Literature
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Review: Barry Lopez looks for hope beyond the 'Horizon'
Mar 26, 2019 7:00 am - "Horizon" (Alfred A. Knopf), by Barry Lopez Part travel journal, part history, part science lecture, part autobiography, and completely unique, "Horizon" feels like the ...
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Book review: 'The Last Second' is a popcorn movie in print formMar 26, 2019 6:00 am - "The Last Second" by Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison; Gallery; 464 pages The launch of a corporate satellite covertly begins the countdown to the end of the worl...
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Review: Novelist explores the secular and religious divide
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Review: 'The Last Second' is a popcorn movie in print form
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Book review: 'The Liar's Child' is a compelling storyMar 25, 2019 6:00 am - "The Liar's Child" by Carla Buckley; Ballantine Books; 288 pages Young Cassie and her 5-year-old brother, Boon, live at the Paradise apartments near Nort...
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CLC writing workshop on April 4Mar 25, 2019 1:00 am - Chicago-based author Jessica Anne will read from her multigenre book, "A Manual for Nothing," at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 4, in Room A013 at the College of Lake County's G...
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Book review: 'The Last Act' is a compelling thrillerMar 24, 2019 7:26 am - "The Last Act: A Novel" by Brad Parks; Dutton; 384 pages Tommy Jump has worked in theater for a while, but with a fiancee who is pregnant, he realizes th...
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Book review: Harlan Coben's 'Run Away' has an array of emotionsMar 23, 2019 7:26 am - "Run Away" by Harlan Coben, Grand Central Publishing, 384 pages Simon works on Wall Street, and his wife, Ingrid, is a successful doctor. They had a wond...
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Constable: How a suburban couple survived world's worst plane disasterMar 23, 2019 1:00 am - Vacationers Caroline and Warren Hopkins of Northbrook discovered a minor problem as they boarded their Pan Am jet bound for the Canary Islands. Another couple were sitti...
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'One Book, One Batavia' continues with three final programsMar 20, 2019 11:00 pm - During the month of April, the Batavia Public Library, 10 S. Batavia Ave., will present the final three programs in the "One Book, One Batavia" series. This year's selec...