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Join Cari and Jade on this Magical Monday as they talk about Narnia, nicknames, and magical fantasy lands. Join us next week as talk: Bandstand: The Broadway Musical Follow us on social media @curlycriticspod Email us your thoughts and comments at curlycriticspod@gmail.com
My grandmother asked me to tell you about this podcast. It's about a book by Swedish author Fredrik Backman, and it's about a precocious young girl named Elsa and her quest to deliver her Granny's letters of apology.It's a fairy tale - of sorts. It's also a story about coming to grips with the world's complications, with the ways in which we are all more than we appear at first glance, and with grief.
My grandmother asked me to tell you about this podcast. It's about a book by Swedish author Fredrik Backman, and it's about a precocious young girl named Elsa and her quest to deliver her Granny's letters of apology.It's a fairy tale - of sorts. It's also a story about coming to grips with the world's complications, with the ways in which we are all more than we appear at first glance, and with grief.
Three Books is Ela Area Public Library’s podcast series where our hosts, Becca and Christen, chat about three popular/favorite books. Laura Dooley-Taylor, talks about growing up a school librarian’s daughter, and nerdy book experiences. Becca thinks everything is lovely. Come on an indie bookshop tour with us! 00:28 Meet Laura Dooley Taylor 01:40 How she chose her books 02:12 Book 1: Christina Katerina and The Box 07:34 Book 2: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 11:23 The Great American Reads List 13:30 Book 3- A Man Called Ove 17:17 Other books by Frederik Backman 18:50 Laura’s first library experience 21:26 Christen’s Birthday Bookstore tour 24:30 Favorite Bookstores in Chicago 32:39 Cool Bookstores outside of IL 41:46 Bucket List Bookstores 45:02 Laura’s Book Quote Laura’s Three Books: Christina Katerina and the Box by Patricia Lee Gauch A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith A Man called Ove by Fredrik Backman Other Titles/Information Discussed: Not A Box by Antoinette Portis Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell PBS - Great American Reads - http://www.pbs.org/the-great-american-read/home/ Beartown by Fredrik Backman Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman Ramona Quimby Series by Beverly Cleary Have You Seen Hyacinth Macaw by Patricia Reilly Giff Indie Bookstores: Town House Books - St. Charles, IL - http://www.townhousebooks.com/ The Book Cellar - Chicago, IL (Lincoln Square) - https://www.bookcellarinc.com/ Women & Children First - Chicago, IL (Andersonville) - https://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com Book Riot - Chicago Bookstore Day Challenge - https://bookriot.com/2018/04/27/chicagos-bookstore-day-challenge/ Map - https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1ck7GmN_ItXd7JwKc860yHjuN_AU&ll=41.9366125454651%2C-87.66829617987128&z=12 Independent Bookstore Day - http://www.indiebookstoreday.com Anderson’s Bookshop - https://www.andersonsbookshop.com Read Between the Lynes - Woodstock, IL - https://www.readbetweenthelynes.com InkLink Books - East Troy, WI - https://easttroy.org/business/inklink-books/ 2894 On Main - East Troy, WI (restaurant) - https://www.2894onmain.com East Troy Railroad Museum - East Troy, WI - https://www.easttroyrr.org The Elegant Farmer - Mukwonago, WI - https://www.elegantfarmer.com Square Books - Oxford, MS - https://www.squarebooks.com The Dial Bookshop - Chicago, IL (Downtown) - https://www.dialbookshop.com Russian Tea Time - https://russianteatime.com Powell’s Books - Chicago, IL & Portland, OR - https://www.powells.com Best Indie Bookstores by State Lists (it turns out there are tons of these lists): Book Riot - https://bookriot.com/2017/04/28/book-riots-favorite-bookstores-in-all-50-states-dc/ Huffington Post - https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/50-of-the-best-indie-bookstores-in-america_us_58fe472ae4b06b9cb9192bb3 Real Simple - https://www.realsimple.com/work-life/travel/local-bookstores Books & Brews - Indianapolis, IN - https://www.booksnbrews.com Books & Books - Miami, FL - https://booksandbooks.com Carmichael’s Bookstore - Louisville, KY - https://www.carmichaelsbookstore.com Chinatown|Chicago Public Library - https://www.chipublib.org/locations/20/ Ch
This week on How to Write Good, Emily Brady of the podcast Plotboilers guests. We talk about two different books, "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry." We talk about how slow and satisfying the character change of the main character is in "The Count of Monte Cristo," and we talk about the the value that comes through the storytelling of "My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry," a tale told through the eyes of a little girl.Find out more about Emily and her podcast here: https://plotboilers.com/, more about "The Count of Monte Cristo" here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7126.The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo, more about "My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry" here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23604559-my-grandmother-asked-me-to-tell-you-she-s-sorry.
Cameron's Books: The Submission by Amy Waldmen < The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrick Backman < Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer Education by John Kankiewicz < City of Glass by Paul Auster/Paul Karesik An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser < McTeague by Frank Norris I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iian Reid/You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlman < House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski ________________________ Hannah's Books: Mysteries (written by Gillian Flynn): Gone Girl, Sharp Objects, Dark Places > Every other mystery Hannah has read (Particularly by Tana French, Ruth Ware, and Paula Hawkins) The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead < Exit West by Mohsin Hamid Dark Matter by Blake Crouch < Shades of Magic Trilogy by V.E. Schwab The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz < The Mothers by Brit Bennett/My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emeril Ferris The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah < Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Book Talk Starts at 38:55 Recorded on May 25, 2016 Book Talk starts at: Our Mother Bear KAL/CAL starts on June 1! Any Mother Bears that you have knit or crocheted in 2016 are eligible for prizes in our KAL. Please go to the Mother Bear Project Homepage to request your pattern, under the tab "How to Help". We hope you will join us! We want to thank SSKnits (Joan) for her prize donation for the Mother Bear KAL. She is donating a pattern of the winner's choice from her Ravelry Store and Knit Figures, her newly designed knitting app! Tracie and Barb will be at Spinning at the Winery on Saturday, June 4 at the Retzlaff Winery in Livermore, CA. This is a fun, relaxed fiber event with a vendor fair, raffle, wine and a great potluck lunch. The cost is $5 person. Don't forget: * sunscreen and a hat * a potluck dish to share * Whatever you would like to drink (wine is available for purchase) Come and join us! Please go over to the Actually Knitting Podcast Group to find out information about joining in the PalKal (the Podcaster-Along Knit Along). Dates for this KAL will be 6/15/16 - 9/15/16. KNITTING Barb has finished: * Schknit Happens Hat #3 by Myra Wood, using Fishknits Warm Heart 2-ply in the Cadillac colorway. * Mother Bear #75 Tracie has finished: * Drizzle hat by MelSki, using her own handspan * Mother Bears # 73, 74 & 75. Barb is continuing to work on: Crackerjack Cowl by Stacie Simpson Duke in 4 colors of Plymouth Merino Select DK Forest Foliage by Alana Dakos from the Botanical Knits 2 Book, using Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in the Jasper colorway. Wee Wildflower by Alana Dakos, using Knit Picks Shine Sport in the Crocus colorway Crooked Ewe Cowl by Paula Emons-Fuessle in Fish Knits Divine gradient Lotus colorway. Vanilla Socks for Will using Berroco Comfort Sock in a gray and white self-striping colorway. Barb has cast on: Scraptastic Hat vy Jane Tammer using leftover fingering weight yarns Monkey Socks by Cookie A, using Knit Picks Stroll Handprinted in the Pacific Tonal colorway Tracie is continuing to work on: Vanilla socks in Araucania Ranco Multy The Ecuador cardigan by Joji Locatelli, using Oasis Yarn Aussi Sock in the Sage colorway Rodeo Drive Poncho using Fonty BB Merino in the Brun Scooby Doo colorway Tracie has cast-on: Weekend Cowl by Liz Capik in Miss Babs Yummy 2-ply in the Dahlia colorway Just Autumn Cowl by Janina Bottger in Becoming Art Fingering - to the right is a picture of the yarn as it looked in the skein and then wound into a cake. What a difference! Barb and Tracie reviewed Annetarsia Knits: a New Link to Intarsia by Anne Berk. It is a beautiful book featuring a new technique invented by Anne for easy intarsia knitting in the round. To win an autographed hardbound copy of Annetarsia Knits: a New Link to Intarsia, please go to our Ravelry Group thread, "Win Annetarsia Knits" and tell us about any type of colorwork that you have done in the past. This contest will close on June 31st. You must be a member of the group to win. BOOKS Barb has finished: Descent by Tim Johnston. It was pretty good! The Perfect Son by Barbara Claypole White. She enthusiastically recommends it. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman. She did not finish this book. Two in the Far North by Margaret Murie. Excellent! Tracie has finished: Something Missing by Matthew Dicks. She recommends it! Longbourn by Jo Baker. It was sort of a slog, especially at the beginning, but she ended up liking it. The Stranger She Loved: A Mormon Doctor, his Beautiful Wife and an Almost Perfect Murder by Shanna Hogan - a really good book. Barb is currently reading: The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty Tracie is currently reading: The Headmaster's Wife by Thomas Christopher Greene The Singing Bone by Beth Hahn