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CraftLit - Serialized Classic Literature for Busy Book Lovers


You can find a complete library of all of CraftLit's books alphabetized with links to the shownotes and audio at CraftLit.com/library. To find out more about the show and all the ways you can access the audio, please visit CraftLit.com/how-to-listen/. If you're looking for our Patreon page, you will find it (and all the goodies) here.

 

 

Aug 21, 2020

533 - Small Favors- Aug 20

Join the Zoom Chats:
Tuesday is 5am Eastern (for New Zealand and Australia & the UK)

Thursday is 7pm Eastern:




Tuesday Book Chat
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/invisible-allies
Wanda Linda & the Terrible Underpants: https://amzn.to/3kVgAQf
https://www.wired.com/video/series/5-levels
Mindhunter (David Fincher) https://www.netflix.com/title/80114855
Yak Shaving: https://www.waywordradio.org/yak-shaving/

Thursday Book Chat

  • Jennifer:
  • The Transcendental Murders by Jane Langton (first of the Homer Kelly books). She also wrote a number of philosophical novels for children, including The Swing in the Summerhouse and The Fledgling.
  • Also, Moon over Soho (Rivers of London #2, thank you Aimee),
  • How to be Good by Nick Hornby and
  • Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin (yes, that Michael Palin)
  • Kelly:
  • Carmen - City of Secrets (Counterfeit Lady #2) by Victoria Thompson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38526543-city-of-secrets
  • Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as If Your Life Depended On It by Chis Voss https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26156469-never-split-the-difference?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=oSwQGWAhgq&rank=1 (former FBI hostage negotiator, interesting takes on negotiation)
  • https://youtu.be/wPU78-e9hHI - a friend of Kelly's described the musical this clip is from as "bonkers bad in the best way." (the show is Dance of the Vampires)
  • Jennifer: Sssh. I'm still working on Lou's Christmas socks. The pattern is Frank Lloyd Right Socks by verybusymonkey