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Book Review: Ron Chernow’s ‘Mark Twain’ gives readers an honest assessment of beloved author’s life

By ANDREW DeMILLO
May 13, 2025 3:16 pm - Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow is known for writing massive biographies of the country’s most enduring figures. So it comes as no surprise that his biography of author and humorist Mark Twain clocks in at more than 1,000 pages.
Retired teachers to explore ‘The Anxious Generation’ in Book Between Bites

Submitted by Books Between Bites
May 12, 2025 5:30 pm - On Thursday, May 15, retired Batavia teachers Kathy Hubbard and Linda Sullivan will close out Books Between Bites’ 36th season with a talk on the 2024 book, “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness” by social psychologist Jonathan Haidt.
Book Review: Allison Larkin’s latest is a heartfelt story of small-town America, set in her hometown

By DONNA EDWARDS
May 12, 2025 9:19 am - A heartfelt presentation of small-town American life and the joys and struggles that go with it, “Home of the American Circus” centers on Freya who, at 30, must move back home and deal with the house her parents left her.
Book Review: Nate Bargatze tries to bring his comedy from screen to page with ‘Big Dumb Eyes’

By ROB MERRILL
May 07, 2025 12:41 pm - It’s a rite of passage for all comedians: Work like crazy on the stand-up circuit, hit it big, record live specials for a streaming platform, and then write a book that can never quite measure up to your live act. Consider “Big Dumb Eyes: Stories From a Simpler Mind” by Nate Bargatze.
Book Review: David Attenborough takes readers to ‘Earth’s Last Wilderness’ in ‘Ocean’

By ROB MERRILL
May 06, 2025 10:03 am - British biologist Sir David Attenborough will celebrate his 99th birthday two days after the publication of his latest book, “Ocean: Earth’s Last Wilderness.” And I’m willing to bet he’d appreciate it if every nation would sign on to the U.N. High Seas Treaty and stop exploiting the ocean for short-term gains.
Des Plaines library holding Free Comic Book Day events Saturday

Daily Herald report
May 02, 2025 7:17 am - Head to the Des Plaines Public Library on Saturday to celebrate Free Comic Book Day.
Book Review: Debut novel ‘Fireweed’ explores the danger in complacency

By RACHEL S. HUNT
Apr 28, 2025 12:16 pm - Poverty, misogyny and racism take a front seat in Lauren Haddad’s “Fireweed,” which reflects themes of self-discovery and disenfranchisement through a fictional medium. A feeling of women’s powerlessness invades the book, overwhelming and inescapable.
Book Review: ‘Awakened’ is a breath of fresh air in the world of modern magic novels

By DONNA EDWARDS
Apr 28, 2025 10:58 am - Wilder wakes up one day suddenly able to speak and understand every language. But what seems like a wicked-cool ability turns out to be overwhelming in the endless stream...
Book Review: From incels to trad wives, culture critic probes 21st-century backlash against feminism

By ANN LEVIN
Apr 28, 2025 10:52 am - Sophie Gilbert, a London-based staff writer for the Atlantic magazine, has taken a survey of the Anglo-American pop culture landscape, and her findings aren’t pretty. In ...
Naperville Writers Group names winners of high school writing contest

Submitted by Thomas Guzman
Apr 22, 2025 11:19 am - Naperville Writers Group announces high school writing contest winners in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction categories. Winners received cash prizes and publication.

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