FREE 2024 Bonus Month Materials: The Octopus Trio
Did you enjoy My Octopus Teacher? Were you captivated by Remarkably Bright Creatures? Or, are you curious about undersea life? Then read on!
Each month, I release a book review on a nonfiction work that has helped me understand more about our universe, increased my empathy for all beings, and challenged my preconceived notions about reality. A fictional work and a film or other media on a similar theme will be paired with each work of nonfiction.
In addition, Patreon members receive:
- A discussion guide to the monthly trio of selections
- Book club discussion board access
- Voting rights on upcoming book selections!
Each year, I’ll also release a BONUS thirteenth set of materials for all readers. Sign up for the email list to receive yours today, and check out the preview below:
What makes humans call something a monster? Would eight legs, flesh-dissolving saliva, and a bite full of neurotoxins qualify? Sy Montgomery invites us to think beyond these fright-night features and put ourselves in the shoes (all eight of them!) of a remarkable class of creatures: octopuses. Follow the lives of invertebrates Octavia, Kali, and Karma, whose walnut-sized brains and neuron-filled arms captivate and challenge researchers and aquarium guests alike.
Shelby Van Pelt’s Remarkably Bright Creatures takes Montgomery’s work one step further by imagining the life of an wild-born aquarium octopus called Marcellus, whose insights into the humans who observe and befriend him ultimately change a family’s life forever. Finally, have a box of tissues on hand for the story of an unlikely friendship between a diver and a wild octopus in the Oscar winner My Octopus Teacher.
NON-FICTION
Montgomery, Sy. Soul of an Octopus. Atria Books, 2015.
FICTION
Van Pelt, Shelby. Remarkably Bright Creatures. Ecco, 2022.
FILM
My Octopus Teacher. Directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed, Netflix, 2020.
