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The Good Lie

Christine Maleno, Adult Services Programming Librarian, shares her latest movie recommendation: The Good Lie (2014) is a beautiful movie inspired by the Sudanese civil war that began in the ‘80s,...

Posted by on November 12, 2015

Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead

Goodbye Stranger is the newest book by Rebecca Stead, author of the Newbery Award winning book When You Reach Me. Stead has a talent for creating plots that include an...

Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf

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 on July 6, 2015

More Things in Heaven and Earth by Jeff High

Are you missing the town of Mitford? Do you long for a trip to Lake Wobegon?  I have another small, quaint town for you to visit this summer. Watervalley, Tennessee...

Posted by on June 30, 2015

The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted by Elizabeth Berg

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 on June 17, 2015

The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

To celebrate the birth of Princess Charlotte, the newest addition to the British Royal Family, I decided to fall head first down a rabbit hole of Kate Middleton/Prince William romantic...

Posted by on May 18, 2015

Five Days Left by Jennifer Lawson Timmer

Five Days Left by Jennifer Lawson Timmer is the story of two people connected through an online forum for parents with non-traditional parenting arrangements. Mara Nichols is a 42-year-old, Indian-Canadian...

Posted by on May 15, 2015

Exquisite Corpse by Pénélope Bagieu

Exquisite Corpse by Penelope Bagieu is a great read that explores the concept of ego and the question, “What do you deserve?” The art is a classic black and white,...

Posted by on May 8, 2015

Paper Cowboy by Kristen Levine

I am very much a native of the western suburbs of Chicago. My only homes have been in Downers Grove and Westmont, and I’ve always felt that suburbia was a...

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty by Liane Moriarty

Sometimes all the drama happening in the school yard has nothing to do with children and everything to do with parents. In the novel Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty,...

Posted by on April 20, 2015

The Art of Secrets! by James Klise

Arson, possible hate crime, losing everything, gaining new things, a school benefit, new friendships, a fortune in lost art found only to be lost again, intrigue, mystery, and so much...

Posted by on April 17, 2015

Inside the O’Briens by Lisa Genova

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 on April 6, 2015

Mouse Mansion by Karina Schaapman

Each week, I feel privileged to share some beautiful, fun, and educational picture books with large groups of children in our storytimes here at the Westmont Library.  Lately, though, a...

Posted by on April 3, 2015

Daytripper by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá

Daytripper by Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon is the most spellbinding, jarring, and exquisite graphic novel I have ever read. It fills the dreamless void with dreams worth living. It...

Posted by on July 16, 2014

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