"There was a book. Oh man was there a book. It is still to this day a book I mention it to any book lover if asked for a recommendation. The best books stick with you, often reminding you of the power, and potential, of storytelling, and House of Leaves is one of those books."--Michael Seidlinger, in this Bookmarked volume on Mark Z. Danielweski's classic of experimental contemporary literature, House of Leaves. Michael J. Seidlinger is the author of several novels, including Falter Kingdom, The Strangest, The Fun We've Had, and The Laughter of Strangers. He serves as Electric Literature's Book Reviews Editor, as well as Publisher-in-Chief of Civil Coping Mechanisms, an indie press specializing in innovative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. He's coping.