BSG #114: Chekhov's Blood Sugar / Crafting for Sinners
About this episode
The hosts discuss Crafting for Sinners by Jenny Kiefer, exploring themes of crafting, homophobia, and personal anecdotes.
For our final bookpisode of the year, we enter Hobby Lobby Hell to read Crafting for Sinners, the latest from Jenny Kiefer. We discuss the sordid history of Hobby Lobby’s crimes, debate whether an entire town can be homophobic, and try to understand blood sugar. Plus, Emily regales us with a chilling anecdote about knitting. Have feedback? Email us at thesquad@booksquadgoals.com. Stay tuned for our next othersode — our beloved annual Faves of the Year — and then our next bookpisode on How to Sleep At Night by Elizabeth Harris, both of which will feature the triumphant return of the one and only Susan! Happy holidays, goalies. Table of Contents: 1:48 Intro. Question 7:25 Book Synopsis 9:21 Horrostör Comp 21:08 Why should we care about these characters? 24:21 Can an entire town be homophobic? And things we wanted more/less of in the book. 37:52 Hobby Lobby Receipts, Proof, Timelines 48:52 The book could have been more! 53:34 The Cover! And Emily's Knitting Story 58:57 Rating 1:03:55 Feedback Bullying! And 12 Days of Christmas Blog Requests
Topics covered
- crafting
- Hobby Lobby
- homophobia
- blood sugar
- knitting
Keywords
- Hobby Lobby crimes
- sordid history
- book synopsis
- characters
- Hobby Lobby receipts
- knitting story
- rating
- feedback
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Crafting for Sinners, How to Sleep At Night
Books & works: Crafting for Sinners, How to Sleep At Night
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