Happy Friday friends & lovers! I hope you're staying cool in this heat dome and reading something hot & sapphic <3 It's that time again -- I'm crowdsourcing suggestions from our Bindery community for our next book poll. This time, we're voting for October's fiction pick.

Was October supposed to be non-fiction? Yes. Did I make it fiction so that we could read something spooky during my birthday month? Also yes. November will thusly be non-fiction, and we will be reading STAG DANCE by Torrey Peters in December to close out our year. So cuckoo that we're already there!!

Trace

The day had been anointed. Trace wasn’t sure what it was, maybe the shade of the light through her blinds that morning, or the specific temperature of their apartment - two degrees too warm for the duvet cover - or perhaps it was the allure of opening her eyes three minutes before her alarm sounded. Either way, she woke up resolved. She made herself coffee and thought about what she would say to Jordan. She brushed her teeth and anticipated the reaction she’d face: confusion, sure. There would likely be a long discussion. Lesbians love to process. They liked dissecting their Costar compatibility, treating their cats like children and talking about their feelings, often long into the night. Trace was prepared. She would block off at least two hours on her calendar when she got to work.

Happy Pride month friends & lovers! It's that time again -- I'm crowdsourcing suggestions from our Bindery community for our next book poll. This time, we're voting for September's fiction pick. Given everything going on in our country right now, I want to spotlight trans and immigrant stories with this poll and whatever we end up choosing 💖