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Celebrity Endorsements for Italic Bookmarks

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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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Colson Whitehead for king! I finished reading Zone One last night, a story of the zombie apocalypse, written by Colson Whitehead and published back in 2011. Mark Spitz is a survivor of The Plague that has transformed most of the people he knows into brainless, hungry monsters. He joins a team that clears out the buildings of Lower Manhattan in attempts to reclaim the island for humanity. X Normally I would not touch a book about zombies, but this one really has a lot going for it. Whitehead creates a setting that is frightening, yet somehow familiar in the big city. The stories and new aspirations of each survivor in this story reflect some of our own struggles and motivations. Zone One holds many secrets and metaphors that do not insist on their own significance, buy allow the reader to contemplate their importance throughout the narrative. In this book, Colson Whitehead proves that he can turn a story about zombies into a work of high literary merit! X I loved Zone One! X #colsonwhitehead #bookstagram #books #zombie #zombieapocalypse #italicbookmarks #reading #manhattan #nyc #bookstabuddies📚

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead - Olga Tokarczuk. This author won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2018, awarded last year (2019). X This book is set in a secluded Polish village in modern times. We are introduced to the main character Janina, an elderly woman who is distraught at losing her two beloved dogs, whom she considers her daughters. Janina files complaints about the hunters from the village, who she considers to be callous killers, and often catches poaching animals. She is certain that her dogs were killed by one of the hunters, but is unable to prove it. X I enjoyed this book, but found certain portions at the beginning very lengthy, and difficult to get through. Ultimately, the effort is worth it, with a twist in the last fifty pages that elevated the book in my mind and delivered a gut punch of a message. This little old woman is a more imposing than she seems, and won’t be ignored forever. X Have you read any books by Olga Tokarczuk? What were your thoughts on Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead? X #italicbookmarks #bookstagram #books #audiobooks #olga #olgatokarczuk #nobelprize #nobelprizeliterature #literature #poland #bookstabuddies📚

Dear Public Library, Thank you for making the very best in new literature available to borrow for free... and for always taking the very best ones from my grasp before I can finish them. X Flights by Olga Tokarczuk should have been higher in my priority list. I only read the first 100 pages before I had to return it, but I will have it again soon enough. A series of stories - some short, others extended throughout - that cover a variety of characters and settings. I didn’t really get to the point where any common themes become apparent, but each passage was intriguing. X What did you think about Flights? X #library #bookstagram #books #flights #nobelprize #nobel #olgatokarczuk #italicbookmarks #bookstabuddies📚

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