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Dogears: Thrilling Journeys into the Past, Present, and Alternate Future

October 30, 2018

In a world filled with far too many great books, it’s hard to figure out what to pick up next. Luckily, Bookmarked is here to help in your search with “Dogears,” bite-sized book reviews from our growing TBR piles. Check out what we’ve been reading this past month, and ...

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Dogears: A Separation from a Discovery of Witches

April 7, 2017

A Discovery of Witches Deborah Harkness Narrated by Jennifer Ikeda Penguin Books February 2011 As a teenager, I had wanted to like the Twilight series. Everyone around me seemed to be riding that train, and I always wanted to like fun; I never have. I read Stephenie Meyer’s series with ...

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Dogears: Inverting Tropes in Storytelling

March 3, 2017

Becoming Unbecoming Una Arsenal Pulp Press December 1, 2015 Una simultaneously explores the terror of living through her own sexual abuses and the entirely-too-geographically-close Yorkshire Ripper’s serial killings in 1977 Northern England. There is an amazing amount of thoughtful material ...

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Dogears: An Unfinished World of Unrequited Love

October 11, 2016

The Unfinished World Amber Sparks Liveright January 25, 2016 The Unfinished World invites readers into the slightly off-center realities characteristic of Amber Sparks’ fabulist short stories. The stories are quirky and interesting, proving that the only thing readers can expect from Sparks’ ...

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Dogears: The Power of Symbolism and Storytelling

July 28, 2016

Mama’s Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation Edwidge Danticat & Leslie Staub Dial Books September 1, 2015 The complexity of immigration policy may be difficult to explain to a child, but many are affected by it. Saya’s mother is an undocumented Haitian immigrant who has been ...

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Dogears: More SmallvilleGuy!

June 21, 2016

Lois Lane: Double Down Gwenda Bond Switch Press May 1, 2016 Disclaimer: A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Jess, WWAC writer, reviewed the first Lois Lane novel Fallout, and I agreed that it was a really fun read. I adored teen Lois and was ...

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Dogears: An Unscripted History of Dragons

May 5, 2016

My Unscripted Life Lauren Morrill Delacorte (Random House) October 11, 2016 Lauren Morrill is a comforting voice in YA fiction, with contemporary romances that aren’t surprising but still engaging. But My Unscripted Life is the least captivating of her books thus far—it’s a novel that ...

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Dogears: Strangled by Scarves

April 7, 2016

Exit, Pursued By A Bear E.K. Johnston Dutton Books for Young Readers/Penguin Random House Canada March 15, 2016 Disclaimer: A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Full disclosure: I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and talking to E.K. Johnston many ...

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Dogears: Under a Painted Sky, The Vegetarian, The Widow

March 8, 2016

Under a Painted Sky Stacey Lee G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers March 17, 2105 I never thought that I liked Westerns all that much until I read Under a Painted Sky. Or maybe I still don’t like Westerns that much, but rather I just really like feminist Westerns starring two kick ...

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Dogears: Delicate yet Vicious

January 12, 2016

These Vicious Masks Tarun Shanker and Kelly Zekas Swoon Reads February 9, 2016 Were there mutants in Victorian England? Of course there were! Nobody said Professor X and his crew were the earliest gifted! The Misses Wyndham, snarkster supreme, Evelyn, and sweet, slightly underdeveloped, Rose, ...

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Dogears: Thrilling Journeys into the Past, Present, and Alternate Future

Dogears: A Separation from a Discovery of Witches

Dogears: Inverting Tropes in Storytelling

Dogears: An Unfinished World of Unrequited Love

Dogears: The Power of Symbolism and Storytelling

Dogears: More SmallvilleGuy!

Dogears: An Unscripted History of Dragons

Dogears: Strangled by Scarves

Dogears: Under a Painted Sky, The Vegetarian, The Widow

Dogears: Delicate yet Vicious

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