Literature
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Abbott uses skills as a master storyteller in 'Three Beths'
Oct 22, 2018 7:00 am - "The Three Beths" (Grand Central Publishing), by Jeff Abbott In "The Three Beths" by Jeff Abbott, Mariah Dunning has wondered about her mother's disappearance for six mo...
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Rowling, Tolkien, Austen novels vie for bragging rights
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Grisham takes readers on journey to Deep South in new novel
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Book review: Tana French returns, siding with victim in 'The Witch Elm'Oct 22, 2018 6:00 am - “The Witch Elm: a Novel” by Tana French, Viking, 528 pages By now we are accustomed to Tana French's engrossing, eloquently written murder plots solved by the Dubli...
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Book review: Mitch Albom's 'The Next Person You Meet in Heaven' is pure frothOct 21, 2018 7:29 am - "The Next Person You Meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom, Harper, 224 pages Mitch Albom has sold so many books that three out of the five people you meet in heaven carry copi...
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Book review: Ellie Kemper endears herself to fans in 'My Squirrel Days'Oct 20, 2018 7:00 am - “My Squirrel Days” by Ellie Kemper, Scribner, 256 pages Ellie Kemper's debut novel, “My Squirrel Days,” is exactly what you would expect from the comedian. It's ric...
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author to speak in North ChicagoOct 17, 2018 1:00 am - Author James Forman Jr., who won a 2018 Pulitzer Prize for "Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America," will explore the rise of mass incarceration and i...
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'Anything You Can Imagine' recounts quest to film Tolkien
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Friends of St. Charles Library host fall book sale Oct. 19-21Oct 15, 2018 11:00 pm - The Friends of St. Charles Public Library will hold its annual Fall Used Book Sale from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20; and noon t...
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Lots of titles at Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale Oct. 18-20Oct 15, 2018 11:00 pm - Stock up on lots of great new titles at the Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale at the Dundee Library. It will open from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18. It will ...