Hi there, Amelia (@meelworm) here! I’m excited to tell you about what I’ve been cooking over in worm world, let you know about our upcoming book club event, and give you the scoop about what’s hot on Bookworm.

Join the Squirmy Summer Reading Challenge, get your wormy this cute fit!

Happy Summer Solstice to you and yours! This summer, dive into a world of delightful stories and join our Squirmy Summer Reading Challenge! Set a personal goal for how many books you want to read (it’s only visible to you – a secret between you and your bookshelf) and watch as you wriggle closer to your goal with every book finished. As soon as you join the challenge, your adorable wormy will get a cute new outfit to flaunt all summer long!

I am thrilled to give a huge shoutout to Pixie, the amazing artist behind the adorable Squirmy Summer outfit! Pixie is a queer chaos gremlin variety streamer, and content creator. She is dedicated to creating a loving and fun environment for her community while advocating for mental health. Pixie brings endless creativity and enthusiasm to everything she does. I’m honored that Pixie reached out to us, excited about our mission at Bookworm, eager to contribute. Everyone say “Thank you, Pixie!” for her incredible support and for bringing her unique touch to our community!

Interested in working with Pixie? You should be! Here’s her info:

Watch this space… hot new features landing soon !!

I’ve been working reaaaaaally hard for months to bring our beloved ProWorms a couple of super sweet new features. We’ll be launching them next week so: watch this space 👀 👀

And if you’re not already, you should go ProWorm! Bookworm is community-powered and volunteer-run. That means we are free and independent—we build this together, we never sell your data, and we are not beholden to anyone else’s needs or exploitative interests (lookin at you, Goodreads-owned-by-Amazon). The support of our ProWorms allows us to keep building Bookworm for everyone to enjoy. Bookworm would not be able to stay free and independent without your financial support.

The Bookworm Book Club meets next week to discuss Women and Children First

Maybe you remember her from the Community Corner interview, or maybe you’ve seen her around Bookworm, or maybe you’ve already finished her book Women and Children First… I’m sure you’re as excited as I am that author and worm Alina Grabowski will be joining us for our book club meeting about her debut novel that critics are raving about!

Alina and I will go on Instagram Live to answer a few of the community’s burning questions, and then we’ll head over to our Discord to chat more informally about the book. I can’t wait to hear Alina talk about WACF, and I’m eager to hear your thoughts about the book! Feel free to reply here with questions you’d like us to ask, or write in our Book Club discussion in the app.

What I’m Reading

It has been three days since I devoured Piranesi in less than 24 hours and I am still thinking about it constantly. It’s short, it’s gorgeous, it’s confusing and perfectly paced, I loved it. I am also still dreaming of the gorgeous world and two main characters in Mamo, a queer graphic novel about family and magic and community. I finally finished Set Boundaries, Find Peace, which I spent months clawing my way through. I am disappointed to report I have not yet found peace. Last night I started Triple Sec by TJ Alexander, my first book by the author, and I’m thrilled about the queer poly rep. Relatedly, staring at me from the pile on my nightstand is Polysecure, the book I’ve been begging Tabü’s Spicy Book Club to read (but I haven’t yet started it). Have you read any of these? What did you think? Reply here or let me know on Bookworm 🙂 

Happy reading! I’ll be back next week with a big announcement 🤩

Amelia Goodman (she/her/meelworm)

Founder of Bookworm