J.D. Trafford has penned a satisfying mystery with social justice at its heart. ‘Little Boy Lost” takes us to St. …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Jul. 22, 2017 9:53 pm3057d ago
J.D. Trafford has penned a satisfying mystery with social justice at its heart. ‘Little Boy Lost” takes us to St. …
By Terri Leblanc, correspondent Books Jul. 22, 2017 9:48 pm3057d ago
‘The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter” is a delightful amalgamation of all the great gothic fiction stories of the …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent Books Jul. 22, 2017 2:30 pm3057d ago
Hazel, the protagonist in Alissa Nutting’s raucous second novel, ‘Made for Love,” is like a lot women trying to escape …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent Books Jul. 16, 2017 10:10 am3063d ago
Secrets betrayed and promises kept are on full display in Percival Everett’s 29th book, ‘So Much Blue.” Painter Kevin Pace …
By Stacie Gorkow, correspondent Books Jul. 16, 2017 10:10 am3063d ago
You would think that a novel about a woman recently widowed by her much-too-young husband’s horrific accident and her sudden …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Jul. 8, 2017 4:33 pm3071d ago
I don’t mind admitting that books about why baseball matters written by professors of philosophy may appeal only to a …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Jul. 8, 2017 4:30 pm3071d ago
Two people struggling to move forward in the face of crippling loss come together in Bianca Marais’ new novel, ‘Hum …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Books Jul. 9, 2017 8:42 am3070d ago
‘What We Lose,” Zinzi Clemmons’ moving debut novel about identity, adulthood and sexuality, centers around Thandi, an African American woman …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Jul. 9, 2017 8:45 am3070d ago
Siobhan Fallon’s husband is in the military, and her new novel, ‘The Confusion of Languages,” was sparked by the family’s …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Living Jul. 2, 2017 1:05 am3078d ago
Some personal tragedies are so sudden and so devastating that those left behind simply can’t process the complete story – …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Jun. 25, 2017 9:48 am3084d ago
Chuck Klosterman’s writing is an engaging combination of style and substance. Sometimes the style seems to be Klosterman’s dominant concern, …
By Erin Horst
Living Jun. 25, 2017 9:58 am3084d ago
If you’re used to running into the library to pick up your holds and head out the door, you’re missing …
By Stacie Gorkow, correspondent
Books Jun. 24, 2017 6:00 pm3085d ago
Loretta Ellsworth grew up in Mason City and attended many events at the famous Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake while …
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