advertisement

Log Out

Literature

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...
Dolly Parton and James Patterson mix words, music on 'Run, Rose, Run'

By Hillel Italie Associated Press
Mar 12, 2022 6:20 am - LA VERGNE, Tennessee - Sometimes even Dolly Parton has a hard time keeping up with the legend of Dolly Parton. "I often go into my museum in Dollywood, you know, because...
Review: 'Ocean State' a story of love, both good and bad

By MOLLY SPRAYREGEN
Mar 09, 2022 6:00 am - 'œOcean State,'ť by Stewart O'Nan (Grove Press) In Stewart O'Nan's 'œOcean State,'ť the very first line reveals that a teenage girl was murdered - and also who did it. A...

Showing 831-840 of 5,822 previous next