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Book Review: ‘The Book of George’ is a witty novel in lively episodes like a first-rate TV sitcom

By KENDAL WEAVER
Oct 14, 2024 9:29 am - “The Book of George” is a novel of many finely crafted, often funny moments that arrive episodically as the title character grows older. At first he’s a millennial kid, t...
Books Between Bites to feature more Batavia history in literature by mayor

Submitted by Kristen Zambo
Oct 12, 2024 12:48 am - Batavia's popular monthly noontime book program, “Books Between Bites,” continues on Thursday, Oct. 17, when they welcome Mayor Jeff Schielke for his annual presentation.
Riley Keough felt a duty to finish Lisa Marie Presley’s book on Elvis, grief, addiction and love

By KAITLYN HUAMANI
Oct 10, 2024 4:42 pm - Riley Keough was quick to agree to help complete her mother’s memoir. She thought they’d write it together, reflecting on her extraordinary upbringing and life, but it became a much greater responsibility after Lisa Marie Presley’s sudden death in 2023.
Trump secretly sent covid tests to Putin during 2020 shortage, new book says

By Isaac Stanley-Becker
Oct 08, 2024 1:41 pm - As the coronavirus tore through the world in 2020, and the United States and other countries confronted a shortage of tests designed to detect the illness, then-President Donald Trump secretly sent coveted tests to Russian President Vladimir Putin for his personal use.
Book Review: ‘Countdown 1960’ shows parallels with this year’s presidential election season

By ANITA SNOW
Oct 08, 2024 11:53 am - "Countdown 1960: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the 312 Days That Changed America's Politics Forever" is a look at a critical period in U.S. history that holds lessons for today.
Oprah Winfrey selects Lisa Marie Presley’s posthumous memoir as her next book club selection

By HILLEL ITALIE
Oct 08, 2024 7:36 am - Oprah Winfrey has chosen Lisa Marie Presley’s posthumous memoir, “From Here to the Great Unknown," as her new book club pick.
Book Review: Paula Hawkins returns with psychological thriller ‘The Blue Hour’

By ROB MERRILL
Oct 07, 2024 12:10 pm - Since bursting on the scene in 2015 with “The Girl on a Train,” Paula Hawkins has established herself as a reliable writer of psychological thrillers set in the U.K. “The...
Book Review: Ta-Nehisi Coates visits Senegal, South Carolina and the Middle East for ‘The Message’

By ROB MERRILL
Oct 07, 2024 7:55 am - Ta-Nehisi Coates always writes with a purpose, so naming his latest collection “The Message” is nothing if not on-brand. But what’s the actual message? Consisting of ...
Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, looks back in memoir ‘Be Ready When the Luck Happens’

By MARK KENNEDY
Oct 04, 2024 9:36 am - Long before Ina Garten’s Barefoot Contessa mini-empire of bestselling cookbooks and TV shows ever took off, she found herself at an airport, wanting to learn to fly. The story of how she refused to budge is included in her memoir, "Be Ready When the Luck Happens."
Book Review: ‘Revenge of the Tipping Point’ is fan service for readers of Gladwell’s 2000 book

By ANDREW DeMILLO
Oct 04, 2024 9:23 am - In “Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering,” Malcolm Gladwell is rehashing and rebuilding on the concepts that he first wrote about in 2000. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it wasn’t really necessary either.

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