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The Paperback Post -- WEEK OF 10/26/2025

Bindery refers to a studio, workshop or factory where sheets of (usually) paper are fastened together to make books, but also where gold and other decorative elements are added to the exterior of books, where boxes or slipcases for books are made and where the restoration of books is carried out.

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BINGO CARD PROMPTS

1. Read a book set at the beach
2. Read a book where the character completes a bucket list
3. Read a novella
4. Read a book that starts with 'J'
5. Attend reading sprints
6. Read a book featuring ice cream
7. Read a book published in July
8. Read a book with disability/neurodivergent rep (It's Disability Pride Month!)
9. Read a book on your summer TBR
10. Read a book with your favorite color on the cover
11. Read a graphic novel, comic, or manga
12. Read a book set during the summer
13. Read a romance book
14. Read a middle grade book
15. Have a summer treat
16. Write a book review

RECOMMENDATIONS

Disability & Neurodivergent Rep

• Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun (ADHD)
• Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White (Autism)
• How to Become a Planet by Nicole Melleby (anxiety & depression)
• Someone to Daydream About by Sydney Langford (deaf FMC, MMC w/ ADHD, dysgraphia & dyslexia)

Graphic Novels

• Magical Boy by The Kao
• The Chromatic Fantasy by H.A.
• Homebody by Theo Parish
• This One Summer by Mariko & Jillian Tamaki

Manga

• Blue Flag by KAITO
• Dinosaur Sanctuary by Itaru Kinoshita
• Confessions of a Shy Baker by Masaomi Ito (CW: Dieting, calorie counting)
• Cat + Gamer by Wataru Nadatani

Summer (Beach) Reads

• Melt My Heart by Bethany Rutter
• The House of Now and Then by Edward Underhill
• The Summer of Everything by Julian Winters
• If You Change Your Mind by Robby Weber
• Our Way Back to Always by Nina Moreno

Books starting with 'J'

• Just As You Are by Cameron Kellogg
• Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
• Just Between Us by Adeline Kon
• Joy, to the World by Lisa Bunker, Kai Shappley
• Junior High by Tegan & Sara

Books Published in July

• Buried Feelings by Kit Rosewater (July 7, 2026)
• Heartstopper: Volume Six by Alice Oseman (July 2026)
• Melt My Heart by Bethany Rutter (July 23, 2020)

Middle Grade books

• The Beautiful Something Else by Alder Van Otterloo
• The House of Sunrise Lagoon series by Nicole Melleby
• Glitch Girl! by Rainie Oet
• Dear Mothman by Robin Gow

Novellas

• Finna by Nino Cipri
• Peter Darling by Austin Chant
• Read Between the Lines by Bee Medina
• Loading...The Machine Child by T.T. Wadden

Romance Books

• The Next Chapter by Cameron Kellogg
• And They Were Roommates by Page Powars
• Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon
• The Broposal by Sonido Reyes

Join us for our readathon this weekend!