To kids growing up in the 1950’s, the name Mary Martin meant just one thing: Peter Pan. This was a television re-creation of the 1954
Hamilton, the biography and Hamilton, The Musical My son-in-law encouraged me to read Chernow’s Alexander Hamilton. I bought it but didn’t read it until my
LILAC GIRLS Lilac Girls sweeps through the mid-twentieth century international scene with both breadth and depth. Martha Hall Kelly’s novel features three women—a New York
Not long ago I enthusiastically reviewed Chris Pavone’s new novel, The Accident, for “Bookin’ with Sunny.” Because I liked The Accident so much, I immediately
STAR OF THE NORTH D.B. John’s thriller, Star of the North, pulls back the curtain on North Korea’s secretive milieu. The novel explores the terrain
Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet Once again I’m going to review a novel written about historic figures, one that fictionalizes the characters and
THE PHILOSOPHICAL BREAKFAST CLUB The Philosophical Breakfast Club may be the book to answer questions you never knew you wanted to ask. How did we get from
Readers of Scottish ancestry should not miss Arthur Herman’s How the Scots Invented the Modern World. His thesis confirms what my bagpipe-loving father and my
Queen Hereafter – A Novel of Margaret of Scotland Early Scottish history has always seemed murky to me, with a great deal of violence and
Claude & Camille A Novel of Monet Today, if one hears the name of the artist Claude Monet, a picture of a Japanese bridge crossing
The Shadow Queen: A Novel of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor Talk about false advertising!!! I chose to read Rebecca Dean’s novel, The Shadow Queen,
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