Bookmarks

Bookmarks
[Periodical Bookmarks]

If you have ever been at a loss as to what to read next, this is the magazine for you. Bookmarks was named "Best New Magazine" by Library Journal shortly after its debut in 2002. It is a bimonthly comprehensive new books guide, and also includes articles about classic and contemporary authors, a reader advisory section and "best of" lists from every genre. Each of the new books featured in Bookmarks is followed by several brief summaries of various reviews, which allows for a much broader impression of the book than would any in-depth review from a single source. I've gotten a couple of great title ideas from this magazine that I probably wouldn't otherwise have tried. After the magazine did an article on Kurt Vonnegut's life and works back in a 2003 issue he effused, "...nowhere else have I found such thoughtful and literate reportage on the state of the American soul, as that soul makes itself known in the books we write. News of the hour indeed!" [Bookmarks is carried by both Bethany and Walt libraries; copies can be reserved and sent to any other library location for pick-up.] -- recommended by Steph E - Anderson and Bethany Branch Libraries

[ official Bookmarks Magazine web site ]

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website. You can visit that page to see them all, or watch them appear here in the BookGuide blog individually over the course of the entire month.