TWO TRIBES by Emily Bowen Cohen does a great job with the emotions of a kid caught between two cultures. Her mom is mad at her dad which complicates things. The adults aren’t as well drawn, but they are only there to affirm Mia’s emotional, Jewish, and Muscogee journeys. #bookaday
Two Tribes
In her poignant debut graphic novel inspired by her own life, Emily Bowen Cohen embraces the complexity, meaning, and deep love that comes from being part of two vibrant tribes. Mia is still getting used to living with her mom and stepfather, and to the new role their Jewish identity plays in their home. Feeling out of
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November 6, 2026 at 7:47 AM
TWO TRIBES by Emily Bowen Cohen does a great job with the emotions of a kid caught between two cultures. Her mom is mad at her dad which complicates things. The adults aren’t as well drawn, but they are only there to affirm Mia’s emotional, Jewish, and Muscogee journeys. #bookaday
It’s risky when authors tone shift in a series, but when well done it’s very powerful. A FOOL AND HIS HONEY is the Aurora Teagarden I don’t zip through on the reread, and I always wonder about the Doylist reasons for the plot, but it works for me on an emotional level #bookaday
November 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM
It’s risky when authors tone shift in a series, but when well done it’s very powerful. A FOOL AND HIS HONEY is the Aurora Teagarden I don’t zip through on the reread, and I always wonder about the Doylist reasons for the plot, but it works for me on an emotional level #bookaday
Jane Yolen’s SISTER LIGHT SISTER DARK is about storytelling, who gets to tell the stories and which stories are remembered, and what it means to be a true story. It’s also about a chosen one who doesn’t want the job, about numinous sisters, about gender in society and academia. #bookaday
Sister Light, Sister Dark – Jane Yolen
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November 4, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Jane Yolen’s SISTER LIGHT SISTER DARK is about storytelling, who gets to tell the stories and which stories are remembered, and what it means to be a true story. It’s also about a chosen one who doesn’t want the job, about numinous sisters, about gender in society and academia. #bookaday
I had a lot of fun reading Lisa Jobe’s CAN I KEEP IT, and then a kindergartener showed up at Reading Buddies to share it with me. We were both very impressed by the boy’s trapping skills and loved tracing the cat back to first pages. #bookaday
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November 2, 2026 at 9:26 AM
I had a lot of fun reading Lisa Jobe’s CAN I KEEP IT, and then a kindergartener showed up at Reading Buddies to share it with me. We were both very impressed by the boy’s trapping skills and loved tracing the cat back to first pages. #bookaday
#SwordandLaser picked a spooky October read with Brom’s SLEWFOOT. It leaned pretty hard into the gory for my sensitive eyeballs but I made it through to the end. The glowing illustrations in my copy made several hesitant bookclub members decide to belatedly read it. #bookaday
Slewfoot
Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only dark fantasist Brom can tell it.Connecticut, 1666: An anc...
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November 3, 2026 at 8:36 AM
#SwordandLaser picked a spooky October read with Brom’s SLEWFOOT. It leaned pretty hard into the gory for my sensitive eyeballs but I made it through to the end. The glowing illustrations in my copy made several hesitant bookclub members decide to belatedly read it. #bookaday
A great local Seattle story is @byharryconnolly.bsky.social ’s A KEY, AN EGG, AN UNFORTUNATE REMARK. It has a mystery, a bad-ass old lady, her veteran nephew, a full hand of baddies, many with opposing purposes, and perhaps the best fictional dragon since Smaug. #bookaday
A Key, An Egg, An Unfortunate Remark
Today is the release day for my new urban fantasy novel, a standalone called A Key, an Egg, an Unfortunate Remark. It’s a pacifist urban fantasy; in a genre where violent asskickers act as th…
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October 30, 2026 at 6:54 AM
A great local Seattle story is @byharryconnolly.bsky.social ’s A KEY, AN EGG, AN UNFORTUNATE REMARK. It has a mystery, a bad-ass old lady, her veteran nephew, a full hand of baddies, many with opposing purposes, and perhaps the best fictional dragon since Smaug. #bookaday
The podcast Even the Trunchbull recommended THE THREE ROBBERS. So I read it to a kid at the library. She was disturbed by the kidnapping but fascinated by the art and the story and ended up taking it home. The circle of recommendations continues. #bookaday
The Three Robbers | Standard Edition | 9780714848778
One the most memorable, entertaining and beautiful storybooks ever published, in which good triumphs over evil in a delightfully unexpected way
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November 1, 2026 at 7:17 AM
The podcast Even the Trunchbull recommended THE THREE ROBBERS. So I read it to a kid at the library. She was disturbed by the kidnapping but fascinated by the art and the story and ended up taking it home. The circle of recommendations continues. #bookaday
My bookclub is reading STAY SEXY AND DON‘T GET MURDERED and it was great fun to carry about and read in public. I mean, the title is great advice! All the comments I collected agreed on that. #bookaday
Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered
The instant #1 New York Times and USA Today best seller by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, the voices behind the hit podcast My Favorite Murder!Sharin...
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October 31, 2026 at 8:47 AM
My bookclub is reading STAY SEXY AND DON‘T GET MURDERED and it was great fun to carry about and read in public. I mean, the title is great advice! All the comments I collected agreed on that. #bookaday
THE DAWN OF EVERYTHING by the David’s Graeber & Wengrow is great at asking questions and questioning assumptions. I hope I manage to untag so much stuff that everyone knows as unproven now. Or at least push it all in with CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR facts. #bookaday
October 29, 2026 at 7:27 AM
THE DAWN OF EVERYTHING by the David’s Graeber & Wengrow is great at asking questions and questioning assumptions. I hope I manage to untag so much stuff that everyone knows as unproven now. Or at least push it all in with CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR facts. #bookaday
Serendipity! Listening to @adapalmer.bsky.social ’s Beforecast just before reading Louis Sachar’s THE MAGICIAN OF TIGER CASTLE was a great way to really sink into an imaginary Renaissance Italian country. Also I think Ada would really enjoy talking to Anatole. #bookaday
October 28, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Serendipity! Listening to @adapalmer.bsky.social ’s Beforecast just before reading Louis Sachar’s THE MAGICIAN OF TIGER CASTLE was a great way to really sink into an imaginary Renaissance Italian country. Also I think Ada would really enjoy talking to Anatole. #bookaday
#Bookaday I added @katherinepew.bsky.social and @charlessantoso.bsky.social's Little Bat and the Queens of the Night to my 2027 Books I Love presentation: www.johnschu.com/2027-books-i...
October 24, 2026 at 9:50 PM
#Bookaday I added @katherinepew.bsky.social and @charlessantoso.bsky.social's Little Bat and the Queens of the Night to my 2027 Books I Love presentation: www.johnschu.com/2027-books-i...
Reading Susanna Morris’s biography of Octavia Butler, POSITIVE OBSESSION, was eye-opening because I’ve always considered her an incredibly amazing author, and yet she struggled for a long time and had to work hard to maintain confidence. It’s both reassuring and heartbreaking. #bookaday
October 27, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Reading Susanna Morris’s biography of Octavia Butler, POSITIVE OBSESSION, was eye-opening because I’ve always considered her an incredibly amazing author, and yet she struggled for a long time and had to work hard to maintain confidence. It’s both reassuring and heartbreaking. #bookaday
#Bookaday I added Courtney Code and X. Fang's After the Pool to my 2027 Books I Love presentation: www.johnschu.com/2027-books-i...
October 23, 2026 at 11:16 PM
#Bookaday I added Courtney Code and X. Fang's After the Pool to my 2027 Books I Love presentation: www.johnschu.com/2027-books-i...
#Bookaday I added @armyvet5.bsky.social and Briana Mukodiri Uchendu's Auntie's Dance to my 2027 Books I Love presentation: www.johnschu.com/2027-books-i...
October 23, 2026 at 11:27 PM
#Bookaday I added @armyvet5.bsky.social and Briana Mukodiri Uchendu's Auntie's Dance to my 2027 Books I Love presentation: www.johnschu.com/2027-books-i...
I loved the art of WIND WATCHERS by Micha Archer, the way it stretched to the edges of the page with rich colors and immersive pictures. The words matched the illustrations in the way that makes picture books uniquely beautiful. #bookaday www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/715453...
Wind Watchers by Micha Archer: 9780593616550 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The Caldecott Honor-winning author and illustrator of Wonder Walkers showcases the wind’s ever-changing, blustery nature through spectacular collages in this gorgeous picture book that brings the...
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October 26, 2026 at 8:06 AM
I loved the art of WIND WATCHERS by Micha Archer, the way it stretched to the edges of the page with rich colors and immersive pictures. The words matched the illustrations in the way that makes picture books uniquely beautiful. #bookaday www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/715453...
ANYTHING by Rebecca Stead is a good book for parent and child. It features a dad who manages to grant his young kid’s most extravagant wishes by meeting her at her emotional level. It’s fun to be the superhero parent sometimes. #bookaday www.chroniclebooks.com/products/any...
Anything
Newbery Medalist Rebecca Stead's first picture book is a transporting tale about the power of an honest wish, the courage to speak it out loud, and the imagination to bring it to life. 2026 ALSC Notab...
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October 25, 2026 at 9:19 AM
ANYTHING by Rebecca Stead is a good book for parent and child. It features a dad who manages to grant his young kid’s most extravagant wishes by meeting her at her emotional level. It’s fun to be the superhero parent sometimes. #bookaday www.chroniclebooks.com/products/any...
LITTLE FUZZY has faith in frontier justice, the eternal pleasure of cigarettes and cocktail hours, and the feminine dream of keeping house. It has a working lie detector but no cell phones. This future didn’t seem plausible by the time FUZZY NATION came along. #bookaday
October 24, 2026 at 8:51 AM
LITTLE FUZZY has faith in frontier justice, the eternal pleasure of cigarettes and cocktail hours, and the feminine dream of keeping house. It has a working lie detector but no cell phones. This future didn’t seem plausible by the time FUZZY NATION came along. #bookaday
Bookclub is comparing @scalzi.com ’s FUZZY NATION with LITTLE FUZZY, proving the adage “science fiction is about the present, not the future.“ Both are fun, and the way corporations and the law are seen to have evolved, and the attitudes towards aliens and the police are great mirrors. #bookaday
October 23, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Bookclub is comparing @scalzi.com ’s FUZZY NATION with LITTLE FUZZY, proving the adage “science fiction is about the present, not the future.“ Both are fun, and the way corporations and the law are seen to have evolved, and the attitudes towards aliens and the police are great mirrors. #bookaday
Sylvia Plath’s ARIEL is a collection of tiny shards. Some catch the light and throw off colors everywhere, others pinch into your skin and ache like splinters. I don’t think I’ll save any for night time repeating to slide into a dream. #bookaday
October 22, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Sylvia Plath’s ARIEL is a collection of tiny shards. Some catch the light and throw off colors everywhere, others pinch into your skin and ache like splinters. I don’t think I’ll save any for night time repeating to slide into a dream. #bookaday
The POETRY TEATIME COMPANION is theoretically a collection to share with kids over some nice snacks. My kids were loudly allergic to poetry and probably wouldn’t have come near even for cake. But it’s nice to dream of sharing these with kids, even if some seem a little high-falutin. #bookaday
October 21, 2026 at 8:07 AM
The POETRY TEATIME COMPANION is theoretically a collection to share with kids over some nice snacks. My kids were loudly allergic to poetry and probably wouldn’t have come near even for cake. But it’s nice to dream of sharing these with kids, even if some seem a little high-falutin. #bookaday
What makes @roanparrish.bsky.social ’s THE HAUNTING OF EDGAR LOVEJOY cosy is that when people do the things self help books encourage, it works. In the real world, people go off script and react unpredictably. So the fantasy part isn’t the ghosts, it’s the idea that things work out. #bookaday
October 20, 2026 at 6:51 PM
What makes @roanparrish.bsky.social ’s THE HAUNTING OF EDGAR LOVEJOY cosy is that when people do the things self help books encourage, it works. In the real world, people go off script and react unpredictably. So the fantasy part isn’t the ghosts, it’s the idea that things work out. #bookaday
I chased down Even The Trunchbull’s recommended picture book IS IT RED? IS IT YELLOW? IS IT BLUE? by Tana Hoban, and the subtext question is: picture book or photography lesson? The pictures are a masterclass in composition. #bookaday #picturebooks podfollow.com/even-the-tru...
Even the Trunchbull: Episode 59 - True Colours (Is it red? Is it yellow? Is it blue? and Entangled)
This week we've two fantastic books focused on the theme of colour. Our picture book is a classic by Tana Hoban from 1978: Is it red? Is it yellow? Is it blue? This might be the first non-fiction p...
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October 19, 2026 at 7:45 AM
I chased down Even The Trunchbull’s recommended picture book IS IT RED? IS IT YELLOW? IS IT BLUE? by Tana Hoban, and the subtext question is: picture book or photography lesson? The pictures are a masterclass in composition. #bookaday #picturebooks podfollow.com/even-the-tru...
SLEEP LIKE A BABY by @realcharlaine.bsky.social captures life with a newborn: delight in their many miracles (cooing! Arm waving!), exhaustion from their unceasing needs, and a desperate desire to get more sleep. Aurora also has that corpse in the backyard, an unusual baby accessory. #bookaday
October 17, 2026 at 9:25 AM
SLEEP LIKE A BABY by @realcharlaine.bsky.social captures life with a newborn: delight in their many miracles (cooing! Arm waving!), exhaustion from their unceasing needs, and a desperate desire to get more sleep. Aurora also has that corpse in the backyard, an unusual baby accessory. #bookaday
Toni Morrison’s LANGUAGE AS LIBERATION reminded me what reading several layers down is like. The look at how American self-definition is based on opposition to Blackness was persuasive and gave new insight into old classics. And I didn’t have to write any homework! Yesterdays #bookaday
October 16, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Toni Morrison’s LANGUAGE AS LIBERATION reminded me what reading several layers down is like. The look at how American self-definition is based on opposition to Blackness was persuasive and gave new insight into old classics. And I didn’t have to write any homework! Yesterdays #bookaday
Parents can enjoy @realcharlaine.bsky.social ’s Aurora in ALL THE LITTLE LIARS. She’s unexpectedly pregnant and suddenly tripping across the worst examples of kids: bullies, spite-filled gangs, teens willing to commit murder to avoid responsibility. Good luck, new mom! Yesterday’s #bookaday
October 16, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Parents can enjoy @realcharlaine.bsky.social ’s Aurora in ALL THE LITTLE LIARS. She’s unexpectedly pregnant and suddenly tripping across the worst examples of kids: bullies, spite-filled gangs, teens willing to commit murder to avoid responsibility. Good luck, new mom! Yesterday’s #bookaday