Literature
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Book review: The theft of a fresco leads to a tension-filled yarn in 'Fool Me Twice'
Dec 15, 2020 5:00 am - "Fool Me Twice" by Jeff Lindsay (Dutton) Riley Wolfe has surely met his match in "Fool Me Twice," the second novel in Jeff Lindsay's series about the sel...
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Review: The theft of a fresco leads to a tension-filled yarn
Dec 14, 2020 6:00 am - 'œFool Me Twice,'ť by Jeff Lindsay (Dutton) Riley Wolfe has surely met his match in 'œFool Me Twice,'ť the second novel in Jeff Lindsay's series about the self-proclaime...
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Brothers write a love letter to a food we all love - pizzaDec 12, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Let Thanksgiving have the turkey. Let Christmas have fruitcake. Every other day, it's got to be pizza. So argue Thom and James Elliot, brothers and pizza make...
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Join Young, Black, & Lit book drive for O.C. Allen Elementary SchoolDec 11, 2020 10:00 pm - O.C. Allen Elementary School in Aurora has a 92% minority population, yet its students often can't see themselves in the books they read. In 2012, the Cooperative Child...
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Local authors partner with new Illinois Rock and Roll Museum with their new bookDec 07, 2020 10:00 pm - Since the early 1970s, veteran concert photographer Jim Summaria of Algonquin, Ill., has captured some of the most famous classic rock-era acts at music venues in and ar...
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Review: 'Blind Vigil' a tense, fast-paced and hardboiled
Dec 07, 2020 6:00 am - "Blind Vigil," by Matt Coyle (Ocean View Publishing) It seems unlikely that a sightless private detective could be of much use, but in "Blind Vigil," the seventh book in...
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Emma Glass's 'Rest and Be Thankful' powerfully describes what it means to be a health care worker
Dec 07, 2020 5:00 am - "Rest and Be Thankful" by Emma Glass (Bloomsbury Circus) "We share this space where we are always on hold and are always on call," affirms Laura, the narrator of Em...
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Why read what everyone else is reading? A guide to this season's hidden gems.
Dec 07, 2020 5:00 am - Come the holiday gift-giving season, remember that you don't need to buy the same books that everyone else is buying. If you're going online anyway, take a few minutes t...
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The 10 best books of 2020
Dec 06, 2020 6:30 am - "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents" By Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, Nonfiction The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of "The Warmth of Other Suns" (201...
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5 thrillers that will have you on the edge of your seat
Dec 05, 2020 6:28 am - If, after the election, you aren't completely exhausted by the very idea of suspense, try any of these five late-in-the-year top-notch mysteries and thrillers, which are...