Kaley

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Kaley

Hi! I'm Kaley — welcome to all things romance, fantasy, and disability representation 🫶🏻

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Kaley

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Kaley

Hi! I'm Kaley — welcome to all things romance, fantasy, and disability representation 🫶🏻

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OMG a YouTube Video???? aka The Best & Worst Books I Read Each Year (2019-2024)

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my current reads: aka help me get out of a reading slump
my current reads: aka help me get out of a reading slump

Give me your best slump busting tips I am desperate!! #booktok #currentlyreading #readingslump #bookslump


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disability fiction on my tbr!
disability fiction on my tbr!

Disability Pride Month is headed to a close, but it is so important to read books starring disabled characters all year long, not just in July—especially those by disabled authors! These are some books ft. own voices disability rep that I hope to read before the end of the summer! I’ll have a full wrap-up of everything I read for the Disability Pride Readathon coming soon, but trust that I’ll be reading disabled all year round! P.S. If you participated in the Disability Pride Readathon, don’t forget to submit your Bingo board to the bingo channel over on my community discord to be entered to win a $25 bookshop gift card! Confessions of a Virgin on a Dating App by Sydney Wilder Contemporary romance ft. endometriosis & vaginismus rep @authorsydneywilder was kind enough to send me this copy of her romance novel! It looks equal parts swoony and nerdy and right up my alley and I cannot wait to read it! It’s definitely at the tippity-top of my August TBR. Tidespeaker by Sadie Turner YA fantasy ft. autism rep @getunderlined sent this one my way a little while back and I have heard nothing but phenomenal things! This one is on my list to take salmon fishing once the silvers start running. The seaside setting will be the PERFECT time-killer for hours on a fishing boat catching nothing. King of Ravens by Clare Sager Romantasy ft. chronic illness rep I swear somewhere once upon a time I read that this was specifically based on Grave’s Disease?? But I can’t for the life of me track down anything that confirms that so 🤷🏼‍♀️ I’m technically about 10% into this one right now and really enjoying it! Friends With Benefits by Marisa Kanter Contemporary Romance ft. Cheon’s disease rep I am both absolutely obsessed with Marisa Kanter’s YA romances, and a forever-advocate of the superiority of the friends-to-lovers trope so this book is going to be incredible, I can already tell you that much! Stops Along the Way by Anna Sortino YA Contemporary ft. Deaf/hard of hearing and vision loss representation I always enjoy Anna Sortino’s YA romances, and this road trip tribute to sisterhood and young love sounds deliciously sweet. I’ll be driving across the state in the next c


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scaredy-cat reads horror
scaredy-cat reads horror

It was my New Year’s resolution to not read any horror in 2026 but those are made to be broken, right?? #booktok #horrorbooks #binderybooks #oursisterskeeper #tbrbooks arc form @Bindery


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fishing vlog???
fishing vlog???

I suck at vlogs so I used a template and I think it still sucks??? Also I read 1 chapter before discovering that reading + trolling = motion sickness and all we caught was a sole and two itty bitty juveniles so all in all….not a successful day 🫣 #booktok #pacificnorthwest #pnw #readingvlog #adayinthelife


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COVER REVEAL!! 🌲🏔️ The Nature of Love by Sydney Langford
COVER REVEAL!! 🌲🏔️ The Nature of Love by Sydney Langford

COVER REVEAL!! 🌲🏔️ I am beyond excited to help reveal the cover for @SlangWrites upcoming YA romcom—AND it’s chock-full of disability representation! If you love: ♿Disability representation 😠👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨Enemies-to-Lovers 🏕️Survival competitions ❤️‍🩹Hurt/Comfort 🫂Queer found family 🌲A vibrant Pacific Northwest setting Then you are NOT going to want to Miss The Nature of Love! It comes out May 11, 2027 from @fsgyoungreaders @fiercereads, but it’s up to add on GoodReads right now! I cannot wait for this one—disability rep x PNW nature setting?!?! It’s like it was made for me!! Trust that this is on my most-anticipated list of 2027 releases and it should be on yours as well 🙂‍↕️ #CoverReveal #YARomance #YoungAdultBooks #DisabilityBooks #DisabilityRepresentation


Hi friends,

I hope you had a lovely Disability Pride Month and start to August! I was able to track down 20 books ft disabled main characters that released in July!

books by own voices or otherwise disabled authors

Extracurricular by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Genre: romance

Representation: PTSD, panic attacks

Lord of the Wood by E.M. Anderson

Genre: fantasy horror

Representation: autism, chronic fatigue, chronic pain

Burn Her They Said by Cherish Wright

Genre: fantasy romance

Representation: autoimmune disorder

Wild Goose Chase by Sarah Adler

Genre: romance

Representation: neurodivergence

Double Standard by Mallory Thomas

Genre: romance

Representation: ehlers danlos syndrome

Breakup for Two by E.M. Wilson

Genre: romance

Representation: endometriosis

The Body's Betrayal by Violet Roseberry

Genre: poetry

Representation: chronic illness

Yes, Chef by Grace Reilly

Genre: romance

Representation: ADHD

Darker Shore: Letters from Ketterdam by Leigh Bardugo

Genre: YA fantasy

Representation: PTSD, cane user, chronic pain

Heartstopper: Volume 6 by Alice Oseman

Genre: YA romance, graphic novel

Representation: OCD, eating disorder, depression

books by non-disabled authors*

*or authors of unknown ability

Alex, by Proxy by Karen Myna Cantor

Genre: YA contemporary

Representation: PTSD, dysautonomia, munchausen by proxy

Whole Together by Nomi J. Avery

Genre: romantic suspense

Representation: PTSD, amputee

Wrangled by the Star by Nikki Jewell

Genre: romance

Representation: anxiety

Scream for Me by Ayla Valentine

Genre: dark romance

Representation: PTSD

Checking Out Santa by L.E. Wagensveld

Genre: romance

Representation: migraines

Tethered Love by Ann Einerson

Genre: romance

Representation: type 1 diabetes

The Winged Game by Sophie Kim

Genre: fantasy romance

Representation: PTSD, panic attacks

The Demon Star by Jesse Aragon

Genre: science fiction

Representation: addiction, alcoholism

The Final Score by Lana Ferguson

Genre: romance

Representation: anxiety, panic attacks

The Case of Elmwood Ranch by Deanna Grey

Genre: paranormal romance, mystery

Representation: anxiety, panic attacks

The 20 Books With Disability Rep That Came Out in July!


Disability Pride Readathon Recommendations ft. 20 disabled creators + authors!
Disability Pride Readathon Recommendations ft. 20 disabled creators + authors!

Learn more about the Disability Pride Readathon: https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/5Rafar4S0p8u5nIBb14Z/ Learn more about the books: https://bookshop.org/lists/disability-pride-recs-chronicallybookish (If you purchase a book from this link I make a 10% commission and you support indie bookstores!) Follow the Creators & Authors: Rochelle (@goodmornindreamer) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodmornindreamer_/ El (@ermreading) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ermreading/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ermreading Sabina Nordqvist Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nordqvistbooks/ Emily Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilysbooks.docx/ Steff (@CoffeeOverApples) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coffeeoverapples/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@coffeeoverapples Syndey Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sydneys.books/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sydneys.booktok Leanne Schwartz Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/schwartzwords/ Nicole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breathebleedbooks/ Sydney Langford Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slangwrites/ Meghan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unwellbutwellread/ Katie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nolifebutbooks/ Amy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goldenbooksgirl/ Laneah Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Laneah_whiddon4639/ Hannah Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dreamtofmanderly/ Sydney Blondell Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sydneyblondellauthor/ Mattie Paige (@authormattiepaige) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authormattiepaige/ Ria Parisi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riathewolfwrites/ Molly McCarthy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollymccarthybooks/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mollymccarthybooks


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We are officially half way through Disability Pride Month, and to celebrate I’m giving away one of my FAVORITE YA fantasies with own voices disability representation! When I saw my local indie had a copy of To a Darker Shore on display, I knew I had to snag it to for a giveaway for yall—and Leanne is the sweetest person ever and was kind enough to send me a signed bookplate, art print, and bookmark for you guys!

About the Book

To a Darker Shore is a Dantean-inspired journey through hell starring not one but TWO autistic main characters. It’s an interrogation of monstrosity, religion, and belonging.

When her best friend is sacrificed to the devil, she'll go to hell and back for him. Plain, poor, plus-size, and autistic, Alesta grew up trying to convince her beauty-obsessed kingdom that she's too useful to be sacrificed. Their god blessed their island Soladisa as a haven for his followers, but to keep the devil at bay, the church sends a child sacrifice to hell's entrance every season—often poor or plain girls just like Alesta. With a head full of ideas for inventions, Alesta knows her best shot at making it to adulthood is to design something impressive for the festival exhibition so she might win a spot in the university—acceptance could guarantee her safety.

But Alesta's flying machine demonstration goes awry, a failure that will surely mean death. What happens is worse: Her best friend and heir to the throne, Kyrian, takes the blame expecting leniency but ends up sacrificed in her place. To stop the sacrifices forever, Alesta plans to kill the monster that killed her friend. Prepared to save her kingdom or die trying, she travels to the depths of hell only to find Kyrian—alive, but monstrously transformed.

There is no escaping hell or their growing feelings for one another, and the deeper they descend into hell, the closer they come to uncovering a truth about the sacrifices that threatens to invoke the wrath of not only monsters but the gods as well.

The Giveaway

This giveaway is open to all members of my Bindery community, and it will run from July 16th through 11:59pm pacific on Sunday, July 19th.

To enter:

  • Leave a comment on this post!

  • Must have a US shipping address

  • As always, Follower tier members get 1 entry, Inner Circle members get 5

I will announce the winner on Monday here on Bindery, so keep your eyes peeled for that!

I've got giveaways planned for the next couple of months--mostly contemporary romance, but I'm hoping to pick up some fantasy and books with disability rep for future giveaways as well! Best of luck to all who enter, and even if you don't win, I highly recommend picking up TADS!

GIVEAWAY!! To a Darker Shore by Leanne Schwartz + swag!!


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summer romance TBR!
summer romance TBR!

What book do you hope to read this summer? #booktok #bookreels #summerromance #romancebooks #romancebookrecs


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