YCA Book Club
Join YCA next Thursday, June 4th, as we wrap up our discussions of “Let This Radicalize You” by Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes.
If you weren’t able to join us before, now is a great time as we will be covering the book in full. All are welcome! Book available at the library, online, and locally at Sunny’s.
First Friday
Come downtown and celebrate First Friday! Sunny’s will be open until 8PM and everything will be 10% off.
May Book Club - Online
Book club discussion will take place virtually over Zoom, at 11AM PST.
Author Event: Dora Rodriguez
Join us for an author event with Dora Rodriguez, advocate for migration justice and memoirist. Dora will be reading from her memoir and books will be for sale to be signed by the author. This is a FREE event to attend, but we ask that you RSVP here or below so we have a good headcount and can prepare the space.
Dora will be joined in conversation by Priscila Ruedas, a Yuma local and public health professional who works in health equity for minority population.
This event will be bilingual, and we will have both English and Spanish versions of Dora’s memoir available for purchase at the store.
About the book:
Dora: A Daughter of Unforgiving Terrain is a gripping memoir by Dora Rodriguez, one of only thirteen survivors of a harrowing 1980 crossing through the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona during El Salvador’s civil war. At just nineteen, Dora risked everything to flee political violence, only to be met with new dangers along the migrant trail. Her story unfolds in vivid, heart-wrenching detail, from a childhood of hardship and resilience in Santa Ana, El Salvador, to the moment she collapses in the desert, left for dead, and through to her eventual rise as a humanitarian leader in the U.S. borderlands. Her story became one of the catalysts for the Sanctuary City movement in Tucson.
Now the Founder and Director of Salvavision, Dora shares her journey with unflinching honesty, illuminating the realities of forced migration and the resilience it demands. This is a story of survival, service, and the enduring hope that drives people to risk everything for a better life.
For readers of Solito and The Line Becomes a River, this book offers a firsthand account of forced migration and the strength it takes to rebuild. An essential title for readers drawn to immigration stories, human rights, and voices of lived experience.
Sunny’s Salon
To honor Pride Month, this edition of Sunny’s Salon we will be talking about and recommending our favorite queer reads. We also will have a curated selection of books available to be purchased and donated to one n ten. one n ten is a nhances the lives of LGBTQ+ youth and young adults, ages 11-24, by providing empowering social and service programs that promote self‐expression, self‐acceptance, leadership development, and healthy life choices.
June Book Club - Online
Book club discussion will take place virtually over Zoom, at 11AM PST.
Author Event: Raquel Gutiérrez
Join us for an author event for the debut poetry collection from Raquel Gutiérrez, author of acclaimed 2022 essay collection Brown Neon. Raquel will be reading from their collection and books will be for sale to be signed by the author. This is a FREE event to attend, but we ask that you RSVP here or below so we have a good headcount and can prepare the space.
About the book:
Southwest Reconstruction is a disquieting journey through the uncharted dreamspace of memory and loss, expulsion and shelter, family and recognition. Through an eclectic range of forms and echoes drawn from the relational complexities of occupying the difficult terrains of unceded land, these poems are critical improvisations of creation, closures of an imperceptible sense of displacement, and interconnecting routes mapping the vastness of a desire to belong.
Divided into three sections, the text’s vocal registers act as noisy divining rods for kinship and ancestral communication; a sonic brown butch vernacular strumming notes out of sorrow and mettle. Written over the course of almost ten years in the Southern Arizona landscape, these poems function as a psychic Thomas Guide diving into the wreck of settler logics looming large in the rearview mirror of mestizaje and the mythological ruptures left in their wake.
April Book Club - Online
Book club discussion will take place virtually over Zoom, at 11AM PST.
First Friday
Come downtown and celebrate First Friday! Sunny’s will be open until 8PM and everything will be 10% off.
Indie Bookstore Day
Join us in celebrating
Independent Bookstore Day
at Sunny’s, Yuma’s ONLY
Independent Bookstore!
\We will be having sales, photo ops, the chance to win a $500 giftcard, and the Libro.fm Golden Ticket will be hidden for the chance to win a free year of audiobooks!
March Book Club - Online
Book club discussion will take place virtually over Zoom, at 11AM PST.
First Friday
Come downtown and celebrate First Friday! Sunny’s will be open until 8PM and everything will be 10% off.
February Book Club - Online
Book club discussion will take place virtually over Zoom, at 11AM PST.
First Friday
Come downtown and celebrate First Friday! Sunny’s will be open until 8PM and everything will be 10% off.
Book Bedazzling Night
Join us at Sunny’s for a night bedazzling our favorite books on Friday, February 13th from 6PM-9PM at Sunny’s Bookstore, 261 S. Main St.
Bring your own books or buy a copy at Sunny’s the night of—we’ll supply the rest. Ticket includes all materials (rhinestones, tools, glue) drinks, and snacks.
We will have a spread of wine, beer, non-alcoholic options, and light bites.
You’re welcome to bring your own dinner in to eat if you want!
Event limited to 25 attendee’s, make sure you grab a ticket for each person in your group.
Sunny’s Salon
Join us for the first Sunny’s Salon on 2026, where we will be setting our 2026 reading goals together and developing our own bookish bingo boards.
Book Bedazzling Night
Join us at Sunny’s for a night bedazzling our favorite books on Friday, November 14th from 6PM-9PM at Sunny’s Bookstore, 261 S. Main St.
Bring your own books or buy a copy at Sunny’s the night of—we’ll supply the rest. Ticket includes all materials (rhinestones, tools, glue) drinks, and snacks.
We will have a spread of wine, beer, non-alcoholic options, and light bites.
You’re welcome to bring your own dinner in to eat if you want!
Event limited to 25 attendee’s, make sure you grab a ticket for each person in your group.
First Friday
Come downtown and celebrate First Friday! Sunny’s will be open until 8PM and everything will be 10% off.
October Book Club - Online
Book club discussion will take place virtually over Zoom, at 11AM PST.
Sunny’s Salon
Join us for the October edition of Sunny’s Salon.
What to expect this month?
Tarot! Witchy crafts! Bring some spooky books to recommend.
Banned Book Read In
Banned book read in. Attendees receive a free audiobook from Libro.fm.
September Book Club - Online
Book club discussion will take place virtually over Zoom, at 11AM PST.
First Friday
Come downtown and celebrate First Friday! Sunny’s will be open until 8PM and everything will be 10% off.
KYR Craft Night
Join YCA abolition for a craft night making KYR cards and learn more about how to protect your neighbors.
Sunny’s Salon
Join us for the October edition of Sunny’s Salon.
What to expect this month?
A lively adult spelling bee with prizes.
Harm Reduction Event
Join us at Sunny’s for a presentation by X.M. Dimas for a presentation around substance use, ear acupuncture, and more. Food to be provided and a suggested donation of $5-$10 is asked to go towards the fundraiser.
August Book Club - Online
Book club discussion will take place virtually over Zoom, at 11AM PST.
First Friday
Come downtown and celebrate First Friday! Sunny’s will be open until 8PM and everything will be 10% off.
Sunny’s Salon
Join us for the August edition of Sunny’s Salon.
What to expect this month?
📚 15 minutes of bookish speed dating
📚 15 minutes of silent reading with lofi music
📚 Open conversation centered around: Last, Now, Next. Come prepared to talk about the last book you read, what you’re currently reading, and what’s next on your TBR.
July Book Club - Online
Book club discussion will take place virtually over Zoom, at 11AM PST.
Bloomsbury Collective Book Club
The Bloomsbury Collective hosts their book club meeting at Sunny’s every last Wednesday of the month. To keep up to date with their book choices and offerings, be sure to follow them on Instagram.
