From the Queen of 'who-done-it' comes And Then There Were None. Quite possibly my favorite of Agatha Christie's novels, And Then There Were None fools the reader at every turn. Not only was it thrilling but I was on the edge of my couch cushions during the entire read. This book thrust its hooks in me and refused to let me go until I read the last page, and yet the hooks have hold of me still, beckoning me to read once more from the beginning. It's not a proper spooky season TBR without an Agatha Christie novel to grace the stack, which is why I fully recommend one of my all time favorites.

Hello my friends, and happy belated Trans Joy Thursday. I have been extremely under the weather since Tuesday and it has honestly taken me out! I've been chugging tea and soup like they're both an Olympic sport. But alas, I'm back at work today for my long weekend and wanted to reach out to you all this week to let you know what's going on, my absence, and to nerd out and talk books!

Today also is a great day to be a Wisconsin sports fan BECAUSE THE BREWERS ARE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES! (FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 44 YEARS!) They swept the Dodgers and are moving on and I'm so very excited to watch this team play. They're truly something special.

Now that I've let my sport side show, let's get into this week's trans joys, shall we? Aside from being sick (boo) I have also been in the majorest of reading slumps - as in I have not finished a book this month. I am still reading To Our Untamed Core (Our Q4 book club pick) as the chapter breakdown we discussed in Discord, and on here last week, and I'm also still plugging away on Thirst, the book from my Unhinged Reading Challenge: Queer Spooky Edition. (For reference, I was hoping to do one of these books a week - sigh.)

In work-related news, I just got the approval to create a little free library at my main office for our community members who use the building, so that's exciting. We're working on all the logistical boring stuff now, but I did get the approval! So that's very exciting for me. (And I get to offload a lot of books in the process to keep it stocked - truly a win/win. lol)

In some other exciting bookish news, I just scheduled our first Beyond The Rainbow chat for January 2027! I have began looking ahead for next year as to give you all as much notice as I possibly can. I'm still very much in the planning stages for both the Beyond The Rainbow chats and the Quarterly book club selections, so please tell me what's on your 2027 radar for LGBTQIA+ books/authors you'd like to see here! I do think I have our Q1 book club pick tentatively selected, but not set in stone. I'm always open to your feedback, too. I'd like to keep it a healthy combination of fiction/nonfiction to appease everyone and also broaden our horizons, too. Let me know on Discord or in the comments your thoughts/opinions. I'll also definitely share more about the confirmed 2027 chats as it gets closer to the end of the year.

Over on Discord, we're also discussing our inaugural Read-A-Thon and there's a current poll going (with about 24ish hours left) asking what weekend you'd like to host it - Go make sure your voice is heard on that poll, because that will decide when we're having it! There will be some bingo activities and prizes, so make sure you're also on the Discord server, too, as it's exclusively being held over there. Once the weekend is finalized, I'll make sure I post about it to keep everyone in the loop. :) I'm very excited.

I hope you all have a fantastic weekend ahead of you. Collaborators, I will see you on Tuesday. Thank you all so much for being here. I am looking forward to watching us grow and I'm thankful you all are here.

With all my trans joy,

Sawyer Cole