All the Backlist! March 29, 2024

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🗓️ 29 March 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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0:00.0	You are listening to all the backlist, a weekly show about books that are not new.
0:15.0	I'm your host for the week, Tricia Brown, and this is episode number 456.5.
0:21.0	I hope that you are all well in this world that seems to get a little bit
0:24.6	weirder every day or at least that you are getting the right amount of things like
0:29.3	sunshine and rest that you need these days. We are gathered here today as you know to talk about books and the two books that I'm going to talk about are going to seem maybe a little different in a lot of ways, but they are tied together by two key elements, ghosts and books.
0:46.5	In the first one a longtime patron haunts a local bookstore over the course of an exceptionally
0:51.2	eventful year and in the second a writer who is returned to her
0:54.9	childhood home upon the death of her father is startled to be joined by the ghost of her
0:59.8	new book editor.
1:00.8	Have I sold it? Are you curious? Are you ready to know more? Is the
1:04.4	suspense building? Well I will tell you more right after we take a quick break.
1:12.0	Today's episode is brought to you by National Geographic books.
1:15.0	So take a second, think to yourself what is one of the like weirdest but kind of interesting, intriguing, intelligent animals that you know of.
1:24.4	If you, like me, think of an octopus, then Secrets of the Octopus by Cy Montgomery
1:31.4	is the book for you. It is a beautifully illustrated book that explores the underwater world of the octopus, a creature that resembles an alien life form but whose behavior has earned it a reputation as one of the most intelligent animals on the planet.
1:43.7	This journey into the world of the octopus reveals how large their brains are, they occupy
1:48.6	their whole body, not just their heads, they can adjust their genetic makeup to respond to the demands of the environment.
1:54.7	So with this book you can see how the octopus can change shape and color to camouflage themselves
1:59.0	more effectively than any other species.
2:01.9	They are cool AF. So learn about all of this and more in
2:06.3	secrets of octopus and thanks again to National Geographic books for sponsoring
2:11.1	this episode. Hold that please, level five, thank you.
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