Things get real but now we are atoned! Support The Podcast: Join our patreon and become a Dust Jacket! patreon.com/booksunbound Sign up to the bookmark subscription! https://store.dftba.com/products/books-unbound-bookmark-subscription Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Ariel's T-shirt: https://store.dftba.com/collections/bissett-books/products/im-thinking-about-books-t-shirt Follow us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/books_unbound/ Need Info or Some Boo...
Jul 07, 2025•58 min•Ep. 298
A book haul, a bunch of dnfing, a 5 star read, and a much anticipated weather report. Support The Podcast: Join our patreon and become a Dust Jacket! patreon.com/booksunbound Sign up to the bookmark subscription! https://store.dftba.com/products/books-unbound-bookmark-subscription Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Ariel's T-shirt: https://store.dftba.com/collections/bissett-books/products/im-thinking-about-books-t-shirt Follow us on instagram: https://www.ins...
Jul 01, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 297
A book shopping story, a library adventure, and a TBR challenge! Links mentioned: Strange Adventures Books: https://www.instagram.com/strangeadvhfx/ Support The Podcast: Join our patreon and become a Dust Jacket! patreon.com/booksunbound Sign up to the bookmark subscription! https://store.dftba.com/products/books-unbound-bookmark-subscription Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Ariel's T-shirt: https://store.dftba.com/collections/bissett-books/products/im-think...
Jun 23, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 296
We are allowed one non bookish episode a year, right? Links mentioned: "Tech Gone Wrong" Books: https://bookshop.org/lists/tech-gone-wrong "Tech Gone Wrong" Audiobooks: https://libro.fm/playlists/9673?bookstore=bissettbooks Support The Podcast: Join our patreon and become a Dust Jacket! patreon.com/booksunbound Sign up to the bookmark subscription! https://store.dftba.com/products/books-unbound-bookmark-subscription Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Ariel's T...
Jun 16, 2025•59 min•Ep. 295
A very different reading week! Support The Podcast: Join our patreon and become a Dust Jacket! patreon.com/booksunbound Sign up to the bookmark subscription! https://store.dftba.com/products/books-unbound-bookmark-subscription Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Ariel's T-shirt: https://store.dftba.com/collections/bissett-books/products/im-thinking-about-books-t-shirt Follow us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/books_unbound/ Need Info or Some Books? Buy ...
Jun 09, 2025•52 min•Ep. 294
Last week we challenged ourselves... did we accomplish our goals?? Links mentioned: Raeleen's Favourite Neck Yoga Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vTJHUDB5ak Ariel's Favourite Neck Yoga Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FyHoo4Vfxg Support The Podcast: Sign up to the bookmark subscription! https://store.dftba.com/products/books-unbound-bookmark-subscription Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Ariel's T-shirt: https://store.dftba.com/collections/biss...
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 293
Raeleen returns to the book sale! Ariel has opinions on Anne of Green Gables! We are who we are! Bookmark sale: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Book Club Schedule: First live show: May 31st @ 4pm PST/7pm EST Second live show: June 29th @ 11am PST/3pm EST Details here: patreon.com/booksunbound Links mentioned: Mashed Potato May Discord: https://discord.gg/XWmfnXaGqG Instagram posts Ariel mentioned: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJlQvi-S5OU/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DJlZbBatJzM/...
May 26, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 292
Raeleen finishes A MASSIVE books and Ariel sits in AWE. Book Club Schedule: First live show: May 31st @ 4pm PST/7pm EST Second live show: June 29th @ 11am PST/3pm EST Details here: patreon.com/booksunbound Links mentioned: Mashed Potato May Discord: https://discord.gg/XWmfnXaGqG Instagram posts Ariel mentioned: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJjidyII4PQ/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DJRxtyHAkn3/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DJeOZkQSc1q/ Support The Podcast: Sign up to the bookmark subscription! https...
May 19, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 291
Ariel is pushing through multiple books at once and Raeleen has figured out how to push past her reading slump! Links mentioned: Mashed Potato May Discord: https://discord.gg/XWmfnXaGqG Mashed Potato Bingo Card: https://discord.com/channels/729817457262460938/1367635539947421766/1368669569673199696 Support The Podcast: Sign up to the bookmark subscription! https://store.dftba.com/products/books-unbound-bookmark-subscription Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound A...
May 12, 2025•44 min•Ep. 290
Raeleen picked up 11 new books and Ariel finished a big one! Support The Podcast: Sign up to the bookmark subscription! https://store.dftba.com/products/books-unbound-bookmark-subscription Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Ariel's T-shirt: https://store.dftba.com/collections/bissett-books/products/im-thinking-about-books-t-shirt Join our patreon and become a Dust Jacket! patreon.com/booksunbound Follow us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/books_unbound/...
May 05, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 289
Ariel went on a big trip to the UK and has a lot of literary adventures to share and Raeleen has been really using her zoo year pass! Links mentioned: Music to Read To EP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OwlRjoSaDA Swimming Book Vlog: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-video-of-126903107 Support The Podcast: Sign up to the bookmark subscription! https://store.dftba.com/products/books-unbound-bookmark-subscription Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Ariel's T-...
Apr 28, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 288
How do you start bookshopping? What books do you leave at your parents' house? What do you do with bad friendship book recommendations? Links mentioned: Join our patreon to submit a reading confession: patreon.com/booksunbound Support The Podcast: Our new EP: Music To Read To Volume I: https://open.spotify.com/album/3MTuWXSSWjM3CcWX4Zwyup?si=5hh1oADQSLaGeXvrUNJL-A Sign up to the bookmark subscription! https://store.dftba.com/products/books-unbound-bookmark-subscription Our beautiful merch: https...
Apr 14, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 287
Raeleen and Ariel haven't finished anything in a while... how will our quarterly check in go? Links mentioned: EP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OwlRjoSaDA (Stream now wherever you listen to music! (Will be up on Spotify any day now!)) Maddy: https://www.instagram.com/maddyology/?hl=en Sunrise on the Reaping Reading Vlog: https://www.patreon.com/posts/125340870 Book Binding Video: https://www.patreon.com/posts/125398193 Raeleen's Shrek Bingo: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-2RQwlryXtmtb4Ul7...
Apr 07, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 286
Raeleen has finished the new Hunger Games book and Ariel has started Everything is Tuberculosis! Links mentioned: Bird sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm846KdZN_c Support The Podcast: Sign up to the bookmark subscription! https://store.dftba.com/products/books-unbound-bookmark-subscription Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Ariel's T-shirt: https://store.dftba.com/collections/bissett-books/products/im-thinking-about-books-t-shirt Join our patreon and b...
Mar 31, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 285
Raeleen finishes one book and Ariel makes an important bookish pivot! Trailers mentioned: Lilo & Stitch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWqJifMMgZE Freakier Friday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7YJj6iO2QY Pride and Prejudice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErsieSon5BM Support The Podcast: Sign up to the bookmark subscription! https://store.dftba.com/products/books-unbound-bookmark-subscription Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Ariel's T-shirt: https...
Mar 24, 2025•53 min•Ep. 284
One of Raeleen's most anticipated books of the year is a big disappointment... Support The Podcast: Sign up to the bookmark subscription! https://store.dftba.com/products/books-unbound-bookmark-subscription Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Ariel's T-shirt: https://store.dftba.com/collections/bissett-books/products/im-thinking-about-books-t-shirt Join our patreon and become a Dust Jacket! patreon.com/booksunbound Follow us on instagram: https://www.instagram....
Mar 17, 2025•55 min•Ep. 283
This was a fun new adventure for us to try out! Support The Podcast: Sign up to the bookmark subscription! https://store.dftba.com/products/books-unbound-bookmark-subscription Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Ariel's T-shirt: https://store.dftba.com/collections/bissett-books/products/im-thinking-about-books-t-shirt Join our patreon and become a Dust Jacket! patreon.com/booksunbound Follow us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/books_unbound/ Need Info or...
Mar 10, 2025•53 min•Ep. 282
Raeleen goes on an adventure, Ariel went on an adventure a year ago, and we have some big book news! Links mentioned: New Directions Publishing (they sent some books to Raeleen): https://www.ndbooks.com/ Lucy Maud Show News: https://variety.com/2025/tv/global/anne-of-green-gables-megan-follows-lucy-maud-1236311127/ Amazon Kindle News: https://www.theverge.com/news/612898/amazon-removing-kindle-book-download-transfer-usb Leena’s great video about the Amazon news: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8...
Mar 03, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 281
It's time to hear reading confessions, hot takes, and reader problems from our listeners! On this episode we have someone who hates the special edition boom, someone who doesn't like half star ratings, two people who are reading too many audiobooks (is that possible?), someone who is having an existential crisis about borrowing too many ebooks from the library, and a bookseller who is struggling to live her 84 Charing Cross Road dreams! Links mentioned: Article about special editions: https://ww...
Feb 17, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 280
Two new reviews, a handful of currently reads, and no new books?! Links Mentioned: New Mini Book Stamp!!! https://store.dftba.com/products/mini-book-stamp Support The Podcast: Sign up to the bookmark subscription! https://store.dftba.com/products/books-unbound-bookmark-subscription Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Ariel's T-shirt: https://store.dftba.com/collections/bissett-books/products/im-thinking-about-books-t-shirt Join our patreon and become a Dust Jac...
Feb 10, 2025•58 min•Ep. 279
We both went on trips and those trips led to bookshopping... Links mentioned: Scoodie Pattern: https://www.averp.co.uk/patterns/p/crochet-scoodie-pattern Star Blanket Pattern: https://bettymcknit.com/patterns/6daystarblanket/ Support The Podcast: Sign up to the bookmark subscription! https://store.dftba.com/products/books-unbound-bookmark-subscription Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Ariel's T-shirt: https://store.dftba.com/collections/bissett-books/products...
Feb 03, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 278
We've both read books about women who are bullied at work this week! Support The Podcast: Sign up to the bookmark subscription! https://store.dftba.com/products/books-unbound-bookmark-subscription Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Ariel's T-shirt: https://store.dftba.com/collections/bissett-books/products/im-thinking-about-books-t-shirt Join our patreon and become a Dust Jacket! patreon.com/booksunbound Follow us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/books_...
Jan 27, 2025•57 min•Ep. 277
We're starting the year off with a BANG! Links mentioned: Leena's Book "Half Arsed Human": https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Half-Arse-Human-by-Leena-Norms/9781472638199 Leena's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leenanorms/ Support The Podcast: Sign up to the bookmark subscription! https://store.dftba.com/products/books-unbound-bookmark-subscription Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Ariel's T-shirt: https://store.dftba.com/collections/bissett-books...
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 276
We're reacting to our 2024 goals and creating our 2025 goals! HERE! WE! GO! Shrek Quest Bingo Card: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-2RQwlryXtmtb4Ul7eO2bhK1e160gO-V/view?usp=drive_link Ariel's log of visiting every bookshop in Nova Scotia: https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/every-bookshop-in-nova-scotia Support The Podcast: Sign up to the bookmark subscription! https://store.dftba.com/products/books-unbound-bookmark-subscription Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-un...
Jan 06, 2025•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 275
Ariel visited SEVENTEEN bookstores so she has a LOT of books! And we react to your stats! Nearly 3000 of you filled out the reading survey and left SO MUCH great information for us to look through! Ariel's log of visiting every bookshop in nova scotia: https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/every-bookshop-in-nova-scotia The spreadsheet of community statistics for you to read through: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C74Hp9tXw6hFNlwjQN-Q9jg5nNKwjrN6SyNtHiZOSTI/edit?usp=sharing Support The Pod...
Dec 30, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 274
OUR BIGGEST EPISODE OF THE YEAR IS HERE!! WE ARE SO EXCITED!! Our favourite books, authors, covers, sub genres, and more! All of our reading statistics! It’s huge! Links mentioned: Our reading spreadsheet template: https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/stuff Books Unbound Reading Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdw699d4vD5qbQ7coa3M7Qq9XuH9cGvvvUMymAoI7qDglpATw/viewform Max from WellDoneBooks: https://www.instagram.com/welldonebooks?igsh=MWdvYzYyYm56c3FrNg== Support The Podcast: Ou...
Dec 23, 2024•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 273
Links mentioned: Yearly Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdw699d4vD5qbQ7coa3M7Qq9XuH9cGvvvUMymAoI7qDglpATw/viewform Sign up to the bookmark subscription! https://store.dftba.com/products/books-unbound-bookmark-subscription Support The Podcast: Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Ariel's T-shirt: https://store.dftba.com/collections/bissett-books/products/im-thinking-about-books-t-shirt Join our patreon and become a Dust Jacket! patreon.com/booksu...
Dec 16, 2024•54 min•Ep. 272
Fill out our yearly reading survey! https://forms.gle/c5dsrrnC37U37M1UA Links mentioned: Sign up to the bookmark subscription! https://store.dftba.com/products/books-unbound-bookmark-subscription Books and Brews market organizer: https://www.instagram.com/kydraslittlelibrary/ Kings Co-op Bookshop: https://www.instagram.com/kingscoopbookstore/ Cahier Stationary: https://www.instagram.com/shop.cahier/ Wildcard Candles: https://www.instagram.com/wildcardcandlecompany/ Support The Podcast: Our beaut...
Dec 09, 2024•50 min•Ep. 271
Check out the new merch! https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Support The Podcast: Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Ariel's T-shirt: https://store.dftba.com/collections/bissett-books/products/im-thinking-about-books-t-shirt Join our patreon and become a Dust Jacket! patreon.com/booksunbound Follow us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/books_unbound/ Need Info or Some Books? Buy books with our affiliate link: https://bookshop.org/shop/BooksU...
Dec 02, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 270
It's Ariel's first ever solo episode! Raeleen is moving so Ariel is doing a variety show! Links mentioned: Our new merch! https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound The Original "Off The Top Of Your Head" Book Tag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNeSnKaFCL0 News about John Green's new imprint: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/96296-new-john-green-imprint-crash-course-books-coming-in-march.html Support The Podcast: Our beautiful merch: http...
Nov 25, 2024•45 min•Ep. 269
