Literature
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Book says stop feeling embarrassed by how much you love reality TVMay 21, 2018 6:00 am - "Captive Audience: On Love and Reality TV," by Lucas Mann, Vintage, 272 pages No genre endures more disparagement than reality television. Detractors claim it's emp...
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Author events: Jill Osborn discusses 'Accessing the Media' at Naperville's Anderson'sMay 20, 2018 7:29 am - Jessica Knoll: p.m. Sunday, May 20, at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville, (630) 355-2665, andersonsbookshop.com/. Meet Jessica Knoll when she presen...
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Jane Hawk continues quest in 'The Crooked Staircase'May 20, 2018 7:26 am - "The Crooked Staircase" by Dean Koontz; Bantam; 512 pages Jane Hawk continues her quest to bring down a vast conspiracy in "The Crooked Staircase" by Dean Koontz, a...
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Raymond Benson's 'Hush' is compelling, with realistic charactersMay 19, 2018 7:26 am - "In the Hush of the Night: A Novel" by Raymond Benson, Skyhorse Publishing, 324 pages A special agent for the FBI works to bring down a sex trafficking ring with or...
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Retired special agent and Sugar Grove resident pens spy novelsMay 16, 2018 11:00 pm - If it's a difficult, international espionage case, security special service agent Dick Avery will most likely be called upon to crack it. Most recently, Avery took on Vl...
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Review: 'Book Club' is a corny but sweet look at sex, aging
May 16, 2018 7:00 am - Jane Fonda said recently that "Book Club" was the most fun she's ever had making a movie. She was ostensibly talking about getting to know her castmates - namely Diane K...
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New chapter as Prairie Path Books plans second shop in WheatonMay 15, 2018 1:00 am - Sandy Koropp runs her Wheaton bookstore like a second home, and it also happens to look like one. Four years ago this June, Koropp opened Prairie Path Books in an empty ...
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Review: Ex-NGO aide probes Bangladesh history in 'The Storm'
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'Hush of the Night' is compelling, with realistic characters
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'Let The Blues Be Your Muse!' at Waterline Writers May 20May 13, 2018 11:00 pm - "Let The Blues Be Your Muse!" will be a blues-themed literary evening hosted by Waterline Writers and Kiss The Sky at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 20, at Water Street Studios, 160...