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Schaumburg Library names poetry contest winners

Submitted by Schaumburg Township District Library
Jul 02, 2020 1:00 am - The Schaumburg Township District Library has named the winners of its 2020 poetry contest. Pretti Singh won in the adult category for "In a Time of Distance," Madison Sc...
Review: Paul Doiron cranks up a suspenseful, fast-paced plot

By BRUCE DESILVA
Jun 29, 2020 7:00 am - 'œOne Last Lie,'ť by Paul Doiron (Minotaur) Fifteen years ago, a young Maine game warden went undercover to investigate a poaching ring in Maine's north woods and was n...
Book review: 'Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why' is hilarious and stingingly poignant

By Julie Klam The Washington Post
Jun 29, 2020 6:00 am - “Nothing is Wrong and Here is Why” by Alexandra Petri (W.W. Norton) The first time I stumbled across an Alexandra Petri column in The Washington Post, I ...
An Irish expat in Hong Kong lands in a love triangle in 'Exciting Times'

By Bethanne Patrick The Washington Post
Jun 28, 2020 7:30 am - "Exciting Times" by Naoise Dolan (Ecco) Back in the days when the envoys of the British Empire made a habit of telling tall tales about far-off places, a...
Book review: The writer who inspired Sue Grafton - her father - gets a welcome republished mystery novel

By Maureen Corrigan The Washington Post
Jun 27, 2020 7:27 am - "The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope" by C.W. Grafton (Library of Congress Crime Classics in partnership with Poisoned Pen Press and Source Books) Sue Grafton...
Constable: To cope with virus, Dr. Bryant pens haikus. All better than this.

By Burt Constable
Jun 27, 2020 1:00 am - In March, the state was shutting down, the nation was in a panic, medical supplies were hard to find, and Dr. Gail Bryant of Arlington Heights needed a way to express al...
Book review: Elliot Ackerman's latest is a tense tale from Turkey

By Rob Merrill Associated Press
Jun 24, 2020 6:00 am - “Red Dress in Black & White,” by Elliot Ackerman (Alfred A. Knopf) If you know your Bosphorus from phosphorus and Gezi Park means something to you, you'l...
'Imagine Your Story' with Wheaton library reading challenge

Submitted by Wheaton Public Library
Jun 23, 2020 11:00 pm - The Wheaton Public Library invites readers, young and old, to participate in the 2020 Summer Reading Challenge: Imagine Your Story! There are four reading programs this ...
You're not alone: Thrillers and mysteries that also feature characters stuck in isolation

By Carol Memmott The Washington Post
Jun 23, 2020 6:00 am - Sheltering in place doesn't mean you can't go visiting. You can drop in on fictional characters trapped in isolated houses in out-of-the-way places. No social distancing...
Book review: 'Death in Her Hands' offers an eccentric murder mystery

By Ann Levin Associated Press
Jun 22, 2020 6:00 am - “Death in Her Hands,” by Ottessa Moshfegh (Penguin Press) Dark doesn't even begin to describe Ottessa Moshfegh's latest novel, “Death in Her Hands.” Try ...

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