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Review: 'Black Cake' a delicious novel in bite-sized chunks

By ROB MERRILL
Jan 31, 2022 6:00 am - 'œBlack Cake'ť by Charmaine Wilkerson (Ballantine Books) The debut novel of former journalist and short fiction writer Charmaine Wilkerson opens with a one-paragraph pr...
How suburbs will mark the start of Black History Month, Chinese New Year on Tuesday

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Jan 31, 2022 4:30 am - Tuesday marks the start of two big events on the calendar - Black History Month and the Chinese Lunar New Year. Throughout February, suburban communities, schools and co...
Brian Cox hopes memoir doesn't put 'full stop' on his life

By SIANWATSON Associated Press
Jan 30, 2022 6:22 am - LONDON - Finishing a book is usually cause for celebration. Not for actor Brian Cox. The book in question, "Putting the Rabbit in the Hat," out now, chronicles the actor...
Crystal Lake author takes you on an 'American Vacation. 12,000 Miles Into the Wild West'

Submitted by Raluca Barbu
Jan 26, 2022 10:00 pm - Raluca Barbu, a librarian at the Fox River Grove Memorial Library and the Wauconda Area Library, has recently published her latest book, "American Vacation. 12,000 miles...
Six libraries hosting 'Neighbors Together' to promote Literacy DuPage's tutoring program

Submitted by Bobbi Burgstone
Jan 25, 2022 10:00 pm - Six public libraries in DuPage County - Addison, Indian Prairie, Itasca, Naperville, Westmont, and Wheaton - are collaborating on a one-community, two-book program serie...
Book review: Bride saved from a brutal husband in 'The Runaway'

By Bruce DeSilva Associated Press
Jan 25, 2022 5:00 am - "The Runaway" 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 Coldw...
Review: Killer gives the Florida Keys condo lifestyle a try

By BRUCE DESILVA
Jan 24, 2022 6:00 am - 'œMermaid Confidential'ť by Tim Dorsey (William Morrow) 'œMermaid Confidential'ť is the 25th slapstick-noir novel in which Tim Dorsey chronicles the antics of obsessive-...
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...

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