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 Host Heather Ordover explains historical references, vocabulary, and cultural context before each chapter so listeners can fully enjoy the story.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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436: Chs 49-50 — The Count of Monte Cristo 17.12.2016 1:05:22

[Book Talk @ 10:19] Truncated show notes again! Best Roast Potatoes EVER Kiva.org and the Give a Kiva Card for Christmas page It's the last week of my computer's early death (it's in the shop. If you talk nerd like me: Turns out the Solid State hard drive started to die, took out the fusion drive with it and then, in an epic domino maneuver, took out my graphics card. That's why by Thursday the on...

435: Ch 48 — The Count of Monte Cristo 10.12.2016 52:16

Epic computer meltdown right after recording. I'm actually typing these notes on my phone. No idea when I'll have a working machine again (or at least a machine I can trust to keep working). Not exactly in the holiday budget... So. All credit to Justin, my awesome editor at Audio Editing Solutions for sweeping in and making an episode out of the big wad of audio. All hail Justin! And on that note,...

434: Chs 46-47 — The Count of Monte Cristo 19.11.2016 1:36:09

Book talk starts at 6:44 Call in Line - 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment - Please use SpeakPipe if you are outside of the US First CoMC episode: 402 shownotes | Audio *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/ • F...

433: Ch 45 — The Count of Monte Cristo 12.11.2016 1:00:00

Book talk starts at 5:04 heraldry *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/@cra...

Bonus Interview: Niel Guilarte — All Things Post 09.11.2016 1:04:35

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432: Ch 44 — The Count of Monte Cristo 04.11.2016 1:12:33

chapter 44 — The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandré Dumas Book talk starts at x:xx Call in Line - 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment - Please use SpeakPipe if you are outside of the US First CoMC episode: 402 shownotes | Audio | BOOK TALK • 3:26 | heraldry Ways to subscribe to CraftLit: your weekly annotated audiobook podcast: Click here to subscribe via iTunes Click here to subscri...

431: Chs 41-43 — The Count of Monte Cristo 28.10.2016 1:26:26

Book talk starts at 3:24 heraldry *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/@cra...

430: Ch 40 — The Count of Monte Cristo 07.10.2016 1:22:57

Book talk starts at 8:24 de Guise heraldry de Guiche Mortemart Order of the Golden Fleece yatagan Cacus Perseus & Andromeda Ariosto Le Constitutionnel Constitutionnel reference Jacob & Esau cavil Postillion Spahi Montyon Prize *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com...

429: Ch 38 — The Count of Monte Cristo 23.09.2016 1:16:38

Book talk starts at 8:24 *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...

428: Ch 37 — The Count of Monte Cristo 16.09.2016 1:09:47

Book talk starts at 1:50 The War of the Worlds sneak peek (with pictures!!!) San Sebastian (just a start of all the stuff you can find on this puppy!) *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.facebo...

427: Ch 36 — The Count of Monte Cristo 09.09.2016 1:08:17

Book talk starts at 8:24 The War of the Worlds sneak peek (with pictures!!!) * dragée Jacques Callot Astarte The Bear and the Pasha livery Nestor Ulysses Circe écu baiocco Pope Gregory XVI Manfred Manfred (fr) Lara, a Tale *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook:...

426: Ch 35 — The Count of Monte Cristo 19.08.2016 59:37

Book talk starts at 4:24 The War of the Worlds sneak peek (with pictures!!!) Fuller's Earth Clay from Mountain Rose Herbs (and check out the second paragraph!!!) - follow them @MtnRoseHerbs, and more on how you can use the stuff. Three Men in a Boat is now in the shop! If you missed it as a Premium Member, now you can download the whole shebang and giggle through the dog days of summer. Confetti a...

425: Ch 34 — The Count of Monte Cristo 12.08.2016 1:41:22

Book talk starts at 6:39 vomitorio Vestal Virgins Ignus Fatuii Trastevere is awesome. Teatro Argentina By Giovanni Paolo Panini - Web Gallery of Art : Image Info about artwork , Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7013028 Bouffe Countess G___ is Teresa Guiccioli Lord Ruthven Ring of Gyges Ways to subscribe to CraftLit: your weekly annotated audiobook podcast: Click here...

424: Ch 33 — The Count of Monte Cristo 22.07.2016 1:39:57

Book talk starts at 4:24 9.14 - Garter Stitch Pie Shawl 14.14 - Giant stash cowl 39.41 - Graphic Design class 39.51 - Duck Graphic 57.51 - Jane the virgin 59.46 - Telenovelas - Spanish soap operas The Very Cool Roman Traffic Jam http://www.romeartlover.it/Vasi21ws.jpg Cynosure Poniard By Birmingham Museums Trust - Birmingham Museums Trust, CC BY-SA 4.0 , https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?c...

423: Chs 31-32 — The Count of Monte Cristo 15.07.2016 1:52:35

Book talk starts at 05:00 1.02 - New family member 12.2 - Lepord Frog Yarn 14.06 - Cormo & Mohair 22.57 - Cast off project 24.4 - Knit two together bind off 38 - Bullet Journal 38.43 - Zentangle Craft Group 39.5 - Heather's zentagle a day 40.36 - Artitist Markers Pic of Count's tangled web of people But beware the spoilers (save for later?) If you have a sec, please take the poll The French in...

422: Ch 30 — The Count of Monte Cristo 08.07.2016 1:05:07

Book talk starts at 12:07 4.57 - Tour De Fleece Project 5.18 - Spinning 6.29 - Be Mice Elf 6.57 - Cognitive Fiber Retreat (Shout out to Dr Gemma!) 16.12 - Texas Caviar 17.28 - German Baby Pancakes 27.27 - LL Bean Netting Bug biting 28.25 - Non deet wind breaker Thing 1 started his own Comix website Far From Reality Which we're all very excited about. He's at work on the Continuing Capers of Aardva...

421: Chs 28-29 — The Count of Monte Cristo 01.07.2016 1:14:44

Book talk starts at 18:20 Museum of Natural History's That's-too-big-a-saurus (the Titanisaur) * Nankeen trousers * Historical Coclès * More than you ever wanted to know about the word Phlegmatic * from Tricia Simpson's CoMC Papillon (1973) Edward Rutherford's book Paris *From Sarah Color by Victoria Finlay and Colour *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchann...

420: Ch 27 — The Count of Monte Cristo 17.06.2016 1:03:33

Book talk starts at 10:20 on Cochineal and a cool article on the same on Indigo and the Indigo grower dude and poor old Lord Byron *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/craftl...

419: Ch 26 — The Count of Monte Cristo 10.06.2016 1:22:23

Book talk starts at 18:24 embed Map! Add! Knock Thyself Out! Pont du Garde Cool Roman Aqueduct you've seen before! By Benh LIEU SONG - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 , https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33474941 and literary writing in praise of the Pont du Garde In case you wanted to scope out The Coloseo (Colosseum) Random fact: Ridley Scott built a film-set-version of the Colosseum in Malt...

418: Ch 25 — The Count of Monte Cristo 20.05.2016 39:36

Book talk starts at 8:26 *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...

417: Chs 23-24 — The Count of Monte Cristo 13.05.2016 1:13:51

Book talk starts at 10:10 That AWESOME money converter from last week! My fave scene! From Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (yay Tom Stoppard!) *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...

416: Chs 21-22 — The Count of Monte Cristo 06.05.2016 1:30:48

Book talk starts at 16:40 lanteen sail Phrygian cap Pattern 1 , Pattern 2 , Pattern 3 , Pattern 4 , and the one by LAURA RICKETTS Culverin The AWESOME money converter Pain, thou art not an evil, "You may depart this life at any moment, so regulate every thought and act accordingly. Death, life, honour, dishonour, pleasure, pain, all these things happen to good men and bad, and being things that ma...

415: Chs 19-20 — The Count of Monte Cristo 29.04.2016 1:16:08

Book talk starts at 12:30 the Mistral wind Scirocco wind 36 lb shot French naval history Internet ruined my life Episode where boy never gets the smackdown (You'll have to sign into your cable providor's page to watch using this link, but I think there are probably other ways to see it, too.) This American Life: 545: If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say, SAY IT IN ALL CAPS Facebook group I post...

414: Ch 18 — The Count of Monte Cristo 22.04.2016 59:35

Book talk starts at 13:50 *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 •...

413: Ch 17 — The Count of Monte Cristo 15.04.2016 1:16:56

Book talk starts at 5:55 Medical thoughts on Faria, "Cerebrovascular disease in Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo" If you want to follow the money watch All The President's Men (affiliate link) *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/Craf...