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Stephen & Evie Colbert offer a cookbook that’s also a window into their lives

By MARK KENNEDY
Sep 23, 2024 1:57 pm - Many years into their marriage, Stephen and Evie Colbert suddenly became co-workers. And that is why, in a roundabout way, we have their first cookbook.
Why this book is flying off the shelves at Arlington Heights library

By Christopher Placek
Sep 18, 2024 5:47 pm - “The Collected Regrets of Clover” is being checked out at record speed at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library compared to past One Book, One Village selections, officials say.
Literary connections: A focus on books at this year’s Bluff City Cemetery Walk

Submitted by Bluff City Cemetery Walk
Sep 18, 2024 10:01 am - The 37th annual Bluff City Cemetery Walk on Sept. 21-22 is celebrating the 150th anniversary of Gail Borden Public Library. The Elginites selected have an association to either literacy, books, or Gail Borden. Each portrayal will include suggestions on what that Elginite’s favorite book might have been.
‘I want it to be an experience’: Independent bookstore to open in downtown Libertyville

By Mick Zawislak
Sep 18, 2024 9:08 am - Ingleside native Delanie Dochelli is opening About Time Bookstore in downtown Libertyville to share her passion for reading and books.
Book Review: Joe Posnanski scores with poignant, informative, hilarious ‘Why We Love Football’

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER
Sep 16, 2024 12:04 pm - Joe Posnanski is getting pretty good at this whole sports countdown thing. The award-winning sportswriter’s previous books have profiled significant ballplayers (“The Ba...
Book Review: ‘We’re Alone’ by Haitian American writer Edwidge Danticat weaves personal and political

By ANITA SNOW
Sep 13, 2024 8:59 am - Haitian American writer Edwidge Danticat explores family, homeland and her literary heroes in “We're Alone,” a new volume of essays that include personal narratives of he...
Geneva HS grad publishes debut novel described as a ‘queer rom-com’

By Dave Heun
Sep 13, 2024 3:30 am - Becca Grischow, a 2013 graduate of Geneva High School, launches her writing career with “I’ll Get Back to You,” a novel she describes as a “queer rom-com.”
Ann and Ben Brashares celebrate their new book for young people, ‘Westfallen,’ at Arlington Heights Memorial Library

Submitted by Robert McDonald, The Book Stall
Sep 11, 2024 2:31 pm - On Saturday, Sept. 21 at 2 p.m., Ann Brashares, The New York Times-bestselling author of the “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” series, teams up with her brother Ben Brashares to discuss their new middle grade thriller, “Westfallen.
Book Review: Elizabeth Strout brings all her favorite Mainers together in ‘Tell Me Everything’

By ROB MERRILL
Sep 10, 2024 11:38 am - Full disclosure: Other than a few clips of Frances McDormand as the titular Olive Kitteridge in the 2014 HBO show, “Tell Me Everything” was this reviewer’s first trip to ...
Oprah Winfrey names Elizabeth Strout’s ‘Tell Me Everything’ as her latest book club pick

By HILLEL ITALIE
Sep 10, 2024 8:31 am - Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick will be a story of familiar faces — in more ways than one. Winfrey announced Tuesday that she had chosen “Tell Me Everything,” the new novel by Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout.

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