Review: Forgotten Bookmarks by Michael Popek

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Forgotten Bookmarks: A Bookseller's Collection of Odd Things Lost Between the Pages by Michael Popek
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Prior to receiving this book I expected to dislike it because of some of the more negative reviews I read on Goodreads. I won the book in a Goodreads giveaway and have put off looking through it because other people's reviews made me think it wasn't worth my time. This misconception was unfortunate because I think this book is actually a really great idea. It isn't really the type of book that you just sit down and read - it's more of the perusing kind of book. I actually think it would have been an easier sell as a coffee table book but even in its current format it is kind of magical.

While other people's negative reviews aren't completely inaccurate - that most of his discoveries are far from mind-blowing - I think it is a beautifully arranged collection of keepsakes that have a very intimate feeling to them. The book is also in beautiful color and the photograph are wonderfully arranged. It almost makes me want to start buying up old books myself in order to find hidden gems.

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