CBBC Fall 2026: The Vote Is In

I left you all on a cliffhanger last month about which of the three books would be our next CBBC read.

The voting was so close that there were moments when all three were tied and a good chunk of time when two books were tied for the lead. I had to actually make sure I had all three books in my possession because I was worried you'd all vote on one that I didn't have.

It was a real nail biter.

In the end, Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori) pulled out the victory by ONE POINT. 

Here's the schedule as I see it. I'm going to give everyone a couple of weeks to find the book and then we'll start on our usual Monday schedule. It's a short book, so I think we'll be able to do in a couple of weeks. (I am SO SORRY, friends, but this book has NO CHAPTERS. I'm using page numbers and some language cues.)

Monday, 10/19 - Pages 1-81 (there's a break separated by * * * between two paragraphs - the first paragraph ends in "fix me" and the second paragraph begins with "Somehow I felt")

Monday, 10/26 - Page 81- end

Monday, 11/2 - Wrap-up

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This gives you about 80 pages a week to read, which seems doable since the book is tiny. 

Thanks once again to all who voted! Who's in for this round of CBBC?