Literature
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Local blogger the Good Book Fairy shares 20 books that will make you laughMar 24, 2020 6:00 am - As a full-time book blogger, reviewer and speaker, I've read hundreds and hundreds of books. I've been encouraging everyone who is able to follow the charge to stay hom...
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No one knew a Naperville teen couldn't see until he was 15. His mom's new book explains why.Mar 24, 2020 1:00 am - Sebastian Duesing is an art student who can't see - at least not in the typical way. His blindness wasn't discovered until three years ago, when he was 15 and his famil...
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Review: 'Untold Story' dives backstage at 'The Office'
Mar 23, 2020 7:00 am - 'œThe Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History,'ť Dutton, by Andy Greene The show started as practically a shot-for-shot remake of ...
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Review: 'The Glass Hotel' a tragic tale for the times
Mar 23, 2020 7:00 am - 'œThe Glass Hotel,'ť Alfred A. Knopf, by Emily St. John Mandel How does one follow up a National Book Award nominee? With something completely different, of course. Emil...
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Today's recommended read: 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' by Maria SempleMar 23, 2020 6:00 am - You may have seen the movie "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" with Cate Blanchett and Barrington teen Emma Nelson. If not, add it to your list. But before you stream it, chec...
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Book review: Harlan Coben's 'The Boy From The Woods' thrills with many surprisesMar 22, 2020 7:00 am - “The Boy From The Woods” by Harlan Coben (Grand Central) He's known as Wilde, and he has no idea of his background or family. Found living in the woods as a young b...
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Book review: 'Darling Rose Gold' an excellent debut by WrobelMar 21, 2020 7:28 am - The phenomenon Munchausen syndrome by proxy - in which a parent purposely makes a child ill to gain sympathy and attention - receives a fresh update in Stephanie Wrobel'...
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Q&A: Brian De Palma on why movies should be beautifulMar 19, 2020 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Movie theaters may be shuttered across the country, but there is still newly released work of lurid and pulpy goodness from Brian De Palma. The 79-year-old fi...
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Review: 'The Boy From The Woods' thrills with many surprises
Mar 19, 2020 7:00 am - 'œThe Boy From The Woods'ť by Harlan Coben (Grand Central) He's known as Wilde, and he has no idea of his background or family. Found living in the woods as a young boy,...
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Review: 'Darling Rose Gold' an excellent debut by Wrobel
Mar 19, 2020 7:00 am - The phenomenon Munchausen syndrome by proxy - in which a parent purposely makes a child ill to gain sympathy and attention - receives a fresh update in Stephanie Wrobel'...