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Stephan Benzkofer

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Stephan Benzkofer is the owner of Benzkofer Communications, helping organizations big and small tell their stories. Benzkofer left the Chicago Tribune in 2015 after nearly 20 years writing and editing. He wrote the "10 things" series with colleague Mark Jacob and also edited Chicago Flashback, a history feature that connected current events with historic headlines. ...more

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Stephan Benzkofer Stephan Benzkofer said: " A very fine historical fiction novel about Thomas Cromwell. I look forward to the next one. It's star rating may have been hurt by my reading this book immediately after "Wolf Hall," which was probably a bit better, and meant too much time for me stu ...more "

 

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The Shippers by Katherine Center
"Katherine Center is unapologetically predictable. This book has a preface in which she tells you, right up front, that she has written the ending you will be rooting for. There's not much suspense here, but there are likable characters and good story" Read more of this review »
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"Everyone's talking about this memoir by a woman whose husband leaves the family without warning. And that's after she signed an unfortunate prenup and decided to stay at home with the kids and make most of her assets jointly held by both of them. Acc" Read more of this review »
Lake Effect by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
"This novel involves two families living in the same affluent neighborhood in the 1970s. When the wife and mother of one family starts a relationship with the husband and dad in the other family, conflict ensues.

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System Collapse by Martha Wells
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I must admit to feeling some series fatigue; few series should be read straight through. I did appreciate, though, the theme of System Collapse — Murderbot dealing with his human side: feelings! — and how that impacts his ability
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The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Talk about a work that comes straight from the heart. That’s this book. It pretty much tackles every major life theme straight on, following the basic plot of a murder mystery. And some of the themes more than apply to today."
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