Synopsis
***Annotated Audiobooks for Busy Booklovers***Since 2006 CraftLit has released serialized classic literature weeklythe way Dickens did itbut as an audiobook with audio annotations. Host Heather Ordover gives you some context and juicy tidbits before playing the next chapter of the current book. *** Listeners regularly call in to share their thoughts to be played in the next episode, which keeps the "book club" vibe going. *** The podcast has been in continuous production since 2006. Our current book, "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas begins with episode 402. ***Audiobooks-with-Benefits for Busy People*** * As seen in What's Hot on iTunes * * As heard on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday | FiberHooligans | Podcast 411 | Marly Bird's Yarn Thing Podcast | Math-4-Knitters | Eddie's Room | Libsyn's Podcasting Luminaries | Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | WEBS podcast *
Episodes
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460 - Chapters 86-88 - The Count of Monte Cristo
21/07/2017 Duration: 01h24minDianne's Heeland Coews | SCOTLAND | I'll be starting my little travelogues after school starts—but to get you started - Holiday Vacations - - Dianne’s number 1-800-826-2266, : Keyword "Craft" | CRAFTY CHAT | Nada. But on how to get the audio you want: Sign into your membership account in the sidebar. If you aren't a premium listener yet and want downloading-only audio, you can hosted right here on CraftLit.com (i.e., not on the app, not streaming premium audio, not Patreon-hosted premium audio) | BOOKTALK starts at The Start! | No so much for the written notes. Sign up for the (infrequent) . Get the most recent email (though it won't have your name on it). Ways to subscribe to CraftLit: your weekly annotated audiobook podcast: Click here to subscribe via Click here to subscribe via You can also subscribe via Or subscribe through the app (see below) | FEEDBACK | You can ask your questions, make comments, and let us know what you do when you listen to CraftLit! Let your voice be heard. Download
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459 - Chapters 84-85 - The Count of Monte Cristo
14/07/2017 Duration: 55minDianne's Heeland Coews | SCOTLAND | I'll be starting my little travelogues after school starts—but to get you started - Holiday Vacations - - Dianne’s number 1-800-826-2266, : Keyword "Craft" | CRAFTY CHAT | Nada. But on how to get the audio you want: Sign into your membership account in the sidebar. If you aren't a premium listener yet and want downloading-only audio, you can hosted right here on CraftLit.com (i.e., not on the app, not streaming premium audio, not Patreon-hosted premium audio) | BOOKTALK starts at The Start! | A couple of fun bits for you: * * * * * Part of the larger
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458 - chapters 82-83 - The Count of Monte Cristo
07/07/2017 Duration: 59min| SCOTLAND | More on this soon—Hi Kathy!—but to get you started - Holiday Vacations - - Dianne’s number 1-800-826-2266, : Keyword "Craft" | CRAFTY CHAT | Nada. But here's the pdf on how to get the audio you want: (click on image for the bigger PDF) Sign in to your membership account in the sidebar or sign up for your premium audio membership or a downloading-only, premium audio membership hosted (i.e., not on the app, not streaming premium audio, not Patreon-hosted premium audio) | BOOKTALK starts at 00:50 | Nada this week. Just kick back and enjoy the train wreck. Book Talk: 00:50
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457 - chapter 81 - The Count of Monte Cristo
30/06/2017 Duration: 59min| SCOTLAND | More on this soon, but to get you started Holiday Vacations Dianne’s number 1-800-826-2266, : Keyword "Craft" | CRAFTY CHAT | and the (i.e., not , not ) | BOOKTALK starts at 11:29 | Nada. Sign up for the (infrequent) . Get the most recent email (though it won't have your name on it). Ways to subscribe to CraftLit: your weekly annotated audiobook podcast: Click here to subscribe via Click here to subscribe via You can also subscribe via Or subscribe through the app (see below) | FEEDBACK | You can ask your questions, make comments, and let us know what you do when you listen to CraftLit! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE CraftLit App for or or smartphones and tablets (you can call or straight from within the app) Call 206-350-1642 Email Heather@CraftLit.com Use our ! Want a button?
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456 - chapters 79-80 - The Count of Monte Cristo
23/06/2017 Duration: 01h05min| Crafty (Life-saving) Chat | The undisclosed location: & podcasts One of the free & their or get on Amazon () Please feel free to tag episodes or send me tags to add to episodes or if you’re interested in volunteering to add the tags to the episodes . Only for clothing - NOT TO BE PUT ON SKIN or a big ol tank of Bulk instructions for a less wasteful Picaridin spray use: Question: Is it possible to buy a refill for the spray bottle? I do not want to throw the pump in the trash for each bottle I order. Great product Answer: If your going to use multiple bottles of permethrine...this is what i did. I bought a bottle of permethrine 36.8%, sometimes called "permethrine SFR". Then I got a one gallon lawn and garden sprayer. The are about $10 dollars . The just dilute the permethrine to the .5% strength like the sawyer's is. That is half of one percent. Dilute as follows. 1 gallon of water gets 2 ounces of 36.8% permethrine to give you .5% . Sooo much cheaper this way. And your right why buy
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455 - Chapters 77-78 - The Count of Monte Cristo
16/06/2017 Duration: 02h08min455 - Swangry! 2:06 BOOKTALK a () is like a lute. . "How was it that Dionysius the Tyrant became a schoolmaster? REALLY it was Denys the Younger who was (a tyrant and) expelled from Syracuse in 343BC OR even MORE REALLY it was Dionysius the Younger or Dionysius II (ibid) But Maier wrote a legend about Dionysius II in his book Atalanta Fugiens (1617), where he was shipwrecked at Corinth and—although he lived poorly—he became a teacher. (Um... Yeah...that's supposed to mean poor-but-happy-because-teaching, I think). Pythoness is a female soothsayer or prophetess Proverbs 19:17–`He who giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord. New International Bible: 17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done. King James: 17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again Kiosk - A small open gazebo or pavilion. - in BUSS Translation "Pavilion" To muffle oars - bandage the parts that fit into the oarlocks Calumny -
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454 - chapters 74-76 - The Count of Monte Cristo
09/06/2017 Duration: 01h32minCraftyChat This week is JetChat! The (successful!) parchment paper search: Jet has crafty things! Jet has my elusive 2-gallon Ziplocs! Unboxing their awesome packing job. Cold items arrived fresh as daisies! Visit Chapter 76 Book Talk: 6:04 Call in to the voice mail line at 1-206-350-1642 Want a button?
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453 - chapter 73 - The Count of Monte Cristo
02/06/2017 Duration: 01h33min453 - SuperBig! Sarah in Houston's book Let me know if helps you navigate the many ways to listen to CraftLit: BOOK TALK Begins at 03:42 (Just in case you’ve hit that point where it’s been mentioned so much you might as well listen to the darn thing!) Ew. Call in to the voice mail line at 1-206-350-1642 Want a button?
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452 - chapter 72 - The Count of Monte Cristo
26/05/2017 Duration: 51min452 chs 72 - Insulated  Repeat post of (for your sanity): BOOK TALK Begins at 15:43 - NSFW (and Not Safe For Kids) Parade pic of Thing 2: Parade pic of our banner from the air: Below are pics I snapped during a pause on the bridge. Everyone was murmuring about how amazing the view "below us" was. I'd tried several times to get a pic while standing, but couldn't get it until I crouched low. Which do you prefer? Pic 1 or Pic 2? Pic 1 Pic 2 Historic Pride (Because Washington Crossed the Delaware about 5 miles south of here) You can see us—rainbow-faced—in the video (with Thing 2 darting out form under the banner at 1:20-1:53): Call in to the voice mail line at 1-206-350-1642 Want a button?
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451 - chapters 70-71 - The Count of Monte Cristo
19/05/2017 Duration: 01h01minCrafty Chat, etc. I know "Broccoli Cauliflower Rice Risotto" sounds like the "Department of Redundancy Department"...still, it's accurate. BOOK TALK Begins at 05:03 Chapter 70 Lady in White Dress with Posy of Forget-Me-Nots circa 1830 (A Gorgeous) Camelia Camelias (and a calyx, center bottom - yes, these are silk but it was the best "both sides now" pic I could find). Chapter 71 Repeat post of (for your sanity): . Want a button?
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450 - chapters 68-69 - The Count of Monte Cristo
12/05/2017 Duration: 01h22minCrafty Chat, etc. Winner of Julie Davis’ book: JoAnna R. coming up on BOOK TALK Begins at 8:07 Listen to BJ’s Chapter 68 Magistrate and orator, chancellor of France under Louis XV. Map (below) includes all the Normandy locations. Chapter 69 Abbé and Wilmore’s home are located on this map, too. Is there a Lutheran / Quaker connection? Let me know. The asylum founded by the Count of Pisani at Palermo: and While researching the asylum I saw this Turkish wiki ban Click to Tweet message (if you're so inclined) Nankeen (Mister Darcy) trousers By Mary Evans - , Public Domain, Spa towns: Cauterets (Pyrenees)](http://www.immobilierbordenave.com/en/station-thermale-cauterets) Want a button?
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449 - chapter 67 - The Count of Monte Cristo
05/05/2017 Duration: 55minHeather's Birthday! This is Justin reporting in. I've hijacked Heather's shownotes so she can gallivant around while taunting wall clocks and wrist watches. Make sure you reach out to her on or and wish her well. I hear each birthday wish will make one of her body's cells immortal. Let's make Heather invincible against the ocean of time! CraftLit forever! Book Talk Begins at 7:16 Relations Image Mentioned: Brave New Podcast When: Recording Wednesdays, posting by Friday/CraftLit time (more or less this week!). How and where to listen: - - - Raffle for Julie’s Book! Go to for the instructions Ways to subscribe to CraftLit: your weekly annotated audiobook podcast: Click here to subscribe via Click here to subscribe via You can also subscribe via Or subscribe through the app (see below) | FEEDBACK | You can ask your questions, make comments, and let us know what you do when you listen to CraftLit! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE CraftLit App for or or smartphones and tablets (
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448 - chapter 66 - The Count of Monte Cristo
28/04/2017 Duration: 50minBrave New Podcast When: Recording Wednesdays, posting by Friday/CraftLit time. How and where to listen: - - - Crafty Chat Raffle for Julie’s Book! Go to for the instructions Book Talk Begins at 11:10 No notes needed! Ways to subscribe to CraftLit: your weekly annotated audiobook podcast: Click here to subscribe via Click here to subscribe via You can also subscribe via Or subscribe through the app (see below) | FEEDBACK | You can ask your questions, make comments, and let us know what you do when you listen to CraftLit! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE CraftLit App for or or smartphones and tablets (you can call or straight from within the app) Call 206-350-1642 Email Heather@CraftLit.com Use our !
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447 - chapters 64-65 - The Count of Monte Cristo
07/04/2017 Duration: 01h14minChapters 64-65 Crafty Chat links: Book Talk Begins at 10:30 Run AWAY! (Did they get out of the Count's digs in a hurry or what?) The chapter 65 map: Ways to subscribe to CraftLit: your weekly annotated audiobook podcast: Click here to subscribe via Click here to subscribe via You can also subscribe via Or subscribe through the app (see below) | FEEDBACK | You can ask your questions, make comments, and let us know what you do when you listen to CraftLit! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE CraftLit App for or or smartphones and tablets (you can call or straight from within the app) Call 206-350-1642 Email Heather@CraftLit.com Use our !
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446 - chapters 62-63 - The Count of Monte Cristo
31/03/2017 Duration: 01h48sChapters 62-63 The Glorious DNA Bracelet The clip-a-ble "Mommy's Juice Boxes" The Before the chapter notes - NONE! The After the chapter notes - SPOILERS! The artists mentioned: The sad people of the sad rooms mentioned: ’s Tower (the Torre della Fame in the Piazza dei Cavalieri in Pisa by Archbishop Ruggieri in 1289 In the last circle of hell () ’s in Ferrara ’s room (poor ) In the Lustful circle of Hell () Ways to subscribe to CraftLit: your weekly annotated audiobook podcast: Click here to subscribe via Click here to subscribe via You can also subscribe via Or subscribe through the app (see below) | FEEDBACK | You can ask your questions, make comments, and let us know what you do when you listen to CraftLit! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE CraftLit App for or or smartphones and tablets (you can call or straight from within the app) Call 206-350-1642 Email Heather@CraftLit.com Use our !
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445: Chapters 60-61 - The Count of Monte Cristo
24/03/2017 Duration: 01h05min445: Chapters 60-61 — The Count of Monte Cristo Mommy's Juice Boxes Book talk starts at 6:06 Call in Line - 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment - First CoMC episode: | | Book Talk • 6:06 | The Oh-So-Cool Ways to subscribe to CraftLit: your weekly annotated audiobook podcast: Click here to subscribe via Click here to subscribe via You can also subscribe via Or subscribe through the app (see below) | FEEDBACK | You can ask your questions, make comments, and let us know what you do when you listen to CraftLit! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE CraftLit App for or or smartphones and tablets (you can call or straight from within the app) Call 206-350-1642 Email Heather@CraftLit.com Use our !
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444: Chapters 58-59 - Count of Monte Cristo
03/03/2017 Duration: 52min444: NOLA - chapters 58-59 The Knitting mentioned: | BOOK TALK - 4:06 | Noitier's issues: , , and a . And, with all the time you'll save not having to follow links, you can join other listeners at the following spots online: (infrequently used) (where the audio will auto-post) (where you'll find Erica from the Crafty Chats more than you'll find me) Twitter for and for Hope to see you there!
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443: Chapter 57 - Count of Monte Cristo
24/02/2017 Duration: 43min443: IngenWHO? - chapter 57 Patterns mentioned: pattern by Donna Griffin Plum Deluxe - - AT was drinking: "A Dark Night Orange Spice Puerh" Then she added this definition: Pu-erh or Pu'er[1] is a variety of fermented tea produced in Yunnan province, China, and named after Pu'er City. Book Talk • 07:39 And, with all the time you'll save not having to follow links, you can join other listeners at the following spots online: (infrequently used) (where the audio will auto-post) (where you'll find Erica from the Crafty Chats more than you'll find me) Twitter for and for Hope to see you there!
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442: Chapter 56 - Count of Monte Cristo
17/02/2017 Duration: 45min442: Another Piece of the Puzzle - chapter 56 Tara on the ) Book Talk • 03:36 If YOU can find anything on the Fashion Houses mentioned at , do tell! "And how shall I be dressed?" demanded Andrea. "Oh, very simply; black trousers, patent leather boots, white waistcoat, either a black or blue coat, and a long cravat. Go to Blin or Veronique for your clothes. Baptistin will tell you where, if you do not know their address. The less pretension there is in your attire, the better will be the effect, as you are a rich man. If you mean to buy any horses, get them of Devedeux, and if you purchase a phaeton, go to Baptiste for it." (I also loved how "now don't be gauche" the Count is with Andrea here!) And, with all the time you'll save not having to follow links, you can join other listeners at the following spots online: (infrequently used) (where the audio will auto-post) (where you'll find Erica from the Crafty Chats more than you'll find me) Twitter for and for Hope to see you there!
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441: Chapter 55 - Count of Monte Cristo
10/02/2017 Duration: 56min441: Listen - chapter 55 Book Talk • 23:58 Nope. Really, this week, not so much. Just listen to the GORGEOUS writing! And, with all the time you'll save not having to follow links, you can join other listeners at the following spots online: (infrequently used) (where the audio will auto-post) (where you'll find Erica from the Crafty Chats more than you'll find me) Twitter for and for Hope to see you there!