Lagniappe 1: Why Pie

For love of pie ...

My quick review of this story of life told through a search for pie: American Pie

According to Webster

la·gniappe \ˈlan-ˌyap, lan-ˈ\
Function: noun
Etymology: American French, from American Spanish la ñapa the lagniappe, from la + ñapa, yapa, from Quechua yapa something added
Date: 1844
: a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase; broadly : something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure

Episode 27: It's Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas

We sample a bit of Christmas in Victorian England, on the prairie, and in France.

Christmas Sampler

Rating: G

These books are under copyright.

Featured Podcast:

• Assam & Darjeeling (website here)
  

Episode 26: China Court, Tierce continuation

In which we learn more about Jared and Lady Patrick,
why Tracey was in Rome, and about Mrs. Quin.

EP 26: China Court, Tierce continuation

Rating: G

This Book is Under Copyright
Produced with permission of Curtis Brown Group Ltd, on behalf of the Rumer Godden Literary Trust. (c) 1960 Rumer Godden

For information about Ms. Godden or for permissions please see the Rumer Godden Literary Trust.

I am very grateful to Ms. Godden's daughter, Jane Murray Flutter, and to the Curtis Brown Group Ltd. for their gracious permission to podcast this novel.

Podcast Highlight
BrainReady BrainCastpodcast (website is here)

Visitation, Book of Hours

Episode 25: China Court, Tierce part 1

In which Peter and Tracey meet. We learn more about Eliza, Damaris and the Brood.

EP 25: China Court, Tierce part 1

Rating: G

This Book is Under Copyright
Produced with permission of Curtis Brown Group Ltd, on behalf of the Rumer Godden Literary Trust. (c) 1960 Rumer Godden

For information about Ms. Godden or for permissions please see the Rumer Godden Literary Trust.

I am very grateful to Ms. Godden's daughter, Jane Murray Flutter, and to the Curtis Brown Group Ltd. for their gracious permission to podcast this novel.

Podcast Highlight
Classic Tales Podcast (website is here)

Movies we watched over Thanksgiving (quick reviews)

• So many movies, so little time
• It's About Honesty: American Gangster
  

Tierce, Hours of the Virgin

Episode 24: China Court, Lauds continuation and Prime

In which we meet Peter St. Omer and learn more about China Court and Mrs. Quin's last day.

EP 24: China Court, Lauds continuation and Prime

Rating: G

This Book is Under Copyright
Produced with permission of Curtis Brown Group Ltd, on behalf of the Rumer Godden Literary Trust. (c) 1960 Rumer Godden

For information about Ms. Godden or for permissions please see the Rumer Godden Literary Trust.

I am very grateful to Ms. Godden's daughter, Jane Murray Flutter, and to the Curtis Brown Group Ltd. for their gracious permission to podcast this novel.

Podcast Highlight
Secret World Chronicle

Other superhero stories:

• Escape Pod: Union Dues stories which appear occasionally (website is here)
  
• Playing for Keeps by Mur Lafferty (website is here)
  
• How to Succeed in Evil (website is here)
  
• Feedback: A Hero's Calling (website is here)
• Brave Men Run
  

Thanksgiving Cooking
Get recipes here at Meanwhile, Back in the Kitchen

Praying the Hours
Read more here

Family Tree

Click on image to enlarge.

Promo
SFFaudio (produced by Decoder Ring Theater)

Matins, late medieval Book of Hours

Episode 23: China Court, Lauds 1

In which we are introduced to some of the five generations that have lived in China Court, past and present.

EP 23: China Court, Lauds 1

Rating: G

Blog Highlight
Hatrack River, the official website of Orson Scott Card (look in the left-hand column for the two features I mentioned).

This Book is Under Copyright
Produced with permission of Curtis Brown Group Ltd, on behalf of the Rumer Godden Literary Trust. (c) 1960 Rumer Godden

For information about Ms. Godden or for permissions please see the Rumer Godden Literary Trust.

I am very grateful to Ms. Godden's daughter, Jane Murray Flutter, and to the Curtis Brown Group Ltd. for their gracious permission to podcast this novel.

The Annunciation, Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry

Episode 22: Shirley Jackson Horror Sampler

Finding horror behind the "ordinary" things.
The Haunting of Hill House,
We Have Always Lived in the Castle,
the Daemon Lover stories and ... a reading of The Lottery.

Jackson Horror Sampler

Rating: PG
Nothing graphic in these stories. Use your own discretion.

Episode Links:

• All Hallow's Eve by Charles Williams: book review. (Via Brandywine Books).
  
• Featured podcast: Scott Sigler's BloodCast. The iTunes link is here.
  
• The Daemon Lover at Answers.com
• About Shirley Jackson

The Lottery is under copyright.

Halloween Special 2

Ghost stories of a different twist:
The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall
My Own True Ghost by Rudyard Kipling

Halloween Special 2

Rating: PG
Nothing graphic in these stories. Use your own discretion.

Stories provided by LibriVox, public domain stories read by volunteers. Their ghost story collections can be found here.

Photo source

Halloween Special 1

Two of the scariest stories we know:
The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe
The Judge's House by Bram Stoker

Halloween Special 1

Rating: PG 13
Nothing graphic in these stories but The Judge's House is very frightening and The Masque of the Red Death probably too abstract for younger listeners. Use your own discretion.

Stories provided by LibriVox, public domain stories read by volunteers. Their ghost story collections can be found here.

Symbolism is highly important in The Masque of the Red Death. Spark Notes has a nice rundown for those interested.

The Masque of the Red Death image above is actually a T-shirt. Pretty nifty, eh? Get details here.

Episode 21: Bobbie and Jock and the Mailman, Part 2

Bobbie goes to visit Uncle TJ's farm and finds adventure when she tries to figure out why "the longest way 'round is the shortest way home."
Part 2 (Chapters 4-6)

Rating: G
Suitable for everyone.

A small sampling of the illustrations. Click on them to enlarge.

Links

• Featured podcast: Naxos Classical Music Spotlight (website)


• Charles J. Finger

Episode 20: Bobbie and Jock and the Mailman, Part 1

Bobbie goes to visit Uncle TJ's farm and finds adventure when she tries to figure out why "the longest way 'round is the shortest way home."
Part 1 (Chapters 1-3)

Rating: G
Suitable for everyone.

A small sampling of the illustrations. Click on them to enlarge.

Links

• Halloween-ish Podcasting:
  SFF Audio for lots of links to spooky podcasting o' the season
  Radio Drama Revival (website)
  Wireless Theater Company


• Featured podcast: Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase (website)


• Charles J. Finger

Episode 19: The Black Moth Finale

Everything falls into place.
Chapters 28, 29, and Epilogue

Rating: G
Suitable for everyone, although young children won't necessarily understand what is going on.

Links

• Halloween-ish Podcasting:
  
  Hall of Mirrors (website)
  Classic Tales (website)
  Radio Drama Revival's month of Halloween horror ... links and description on SFF Audio
  Broken Sea Audio's month of Halloween ... links and description on SFF Audio


• Featured podcast: Summer Grasses: stories from the seasons of life (website)


• The Black Moth show notes


• Heyer author page

Episode 18: The Black Moth 25-27

The Duke's plan swings into action,
Diana shows her mettle,
Jack rides to the rescue ...
and, of course, a sword fight!
Chapters 25-27

Rating: G
Suitable for everyone, although young children won't necessarily understand what is going on.

Links

• Book Talk: Uncle Orson Reviews Everything


• Featured podcast: Escape Pod (also Pseudopod


• The Black Moth show notes


• Heyer author page

Episode 17: Eat, Drink and Be Merry

A visit to Mexico, a sip of summer, and who will will win the garlic wars?

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

Rating: G

Links

• Featured podcast: A Different Point of View


• The modern macho food writer: Food, Inglorious Food
• Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen by Laurie Colwin
• Pass the Polenta: And Other Writings from the Kitchen by Teresa Lust
• American Pie: Slices of Life (and Pie) from America's Back Roads by Pascale Le Draoulec
• Consuming Passions: A Food-Obsessed Life by Michael Lee West


• The Book
• Endless Feasts: Sixty Years of Writing from Gourmet

This book is under copyright

Episode 16: The Black Moth 23-24

Lavinia arranges her elopement. The Duke of Avon takes notice.
Chapters 23-24

Rating: G
Suitable for everyone, although young children won't necessarily understand what is going on.

Links

• Book Talk: Territory by Emma Bull and Auralia's Colors ... links to my reviews and Maureen's review of Territory can be found here
  
• Featured podcast: Changelings Knit and Stitch: website, iTunes
  
• The Black Moth show notes
• Heyer author page

Episode 15: The Black Moth 21-22

Richard makes a decision. Lavinia experiences something new.
Chapters 21-22

Rating: G
Suitable for everyone, although young children won't necessarily understand what is going on.

Links

• Book Talk: They Died in Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated and Forgotten Mystery Novels
  
• Featured podcast: History According to Bob: website, iTunes
  
• The Black Moth show notes
• Heyer author page

Episode 14: The Black Moth 19-20

Richard lays down the law to Lavinia. The Duke of Avon returns and sets events in motion.

Chapters 19-20

Rating: G
Suitable for everyone, although young children won't necessarily understand what is going on.

Links

• Featured podcast: A Musician's Life: website, iTunes
  
• The Black Moth show notes
• Heyer author page

Episode 13: The Black Moth 17-18

Lady O'Hara matchmakes. Lady Lavinia meets an old beau.

Chapters 17-18

Rating: G
Suitable for everyone, although young children won't necessarily understand what is going on.

Links

• Featured podcast: Podiobooks
  Look for: 7th Son, Earthcore, The Failed Cities Monologues, How to Disappear Completely, AND Brave Men Run, How to Succeed in Evil, Shadowmagic, Sparkling Death (all of which I forgot to mention)
• Book Talk:
  
  • Rumer Godden
  • Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys
  • Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody series
    
  • CraftLit
• The Black Moth show notes
• Heyer author page

Episode 12: The Hotel Detective Sampler

Am Caulfield wants to be the Hotel California's General Manager.
Instead he has to be the house dick.

The Hotel Detective sampler

Rating: PG-13
For sexual innuendo and some implied situations.

Links

• Featured podcast: All Movie Talk


• Book Talk:
  
  • Reading Survey
  • The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Classics)
    


• The modern hotel detective: Behind Closed Doors
  


• The Books:
• The Hotel Detective
• The Fat Innkeeper

These books are under copyright.

• Alan Russell's website

Episode 11: The Black Moth 15-16

Diana and Jack face the personal fallout of his decision.

Chapters 15-16

Rating: G
Suitable for everyone, although young children won't necessarily understand what is going on.

Links

• Featured podcast: Philosophy: The Classics
• Book Talk:
  
  • Why Helen MacInnes Should Be Ludlum's Movie Successor
  • The Great American Novel (and the book they forgot)
  • Vampires of the Internet (via Keith Strohm)
• The Black Moth show notes
• Heyer author page

Episode 10: The Black Moth 13-14

In which our highwayman and the fair damsel fall in love.
Will his disgraced past stand in the way of her heart?

Chapters 13-14

Rating: G
Suitable for everyone, although young children won't necessarily understand what is going on.

Links

• Guest host for: Episode 65 at CraftLit
• Featured podcast: Syd Lieberman's Storytelling Podcast
• Where I found some of the Forgotten Classics I'm reading (book links in sidebar): The Common Room
• A favorite Heyer book: False Colors, read an excerpt.
• The Black Moth show notes
• Heyer author page

Episode 9: The Black Moth 10-12

In which our highwayman rescues a damsel in distress and enters into mortal danger.

Chapters 10-12

Rating: G
Suitable for everyone, although young children won't necessarily understand what is going on.

Links

• Featured podcast: This is England
• In Praise of Editors
• Not Science Fiction, via SF Signal which has a link to their review of the author's book
• The Black Moth show notes
• Heyer author page

Episode 8: The Black Moth 8-9

In which we see a hold up that goes wrong.
As well as a highlight on "The Grand Sophy."

Chapters 8 - 9

Rating: G
Suitable for everyone, although young children won't necessarily understand what is going on.

Links

• Featured podcast: Decoder Ring Theatre
• The Grand Sophy
• The Black Moth show notes
• Heyer author page

Episode 7: Scout's Progress

Can Aelliana Caylon qualify as a pilot and escape her home world before her scheming and abusive brother discovers her plan? With the help of Scout and Master Pilot, Daav, Aelliana will find freedom.

Episode 7

Show Notes
Can be found here

Episode 7 Show Notes

Hints on pronunciation for foreigners

I take it you already know
of tough and bough and cough and dough.
Others may stumble, but not you,
On hiccough, thorough, laugh and through.
Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,
To learn of less familiar traps.

Beware of heard, a dreadful word
That looks like beard and sounds like bird.
And dead-it's said like bed, not bead.
For goodness sake, don't call it deed!
Watch out for meat and great and threat.
They rhyme with suite and straight and debt.

A moth is not a moth in mother,
Nor both in bother, broth in brother,
And here is not a match for there,
Nor dear and fear for pear and bear.
And then there's dose and rose and lose
Just look them up--and goose and choose.
And cork and work and card and ward.
And font and front and word and sword.
And do and go, then thwart and cart.
Come, come I've hardly made a start.

A dreadful language? Man alive,
I'd mastered it when I was five

Featured Podcast
SFF Audio

Genre

• Space Opera: Space opera is a subgenre of speculative fiction or science fiction that emphasizes romantic adventure, and larger-than-life characters often set against vast exotic futuristic settings.
• My Favorite Type of Science Fiction: Space Opera

Authors
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller


Liaden Terms

• Delm -- Head of Clan (Delm Korval, Korval Himself/Herself)
• Melant'i -- Who one is in relation to current circumstances. ALSO who one is in sum, encompassing all possible persons one might be.
• Nadelm -- Delm-to-Be
• Relumma -- Division of a Liaden year, equalling 96 Standard days. Four relumma equal one year.
• Thodelm -- Head of Line

Good Starter Books for the Liaden Universe

• Partners In Necessity (Liaden Universe Novel): contains Conflict of Honors, Agent of Change, and Carpe Diem.
• Scout's Progress: a prequel
• Local Custom: a prequel

These books are under copyright and the excerpts are read with permission of the authors.