This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Dancing with the Octopus, My Life in the Purple Kingdom, Hench, and more great books.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Dancing with the Octopus: A Memoir of a Crime by Debora Harding

Spindlefish and Stars by Christiane M. Andrews

And Now She’s Gone by Rachel Howzell Hall 

Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band by Christian Staebler, Sonia Paoloni, Thibault Balahy

Hench: A Novel by Natalie Zina Walschots 

My Life in the Purple Kingdom by BrownMark, Cynthia M. Uhrich

Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

What We Don’t Talk About by Charlot Kristensen

WHAT WE’RE READING:

Fauna by Christiane Vadnais, Pablo Strauss (Translator)

Cat Girl’s Day Off by Kimberly Pauley

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