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The next chapter: Lombard library getting ready for big move to new building

By Katlyn Smith
Feb 23, 2023 4:45 am - After seven years of plot twists, Lombard's old Helen M. Plum Memorial Library will close its doors next month so books and supplies can be packed up and moved to a new ...
'One Book, One Community' author Jasmin Darznik coming to suburbs

By Russell Lissau
Feb 17, 2023 5:00 am - Suburban libraries - and suburban book lovers - will mark the end of the seventh annual "One Book, One Community" series this month with the featured author. Jasmin Darz...
Book review: 'Bright and Deadly Things' a paranoia-racked thriller

By DONNA EDWARDS Associated Press
Feb 14, 2023 5:00 am - "Bright and Deadly Things" by Lexie Elliott (Berkley) A mysterious argument. A seductive student. A mystical clock. And a shocking series of break-ins th...
Book review: Greta Thunberg aims to educate with 'The Climate Book'

By ROB MERRILL Associated Press
Feb 13, 2023 10:00 pm - "The Climate Book" by Greta Thunberg (Penguin Press) Skipping school to sit outside the Swedish Parliament in 2018 with a sign reading "School Strike for...
Book review: 'Looking for Jane' is gripping, historical, relevant

By DONNA EDWARDS Associated Press
Feb 11, 2023 5:00 am - "Looking for Jane" by Heather Marshall (Atria) Gripping from the moment it begins, Heather Marshall's novel "Looking for Jane" is getting a well-deserved...
Book review: Searching for belonging in 'Central Places'

By Mae Anderson Associated Press
Feb 06, 2023 5:00 am - "Central Places" by Delia Cai (Ballantine) Delia Cai's debut novel has all the trappings of a breezy rom-com: Audrey, a successful 27-year-old New Yorker...
Elgin woman's book chronicles her unlikely path to motherhood through Alzheimer's

By Rick West
Feb 06, 2023 4:00 am - Pam Singleton never gave birth to a child. But that ultimately didn't stop her from being a mother, even in a most unlikely manner. Now the Elgin woman has written a boo...
Julie Andrews teams with daughter on new picture book

Feb 06, 2023 12:00 am - NEW YORK - The latest picture book collaboration between Julie Andrews and daughter Emma Walton Hamilton was inspired by an unusual musical performance in Spain. Abrams ...
Book review: Making of 'The Way We Were' is a rich, gossipy tale

By Douglass K. Daniel Associated Press
Feb 05, 2023 5:00 am - "The Way They Were: How Epic Battles and Bruised Egos Brought a Classic Hollywood Love Story to the Screen" by Robert Hofler (Citadel) Most people seem t...
Book review: An insomniac's vigil with John Maynard Keynes

By Ann Levin Associated Press
Feb 04, 2023 5:00 am - "The Guest Lecture" by Martin Riker (Black Cat) If you're ever spent a sleepless night worrying about your career, your family and the gross inequality o...

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