{"id":35777,"date":"2026-10-10T10:02:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T09:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/?p=35777"},"modified":"2026-10-10T10:02:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T09:02:26","slug":"books-of-the-day-2026-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/books-of-the-day-2026-39\/","title":{"rendered":"Books of the Day 2026 #39"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35778\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/books-of-the-day-2026-39\/booksoftheday358\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Booksoftheday358.jpg?fit=740%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"740,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Booksoftheday358\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Booksoftheday358.jpg?fit=740%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" 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