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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
Question of the Day: Louisa May Alcott, Madeleine L'Engle and C.S. Lewis were all born today. If choosing from these 3, who would you read next? #booksky
November 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Question of the Day: Louisa May Alcott, Madeleine L'Engle and C.S. Lewis were all born today. If choosing from these 3, who would you read next? #booksky
"Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point."
-C. S. Lewis, born this day, 1898.
-C. S. Lewis, born this day, 1898.
November 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
"Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point."
-C. S. Lewis, born this day, 1898.
-C. S. Lewis, born this day, 1898.
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Jane Hissey from her classic Jolly Snow, first published in 1993 & re-issued in paperback this autumn by Templar Books. Skilled photo-realism featuring her scrupulously depicted soft toys acting out a story that celebrates real and pretend snow. @templarbooks.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Jane Hissey from her classic Jolly Snow, first published in 1993 & re-issued in paperback this autumn by Templar Books. Skilled photo-realism featuring her scrupulously depicted soft toys acting out a story that celebrates real and pretend snow. @templarbooks.bsky.social
The Weekly Wrap: November 23-29
Thanksgiving reflections, personal libraries, inherited books, Czeslaw Milosz, Marilynne Robinson
Thanksgiving reflections, personal libraries, inherited books, Czeslaw Milosz, Marilynne Robinson
The Weekly Wrap: November 23-29
Thanksgiving reflections, personal libraries, inherited books, Czeslaw Milosz, Marilynne Robinson
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November 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The Weekly Wrap: November 23-29
Thanksgiving reflections, personal libraries, inherited books, Czeslaw Milosz, Marilynne Robinson
Thanksgiving reflections, personal libraries, inherited books, Czeslaw Milosz, Marilynne Robinson
Featured Book. Why a 1700 year old creed still matters. B & H Academic
November 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Featured Book. Why a 1700 year old creed still matters. B & H Academic
Question of the Day: What are you reading this weekend?
November 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Question of the Day: What are you reading this weekend?
"He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more."
-John Bunyan, born this day, 1628
-John Bunyan, born this day, 1628
November 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more."
-John Bunyan, born this day, 1628
-John Bunyan, born this day, 1628
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#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Matt Tavares from his neat and surreal Dasher and the Polar Bear, the third book in the bestselling Dasher series, with a polar bear riding in Santa's sleigh. Out since autumn from Walker Books. #NationalIllustrationDay @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @matttavares.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 7:08 AM
#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Matt Tavares from his neat and surreal Dasher and the Polar Bear, the third book in the bestselling Dasher series, with a polar bear riding in Santa's sleigh. Out since autumn from Walker Books. #NationalIllustrationDay @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @matttavares.bsky.social
Review: The Message of the Psalms
Provides a framework of orientation, disorientation, and new orientation as a rubric for reading the Psalms.
Provides a framework of orientation, disorientation, and new orientation as a rubric for reading the Psalms.
Review: The Message of the Psalms
Provides a framework of orientation, disorientation, and new orientation as a rubric for reading the Psalms.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Review: The Message of the Psalms
Provides a framework of orientation, disorientation, and new orientation as a rubric for reading the Psalms.
Provides a framework of orientation, disorientation, and new orientation as a rubric for reading the Psalms.
"God doesn't believe in the easy way."
- James Agee, born this day, 1909
- James Agee, born this day, 1909
November 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
"God doesn't believe in the easy way."
- James Agee, born this day, 1909
- James Agee, born this day, 1909
Featured Book. Today is Thanksgiving but Sunday marks the beginning of the season of Advent. This year, I'm reading the reflections of Tish Harrison Warren to help me prepare to celebrate Christ's coming. @ivpress.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Featured Book. Today is Thanksgiving but Sunday marks the beginning of the season of Advent. This year, I'm reading the reflections of Tish Harrison Warren to help me prepare to celebrate Christ's coming. @ivpress.bsky.social
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A pause from the wintry #newillustrationoftheday images to draw attention to Helen Oxenbury’s current exhibition at the Harley Gallery in Nottinghamshire and the fact that she and I will be in conversation at noon at the gallery tomorrow (28th). Here are the grandmothers from Trish Cooke’s So Much.
November 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
A pause from the wintry #newillustrationoftheday images to draw attention to Helen Oxenbury’s current exhibition at the Harley Gallery in Nottinghamshire and the fact that she and I will be in conversation at noon at the gallery tomorrow (28th). Here are the grandmothers from Trish Cooke’s So Much.
Review: Always Remember
The boy, the mole, the fox, and the horse continue their journey together and learn what it takes to get through storms.
The boy, the mole, the fox, and the horse continue their journey together and learn what it takes to get through storms.
Review: Always Remember
The boy, the mole, the fox, and the horse continue their journey together and learn what it takes to get through storms.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Review: Always Remember
The boy, the mole, the fox, and the horse continue their journey together and learn what it takes to get through storms.
The boy, the mole, the fox, and the horse continue their journey together and learn what it takes to get through storms.
"They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed."
-William Cowper, born this day, 1731
-William Cowper, born this day, 1731
November 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed."
-William Cowper, born this day, 1731
-William Cowper, born this day, 1731
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Another wintry #NewIllustrationoftheDay, a minimalist snowy spread with a sense of depth by Matt Hunt from How to Find a Yeti, in which the sharp-eyed can spot the outline of a yeti louring over the distant row of grey trees. The paperback published this autumn by Nosy Crow. @nosycrow.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Another wintry #NewIllustrationoftheDay, a minimalist snowy spread with a sense of depth by Matt Hunt from How to Find a Yeti, in which the sharp-eyed can spot the outline of a yeti louring over the distant row of grey trees. The paperback published this autumn by Nosy Crow. @nosycrow.bsky.social
Review: Against the Machine
An account of the rise of techno-capitalism and the threat it poses to humanity and to the Earth.
An account of the rise of techno-capitalism and the threat it poses to humanity and to the Earth.
Review: Against the Machine
An account of the rise of techno-capitalism and the threat it poses to humanity and to the Earth.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Review: Against the Machine
An account of the rise of techno-capitalism and the threat it poses to humanity and to the Earth.
An account of the rise of techno-capitalism and the threat it poses to humanity and to the Earth.
Featured Book. I've heard of Pynchon's books since college. The publication of a new book by him prodded me to read this author I've avoided all my adult life. Thought I'd start here. We'll see if I keep going! @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Featured Book. I've heard of Pynchon's books since college. The publication of a new book by him prodded me to read this author I've avoided all my adult life. Thought I'd start here. We'll see if I keep going! @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
Here is the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.
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100 Notable Books of 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Here is the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
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"With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I live without envy."
- Lope de Vega, born this day, 1562
- Lope de Vega, born this day, 1562
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I live without envy."
- Lope de Vega, born this day, 1562
- Lope de Vega, born this day, 1562
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Guy Parker-Rees from a new board book edition of Giraffes Can’t Dance: Jingle Bells, with text by Giles Andreae. Anthropomorphic drawing that looks casual but convincingly gives animals unlikely moves. Orchard Books. @hachetteuk.bsky.social @guyparkerrees.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Guy Parker-Rees from a new board book edition of Giraffes Can’t Dance: Jingle Bells, with text by Giles Andreae. Anthropomorphic drawing that looks casual but convincingly gives animals unlikely moves. Orchard Books. @hachetteuk.bsky.social @guyparkerrees.bsky.social
Review: Daughters of Palestine
A memoir of five generations of daughters of a Palestinian Christian family and a journey from Shafa 'Amr to Texas.
A memoir of five generations of daughters of a Palestinian Christian family and a journey from Shafa 'Amr to Texas.
Review: Daughters of Palestine
A memoir of five generations of daughters of a Palestinian Christian family and a journey from Shafa 'Amr to Texas.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Review: Daughters of Palestine
A memoir of five generations of daughters of a Palestinian Christian family and a journey from Shafa 'Amr to Texas.
A memoir of five generations of daughters of a Palestinian Christian family and a journey from Shafa 'Amr to Texas.
Featured Book: Glad to see this in-depth treatment of an important but neglected doctrine. "He ascended into heaven..." @ivpacademic.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Featured Book: Glad to see this in-depth treatment of an important but neglected doctrine. "He ascended into heaven..." @ivpacademic.bsky.social
"As long as one has a garden, one has a future; and as long as one has a future one is alive."
-Frances Hodgson Burnett, born this day, 1849.
-Frances Hodgson Burnett, born this day, 1849.
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"As long as one has a garden, one has a future; and as long as one has a future one is alive."
-Frances Hodgson Burnett, born this day, 1849.
-Frances Hodgson Burnett, born this day, 1849.