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Book review: Shashi Bhat's slice-of-life novel is both meaningless and profound

By Donna Edwards
Jun 28, 2022 6:00 AM - As a freshman, Nina has a crush on her English teacher. That's how "The Most Precious Substance on Earth" begins. Author Shashi Bhat wastes no time with introductions or context because it's all there in the universality of Nina's hyper-specific experiences. The novel is both profound and meaningless. True to life, there is no great moral.
Review: A slice-of-life novel both meaningless and profound

By DONNA EDWARDS
Jun 27, 2022 9:51 AM - As a freshman, Nina has a crush on her English teacher
Review: A hunting trip turns deadly when a blizzard strikes

By BRUCE DESILVA
Jun 27, 2022 8:50 AM - In 'œOutside,' four old college friends who haven't seen each other for a year or more go hunting together on the wild moors of Iceland
Review: 'Elsewhere' ponders the meaning of motherhood

By ROB MERRILL
Jun 27, 2022 8:10 AM - 'œElsewhere,' the new novel from Alexis Schaitkin, transports readers to a mysterious mountain town where mothers occasionally vanish, a fact of life residents call an 'œaffliction.'
George Harrison's widow talks of life, death through poetry

By DAVID BAUDER
Jun 27, 2022 6:00 AM - "Came the Lightening," a 20-poem collection published Tuesday, is a first for the 74-year-old Olivia Harrison. She has meticulously curated husband George Harrison's work with the help of their son, Dhani, but has otherwise maintained the privacy the couple kept throughout their marriage.
Director James Burrows looks back on his career in new book

By ALICIA RANCILIO
Jun 27, 2022 6:00 AM - James Burrows loves sitcoms, and he should with more than 1,000 episodes of TV sitcoms in his directing bio. He looks back on his famed career in a new book called "Directed by James Burrows," detailing how he got started in showbiz and became Hollywood's go-to director for sitcom pilots, setting shows up for success to go forward.
Book review: 'The Lies I Tell' is a hard-to-put-down thriller

By Alicia Rancilio
Jun 26, 2022 6:00 AM - Clear your schedule to read "The Lies I Tell" because this book is nearly impossible to put down from the first page. What starts as a revenge fantasy soon turns into a friendship that's also a cautionary tale about the internet and social media.
Book review: Lee Goldberg scores again with vivid 'Movieland'

By Bruce DeSilva
Jun 25, 2022 7:30 AM - In Lee Goldberg's "Movieland," Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Duncan Pavone believes a would-be serial killer is behind several non-fatal shootings in a state park. When told to lay off the investigation, he ropes his partner Eve Ronin into an off-the-books investigation.
'Gender Queer' novel's inclusion on reading list sparks debate in Barrington school district

By Steve Zalusky
Jun 24, 2022 2:13 PM - The inclusion of controversial graphic novel "Gender Queer" on a reading list has fueled outrage among some parents in Barrington Community Unit School District 220.
Review: 'The Lies I Tell' is a hard to put down thriller

By ALICIA RANCILIO
Jun 21, 2022 12:20 PM - After her 2020 hit novel 'œThe Last Flight,' Julie Clark's new book 'œThe Lies I Tell' is another page-turner

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