Recorded on June 27, 2019 Book Talk starts at 28:38         Our annual Mother Bear KAL has begun!  Any bears you have knit or crocheted on 2019 are eligible to post in our FOs thread. Each bear is an entry.  Come join the Chatter thread here!   We have new prizes donated by hikeknitcamp (designer Cheryl Beckerich).  Please message alittleposy or knittybarb if you have a prize you’d like to contribute.   Want to start your Mother Bear-making journey?  Check out the Mother Bear Project website to buy a pattern, make a donation, or see the gallery of children and their new bears, and the MBP Ravelry group for great ideas and community with other bear makers.   KNITTING       Barb's Mother Bears #166 - #169   Barb’s FOs 1.  Mother Bears #166 - #169 2.  Christmas Vanilla Socks, using The Yarn Jar Shop sock yarn in The Grinch colorway 3.  DVD June socks -  Desert Vista Dyeworks Viso in Zombody is Like a Writing Desk   Tracie’s FOs 1.  Mother Bears #185 - #192.  These included a Drag Queen bear! 2.  Two Never Not Gnoming by Sarah Schira gnomes 3.  Vanilla Socks, using Lollipop Yarn Quintessential in the Wide Awake colorway     Barb is still working on   1.  ZickZack Scarf by Christy Kamm - free pattern on Ravelry - 5380 projects!  Using Lang Yarns MilleColori Baby in the 51 and52 color ways 2.  Yolks Pullover by Natalie V, using a Craftsy Kit with Cloudborn Fibers Pima Cotton DK in the Magenta Colorway 3.  Sunnydale Cowl by Katy H. Carroll (Katinka Designs), using Malabrigo Yarn Arroyo in the Anniversario colorway     Tracie continues working on  1.  ZickZack Scarf by Christy Kamm, using Louisa Harding Amitola in the Hook and the Dawn colorways 2.  Judah Cardigan by Juliana Lustanader in Valley Yarns Goshen in the Pacific colorway 3.  Fiddly Bits #9 by Jane Pihota in sport weight yarns 4.  Dare to Dream by Boo Knits in Duren Dyeworks Heavenly Fingering in Cherry Pop       BOOKS   Barb read 1.  Tiger Woods by Jeff Benedict and Armand Keteyian.  Thumbs WAY up! 2.  Confidential by Ellie Monago.  Thumbs up.         Tracie read:  1.  And the Sea Will Tell by Vincent Bugliosi.  Thumbs Up. 2.  Sex, Love and Money: Revenge and Ruin in the World of High-Stakes Divorce by Gerald Nissenbaum.  Thumbs up. 3.  Heads in Beds: a Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles and So-Called Hospitality by Jacob Tomsky             Barb is reading 1.  Little Shoes: The Sensational Depression-Era Murders that Became My Family’s Secret by Pamela Everett 2.  The Lost Man by Jane Harper     Tracie is reading 1.  Secrets of a Marine's Wife: A True Story of Marriage, Obsession & Murder by Shanna Hogan 2.  American Heiress: The Wild Sage of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffrey Toobin