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'Catch The Twain: The Musical' comes to Fountaindale Library Aug. 31

Submitted by Loretta Sawyer
Aug 20, 2023 11:00 pm - The Fountaindale Library District in Bolingbrook presents "Catch The Twain: The Musical" on Thursday, Aug. 31. The family-friendly, entertaining and educational program...
Book review: James McBride's latest novel is a tour de force celebrating community and compassion

By Ann Levin Associated Press
Aug 19, 2023 6:00 am - "The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store" by James McBride (Riverhead Books) "The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store," James McBride's tour de force of a new novel, o...
Wheaton cancer survivor and artist creates coloring books for patients undergoing cancer care

Submitted by Lynne Kornecki
Aug 16, 2023 11:00 pm - For many, there's not much to laugh about during the stressful time of cancer care. However, finding the humor in even the most difficult situations can actually be ther...
Books banned in other states fuel Vermont lieutenant governor's reading tour

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press
Aug 16, 2023 1:00 am - WATERBURY, Vt. - On a recent Sunday afternoon, Vermont's lieutenant governor was at a local library, reading a book about two male penguins to a crowd of nearly two doze...
Priceless comics fly off shelves at Rosemont's Fan Expo

Submitted by Diane Turner-Hurns
Aug 13, 2023 11:00 pm - As crowds flooded the first day of Fan Expo in Rosemont on Thursday, Aug. 10, the cash registers kept ringing at the many comic book booths in the massive hall full of a...
Book review: A private eye's death sets a Chicago cop on a hairy investigation in 'Dead and Gone'

By Bruce DeSilva Associated Press
Aug 12, 2023 6:00 am - "Dead and Gone" by Joanna Schaffhausen (Minotaur) A private eye named Sam Tran is dead, hanged from a tree in a local cemetery, and Chicago P.D. Detectiv...
Book review: Colson Whitehead pens entertaining, uneven sequel to 2021 bestseller 'Harlem Shuffle'

By ANN LEVIN Associated Press
Aug 05, 2023 6:00 am - "Crook Manifesto" by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday) In his bestselling 2021 crime novel "Harlem Shuffle," Colson Whitehead introduced the complicated chara...
Friends of Wheaton Public Library plan Book and Media Sale Aug. 10-13

Submitted by Carolyn DeAre
Aug 03, 2023 11:00 pm - The Friends of the Wheaton Public Library are gearing up for their biggest fundraiser of the year. The annual Book and Media Sale will be Thursday to Sunday, Aug. 10-1...
Book review: Still foolin' - Richard Russo revisits upstate New York in third novel

By Rob Merrill Associated Press
Aug 01, 2023 6:00 am - "Somebody's Fool" by Richard Russo (Alfred A. Knopf) Richard Russo is back with the third book in his "Fool" series, and while it feels climactic, the au...
Book review: Take a ride on Richard E. Grant's emotional roller coaster memoir 'A Pocketful of Happiness'

By Cristina Jaleru Associated Press
Jul 31, 2023 9:45 am - "A Pocketful of Happiness" by Richard E. Grant (Simon & Schuster) The title of Richard E. Grant's memoir, "A Pocketful of Happiness," is both misleading ...

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