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Book review: 'One Italian Summer' is a magical trip worth taking

By Alicia Rancilio Associated Press
Mar 22, 2022 6:00 am - "One Italian Summer" by Rebecca Serle (Atria Books) Readers of Rebecca Serle are well-aware she often infuses her novels with touches of magic. In her last novel, "...
Reese Witherspoon acquires film rights to Dolly Parton novel

Associated Press
Mar 21, 2022 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - With some support from her friend Reese Witherspoon, Dolly Parton is looking to be a movie star again. Parton is teaming with Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine med...
Review: Humanity crystallized in 'Letter to a Stranger'

By DONNA EDWARDS
Mar 21, 2022 7:00 am - 'œLetter to a Stranger: Essays to the Ones Who Haunt Us'ť edited by Colleen Kinder (Algonquin) If you've ever purposely gone down the Craigslist Missed Connections rabbi...
Book review: Laugh-out-loud essays in Jill Gutowitz's 'Girls Can Kiss Now'

By Molly Sprayregen Associated Press
Mar 20, 2022 7:15 am - “Girls Can Kiss Now” by Jill Gutowitz (Atria) In “Girls Can Kiss Now,” Jill Gutowitz, the “self-proclaimed overlord of lesbian Twitter,” takes readers on...
Review: 'A Novel Obsession' is alluring, unsettling, meta

By DONNA EDWARDS
Mar 18, 2022 7:00 am - 'œA Novel Obsession'ť by Caitlin Barasch (Dutton) Friendship, love, jealousy, obsession. They seem distinct enough, but what happens when these experiences begin to blen...
Review: 'The Cartographers' explores land of math and magic

By ANITA SNOW
Mar 16, 2022 7:00 am - 'œThe Cartographers," by Peng Shepherd (William Morrow) Nell Young has lived with maps her entire life, first as the only child of eminent cartographers and later as an ...
Book review: 'Nine Lives' a well-written riff on a mystery classic

By Bruce DeSilva Associated Press
Mar 15, 2022 6:00 am - "Nine Lives" by Peter Swanson (William Morrow) The elderly owner of a decaying hotel in Kennewick, Maine, is shoved to the ground, dragged to a tidal poo...
Lisle Library District joins with local libraries to host author and comedian Jenny Lawson

Submitted by Joy Davis
Mar 14, 2022 11:00 pm - On Wednesday, March 30, bestselling author and humorist Jenny Lawson will discuss her newest novel "Broken (But in the Best Way Possible)" virtually at 7 p.m. Lawson is...
Review: Nine names, each of them marked for death

By BRUCE DESILVA
Mar 14, 2022 7:00 am - 'œNine Lives'ť by Peter Swanson (William Morrow) The elderly owner of a decaying hotel in Kennewick, Maine, is shoved to the ground, dragged to a tidal pool, and held th...
Book review: 'Ocean State' a story of love, both good and bad

By Molly Sprayregen Associated Press
Mar 14, 2022 5:00 am - "Ocean State" by Stewart O'Nan (Grove Press) In Stewart O'Nan's "Ocean State," the very first line reveals that a teenage girl was murdered - and also wh...

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