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 Host Heather Ordover explains historical references, vocabulary, and cultural context before each chapter so listeners can fully enjoy the story.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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CRAFTLIT - START THE LEAVENWORTH CASE HERE 14.08.2021 4:33

Get ready to unlock the secrets, discover the hidden truths, and experience the thrill of intellectual pursuit of The Leavenworth Case that celebrates the timeless allure of crime fiction!

CRAFTLIT - END OF NORTHANGER ABBEY HERE 25.06.2021 1:08

561: Chs 30-31 — Northanger Abbey (End of Book) 25.06.2021 1:27:19

Book Talk@ 8:46 NOTES The Postscript Murders (Amazon) The Tide Will Erase All (Justin's Novel!) SingularityPlaytime.com *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 • Pinter...

560: Chs 28-29 — Northanger Abbey 18.06.2021 1:10:44

Book Talk@ 10:25 NOTES Seek by iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app Dog Vomit Slime Mold: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dog_vomit_slime_mold Did John Thorpe Propose?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMVd9T7uwZ0 Morgan Donner on YouTube, sealing the mulled wine jar and the letter with string and wax bits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXmlFP_1vRk&t=464s Heather's Speed Pai...

559: Chs 26-27 — Northanger Abbey 12.06.2021 56:21

Book Talk @ 12:00 Tip our Wonderful Narrator! https://tip.wearetipjar.com/p/maiadaguerre We Are Lady parts (on PeacockTV): https://www.peacocktv.com/stream-tv/we-are-lady-parts (just look at the center-woman's facial expression) Frank of Ireland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY-swlATQ2A *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: htt...

558: Chs 24-25 — Northanger Abbey 05.06.2021 59:37

Book Talk @ 8:00 Tip our Wonderful Narrator! https://tip.wearetipjar.com/p/maiadaguerre Pandemic Study: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc6MgqKOmHG_pR92pSdotsvcKbPOVuVce_FSXbwBf4Utkr9_Q/viewform Who is running it: https://www.waldenu.edu/why-walden/faculty/srikanta-banerjee2 Antikythera Mechanism (Antikythera is the island next to where it was found): https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/...

557: Chs 22-23 — Northanger Abbey 29.05.2021 1:23:19

Book Talk@ 7:17 Tip our Wonderful Narrator! https://tip.wearetipjar.com/p/maiadaguerre *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/cr...

556: Chs 20-21 — Northanger Abbey 08.05.2021 1:15:40

Book Talk@ 8:50 Tip our Wonderful Narrator! https://tip.wearetipjar.com/p/maiadaguerre Mary Robinette Kowal "The Lady Astronaut of Mars" (winner of the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Novelette!) https://amzn.to/3nyXeCh and Her "Jane Austen in a world of magic" series, book 1: https://amzn.to/3xARMn1 Writing Excuses Podcast: https://writingexcuses.com/ A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine: https://am...

555: Chs 18-19 — Northanger Abbey 01.05.2021 46:37

Book Talk@ 19:15 Tip our Wonderful Narrator! https://tip.wearetipjar.com/p/maiadaguerre Adrian McKinty's Sean Duffy Detective series book 1 "The Cold Cold Ground" https://amzn.to/3aRdBEW "How the Scots Invented the Modern World" by Arthur Herman https://amzn.to/2QHYPtu Mary Robinette Kowal "The Lady Astronaut of Mars" (winner of the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Novelette!) https://amzn.to/3nyXeCh and...

554: Chs 16-17 — Northanger Abbey 23.04.2021 1:01:20

Book Talk @ 4:40 It's CraftLit-aversary!!! Make sure to drop Heather a big happy congrats for bringing you fifteen years of bookish goodness. Support Our Lovely & Talented Narrator: Maia Daguerre: https://tip.wearetipjar.com/p/maiadaguerre *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://cra...

553: Chs 14-15 — Northanger Abbey 16.04.2021 1:07:55

Book Talk@ 9:40 FACE QUILT!!!! Support Our Lovely & Talented Narrator: Maia Daguerre: https://tip.wearetipjar.com/p/maiadaguerre *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/craf...

552: Chs 12-13 — Northanger Abbey 10.04.2021 1:12:12

Book Talk@ 22:06 *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 • Email: he...

551: Chs 10-11 — Northanger Abbey 02.04.2021 1:13:49

Book Talk @12:50 Check out Argo Summers on #SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/user-126027315/nothing-special More Aiden music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/icarus/1545887738?i=1545887741 Abby Cox on what wearing 18th Century clothes for five years taught her probably the most important thing I've learned about how we view women's bodies *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www....

550: Chs 8-9 — Northanger Abbey 06.03.2021 54:58

Book Talk @ 3:40 Support Our Lovely & Talented Narrator: Maia Daguerre https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/maiadaguerre *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 • Pinter...

549: Chs 6-7 — Northanger Abbey 01.03.2021 1:05:27

*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 • Email: heather@craftlit.co...

548: Chs 4-5 — Northanger Abbey 20.02.2021 42:50

No notes - have a safe and happy weekend :) *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.tikto...

547: Chs 2-3 — Northanger Abbey 13.02.2021 54:08

546: Ch 1 — Northanger Abbey (Start of Book) 06.02.2021 1:01:58

Book Talk @ 26:44 Bridgerton on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt8740790/ PlayingCards.io JigsawPuzzles.io Northanger Abbey on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844794/ Professor on "Mysteries of Udolpho" https://youtube.com/watch?v=n_ES-kL92mw&feature=share Goth Review on the same: https://youtube.com/watch?v=c6gnlYrQiNw&feature=share *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https:/...

CRAFTLIT - START NORTHANGER ABBEY HERE 05.02.2021 4:33

Get ready to step into the elegant Regency era of the early 19th century, where wit, romance, and societal intricacies intertwine, offering us a glimpse into the fascinating world of Austen's unique storytelling! If you're into laughs, drama, and a dash of romance, Northanger Abbey is your perfect match. Whether you're a hardcore Austen fan or totally new to her world, we've got you covered with t...

Twelfth Day of CraftLit (2017) 25.12.2020 1:19:21

Originally released December 25, 2017 Twelfth Day… (Find all the days here Thank you Librivox.org.) William John Locke (20 March 1863 – 15 May 1930) was a novelist and playwright, born in Cunningsbury St George, Christ Church, Demerara, British Guyana. In 1894 he published his first novel, At the Gate of Samaria, but he did not achieve real success for another decade, with The Morals of Marcus Ord...

Eleventh Day of CraftLit (2017) 24.12.2020 1:25:23

Originally released December 24, 2017 Eleventh Day… (Find all the days here) Thank you Librivox.org. Charles Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the t...

Tenth Day of CraftLit (2017) 23.12.2020 1:13:26

Originally released December 23, 2017 Tenth Day… (Find all the days here) Thank you Librivox.org. Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) Enoch Arnold Bennett was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda, and film. The Christmas Eve Burglary (1906) Read by: Ruth Golding (31:20) Sir Jehosephat (Sir Jee), A Cresage (?)...

Ninth Day of CraftLit (2017) 22.12.2020 33:40

Originally released December 22, 2017 Ninth Day… (Find all the days here) Thank you Librivox.org. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898) better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as...

Eighth Day of CraftLit (2017) 21.12.2020 38:01

Originally released December 21, 2017 Eighth Day… (Find all the days here) Thank you Librivox.org. Marion Clifford, Lady Dunboyne (c.1841 - 1919) daughter of Henry Morgan-Clifford, a British Liberal Party politician, and wife of the 15th/25th Baron Dunboyne, an Irish peer. She sometimes also wrote under her married name Marion Clifford-Butler. Bertie's Ride (p.98) Read by: BookAngel7 (23:49) Richa...

Seventh Day of CraftLit (2017) 20.12.2020 41:16

Originally released December 20, 2017 Seventh Day… (Find all the days here) Thank you Librivox.org. Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson () xmas short works 2015 Santa ClausRead by: Son the Exiles (2:09) Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for chil...