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Skokie Advisory Staff

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October 8, 2020

Beginner's Guide to Thrillers

When I was a young adult, I was mostly all about movies. The only books I read were the Sweet Valley High series. My English-lit-major mother tried to introduce other types of books, to no avail.

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Skokie Advisory Staff

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February 13, 2020

Beginner's Guide to Romance Books

I’m not going to lie—I used to roll my eyes at the thought of reading romance. I thought it was all fluff and cheesy innuendos without any substance (shirtless Fabio, anyone?). Many friends and colleagues felt otherwise, and they weren’t alone.

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Jane Hanna

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April 7, 2017

Bookmobile 60th Anniversary

Sixty years ago, on Tuesday, November 11, 1957 at 10 am, the Skokie Public Library bookmobile made its first scheduled stop at Estes and Leclaire Avenues with a load of roughly 2,500 “adult and juvenile titles.”
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