The Dirt: June 2026

๐Ÿ’— happy pride month reads ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ

๐ŸŽถ be who you are for your prideeeeee ๐ŸŒˆ

worms and proworms share books to celebrate LGBTQIA+ joy! ๐ŸŒŸ itโ€™s okay gay, you always slay ๐Ÿ˜˜๐Ÿ’ž

thank you to the worms and prowormies who suggested these books: queserasarah, peace&love, mmonkreads, wormcity, and noturavidreader!

by Jade Song

by Alice Oseman

by Robin Talley

by Okura

by Kalynn Bayron

by Rey Terciero

by Sonora Reyes

by Natalie Naudus

by Emily M. Danforth

wiggling with alexandreahoward

put your wiggling worms together for wormfluencer alexandreahoward, an ARC reader and honest book reviewer ๐Ÿ“š

@alexandreahoward is juneโ€™s featured wormfluencer. she is a hopeless romantic and substitute teacher with a chaotic TBR!! ๐Ÿ˜† 

every month, youโ€™ll meet a new wormfluencer: a wormie who embraces their favorite reads, delivers hot takes, and recruits more worms ๐Ÿซก

What are your bookish reading habits? (ie a cup of earl grey tea while you read, need to read outside, etc.)

Warm blanket while I read, vanilla chai latte sometimes while I read, and cozy environment.

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ weโ€™re reopening our wormfluencer applications ๐Ÿ“ธ ๐Ÿคฉ

love making book content and receiving free books? become a wormfluencer! we appreciate our wormfluencers so much and we want you ๐Ÿซต to be a part of our small, but mighty wormfluencer group ๐Ÿ›

when you become a wormfluencer, youโ€™ll receive: free books via mail, a feature on Bookworm social media accounts, a shoutout in our monthly newsletter, and Bookworm merch!

interested? apply here โฌ‡๏ธ applications close June 30th.

๐Ÿ“š itโ€™s been six months, have you been squirming yet?? ๐Ÿ›

weโ€™re at the half way mark ๐Ÿฅต make sure to update your bookworm shelfs and finish 2026 strong ๐Ÿ‘ฏ 

join our 2026 reading challenge on bookworm reads

Thatโ€™s all for now โ€” thanks for reading, and weโ€™ll see you in Bookworm.

Happy reading,

Team Worm