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August library book picks 📚

My August library book picks are Texas Rain by Jodi Thomas and Virgin River by Robyn Carr. The reviews for both books seem to be good, so I thought I’d give them a try.

Both novels are set in a small town. I love small-town romance novels, especially those set in the South, since I’m originally from Tennessee.

Texas Rain is a historical romance novel, which is another fiction genre that I enjoy reading.

Virgin River is actually a TV series on Netflix, but the previews of the show don’t look interesting to me.

I’ve heard that the books are quite different from the show, though, so that’s why I checked out the book.

I’m currently watching Ransom Canyon on Netflix. The romance drama is inspired by Jodi Thomas’ novel series.

However, when I discovered the show last summer, I didn’t know it was based on a book until halfway into watching the show.

I almost checked out the Ransom Canyon, but it’s really hard for me to get into a book after watching the show/movie it was based on. (That’s why it’s been taking me what seems like forever to finish reading Outlander. 😫)

So, I decided to give Texas Rain a try instead. It’s the first book in her Whispering Mountain series.

What are you reading this month?

💜 XO

August library book picks 📚

My August library book picks are Texas Rain by Jodi Thomas and Virgin River by Robyn Carr. The reviews for both books seem to be good, so I thought I’d give them a try.

Both novels are set in a small town. I love small-town romance novels, especially those set in the South, since I’m originally from Tennessee.

Texas Rain is a historical romance novel, which is another fiction genre that I enjoy reading.

Virgin River is actually a TV series on Netflix, but the previews of the show don’t look interesting to me.

I’ve heard that the books are quite different from the show, though, so that’s why I checked out the book.

I’m currently watching Ransom Canyon on Netflix. The romance drama is inspired by Jodi Thomas’ novel series.

However, when I discovered the show last summer, I didn’t know it was based on a book until halfway into watching the show.

I almost checked out the Ransom Canyon, but it’s really hard for me to get into a book after watching the show/movie it was based on. (That’s why it’s been taking me what seems like forever to finish reading Outlander. 😫)

So, I decided to give Texas Rain a try instead. It’s the first book in her Whispering Mountain series.

What are you reading this month?

💜 XO

#Books and #stories for #AugustReads. | Tag to mute: #BokBooks

Eleven novels:
●●●○○ The Secret of ZI - Kenneth Bulmer
●●●◐○ Times of Trouble {New John Connor Chronicles 3} - Russell Blackford
●●●◐○ Case of the Murdered Mayor {Miles Grant 02} - Jack Dearborn
●●●○○ Stock Car Race {Behold: Humanity! 15} - Ralts Bloodthorne #HFY
●●●◐○ Army of the Undead {Invaders 3} - Rafe Bernard
●●◐○○ Case of the Sullied Songstress {Miles Grant 03} - Jack Dearborn
●●●●◐ Head On {Lock In 2} - John Scalzi
●●●○○ The Empathetic Life of Rebecca Wright {Middle Falls 10} - Shawn Inmon
●●○○○ The Timothy File {Miles Grant 04} - Jack Dearborn
●●◐○○ The City {Aestus 1} - S. Z. Attwell #CliFi
●●●◐○ Case of the Phantom Phaeton {Miles Grant 05} - Jack Dearborn

Two novellas:
●●●○○ Beyond the Vanishing Point - Ray Cummings
●●●◐○ Born in the Wrong Body - Martin Brant #trans

Two novelettes:
●●●●○ Betty Knox and Dictionary Jones in The Mystery of the Missing Teenage Anachronisms - Jack Campbell
●●●●◐ Murder by Memory - Olivia Waite #queer

Twenty-six short stories:
●●○○○ A Day Among the Liars - Edward Page Mitchell
●●●◐○ Where Does a Circle Begin? - Jack Campbell
●●○○○ Natural - Peter Cawdron
●●●○○ Master - Ursula K. Le Guin
●●◐○○ An Extraordinary Wedding - Edward Page Mitchell
●●●○○ The Great Naked Adventure - P.A. Choi
●●●○○ Living Eggs Project {Agent Adams 02} - Tim Tolbert
●●◐○○ King of the Hill - James Blish
●●◐○○ Nothing Happens to Lefty Feep {Lefty Feep 11} - Robert Bloch
●◐○○○ End as a World - F. L. Wallace
●●○○○ Yellow Streak Hero - Harlan Ellison
●●●○○ Son of a Witch {Lefty Feep 6} - Robert Bloch
●●○○○ Entangled Vision {Agent Adams 03} - Tim Tolbert
●●●◐○ Concerns of the Second Sex - Pavarti K. Tyler
●●●●○ The Soul Buyer - Keith Laumer
●●○○○ Jerk the Giant Killer {Lefty Feep 7} - Robert Bloch
●●◐○○ Last Cruise of the Judas Iscariot - Edward Page Mitchell
●●●○○ Unnatural - Ann Christy
●●●●○ These Are the Times - Jack Campbell
●●●◐○ The Sun Never Sets - Anthea Sharp
●●○○○ Sunspot - Hal Clement
●●◐○○ Rocket to Limbo - Margaret St. Clair
●◐○○○ Echoed Life Foundation {Agent Adams 04} - Tim Tolbert
●●○○○ The Witness - Leona Celestia
●●●○○ Lefty Feep and the Racing Robot {Lefty Feep 13} - Robert Bloch
●●●○○ The Devilish Rat - Edward Page Mitchell

━━━━━━━━━━━
2025-08: 26 ss | 02 nvt | 02 nva | 11 nov
2025-07: 24 ss | 01 nvt | 01 nva | 13 nov
2025-06: 26 ss | 03 nvt | 00 nva | 12 nov
2025-05: 24 ss | 06 nvt | 01 nva | 13 nov
━━━━━━━━━━━

One very long, very slow novel knocked my reading down, but since I was reading three shorter novels each full week, not by much.

#Books and #stories for #AugustReads. | Tag to mute: #BokBooks

Eleven novels:
●●●○○ The Secret of ZI - Kenneth Bulmer
●●●◐○ Times of Trouble {New John Connor Chronicles 3} - Russell Blackford
●●●◐○ Case of the Murdered Mayor {Miles Grant 02} - Jack Dearborn
●●●○○ Stock Car Race {Behold: Humanity! 15} - Ralts Bloodthorne #HFY
●●●◐○ Army of the Undead {Invaders 3} - Rafe Bernard
●●◐○○ Case of the Sullied Songstress {Miles Grant 03} - Jack Dearborn
●●●●◐ Head On {Lock In 2} - John Scalzi
●●●○○ The Empathetic Life of Rebecca Wright {Middle Falls 10} - Shawn Inmon
●●○○○ The Timothy File {Miles Grant 04} - Jack Dearborn
●●◐○○ The City {Aestus 1} - S. Z. Attwell #CliFi
●●●◐○ Case of the Phantom Phaeton {Miles Grant 05} - Jack Dearborn

Two novellas:
●●●○○ Beyond the Vanishing Point - Ray Cummings
●●●◐○ Born in the Wrong Body - Martin Brant #trans

Two novelettes:
●●●●○ Betty Knox and Dictionary Jones in The Mystery of the Missing Teenage Anachronisms - Jack Campbell
●●●●◐ Murder by Memory - Olivia Waite #queer

Twenty-six short stories:
●●○○○ A Day Among the Liars - Edward Page Mitchell
●●●◐○ Where Does a Circle Begin? - Jack Campbell
●●○○○ Natural - Peter Cawdron
●●●○○ Master - Ursula K. Le Guin
●●◐○○ An Extraordinary Wedding - Edward Page Mitchell
●●●○○ The Great Naked Adventure - P.A. Choi
●●●○○ Living Eggs Project {Agent Adams 02} - Tim Tolbert
●●◐○○ King of the Hill - James Blish
●●◐○○ Nothing Happens to Lefty Feep {Lefty Feep 11} - Robert Bloch
●◐○○○ End as a World - F. L. Wallace
●●○○○ Yellow Streak Hero - Harlan Ellison
●●●○○ Son of a Witch {Lefty Feep 6} - Robert Bloch
●●○○○ Entangled Vision {Agent Adams 03} - Tim Tolbert
●●●◐○ Concerns of the Second Sex - Pavarti K. Tyler
●●●●○ The Soul Buyer - Keith Laumer
●●○○○ Jerk the Giant Killer {Lefty Feep 7} - Robert Bloch
●●◐○○ Last Cruise of the Judas Iscariot - Edward Page Mitchell
●●●○○ Unnatural - Ann Christy
●●●●○ These Are the Times - Jack Campbell
●●●◐○ The Sun Never Sets - Anthea Sharp
●●○○○ Sunspot - Hal Clement
●●◐○○ Rocket to Limbo - Margaret St. Clair
●◐○○○ Echoed Life Foundation {Agent Adams 04} - Tim Tolbert
●●○○○ The Witness - Leona Celestia
●●●○○ Lefty Feep and the Racing Robot {Lefty Feep 13} - Robert Bloch
●●●○○ The Devilish Rat - Edward Page Mitchell

━━━━━━━━━━━
2025-08: 26 ss | 02 nvt | 02 nva | 11 nov
2025-07: 24 ss | 01 nvt | 01 nva | 13 nov
2025-06: 26 ss | 03 nvt | 00 nva | 12 nov
2025-05: 24 ss | 06 nvt | 01 nva | 13 nov
━━━━━━━━━━━

One very long, very slow novel knocked my reading down, but since I was reading three shorter novels each full week, not by much.

#AugustReads

THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, Arthur Conan Doyle
THE SHADOW YEAR, Jeffrey Ford
THE SUNKEN LAND BEGINS TO RISE AGAIN, M. John Harrison
HOUSE OF BONE AND RAIN, Gabino Iglesias
MINA’S MATCHBOX, Yoko Ogawa
THE NAVIGATING FOX, Christopher Rowe
POLYPHEMUS, Michael Shea

🧵

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#Horror

5. Jujutsu Kaisen 14 by Gege Akutami

Please, everyone, let's observe a moment of silence. 🪦

#manga #JujutsuKaisen #AugustReads

4. The Summer Hikaru Died 1 by Mokumokuren

My first read inspired by IG! :gritty:

I'd seen previews of this #manga, but I wasn't paying attention and got the wrong impression. :ablobcattrash: I think I thought this was a #BL manga about getting over someone's death or maybe looking into a murder and/or imposter? This series isn't that at all! This is a #horror manga!!

Anyway, Yoshiki and Hikaru are besties who live in a small rural town and have burgeoning feelings for each other. Then Hikaru goes for a hike in the mountains one day. What comes back LOOKS like Hikaru but isn't. Yoshiki knows the thing isn't his best friend, but it looks so much like Hikaru and likes him so much...

I thought the first half was kinda ho-hum but then there's this scene that leans into the whole eldritch horror thing and I was all in. :ablobcatbongo: Really looking forward to the next volume.

#AugustReads

3. Jujutsu Kaisen 13 by Gege Akutami

I originally read #jujutsukaisen in serialization, but I'm revisiting the series via collected volume form while the second season of the #anime is airing.

I'm not sure if I'll keep reading past the Shibuya arc because I personally think the plot goes downhill from here, but you never know! Still a few more volumes to go, anyway.

#manga #AugustReads

2. Kakegurui 5 by Homura Kawamoto & Toru Naomura

Wild, reckless gambling women will always be the best. 💯

I completely forgot about the Yumeko + Itsuki vs Kaede match! Such a great match.

#manga #AugustReads

1. Kakegurui 4 by Homura Kawamoto & Toru Naomura

I read Kakegurui before it was licensed by Yen Press & I've watched both seasons of the #anime, but last month, I decided it was time to read the English edition of the #manga! 🃏

I'm a big fan of gambling comics in general, actually. I'm currently reading a couple webtoons that have similar themes, but really, nothing hits the spot like Kakegurui, which has such great characters and over-the-top plots. Give me crazy women and ridiculous set-ups, please! The only series that I've liked as much in this genre is Liar Game, which is never going to get licensed. 💔 (My villain origin story, really.)

As an aside, please let me say that the covers of the print editions are next level killer.

#AugustReads

My reading plans for August include my ongoing read of the Kakegurui #manga, Babel by R.F. Kuang (my bookclub selection this month), and maybe some horror/thrillers. And I will actually maintain my #AugustReads thread!

#bookstodon