# one book (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover one book. Page: Feed: --- ## [The RMG Junior Reviews Digest: August 2026](https://readingmiddlegrade.substack.com/p/junior-reviews-august-2026) _2026-08-21 · Afoma Umesi · Reading Middle Grade_ Twenty books rated by kids ages 8 to 13, from 'a zillion stars' to the book one reviewer quit at chapter 11. ## [How to raise kids who read (according to 27 parents who did it)](https://readingmiddlegrade.substack.com/p/how-to-raise-kids-who-love-reading) _2026-08-19 · Afoma Umesi · Reading Middle Grade_ Two of these kids didn't read for fun until they were nine. Both review books for us now. ## [Ask Afoma: The middle school boys book club looking for a water sports-related story](https://readingmiddlegrade.substack.com/p/water-sports-books-for-kids) _2026-08-17 · Afoma Umesi · Reading Middle Grade_ They take book club seriously. ## [Theatre companies have LICENSING down pat...](https://thepiggybankingnewsletter.substack.com/p/theatre-companies-have-licensing) _2026-08-16 · Chad Boswell · The PiggyBANKING Newsletter_ A real world brick and mortar PiggyBANKING example... ## [Five Kids, One Book: Anna-Jane and the Endless Summer](https://readingmiddlegrade.substack.com/p/anna-jane-and-the-endless-summer-review) _2026-08-14 · Afoma Umesi · Reading Middle Grade_ Can this novel in verse win over a kid who says he won't read poetry? ## [the knot of unfinishedness](https://tugbakibar.pro/the-knot-of-unfinishedness/) _2026-08-12 · tugbakibar · tugba's blog_ our brain is constantly trying to finish the things we leave unfinished. unfinished work, broken appliances, unresolved feelings, conversations we never had, things we keep putting off because we don’t know what to do with them. they pile up. one by one. until, at some point, they turn into a knot. i realized this during the times when i started doing those “empty your mind onto paper” exercises.… ## [Book Trailer of the Week: Ghost by Jason Reynolds](https://readingmiddlegrade.substack.com/p/ghost-jason-reynolds-book-trailer) _2026-08-12 · Afoma Umesi · Reading Middle Grade_ A book that needs no introduction. ## [Ask Afoma: The advanced 4th grader looking for stories with only children](https://readingmiddlegrade.substack.com/p/middle-grade-books-about-only-children) _2026-08-10 · Afoma Umesi · Reading Middle Grade_ She loved Parachute Kids and A Chance to Fly ## [The plastic nobody wanted (headed for the landfill)](https://thepiggybankingnewsletter.substack.com/p/the-plastic-nobody-wanted-headed) _2026-08-08 · Chad Boswell · The PiggyBANKING Newsletter_ A chemist looked at the trash and saw treasure. ## [Reading Together Beats Reading Alone](https://readingmiddlegrade.substack.com/p/book-club-for-kids-and-teens) _2026-08-07 · Afoma Umesi · Reading Middle Grade_ What happened when 65 kids spent the summer talking about books. ## [Stay updated on your professional world (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Gc4ke9Kh04fr) _2026-08-07 · **Sponsored**_ Keep in touch with people you know, build your career. ## [Introducing: The Kid Cover Test](https://readingmiddlegrade.substack.com/p/introducing-the-kid-cover-test) _2026-08-05 · Afoma Umesi · Reading Middle Grade_ Babyish, boring, or worth picking up? Our reviewers rate six covers a month. ## [i rarely feel a sense of accomplishment](https://tugbakibar.pro/i-rarely-feel-the-sense-of-accomplishment/) _2026-08-03 · tugbakibar · tugba's blog_ i've noticed that some people are genuinely able to celebrate their achievements, both the big milestones and the small moments: graduations, marriages, anniversaries, reaching a goal... for me, it's different. when i finish something, my reaction is usually just, "okay, great. that's one less thing occupying my mind." it feels more like clearing mental space than achieving something. the moments… ## [13 New Middle Grade Books to Read in August 2026](https://readingmiddlegrade.substack.com/p/august-2026-new-middle-grade-books) _2026-08-03 · Afoma Umesi · Reading Middle Grade_ Fall book deluge season is slowly approaching! ## [When top clients start cutting expenses](https://thepiggybankingnewsletter.substack.com/p/when-top-clients-start-cutting-expenses) _2026-08-02 · Chad Boswell · The PiggyBANKING Newsletter_ The one skill that makes service providers impossible to cut. ## [Five Kids, One Book: Breakout by Christina Wyman](https://readingmiddlegrade.substack.com/p/five-kids-one-book-breakout-by-christina) _2026-07-31 · Afoma Umesi · Reading Middle Grade_ We gave five kids a book about acne, anxiety, and a mother who can't get it right. They had thoughts. ## [Book Trailer of the Week: Where Ella Went](https://readingmiddlegrade.substack.com/p/middle-grade-book-trailer-where-ella) _2026-07-29 · Afoma Umesi · Reading Middle Grade_ The multi-format soccer mystery of the summer ⚽️ ## [like the old days](https://tugbakibar.pro/like-the-old-days/) _2026-07-28 · tugbakibar · tugba's blog_ a friend i met online and followed on instagram years ago reached out to me after finding my blog. i haven't been on instagram for more than a year now, and she didn't have my phone number. i was genuinely so happy to get her email. it felt like the old days, when you reached out to people through email, tumblr, or whatever else was around at the time. she told me she's visiting istanbul, so… ## ["Who am I to be helping this guy?"](https://thepiggybankingnewsletter.substack.com/p/who-am-i-to-be-helping-this-guy) _2026-07-26 · Chad Boswell · The PiggyBANKING Newsletter_ That was the voice in my head at 8am on Tuesday. ## [He solved equations for a living and did everything "right."](https://thepiggybankingnewsletter.substack.com/p/he-solved-equations-for-a-living) _2026-07-19 · Chad Boswell · The PiggyBANKING Newsletter_ Retirement handed him one he can't solve. ## [i think i've exhausted one phase of my relationship with cinema](https://tugbakibar.pro/i-think-ive-exhausted-one-phase-of-my-relationship-with-cinema/) _2026-07-19 · tugbakibar · tugba's blog_ back in the day, in one of my philosophy classes, we were given a list of films organized by different areas of philosophy. i started borrowing two films a week from the university's film center and worked my way through that list. that's how i discovered directors like kieslowski, tarkovsky, bergman, richard linklater, michel gondry, david lynch, kubrick, wim wenders, truffaut, jim jarmusch, lars… ## [Open-source Screen Sharing with Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ns4g7k1DGzeG) _2026-07-19 · **Sponsored**_ WebRTC screen sharing with simultaneous mouse & keyboard control; viewers join in browser. ## [$2,500 for a day of FUN...](https://thepiggybankingnewsletter.substack.com/p/2500-for-a-day-of-fun) _2026-07-12 · Chad Boswell · The PiggyBANKING Newsletter_ And I'm still getting paid the next 9 months. ## [there is this way i love](https://tugbakibar.pro/there-is-this-way-i-love/) _2026-07-11 · tugbakibar · tugba's blog_ it keeps saying to me: go deeper. past the surface. past the layers. reach the core. and every time you think you've reached the center, keep going. ## [there is this feeling](https://tugbakibar.pro/there-is-this-feeling/) _2026-07-11 · tugbakibar · tugba's blog_ i can't quite dig into it. it is just there. it has intensity, but at the same time it feels very light. it is gentle, yet brave; quiet and always reaching. at least, that is what i hear when i listen closely. it keeps saying to me: expand. expand to the worlds beyond your own. all the way to the edges of the world. and then a little farther. ## [cannot read one book at a time](https://tugbakibar.pro/cannot-read-one-book-at-a-time/) _2026-07-09 · tugbakibar · tugba's blog_ i want to stick to one book at a time, but i just can't. i keep telling myself i'll pick one and see it through. i never do. instead, i end up reading three or four books at the same time. i usually have four books in rotation: the current book club pick a fiction novel a classic and a non-fiction book some days i crave the mental challenge. other days i just want to get lost in a story, so i… ## [Turns Trash Into Treasure](https://thepiggybankingnewsletter.substack.com/p/turns-trash-into-treasure) _2026-07-05 · Chad Boswell · The PiggyBANKING Newsletter_ How PiggyBANKERS Turn Other People's Trash Into Their Own Cash Flow ## [freedom has always been the place where my heart feels most at home](https://tugbakibar.pro/freedom-has-always-been-the-place-where-my-heart-feels-most-at-home/) _2026-06-28 · tugbakibar · tugba's blog_ my mother used to tell me she'd find me standing on the balcony in the middle of the night, simply looking out into the world. i was also told that when i was only two years old, i quietly walked out of the house and made my way to my aunt's home without anyone noticing. later, whenever i went outside to play with friends, i would always wander off on little adventures. even as a child, i remember… ## [Every PiggyBANKER Has a 10 of Hearts.](https://thepiggybankingnewsletter.substack.com/p/every-piggybanker-has-a-10-of-hearts) _2026-06-28 · Chad Boswell · The PiggyBANKING Newsletter_ Here's How to Find Yours. ## [trying to making sense of things](https://tugbakibar.pro/trying-to-making-sense-of-things/) _2026-06-24 · tugbakibar · tugba's blog_ that is what drives us to write. once thoughts and feelings become words, they start to make more sense. ## [self-criticism creates stress, not change](https://tugbakibar.pro/self-criticism-creates-stress-not-change/) _2026-06-23 · tugbakibar · tugba's blog_ according to flynn skidmore, you can’t change through self-criticism. this idea strongly resonated with what i already had in mind, and i want to share his explanation of it: when we criticize ourselves, our nervous system perceives it as a threat. it triggers a survival response: fight, flight, or freeze. in this state, the brain is no longer focused on growth, but on safety. that’s why we often… ## [How PiggyBANKERS Turn One Book Into a Machine (While Most Authors Hope for $3.50 Royalties)](https://thepiggybankingnewsletter.substack.com/p/how-piggybankers-turn-one-book-into) _2026-06-15 · Chad Boswell · The PiggyBANKING Newsletter_ One Book. Five PiggyBANKING Plays. Here's How Travis Built a Machine Most Authors Never See. ## [A Friend Gave You $30 (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/tcdhCpfeykNG) _2026-06-15 · **Sponsored**_ Sign up, deposit $5 within 30 days, and start investing with expert guidance. ## [From 4Chan to Hollywood:](https://thepiggybankingnewsletter.substack.com/p/from-4chan-to-hollywood) _2026-05-31 · Chad Boswell · The PiggyBANKING Newsletter_ How a 17-Year-Old Kid PiggyBANKED His Way to a $118 Million Opening Weekend ## [Dear Mother](https://otium.bearblog.dev/dear-mother/) _2026-05-15 · otium · Lucrecia_ in my freshmen year i went to three different high school in three different states. Texas Maryland Ohio in my sophomore year i went to two different high schools in two different cities. Columbus Westerville in my junior and senior year, i enjoyed the stability of going to the same school for more than one year for the first time in my life. i learned to survive these capricious upheavals my… ## [Reading Joan Didion](https://otium.bearblog.dev/reading-joan-didion/) _2026-05-15 · otium · Lucrecia_ i find myself pacing around my block holding a book called Play It As It Lays . Like most works by Joan Didion, i get absorbed in it. the weather’s been furrowing its eyebrows lately. warm temperatures came and went like a speeding car, alerting people of its presence but confusing them by its absence once it sped by; despite this, i still find myself picking up this book and reading it. is it… ## [A book club for only one book](https://otium.bearblog.dev/a-book-club-for-only-one-book/) _2026-05-14 · otium · Lucrecia_ i remember coming across a joke somewhere and it went a little like this: what is it called when a book club only reads one book the whole time? church. \*\*drums \*\* i grew up in a higly conservative branch of christianity particularly seventh-day adventist which is, in essence, a cult (though adherants will argue the contrary) but i cultivated a habit of reading during this early period, mainly… ## [Dear Joan Didion](https://otium.bearblog.dev/dear-joan-didion/) _2026-05-14 · otium · Lucrecia_ Dear Joan Didion, I went to my local book store and grabbed a copy of Play It As It Lays . I don’t think I was ready to read it a few months ago; I had just finished reading your anthology (fantastic work). I’m 28 pages deep out of 200 or so pages. I don’t want to make it seem like I’m reading your book as a break from the bigger ones I’m reading, rather, your voice is the clarity I need some… ## [Lucrecia](https://otium.bearblog.dev/lucrecia/) _2026-05-13 · otium · Lucrecia_ ¿quién eres Lucrecia? te veo como una dama digna diosa derrumbantemente poderosa en tu existir resplandeciendo sobre mí tu esencia de dama digna diosa ¿será que tu lumbrar es la respuesta a mis incógnitas? ¿será que tu cabello oscuramente colocho, con sus carreteras onduladas me guiará hacia el confort? a saber si podré encontrar el significado del vivir dentro de las cuevas misteriosas de tus… ## [Una Mesa](https://otium.bearblog.dev/una-mesa/) _2026-05-13 · otium · Lucrecia_ me planteo si lo que he necesitado todo este tiempo ha sido una mesa porque ayer me econtré con una caminando las cuadras de la bella avenida California. La vi desde lejos, y aunque mi perrito desdechaba la idea de pararse e inspeccionar (para él, había mucho más interesante en las subsequentes cuadras) logré levantarla. Pesada y con tablón de vidrio grueso, su piernas arcadas arrastraban el pesor… ## [The Sewing Machine Thief](https://otium.bearblog.dev/the-sewing-machine-thief/) _2026-05-12 · otium · Lucrecia_ brief essays on dreams and stealing sewing machines ## [Photography](https://otium.bearblog.dev/photography/) _2026-05-11 · otium · Lucrecia_ You showed me your pictures. One of them reminds me of how unhappy you were with me. i have yet to find an acceptable amount of apologies. ## [Down Deep](https://otium.bearblog.dev/down-deep/) _2026-05-11 · otium · Lucrecia_ i always wanted to be one of the girls. i always thought this sentiment was anathema. i still want to be one of the girls. i never knew this sentiment was my reality since time knows when. i can feel layers of conditioning dripping from my face, distorting and contorting my silhouette, as if i had built myself up to be a replica mannequin made of wax on display at a wax museum, but i never built… ## [An Irish Greeting](https://otium.bearblog.dev/an-irish-greeting/) _2026-05-10 · otium · Lucrecia_ "When I got my Ancestry DNA results back it demystified my origins. You see, I'm from the south, and there, they tell us that we're 1/8 Cherokee, native, etc., but it's all a lie," went on the man enthusiastically. "Turns out, I'm 99% white," he continued, poking forward the cane he was leaning on. "And 1% black, which did not go well with my relatives," he emphasized, leaning over and flashing a… ## [One Book to Change Your Life: Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby](https://thelibrarycompany.substack.com/p/one-book-to-change-your-life-fitzgeralds) _2026-03-20 · The Library Company · The Library Company_ Low-Stakes Practice in Sympathy ## [One Book to Change Your Life: Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov](https://thelibrarycompany.substack.com/p/one-book-to-change-your-life-dostoevskys) _2026-02-06 · The Library Company · The Library Company_ A Community of Friends ## [One Book to Change Your Life](https://thelibrarycompany.substack.com/p/one-book-to-change-your-life) _2026-02-05 · The Library Company · The Library Company_ A New Series at the Library Co. ## [Can You Just Read Books and Make Peace in the Middle East?](https://thelibrarycompany.substack.com/p/can-you-just-read-books-and-make) _2025-10-24 · The Library Company · The Library Company_ Books that Led to the Israel-Gaza Peace Plan ## [Everything You Need to Learn American History](https://thelibrarycompany.substack.com/p/everything-you-need-to-learn-american) _2025-10-15 · The Library Company · The Library Company_ My Self-Education Reading Guide ## [On Reading and Great Readers](https://thelibrarycompany.substack.com/p/on-reading-and-great-readers) _2025-10-10 · The Library Company · The Library Company_ A list of books central to our vision ## [Let There Be Light: Why Every Town Needs a Library](https://thelibrarycompany.substack.com/p/let-there-be-light-why-every-town) _2025-10-03 · The Library Company · The Library Company_ Opening a Library in Carlton Landing ## [A Wonderful Opening!](https://thelibrarycompany.substack.com/p/a-wonderful-opening) _2025-09-29 · The Library Company · The Library Company_ The Library Co Open House