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Review: Allende's 'Violeta,' an epic South American tale

By ANITA SNOW
Jan 24, 2022 6:00 am - 'œVioleta,'ť by Isabel Allende. (Random House) Chilean writer Isabel Allende's latest novel is 'œVioleta,'ť an epic tale that transports readers across a century of Sou...
Review: Schaffhausen sets standard for serial killer novels

By BRUCE DESILVA
Jan 24, 2022 6:00 am - 'œLast Seen Alive'ť by Joanna Schaffhausen (Minotaur) When Joanna Schaffhausen first introduced FBI Special Agent Reed Markham and Boston police officer Ellery Hathaway,...
Book review: 'Yinka, Where is Your Huzband' is funny and big-hearted

By Alicia Rancilio Associated Press
Jan 24, 2022 5:00 am - "Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband" by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn (Pamela Dorman Books) Yinka Oladeji is a 30-year-old, Oxford-educated, British Nigerian woman...
Naperville's Bob Odenkirk returning home to promote his new memoir

By Scott C. Morgan
Jan 24, 2022 12:00 am - Former Naperville resident Bob Odenkirk is coming home in early March to promote his new memoir "Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama." Two Chicago appearances and one in Napervil...
Book review: TV star Bertinelli pens compelling 'Enough Already'

By Mike Householder Associated Press
Jan 22, 2022 5:00 am - "Enough Already: Learning to Love the Way I Am Today" by Valerie Bertinelli (Mariner Books) Valerie Bertinelli has been in the public eye for going on a ...
Review: Bride saved from a brutal husband in 'The Runaway'

By BRUCE DESILVA
Jan 19, 2022 6:00 am - 'œThe Runaway'ť by Nick Petrie (G.P. Putnam's Sons) Long haul trucker Roy Wiley is handsome and charming, so when he stops at a gas station in dreary Coldwater, Montana,...
Review: TV star Bertinelli pens compelling 'Enough Already'

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER
Jan 18, 2022 6:00 am - 'œEnough Already: Learning to Love the Way I Am Today'ť by Valerie Bertinelli (Mariner Books) Valerie Bertinelli has been in the public eye for going on a half-century. ...
Book review: 'Wahala' is a solid, slow-burn, page-turning mystery

By Alicia Rancilio Associated Press
Jan 18, 2022 5:00 am - "Wahala" by Nikki May (William Morrow/Custom House) The African word "wahala," used commonly in Nigeria, means trouble and that's just what happens when ...
Takei memoir selected for One Book, One Batavia

Shaw Media
Jan 18, 2022 12:00 am - The Batavia Public Library has chosen the graphic novel "They Called Us Enemy" by actor George Takei as this year's selection for One Book, One Batavia, according to a n...
Catalina Maria Johnson to explore 'Latin Hip Hop as a New Poetry' Feb. 10

Submitted by Omar Nunez
Jan 17, 2022 10:00 pm - On Thursday, Feb. 10, the West Chicago Public Library will host Catalina Maria Johnson, Ph.D., an Illinois Humanities Road Scholar, journalist, and Beat Latino radio sho...

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