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Celia C. Pérez, author of 'The First Rule of Punk,' to Skype with Book & Cookie Club April 29

Submitted by Naperville Public Library
Apr 11, 2019 11:00 pm - On Monday, April 29, Chicago area author Celia C. Perez will discuss her book "The First Rule of Punk" when she Skypes with the Naperville Public Library's Book Cookie ...
Glenbard Parent Series to host author of 'Dear Martin' April 25

By Peg Mannion Glenbard District 87
Apr 10, 2019 11:00 pm - The Glenbard Parent Series has selected the critically acclaimed young adult novel "Dear Martin" as its 2018-19 second semester community read. GPS will host New York Ti...
Review: Rachel Howzell Hall writes a breakout novel

By OLINE H. COGDILL
Apr 09, 2019 7:00 am - "They All Fall Down" (Forge) by Rachel Howzell Hall After four well-received novels about LAPD homicide cop Elouise "Lou" Norton, Rachel Howzell Hall confidently deliver...
Review: T.C. Boyle spins a family drama from the LSD era

By ROB MERRILL
Apr 08, 2019 7:00 am - "Outside Looking In" (Ecco), by T.C. Boyle Just as he did in his last novel about scientists inhabiting Arizona's Biosphere 2 in the 1990's ("The Terranauts"), T.C. Boyl...
Review: 'The Eighth Sister' is a gripping thriller

By JEFF AYERS
Apr 08, 2019 7:00 am - "The Eighth Sister" by Robert Dugoni (Thomas and Mercer). Charles Jenkins has left his time in the CIA far behind and now lives with his family on a farm on a remote isl...
Book review: After a slow start, Max Allan Collins' novel soars

By Bruce DeSilva Associated Press
Apr 08, 2019 6:00 am - “Girl Most Likely” by Max Allan Collins; Thomas & Mercer; 272 pages For a novel with a grisly murder in the short first chapter, Max Allan Collins's new mystery, “G...
Best bets this week: Soccer star Abby Wambach speaks in Naperville

By Scott C. Morgan
Apr 08, 2019 6:00 am - Cervantes & Gilliam After many filming mishaps and years of budgetary collapses, director Terry Gilliam's "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" finally makes it to the big sc...
Celebrate National Bookmobile Day with Aurora Public Library

Submitted by Aurora Public Library
Apr 07, 2019 11:00 pm - Did you know that April 10 is National Bookmobile Day? On Wednesday, April 10, libraries across the country will celebrate National Bookmobile Day, a time to remember t...
Book review: 'Ladies Who Punch' offers inside look at 'The View'

By Lincee Ray Associated Press
Apr 07, 2019 7:29 am - "Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of 'The View'" by Ramin Setoodeh; Thomas Dunne Books; 336 pages Chances are, if you've never tuned into the...
Oakton Great Books Speaker Series features April 9 presentation on Shakespeare classic

Daily Herald report
Apr 07, 2019 1:00 am - Jeffrey Gore, scholar of the English Renaissance from the University of Illinois at Chicago, will discuss the role of race in Shakespeare's "Othello, the Moor of Venice"...

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