Heather Ordover

CraftLit

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CraftLit — Annotated Audiobooks for Busy PeopleLove classic literature…or wish you did? CraftLit is a weekly podcast featuring classic audiobook chapters paired with entertaining literary commentary that makes great books easier—and more fun—to understand. Host Heather Ordover explains historical references, vocabulary, and cultural context before each chapter so listeners can fully enjoy the story. Think of it as a global book club for classic literature, perfect for listening while commuting, crafting, walking, or doing chores. CraftLit has been in continuous weekly production since 2006, ma...

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Heather Ordover

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461: Chs 89-91 — The Count of Monte Cristo 29.07.2017 1:57:14

BOOKTALK starts at 26:32 In case you wanted to see and hear the "Suivez-moi" (from the Italian Opera) Percussion caps Ken's chapter was 22 - when Edmond was at the bar Leghorn (actually, in the Via del' Oglio, Livorno, Province of Livorno, Italy . -- Here's the text: Prison had made Edmond prudent, and he was desirous of running no risk whatever. But in vain did he rack his imagination; fertile as...

460: Chs 86-88 — The Count of Monte Cristo 21.07.2017 1:24:55

BOOKTALK starts at The Start! No so much for the written notes. *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ • TikTok podcas...

459: Chs 84-85 — The Count of Monte Cristo 14.07.2017 55:43

BOOKTALK starts at The Start! A couple of fun bits for you: Yanina Amphitrite Britzka Boromean Islands Part of the larger Talmudic discussion on "Sins of the fathers..." *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group:...

458: Chs 82-83 — The Count of Monte Cristo 07.07.2017 59:59

BOOKTALK starts at 00:50 Nada this week. Just kick back and enjoy the train wreck. *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftl...

457: Ch 81 — The Count of Monte Cristo 30.06.2017 59:54

BOOKTALK starts at 11:29 *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ • TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit • E...

456: Chs 79-80 — The Count of Monte Cristo 23.06.2017 1:06:02

| Crafty (Life-saving) Chat | Time Bandits The undisclosed location: Lumberville General Store Chilling Tales & Simply Scary podcasts YouTube channel One of the free Twilight Zone-y episodes & their membership site Fuller's Earth Clay or get on Amazon ( affiliate link ) Please feel free to tag episodes or send me tags to add to episodes or if you're interested in volunteering to add the ta...

455: Chs 77-78 — The Count of Monte Cristo 16.06.2017 2:08:46

2:06 BOOKTALK a Guzla ( Gusle ) is like a lute. Listen here . "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 a...

454: Chs 74-76 — The Count of Monte Cristo 09.06.2017 1:33:22

CraftyChat 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 jet.com and use promo code "craftlit" at checkout for 20% off your first TWO orders! Chapter 76 Book Talk: 6:04 E.T.A. Hoffmann's story "Antonia and the Cremona Violin" *CraftLit's Socia...

453: Ch 73 — The Count of Monte Cristo 02.06.2017 1:34:14

BOOK TALK Begins at 03:42 Manfred (Just in case youâ€™ve hit that point where itâ€™s been mentioned so much you might as well listen to the darn thing!) Tetanus-Mayo Clinic page Ew. Brucine Strychnine Grain *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.fac...

452: Ch 72 — The Count of Monte Cristo 26.05.2017 51:51

BOOK TALK Begins at 15:43 American Gods - NSFW (and Not Safe For Kids) You can see usâ€"rainbow-facedâ€"in the video (with Thing 2 darting out form under the banner at 1:20-1:53): *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Faceb...

451: Chs 70-71 — The Count of Monte Cristo 19.05.2017 1:01:47

BOOK TALK Begins at 05:03 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). *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: h...

450: Chs 68-69 — The Count of Monte Cristo 12.05.2017 1:22:56

Crafty Chat, etc. Winner of Julie Davisâ€™ book: JoAnna R. Classic tales Herland Little Women and War of the Worlds coming up Once podcast - goofy signing on YouTube - Habitica RoosterMoney AllowanceBot BOOK TALK Begins at 8:07 Listen to BJâ€™s Classic Tales version for voices in 69 Chapter 68 dâ€™Aguesseau Magistrate and orator, chancellor of France under Louis XV. Map (below) includes all the No...

449: Ch 67 — The Count of Monte Cristo 05.05.2017 55:58

Heather'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 Facebook or Twitter 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...

448: Ch 66 — The Count of Monte Cristo 28.04.2017 50:45

Book Talk Begins at 11:10 No notes needed! *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ • TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok...

447: Chs 64-65 — The Count of Monte Cristo 07.04.2017 1:14:43

Book Talk Begins at 10:30 Run AWAY! (Did they get out of the Count's digs in a hurry or what?) *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinteres...

446: Chs 62-63 — The Count of Monte Cristo 31.03.2017 1:00:53

SPOILERS! The artists mentioned: Paul Potter Mieris Douw Raphael van Dyck ZurbarÃ¡n The sad people of the sad rooms mentioned: Count Ugolino Della Gherardesca â€™s Tower (the Torre della Fame in the Piazza dei Cavalieri in Pisa by Archbishop Ruggieri in 1289 In the last circle of hell ( circle 9, the frozen, Canto XXXII, 124-9 ) Torquato Tasso â€™s prison in Ferrara Francesca da Rimini & Paolo...

445: Chs 60-61 — The Count of Monte Cristo 24.03.2017 1:06:15

Book talk starts at 6:06 The Oh-So-Cool Telegraph! How the signals work Napoleon's Semaphore Telegraph, BBC article re-creation of a telegraph/tower *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook...

444: Chs 58-59 — The Count of Monte Cristo 04.03.2017 52:52

BOOK TALK - 4:06 Noitier's issues: Apoplexy , 19th C. Stroke Treatment , and a glossary of old medical terms . *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: http...

443: Ch 57 — The Count of Monte Cristo 25.02.2017 43:32

Patterns mentioned: Summer Flies pattern by Donna Griffin Baby Bee Sweet Delight Prints Cal & Mari Plum Deluxe - Organic Tea of the Month Club - 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. Macarons vs Macaroons Book Talk: 07:39 MÃ©dÃ©a *CraftLi...

442: Ch 56 — The Count of Monte Cristo 18.02.2017 45:52

Book Talk • 03:36 If YOU can find anything on the Fashion Houses mentioned at the end of chapter 56 , 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 prete...

441: Ch 55 — The Count of Monte Cristo 11.02.2017 56:38

Book Talk • 23:58 Nope. Really, this week, not so much. Just listen to the GORGEOUS writing! *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest....

440: Ch 54 — The Count of Monte Cristo 04.02.2017 55:08

Book Talk • 9:03 Nicolas_Poussin Manfred Lucullus *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ • TikTok podcast: https://www...

439: Ch 53 — The Count of Monte Cristo 21.01.2017 1:14:12

Book Talk • 8:51 The Opera: Robert le Diable By Anonymous print - User scan of Fontaine, Gérard (2004). Charles Garnier's Opéra: Architecture and Interior Decor, translated by Charles Penwarden. Paris: Éditions Patrimoine. ISBN 9782858228010 . Original: Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra, Public Domain, Link Degas (damning?) take on the crowd "watching" the Ballet of the Nuns (or the daemons… I never w...

438: Ch 52 — The Count of Monte Cristo 14.01.2017 1:10:31

[Book Talk @ 6:48] Links for you! Where is Perugia? (since they went on about it for awhile...) Parroquet (parakeet) Aqua Tofana : "The ingredients of the mixture are basically known but not how they were blended. Aqua Tofana contained mostly arsenic and lead and possibly belladonna. It was a colorless, tasteless liquid and so easily mixed with water or wine to be served during meals." Brucine Dad...

437: Ch 51 — The Count of Monte Cristo 07.01.2017 53:55

[Book Talk @ 2:05] Links for you! Pyramus & Thisbe My new fave line (forgot to mention this: "Man proposes. Money disposes." Corollary: "Man Plans. God Laughs." France and Algeria ( Oh, Charles X, you pesky problem child ) " The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers ," Shakespeare, Henry VI , part 2, Act IV, scene ii . *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/...