So Many Books So Little Time – Bookmarks Magazine

I’m not an avid reader of magazines. I hate the ads on every page. I despise the inserts that inevitably demand that I open the magazine to a page in which I have little interest. I make an effort to subscribe to e-versions of the few journals that I enjoy. I still receive one or two in hard copy however and Bookmarks is one of them.

In the ever-expanding sea of books it’s difficult to keep up with the authors I know and enjoy much less try to find new authors I might like to explore. Bookmarks is a terrific time saving advantage. The beginning ‘Bookmarks Selections’ is staff favorites from among the most highly rated books in the issue. I particularly enjoy the ‘Coming Soon’ section – Upcoming books worthy or your attention. ‘Have you read?’ is full of reader’s recommendations of their favorite books. This includes new books as well as many of the classics. The magazine features a book club each issue – something I embrace wholeheartedly as well as author interviews. But most of all I enjoy the hundreds (yes hundreds) of books reviewed in each bi-monthly issue. The tasteful and sparse advertising throughout makes this publication a joy to read and is also why I buy the hard copy. The issues are printed on lovely gloss high quality paper and last well from year to year.

If I could take twelve months and do nothing but read I still wouldn’t get through even one quarter of the titles on my list. Bookmarks gives me a heads up of what to add, and for some reason with their recommendations my inventory continues to expand exponentially.