John is eating cinnamon rolls, Alison doesn’t think it’s funny, and Liz has two lists.
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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)

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