I finished Katabasis (out Tuesday!) and it is my favorite R.F. Kuang book. Of course, I should preface that I’m still high off the ending which I literally read five minutes ago.

This book is for women who cut their teeth fighting for a place in academic institutions that never respected them. It is for the kids who were deemed unlikable and built their self-esteem with impressive vocabulary words. It is for every student who couldn’t make eye contact with their professors, but desperately wanted their attention. It was written for me, an ex-evangelical using literature to process the trauma of being told she had to “save her father from going to hell.” Now, I choose to go myself, with R.F. Kuang as my Virgil.

Hey y'all,

This month has been FLYING by!

Please make sure to vote for September's book club read by Wednesday, August 27th. September 15th is the start of Latine/Hispanic Heritage Month so we'll be reading a book by a Latine author.

Check out the tagged books for full descriptions. If you'd like to purchase any of them, I may earn a small commission on the purchase if you use the Bookshop link with no extra cost to you.

Hello my loves! I know this space has been a bit silent recently as work has taken over my life BUT with the coming autumnal months I expect to be much more present here! Those golden aspen leaves, the chai pumpkin coffee, FINALLY getting to read again... I tell you, I cannot wait.

While I work my way toward those days, I also want to begin content planning! I want to hear from YOU, what would make you click open those emails? Thanks for being here and interacting! You are the actual stars. 💛

We have officially hit ONE HUNDRED members of this Bindery community! Technically, we’ve even gone a little bit over already 🥹

I am so beyond grateful for every one of you who have joined me on this platform, and I adore the wonderful community we have created here and on Discord.

To celebrate one hundred members, I’m giving away ARCs of my two most anticipated Bindery fall releases!

Like most Virgos, I celebrate my birthday all season, so you'll have to excuse my mention of it eleventy billion times, but MY BIRTHDAY IS NEXT WEDNESDAY!

In case you missed it, I am giving away a special edition box set of The Broken Earth trilogy by NK Jemisin. You can enter here and you have until the end of the month to enter. (US only)

I’ve been playing around with the idea of a book club centered around Asian authors since I first launched on Bindery a few months ago, and I am super excited to share that the book club is now live!!!

The goal of the Inkborne Society book club is to create a space dedicated to celebrating and uplifting Asian voices across the fantasy, sci-fi, dystopian, and dark academia genres. Each month, I’ll choose a new theme and curate four books by Asian authors that fit it - all of you will then be able to vote on the book club pick in a poll! 

Hey y'all,

We'll be having our discussion of Behind You is the Sea by Susan Muaddi Muraj on Sunday, August 31st at 8 PM EST on Discord. I just finished reading it during last night's reading sprint and can't wait to discuss these stories with you!

Remember to join the Discord for book discussions, reading sprints, and more: https://discord.gg/HXRPwWmmpF