Literature
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How readers can access books from home during the coronavirus crisis
Mar 25, 2020 6:00 am - If there's a silver lining to the sudden need to hunker down as the novel coronavirus upends normal life, it's that maybe - finally - you'll have time to read. Provided ...
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Today's recommended read: 'Please Don't Eat the Daisies' by Jean KerrMar 25, 2020 6:00 am - Tales of the perils and pitfalls of raising a family are timeless, even if the rest of Jean Kerr's classic "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" is not. Kerr, a playwright marr...
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Today's recommended read: 'Skinny Dip' by Carl HiaasenMar 24, 2020 6:00 am - If you're stuck at home and looking for something to cheer you up, you can't go wrong with a Carl Hiaasen book. Just be careful whom you choose to read. Hiassen is the a...
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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
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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'...