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Author's Message is to Get the Most 'Charge' Out of Life

Lake Forest Book Store lists top sellers.

  Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, June 17-24. 1. The Charge - Brendon Burchard 2. Unintended Conseqenses - Ed Conard 3. Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn 4. Jeneration X - Jen Lancaster 5. Park Lane - Frances Osborne 6. Art of Hearling Heartbeats - Jan-Phillip Sendker 7. Cabin Fever - Tom Montgomery Fate 8. Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh 9. 50 Shades of Gray -  E L James 10. Art of Fielding - Chad Harbach 11. Lots of Candles Plenty of Cake - Anna Quindlen 12. Amateur - Edward Klein 13. Maine - Courtney Sullivan 14. This Love is not for Cowards - Robert Andrew Powell 15. Skeleton Box - Brian Gruley - information compiled by Sue Boucher For a synopsis of each book, visit the Lake Forest Book Store website.

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Summer Reading Program Focuses on One Book

Lake Forest Library seeks teen, adult audience.

  The Lake Forest Library will launch a new summer program for adults and teens – One Book/One City LF. All Lake Forest residents are being invited to read Manhunt: the Twelve Day Hunt for Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson. The book gives a fast-paced, hour-by-hour account of the search for John Wilkes Booth, told from multiple viewpoints. The program begins June 1 and continues through Aug. 4, in conjunction with the library's Summer Reading Programs. Free copies of the book are available to the first 30 residents to register. Limit one per family. Additional copies are available for check-out. A grand prize drawing for a Kindle will take place the first week of August.  Related programs include: Although registration and prizes are …

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'Tomboy Style' Celebrates Women Who Blur Gender Line

Top best sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, May 6-13.

  Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, May 6-13. 1. Tomboy Style - Lizzie Garrett Mettler 2. Lots of Candles Plenty of Cake - Anna Quindlen 3. 50 Shades of Grey - E. L. James 4. Dream Big - Deloris Jordan 5. Prosper in Love - Deborah Michel 6. Art of Hearing Heartbeats - Jan Phillip Sendker 7. Art of Fielding - Chad Harbach 8. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins 9. 50 Shades Darker - E. L. James 10. God Box - Mary Lou Quinlen 11. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins 12. State of Wonder - Ann Patchett 13. 10 1/2 Things No Commencement - Charles Whelan 14. Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh 15. Faith = Jennifer Haigh   - information compiled by Sue Boucher For a synopsis of each book, visit the Lake Forest Book Store website.

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Secret Service Agent Reveals Private Side of Jackie Kennedy

Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, April 22-29.

  Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, April 22-29. 1. Mrs. Kennedy and Me - Clint Hill 2. Shoemaker's Wife - Adriana Trigiani 3. Nature Principle - Richard Louv 4. City of Scoundrels - Gary Krist 5. 50 Shades of Grey - E.L. James 6. Lots of Candles Plenty of Cake - Anna Quindlen 7. Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins 8. History of Crabtree Farm - Kim Coventry 9. 50 Shades Free - E.L. James 10. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins 11. Art of Hearing Heartbeats - Jan Phillip Sendker 12. Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh 13. Art of Fielding - Chad Harbach 14. What Money Can't Buy - Michael J. Sandel 15. Heroes for My Daughter - Brad Meltzer   - information compiled by Sue Boucher For a synopsis of each book, visit the Lake Forest …

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'Hunger Games' Sequel Continues Story of Panem

Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store.

  Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, April 8-15. 1. In the Garden of Beasts - Erik Larson 2.  Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins 3. Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins 4.  50 Shades of Grey -  E.L. James 5.  Borrower - Rebecca Makkai 6.  Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins 7.  House at Tyneford -  Natasha Solomons 8.  Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh 9.  American Heiress -  Daisy Goodwin 10. American Dervish - Ayad Akhtar 11. Glow - Jessica Tuccelli 12. Big Nate Goes for Broke - Lincoln Peirce 13. Goodnight Ipad - Ann Droyd 14. Midwestern Native Garden - Charlotte Adelman 15. Buddha in the Attic - Julie Otsuka   - information compiled by Sue Boucher For a synopsis of each book, visit the Lake Forest Book Store website.

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'In the Garden of Beasts' Set During Hitler's Rise to Power

Lake Forest Book Store lists top sellers.

  Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, April 1-8.  1. In the Garden of Beasts - Erik Larson 2. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins 3. Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins 4. 50 Shades of Grey - E.L. James 5. Borrower - Rebecca Makkai 6. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins 7. House at Tyneford - Natasha Solomons 8. Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh 9. American Heiress - Daisy Goodwin 10. American Dervish - Ayad Akhtar 11. Glow -  Jessica Tuccelli 12. Big Nate Goes for Broke - Lincoln Peirce 13. Goodnight Ipad - Ann Droyd 14. Midwestern Native Garden - Charlotte Adelman 15. Buddha in the Attic - Julie Otsuka   Top Best Sellers, March 25-April 1. 1. Brewer's Apprentice - Greg Koch 2. Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins 3. Catching Fire - …

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Movie Propels Interest in 'Hunger Games'

Lake Forest Book Store lists top sellers.

  Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, March 18-25. 1. Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins 2. In the Garden of Beasts - Erik Larson 3. Dead of Night - Peter Lerangis 4. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins 5. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins 6. House at Tyneford - Natasha Solomons 7. Soldiers Wife - Margaret Leroy 8. Devil in the White City - Erik Larson 9. Faith - Jennifer Haigh 10. Buddha in the Attic - Julie Otsuka 11. Invisible Bridge - Julie Orringer 12. Art of Hearing Heartbeats - Jan-Phillip Sendker 13. Weird Sisters - Eleanor Brown 14. Fault in Our Stars - John Green 15. Stay Close - Harlan Coban   - information compiled by Sue Boucher For a synopsis of each book, visit the Lake Forest Book Store website.

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Medical Science, Moral Choices Intersect in 'Lone Wolf'

Lake Forest Book Store lists top sellers.

  Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, March 11-18. 1. Lone Wolf - Jodi Picoult 2. Midwestern Native Garden - Charlotte Adelman 3. Real Moms Love to Eat - Beth Aldrich 4. 39 Clues Dead of Night - Peter Lerangis 5. Moon Walking with Einstein - Joshua Foer 6. Arcadia - Lauren Groff 7. Getting Somewhere - Beth Neff 8. Change of Heart -  Jodi Picoult 9. House at Tyneford - Natasha Solomons 10. Healing - Jonathan O'Dell 11. Darlings -  Cristina Alger 12. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins 13. Faith - Jennifer Haigh 14. Fault in Our Stars -  John Green 15. Weird Sisters - Eleanor Brown   - information compiled by Sue Boucher For a synopsis of each book, visit the Lake Forest Book Store website.

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Biography of Girls Scouts Founder

Top seller at Lake Forest Book Store.

  Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, March 4-11.   1. Juliette Gordon Low - Stacy Cordery 2. When You Say "Thank You," Mean It - Mary O'Donohue 3. Lone Wolf - Jodi Picoult 4. Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins 5. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins 6. The House at Tyneford - Natasha Solomons 7. Darlings - Christine Alger 8. Catherine the Great - Robert Massie 9. The Lantern - Deborah Larenson 10. Moonwalking with Einstein - Joshua Foer 11. Real Moms Love to Eat - Beth Aldrich 12. Lady Almina and the Real Downton - Countess Carnavon 13. Bringing up Bebe - Pamela Druckerman 14. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins 15. American Sniper - Chris Kyle   - information compiled by Sue Boucher For a synopsis of each book, visit the Lake Forest Book …

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Chiaverini Novel Follows the Fortunes of Rosa Diaz Barclay

Lake Forest Book Store lists top sellers.

  Top Best Sellers from the Lake Forest Book Store, Feb. 26 to March 4. 1. Sonoma Rose - Jennifer Chiaverini 2. Lone Wolf - Jodi Picoult 3. The Wedding Quilt - Jennifer Chiaverini 4. Uniion Quilters - Jennifer Chiaverini 5. Aloha Quilt - Jennifer Chiaverini 6. The House at Tyneford - Natasha Solomons 7. Healing - Jonathan O'Dell 8. Darlings - Chirstina Alger 9. Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins 10. Catching Filre - Suzanne Collins 11. Birds of a Feather Shop Together - Sandra Bark 12. City of Veils - Zoe Ferrakis 13. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins 14. American Dervish - Ayad Akhtar 15. Faith - Jennifer Haigh   - information compiled by Sue Boucher For a synopsis of each book, visit the Lake Forest Book Store website.

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