Who’s the Publisher? And Why it’s Important You may not be able to tell a book by its cover, and I personally give thanks for
THE GOOD LORD BIRD It’s not any wonder that James McBride’s latest book, The Good Lord Bird won the 2013 National Book Award, and I
I am happy to introduce and welcome our latest book reviewer, Brandy Burgess. Brandy’s addition to the staff is one more plus in lowering the
Reading Journal #9 – Thurs. – Fri., 2/18-19 It’s snowing, it’s blowing, the old gal is slowing. She went to bed with her book unread and was
A big Thank You! to Claire Barnes for mentioning Bookin’ with Sunny in her blog piece If Not Now…..When? in HuffPost 50. We at BWS appreciate her kind
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
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
HOW IT ALL BEGAN I can’t say why it has taken me so long to read a Penelope Lively novel. I can say I’m sorry
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
MOSTLY WHITE DEPENDING ON WHO’S ASKING I picked up Mostly White at a trade show, choosing it solely because its publisher is Torrey House Press,
ECOLOGY TALE FROM STAMFORD CT The Story of Little Pumpkin and his Pop in Stamford, CT Little Pumpkin: Wow, Pop, they finally took us out
THE FACT OF A DOORFRAME POEM BY POEM Storm Warnings The glass has been falling all the afternoon, And knowing better than the instrument What
TAHOE HIT, AN OWEN MCKENNA MYSTERY Ever since the Covid-19 pandemic, time seems to move at a pace determined to mess with our internal calendars.
Can the Bookish Life be enough for Nina Hill? Happy New Year, dear readers, and what better way to start the new year than to
The Beekeeper of Aleppo gives voice to asylum seekers with compassion and complexity. People whose troubles we only thought we knew. Christy Lefteri’s novel The
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