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Five new books for your teenager's summer reading pile

By Karen MacPherson
May 31, 2020 7:00 AM - Is your teenager looking for some great new reading? Here are five standout choices.
Book review: If you can't visit a national park this summer, here's a charming alternative

By Timothy R. Smith
May 31, 2020 7:28 AM - Every year, I try to visit a new national park. This year, my plan was to visit North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt National Park. But then the coronavirus happened and that park, like much of the rest of life, was shuttered. Instead, I was pleasantly diverted by a charming little book, "This is a Book for People Who Love the National Parks" by Matt Garczynski.
Book review: 'Sunny Days' tells of beginnings of 'Sesame Street'

By Molly Sprayregen
May 30, 2020 7:30 AM - In "Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America," journalist David Kamp takes readers on a fascinating journey through the development of one of the most beloved shows on television.
Reality star Doute to appear in Naperville book shop's first virtual author visit

By Marie Wilson
May 29, 2020 6:26 AM - Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville, a popular site for well-known authors to visit pre-pandemic, is jumping into the world of virtual events with its first online author experience scheduled for June 3.
Book review: Nora Roberts' thriller cured my pandemic reading block

By Sophia Rosenbaum
May 27, 2020 6:00 AM - Never have I ever wanted to escape in a book more than the last few months. And yet, never have I ever struggled more to get into a book than during the coronavirus pandemic. Cue: Nora Roberts' latest thriller, "Hideaway," the perfect cure to your pandemic-induced reading slump.
Review: 'All My Mother's Lovers' a story about power of love

By MOLLY SPRAYREGEN
May 26, 2020 11:44 AM - After the death of her mother, the heroine of 'œAll My Mother's Lovers' discovers five letters addressed to unknown men tucked into her mother's will
Review: Nora Roberts' thriller cured my virus reading block

By SOPHIA ROSENBAUM
May 26, 2020 8:33 AM - Escaping into a book seems like it would be an easy thing to do when we have more free time than ever
Review: Elliot Ackerman's latest is a tense tale from Turkey

By ROB MERRILL
May 26, 2020 7:47 AM - Remember the famous photo from May 2013 of a women in a red dress being pepper sprayed in Istanbul
Sports books to help get you through the non-seasons

By Ben Rothenberg
May 25, 2020 6:00 AM - As the world looks for ways to stay entertained indoors, perhaps no group is as starved for its normal diversions as sports fans. Many of those thrills of victory and agonies of defeat can be found in the beautiful world of books. Here's a great lineup that brings to life the sports we're missing now.
Book review: In Elisabeth Thomas' 'Catherine House,' an exclusive university harbors sinister secrets

By Diana Abu-Jaber
May 24, 2020 7:27 AM - Elisabeth Thomas' debut novel, "Catherine House," is about an exclusive private university, but you might say it's also about an experiment in social distancing: Here it's done among one group of students and faculty over a period of three years. With its cultlike fixation on control and secrecy, it's clear that something is deeply wrong with Catherine House.

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