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Book review: A private eye's death sets a Chicago cop on a hairy investigation in 'Dead and Gone'

By Bruce DeSilva
Aug 12, 2023 6:00 AM - A private eye named Sam Tran is dead, hanged from a tree in a local cemetery, and Chicago P.D. Detective Annalisa Vega catches the case in Joanna Schaffhausen's "Dead and Gone," her third vivid crime novel featuring Vega.
Book review: Colson Whitehead pens entertaining, uneven sequel to 2021 bestseller 'Harlem Shuffle'

By ANN LEVIN
Aug 5, 2023 6:00 AM - As Colson Whitehead did in "Harlem Shuffle," the author mixes noir crime tropes and social history to present a slant, cynical view of New York as a thoroughly rotten Big Apple, only occasionally redeemed by individual acts of love, loyalty and kindness, in the sequel "Crook Manifesto."
Friends of Wheaton Public Library plan Book and Media Sale Aug. 10-13

Submitted by Carolyn DeAre
Aug 4, 2023 11:42 PM - The Friends of the Wheaton Public Library are gearing up for their biggest fundraiser of the year.
Book review: Still foolin' -- Richard Russo revisits upstate New York in third novel

By Rob Merrill
Aug 1, 2023 6:00 AM - Richard Russo is back with the third book in his "Fool" series, and while it feels climactic, the author hasn't formally said if it officially ends the trilogy he began in 1993 with "Nobody's Fool" and revisited more than two decades later in "Everybody's Fool" (2016).
Book review: Take a ride on Richard E. Grant's emotional roller coaster memoir 'A Pocketful of Happiness'

By Cristina Jaleru
Jul 31, 2023 9:45 AM - The title of Richard E. Grant's memoir, "A Pocketful of Happiness," is both misleading and utterly truthful. On the one hand, the book is full of charming anecdotes that are indicative of the Swaziland-born, British actor's sunny disposition, but, on the other, it charts the grim journey of losing his wife of 35 years to lung cancer in the span of 10 months.
Local historical fiction author Renee Rosen to visit Huntley Area Public Library July 27

Submitted by Doug Cataldo
Jul 26, 2023 6:57 PM - Renee Rosen, bestselling author of historical fiction, is coming to the Huntley Area Public Library on Thursday, July 27.
Geneva library to offer sneak peek at Shakespeare in the Park's 'Love's Labour's Lost'

Submitted by Geneva Cultural Arts Commission
Jul 19, 2023 3:31 PM - Get a behind-the-scenes look at this year's Shakespeare in the Park play, "Love's Labour's Lost," on Saturday, July 22, at Geneva Public Library.
Elgin Donor Club to host annual book review with Jenny Riddle on Sept. 28

Submitted by Donor Club of Elgin
Jul 18, 2023 10:38 AM - The Donor Club of Elgin has announced their annual book review and luncheon. It will be held on Thursday, Sept. 28, at the Elgin Country Club.
Book review: A fast-paced, tension-laden plot at heart of Reed Farrel Coleman's 'Sleepless City'

By Bruce Desilva
Jul 15, 2023 6:00 AM - Nick Ryan, the protagonist in a new series by veteran crime novelist Reed Farrel Coleman, begins his fictional life with a lot of baggage. Regardless, "Sleepless City" is a vivid, beautifully written portrait of an American city and a new hero willing and able to administer his own brand of justice regardless of personal cost.
Review: 'Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS' gives singular access to the world's biggest band

By MARIA SHERMAN
Jul 11, 2023 7:18 AM - Like most releases from the world's biggest band, the debut memoir from the seven-member K-pop group BTS, "Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS," was a smashing success from the moment the public learned of an anonymous, forthcoming text. But unlike most BTS drops, the 544-page book became a bestseller before the subject matter was even revealed.

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