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Book Review: "Bedrock Faith" by Eric Charles May

(CCLaP is dedicated to reviewing as many contemporary books as possible, including self-published volumes; click here to learn how to submit your own book for possible review, although be warned that it needs to have been published within the last 18 months to be considered. For the complete list of all books reviewed here, as well as the next books scheduled to be read, click here.)



Bedrock Faith
By Eric Charles May
Akashic Books
Reviewed by Travis Fortney

Chicago, as the saying goes, is a city o...

Book Review: "By Blood We Live" by Glen Duncan

(CCLaP is dedicated to reviewing as many contemporary books as possible, including self-published volumes; click here to learn how to submit your own book for possible review, although be warned that it needs to have been published within the last 12 months to be considered. For the complete list of all books reviewed here, as well as the next books scheduled to be read, click here.)



By Blood We Live
By Glen Duncan
Knopf
Review by Madeleine Maccar

I can't say I was delighted when I found out that...

Book Review: "Limiters," by Christopher Stoddard

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Limiters
By Christopher Stoddard
ITNA Press
Reviewed by Jason Pettus

Back when I was doing research into the "Nelso...

Book Review: "The Beatles Are Here!", edited by Penelope Rowlands

(CCLaP is dedicated to reviewing as many contemporary books as possible, including self-published volumes; click here to learn how to submit your own book for possible review, although be warned that it needs to have been published within the last 18 months to be considered. For the complete list of all books reviewed here, as well as the next books scheduled to be read, click here.)



The Beatles Are Here!: 50 Years After the Band Arrived in America, Writers, Musicians, and Other Fans Remembe...

Come join us at the Book Cellar tonight!

Oh, what's the matter, sad Chicagoan? Cold and snow got you down? Cooped up with cabin fever? Well, shake off those winter cobwebs and come out to the Book Cellar in the Lincoln Square neighborhood tonight (7pm, 4736 N. Lincoln), where CCLaP authors Ben Tanzer and Mark R. Brand will be reading from their books and signing copies, along with fellow local authors Giano Cromley and Joseph Peterson! On top of that, Ryan Singleton from "WordPlaySound" will be there recording the entire thing for t...

CCLaP Rare: Vol. 1 and 4 of the "Ralph of the Railroad" series, by Allen Chapman

(CCLaP is now selling rare and unusual books through the main website, shipped to customers through USPS Priority Mail and with full refunds always guaranteed. To see the latest full list of volumes for sale, please click here).

Ralph of the Round House (1906*)
Ralph on the Overland Express (1910*)
By Allen Chapman

DESCRIPTION: As any book fan can tell you, it's the endless amount of hardback "juvenilia" titles (now called Young Adult or Chapterbooks) from the 1900s to 1950s that is one of the mo...