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Val Kilmer's 'I'm Your Huckleberry' offers a scatterbrained journey into his idiosyncratic head space

By Thomas Floyd The Washington Post
May 03, 2020 7:00 am - “I'm Your Huckleberry” by Val Kilmer (Simon & Schuster) Val Kilmer acknowledges early in “I'm Your Huckleberry,” his absorbing but uneven memoir, that sp...
Today's Recommended Read: "Grandma Gatewood's Walk" by Ben Montgomery

By Sandy Koropp Special to the Daily Herald
May 02, 2020 8:00 am - You just won't believe "Grandma Gatewood's Walk" by Ben Montgomery: This nonfiction book will make you laugh and think and will compel you to tell people about it. Emma...
Fox Valley educator, author shares his vision for family learning

By Dave Heun
May 01, 2020 6:00 am - For the better part of two decades, William Russell made the pitch through a newspaper column that parents should extend learning beyond school walls by educationally en...
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...

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