Official Synopsis: Octavia E. Butler's final novel is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly unhuman needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: She is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire. Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, she must at the same time learn who wanted--and still wants--to destroy her and those she cares for, and how she can save herself.

Thoughts going in:

I have not read this novel yet, but from my understanding, this is an **incredibly **heavy title. Which doesn't come as a shock, considering it was Octavia Butler who wrote it. For reference, she is the same author who wrote titles such as Kindred--which is about a Black woman who is forced to travel back in time to wrestle with the relationship between her ancestors (both slave and enslaver)--and Parable of the Sower--a dystopian nightmare centering a futuristic America that is unraveling due to global crisis and economic/social collapse, leading humanity back into modern day slavery and racial/class based tension/war. Octavia did not shy away from the horrors of our society and the dangerous paths she saw us walking. And I doubt this book will be any different.

I am looking forward to diving in and having some intense conversations with all of you as I read! My schedule has been CRAZY the last few months and I haven't been able to engage as much as I wanted to, but I will be DEVOURING this book and sharing what I think as I do. So get ready!

If you want to engage as you read, here are two ways to do it:

Fable is a platform specifically for bookclubs. Mine is called Diversify and Amplify and it allows us to discuss the book chapter by chapter in indidvidual chat rooms, to avoid any spoilers! You can find it HERE

You can also join me on my DISCORD, where many of our community members spend time chatting about life and books every single day! There is an entire room dedicated specifically to our monthly book club and you are welcome to chat there as much as you want! You can find that HERE

And finally, we will have a virtual bookclub meeting on October 25th. I will provide the link about a week before the event right here on Bindery, as well as in my Discord! So look out for that!

If you want a copy of the book, it will be attached to this post! Click the small picture of the book in the bottom left hand corner and it will take you to links for both Bookshop.org and amazon. Both of which are attached to my storefront. So enjoy!