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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CRAFTLIT - START THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO HERE
29/01/2016 Duration: 04minGet ready for an epic ride into the world of the classic masterpiece, The Count of Monte Cristo, packed with everything you could want: revenge, betrayal, redemption, and some seriously intense drama!
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401: chapters 47-50 - Sense and Sensibility
16/10/2015 Duration: 01h37min- Call in Line - 1-206-350-1642 - Call in and leave an audio comment - - First S&S episode: | The Count of Monte Cristo on , , at | SPREAD THE CLASSICS | I’d love it if you wouldn't mind sharing #CraftLit with your Twitter followers. ! If you
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400th Episode Celebration!
09/10/2015 Duration: 01h01minYORK KNITTERS & DENIZENS OF SURROUNDING AREAS: Meet up with the #CraftLitTour2015 in York on October 14 at 6:30 pm at the Crossed Keys Pub at 34 Goodramgate for her service dog - Call in Line - 1-206-350-1642 - Call in and leave an audio comment - - First S&S episode: | | Nominations | Most Likely to be Beaten With a Parasol: a tie—Margaret and Mr. Thornton Most Likely to be Invited to Tea: —thank you, Tara! Most Likely to be Summed up as a GIF: —thank you, Lily! Most Interesting Book I Wouldn't Have Known About or Read Without CraftLit: —thank you, Krispian and Sue! - Thank you Caroline! Thank you, Nancy! War and Peace -and Susan's : With Needle and Stick The books you heard: The Count of Monte Cristo on , , at (Thank you, Amy) from The Dubliners at , and within that book you'll find - Thank you, Kathleen! A Ring of Endless Light at , Thank you, Brenda! Last of the Mohicans at - Thank you, Jennifer! And finally Jennifer and I leave you
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399: chapters 45-46 - Sense and Sensibility
25/09/2015 Duration: 01h11minChapters 45-46 of Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen. Book talk starts at 16± min Call in Line - 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment - First S&S episode: | | Crafty Bits| • Pairfect sock yarn from , carried in the US . • (the really cool mill with the antique machinery) (Thank you, Martha) • Any advice for washing stinky dog fur for spinning? Let me know if the comments below, on a voicemail (206-350-1642), or . • vs • In London October 18, 2015? So am I!!! Come meet me and get a dose of Cognitive Anchoring! - ! Cognitive Anchoring! Me! London! Presenting said talk! - Special 400th Episode Celebration!!! Join The Fun! It's coming sooner than you think! or CraftLit Episodes - Early Fall Schedule: • 399 — tentative release date Friday, September 25 • 400 — tentative release date Friday, October 2 | Book Talk - 16± minutes | • Tintern grounds and a • The audiobook of Wolf Hall is second only to Bleak House (the Audible version read by a female/male duo), IMHO. • Austen's H
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398: chapters 42-44 - Sense and Sensibility
18/09/2015 Duration: 01h24minChapters 42-44 of Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen. Book talk starts at 7± min Call in Line - 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment - First S&S episode: | | Crafty Bits| • Lord Byron in a can (let him out!) • and (thank you Gabrielle) In London? I AM! 18 Oct 2015! Come meet me and get a dose of Cognitive Anchoring! - ! Cognitive Anchoring! Me! London! Presenting said talk! - Special 400th Episode Celebration!!! Join The Fun! It's coming sooner than you think! or CraftLit Episodes - Early Fall Schedule: • 399 — tentative release date Friday, September 25 • 400 — tentative release date Friday, October 2 | Book Talk - 7± minutes | • Modern retelling of S&S " The Three Weisman's of Westport" (thank you, Lara) • Where they are: • Piquet–rules • • • - and the helper video for how to add to it | SPREAD THE CLASSICS | I’d love it if you wouldn't mind sharing #CraftLit with your Twitter followers. ! If you
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397: chapters 40-41 - Sense and Sensibility
11/09/2015 Duration: 01h03minCORRECT FILE of Chapters 40-41 of Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen. Book talk starts at 6 min Call in Line - 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment - First S&S episode: | | Crafty Bits| My Superpower: some , and some , and a slightly more take on the . In London? Nearby? Come meet me and get a dose of Cognitive Anchoring! - ! Cognitive Anchoring! Me! London! Presenting said talk! - Special 400th Episode Celebration!!! Join The Fun! It's coming sooner than you think! or CraftLit Episodes - Early Fall Schedule: • 398 — tentative release date Friday, September 18 • 399 — tentative release date Friday, September 25 • 400 — tentative release date Friday, October 2 | Book Talk - 6 minutes | It's a lite episode this week on the book-talk front. and the helper video for how to add to it | SPREAD THE CLASSICS | I’d love it if you wouldn't mind sharing #CraftLit with your Twitter followers. ! If you
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396: chapters 38-39 - Sense and Sensibility
28/08/2015 Duration: 01h05minChapters 38-39 of Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen. Book talk starts at 10 min Call in Line - 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment - First S&S episode: | | Crafty Bits| Bleak House—not sure you're ready for the whole 800+ pages-worth of audio? Try the first bundle (of five). We'll give you a bit of time to listen, then send you a discount coupon in case you'd like to get the rest. Voice Pro app for recording audio . If you have a particularly good Android recorder, please add it to the comments for everyone to see! Pixel Squares - and ! Cognitive Anchoring! Me! London! Presenting said talk! NOT your normal : and a post on and an article with comments that are at least as enlightening if not moreso. Then there's this truly fascinating . And my fave pic so far: And our video of listeners listening (you can still send in pix - I'll add - I have a couple of new ones to add on deck now that I'm thinking about it...): Special 400th Episode Celebration!!! Join The Fu
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395: chapters 35-37 - Sense and Sensibility
21/08/2015 Duration: 01h46minChapters 35-37 of Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen. Book talk starts at 8 min Call in Line - 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment - First S&S episode: | | Crafty | Dog-Hair/Merino Mill options from Joy—2:50 by Sarah Hunt (Swenstea on Rav) video audio podcast and podcast Ashley Yousling, (contact: Hello@WoolFull.com) Have more mill ideas? ! Cognitive Anchoring! Me! London! Presenting said talk! —27:20 —27:30 And our video of listeners listening (you can still send in pix - I'll add - I have a couple of new ones to add on deck now that I'm thinking about it...): Special 400th episode—Join in the Fun!!! It's coming sooner than you think! Sign up for the Newsletter | Book Talk - 8 minutes | style—11:00 —12:00 My Tristram! or visit and her podcast site that has the list of podcasts down the side: and the helper video for how to add to it More Grammar Humor - song! video! fun! Tripod's sings | SPREAD THE CLASSICS | I’d love it if you wouldn't mind shar
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394: chapters 33-34 - Sense and Sensibility
14/08/2015 Duration: 01h22minChapters 33-34 of Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen. Book talk starts at 15 min Call in Line - 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment - First S&S episode: | | Crafty | or listen here: ! Cognitive Anchoring! Me! London! Presenting said talk! —2:40 Dog Hair Merino Mill options? —6:05 The SCULPTOR—8:10 Mei's link to the —10:48 —11:25 And our video of listeners listening (you can still send in pix - I'll add - I have a couple of new ones to add on deck now that I'm thinking about it...): Special 400th episode ideas?** It's coming sooner than you think! or | Book Talk - 15 minutes | Bill Bryson's book on rooms (Thank you Jeanne — and Sandy)—15:40 NOT TWAIN! Minus ten points for Ravenclaw I mean Heather. —23:15 Calling cards —28:30 Hand-held fire screens are often mis-identified as fans (especially on Pinterest), here's one that's embroidered—28:45 & 1:12:00 and a painted one! And, just because I stumbled on this, and the helper video for
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393: chapters 31-32 - Sense and Sensibility
24/07/2015 Duration: 01h44minN.B. The technology woes mentioned in the show exploded after recording (and losing the audio again... and again... and again...). The good news is that I get a new harddrive next Tuesday. A girl can dream... Chapters 31-32 of Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen. Book talk starts at 17:50 Call in Line - 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment - First S&S episode: | | NEWSLETTER Sign-up | Want to get the missing audio from today's episode? Please . One Stop Shopping! | Crafty | Jon Scholes! On a radio soap! Listen to him on Station Road!Find out when to listen (East Coast time is 11:30am Saturday, July 25th) the , and . The first episode itself with be broadcast on Saturday the 25th of July as part of the 4:30pm programme, which will involve some chatting with some cast and writers, maybe me if they pick me. The time for the episode specifically will be 4:45pm. Episode 1 will be repeated as part of Monday's drive time at 5:30pm on the 27th Episode 2 will be part of Wednesday's drive ti
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392: chapters 29-30 - Sense and Sensibility
17/07/2015 Duration: 01h17minChapters 29-30 of Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen. Book talk starts at 07:00 Call in Line - 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment - First S&S episode: | | Crafty | Surviving a manipulator, 21st Century edition: and the that you may find interesting. Eeek for punctuation but an A+++ fascinating imagining of and a page of her general , , and a brilliant hack for making a . (She also has a surprising article on - read carefully as she does warn you when you're about to hit some disturbing photos and information towards the last third). And our video of listeners listening (you can still send in pix - I'll add!): Special 400th episode ideas?** or | Book Talk - 07:00 | Mrs Jennings' likely rug work: and A Chariot . A Pretty Yew (English Cedar): Olives, sweetmeats, —basically, connects vocabulary in Sense & Sensibility to (the video is NOT for children or anyone who is offended by language. It is also not for people with limited senses of humor... or people
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391: chapters 27-28 - Sense and Sensibility
10/07/2015 Duration: 01h29minAll About The Place - Annotated Audiobooks Chapters 27-28 of Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen. Book talk starts at 19:45. Call in Line - 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment - First S&S episode: | Crafty and * Listener Tony's : which is on and and, of course, * * * * * * * * * Be a reader for CraftLit! * * Thank you to Lauren (our math listener), Sarah (our secretly someday-crafty listener), Tara (our superfan), Kathy (who knows her tea), Kaet (who asks the right Brandon-ish questions), JannaLee (who understands the Dorian thing), and Ann (for her ) for your voicemails! * And our video of listeners listening (you can still send in pix - I'll add!): VIDEO UPLOADING as you read... Special 400th episode ideas? or | Book Talk - 19:45 | Mark Twain's and the Collation and . (If you have a better recipe, please add the link in the comments or post it at Patreon.com/craftlit for this episode!) and HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! I’d love it if you could please share
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390: chapters 25-26 - Sense and Sensibility
26/06/2015 Duration: 01h31minChapters 25-26 of Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen. Book talk starts at 25:00. Call in Line - 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment - First S&S episode: | Crafty and (we don't send very often, 100% non-spammy) Be a reader for CraftLit! —thank you Shannon. From the : —Thank you Rita —thank you Jeniffer —thank you AT Kathi says Finding out if for Kathi —thank you Char 'Fiona' —thank you Dixie —thank you Leanna —thank you Harriet From whence we got Thing 2's Mermaid tail and the Michelle's "moon" section from Herland, chapter 4: We reconnoitered as widely as we could in the failing moonlight-- moons are of a painfully unreliable nature; but the growing dawn showed us the familiar shape, shrouded in some heavy cloth like canvas, and no slightest sign of any watchman near. We decided to make a quick dash as soon as the light was strong enough for accurate work. Here are pics from Ann2step about her lampwork bead-making fun:
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389: chapters 23-24 - Sense and Sensibility
19/06/2015 Duration: 01h11minChapters 21-22 of Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen. Book talk starts at 08:05. Call in Line - 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment - First S&S episode: | Crafty and (we don't send very often, 100% non-spammy) productivity links and apps: , and , , , , , my new fave helper (which is ), and my fave keep-track-of-what-I-need-to-read app —which lets me export to Kindle. (Note: not all apps are free.) Barbara's new podcast , Special episode ideas?** or Hangouts - June 20 - 4pm Eastern - the Link will be sent to you in a Premium Newsletter. | Book Talk - 08:05 | Casino: , Quilling: , [written how to](quilling tutorial for beginners) Tallow Candles: , , Wax/Spermaceti Candles: , by Create a unique online at Zazzle. Premium Audio -- Back to the Future (by way of the distant past) It'll all make sense shortly. Want a button?
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388: chapters 21-22 - Sense and Sensibility
05/06/2015 Duration: 01h11minChapters 21-22 of Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen. Book talk starts at 1:25. Call in Line - 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment - First S&S episode: | | Order of Operations | Facebook Sugar Plums — , , , . Lavender Water — , , , Special episode ideas?** Hangouts The Canterville/Dorian/Jekyll conversation - June 20 - 2pm Eastern - the Link will be sent to you in a Premium Newsletter. Premium Patreon Patron - only hangout - Wednesday, June 10 - If you've pledged at or above the hangout amount, the link awaits you on the Patreon feed. | Book Talk - 01:30 | and that's it, folks! by Create a unique online at Zazzle. Premium Audio -- Expanded Reboot of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Jekyll Premium Audio covers chapter 10 —THE END— of our remastered The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde this week. Episode Sponsors Want a button?
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387: chapters 19-20 - Sense and Sensibility
29/05/2015 Duration: 01h28minChapters 19-20 of Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen. Book talk starts at 11:25. Call in Line - 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment - First S&S episode: | | Order of Operations | Our Hike: NOEL COWARD is actually author of Enter Laughing is by , and I TOTALLY forgot, is Joan River's Autobiography (duh). Your pictures — Thank you — and her Brontë-esque / Austen-esque novels Sorry about last week's episode cutting out issue - grrrrr. Shout out to (35:03) And, duh, here's the link to me on the (love them!) Know ? Wanna introduce me to him? He's reading Elizabeth von Armin (another possible future CraftLit author?). Harrison is . Librivox has six of her novels for download. Fave quote: 1921 novel, Vera, a dark tragi-comedy drawing on her disastrous marriage to Earl Russell, was her most critically acclaimed work. It was described by John Middleton Murray as 'Wuthering Heights by Jane Austen'. Facebook , and . Join us if you've added your name to the list of the d
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386: chapters 17-18 - Sense and Sensibility
22/05/2015 Duration: 01h08minIf the episode freezes at 47:44, know that we're working on it. No idea what the issue is. Stay tuned... Like a Weed - Audiobooks with Benefits Chapters 17-18 of Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen. Book talk starts at 11:25. Call in Line 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment! First S&S episode: | | Order of Operations | Gardening Info from: Anita (WellKnitLife), Tigerjill and chop up the young leaves in salad), france_normandy . And this book was recommended last year... Here's me, listening. How about you? You can send your gardening tips AND listening pictures in via , tag on Twitter or on with #CraftLitListener (or tag me on IG as ) or send a Pin on (1-206-350-1642 - and, um... any chicken tips? And then Lori phoned in this info: from Lucy Ravenscar (and ! and !!!) and from Tarkheena Crafts. My Trivet (with awesome wooden buddies!) My Knights Food Non Fiction podcast host did up a logo for me. (She's very sweet) My Clammr IN THE CAN! plus FULL CA
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385 - chapters 15 - 16 - Sense and Sensibility
15/05/2015 Duration: 01h12minChapters 15-16 of Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen. Book talk starts at 05:50. Call in Line 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment! First S&S episode: | | Order of Operations | (the Two Margos!) podcast "" on CraftLit - 3:07 And this came in after uploading the episode: ! Whole play will be posted soon! | Book Talk — 05:50 | Reminder of Deb's Chart: (Book and Whispersync of this one-->) and the (sadly short lived) by Create a unique online at Zazzle. Premium Audio — Expanded Reboot of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Premium Audio covers chapters 4–5 of our remastered The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde this week. Episode Sponsors Want a button? grab the code:
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384 - chapters 13 - 14 - Sense and Sensibility
08/05/2015 Duration: 01h07minChapters 13-14 of Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen. Book talk starts at 010:26. Call in Line 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment! First S&S episode: | | Order of Operations | Crafty Science Fair and the Bivalves (, , , ) - 2:07 info! - 8:50 Don't forget to send yarn to Abraham's Tent (info at ) | Book Talk — 10:26 | Reminder of Deb's Chart: by Create a unique online at Zazzle. Only a couple of seats left for this Fall's tour to the Lake District! Call now to reserve your space! (Deposits are fully refundable through June—just in case you wondered...) Airfare is included in the price! Premium Audio — Expanded Reboot of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Premium Audio covers chapters 4–5 of our remastered The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde this week. Episode Sponsors Want a button? grab the code: