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Book review: Chuck Klosterman deep dives into 'The Nineties'

By Rob Merrill Associated Press
Feb 15, 2022 5:00 am - "The Nineties" by Chuck Klosterman (Penguin Press) Few things make a book reviewer feel older than reading a book - words on actual tree pulp, bound toge...
Review: Boss-level girl revolution '~Smile and Look Pretty'

By DONNA EDWARDS
Feb 14, 2022 6:00 am - 'œSmile and Look Pretty'ť by Amanda Pellegrino (Park Row) Enter Cate's office. It's where she thought she'd be vetting out the next Great American Novel. Instead, Cate's...
Review: Tessa Hadley pens subtle, seductive novel of '60s

By ANN LEVIN
Feb 14, 2022 6:00 am - 'œFree Love,'ť by Tessa Hadley (HarperCollins) The 1960s are an easy punching bag. In her 1968 essay collection 'œSlouching Towards Bethlehem,'ť Joan Didion borrowed a ...
Book review: A wise, witty memoir on 'divine tedium' of marriage

By Ann Levin Associated Press
Feb 12, 2022 6:20 am - "Foreverland" by Heather Havrilesky (Ecco) Dear AP book reviewer: I thought I was doing OK with the pandemic, but the recent surge of COVID-19 cases has ...
Book review: Birdsong offers 3 powerful portraits of womanhood

By Molly Sprayregen Associated Press
Feb 08, 2022 8:00 am - "Nobody's Magic" by Destiny O. Birdsong (Grand Central Publishing) Destiny O. Birdsong's "Nobody's Magic" tells three separate stories, each centering on...
Review: Book recalls '64 coast-to-coast adventure in a bus

By JOHN ROGERS
Feb 08, 2022 6:00 am - 'œCronies'ť by Ken Babbs (Tsunami Press) Author Ken Kesey, flush with cash from the publication of 'œOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,'ť filled an aging, broken-down scho...
Review: Birdsong offers 3 powerful portraits of womanhood

By MOLLY SPRAYREGEN
Feb 08, 2022 6:00 am - 'œNobody's Magic'ť by Destiny O. Birdsong (Grand Central Publishing) Destiny O. Birdsong's "Nobody's Magic" tells three separate stories, each centering on a Black albin...
Book review: Joanna Schaffhausen sets standard for serial killer novels

By Bruce DeSilva Associated Press
Feb 08, 2022 5:00 am - "Last Seen Alive" by Joanna Schaffhausen (Minotaur) When Joanna Schaffhausen first introduced FBI Special Agent Reed Markham and Boston police officer El...
Virtual event with Jennifer Chiaverini, author of 'The Women's March'

Daily Herald report
Feb 08, 2022 12:00 am - The League of Women Voters of the Palatine Area will host a virtual author event with bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini, who will discuss her new novel, "The Women'...
ECC Writers Center Spring Reading Series kicks off Feb. 10 with author Hugh Ryan

Submitted by Elgin Community College
Feb 07, 2022 10:00 pm - The Writers Center at Elgin Community College will host three authors for the Spring 2022 Reading Series. Due to ongoing social distancing practices, the events will tak...

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