SNAFU – REMEDIED Last night I attempted to post a book review of Toni Morrison’s novel Home. The keyword is “attempted.” I did everything right. Three times
HOME — MORE THAN A HOUSE OR THE PLACE YOU COME FROM “Home” is rather like a jigsaw puzzle (another of my favorite pastimes). It
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
New Review Category: Books for the Curious Reader Books for whom? The curious reader. Those readers who might find a single book an invitation to
ON LOVE, A NOVEL How many novels are written by philosophers? More than you might think: Voltaire, Camus, Sartre, Kierkegaard, Huxley, it’s a lengthy list.
What’s Not to Love About Collecting and Reading Books? At seventy-six, my habit of collecting books is waning, and it has dawned on me that
READING INDOORS OR OUTDOORS Where and when do we read? I’ve come to the conclusion that the answer depends on age. I’m no longer
A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW The year is 1922, the victorious Bolsheviks, firmly in power, stand in judgment on an unrepentant aristocrat, Alexander Ilyich Rostov. Count
Our reviewer Brandy Burgess is a big moviegoer as well as a book reader and what a pleasure for us to link her review of
NEW REVIEWER ALERT AND WELCOME Bookin’ with Sunny is happy to introduce our readers to our newest reviewer, Sheila Sobell: Sheila Sobell is an award-winning
WHY I AM NOT A FEMINIST Like veteran news anchorman Howard Beale in the 1976 film Network, Jessa Crispin is “mad as hell,” and she’s
MANJHI MOVES A MOUNTAIN When asked what kind of book I most enjoy reviewing, children’s picture books are right up there near the top. I’m
Search for the New Land shook me awake and into the world of Julius Lester’s Black experience. Sometimes my reading habits set me off like
BLOOD DAZZLER I can’t think of a more appropriate book to review in this prolonged season of hurricanes than Patricia Smith’s Blood Dazzler, her 2008
WELCOME TO BWS’S NEWEST REVIEWER – LISA PETERSON Bookin’ with Sunny is always happy to acquire new reviewers, especially those who come recommended by
The Second Mrs. Hockaday, a book club favorite Belonging to the Clayton Community Library Book Club has its perks. Members now spread the wealth by
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