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Celebrity Endorsements for Italic Bookmarks

An entertaining assembly of various celebrities posing with bookmarks.

Posted byItalic BookmarksDecember 19, 2018September 6, 2019Posted inbookmarksTags:Beyoncé, jack black, Kate Hudson, lady Gaga, Peter griffinLeave a comment on Celebrity Endorsements for Italic Bookmarks

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Repost of this exciting bookmail from author Jeff Metcalf and @kingsenglishbookshop ... this time without my home address on the package. Ha! X This book is an exciting fictional account of a young man who finds himself in trouble and runs away from home, eventually joining a traveling carnival in the Western US. Fictional, but very firmly based in the real life experiences of the author. The first 30 pages of this book have already sucked me into a world of misdemeanors and a young troublemaker afraid to return home. X From the author: “I’m very excited about the novel (fiction) called ‘Wacko’s City of Fun Carnival.’ It is loosely based on my own experience of running away from home at 15 and a half and joining a traveling carnival. As my mother always told me, ‘How could somebody be born on Halloween, in a cab, in San Francisco and not have an interesting life?’ And, she was absolutely correct.” X #italicbookmarks #jeffmetcalf #metcalf #books #bookstagram #bookmail #thekingsenglish #kingsenglishbookshop #carnival #cityoffun #bookstabuddies📚

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami. Where do you start with a book like this? A fantastic story that begins with a man searching for a lost cat. From there, the story twists, curves, contorts, and splinters into branches that include mysterious hotel rooms, a dark well, strange powers, recollections of the Japanese campaigns in Upper Mongolia against China and later the Soviet Union, baseball bats, and so many other things you would never see coming. The most remarkable aspect of this book is the sense that you could suddenly be reading about (or listening to) absolutely anything. The jumps and shifts in reality were not unpleasant or disjointed, but very surprising. X Published in 1994-1995, the story holds up well, but there were some detailed sections of explanations of how a computer works. The main character spends a fair amount of effort trying to figure out how to message his wife through the computer, and trying to guess a 3-digit passcode. That was pretty funny. X I love all of the alternate covers and fan art that are always out there for each of Murakami’s works. X This is the fourth nice by Murakami that I have read, and absolutely hands down the best! There are many moments of brutal violence, sexuality, and war-time atrocities. It’s not for the faint of heart or the squeamish, but each element serves a purpose in the story. X #italicbookmarks #audiobook #harukimurakami #murakami #windupbird #windupbirdchronicle #books #bookstagram #bookcover #bookart #bookstabuddies📚

I’ve been knocking out audiobooks like mad as I’m working on our basement bathroom project. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil was a book that I wanted to read for quite awhile. A non-fiction account set in Savannah, Georgia that includes memorable characters, beautiful southern landscape, and... Murder! This book was released in 1994 and stayed on the NYT bestseller list for 216 weeks (4 YEARS!) X I liked the details and history of Savannah, I enjoyed hearing the stories of some of the people that John Berendt lived and worked with. I also liked the intriguing story of murder and a cover up, but particularly the fact that the murder triad were each somewhat condensed in the account. X Have you ever visited Savannah? What did you think? Worth a visit? X #italicbookmarks #nytbestseller #midnight #midnightinthegardenofgoodandevil #goodandevil #voodoo #johnberendt #books #audiobooks

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