John is eating cinnamon rolls, Alison doesn’t think it’s funny, and Liz has two lists. Please email your letters of comment to [email protected], check out our subtitles/transcripts, and tag @OctothorpeCast (on X, on Mastodon, or on Bluesky) when you post about the show on social media. Content warnings this episode: colonialism (chapter 2), COVID (chapter 3), organised crime (chapter 5), privilege and capitalism (chapter 7). No letters of comment this week, normal service resumes next week! Books in the order they were discussed The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Kaiju Preservation Society, by John Scalzi Legends & Lattes, by Travis Baldree Coffee Shop AU Nona the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir The Spare Man, by Mary Robinette Kowal Nettle & Bone, by T Kingfisher John’s ranking: Nettle & Bone The Daughter of Doctor Moreau Nona the Ninth The Spare Man Legends & Lattes The Kaiju Preservation Society Alison’s ranking: Nettle & Bone The Daughter of Doctor Moreau The Kaiju Preservation Society Nona the Ninth Legends & Lattes The Spare Man Liz’s ranking: Nettle & Bone The Daughter of Doctor Moreau Nona the Ninth The Kaiju Preservation Society Legends & Lattes The Spare Man Consensus ranking: Nettle & Bone The Daughter of Doctor Moreau Nona the Ninth The Kaiju Preservation Society Legends & Lattes The Spare Man Credits Cover art: “Favourite Reading Positions” by Sue Mason Alt text: John is in the bottom-left, sitting in a chair, wearing a blue shirt and purple trousers, holding a can, and reading an ebook. Alison is in the upper-middle, lying down upside down, wearing a purple shirt and stripy trousers, and reading an ebook. Liz is in the bottom-right, wearing a pink shirt with green trousers, holding a mug of a hot beverage, and reading a physical book. They are surrounded by floating beer bottles, books, the Moon, a mug with a moose on it, and two cats. The word “Octothorpe” appears in scattered letters around the artwork, against a pinky-purple background. Theme music: “Surf Shimmy” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)