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Alan & Jono's Watching/Reading List: August 2025
🕑 Added 2025-08-27 16:00:05 +0000 UTCAlan:
Hello Heroes!
The dog days of summer. I like dogs. I like days. Why don’t I like August more?
What I’m reading!
Ancillary Sword - by Ann Leckie. Hard sci-fi in a weird distant future universe populated primarily by humans, with sentient shipboard AIs. I read the first book in this series a few months ago and was intrigued. The story in this one was… not what I expected. The world is a grand space opera, and this book was a much smaller, almost procedural story on one outpost world. It was fun. But a weird way for our main character to spend her time.
Project Hail Mary - by Andy Weir. I love this book. I’ve read it before but decided to listen to it on my roadtrip to Iowa for the shoot we did with Beck/Woods. And man. What a great book! I’m confident the movie will be great too, though I will no doubt be sad about all the stuff they’ll inevitably have to cut out to make their runtime.
The Way of Kings - by Brandon Sanderson. I read this when it first came out. But I’m back. I only read the first two books, then decided to wait until the whole series was done to actually read them. Too long waiting between books to keep up with it. I like these books, though not as much as most other Brando Sando stuff. Feels bloated to me. But I still really like it!
What I’m watching!
I honestly don’t remember anything I’ve watched this month that wasn’t for the show. I’m so so so tired. (Just got back from driving 40+ hours in 5 days. I’ll be fine once I sleep another 2 nights.)
What I’m playing!
Sail Forth. It’s a delightful little indie game. I’m sailing around occasionally fighting pirates. I have no idea how to progress in the game, and I kinda don’t care.
Watch Movies! (And television, and read books, and play video games)
Jono:
Hi everyone! August has flown by with a cross-country move, my kids starting school in a new state, a Cinema Therapy shoot, a Mended Light shoot, and a trip to Davenport for a CT event at The Last Picture House. With all of this going on, I've not had much spare free time for movies, TV, or reading!
BUT I did see The Naked Gun and a sing-along-screening of K-Pop Demon Hunters. The former was very dumb but got me laughing a lot. The latter is hilarious, inspiring, and full of catchy tunes (yes, an episode is on the way).
As for books, I just started The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley. I look forward to learning more about this central figure of the Civil Rights Movement. Maybe I'll pair it with the Denzel/Spike Lee movie.
What have you been watching/reading?
Comments
Sarah Rodrigues
I don’t know if either of you have read The Hunger Games books but if you haven’t I’d recommend adding all 5 to your reading list (Trilogy —> Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes —> Sunrise on the Reaping) because they’re much more fleshed out than the films are able to express and the internal narratives of the characters add so much important context ☺️
Brittany Saffold
Nice reads Jono!! 😉✨
