created “Alice in Wonderland.” The Mystery of Lewis Carroll, a well-researched
The Mystery of Lewis Carroll, Discovering the Whimsical, Thoughtful, and Sometimes Lonely Man Who Created “Alice in Wonderland.” The Mystery of Lewis Carroll, a well-researched
Calling a book ‘an academic novel’ is often a kiss of death, but in the case of Martha Woodroof’s Small Blessings, it is a breath
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Is there anything to be gained by reading another book about the World War II internment of Japanese Americans to relocation camps? If the book
BROWN GIRL DREAMING, Snapshots in verse The poetry of Brown Girl Dreaming fills pages like Polaroid snapshots, described through the nostalgic lens of a child
Whenever I read a book about the German occupation of France during World War II, I am aghast at the horrible living conditions, the deprivations,
The Book of Speculation As Sunny’s regular readers must have surmised by now, I’m not much of a fan of science fiction and I never
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LILLIAN BOXFISH TAKES A WALK As one might surmise from the tongue-in-cheek title, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk sojourns through a charming sequence of encounters,
THE GREAT ALONE The Great Alone is the third Kristin Hannah novel I have reviewed for “Bookin’ with Sunny.” I am a great fan of
CZECHING IN: ADVENTURES BEYOND PRAGUE In her self-published memoir-guidebook-history, Lenka Glassner offers insightful and often humorous glimpses of herself, her culture, her history, and her
Another Brooklyn To read anything by Jacqueline Woodson is to expect the unexpected, not only for the stories themselves but for the imaginative way they
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Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk inside NYC and her life. Most everyone who has read and commented on Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk (written by
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WORLD WAR I, KENYAN COFFEE, AND ROSETTI An unseasonable stormy day? Time to curl up with a good book? Lauren Willig’s The Ashford Affair is
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