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REVIEW: Let Book of Love by Kelly Link Immerse You (spoiler-free)

February 13, 2024

Every door may represent a choice, but what if it’s not your choice to make? In The Book of Love by Kelly Link, we meet characters who open some doors and are shoved through others as they grapple with the consequences of other people’s decisions. The Book of Love, Kelly Link’s highly ...

Bookmarked, Reviews

Dogears: Poets and Dreamers Rule All Possible Worlds

January 29, 2019

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 see if you can find your ...

Bookmarked, News

Book Beat: Publisher Merger, Passing of Little Free Libraries Creator, and An Incident at Vancouver Writers Fest

October 25, 2018

Hello all! It’s Emily here again. I hope you’ve all been having a wonderful week and are keeping warm amid the cooling temperatures. I’ve already spotted some flurries in the air this October, if you can believe it. But the cool weather just gives me an excuse to read some books and write from ...

Comics, Interviews, Profiles & Primers

Women Making Comics: Gina Gagliano on Her Career, Her Journey into Comics and Her Move to Random House

September 28, 2018

Gina Gagliano is nothing less than a powerhouse in the comics industry. Creating a name for herself at First Second, Gagliano has been a force for good when it comes to making sequential storytelling accessible, exciting, and interesting. It was with great pleasure that I chatted with Gagliano ...

Bookmarked, Interviews

Q&A With Kiersten White Author of The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

September 18, 2018

In The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein, Kiersten White refocuses Mary Shelley’s original narrative structure on Elizabeth Lavenza and conjures a much darker and more cunning vision of Victor Frankenstein’s devoted wife-to-be.

Comics, Opinion, Reviews

Grab a Sword and Enter the Cardboard Kingdom

May 23, 2018

The Cardboard Kingdom Chad Sell (creator & artist); Jay Fuller, David DeMeo, Katie Schenkel, Kris Moore, Molly Muldoon, Vid Alliger, Manuel Betancourt, Michael Cole, Cloud Jacobs, Barbara Perez Marquez (writers) Random House June 2018 Adventure roams the streets as a neighborhood of ...

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Four Reasons You Should Read American Housewife by Helen Ellis

May 26, 2016

American Housewife Helen Ellis Doubleday January 12 2016 In case you haven’t heard yet, May is International Short Story month and if you’re still looking for a way to celebrate let me help you out by recommending my favourite short story collection of the year (so far) – American ...

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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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Time Travel Experiments of a Psychomathematician: Arcadia by Iain Pears

February 18, 2016

Arcadia by Iain Pears was released in the UK in September 2015 and has now had its North American release on February 9th 2016. The novel takes place over a series of timelines and from a variety of perspectives, so much so that there is an Arcadia iOS and Android App to help readers deep track ...

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Short Story Collections You May Have Missed in 2015

December 2, 2015

It took me a long time to really appreciate the short story. I hated reading them in high school and university, and was convinced my time would be better spent on novels. People would give me collections as gifts and they would sit, unread on my bookshelf collecting dust. A few years ago, ...

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REVIEW: Let Book of Love by Kelly Link Immerse You (spoiler-free)

Dogears: Poets and Dreamers Rule All Possible Worlds

Book Beat: Publisher Merger, Passing of Little Free Libraries Creator, and An Incident at Vancouver Writers Fest

Women Making Comics: Gina Gagliano on Her Career, Her Journey into Comics and Her Move to Random House

Q&A With Kiersten White Author of The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

Grab a Sword and Enter the Cardboard Kingdom

Four Reasons You Should Read American Housewife by Helen Ellis

Dogears: Strangled by Scarves

Time Travel Experiments of a Psychomathematician: Arcadia by Iain Pears

Short Story Collections You May Have Missed in 2015

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