It's getting cold, the election season has been busy, and we're reading books all over the map. Sam's on a philosophical bent and just saw "The Wild Robot"; Hannah's mildly unprepared, but rallies. All told, we tackle:
- "The Other Valley," by Scott Alexander Howard, which explores regret, but has some weird world-building.
- "Blood Test," by Charles Baxter, who you should know, and has penned a story about a blood test for propensity for murder.
- "Interview with the Vampire," by Anne Rice, which holds up great and is not an easy book and engages with serious philosophical questions.
- "Colored Television," by Danzy Senna, about middled-aged artists who get to pretend to be rich and make bad choices.
- "The Wild Robot," by Peter Brown, which we talk about mostly because Sam saw the movie. It's not as good as the book. Shocker!
And then we finish up with some Christmas stuff because Matt Tavares is coming to the Farms on Dec. 7, which will be great.
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