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Review: Author explores social guidelines from '80s films

By LINCEE RAY
Jun 14, 2016 7:00 am - "Life Moves Pretty Fast" (Simon & Schuster), by Hadley Freeman Hadley Freeman's ability to explore social guidelines from beloved '80s movies is addicting. She analyzes ...
Book Review: 'The Girls' chronicles the dark side of 1969

By MAE ANDERSON
Jun 14, 2016 7:00 am - "The Girls," (Random House) by Emma Cline Evie Boyd is a bored 14-year-old in California during the summer of 1969 when she catches sight of a group of laughing, seeming...
Review: History, travel & comedy collide in 'Wonder Trail'

By CHRISTINA LEDBETTER
Jun 13, 2016 7:00 am - "The Wonder Trail" (Dutton) by Steve Hely Steve Hely's plan is vague: travel south and make lots of stops along the way until he reaches the end of the world. And so beg...
Review: 'Widowmaker' by Paul Doiron is fast-paced tale

By BRUCE DESILVA
Jun 13, 2016 7:00 am - "Widowmaker" (Minotaur), by Paul Doiron In the first few pages of Paul Doiron's "Widowmaker," game warden Mike Bowditch seizes an illegal animal (10 percent dog and 90 p...
Author appearances: Frank Thomas, Bobby Brown sign books at Naperville's Anderson's

By Laura Milbrath Stewart
Jun 11, 2016 7:21 am - • Meet author Elisha Cooper as he signs copies of his book "Falling: A Daughter, a Father, and a Journey Back" at 7 p.m. Monday, June 13, at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. ...
Review: Alam explores female friendship in 'Rich and Pretty'

By LINCEE RAY
Jun 07, 2016 7:00 am - "Rich and Pretty" (Ecco), by Rumaan Alam Rumaan Alam transforms a whimsical beach read into compelling literary prose in his debut novel, "Rich and Pretty." Alam allows ...
Review: Meltzer's 'The House of Secrets' disappoints

By JEFF AYERS
Jun 07, 2016 7:00 am - "The House of Secrets" (Grand Central Publishing), by Brad Meltzer and Tod Goldberg Brad Meltzer, one of the best historical thriller writers in the business, teams up w...
Review: 'Ink and Bone' is a tale of horror and mystery

By JEFF AYERS
Jun 07, 2016 7:00 am - "Ink and Bone" (Touchstone), by Lisa Unger Lisa Unger returns to the small town of The Hollows with "Ink and Bone," another gut-wrenching tale of horror and mystery. Fin...
'Listening to Prozac' doctor: antidepressants work

By ANN LEVIN
Jun 06, 2016 7:00 am - "Ordinarily Well: The Case for Antidepressants" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), by Peter D. Kramer In 1993, Peter D. Kramer wrote "Listening to Prozac," a book that explore...
Stephen King drives 'Mercedes' trilogy to emotional end

By ROB MERRILL
Jun 06, 2016 7:00 am - "End of Watch" (Simon & Schuster), by Stephen King Readers who missed Brady Hartsfield in the second book in Stephen King's trilogy about a psychotic killer will be deli...

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