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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

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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." ~ Alvin Toffler, born this day, 1928
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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Andrew J Ross from his picturebook The Incredible Other Side. Multimedia image including collage and individually drawn bricks, and figures like Tomi Ungerer’s Three Robbers. Story with a twist to make you smile. Frances Lincoln paperback 1 Oct. @quarto-kids.bsky.social
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Weekly Wrap: September 27-October 3 Reading paradox, childhood literacy, librarians, dementia in families, insects, LGBTQ+ resources....
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The Weekly Wrap: September 27-October 3
Reading paradox, childhood literacy, librarians, dementia in families, insects, LGBTQ+ resources.
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"It's not always easy to tell the difference between thinking and looking out of the window." ~ Wallace Stevens
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Featured Book. It's clear that the book addresses Christian nationalism. But I wonder if he will address the statism of the left, which is also a threat to democracy. @stmartinspress.bsky.social
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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Emily Gravett from her picturebook Don’t Feed The Troll, with fairytale characters. Rudeness is what feeds the troll, and making other people feel unhappy. Kindness shrinks him. Hand-drawn with dexterity, humour and rich colour. Two Hoots 1 Oct @twohootsbooks.bsky.social
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Review: The Rediscovery of the Mind Argues for consciousness opposing dualism, materialism, and cognitive science, proposing biological naturalism.Summary...
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Review: The Rediscovery of the Mind
Argues for consciousness opposing dualism, materialism, and cognitive science, proposing biological naturalism.Summary
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Question of the Day: It's book awards season. Do you pay attention to book awards? Is there a particular book award to which you pay attention? #booksky
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Planning for the future without a sense of history is like planting cut flowers." ~ Daniel J. Boorstin, born this day, 1914
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Featured Book. A basic primer outlining the Catholic approach to Bioethics. Catholic University of America Press
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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Half a spread by Leo Timmers from his stunning picturebook Kiki and me, Gecko Press 1 Oct, translated from Dutch by David Colmer. About the relationship between a horse and its owner. Skilled black-and-white drawings on other pages suggest Thelwell. @geckopress.bsky.social
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Month in Reviews: September 2026 Summaries of twenty-one reviews of books in September 2026 and my best book of the month....
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The Month in Reviews: September 2026
Summaries of twenty-one reviews of books in September 2026 and my best book of the month.
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Question of the Day: What was the best book you read in September? #booksky
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." - Rumi, born this day, 1207
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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Mikey Please from The Thieves Beneath The Floorboards, in which René finds a sharing solution to having accidentally occupied the territory of other creatures. Characteristically bold and odd. HarperCollins 10 Sept. @mikeyplease.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In Rebecca Perry’s “May We Feed the King,” a curator falls down a rabbit hole imagining life in a palace court. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/b...
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This Booker Finalist Imagines the Life of a Reluctant Medieval King (Gift Article)
In Rebecca Perry’s “May We Feed the King,” a curator falls down a rabbit hole imagining life in a palace court.
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Review: The Night of the Long Knives In post nuclear America, Ray is a survivor whose killer instincts are tested when he meets Alice and Pops....
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Review: The Night of the Long Knives
In post nuclear America, Ray is a survivor whose killer instincts are tested when he meets Alice and Pops.
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Question of the Day: Do you ever read from anthologies and if so, what is your favorite? #booksky
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Featured Book. With all the fears about AI, I'm interested in Lepore's take. @liveright.bsky.social
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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Emma Yarlett. Policeman‘s house from Finding Mister Tibbles, lift-the-flap picturebook with twists. Walker 10 Sept. Yarlett reminds us this is a drawing through irregular details (see the windows) that look like crayon. @emmayarlett.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Review: Start with a Word A book on writing using the works of other writers and creative writing exercises that help writers find their own voices....
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Review: Start with a Word
A book on writing using the works of other writers and creative writing exercises that help writers find their own voices.
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Question of the Day: Do you have a plan for what you'll read next or choose as the fancy strikes you? #booksky
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"I enjoy the freedom of the blank page." -Irvine Welsh, born this day, 1958
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Featured Book. In Hebrew and Greek, the same word can be translated as justice and righteousness. We often separate the two but this book explores what it can mean for the two to come together. @ivpress.bsky.social
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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Shinzo Nagasaki from The Squirrel Family’s Treehouse in The Mobile Construction Company series, for readers who love diggers & other construction vehicles (this is a grab loader). In a naive style with sticky-looking paint. Do Re Mi Books 24 Sept @doremibooks.bsky.social
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Review: Jonathan Edwards: A Life A biography that features the thought, cultural and religious context, revivals, and ministry among Native Americans....
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Review: Jonathan Edwards: A Life
A biography that features the thought, cultural and religious context, revivals, and ministry among Native Americans.
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important." ~ T. S. Eliot, born this day, 1888
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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Petr Horacek from his picturebook How to Scare Blue Monster (he has never been afraid). Energetic image hand-made from media including collage, printing stamps, wax crayon, pencil, inks. Otter-Barry Books 26 Sept. @petrhoracek2025.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Weekly Wrap: September 20-26 Withdrawn publications, Annie Dillard, The Corrections, AI gods, T.S. Eliot, mysteries for Christie fans....
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The Weekly Wrap: September 20-26
Withdrawn publications, Annie Dillard, The Corrections, AI gods, T.S. Eliot, mysteries for Christie fans.
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"We can't live other people's lives for them. Even if we love them." ~ Kristin Hannah, born this day, 1960
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Featured Book. A study of the whole of scripture showing God calling women as well as men as leaders of his people. Wipf and Stock
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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Emily Sutton from Rewild, a poem by the late Benjamin Zephaniah. The figures, among teeming decoration, echo medieval art, as the child in the blue top travels through time to a hopeful present. Magic Cat 17 Sept. @emilysutton.bsky.social @magiccatpublishing.bsky.social
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Review: What if Jesus is Right? Beyond the influence of Jesus, looks at what he actually said and what it would mean for us if it is true....
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Review: What if Jesus is Right?
Beyond the influence of Jesus, looks at what he actually said and what it would mean for us if it is true.
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Question of the Day: If you had a day in which you could devote all your day to books, describe how you would spend the day beyond the obvious answer of "reading." #booksky
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Intelligence is measured by a person's ability to see validity within both sides of contradicting arguments." ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald, born this day, 1896
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Featured Book: A master violin maker writes about discerning the sacred in one's everyday work. @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social
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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Half a spread by Rob Biddulph from his picturebook South, about a young goose who’s left behind when the rest of his family migrates. Snowy landscape with sunrise in candy colours. HarperCollins Children’s Books 10 Sept. @robbiddulph.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Review: Northanger Abbey Catherine Moreland, in her first social season, avoids the attentions of one man and visits the family home of another....
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Review: Northanger Abbey
Catherine Moreland, in her first social season, avoids the attentions of one man and visits the family home of another.
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Question of the Day: What is one book you want to read this autumn? #booksky
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Money and titles may be hereditary," she would say, "but brains are not." ~ Baroness Orczy, born this day, 1865
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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Annie Booker, from her debut The Great Bear which this week won the children’s picturebook category of the Wainwright Prize (for books about nature). Graphite & watercolour with astonishing use of scale. Two Hoots. @wainwrightprize.bsky.social. @twohootsbooks.bsky.social
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Review: The Strain of Other Blood Ruth Elaine Younger: excluded because of race from Episcopal order in the US later returns to establish an order....
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Review: The Strain of Other Blood
Ruth Elaine Younger: excluded because of race from Episcopal order in the US later returns to establish an order.
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
An ungainly new biography by the German philosopher Thomas Meyer purports to situate Arendt in the context of her own era. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/b...
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A Dense Life of Hannah Arendt Doesn’t Justify Its Prodigious Research (Gift Article)
An ungainly new biography by the German philosopher Thomas Meyer purports to situate Arendt in the context of her own era.
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Life is so extraordinary. Wonderful surprises are just around the most unexpected corners." ~ Rosamunde Pilcher, born this day, 1924
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Featured Book: I picked this up because David McCullough recommended this author (he also wrote the foreword for this edition). Richter wrote this trilogy in the 1940's. Chicago Review Press
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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by trained printmaker Lo Cole, from Night Night, Otto, his picturebook about a baby owl in the wrong nest, and reading bedtime stories. Succinct visual storytelling making effective use of the dark. Rocket Bird Books 10 Sept. @rocketbirdbooks.bsky.social @locole.bsky.social
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Review: Lightning Strike In this prequel, Cork as a twelve year old finds a body hanging in a tree but his father is not convinced it was suicide....
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Review: Lightning Strike
In this prequel, Cork as a twelve year old finds a body hanging in a tree but his father is not convinced it was suicide.
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Question of the Day: In honor of Stephen King's birthday, what is your favorite book written by him? #booksky
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win. -Stephen King, born this day, 1947
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