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Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · 8h

Book 83 of 2025 “The Flight Girls” by Noelle Salazar. Centers around Audrey, a woman who loves flying, and her adventures and the relationships she builds as part of the training and service in the Women Airforce Service Pilots during WW2. 4.5/5⭐️ #BookSky #HistoricalFiction #WASP

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Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · 8h

Book 82 of 2025 “Catch the Sun” by Jennifer Hartmann. Young love (🌶️ at times) with a twist - her brother is on death row, his father it’s in need of constant care due to his alcoholism. As romances go, there was enough depth to the characters and plot to let me rate this 4.5/5 ⭐️ #BookSky #Romance

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Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · 1d

how they were developed separately and how they came together and prospered together. An inspirational story that highlights the importance of the time of education, and immersion together to build bridges and understanding. #Booksky #TruthandReconciliation #EducationForGood

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Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · 1d

Book 81 of 2025 “Valley of the Birdtail” by Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson. A book that embodies both the truth and the reconciliation that is needed in Canada today. The history of a reserve and a small town in Manitoba - just miles apart,

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Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · 1d

Book 80 of 2025 “Under the Java Moon” by Heather B. Moore. Another #historicalfiction that took me to a time and place I didn’t know about before… this time, the internment and terrible treatment of Dutch families by the Japanese in Indonesia during WW2. Great story- riveting! 5/5⭐️ #Booksky #WW2

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Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · 6d

Book 79 of 2025 “Scattered minds” by Gabor Maté, MD. It’s tough to tell the difference between conjecture and fact in Dr. Maté’s explanations of the causes of ADHD. I did appreciate, however, his ideas for parents and educators to help our kiddos out. #ADHD #BookSky 4/5⭐️

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Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · 10d

Book 78 of 2025 “Five Little Indians” by Michelle Good. If you want to truly understand the effects of residential schools on those who attended them, read this book. Guy-wrenching, heart breaking, and an utter tragedy in its truth. #BookSky 5/5⭐️ #Canada #NationalDayForTruthandReconciliation

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Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · 11d

Book 77 of 2025 “The Summer I Turned Pretty” by Jenny Han. I know my students enjoyed this one, but I thought that the characters were pretty flat. The conflict didn’t really develop until near to the end of the book. 3.5/5⭐️ #BookSky #YA #meh

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Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · 11d

Book 76 of 2025 “The pumpkin Spice Cafe” by Laurie Gilmore. It’s like an autumn themed Hallmark Movie with just a little more spice. Not a lot of depth or challenge in this one, but a fun way to spend a few hours. 😊 3/5 ⭐️ #BookSky #PumpkinSpice #Spicey

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Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · 16d

Book 75 of 2025 “The Defector” by Chris Hadfield. His 2nd novel. My students all know that Col. Hadfield is my hero, and I almost cried when a former student dropped by my school and brought this to me! ❤️ The details are so true because his research is his career! 4.5/5⭐️ #BookSky #ColdWar

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Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · 17d

Book 74 of 2025 “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet” set in Seattle, 1942 & 1985, it tells a love story between Chinese-American boy and a Japanese-American girl , their shared experience of attending a mostly white school, then the internment of her family. 5/5⭐️ #JapaneseInternment #Booksky

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Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · 18d

I only wish the book were much longer. I felt like it was an amazing first chapter, but I wanted the story that followed! 4/5⭐️ #Booksky #HomeForSingleMothers

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Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · 18d

Book 73 of 2025 “Small Things Like These” by Claire Keegan. Christmas time in mid 1980s in Ireland- a business owner rescues a girl from a shed attached to a convent, and brings her inside. He ends up facing truths and having to make decisions that he didn’t predict.

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Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · 18d

Book 72 of 2025 “Atmosphere” by Taylor Jenkins Reid. The progressiveness of being a woman in the astronaut corps in the 80s meets the sluggishness of LGBTQ acceptance at the same time. Joan struggles with balancing her career, her family (especially her niece) and her private life. 5/5⭐️ #Booksky

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Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · 18d

I think the one where the father actually gets his way, and the son (named after him) becomes like him.

Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · 18d

Book 71 of 2025 “The Names” by Florence Knapp. Have you ever wondered if your life would be different with a different name? This story explores (with3 different plot-lines) what could have been when a battered wife chooses three different names for her newborn son. 4/5⭐️ #Booksky #Names

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Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · 27d

Book 70 of 2025 “The Schwa was Here” by Neal Shusterman. Laugh out loud funny, and poignantly touching at the same time. A boy, his slightly disappearing friend, a blind girl, and her curmudgeon grandpa learn together what it really means to see and be seen. 5/5⭐️ #YA #Humour #ə #readAloudNovels

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Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · 27d

Book 69 of 2025 “James” by Percival Everett. The story of Huckleberry Finn, told from the perspective of Jim, the slave. So well written, and an incredible embellishment on the character I thought I knew. Absolutely 5/5⭐️. #BookSky #ClassicsReImagined

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Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · Sep 7

Book 68 of 2025 “Switch” by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. Great reminder to look for bright spots and replicate them, and to start the journey 20% in if we can in order to encourage and motivate change. 4.5/5⭐️ #BookSky #change #Motivation #Leadership

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Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · Sep 7

Exactly! Not nearly as clear or “to the point” as his others.

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Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · Sep 7

Book 67 of 2025 “I’m Glad My Mom Died” by Jeannette McCurdy. A story of emotional, psychological trauma and abuse and the beginning of healing, all of which played out in front of millions of fans. Hard, yet told with humour and an eye to moving to wellness. 4.5/5⭐️ #booksky #eatingdisorder #abuse

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Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · Sep 7

Book 66 of 2025 “The Myth of Normal” by Gabor Maté. Some good take-aways, but not as concise as other books by him that I’ve read. (At times, I was wondering how things fit together into the thesis of the book). 4/5⭐️ #BookSky #Trauma #Healing

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Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · Aug 30

Book 65 of 2025 - “Leaders Eat Last” by Simon Sinek. Absolutely spoke to my leadership style, with some great ideas around the circle of safety and building trust in the workplace. 5/5⭐️ #Booksky #Leadership

Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · Aug 12

Book 64 of 2025 “I’ll Take You There” by Wally Lamb. A film professor is visited by famous ghosts and given the opportunity to look back on events of his childhood in order to understand his family and their stories. A study in love, forgiveness, and openness to learning. #BookSky #Family #Feminism

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Colleen Yoshida @colleenyoshida.bsky.social · Aug 12

Book 63 of 2025 “The Book Censor’s Library” by Bothayna Al-Essa. 1984 meets Fahrenheit 451 meets Alice in Wonderland… what if imagination was illegal? Books aren’t banned, only those that refer to religion, fantasy, sexuality, or criticism of government. 5/5⭐️ #Booksky #DistopianLit #ReadingIsFreedom

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