{"id":3881,"date":"2013-07-06T18:10:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T23:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=3881"},"modified":"2021-05-31T08:09:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T12:09:10","slug":"walking-your-octopus-a-guidebook-to-the-domesticated-cephalopod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3881","title":{"rendered":"Walking Your Octopus: A Guidebook to the Domesticated Cephalopod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1614040060\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=1614040060&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=randomreading-20\">Walking Your Octopus: A Guidebook to the Domesticated Cephalopod<\/a><\/em> (2013) Brian Kesinger <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1614040060\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1614040060&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=randomreading-20\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Walking_Your_Octopus.jpg?resize=300%2C149&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Walking_Your_Octopus\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Walking_Your_Octopus.jpg?resize=300%2C149&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Walking_Your_Octopus.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been following <a href=\"http:\/\/briankesinger.deviantart.com\/art\/Otto-s-playroom-382123733\">Otto and Victoria<\/a> for awhile now, so how could I not have ordered when I saw they were going to get their own book?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen some&#8211;but not all&#8211;of these pictures before, but wanted a paper copy both because the pictures are gorgeous AND because I want to support the artist.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s mostly filled with gorgeous pictures, but we are given hints on picking out the best cephalopod pet for your home, and we also see how Victoria found Otto at a rescue (because you should always check a rescue or shelter FIRST for your pet!).<\/p>\n<p>I mean really, what is not to love?<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/walking-octopus-inside.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/walking-octopus-inside.png?resize=300%2C151&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"walking-octopus-inside\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3883\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Come on&#8211;how could you not want to support the artist responsible for that loveliness?<\/p>\n<p>If you at all enjoy Otto and Victoria, then you should rush and purchase your own copy of <em>Walking Your Octopus: A Guidebook to the Domesticated Cephalopod <\/em>.<br \/>\n<strong>Rating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/briankesinger.deviantart.com\/art\/Otto-s-playroom-382123733\">Otto and Victoria<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published by Baby Tattoo Books<br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/avg_rating_widget\/17659671\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walking Your Octopus: A Guidebook to the Domesticated Cephalopod (2013) Brian Kesinger I&#8217;ve been following Otto and Victoria for awhile now, so how could I not have ordered when I saw they were going to get their own book? I&#8217;ve seen some&#8211;but not all&#8211;of these pictures before, but wanted a paper copy both because the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,9,291,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-10","category-graphic-novels","category-paper","category-steam-punk"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-10B","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21778,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/21778","url_meta":{"origin":3881,"position":0},"title":"Sweet &#038; Sour Spells","author":"Michelle","date":"March 31, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Sweet & Sour Spells (2023) Jessica Rosenberg (Baking Up a Magical Midlife) The previous books in the series were fine. 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