Books I read in August

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Giving this a try

• Babel by R.F. Kuang - really wonderful fantasy building of an alternate British Empire era. Really neat and kinda sad. Library e-book
• Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree - delightful, sweet, lots of interesting ideas in a little novel. Library e-book
• The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older - Sherlock Holmes on Mars, really interesting although it took me a bit to remember it was a Sherlock Holmes-esque book. Pretty short. Library audiobook
• Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher re-read - a wonderful story and I appreciate the details on spinning. Library e-book
• Handwoven Magazine Issue   - Library e-book
• A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske re-read - super interesting in that it has really neat magical worldbuilding, then shows the other ways magic can be done than the "right" way. Has some explicit stuff but easy enough to skip. Library e-book
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune - Nice little gay book, more young adult or young teen book but a sweet little read anyway. Library e-book
• The Queen of Ieflaria by Effie Calvin - Magical princess meets disaster lesbian princess. Delightful if a little different style of writing than a lot of fantasy books. Library e-book
• Daughter of the Sun by Effie Calvin - Number two in this series, more lesbians but one is a paladin and one is a chaos goddess. Drama! Library e-book
• The Queen of Rhodia by Effie Calvin - Number three in the series, all the lesbians plus dragons! Library e-book
• The Restless Truth by Freya Marske re-read - delightful and lighter than A Marvellous Light, magic and intrigue and hijinks. Has some explicit stuff but easy enough to skip. Library e-book
• The Martian by Andy Weir - I get why a lot of people liked it, it was a fun if slightly stressful read. Library e-book
• Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher - sweet little story. Library e-book
• The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman - second in the series, pretty romping adventure. Really liking the series overall. Physical personal book

I read a lot this month huh