Hello my friends, and happy Trans Joy Thursday!

I have had a fairly productive week since last Thursday and a lot of exciting things planned this weekend, as well. I'm currently reading our Quarter 4 book club pick To Our Untamed Core by Sonido Reyes and Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk, translated by Heather Cleary. I am absolutely loving both of them and hope to finish Thirst before Sunday. We will see!

I have been using a planner, which has helped tremendously in maintaining some level of sanity with juggling work schedules, appointments and bookish things. (I spoke at great length about this Tuesday in my Collaborator newsletter if you're curious and on the fence about upgrading to that tier.)

Alisha and I are also heading up to Door County for our date day Saturday and I am so excited. I've only been there once, on our one year anniversary trip, but I just love the vibes up there - truly a magical place to visit.

For today, though, I was able to sneak in some reading time at one of my local coffee shops, The Attic, before I met up with a friend who's moving to California next week.

It's generally on the quieter side, but today was pretty busy. I was able to read a couple chapters before my friend got there, which was a nice change of scenery.

I'm also looking ahead to 2027 for our Quarterly Book Club Picks and Beyond The Rainbow chats, so if you have any book suggestions or authors you'd like to see me speak to, feel free to shout them out below in the comments.

In other, exciting news, earlier this year I was on Thank You For Coming Out Podcast and the mini episode just dropped yesterday! It's about 27 minutes long and you can view it wherever you stream your Podcasts! :)

I am also plotting with my job to create a Little Free Library bookshelf for our community members who use our main building. Stay tuned to see if they approve! (I'm very excited about this as a book nerd, and have so many thoughts and ideas to make it very cute and accessible to my fellow neighbors.)

Before I send you off to enjoy what's left of your wonderful Thursday, what are YOU thankful for today? It could be anything! Please sound off in the comments. I look forward to reading about your joy!

Until next time friends.

With all my trans joy,

Sawyer Cole

This time we're going classic. What is more frightening than a deep dive into the human condition? The Picture of Dorian Gray will leave you spell bound and questioning what it means to have morality. Don't get me started on that ending!!