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Ep. 50: The Love Languages As Books: A Valentine’s Day Book Tag

If you're listening to this on release day, Happy Valentine's Day!

Books mentioned, in order:
What You Are Looking For Is In the Library by Michiko Aoyama and translated by Alison Watts
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues by Jonathan Kennedy
Other Minds: the Octopus, the Sea and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds by Merlin Sheldrake
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery
Possession: A Romance by AS Byatt
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater
Guards! Guards! By Terry Prachett
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Biography of X by Catherine Lacey
The Ghost in the House by Sara O’Leary
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
The Wicker King by K. Ancrum
Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer
Bunny by Mona Awad
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Red is Best by Kathy Stinson
The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan

Valentine's Day Book Tag:
Physical Touch: A book you think deserves to be read on the page to be fully appreciated
Acts of Service: A book that surprised you with how it did something
Gifts: The best book gifted to you
Quality Time: A book you read or wanted to read in one sitting
Words of Affirmation: A book with beautiful writing

Links:
Ologies episode on Squids and Octopuses: https://www.alieward.com/ologies/teuthology

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Broadcast on:
14 Feb 2024