Hi everyone, and thank you so much/welcome to all of you who have signed up! I am really excited to be able to engage over here and connect with other like minded book people. A few updates for you and news.

First, regarding the book club as we have discussed a bit on IG. I am planning to start in January, and the idea will be to have a book monthly, but to select the books by quarter. So we will pick books for January, February, and March here in Early December. This way, if people are utilizing libraries or are in a situation where they can't get books quickly, they can plan. I am currently taking suggestions here and in our Discord server. I will compile the suggestions, then there will be a vote over here, and the top three books selected will be our first three book club books! So if you have suggestions, leave them in the comments below.

Next, if you would like to join us in Discord, you should have gotten an invite when you signed up for Bindery,. if you did not, there is a discord social link on the main landing page. We have a good group that has already started talking books, and the more the merrier. It will ask you some questions and I have to approve the members, but this helps us keep out bots and trolls.

For December, I am going to be posting my weekly reading updates, which down the road will be for paid members, for everyone, just so you can see what that content will look like.

Finally, if you are doing any book shopping for the holidays, please consider checking out the links in my Linktree (again, link on the main landing page here and in my bios on social media). I am a Bookshop.org affiliate, and so anything you buy through that kicks back a little my way. I also have a link for Pango books, where you can get $5 off your first Pango order of $10 or more for your first order. Pango is a great place to buy used books, and you will occasionally see me post about books I am selling on there. Any books you buy by clicking through the book links here on Bindery are similar, and kick back a little bit my way. My goal is not to be constantly trying to sell people stuff, and my plans for anything I earn off of this sort of stuff is to sink it back into books and making fun book content, but of course any support is always appreciated!

That is all for now - a new reading update will be out over the weekend, and early next week expect our first book club poll to pick books for the first quarter! If you know anyone who may be interested, please of course share freely.