Episode 31: Craft Books, Celebrity Memoirs, and Evil Hamburgers

Booklist's Shelf Care

On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire sits down with librarian Nanette Donohue to talk about all aspects of collecting craft books. Then, Audio Editor Heather Booth chats with librarian Emily Borsa about the appeal of the celebrity memoir, whether read by the author or not. Finally, Editor, Books for Youth and Graphic Novels Sarah Hunter joins Susan to shout about a few books she’s been reading and loving lately. (She doesn’t really shout.) Here’s what we talked about: Elizabeth Zimmermann’s knitting books Cast On, Bind Off: 54 Step-by-Step Methods, by Leslie Ann Bestor Barbara Walker’s Stitch Dictionaries Alice Starmore’s Book of Fair Isle Knitting, by Alice Starmore Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of America’s Suburbs, by Benjamin Herold The Woman in Me, by Britney Spears, read by Michelle Williams Talking to My Angels, by Melissa Etheridge, read by the author Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, by Bono, read by the author The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music, by Dave Grohl, read by the author A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons, by Ben Folds, read by the author Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere, by Maria Bamford, read by the author ARRTReads.org Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond, by Henry Winkler, read by the author If You Would Have Told Me, by John Stamos, read by the author Down the Drain, by Julia Fox, read by the author My Name is Barbra, by Barbra Streisand, read by the author Beautiful Oops! by Barney Saltzberg Tasty: A History of Yummy Experiments, by Victoria Grace Elliott, illus. by the author Lisa Cheese and Ghost Guitar, v.1: Attack of the Snack, by Kevin Alvir, illus. by the author The Warm Hands of Ghosts, by Katherine Arden The Bear and the Nightingale, by Katherine Arden Small Spaces, by Katherine Arden