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Thursday May 28 Book Notes Aimee finished William Monk: https://www.orderofbooks.com/characters/william-monk/ now on to this series: https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/loretta-chase/ Heather & Jennifer: Inspector Gamache by Louise Penny - first book is eh - evidently rest of series is better Lise Mendel: Jane Darrowfiled - LOL and not stupid. Now onto Goodreads book "The Great Ship of Knowledge Part 1" by William Bailey https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48925111-the-great-ship-of-knowledge Colleen : just finished "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein. WW2 female spies and female pilots. Really loved it. Heather. Ordover : https://www.amazon.com/Team-Rodent-Disney-Devours-World/dp/0345422805 Funny: https://youtu.be/TCFK1k8-Uz8 Funny bit was based on this book: "Queen Bees and Wannabees" https://amzn.to/3gvt5Ql Shelly Fromholtz : I just finished Code Name Heléné by Ariel Lawhon. Same plotline.. based on a real person. Nancy Wake - https://amzn.to/3etxbXh Campaign for a word of the year - "nibbling" - nieces and nephews (b/c they're not SIBlings) Jennifer & Regina : Josephine Baker - History Chick's did a great episode on her Podcast Every Little Thing - Flora Lichtman - https://gimletmedia.com/shows/every-little-thing Edyta Niemyjska : I recently finished reading a large fantasy series by Elizabeth Moon https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/elizabeth-moon/ - The Sheepfarmer's Daughter is the first book in the series https://amzn.to/3eGepML About Elizabeth Moon Elizabeth Moon grew up on the Texas-Mexico border, a voracious reader and early writer. She spent much of her early years in a hardware store where nothing was in shrink-wrap or little plastic containers, and mule collars still hung on the back wall. She has a history degree from Rice University and a biology degree from the University of Texas at Austin, plus some graduate work in biology at the University of Texas at San Antonio; between the first two, she spent three years on active duty in the USMC. Her bibliography includes 25+ novels and 40+ short fiction works, nearly all in science fiction or fantasy. REMNANT POPULATION was a Hugo finalist in 1997; THE SPEED OF DARK won the Nebula Award in 2003. Shelly Fromholtz : has anyone read Centennial by James Michener? If so, your thoughts? LeAnn - https://amzn.to/2BcNgCw and Pickwick Papers The Jane Austen Project: by Kathleen A. Flynn - https://amzn.to/3euWbNQ Shelly's stepdaughter recommends - Ask a Mortician - YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/OrderoftheGoodDeath Aimee recommends visiting (when possible) Whistler BC in May - Zipline through old growth rainforest Jennifer knitting: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pointed-firs Reading Midnight Riot (Rivers of London series) by Ben Aaronovitch https://amzn.to/36Himxz and Chair Yoga: https://youtu.be/2IuWm9wKqAk And then we got onto food… Edyta Niemyjska : this is a great account by one of the winners of GBBO https://www.instagram.com/nancy.birtwhistle/ Toshi : I love shrubs, but must use vinegar that's naturally brewed Edyta Niemyjska : she has lots of videos with instructions Toshi : yes Morrocan okra with tomato is good Toshi : brussel sprouts with chestnut sauce https://www.georgesatthecove.com/blog/colonial-era-cocktails-how-to-make-shrubs and https://youtu.be/e8sPaesPOiU

Our Narrator: Eden Ballantyne :

Eden became a storyteller, after years of acting and touring, with a variety of diverse theatre companies, performing in touring theatre, theatre in education, museums, theme parks and schools. Eden then started his own company Stories Alive; as a way of getting his head full of crazy historical characters and stories into the world. He now works independently across Britain, Italy, China and Canada. Performing as a variety of characters in all manner of interesting settings. With over 20 years acting experience performing and delivering workshops to people of all ages, he rarely regrets failing A level theatre studies. Tip Eden for being our wonderful reader at Paypal!

Book Talk at 11:10

Waxing Gibbous Moon

Cognitive Anchoring in a ZOOM Based World

Lists from Book Chats: May 5 Amy Hewgill: Heather--possible method for re-knitting/mending your sweater. https://youtu.be/SXD3TdbpDbM -- Alternatively a "Tamborine Darn" as illustrated in this book. https://www.amazon.com/Darning-Repair-Crafts-family-Activities/dp/1912480158 Lina: https://tinyowlknits.wordpress.com/mr-fox-stole-my-heart/ Lina: Black Books on Amazon - https://amzn.to/2SEBt5J Globe Theater link - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwN-jwNNNQN-8sfKG-qg8uA Frankenstein Link - https://youtu.be/dI88grIRAnY Ann: Henry Cabot Lodge/Teddy Roosevelt "…Hero Tales…" https://amzn.to/3b7wW29, Ken Burns Roosevelt documentary https://amzn.to/2YHLX86, Charles de Lint "Moonheart" https://amzn.to/2WuI1F3 Tuesday May 12 5/12/2020 Heather. Ordover : Micarah Tewers makes a stunning gown out of bedsheets (pretty much) https://youtu.be/2xK5HC6gfAU Lina Bergsten : calming videos, woman farming in China, this one is "So …it goes like…the life of peas!" https://youtu.be/iOvJ9Tg_rp4 Amy Hewgill : OPI episode: "Every Little Thing" episode "Nail Polish Naming" Podcast recommendations from everyone: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/every-little-thing Jigsaw puzzle episode: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/every-little-thing/j4hllxm/inside-the-jigsaw-puzzle- https://gimletmedia.com/shows/every-little-thing/49h3jk/nail-polish-naming-who-does-that Amy: https://www.rebelgirls.com/pages/podcast and books https://www.amazon.com/Good-Night-Stories-Rebel-Girls/dp/014198600X aimed at maybe 9 yrs old + Also the podcast 20,000 Hz: https://www.20k.org/episodes/thatsallfolks Laura has been listening to the old radio show: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenman_(radio_series) Heather (as always) recommends Dr Floyd for kids AND parents: http://www.doctorfloyd.com/?cat=50 Ann is reading "Number the Stars" Lois Lowry - Tween book (little like "The Devil's Arithmetic") And we all agree that Elizabeth Peter's books https://amzn.to/3ctesuk (the Amelia Peabody books) are fine on paper, but they are spectacular as read by Barbara Rosenblat (sadly she does NOT read all of them) Tracee: still reading Love Warrior: A Memoir Kindle Edition by Glennon Doyle https://amzn.to/3btrsPo - Blurb: The highly anticipated new memoir by bestselling author Glennon Doyle Melton tells the story of her journey of self-discovery after the implosion of her marriage. (her new book is "Untamed" - Blurb: In her most revealing and powerful memoir yet, the activist, speaker, bestselling author, and "patron saint of female empowerment" (People) explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet others' expectations and start trusting the voice deep within us. https://amzn.to/2WQeVAe) Laura Ricketts vest rec for Amy: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/LauraRicketts/deep-v-argyle-vest Tuesday May 19th, 2020 Amy Hewgill: Lori Gottlieb - "Maybe you should talk to someone" - she is a shrink - stuck with one patient w/ cancer through whole ride (ebook) - https://amzn.to/3bJ3vnw Chanel Miller - "Know My Name" - https://amzn.to/3cN1BU3 Heather. Ordover : Podcast recs from last Thursday - "Wind of Change" and "Imagined Life" Evie: Moonstone - structured like Woman in White - Phoebe Reads a Mystery - Moonstone - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/phoebe-reads-a-mystery/id1503921457 Toshi: Kate Davies - Deco Cardigan - https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/deco-4 pattern for contiguous sweater https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/neon-is-the-new-black free contiguous method tutorial https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/contiguous Amy Hewgill : diy corona pinata - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/09/at-home/coronavirus-make-your-own-pinata.html Heather. Ordover : https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/04/style/coronavirus-pinata-papier-mache.html Heather. Ordover : https://www.luckyvitamin.com/p-23766-giovanni-mini-sanitizing-towelettes-assorted-peppermint-surge-grapefruit-splash-lavender-calm-20-towelette-s Ann Blanton: https://amzn.to/3g2UE38 - Bride of the Rat God Paperback – by Barbara Hambly - Great narrator Heather. Ordover : https://www.boredpanda.com/infuriating-things-book-lovers/ Id: Invaded (new and...interesting...Anime) https://youtu.be/1M9C3gk6zfk Toshi: Avenue 5 (v funny / Hugh Laurie) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10234362/ What we Do In The Shadows - tv show - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7908628/ and the movie https://amzn.to/2LIyHIK Ann: https://amzn.to/2WKnkXi Grimm - Great to binge Thursday 5/14/2020 and 5/21's Book Chat notes Dianne: Ruth Galloway series - forensic archaeologist in Norfolk - 10,000 Doors of January" Alex E Harrow - little Jasper Fford-y (victorian/strong female/escape) Susan B Anderson's Moose Pattern (Making Magazine) + change of clothes (Go to her company website for the patterns - SO CUTE!!!!) also making a large lace-weight circular shawl, Jared Flood's Permafrost Toshi - Podcast, "Offshore" (public radio station show out of Hawaii - first episode about Mauna K'oa) (sp) (+ Marshall Islands/ adoption) Heather. Ordover : Safe for Tweens book - "Charlie Thorne & the Last Equation" Lise Mendel's Ravelry - check it out for the lace weight wedding shawl for her daughter currently reading 2nd book in the Apocalypse Triptych series (The End is Near) (http://www.johnjosephadams.com/apocalypse-triptych/) Regina - 7 Seeds - https://www.ecosia.org/images?q=%22The+seven+seeds%22++anime#id=29C0873989BDCEBC43E1F5C9048FE9A89479C4EF Things in Jars - Jess Kidd (Victorian/strong female - https://amzn.to/3cAdgph) Aimee Woolwine : "Bookmarks are for Quitters" T-shirt (finishing William Monk series, book 23) AWESOME PODCAST - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wind-of-change/id1509307460 The song if you need to know: https://youtu.be/n4RjJKxsamQ Also, "Imagined Life" podcast - (SO GOOD - H.O.) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/imagined-life/id1439810326 https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/aaku-2 Tracee - Love Warrior + next (new book) "Untamed" Glenon Doyle Melton - Brenee Brown interviewed her on the podcast: https://brenebrown.com/podcast/glennon-doyle-brene-on-untamed/ And her original blog: https://momastery.com/blog/ Joyce Fisher: (Zebra Drive) Lifespan "chapter 8 - ready for the worst" - about a pandemic Mary Snellings - Present over Perfect by Shauna Niequist (https://amzn.to/3687Cby) + Lean In https://amzn.to/3bAxz4x http://www.testserveronline.tk/games/online/snake-oil/ Thursday 5/21/2020 First - a few links on Science and Faux Science Heather. Ordover : https://youtu.be/lMjPxEpOm8k - How FAKE SCIENCE Can Fool You – Wisecrack Edition Toshi : Gwenyth Paltrow is Insane and Goop is hurting everyone - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z7Op0zDqvE https://youtu.be/umo6pMCkcXs Flat Earth: What Makes REAL Science? – Wisecrack Edition Toshi : https://www.nytimes.com/column/rabbit-hole Podcast on what happens when you are sad and lonely and go online as a young white man in America Toshi : https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/technology/rabbit-hole-podcast-kevin-roose.html - Yes so the podcast goes from the main study person being a Obama stan, to a Stef Molineaux fan, to a Gaving McGuinnes (sp) fan, to a contrapoints fan Heather. Ordover : AllSides.com - Heather. Ordover : https://www.allsides.com/blog/reasons-hate-allsides Heather. Ordover : https://youtu.be/fD2briZ6fB0 Heather. Ordover : https://amzn.to/2LPrRBj ALL SYSTEMS RED (The Murderbot Diaries) by Martha Wells Jennifer: Hardcore History podcast - https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/ WWI - excellent (per Jennifer Gordon) https://youtu.be/PcgceA64aAI They Shall Not Grow Old doc from Peter Jackson How did we get to WWI - Ken Follett - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7315573-fall-of-giants https://www.ianrankin.net/rebus-books-in-order/ Dorothy sayers books in order - https://www.orderofbooks.com/authors/dorothy-l-sayers/ https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/margery-allingham/ - Margery Allingham Books In Order https://www.audible.com/pd/Artists-in-Crime-Audiobook/B0032N2UQ4 by Ngaio Marsh https://classictales.libsyn.com/ BJ is doing The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb by Agatha Christie - https://classictales.libsyn.com/ep-679-the-adventure-of-the-egyptian-tomb-by-agatha-christie Lise - https://amzn.to/3cRMysc - Jane Darrowfield,...

BOOK TALK - 24:15

Great British Bakeoff

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Too Cool T-Shirt Quilts

Domestika

BOOK TALK: 17:18

• Eden Bio + [Tip Jar]
• Damany's Podcast: Casually Creative
• Google Earth in Wool and satin
• National Theater's FRANKENSTEIN
• Info on Tuesday's Book Chats / and Thursday's chats (Zoom link to Tuesday and Thursday
• Mask info on HeatherOrdover.com/masks

• Documentary on Brontë family — really is lovely.
• Badger Baiting was actually illegal at the time the book was written.
• Escutcheons
• How Doth the little busy bee? (How Doth the Little Crocodile? was the Alice in Wonderland version)
• And...Our Reader Eden Ballantyne!** Please meet him: Eden became a storyteller, after years of acting and touring, with a variety of diverse theatre companies, performing in touring theatre, theatre in education, museums, theme parks and schools. Eden then started his own company Stories Alive; as a way of getting his head full of crazy historical characters and stories into the world. He now works independently across Britain, Italy, China and Canada performing as a variety of characters in all manner of interesting settings. With over 20 years acting experience performing and delivering workshops to people of all ages, he rarely* regrets failing A level theatre studies*. You can thank Eden here.

We Meet Again

• Happy 14th anniversary!!!!!
• Info on Tuesday's Book Chats / and Thursday's chats (Zoom link to Tuesday and Thursday
• Mask researchers Livestream Q&A
• Kurzgesagt's Covid-19 video (best succinct info I've found)
• Mask info on HeatherOrdover.com/masks
• Making my own tailor's Ham and Sausage
• Globe YouTube
• National Theater YouTube
• RSC info
• Hilarious art reconstructions
• Some Good News
• Daily Stoic

• Daguerrotype or not? - ALL the research here
• Beckett and Susan over at The History Chicks podcast weighing in on The Brontës and their newer podcast The ReCappery
  • I've got to ask Beckett if she saw the Micarah Tewes video (https://youtu.be/_sBqqERMblo) on how WRONG the costumes are in the new Little Women (focus on costumes comes after her disclaimer—around 5 min.) —why wrong? Because NO BONNETS?!?!?! (14 min)—um...prepare yourself for speed of speech before watching. She has a...unique and modern way of editing the way Overly Sarcastic Productions has a unique and modern way of editing. Smart. Fast. Really fast.
  
  
• Documentary on Brontë family recommended by History Chicks.

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Book Talk @13:40

Plays & Instagram & Things 1&2 :D

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HAPPY END OF BOOK! MAY YOUR TREASURE BE TOLD IN STORIES EVERLASTING :)