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Tegan and Sara's "High School" is a raw, powerful memoir

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER
Sep 24, 2019 7:00 am - "High School" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), by Sara Quin and Tegan Quin Tegan and Sara's dance-pop hit "Closer" concludes with a question. "All I want to know is: Can you...
Review: 'Taina' works as strong homage to Puerto Rican lit

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS
Sep 24, 2019 7:00 am - "Taina," Vintage, by Ernesto Quinonez It's been 15 years since writer Ernesto Quinonez has released a novel. His 2004 "Chango's Fire" served as a protest novel for Latin...
Review: 'The Liar' makes a good case for telling the truth

By OLINE H. COGDILL
Sep 24, 2019 7:00 am - "The Liar," Little Brown and Co., by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen As expected in a novel titled "The Liar," lies abound in this engaging story that is part mystery and part comi...
Award-winning poet Jacob Saenz to visit ECC Writers Center Reading Series Sept. 26

Submitted by Elgin Community College
Sep 23, 2019 11:00 pm - Elgin Community College will welcome Chicago native Jacob Saenz as the first featured guest of the fall 2019 Writers Center Reading Series on Thursday, Sept. 26. The eve...
Learn about Christian author C.S. Lewis at Oct. 19 seminar at Elgin church

Submitted by Evangelical Covenant Church of Elgin
Sep 23, 2019 11:00 pm - On Saturday, Oct. 19, Evangelical Covenant Church of Elgin, 1565 Larkin Ave., will offer a seminar on author C.S. Lewis from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There is a $5 donation whi...
Review: Ann Patchett's 'Dutch House' is modern fairy tale

By DONNA LIQUORI
Sep 23, 2019 7:00 am - "The Dutch House," Harper, by Ann Patchett Ann Patchett's latest novel, "The Dutch House," takes place in Pennsylvania as suburbia infringes on the land surrounding the ...
Gladwell returns with science, stories about strangers

By ROB MERRILL
Sep 23, 2019 7:00 am - "Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know," Little, Brown and Co., by Malcolm Gladwell A Malcolm Gladwell book used to be an event in the...
'Blood in the Water' a fast-paced yarn of violence, intrigue

By BRUCE DESILVA
Sep 23, 2019 7:00 am - "Blood in the Water: a Thriller," Minotaur, by Jack Flynn Nothing legal or illegal moves through Boston Harbor without the say-so of Cormack O'Connell, its longtime harb...
Review: Lively 'Queen Meryl' crowns Streep as acting's best

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL
Sep 23, 2019 7:00 am - "Queen Meryl: The Iconic Roles, Heroic Deeds, and Legendary Life of Meryl Streep," Hachette, by Erin Carlson The sort of book that would make its subject blush and her f...
Review: Ta-Nehisi Coates' debut novel is 1 of year's best

By ROB MERRILL
Sep 23, 2019 7:00 am - "The Water Dancer" (One World), by Ta-Nehisi Coates If the power of fiction is to transport readers to a world they otherwise couldn't imagine, "The Water Dancer" is a s...

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