The Winkest Link

By Wink

I normally don’t do book reviews.

Any I do would probably be dated, because I rarely feel the need to purchase any book the first moment it appears at the bookstore (Harry Potter being the notable exception, of course)

I read a lot, but have specialized interests. Most of what interests me, history for example, doesn’t require that books be ‘new.’

But, strolling through the bookstore, I stumbled upon the new Carol Burnett book, “This Time Together.”

Hey, who DOESN’T like Carol Burnett? So I started thumbing through it.

Normally I toss back ‘celebrity’ books fairly quickly. They are usually self-serving, or scandalizing, or both, but this was none of that.

It was just fun.

There cannot be an easier read. The chapters are pretty much all three or four page stories of the various people she knew in her adult life. (She previously chronicled her difficult youth in a book released in 1986.)

David Wiegand of the San Francisco Chronicle was not as smitten as I with the book, but gives it a moderately kind review anyway. Perhaps he was hoping for a dirty laundry tell-all type of book.

Maybe she can do that next time, but it seems unlikely. It just seems like she was placed on earth to entertain and charm us. Like she does in this book.

Buy it. You won’t regret it. Better yet, give a copy to a good friend. It is sure to brighten their day…