This month's fiction: very gay, very outer space.

Highlights included Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove, The Alliance series by Elaine U. Cho, and Charlie Jane Anders' Lessons in Magic and Disaster.

@molly0xfff August reading wrap-up, reviewing the 16 books I read this month (no spoilers) #readingwrapup #augustreadingwrapup #booktok #bookrecommendations #scifibooks ♬ original sound - Molly White
Storygraph August 2025 wrap-up page. Books: 16; pages: 5,756; av. rating 3.34. Highest rated reads: Of Monsters and Mainframes (4 stars), Lessons in Magic and Disaster (4 stars), Teo's Durumi (4 stars). Average book length: 352 pages; average time to finish: 4 days. 100% fiction. 56% digital, 44% audio.
August 2025 reads: Dark Angel, John Sandford (2 stars) Fugitive Telemetry, Martha Wells (3 stars) Righteous Prey, John Sandford (3.5 stars) System Collapse, Martha Wells (3 stars) Automatic Noodle, Annalee Newitz (3 stars) Judgment Prey, John Sandford (3.5 stars) How High We Go in the Dark, Sequoia Nagamatsu (DNF) The Bullet That Missed, Richard Osman (3.5 stars) Ocean's Godori, Elaine U. Cho (4 stars) Teo's Durumi, Elaine U. Cho (4 stars) Toxic Prey, John Sandford (3 stars) Lethal Prey, John Sandford (4 stars) Lessons in Magic and Disaster, Charlie Jane Anders (4 stars) Of Monsters and Mainframes, Barbara Truelove (4 stars) The Black Echo, Michael Connelly (3 stars) Space Team, Barry J. Hutchinson (3 stars) The Black Ice, Michael Connelly (3.5 stars)

The essay I mention in the video is "On the Joy of Building a Sci-Fi World with a Korean Inflection".

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