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Literature

Today's Recommended Read: "The Gene: An Intimate History" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

By Jim Slusher
Apr 30, 2020 5:30 am - Siddhartha Mukherjee's "The Gene: An Intimate History" is a wonderful book to read at any time. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it may have even greater appeal. The book i...
Today's Recommended Read: 'The Ride of a Lifetime' by Robert Iger

By Sean Stangland
Apr 30, 2020 1:00 am - "The Ride of a Lifetime," pitched as a blueprint for leadership with the subtitle "Lessons I Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company," now serves as a cu...
Book review: Yearning for escape? So is the heroine of Cara Black's heart-racing new novel.

By Maureen Corrigan The Washington Post
Apr 29, 2020 6:00 am - "Three Hours in Paris" by Cara Black (Soho Crime) Escape. It's what many of us are searching for in our reading right now. Perhaps it makes sense, then, ...
Today's Recommended Read: "Can't We Talk about Something More PLEASANT" by Roz Chast

By Burt Constable
Apr 29, 2020 5:06 am - Maybe it's the way the coronavirus hangs over our nation, tainting everything it touches. But if you are dealing with aging grandparents, aging parents or your aging sel...
Book review: New lovely tales for L'Engle fans in 'Moment of Tenderness'

By Molly Sprayregen Associated Press
Apr 28, 2020 6:00 am - “The Moment of Tenderness” by Madeleine L'Engle (Grand Central Publishing) “The Moment of Tenderness” gifts readers with a new batch of stories from the ...
Today's recommended read: "Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things"' by Jenny Lawson

By Melynda Findlay Shamie
Apr 28, 2020 5:13 am - Oddly enough, one of the funniest books I've ever read starts out talking about being buried in the depths of depression and paralyzed by anxiety. "Furiously Happy: ...
Review: '~If It Bleeds' gives Stephen King fans 4 new stories

By ROB MERRILL
Apr 27, 2020 7:00 am - 'œIf It Bleeds,'ť by Stephen King (Scribner) I like to think of Stephen King as a high-paid starting pitcher. Between starts - bestselling novels often thick enough to b...
Book review: Old West famous feud comes to life in 'Tombstone'

By Bruce DeSilva Associated Press
Apr 27, 2020 6:00 am - "Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride From Hell" by Tom Clavin (St. Martin's Press) In 1881, five Earp brothers gathered in ...
Today's Recommended Read: "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens

By Sandy Koropp Special to the Daily Herald
Apr 27, 2020 5:30 am - If you haven't read "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens, now's the TIME! Owens has her Ph.D. in Animal Behavior and studied lions and elephants in Africa for 23 ye...
Book review: 'Book of Longings' has an ambitious, lasting power

By Genine Babakian Associated Press
Apr 26, 2020 7:28 am - "The Book of Longings" by Sue Monk Kidd (Viking) "I am Ana. I was the wife of Jesus ben Joseph of Nazareth. I called him Beloved and he, laughing, called...

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