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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? Read more...
Posted by Adult Services on July 6, 2015
More Things in Heaven and Earth
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 Read more...
Posted by Adrian L. on June 30, 2015
A Good Killing
In Allison Leotta’s latest novel, A Good Killing, readers get caught up in the unveiling of a plot to take down a small town hero who has preyed on young Read more...
Posted by on June 29, 2015
What’s Your Guilty Pleasure?
This series is filled with friendship, camaraderie, knitting, sleuthing and enough food to put even the toughest critic into a food induced haze by the time the crimes have been Read more...
Posted by on June 24, 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 Read more...
Posted by Adult Services on June 17, 2015
Sometimes a Good Fence Just Isn’t Enough: Neighbors
Following the civil unrest sparked by my last blog post on the superiority of independent cinema – branded by Fox News’ Megyn Kelly as “more elitist than a Master’s Degree Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on June 15, 2015
Dystopia – Lite
I am a third child who was raised on a farm, but the similarities between Luke Garner and me end there. Thankfully. In the Among the Hidden, the first book Read more...
Posted by on June 10, 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 Read more...
Posted by Adult Services on June 1, 2015
Bob Book Sets Are Here
Developed by teacher Bobby Lynn Maslen, Bob Books provide a phonics-based, sequential method of learning how to read. If your child is ready to start reading on his or her Read more...
Posted by Adrian L. on May 29, 2015
10% Happier
In 10% Happier : How I tamed the voice in my head, reduced stress without losing my edge, and found self-help that actually works– a true story, Dan Harris details Read more...
Posted by on May 22, 2015
The Emerald Cinephile: Three Family Films from Ireland
“Y’know Dad, I like how you bring home weird movies that no one’s heard of.” And with that statement, spoken by my nine year-old son, my work as a parent Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on May 20, 2015
The Royal We
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 Read more...
Posted by on May 18, 2015
Five Days Left
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 Read more...
Posted by on May 15, 2015
Exquisite Corpse by Penelope 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, Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on May 8, 2015
Paper Cowboy
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 Read more...
Posted by Adrian L. on May 1, 2015