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Book review: Dean Koontz's latest thriller misses the mark

By Rob Merrill
Jan 24, 2023 6:00 AM - Like the "fusions" that terrify the main characters, Dean Koontz's new thriller, "The House at the End of the World," feels not quite fully formed. It starts as a mystery -- what sort of dangerous experiments is the U.S. government conducting on an island called Ringrock? -- and ends as a buddy story, with a woman and a teen on the run, paranoid that they are being hunted for what they know about Ringrock.
Book review: 'Vintage Contempoararies' an affectionate ode to '90s New York

By MAE ANDERSON
Jan 22, 2023 7:00 AM - Slate editor Dan Kois' debut novel, "Vintage Contemporaries," is an affectionate ode to New York City in the 1990s.
Book review: Oral history of Rikers Island reveals city's failure

By Jeff Rowe
Jan 21, 2023 6:30 AM - In these times, when people disagree about seemingly everything, just about everyone interviewed for "Rikers: An Oral History" concurs on the thesis: the New York City jails on Rikers Island stand as a failure in every way.
Book review: The kids are still not alright in Ellis' 'The Shards'

By Mae Anderson
Jan 18, 2023 6:00 AM - It's the 1980s and rich prep school students in Los Angeles are living the life of absentee parents, fancy cars, drugs, sex and disaffection. That's the plot of Ellis' breakout 1985 hit "Less Than Zero," published when he was 21, as well as "The Shards," Ellis' propulsive and twisty new novel, his first in almost 13 years.
'Music and More' series returns to Norris Cultural Arts Center

By Mark Smith
Jan 10, 2023 11:39 AM - The Norris Cultural Arts Center recently announced a revival of its "Music and More in the Gallery" event series, including two music concerts and two historical portrayals.
Book review: Janet Malcolm's quasi-memoir on pictures and memory

By Ann Levin
Jan 10, 2023 6:00 AM - When Janet Malcolm died 18 months ago at 86, her New Yorker colleague Ian Frazier wrote a eulogy for the magazine noting that the famed and feared journalist had been working on a series of essays based on old family photographs. "When the pieces come out as a book we'll look at them and look at them again and never figure out how such wonders were wrought."
Harper professor's new book looks at Illinois statehood

Submitted by Harper College News Bureau
Jan 17, 2023 11:45 AM - A lifelong passion for Illinois history, research, storytelling and teaching is embodied in the new book "Avenues of Transformation, Illinois's Path from Territory to State," written by James Edstrom, a longtime Harper College professor.
Prince Harry accuses Camilla of 'dangerous' leaks to media

By DANICA KIRKA
Jan 9, 2023 2:11 PM - Prince Harry has accused his stepmother, Camilla, the queen consort, of leaking private conversations to the media to burnish her own reputation as he promotes a new book that lays bare his story of his life behind palace walls.
Book review: India's Partition riveting in deeply human debut novel

By DONNA EDWARDS
Jan 9, 2023 6:00 AM - Aanchal Malhotra's debut novel, "The Book of Everlasting Things," paints a riveting picture of the 1947 Partition of India using all senses -- especially and unusually leaning into smell.
Learn about 'Inciting Joy' with poet Ross Gay Jan. 11

Submitted by Illinois Libraries Present
Jan 6, 2023 1:54 PM - Kick off your new year with a conversation about joy with best-selling essayist and award-winning poet Ross Gay.

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