When the first of the month begins on a THANK GHOULS It’s FRIDAY, Boils and Ghouls… it means we have so many ghoulish goodies lined up for you this evening in this spooky little Summerween welcome to August! 🎃
I’m so itchy to start reading all the books that I’ve lined up for August this year—with the Morbid Mavens and with some pals on Fable for an August Outdoor Buddy Reading Challenge… curious about the details?
Keep reading to hear more about what books we selected, the upcoming reading schedule and how the entire challenge came about all because of a cool new feature added to the Fable app!
Upcoming Morbid Curiosities for August
As always, we choose two morbid curiosities to tackle each month and for August, we are in for quite the experiences…
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August Morbid Curiosities 💀
Starting today over on Fable, we begin our morbid journey down in the depths with Nick Cutter’s thalassophobic THE DEEP—as well as, curiously approach Neil Sharpson’s Celtic Horror KNOCK KNOCK, (&) OPEN WIDE in our haunted clubhouses!
… don’t forget to join the creepy coven 👀
August Buddy Readin’ Challenge
Get Outside and Read, Buds!
You are bound to meet the most incredible and loveliest souls over on Fable, and when they rolled out their new Book Aura feature, I took the opportunity to create a cute summer reading challenge with myself and others to get outside and read!
I couldn’t get over just how many of my Fable book pals were interested in dedicating a week (or more) to this challenge, and also the books that our Book Aura suggested… just check out our upcoming weekly schedule 👀
For the first Book Aura 🔮 manifestation…
From August 3rd until the 9th, we will be reading A Fig For All The Devils by C.S. Fritz.
Sonny, meet The Reaper…
Are you interested in joining us with our August Get Outside and Read, Buds! challenge? You can do so here.
⏯️ What’s Up Next on the Queue This Month…
Stay tuned for more updates later this month on the overall XP of this sun-safe and summer fun outdoor activity!
If you are looking for a fun way to decide on what to read with your reading pals, I highly recommend jumping onto Fable and seeing what your Book Aura says you should read…
NetGalley & BookSirens Updates
I have quite a bit to catch up on with my NetGalley ARCs, but I plan to finish most of them early into next week. I’m really enjoying Dark Cloud on Naked Creek, and Secret Lives of the Dead. I’m so eager to devour Hell Pulp this weekend… plus, I’ve started Trip and We Are Always Tender With Our Dead, and all the ARCs have been hella intriguing and fascinating in their own unique way so far… which makes the challenge for me to pick one and stick consistently with it, when I just want to read them all… (#neurospicy problems)
I’m also just super excited to tackle the upcoming August ARCs that I hope to finish this month, or early September, such as 13 Months Haunted and The Faceless Thing We Adore.
I’ve also become a BookSirens ARC Member and have signed up to review some horrific upcoming works that look absolutely appetizing to satisfy my morbid curiosity (since they personalize your recommendations based on your preferred genres…)
In fact, tune in tomorrow at 6:00pm Atlantic Time if you’re interested in Horror Novellas that challenge and question authority in the most brutal fashion…
or just make sure you’re subscribed to the blog 😏
I’m going to keep tonight’s post short ‘n spooky just so I can get back to reading the spooky books…
Thanks for stumbling upon this creepy corner of the interwebs and don’t think I’ve forgotten what day it is 🙈
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I’ve been in love and in awe of AJ’s photography work ever since her iconic Ghostface photoshoot…
And now, their Pinterest outfit boards are my soothing Summerween inspo for those moody whimsigoth #ootd ideas
Definitely check them out on Pinterest & Instagram if you are Horror- and Fashion-obsessed (…or both 😈)
Drop a 🐚 in the comments and tell us what you’ll be haunting (sorry, reading) in August this year.
Until we meet again,
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