Hello friends, and happy October! I hope your weekend has been gentle so far and the Sunday scaries aren't lingering for you. I wanted to write to you today to discuss our Quarter 4 Book Club Pick and share with you the chapter break down for the entire quarter - if you aren't on the Not A Phase Books Discord server, you may have missed the discussion we had yesterday. If you're nosey like I am (lol) head on over there to join in on the discussions in real time.

I proposed several options for a loose reading guide and we all decided that breaking the book up into chapters for each week of Quarter 4 was easier. I will share the graphic of the chapter breakdown here:

I made the background color of the graphic to match the cover of To Our Untamed Core, but if you need the background white so it's easier to read the text, please let me know, and I will also create one of those, too! Please feel free to save this graphic for your own usage if you would like to keep up. We will be using spoiler free chats in the Discord channel throughout the duration of Quarter 4, and the last week of December, we'll have a spoilery chat recap!

In addition to this breakdown, we will also be speaking with Sonido Reyes Friday November 6th, from 6-7pm CST. Details are here:

You don't need to be a paid subscriber to attend these zooms, you just need to be a Not A Phase Books subscriber. I will post the event details in Discord, and share the zoom information here as well once we get a little closer to the date of the chat. If you'd like me to ask Sonido any questions, please feel free to hop into Discord in the Q4 channel and let me know, OR, let me know down below in a comment.

I'm also looking ahead to 2027 Beyond The Rainbow chats and our Quarterly Book Club Reads!! (I'm a planner, and need to know things.) Are there any LGBTQIA+ authors you'd like me to host next year? Any books you'd like us to prioritize for book club picks? Also feel free to hop into Discord and let me know, or in the comments below!

I hope you all have such an amazing week ahead!

Collaborators - I will see you Tuesday for our Exclusive newsletter! Everyone, I will see you Thursday for Trans Joy Thursday!

With all my trans joy,

Sawyer Cole

Morning book buddies!

About to head out the door for IRL book club to discuss None of This is True (a great audiobook btw), but I wanted to share a quick reading update before I go.

I finally finished The Liars Club and REALLY enjoyed it! Look for that book and a few others in an upcoming post about Books to Read if You Enjoyed The Calamity Club!

I blew through the audio of The Sea Child and definitely see what the hype is about! Look for that book on the Goodreads Choice list for Historical Fiction for sure. It's a fun blend of history and magical realism. I'll be sharing some comps later this week over on IG & TT. 4⭐️s

The Hacienda was super fun, but I was left a little perplexed as to why there needed to be a romance at all. Why does every author try to squeeze in a romance? I just don't get it. The spook and the vibes were there, so why ruin it? 3.5⭐️s

I started Slewfoot on audio earlier this week, and it just wasn't doing it for me. But then I picked up the physical book, and wow! Now I'm reading immersively and blowing through it. It's odd but bingeable.

The Book of Chuck is my current audiobook, and, to be honest, I'm not sure yet. I can't tell if it's the writing style or just that it's not intended to be an audiobook, but either way I'm finding it a bit jarring. BUT I do like the content. Going to stick with it for now but am on the fence.

I read the first chapter of the new BBFL book club book for October, The Next Ship Home, and, man, I can already tell this book is going to destroy me. Come read with us!

ICYMI:

• October Historical Fiction Releases You Don't Want to Miss on Youtube or on Instagram

• Watch Episode 3 of Let's Go to the Library: Books Set in the 1930s

• A fun witchy audiobook for fans of Tudor fiction

• Meet the Deluxe Edition of Outlander

• Come to the Dodgers game with us

• My true thoughts on Mad Mabel

Hear It Here First:

Watch for lots of Fall reading recs over on Youtube this week!

My September reading wrap up is all ready to go on Instagram.

Go enter to win a stack of 5 ARCs on Facebook.

Help choose my November TBR!

Ok friends, gotta run!! Happy Reading!

xoxo

c