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  • Bookly’s Hiatus

    by The Bookly Club

    SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: The Bookly Club is going on hiatus, this video explains it all… View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Bookly Club (@thebooklyclub) It’s been a wonderful run. And who knows? Maybe we’ll be back someday. But thank you so much for being a part of this community, and thank you for the 60 wonderful books it’s brought us. Keeping...

    02/04/21
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  • Dec & Jan Book

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    How did we get here?? This year (disaster? reformation? apocalypse?) 2020 is finally coming to its end. And let’s hope whatever cloud has been hanging over us these last several months (4 years? 300 years?) starts to dissipate. That being said, 2020 has taught us a lot. Many of us learned what we’re capable of, who we can lean on, what family means, who...

    12/01/20
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    December & January
  • November Book

    by The Bookly Club

    More than most books we’ve read at The Bookly Club, fellow book-lovers can’t seem to say enough good things about this year’s November book. And rightfully so! This bestseller is an all-time favorite for a lot of readers and has won countless accolades. Selected in 2016 for the National Book Foundation’s “5 under 35” award, the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Award for...

    10/27/20
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    November
  • October Book

    by The Bookly Club

    At The Bookly Club we read according to the season (more on that here). And what does fall put you in the mood for? For us it’s the perfect time to read something good and scary. We know, we know this year’s been scary enough! We’re definitely not in the mood for anything apocalyptic right now. BUT this October we’ve picked a book that’s...

    09/14/20
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    October
  • {A Reaper at the Gates} Cover Redesign

    by The Bookly Club

    First things first. Have you read Sabaa Tahir’s An Ember in the Ashes series yet? I’m not a consistent fan of dystopian novels, but I’ll read them every once in awhile. Out of all the others like it that I’ve read (The Hunger Games, Divergent, A Darker Shade of Magic) this one is by far my favorite. The kickass female protagonist isn’t beholden to a love...

    09/25/18
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December & January, Katherine C., Reviews

A Fitting End

I sat down Tuesday morning to read Valeria Luiselli’s Tell Me How it Ends, the final book in our 2020 line up, and I finished by early afternoon. I sat...

01/19/21
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December & January, Kathryn H., Reviews

Tell Me How It Ends: A Call to Action

In Luiselli’s Tell Me How It Ends, the child migrant crisis in the United States is laid bare. Without going into tremendous detail of individual stories, Luiselli manages to...

01/05/21
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Katherine C., November, Reviews, The Authors

Homegoing: Great Expectations

I’d heard nothing but praise for Homegoing before picking it up. It’s clearly a beloved story, and a big reason why we chose it as our November book. But...

12/01/20
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Kathryn H., November, Reviews

Eyes Open: Homegoing

I read Homegoing in March. I wrote my review of Homegoing immediately, in March. A lot has happened since March. A lot has happened that is relevant to the...

11/12/20
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Kathryn D., October, Reviews

Who Invited You?

Jennifer McMahon’s The Invited wasn’t bad but it wasn’t scary either. I think this narrative that “you shouldn’t really fear ghosts; it’s your neighbors you should be scared of”...

11/05/20
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Quotable

"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.”

P.J. O’Rourke

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08/04/20

Barracoon: Further Reading

Reviews, podcasts, articles, and more to do a deeper dive into Barracoon.

by Katharine S.
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08/12/19

Birthday Book Exchange

  I’m not usually one to celebrate my birthday, at least not in a big way. I didn’t grow...

by Katherine C.
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12/11/18

A Booklover’s Gift Guide

After years of book gifting, we have a long list of ideas saved up. And since book lovers like...

by Katherine C.
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09/25/18

{A Reaper at the Gates} Cover Redesign

First things first. Have you read Sabaa Tahir’s An Ember in the Ashes series yet? I’m not a consistent fan of...

by The Bookly Club
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03/23/18

Katie and Kat go live

We did something new over on Instagram and thought we’d share it here! Katie and Kat went live answering...

by The Bookly Club
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07/10/17

Amazon in Brick and Mortar

Since its beginning in July of 1994 people have said Amazon would put booksellers (and eventually printers) out of...

by The Bookly Club
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03/09/17

The Year in Review

Another year on the books! This month marks two years since we first started The Bookly Club. Thank you...

by The Bookly Club
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11/11/16

Books Heal

This election, elections of any kind for that matter, should (should have) spark people’s interest in their civic duties...

by The Bookly Club
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06/06/16

{The Perks of Being a Wallflower} Cover Redesign

            The Perks of Being a Wallflower has a variety of covers to choose from....

by Katherine C.
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03/28/16

{Betrayal} Cover Redesign

I‘m sure most of you have heard about this year’s Oscar winner for Best Picture: SPOTLIGHT. It’s an intense...

by Katherine C.
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02/22/16

Our First Year of Bookly!

Hooray! We’ve officially completed one year of Bookly. If you’ve been following along since the beginning (thank you!) you...

by The Bookly Club
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12/09/15

The Best of 2015

Image © The New York Times It’s that time of year when all the ‘best of’ lists make their appearances....

by The Bookly Club
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11/20/15

The Bookly Bulletin: Thanksgiving Edition

It’s Friday! So I thought I’d share another Bookly Bulletin (I know, finally!) full of reading- and book-related tidbits...

by Katharine S.
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10/22/15

{The Handmaid’s Tale} Cover Redesign

    The Handmaid’s Tale has a rather recognizable cover… and that’s probably because the old version has been...

by Katherine C.
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10/06/15

30 Years in 30 Books

{Image © ELLE Magazine} Of all the magazines cluttering newsstands—all fighting not to get lost in the declining world of print—Elle Magazine...

by The Bookly Club
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09/30/15

{Their Eyes Were Watching God} Cover Redesign

In the years since this book was published, there have been quite a few iterations of the cover design....

by Katherine C.
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09/23/15

Print Books for the Win!

The argument goes on and on, and on… e-book vs. print book, which will come out on top? Well,...

by The Bookly Club
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09/04/15

Happy Force Friday!

No idea what we’re talking about? Let us explain: Force Friday is “the highly-anticipated midnight release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens...

by The Bookly Club
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07/16/15

Bookly Recommends {The Patriot}

We know that We Should All Be Feminists is a fast read – that’s one of the reasons we...

by The Bookly Club
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06/20/15

{Ender’s Game} Cover Redesign

I thought the hyper-scifi, ultra-nerd Ender’s Game cover could use an update. No offense to those scifi covers, they...

by Katherine C.
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06/19/15

The Bookly Bulletin: June 2015

A few months ago, I announced a new post titled “The Bookly Bulletin” where I’d be sharing book-related tidbits from...

by Katharine S.
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05/11/15

Bookly Recommends {YA}

Maybe you’ve already read Ender’s Game. Maybe you want to wait and read Ender’s Game later this month. Whatever your reason,...

by The Bookly Club
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04/21/15

Chicago’s Oldest & Largest

If you’re a fellow bibliophile, and you’re in Chicago (for whatever reason), you have to visit Myopic Books! True...

by The Bookly Club
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04/15/15

Illustrating Adventures

Since this month we’re reading a graphic novel of sorts (Hyperbole and a Half ), we thought it’d be a great...

by The Bookly Club
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04/10/15

Bookly Recommends {Humor}

Are you already finished with Hyperbole and a Half and looking for another read that will tickle your funny...

by The Bookly Club
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03/25/15

What Happened to Cinderella?

How many fairy tales have been made into movies? Too many to count, so we won’t. But let’s add...

by The Bookly Club
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03/20/15

{Still Alice} Cover Redesign

Hello! I’m sure you recognize these images as the poster for the movie and the original book cover. The movie poster was re-purposed...

by Katherine C.
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03/05/15

Gillian on Film, Again

If you haven’t heard of Gillian Flynn, or at least Gone Girl, we can just assume you’ve been living...

by The Bookly Club
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02/21/15

The Design of Reading

If you love the smell of rich old books, the sound of turning a page, the creative power of...

by The Bookly Club
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01/18/15

Meet the Authors!

Let us introduce ourselves…   { Favorite book } Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert; Wild by Cheryl Strayed; The Great...

by The Bookly Club
01/18/15

Dust Jackets Reimagined

Dust jackets, that detachable outer sleeve that covers a new hardcover, have a history dating back to the 1800s....

by The Bookly Club
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01/17/15

About the Cover Art Project

Hi all! I love books, everything about them. I especially love the art and design of book covers. In...

by Katherine C.
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01/17/15

A Great Find!

This is an edition of The House of Seven Gables from 1913, and Uncle Tom’s Cabin from 1853. The cover...

by The Bookly Club
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01/16/15

Bookshelf Inspiration

Do you have too many books and not enough shelf space? Yep, us too. Someday we’ll have that dream library where...

by The Bookly Club
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