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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 here. If you're looking for our Patreon page, you will find it (and all the goodies) here. Lastly, if you want to keep up with the podcast, you can join the email list here too.

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