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Title: Too general, too predictable
Review: If you are fond of books, bookmarks magazine collects reviews from all major newspapers and magazines and compiles them for you. This might sound good, but unless you live under a rock, you've probably already seen the reviews. They only cover books that are already well publicized, so there's not much of a chance of learning about a more obscure title. Instead, you'll see numerous reviews of NY Times bestsellers, which becomes redundant. There are no surprises. In fact, Bookmarks is very similar to the newspaper style collection Book Pages found free at most libraries.For example, Freedom was heavily covered in Bookmarks, as well as everywhere else. But many other new titles, some much better IMHO were published at the same time. If you'd like to read about those, you have to dig deeper. The London Review of Books and/or The New York Review of Books are better values, as is The New Yorker magazine for variety.
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