Episode 227: Tracie's Bookapalooza!

Recorded on June 23, 2021 Book Talk starts at: 23:40 Virtual get-together via Zoom on Saturdays, 12 noon  PST - Details here   Our annual Mother Bear KAL has started!       Any Mother Bear that you have knit or crocheted in 2021 is eligible to post in our FO Thread.  One post per bear please. Please see all the rules and participate in the Chatter Thread. #2021MBKAL2KL Let's turn out a record number of bears!       Barb's Koko Bean Hat   KNITTING   Barb finished: Mother Bears #239 & #240 Koko Bean Hat by JudithMarieKnits, using random worsted scrap yarn   Tracie finished: Mother Bears 248 - 251 Barb is working on: The Capitol hat by Hinterm Stein, using Baah Platinum in the Misty colorway Pioneer Braid Scarf by Catherine Ryan using Elegant Yarns Kaleidoscope in the 27 colorway Vanilla socks using Western Sky Knits Aspen Sock in the Concrete Sunset colorway Barb has cast on: That's My Jam by Steven Fegert, using a kit bought from Learning Men Fiber Arts Anker's Summer Shirt by PetiteKnits, using Berroco Remix Light in the Pool colorway Bankhead Hat #16 using random worsted scraps   Tracie is still working on: Snake River Poncho by Katy H. Carroll in Aspen Silk 600 in the Downtown Colorway Fiddly Bits cowl by Jana Pihota using random fingering scraps Tracie has cast on: Calyx pullover by Elizabeth Doherty, using Cloudborn Fibers Pima Cotton DK in the Spring Green colorway Let's Shawl-a-Brate! by Fredi Baker, using Leading Men Fiber Arts Diva in the Blue Steel colorway, Serendipidye Kings Mountain Sock  in the California colorway, Marianated Yarn Scrumptious HT in the Sunset on Tatooine colorway BOOKS   Barb finished  2 books: Your Perfect Year by Charlotte Lucas - 3 stars Klara and the Sun by Kazua Ishiguro - 4 stars   Tracie has finished 10 books: The Golden State by Lydia Keisling - 4 stars We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver - 5 stars Hold Your Breath by B. P. Walter - 2 stars These Women by Ivy Pachoda - 4.5 stars Bad Axe County by Ivy Pachoda - 4.5 stars Unexpectedly Milo by Matthew Dicks - 2.5 stars The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell - 3 stars Bonfire by Kristin Ritter - 2.5 stars The Girl in the Leaves by Robert Scott - 3 stars To the Land of Long Lost Friends (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #20 by Alexander McCall Smith - 4 stars Thumbs Up /Down Tracie talked about some of her "Yarn Room" art that came from Knit Baah Purl   Barb recommended the podcast The Opportunist - she really liked Season 1, and also Season 2 which is going on now.   She also recommended the Peacock series Mr. Mercedes.