Literature
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Book review: Jill Biden's memoir - like Michelle Obama's - is not meant to be politicalMay 19, 2019 7:28 am - "Where the Light Enters" by Jill Biden; Flatiron; 210 pages Recently, Jill Biden was in a nail salon getting a manicure when a woman approached her and started to c...
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Book review: Tense 'If She Wakes' moves to a surprising finaleMay 18, 2019 7:26 am - "If She Wakes" by Michael Koryta; Little, Brown; 401 pages Multi-award-winning author Michael Koryta again shows his affinity for smoothly melding sophisticated action w...
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Book review: How to protect women from domestic violence - before it's too lateMay 18, 2019 7:20 am - "No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us" by Rachel Louise Snyder; Bloomsbury; 307 pages Rachel Louise Snyder got so deeply immer...
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How Waubonsee's literary magazine creates a community through writingMay 15, 2019 11:00 pm - I sent out the text message to the team after the delivery. "It's here!" Very soon my small office of bookshelves and an oversized desk was flooded with six students who...
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Review: Peggy Townsend delivers outstanding second novel
May 13, 2019 7:00 am - "The Thin Edge" (Thomas & Mercer), by Peggy Townsend Journalist Peggy Townsend delivers an outstanding second novel about investigative reporter Aloa Snow that may overs...
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Review: Dustin Lance Black's memoir hooks readers quickly
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Review: Tense 'If She Wakes' moves to a surprising finale
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D-Day, World War II to be focus at Books Between Bites May 16May 12, 2019 11:00 pm - On Thursday, May 16, Batavia's monthly noontime book program, "Books Between Bites," will wrap up its 2018-19 season with Dan Hoefler talking about the book "D-Day, June...
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Book review: Anna Quindlen tours the wild world of grandparenting in 'Nanaville'May 12, 2019 7:00 am - “Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting” by Anna Quindlen; Random House; 176 pages “Write what you know.” Few follow that advice better than Pulitzer Prize-winning...
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Best-selling author Veronica Roth returns to her old middle school in BarringtonMay 10, 2019 1:00 am - Best-selling author Veronica Roth - known for the "Divergent" trilogy - visited her middle school alma mater in Barrington as part of a nationwide webcast Friday. Roth s...