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Author Gordon Korman visits Cary Elementary Dist. 26

Submitted by Kathleen Englund
Sep 18, 2018 11:00 pm - A New York Times Best-Selling author spent two days talking to students in Cary Elementary District 26. Due to a generous grant from the Cary Education Foundation and e...
What books to read this fall

By Ron Charles Washington Post
Sep 18, 2018 6:00 am - It may reveal too much about my teenage years to confess that I craved the annual arrival of the Burpee seed catalog. For weeks, I would live in those glossy pages of ra...
Review: 'Button Man' is rich and compelling novel

By JEFF AYERS
Sep 17, 2018 7:00 am - "Button Man" (Minotaur), by Andrew Gross New York City from almost a century ago and the saga of Jewish immigrants struggling to make a living highlight "Button Man," a ...
Villains are vile and disturbing in 'The Forbidden Door'

By JEFF AYERS
Sep 17, 2018 7:00 am - "The Forbidden Door" (Bantam), by Dean Koontz Jane Hawk returns and learns that her enemies are beginning to close in with plans to eliminate her as a threat in Dean Koo...
New novel featuring Claire DeWitt not a routine crime solver

By KENDAL WEAVER
Sep 17, 2018 7:00 am - "The Infinite Blacktop" (Atria), by Sara Gran Claire DeWitt is a private detective not always easy to like. She steals cars. She steals purses. She pops stolen pills. Wi...
Poet C.M. Burroughs to visit ECC Writers Center Reading Series Sept. 20

Submitted by Elgin Community College
Sep 16, 2018 11:00 pm - Elgin Community College will welcome poet C.M. Burroughs as the next featured guest of the Writers Center Reading Series on Thursday, Sept. 20. The event begins at 7:30...
Book review: Gary Shteyngart's road novel in the time of Trump

By Ann Levin Associated Press
Sep 16, 2018 7:12 am - "Lake Success: a Novel" by Gary Shteyngart; Random House; 352 pages It's possible there's a hedge fund bro out there whose heart is as big as his AUM (assets under ...
'Girl, Wash Your Face' writer Rachel Hollis ready for more

By Leanne Italie AP Entertainment Writer
Sep 15, 2018 7:28 am - NEW YORK - How to kick butt at the office. How to kick butt as a parent. How to kick butt, so to speak, in your marriage. There's no shortage of books, podcasts, blogs a...
Book review: 'Trust Me' is a stellar thriller by Hank Phillippi Ryan

By Jeff Ayers Associated Press
Sep 15, 2018 7:25 am - "Trust Me" by Hank Phillippi Ryan, Forge Books, 400 pages, hankphillippiryan.com/ A former journalist has a chance at redemption and recovery of h...
Book review: Bob Woodward's 'Fear' is a meticulous, frightening look inside the Trump White House

By Jill Abramson Washington Post
Sep 14, 2018 12:30 pm - "Fear: Trump in the White House" by Bob Woodward; Simon & Schuster; 420 pages It's hard to imagine a more disturbing portrait of a president than the one Bob Woodwa...

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