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Dundee author to review library's 140-year history

Fox River Valley Library District
Apr 05, 2016 11:00 pm - Turn back the pages of time with the Fox River Valley Public Library District at 7 p.m. Monday, April 11 with a program titled "Our Library's 140 Journey: An Historical ...
'Country of Red Azaleas' is compelling tale of friendship

By KIM CURTIS
Apr 05, 2016 7:00 am - "Country of Red Azaleas" (Twelve), by Domnica Radulescu Domnica Radulescu, who came to the U.S. from Romania in 1983 as a political refugee, has crafted a compelling tal...
Review: 'The 14th Colony' by Steve Berry is gripping novel

By JEFF AYERS
Apr 05, 2016 7:00 am - "The 14th Colony" (Minotaur), by Steve Berry Cotton Malone fights a ticking clock and a Russian conspiracy to give the United States government payback in Steve Berry's ...
Review: 'Unbroken Brain' takes a look at addiction

By CARLA K. JOHNSON
Apr 05, 2016 7:00 am - "Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction" (St. Martin's Press), by Maia Szalavitz Nancy Reagan's death last month caused some to take stock of...
Book Review: 'Running: A Love Story' is too shallow to enjoy

By CARA ANNA
Apr 05, 2016 7:00 am - "Running: A Love Story" (Seal Press), by Jen A. Miller File this book under "I was misinformed." I came across a reference to the new book "Running: A Love Story" in New...
Beverly Cleary on turning 100: Kids today 'don't have the freedom' I had

By Nora Krug Washington Post
Apr 05, 2016 6:00 am - Beverly Cleary doesn't really want to talk about turning 100. "Go ahead and fuss," she says of the big day, April 12. "Everyone else is." Across the country, people are ...
Review: Augusten Burroughs searches for love in new memoir

By BROOKE LEFFERTS
Apr 04, 2016 7:00 am - "Lust and Wonder" (St. Martin's Press), by Augusten Burroughs If you've read author Augusten Burroughs' other cynically funny memoirs, you might be surpr...
Review: 2 sisters' secrets go viral in 'Keep Me Posted'

By CHRISTINA LEDBETTER
Apr 04, 2016 7:00 am - "Keep Me Posted" (NAL), by Lisa Beazley Cassie and Sid are sisters, best friends, and desperate for more time together. While Cassie balances twin 3-year-olds, a cramped...
Young couple navigates cancer and life in 'Alice & Oliver'

By CHRISTINA LEDBETTER
Apr 04, 2016 7:00 am - "Alice & Oliver" (Random House), by Charles Bock Set in early '90s Manhattan when street corners touted pay phones, Charles Bock's "Alice and Oliver" jar...
James McBride pays tribute to the Godfather of Soul

By ANN LEVIN
Apr 04, 2016 7:00 am - "Kill 'Em and Leave" (Spiegel & Grau), by James McBride James McBride, best-selling author of "The Color of Water" and "The Good Lord Bird," has written a furious ode to...

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