Month in Review: August 2026

I have no idea where August went. It was a very up and down month, but I, like many of you, am looking forward to the fall season, so hopefully we all get to enjoy these upcoming months. :) 

In personal news, August has been pretty busy and it absolutely flew by! This past weekend was especially a blur because from Friday evening through Tuesday afternoon our AC decided to call it quits (during a heatwave, when everyone else's AC has gone out, of course!) and my life was pretty much taken over by trying to figure out how to keep our house cool, haha--it got to be 95 degrees(!) in my house on Saturday but Sunday we were able to get our hands on a portable AC. Although Sunday still got quite warm as the last day in the heatwave, everything became much more manageable after that. It's not an experience I recommend! Outside of that delightful end to the month, I think August mainly consisted of work, continuing to work on crafting a performance routine for aerial (it's been quite a challenge with lots of ups and downs), and some reading (though never as much as I'd like!). I also went to a really fun charity circus show that some of my friends performed in, which was a blast, and I got to go see one of my favorite bands, Driveways, for the first time, which was also an incredible night. All in all, I think August was pretty okay, all things considered.

In reading news, I read some really great books in August! I really enjoyed The Dungeon Book and The Infinite State in particular, and I was really excited to finally finish up The Cure for Living. Although I had mild disappointment that I didn't like Blacktail more, I don't think I really disliked any of the books I read in August, so I always take that as a win.

How was your August and what books have you been reading? Any reading-related goals?  Let me know how your month was below and what you've been reading!

   

# books read: 10

Blacktail by Scott Hawkins

Source: NetGalley | Format: eARC
Thoughts: I was a bit bummed to not enjoy this quite as much as I'd hoped to, but I still very much appreciate the story Hawkins told and his creative mind. My review for this is already up, so feel free to take a look if you're curious about my thoughts in more detail. I also want to make a quick note here that there is quite a bit of animal violence (as one might expect, given the premise), so just keep that in mind you're sensitive to that like I am before diving in.

The Dungeon Book by Gareth Hanrahan

Source: Publisher | Format: Physical ARC
Thoughts: I loved this! Hanrahan continues to impress me with his imaginative stories and world-building and I really enjoyed getting to know Bait and Cornelius in this one. Highly recommend for all fantasy lovers! 

The Infinite State (The Decurion Saga #1) by Richard Swan

Source: Publisher | Format: Physical ARC
Thoughts: This was a fantastic start to a new sci-fi series from Richard Swan, and I'm so curious to see where he takes this story and how he'll continue to expand the world.

Reliquary by Hannah Whitten

Source: Publisher | Format: Physical ARC
Thoughts: This was a pretty fun horror that incorporated some monstrous deities, isolated islands, claustrophobic places (like submarines!), and families that seem to be hiding things...

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

Source: Library | Format: Ebook
Thoughts: This is a short sci-fi that I'd had my eye on for a while, and I've seen it described as cozy sci-fi, which I'd generally agree with. I didn't connect with it quite as much as I'd hoped, but I still enjoyed the story Newitz told and the world-building elements included.

Cicero's Tongue: The Life of Rome's Greatest Orator and the End of the Republic by Catharine Edwards

Source: NetGalley | Format: eARC
Thoughts: A new book about Cicero? Sure, why not! I think this was a very accessible and well-researched look at Cicero. I really appreciated how much detail and time Edwards gave to contextual history/background as well that helped ground and situate the reader to better understand everything. This one will be out 9/15!

The Cure for Living - Part One & Part Two by Nicola Lietzau

Source: Author | Format: Hardcover
Thoughts: I was so excited to finally read a sequel to Dreams of the Dying, which I read so many years ago, and this did not disappoint!

Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces that Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull

Source: Library | Format: Audiobook
Thoughts: This was so familiar that I'm not entirely sure I haven't already read this one at some point, but regardless I really appreciated this book and thought Catmull provided some really great reflection and thoughtful ideas to consider. (I will say that my first thought at seeing "Catmull" was "ah yes... the bane of my existence when trying to subdivide my poorly made beginner meshes on Maya..."

The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

Source: Library | Format: Audiobook
Thoughts: This has a really strong start and I thought it would go somewhere very interesting... but unfortunately, it didn't quite live up to that and ended up just feeling more like a romance that didn't captivate me at all. Well-written, but not a standout for me and I lost interest.

Broken Dolls by Ally Malinenko

Source: Library | Format: Ebook
Thoughts: This was a really good middle grade horror that I think tackled grief, anxiety, OCD, and more in some incredibly thoughtful and effective ways. I definitely recommend this one!

The Infinite State by Richard Swan

A Plagued Sea by Kim Bo-Young

Reliquary by Hannah Whitten

The Cure for Living -Part One & Part Two by Nicolas Lietzau

Scion by James Islington

Blacktail by Scott Hawkins

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Month in Review: July 2026

Anticipated September 2026 Releases

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Can't-Wait Wednesday:

8/5: Blacktail by Scott Hawkins, Beyond the Graves Waits Mist and Sea by Kathleen Kaufman, & Fallow by Sarah Anderson

8/12: The Ship of Death by Kyle Winkler, The Paradox Club by Charlie Lovett, & The Cutting Garden by Darcy Van Poelgeest

8/19: The Nudge by Joseph Fink, Scion by James Islington, & Our Cut of Salt by Deena Helm

8/26: Rooted by Leopoldo Gout, The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon, & American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee

Can't-Wait Wednesday: Rooted by Leopoldo Gout, The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon, & American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee

   

Can't-Wait is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings that spotlights exciting upcoming releases that we can't wait to be released!

Rooted by Leopoldo Gout

Publication: September 15th, 2026

Tor Nightfire

Paperback. 288 pages.

Pre-order: Bookshop.org | Amazon

From Goodreads:

"Author of Piñata, Leopoldo Goût's latest horror novel Rootedis a "a blood reckoning" (Marlon James) where one woman's return to Mexico City digs away the layers of her forgotten past and the Aztec gods she awakened.
There’s nothing wrong with Aurora. 

A successful art lawyer, she has returned to Mexico to celebrate a recent campaign for the repatriation of stolen artifacts―in particular a mysterious statue of an Aztec god, The Flayed One. 

But Mexico City isn’t as she remembered. Nothing is. Elements of her past hint at darkness and power, and reality begins to crack and warp the streets. 

There’s nothing wrong with Aurora. 

As Aurora’s sanity unravels, she must pry apart her family’s secrets and accept the simplest of truths: The Flayed One cannot stay buried. 

'It wields all the destructive fury of a flayed god determined to avenge centuries’ worth of colonial devastation and greed...'–Cynthia Gómez, Ignyte-nominated author of Muñeca"

This hints at so many different elements of horror that I love, so I'm really curious to check this one out!

The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon

Publication: September 8th, 2026

Doubleday

Hardcover. 528 pages.

Pre-order: Bookshop.org | Amazon

From Goodreads:

"A sweeping historical adventure inspired by the life of Grace O’Malley, the legendary Irish folk heroine who risked everything to defend her people. Venture onto the high seas with the thrilling latest from the New York Times bestselling author of The Frozen River and I Was Anastasia. 

Grace O’Malley was born to be a sea captain. But despite her natural skill on the water, Grace learns early that her dreams of a life at the helm are not compatible with the expectations of her noble family. As the only daughter of a powerful chieftain, her role is to secure a strong alliance and bear children. But when she’s sent to foster with a nearby clan, Grace falls for a clever and open-minded second son—a man she cannot have. 

Married off against her will to a brutal warrior, Grace performs her duty, all the while gathering followers loyal to her, and consolidating her husband’s power, only to be ousted from his lands. But this betrayal offers Grace the opportunity to return to sea, finally leading clan O’Malley’s mighty fleet. Just as she finds true independence, Queen Elizabeth’s incursions into Ireland grow bolder and Grace must fight to defend her land, her ships, and the people she loves most against the cruel and power-hungry English deputies, who will stop at nothing to check her influence. 

Keenly observed and fiercely written, Ariel Lawhon's new action-packed novel channels the untamed beauty and harsh realities of sixteenth-century Ireland, as seen through the eyes of an unforgettable heroine who rightly became “the Pirate Queen of Ireland.”"

Pirates, folk heroines, historical fiction--honestly, say no more, I'm in!

American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee

Publication: September 29th, 2026

Cardinal

Hardcover. 656 pages.

Pre-order: Bookshop.org | Amazon

From Goodreads:

"The National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Pachinko returns with a breathtaking contemporary epic: a masterpiece by turns sweeping and intimate, that reckons with ambition and moderation, lust and loyalty, personal dreams and familial duty.

'Min Jin Lee brings grand ambition, fierce heart, and the tenderest hope to a novel I didn't want to end.' ―Roxane Gay, bestselling author of Bad Feminist and Hunger

In schools and churches, hotel rooms and nail salons, law firms and fried-fish shops; in cramped, dingy apartments and luxury, gated communities, the men, women, and children in American Hagwon struggle to find satisfaction and meaning in a world that seems to grow less forgiving with each passing year. Once comfortably middle class in Korea, John and Helen Koh and their three children―Bo, DH, and Mido―find their lives upended, first by a shocking betrayal by John’s oldest friend, then by the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

Desperately striving to regain their footing, they leave Seoul for Sydney and eventually settle in Southern California―where new vistas of opportunity open up for the children as their parents, strangers in a strange land, must adjust to a new life in which their experience and education mean little, and they set their sights on whatever it takes to provide for their children’s futures. The Kohs, their friends, relatives, and even their foes move in and out of each other’s lives as they navigate new courses across the years, always nursing the almost all-consuming faith that education will lead the next generation to success and security.
In American Hagwon, Min Jin Lee has crafted an unforgettable, panoramic novel where the smallest of gestures can have enormous repercussions, where the bonds of family and of memory twist and fray but rarely break, and where willful self-sacrifice―for the benefit of loved ones and even strangers―is a kind of prayer."

I, like many others, really enjoyed Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, and I've been looking forward to new work from her!

Can't-Wait Wednesday: The Nudge by Joseph Fink, Scion by James Islington, & Our Cut of Salt by Deena Helm

   

Can't-Wait is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings that spotlights exciting upcoming releases that we can't wait to be released!

The Nudge by Joseph Fink

Publication: September 1st, 2026

Podium Publishing

Hardcover. 144 pages.

Pre-order: Bookshop.org | Amazon

From Goodreads:

"On the open road, evil doesn't chase you. It waits . . . 

Late one night, a wounded man checks into a remote roadside hotel. He's running from something he can't explain or escape. And over the course of a night, he'll tell the hotel's proprietor how his life fell apart.  

It started with his wife. Subtle changes. Smiles that didn't belong to her. Then violence—sudden, intimate, almost casual. Therapy offered hope. Recovery seemed possible. Until it wasn't. He believes a hidden influence has attached itself to him, one that never forces, never commands. It whispers. It suggests. Nudges people toward their worst impulses.  

Now the man wanders the country as a fugitive, hoping to break free from the evil that's wormed its way into him. But as our narrator's story unfolds, he begins to question whether he's fled far enough . . .  

Tense, atmospheric, and chilling, The Nudge is a slow-burn tale of suspense that will linger like a whisper in the dark, long after the story is over."

This sounds like the perfect little horror novella to welcome in the beginnings of the fall season!

Scion by James Islington

Publication: September 1st, 2026

S&S/Saga Press

Hardcover. 240 pages.

Pre-order: Bookshop.org | Amazon

From Goodreads:

"John Wick meets Blade Runner in this fast-paced cyberpunk thriller by the #1 NYT bestselling author of The Will of the Many.  

My job, when you think about it, isn’t so different from a lot of people’s. I have to deal with a ton of boring planning. Inconvenient hours. Some pretty awkward face-to-face interactions. And like most of us, I’m really only clocking in to try and crawl out from beneath my debts.  

The more old-fashioned crowd do still get hung up on the ‘killing people’ part, I guess, but that’s a them problem: it’s been perfectly legal to take out lifers for ages. Besides, once ultrawealthy morons realised they had a way to live forever—limited resources be damned—there was only ever going to be one genuinely practical deterrent. So someone’s got to do it.  

And luckily, my genetic compatibilities make me really, really good at it.  

Still. This next job… I don’t know. It’s something I haven’t had to deal with in years. Kind of the opposite of my regular duties. Strange, that it got thrown my way.  

I’m sure it’ll all go totally fine though."

I've already finished an ARC of this one and my review will be up soon for it, but I'm still really excited for it to be released to the public and see what everyone thinks about! If you like sci-fi thrillers, this is pretty much the perfect read. 

Our Cut of Salt by Deena Helm

Publication: September 22nd, 2026

Tor Nightfire

Hardcover. 128 pages.

Pre-order: Bookshop.org | Amazon

From Goodreads:

"In this lyrical debut, three generations of Palestinian women must put the haunting of their ancestral home to rest, before the secrets of the past drown them all. Our Cut of Salt is a powerful and intimate look at what it means to make a home, to lose it, and to return, only to find it irrevocably changed.  

There is something haunting Nuhad’s childhood home in Haifa. Cats avoid its perimeter, strange noises come from within, and residents have mysteriously vanished without a trace. Although Nuhad has not returned to her home since the Nakba in 1948, she always held a place for the house in her heart.  

And, in return, the house did the same for her.  

After Nuhad passes away, her granddaughter, Marina, is determined to visit her grandmother’s home after a lifetime of being kept in the dark about her culture and family history. Marina's mother, Haifa - named for the city that was lost to their family - reluctantly agrees to her trip, though she knows firsthand that some secrets are better left buried.  

But the house is no longer a home. It is a painful, festering wound that infects everything it touches. The more Marina digs into her family’s past, the sicker she becomes. Despite Nuhad’s ghostly warnings, Haifa rushes to help her daughter.  

As the three women converge in their ancestral home, they must put the haunting to rest before the secrets of the past drown them all."

This sounds like the type of haunting story that will stick with you, and I can't wait to have a chance to check it out!

Can't-Wait Wednesday: Blacktail by Scott Hawkins, Beyond the Graves Waits Mist and Sea by Kathleen Kaufman, & Fallow by Sarah Anderson

 

Can't-Wait is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings that spotlights exciting upcoming releases that we can't wait to be released!

Blacktail by Scott Hawkins

Publication: September 1st, 2026

Crown

Hardcover. 288 pages.

Pre-order: Bookshop.org | Amazon

From Goodreads:

"The long-awaited second novel from the author of the cult hit The Library at Mount Char, a one-of-a-kind dark fantasy in which a wolf sets out on an epic journey of revenge. 

The wolf Blacktail is faithful to his Forest God, but in these times, faith is not enough. His world is besieged by men. Soon his territory will be overrun, and then there will be nowhere left to go. When his mate, a house dog, is killed, Blacktail rebels. He invades the house of her owners, seeking vengeance. 

Blacktail’s fury catches the notice of an ancient and terrible feline witch, who makes an offer. What if Blacktail could end the human race responsible for the death of his family and for the destruction of the natural world, altogether? To do so, Blacktail must find and wake the Forest God. Only He might stand against the plague of men. Blacktail knows that his north woods are dwindling to nothing. He sees no other choice. 

As Blacktail journeys farther from his wild home and deeper into the world of man, he encounters strangers—animal, mortal, and otherworldly—who, for their own reasons, want to help Blacktail rid the world of humans. Along the way, it becomes clear that he is more than just a wolf. The Forest God is sleeping, yes. But what will be the price of waking him?

'A tale of lupine vengeance—at first—whose stakes escalate to degrees I never saw coming. Unexpected, blood-soaked, and vividly told.'—qntm, author of There Is No Antimemetics Division"

This sounds wonderfully weird and intriguing, and given Hawkins in the author of The Library at Mount Char, I have a feeling this is going to be one hell of a read. I have an ARC that I'm dying to get started on, so hopefully I can get to it soon! I'm also quite obsessed with this cover.

Beyond the Graves Waits Mist and Sea by Kathleen Kaufman

Publication: September 26th, 2026

Kensington

Paperback. 384 pages.

Pre-order: Bookshop.org | Amazon

From Goodreads:

"A marine biologist’s search for an undiscovered species of octopus leads her to an isolated island where long-buried memories rise like specters from the deep, intent on dragging her darkest truths to the surface… 

From the author of The Entirely True Story of the Fantastical Mesmerist Nora Grey, this hauntingly evocative novel is perfect for fans of Emilia Hart’s The Sirens, Sarah Penner’s The Amalfi Curse, and Adrienne Young. 

Twenty nautical miles off the coast of Boston lies Bell Island, shrouded in fog, mystery, and legend. Historically a refuge for women fleeing the hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials in the 1600s and a way station on the Underground Railroad for runaway slaves in the 1800s, the island is isolated and rumored to be haunted by spirits and . . . other things. 

It is to Bell Island that microbial biologist Harper Hafdóttir ventures in search of evidence of a new species of octopus, Thalassa, possibly lurking below the swirling water’s surface. Along with her equipment, and her luggage, Harper carries with her the burden of past trauma and vivid, recurring dreams. 

Swept up in unexplained phenomena ranging from increased seismic activity and a boat-capsizing rogue wave to encounters with island creatures that defy explanation, Harper looks to the island’s venerated if mysterious mayor for answers. Lady Loreana Bell comes from a single matriarchal line that has ruled the island for 400 years—and seems to have been expecting Harper’s arrival. 

It is within the walls of Bell Manor—its gothic grandeur matched only by the intensity of Harper’s deja vu—that she discovers the 1690 journal of a young woman in the grips of a religious cult. As a tsunami threatens the island, Harper finds herself on the verge of a revelation that will ultimately unlock the mystery of her haunted dreams and disclose her true purpose on Bell Island..."

I am loving the sound of just about everything about this one and cannot wait to check it out!

Fallow by Sarah Anderson

Publication: September 15th, 2026

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Hardcover. 416 pages.

Pre-order: Bookshop.org | Amazon

From Goodreads:

"Slyly funny and disarmingly tender, Fallow is the story of a young woman who signs up to be the world’s first in-house corporate surrogate, then finds herself caught up in a social experiment of another kind. 

Natalie knows one truth: there is no such thing as a good job. 

As the clock ticks away at the call center where she logs complaints of workplace harassment, she tries to ignore the increasing pain in her jaw. She has no dental insurance. She has no skills or ambitions. She has student loans. And, minute by minute, she hears the many ways workers are not just not getting by, but actually getting hustled. 

Then, at the blood bank where she sells her plasma, a mysterious flyer leads her to The Company. Natalie turns out to be the perfect candidate for their pilot program, pitched as an opportunity to help women access greater gender equity. She will be their in-house surrogate, delivering seven babies in ten years and enabling their executives to have motherhood without maternity leave. Finally, she will be adequately―generously―compensated. 

For years, her every need is met: stacks of healthy meals in the refrigerator of a luxury condo, fitness coaches and nutritionists, around-the-clock health care. Between deliveries, she takes time off―a fallow period, with no obligations or expectations. For the first time in her life, she is good at her job; for the first time, she feels free. 

But just as she’s about to fulfill the terms of her contract, a staffing decision upends everything. Natalie is pulled into an entirely different kind of social experiment, one that raises new questions about her future, her freedom, her purpose, what she can expect from the world, and what she can offer to it. 

Woundingly funny and genuinely moving, Sarah Anderson’s Fallow is a tender, alarmingly real vision of a woman balancing on the knife-edge of capitalism as she comes to realize who she wants to be."

Look-did this book pique my interest because of the cow on the cover? Yes, I'll admit that that's the main reason I decided to check this book out--but fortunately, it also has a really intriguing premise. I'm seeing this marketed as horror, satire, dystopia, etc., so I'm very curious to see what it'll be like.

Can't-Wait Wednesday: A Plagued Sea by Kim Bo-young, The Calamities by Chuck Wendig, & Hiroshima, 8:15: The Lost Memoir by Kiyoshi Tanimoto

   

Can't-Wait is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings that spotlights exciting upcoming releases that we can't wait to be released!

A Plagued Sea by Kim Bo-young, trans. Sophie Bowman

Publication: August 11th, 2026

Tor Nightfire

Hardcover. 112 pages.

Pre-order: Bookshop.org | Amazon

From Goodreads:

"First the flood
Next the sickness
Last the change

Visionary Korean author Kim Bo-Young unleashes a Lovecraftian nightmare of infection, transformation, and abomination.

“[Kim Bo-Young's] fiction is a breathtaking piece of cinematic art.” ―Bong Joon Ho, Academy Award-winning director of Parasite

While waiting for a train to Haewon, an isolated Korean seaside village, bodyguard Mu-young gets a disaster alert on her phone. Screens throughout the station report breaking news of a massive earthquake on the coast. Despite the danger, Mu-young boards the train with her niece: she’d rather face the earthquake than leave the girl in her mother’s care. That choice haunts her for the rest of her life.

Three years later, Haewon Village is home to horrors. The earthquake unleashed an ancient plague that transforms its victims into fishy monsters, and the government’s lockdown has cut off any hope for help. Mu-young’s niece is dead, and all that’s left for her is to hunt villagers who break isolation. When an officious bureaucrat from Seoul arrives in the village, he stirs up even deeper trouble. Will Mu-young survive? Does she even deserve to?"

I've just started an ARC of this one and so far I'm really liking it, so I'm really curious to see where it goes!

The Calamities by Chuck Wendig

Publication: August 18th, 2026

Del Rey

Hardcover. 592 pages.

Pre-order: Bookshop.org | Amazon

From Goodreads:

"The heir to one of the world’s most influential families reckons with the demonic secret of their power in this contemporary dark fantasy that melds occult magic with shocking family drama, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Accidents.

“Vivid, unsettling, and darkly compelling, The Calamities is Chuck Wendig at his best.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth

Mourning Mayne knows he’ll one day bear the duty of managing his family’s vast empire of wealth and power. But the feckless Mourning has always struggled to accept this legacy of cruelty, domination, and exploitation . . . and something even darker.

Because the Maynes are no ordinary family: Hidden in our world are the fiends—half-human, half-demon, and possessed of a dark magic born from buying human souls—and the Maynes are one of the oldest and most influential fiendish families.

But when Mourning’s estranged father, the formidable and terrifying Hadrian Mayne, demands that Mourning return to the fold, he has to decide whether to accept his legacy and embrace his role in the family or to forge his own destiny, and with it, change the course of the world.

Because along the way home, he will meet Key, a black-market seller of human souls, and Quinn, an artist who may hold the dark truth behind the fate of the fiends. Alone, they have all struggled with the darkness of their natures . . . but together, they might find a path out of the shadows."

I'm always up for some new Chuck Wendig!

Hiroshima, 8:15: The Lost Memoir by Kiyoshi Tanimoto

Publication: August 4th, 2026

Modern Library

Hardcover. 224 pages.

Pre-order: Bookshop.org | Amazon

From Goodreads:

"A newly discovered firsthand account of the Hiroshima bombing and its aftermath from one of the survivors—bringing unprecedented immediacy to our understanding of this world-changing event.

“A stunning historical discovery and a heartrending testimony.” —Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize–winning coauthor of American Prometheus

At approximately 8:15 on the morning of August 6, 1945, Kiyoshi Tanimoto was on the outskirts of Hiroshima when a flash in the sky signaled the birth of a horrifying new world. In an instant, tens of thousands of Hiroshima residents had been vaporized or crushed to death.

As Tanimoto, a thirty-six-year-old Methodist minister, raced back to the city center in search of his wife and infant daughter, he encountered unimaginable devastation: structures leveled; fires everywhere; uncountable injured suffering from burns, broken bones, and the effects of radiation. In the days, weeks, and months that followed this unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, he invested body and soul in helping his living congregants obtain food, shelter, and medical care, as well as identifying and burying with as much dignity as possible those who had perished. He dedicated himself to rebuilding not only his church, but his city and his nation.

Tanimoto went on to gain renown as one of the survivors featured in John Hersey’s New Yorker piece and book, Hiroshima, which changed the American public’s understanding of the event. But Tanimoto also wrote his own story. Hiroshima, 8:15 is Tanimoto’s never-before-published firsthand account of the bombing of Hiroshima, written in the immediate aftermath, in his own words.

This singular memoir is both an invaluable addition to the historical record and an urgent eyewitness testimony of one of the most calamitous events to befall humanity. At a time when the threat of nuclear war still looms, Tanimoto’s message of peace, and his vision of a better path forward for humankind, is of vital importance."

This sounds like it'll be an incredibly intense and informative read--I'm really hoping I'll have a chance to read it soon!