Question of the Day: What is the longest book you can recall reading?
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Posting about the good, the true, and the beautiful in books and life! A retired collegiate minister enjoying life on a blue island in Ohio. Book influencer and reviewer at bobonbooks.com
New fiction from Marlon James, Barbara Kingsolver, John Green, John Grisham and much more. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/b...
35 Novels Coming This Fall (Gift Article)
New fiction from Marlon James, Barbara Kingsolver, John Green, John Grisham and much more.
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"Children enter school as question marks and leave as periods." ~ Neil Postman, born this day, 1931
Featured Book. "Happy as Your Moose is a playful little adventure about moose nibbling their way through the gardens ~ finding joy, mischief, and tasty treats along the way!"
I/2 #NewIllustrationOfTheDay. There will be two posts today because some were missed in August. This page is an example of Holly Swain’s arresting comic storytelling from Colin’s Monster out in paperback Farshore 27 Aug. Using neatly echoed shapes. @farshorebooks.bsky.social @hollyswain.bsky.social
“Taipei Story,” R.F. Kuang’s seventh book in eight years, is about an American student in Taiwan. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/b...
Book Review: ‘Taipei Story,’ by R.F. Kuang (Gift Article)
“Taipei Story,” R.F. Kuang’s seventh book in eight years, is about an American student in Taiwan.
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Review: Sermon on the Mount A Bible commentary combining textual exposition, Southern storytelling, and challenging application....
Review: Sermon on the Mount
A Bible commentary combining textual exposition, Southern storytelling, and challenging application.
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Question of the Day: Today is National Buy a Book Day. What books did you buy today or over the weekend? #booksky
Francis Fukuyama’s famous take on the post-Cold War world was widely misunderstood. In a new memoir, he tries to set the record straight. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/b...
He Warned That the End of History Could Be Rough. Maybe Now People Will Listen. (Gift Article)
Francis Fukuyama’s famous take on the post-Cold War world was widely misunderstood. In a new memoir, he tries to set the record straight.
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"We live in a moment and a culture when reading is really endangered. There's simply no way to write well, though, if you're not reading well." ~ Jennifer Egan, born this day, 1962
Featured Book. We don't usually consider Lewis a mystic, but the mystics influenced his thinking about everyday spirituality, according to this new book. @ivpacademic.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Pamela Zagarenski from The Not So Quiet Life of Marcel Marceau, a stunning picturebook with text by Jenn Bailey & Sherry Bushue, about Marceau in the Resistance. Here, Marcel as a boy practises mime among whispers of war. Allen & Unwin 27 Aug. @laurasmythepr.bsky.social
Review: Love Your Neighbor The psychological pathways and spiritual practices informed by scripture that activate neighbor love....
Review: Love Your Neighbor
The psychological pathways and spiritual practices informed by scripture that activate neighbor love.
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Question of the Day: What book that you read as a child still speaks to you? #booksky
"Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears." -Arthur Koestler, born this day, 1905
Sorry #NewIllustrationOfTheDay has been sporadic during my hols. Back on track now with Emma Simpson’s image from Pebble and Po, a sweet picturebook making skilled use of a variety of media. A rabbit and a bear make friends and learn to ask for help. Little Tiger 3 Sept. @littletigeruk.bsky.social
The Weekly Wrap: August 30-September 5 Remembering Wendell Berry, Labor Day, Tech bro sci-fi, Katherine Rundell, and the Norton Anthologies....
The Weekly Wrap: August 30-September 5
Remembering Wendell Berry, Labor Day, Tech bro sci-fi, Katherine Rundell, and the Norton Anthologies.
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Featured Book. What a delightful way to learn your Son ABC's with Doris Brocke, her family of illustrators and some adorable munchkins!
Review: Tell Me Everything While Bob Burgess represents a murder suspect, he and those around him tell stories of their and other lives....
Review: Tell Me Everything
While Bob Burgess represents a murder suspect, he and those around him tell stories of their and other lives.
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Question of the Day. Many new indie bookstores have opened in the last few years. What store, new or otherwise would you give a shout-out? #booksky
"Could fulfillment ever be felt as deeply as loss?" ~ Kiran Desai, born this day 1971
Featured Book. Although children's minds work differently in some respects, anyone who is a parent or worked with children knows they have lots of questions about God. A welcome book! @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social
She was so immersed in “The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones” that she forgot to eat dinner. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/b...
This Is the Best Book Our Fantasy Columnist Has Read All Year (Gift Article)
She was so immersed in “The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones” that she forgot to eat dinner.
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Review: Murder on the Yellow Brick Road When a Munchkin is murdered on the "Wizard" set, Peters is hired to find the killer and protect Judy Garland....
Review: Murder on the Yellow Brick Road
When a Munchkin is murdered on the "Wizard" set, Peters is hired to find the killer and protect Judy Garland.
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"No book can be appreciated until it has been slept with and dreamed over." -Eugen Field, born this day, 1850
Review: Night of the Fireflies A memoir of growing up as a Missionary Kid with her widowed mother in Zimbabwe, both painful and formative....
Review: Night of the Fireflies
A memoir of growing up as a Missionary Kid with her widowed mother in Zimbabwe, both painful and formative.
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My review of Wendell Berry's last novel, in a way his parting reflections. bobonbooks.com/2025/11/18/r...
Review: Marce Catlett - Bob on Books
Marce Catlett. A story spanning three generations beginning Marce's disastrous experience of selling his tobacco at a loss in 1906.
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Question of the Day: With Wendell Berry's passing today, what, if you have read him, is your favorite Wendell Berry book? #booksky
"Luck is merely an illusion, trusted by the ignorant and chased by the foolish." -Timothy Zahn, born this day, 1951
Featured Book. My son buys me the most interesting books. This one a graphic novel by the daughter of futurist Ray Kurt Weil! @catapultbooks.bsky.social
