Literature
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Book review: Mitch Albom's 'The Next Person You Meet in Heaven' is pure froth
Oct 21, 2018 7:29 AM - Mitch Albom has sold so many books that three out of the five people you meet in heaven carry copies under their wings. Albom has now produced a sequel: "The Next Person You Meet in Heaven." This book follows the formula of its predecessor -- melodramatic flashbacks, greeting-card homilies -- but heaven has been spruced up since we were here last. -
Book review: Ellie Kemper endears herself to fans in 'My Squirrel Days'
Oct 20, 2018 7:00 AM - Ellie Kemper's debut novel, "My Squirrel Days," is exactly what you would expect from the comedian. It's rich in personality, teeming with energy and full of laugh-out-loud moments. -
Pulitzer Prize-winning author to speak in North ChicagoOct 17, 2018 4:10 PM - James Forman Jr., a 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winning author for Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America, will explore the rise of mass incarceration and its disproportionate impact on people of color in a presentation from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 19 at Greenbelt Cultural Center, 1215 Green Bay Road, North Chicago.
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Friends of St. Charles Library host fall book sale Oct. 19-21
Oct 16, 2018 8:26 PM - Stock up for winter reading at bargain prices Friends of St. Charles Public Library will hold its annual Fall Used Book Sale Oct. 19-21. -
Lots of titles at Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale Oct. 18-20
Oct 16, 2018 7:14 PM - Stock up on lots of great new titles at the Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale at the Dundee Library Oct. 18-20. -
'Anything You Can Imagine' recounts quest to film Tolkien
Oct 16, 2018 1:34 PM - Exhilarating if exhausting 'Anything You Can Imagine' recounts years-long quest to film 'Lord of the Rings'
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Review: Josie Silver writes captivating love story
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Review: 'The Darkness' is insightful character study
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Ellie Kemper endears herself to fans in 'My Squirrel Days'
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Tana French returns, siding with victim in 'The Witch Elm'
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