# Reading Thru Recovery ep. 3 📕❤️‍🩹

Although reading has been a struggle through recovery, in this vlog you can expect some thrifting, an early morning chat, lunchtime catchups, and an exciting announcement. I finally launched my Bindery! Be sure to check out Rootbound on Bindery and Discord to join my book club, enjoy exclusive content, or just support me 🌿 Thanks for following along on another chill, casual, vulnerable reading (& other things) vlog.

## Books mentioned:
- Cry, Voidbringer by Elaine Ho
- Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
- The Hundred Years War by Rashid Khalidi
- Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
- Honey by Imani Thompson

## In this vlog:
- 00:00 Intro
- 02:21 Cry, Voidbringer update
- 04:49 Thrifting
- 08:49 Early morning thoughts
- 13:24 Lunch
- 14:15 Exciting announcement
- 15:21 Book mail
- 18:25 Final thoughts & recovery update

## Keep in touch:
- 📱 TikTok: [@kenzibooks](https://www.tiktok.com/@kenzibooks)
- 📸 Bookstagram: [@kenzibooks](https://www.instagram.com/kenzibooks/)
- 🕯️ Goodreads: [Kenzi](https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/136830407)
- 📚 Rootbound Book Club on Discord
- 🌙 Rootbound on Bindery

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## June's Book Club Pick: Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke 💐
Poll: June's Book Club pick is "Yesteryear" by Caro Claire Burke. I am so excited to read this polarizing book about a modern-day social media trad wife that is sent back in time to live in a more grueling pioneer era. 
You can join the conversation on Rootbound's Discord! Just be sure to mute the chapter channels, as there will be spoilers through the last listed chapter in the channel title. The channels are live! If you want a chance to vote for next month's book club pick, consider upgrading to the Moss tier. 🪨 Happy reading!!

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## Reading thru Recovery ❤️‍🩹
Welcome to episode 2 of Reading thru Recovery! We've officially made it through two weeks of surgery. Read with me as I recover from an Achilles rupture and surgery. In this vlog, I read Cry, Voidbringer, left the house for the first time, bought new books, opened a blind date with a book, and ... took a fall. This is a very chatty, vulnerable reading vlog.

### Books mentioned:
- Cry, Voidbringer by Elaine Ho
- Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
- Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-zi

### In this vlog:
- 00:00 Intro
- 03:33 Reading update
- 05:35 Book shopping
- 13:30 Recovery update
- 15:52 Blind date with a book
- 19:01 I fell... recovery update
- 25:13 I got out of bed
- 28:36 After work update
- 34:22 Final thoughts

### Keep in touch:
- 📱 TikTok: [@kenzibooks](https://www.tiktok.com/@kenzibooks)
- 📸 Bookstagram: [@kenzibooks](https://www.instagram.com/kenzibooks/)
- 🕯️ Goodreads: [Kenzi](https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/136830407)
- 📚 Rootbound Book Club on Discord

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## INTRODUCING ROOTBOUND 🌙
Welcome to Rootbound 🌿 Thanks so much for being here.  I’m Kenzi! You can find me as @kenzibooks on Instagram and TikTok, @kenzidid on YouTube, Kenzi Didericksen on Goodreads, and Rootbound on Discord. My reading taste ranges from rainy, melancholic literary fiction to gothic, epic, literary, or high-stakes fantasy... with the occasional emotional romance or dark thriller novel woven in between.

No matter the genre, you can expect stories with deep emotional roots: moody atmospheres, morally gray characters, lingering plot lines, and books that stay with you long after you close them. However you choose to participate here, I truly appreciate your support and am so excited to connect with fellow readers. Thanks for stopping by Rootbound! I hope you’ll stay awhile. 🌧️ 🕯️🧚‍♀️  
You can participate as a sprout, moss, or vine, and unlock cool perks. If you want access to more content, a chance to vote for our upcoming book club picks, exclusive reviews, or you just want to support me (🥹), you can do so within a Bindery membership & it would mean the world. 
I hope to see you around 🖤