A Haunted Halloween!

Nothing screams (pun intended) Fall like curling up to a good scary movie on a cold, dark night! Because I love Halloween, I’ll be starting to prepare early by watching...

Posted by Adult Services on October 7, 2015

Sous Chef: 24 hours on the line

Have you ever wondered what it is like to be working in the kitchen of a nice restaurant when the perfect meal is delivered to your table? Do you...

Posted by Adult Services on August 24, 2015

Our Souls at Night

Even at first sight, this small volume by Kent Haruf drew me in although I had four other books to consider reading on my nightstand. Why did it attract me?...

Posted by Adult Services on July 6, 2015

Illinois Reads: The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted

Illinois Reads is a yearly statewide project to promote reading for all Illinois citizens. Established under the Illinois Reading Council, reading is encouraged at all age levels, from babies to...

Posted by Adult Services on June 17, 2015

The Precipice by Paul Doiron

Two college girls have disappeared while hiking the “Hundred Mile Wilderness” in Maine. Sketchy details become available as game warden Mike Bowditch is tasked with constructing the girls’ check-in points...

Posted by Adult Services on June 1, 2015

Inside the O’Briens

Lisa Genova has yet again found the perfect vehicle for a sincere, funny, heart-wrenching story with her east coast family story, Inside the O’Briens. I find that reading her novels is...

Posted by Adult Services on April 6, 2015

Gardening and Farm to Table: a Fruitful Pairing

It would be hard not to be happy that we have gained another hour of sunshine, courtesy of daylight saving time. As Chicagoans, we are reminded that we have braved...

Posted by Adult Services on March 11, 2015

The Girl on the Train

I’ll admit it: there are many people out there (including all the publicity departments and book sellers) that are saying The Girl on the Train is the next Gone Girl novel....

Posted by Adult Services on February 11, 2015

Find Momo!

Just looking at the cover of this book by Find Momo, the dog in the clever photographs, and wonder about the story behind it. Knapp, a photographer and freelance interface...

Posted by Adult Services on January 13, 2015

So, Anyway…

So, Anyway… I was thrilled! It is a memoir taking you through his life, his fame and how he navigated through it all. Like everything he does, it has a...

Posted by Adult Services on December 15, 2014

Sweet Baking and Making Memories

Let’s face it: whether or not you celebrate the seasonal holidays, the sweets and baked goods that surround these events are always welcome and shared with many – family, friends,...

Posted by Adult Services on November 17, 2014

Dark Stories And Dark Birds

Fall is upon us, and with Halloween just weeks away, I thought it would be a great time to reacquaint myself with the dark—but always interesting—world of horror fiction. What...

Posted by Adult Services on October 17, 2014

Listen Up!

Ocean at the End of the Lane when it first came out last summer and loved every page. You meet a man who finds himself wandering to the old farm...

Posted by Adult Services on September 17, 2014

Narrative Nonfiction

I just finished up a class for graduate school that was all about adult popular fiction. My favorite genre that we discussed was narrative nonfiction. I am not the biggest...

Posted by Adult Services on September 3, 2014

Tiny House

Tiny: A Story About Living Small that follows Christopher Smith as he builds a tiny house. In general, a tiny house is a house that is under 200 square feet and...

Posted by Adult Services on June 25, 2014