Cosmo (book)

CBC Books awarded Cosmo "The Overlookie Bookie Award for Most Underrated Canadian Book."{{Cite web |date=April 17, 2013 |title=The 2013 CBC Bookie Award winners |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/2013/04/the-2013-cbc-bookie-award-winners.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802043822/https://www.cbc.ca/books/2013/04/the-2013-cbc-bookie-award-winners.html |archive-date=August 2, 2013 |access-date=January 16, 2024 |website=CBC Books}} Writing for Dazed Magazine, author Lauren Oyler included Cosmo in the article, "Ten of the best alt-lit reads from Canada right now."{{Cite web |last=Oyler |first=Lauren |date=May 8, 2014 |title=Ten of the best alt-lit reads from Canada right now |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/19827/1/ten-of-the-best-alt-lit-reads-from-canada-right-now |access-date=January 16, 2024 |website=Dazed Magazine}} The publication 49th Shelf listed Cosmo as one of "Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2012."{{Cite web |date=August 13, 2012 |title=Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2012 |url=https://49thshelf.com/Blog/2012/08/13/Most-Anticipated-Books-of-Fall-2012 |access-date=January 16, 2024 |website=49th Shelf}}

Cosmo received mostly positive reviews from publications, such as Quill & Quire (which gave Cosmo a starred review),{{Cite web |last=Beattie |first=Steven |date=October 2012 |title=Reviews: Cosmo |url=https://quillandquire.com/review/cosmo/ |access-date=January 16, 2024 |website=Quill & Quire}} the National Post, HTML Giant,{{Cite web |last=Benvie |first=Rob |date=November 2012 |title=Cosmo by Spencer Gordon |url=https://htmlgiant.com/reviews/cosmo-by-spencer-gordon/ |access-date=January 16, 2024 |website=HTML Giant}} the Winnipeg Free Press,{{Cite web |last=Enns |first=Victor |date=December 29, 2012 |title=Don't judge this by its cover — it's much better |url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/2012/12/29/dont-judge-this-by-its-cover-its-much-better |access-date=January 16, 2024 |website=Winnipeg Free Press}}The Walrus,{{Cite web |last=Forget |first=André |date=December 19, 2017 |title=Does Writing About Boredom Have to Be Boring? |url=https://thewalrus.ca/does-writing-about-boredom-have-to-be-boring/ |access-date=January 16, 2024 |website=The Walrus}} The Winnipeg Review,{{Cite web |last=Cadieux |first=Keith |date=February 22, 2013 |title='Cosmo' by Spencer Gordon |url=http://winnipegreview.com/2013/02/cosmo-by-spencer-gordon/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411215823/http://winnipegreview.com/2013/02/cosmo-by-spencer-gordon/ |archive-date=April 11, 2016 |access-date=January 16, 2024 |website=The Winnipeg Review}} Scene Magazine,{{Cite web |last=Hakin |first=Merry |date=April 25, 2013 |title=Cosmo |url=https://scenemagazine.com/portals/0/pdf/web690.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513005514/https://scenemagazine.com/portals/0/pdf/web690.pdf |archive-date=May 13, 2013 |access-date=January 17, 2024 |website=Scene Magazine}} and Lemon Hound.{{Cite web |last=Fenske |first=Karl |date=February 14, 2013 |title=Cosmo by Spencer Gordon |url=http://lemonhound.com/2013/02/14/cosmo-by-spencer-gordon/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302085018/http://lemonhound.com/2013/02/14/cosmo-by-spencer-gordon/ |archive-date=March 2, 2013 |access-date=January 16, 2024 |website=Lemon Hound}}

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• [https://books.google.com/books?id=PMNdLwEACAAJ Cosmo] at Google Books

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