all we do is dogs and books

as the title suggests, our protagonists discuss both dogs and books, and how we, as a culture, underestimate kids’ reading capabilities and emotional capacities. also, Animal Crossing. beware spoilers for I’m Thinking of Ending Things.
links to other things, mostly books, that are mentioned in this episode:

• Carmichael’s (our local bookstore)
• Brownsboro Animal Clinic (our vet)
• “snake ex machina“
• A Peculiar Peril by Jeff VanderMeer
• Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
• The Thief of Always by Clive Barker
• Songs of a Dead Dreamer & Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti
• The Rise & Fall of D.O.D.O. by Nicole Galland & Neal Stephenson
• Pete the Cat

a further note from jahnna: don’t read the snake book. it really is too disappointing for words.

also, i would never be mean to a living thing like i was to that animal crossing character. you have to lower the friendship score to basically nil before they’ll move away. he finally left. all is well on bark isle now.

jahnna and josh are back to give you a year-end wrap-up. sort of. we sort of ramble, as always, as the words escaping our mouths struggle to keep up with our brains. in episode 5, we find some things that didn’t suck about 2021, as well as desires for 2022 (but not goals, because we don’t do new year’s resolutions). and this episode has been optimized for podcast listening, in terms of loudness, according to Apple. sorry if the previous episodes have been too loud.

as ever, our theme music is Bark-a-Tron 5000 by Bad Ronald.

some media referenced in this episode:

• Subnautica
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons