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Book Review: ‘The Future Was Now’ a brilliant look back at the groundbreaking movie summer of '82

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER
Aug 06, 2024 12:23 pm - The moments are seared into the pop culture pantheon. And our collective consciousness. A friendly alien taking Henry Thomas’ character Elliott on an airborne bike ride ...
Geneva Shakespeare in the Park’s ‘Twelfth Night’ moves to Sunset Park

Submitted by Gail Gaboda, Geneva Shakespeare in the Park
Aug 01, 2024 5:57 pm - Geneva’s beloved free, family-friendly Shakespeare in the Park performance returns on Saturday, Aug. 3, at a new venue. Due to flooding in Island Park, the event will be held at Geneva’s Sunset Park, just south of Sunset Community Center.
Francine Pascal, creator of beloved ‘Sweet Valley High’ books, dies at 92

Jul 30, 2024 2:25 pm - Francine Pascal, a onetime soap opera writer whose “Sweet Valley High” novels and the ongoing adventures of twins Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield and other teens captivat...
The somewhat definitive ranking of Emily Henry novels

By Sophia Nguyen and Rachel Kurzius
Jul 25, 2024 2:22 pm - Emily Henry, then the author of solidly successful but quietly received YA fiction, had run out of things to say about teenagers when she started her first book for adult...
Publisher plans massive ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ reprints to meet demand for VP candidate JD Vance’s book

By HILLEL ITALIE
Jul 25, 2024 9:44 am - Former President Donald Trump’s selection of JD Vance as his running mate has led to a surge in sales for “Hillbilly Elegy,” his best-selling memoir that came out in 2016.
Melania Trump to tell her story in memoir, ‘Melania,’ scheduled for this fall

By HILLEL ITALIE
Jul 25, 2024 7:07 am - Former first lady Melania Trump has a memoir coming out this fall, “Melania,” billed by her office as “a powerful and inspiring story of a woman who has carved her own path, overcome adversity and defined personal excellence.”
Meet Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss at next ‘Date With History’ on Aug. 1

By Jeff Reiter, Cantigny
Jul 24, 2024 2:22 pm - “Date with History” series on Aug. 1 features two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Maraniss on his book, “They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967.”
Anderson’s Bookshop to host Aug. 16 event with author of ‘The Maid and the Crocodile’

Submitted by Mary Marolla
Jul 23, 2024 11:55 am - Jordan Ifueko, a Nigerian American writer of fantasy and young adult fiction, will be coming to Anderson's Bookshop in Downers Grove.
Book Review: Call the script doctor! ‘Feh’ explores the toxic storyline of a religious education

By ANN LEVIN
Jul 22, 2024 12:02 pm - Shalom Auslander’s “Feh” is a poignant, profane and scabrously funny exploration of the way that organized religion, but also scientists and philosophers, conspire to teach us that we are “feh,” a Yiddish expression of contempt.
Book Review: The Knights of Camelot search for a new king in Lev Grossman’s ‘The Bright Sword’

By SHARON LURYE
Jul 16, 2024 7:17 am - A rudderless nation, lost in uncertainty, searches for its next commander in chief. Such is the uneasy world of Arthurian England in “The Bright Sword,” the new novel by Lev Grossman.

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