Tag: book review

Happy Anniversary, Pope Leo XIV! White Smoke, Two Gulls and a Pope by Katie Warner tells the story of his election.

Bonnie Way May 7, 2026

Happy Anniversary to Pope Leo XIV!

Catholicism

"A Heart in a Body in a World is a story for our times. Annabelle Agnelli is not a stranger, but a sister, a young woman who represents many young women today. While her run may be fictional, the issues she faced are frighteningly real." Book review of A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti.

Bonnie Way May 3, 2026

A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti

Fiction

"'You're such a good mother.' That's what they say, and I know they mean it kindly, but it's all that anyone ever sees about me or knows about me. 'Elly Sparrow, good mother.' That's not about me, that's about my kids. How they behave, how they look. What if I didn't have kids? What about that person? Somewhere in here is me." Quote from Rules for Mothers by Julie Swendsen Young.

Bonnie Way March 10, 2026

Rules for Mothers by Julie Swendsen Young (book review)

Fiction

Wuthering Heights: a story of dysfunctional family and generational abuse. Photo of hardcover copy of Wuthering Heights against a green background by Bonnie Way.

Bonnie Way March 3, 2026

Wuthering Heights: a story of dysfunctional family and generational abuse

Fiction

Book review of Eleanor Herman's Off With Her Head. "Herman describe a "clear pattern of vilification across the millennia and throughout history" of women in leadership, which reinforces misogynistic, patriarchal ideas that are harmful to women everywhere." Book cover from Amazon.

Bonnie Way February 27, 2026

Off with Her Head by Eleanor Herman (book review)

Nonfiction

Why the Book is Always Better than the Movie. Covers of two Harry Potter books, Divergent, Hung Games, and Northanger Abbey shown.

Bonnie Way January 2, 2026

Why the Book is Always Better than the Movie

Entertainment

"Hegerat's stories are about normal people in everyday scenes, and yet each story leaves the reader with a small sense of understanding, of change, of the little ways in which one choice can impact our lives." Book review of Betty Jane Hegerat's short story collection A Crack in the Wall.

Bonnie Way December 20, 2025

Book Review: A Crack in the Wall by Betty Jane Hegerat

Fiction

"It is important to put in the same amount of time and energy into taking care of yourself that you spend taking care of your family." ~ Dr. Frances Victory, author of Journey to the New You workbook

Bonnie Way September 23, 2025

Journey to Finding the New You by Frances Victory (review)

Mothering

"When I accepted the church’s name for me, I lost my power and vivacity and authenticity because their name for me wasn’t true. They reduced my identity of wife, mother and singer. Yes, I am those things, but I am also many other things. I am also an individual with opinions and ideas. I’m a communicator and an artist. When any person is deliberately limited because of their gender, race, sexuality and so on, bells and sirens should being going off in our minds.” quote from Shannon Harris' book The Woman They Wanted.

Bonnie Way June 12, 2025

The Woman They Wanted by Shannon Harris (book review)

Nonfiction

"In any case, it was then I recognized that my own values–the tenets I hold dear as an Englishman–they were not the only, nor the best, values in existence. I understood there were many ways of being in the world, that to privilege one rigid set of beliefs over another was to lose something." quote from Washington Black by Esi Edugyan.

Bonnie Way May 30, 2025

Washington Black by Esi Edugyen (winner of the 2018 Giller Prize)

Fiction