It's time to discuss Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh, our last book club of 2022! We share our non-spoiler thoughts and then dive into the voice messages sent to us by listeners! Support The Podcast: Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Support the Podcast and become a Dust Jacket! patreon.com/booksunbound Need Info or Some Books? All the books we mentioned in this episode: https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/books Submit your book requests at booksunboundpodcast.com...
Dec 31, 2021•45 min
We're sharing the books we got for Christmas! Plus this year we did a reading survey for our listeners and we go through our community's reading statistics! Support The Podcast: Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Support the Podcast and become a Dust Jacket! patreon.com/booksunbound Need Info or Some Books? All the books we mentioned in this episode: https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/books Submit your book requests at booksunboundpodcast.com Use our affiliat...
Dec 30, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 117
Our top 5 books, our reading statistics, book memories, and so much more! This is the episode we wait all year to make and we have a lot to go over: get ready for a big one! Support The Podcast: Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Support the Podcast and become a Dust Jacket! patreon.com/booksunbound Need Info or Some Books? All the books we mentioned in this episode: https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/books Submit your book requests at booksunboundpodcast.com...
Dec 26, 2021•1 hr 37 min
What is our TBR for when we're 80 years old, still friends, and sitting on a porch? Possibly Ariel's favourite recommendation request ever! Plus we talk about one hit wonder books, dinosaur books, and we pull tarot card recommendations! Support The Podcast: Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Support the Podcast and become a Dust Jacket! patreon.com/booksunbound Need Info or Some Books? All the books we mentioned in this episode: https://www.booksunboundpodcast...
Dec 19, 2021•59 min•Ep. 115
Raeleen went to a book fair! Ariel was sent an arc! And we read and are reading many audiobooks! Support The Podcast: Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Support the Podcast and become a Dust Jacket! patreon.com/booksunbound Need Info or Some Books? All the books we mentioned in this episode: https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/books Submit your book requests at booksunboundpodcast.com Use our affiliate link to get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1! https://tidd....
Dec 12, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 114
Recommending books different from our own lives, based on what our favourite flowers mean, and for a sun collection! Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Support the Podcast and become a Dust Jacket! patreon.com/booksunbound All the books we mentioned in this episode: https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/books Submit your book requests at booksunboundpodcast.com A special thanks to our Gold Foil Team on Patreon: Lydia Gappa, Kate, Mareike, Lotus Luo, Nicole, Luna...
Dec 05, 2021•40 min•Ep. 113
Ariel went on a trip to the UK and Portugal and purchased way too many books... and Raeleen got more books for her birthday... so it's book haul time! Will we ever stop? We can't be tamed! Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Support the Podcast and become a Dust Jacket! patreon.com/booksunbound All the books we mentioned in this episode: https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/books Submit your book requests at booksunboundpodcast.com A special thanks to our Gold F...
Nov 28, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 112
We have the incredible Leena Norms in today's episode! We get to know her favourite books and authors and then she helps us recommend books for dark winters and books with misleading titles! Leena's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/justkissmyfrog Leena's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leenanorms Leena's Website: https://leenanorms.com Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Support the Podcast and become a Dust Jacket! patreon.com/booksunbound All the books w...
Nov 21, 2021•39 min•Ep. 111
What a jam packed episode! Raeleen has moved! It's her birthday! Book club details! Flight of the albatross?! AND WE ALSO READ THINGS! Book club details for Eileen: https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/book-club Flight of the Albatross: https://www.patreon.com/posts/58694073 Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Support the Podcast and become a Dust Jacket! patreon.com/booksunbound All the books we mentioned in this episode: https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/boo...
Nov 14, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 110
One of our sweetest requests yet: what book would we recommend to nana?? Plus books for knitting, yellow books, and books that remind us of each other! Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Support the Podcast and become a Dust Jacket! patreon.com/booksunbound All the books we mentioned in this episode: https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/books Submit your book requests at booksunboundpodcast.com A special thanks to our Gold Foil Team on Patreon: Lydia Gappa, Kat...
Nov 07, 2021•40 min•Ep. 109
We challenged ourselves to read a spooky book on our own and then tell each other about it! Plus we buddy read two Halloween-y graphic novels! But not only that... we're doing the Halloween Book Tag! Our beautiful merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Support the Podcast and become a Dust Jacket! patreon.com/booksunbound All the books we mentioned in this episode: https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/books Submit your book requests at booksunboundpodcast.com A special thanks to...
Oct 31, 2021•51 min•Ep. 108
Witch books? Spooky audiobooks? Moon books? Happy fall reads? We've got all your Halloween book recommendations here! Check out our new merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Unbinding books to get to their hearts with Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay! Submit your book requests at booksunboundpodcast.com and support the podcast on patreon! patreon.com/booksunbound A special thanks to our Gold Foil Team on Patreon: Lydia Gappa, Kate, Mareike, Lotus Luo, Nicole, Luna, Charlie, Liz...
Oct 24, 2021•47 min•Ep. 107
We did a cute buddy read of Mooncakes while on a video call a week ago and now it's time to tell you all what we thought! Ariel also has a book haul, Raeleen has started a really spooky book, and we have some interesting book supply shortage information! Check out our new merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Unbinding books to get to their hearts with Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay! Submit your book requests at booksunboundpodcast.com and support the podcast on patreon! patr...
Oct 17, 2021•59 min•Ep. 106
What book club pick would you recommend for the Cullens? What is the self-help book Edward needs? In this episode we recommend books to the Cullen family from the Twilight saga, purple books for your book shelf, and spooky reads for autumn. Check out our new merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Unbinding books to get to their hearts with Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay! Submit your book requests at booksunboundpodcast.com and support the podcast on patreon! patreon.com/booksu...
Oct 10, 2021•48 min•Ep. 105
IT'S A BIRTHDAY EPISODE! Ariel is turning 27 so she made a quiz (I couldn't help myself), opens presents from Raeleen, locomotives are discussed... it goes a bit off the rails. Check out our new merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Unbinding books to get to their hearts with Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay! Submit your book requests at booksunboundpodcast.com and support the podcast on patreon! patreon.com/booksunbound A special thanks to our Gold Foil Team on Patreon: Lydia ...
Oct 03, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 104
Raeleen and Ariel went to the big city! Also other cities! And they bought many books! Here are their tales! Check out our new merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Unbinding books to get to their hearts with Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay! Submit your book requests at booksunboundpodcast.com and support the podcast on patreon! patreon.com/booksunbound A special thanks to our Gold Foil Team on Patreon: Lydia Gappa, Kate, Mareike, Lotus Luo, Nicole, Luna, Charlie, Liz, and Man...
Sep 26, 2021•47 min•Ep. 103
Join us for a trip to the bookstore! With our microphones in hand, we recorded an entire trip to Chapters for you all! Photos that accompany the episode: https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/image-posts/ep102 Check out our new merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Unbinding books to get to their hearts with Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay! Submit your book requests at booksunboundpodcast.com and support the podcast on patreon! patreon.com/booksunbound A special thanks to our Go...
Sep 19, 2021•47 min•Ep. 102
It's time to discuss 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez! We share our thoughts and experiences reading the book and then dive into the voice messages sent to us by listeners! Unbinding books to get to their heart with Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay! Submit your book requests at booksunboundpodcast.com and support the podcast on patreon! patreon.com/booksunbound A special thanks to our Gold Foil Team on Patreon: Lydia Gappa, Kate, Mareike, Lotus Luo, Nicole, Luna, Charlie, Liz, and ...
Sep 19, 2021•44 min•Ep. 101
We've reunited to celebrate making 100 episodes! How has the time flown!? We've been making our beloved Books Unbound for two years now (and as we realize when recording, we've known each other for 10 years this September!) and were celebrating the fun with some exciting updates, a special book haul, and a big Q&A, while Raeleen visits Ariel in Nova Scotia! Check out our new merch! https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Unbinding books to get to their heart with Ariel Bissett and ...
Sep 12, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 100
We did a buddy read this week and things didn’t go as hoped… but we also read other books and, of course, bought some new ones. Plus Ariel gets a pardon from the Queen! Unbinding books to get to their heart with Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay! Submit your book requests at booksunboundpodcast.com and support the podcast on patreon! patreon.com/booksunbound
Sep 05, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 99
The lovely Noelle Gallagher joins us this week! We learn about her favourite authors (she couldn't pick just one!) and she helps us recommend books for a horse, romance reads, and classics with gorgeous writing! Find Noelle here: https://www.youtube.com/noellegallagher Check out our merch! https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Unbinding books to get to their heart with Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay! Submit your book requests at booksunboundpodcast.com and support the podcast on pat...
Aug 29, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 98
A dream has come true! But we also find out how many books Raeleen has purchased this year (take a guess!) and hear about a dog Ariel met at a yardsale. Ariel’s favourite restaurant in Toronto: Pho Xe Lua, https://www.phoxelua.ca/ Check out our merch! https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Unbinding books to get to their heart with Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay! Submit your book requests at booksunboundpodcast.com and support the podcast on patreon! patreon.com/booksunbound A specia...
Aug 22, 2021•48 min•Ep. 97
Are we mood readers? What does that mean? How does it affect what we read? We had lots of fun with this tag! Slanted Spines (Original Tag Creator): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mhq-AXn3A0 A Book Olive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QJ8LxKCnP8 Questions: 1. Do you consider yourself a mood reader? 2. Do you set TBR lists and do you stick to them? 3. Do books affect you emotionally? Does the mood of a book rub off on you? 4. When you’re feeling sad, what do you read? (Or do you not read when...
Aug 15, 2021•47 min•Ep. 96
Ariel finds the perfect book at a bookstore and Raeleen reads three disappointing books in a row! Buy our mug! Limited time only! https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Check out our new special offer on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/booksunbound Book Club details: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18177294076187199/ Book Club Discord: https://discord.gg/pXCvAQSMxA Unbinding books to get to their heart with Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay! Submit your book requests at bo...
Aug 08, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 95
Ariel visited the big city and BOUGHT MANY BOOKS so we’re doing a dedicated book haul episode!! Buy our mug! Limited time only! https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Check out our new special offer on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/booksunbound Book Club details: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18177294076187199/ Book Club Discord: https://discord.gg/pXCvAQSMxA Unbinding books to get to their heart with Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay! Submit your book requests at book...
Aug 01, 2021•43 min•Ep. 94
Ariel's dream of blurbing a book came true! And Raeleen and Ariel buddy read Wild! Buy our mug! Limited time only! https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Check out our new special offer on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/booksunbound Book Club details: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18177294076187199/ Book Club Discord: https://discord.gg/pXCvAQSMxA Unbinding books to get to their heart with Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay! Submit your book requests at booksunboundpodca...
Jul 25, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 93
We get a lot of recommendation requests that we can't quite answer because we haven't read those perfect books yet... so today we're making an episode where we only shout out books we haven't read yet but think sound awesome! Buy the mug! Limited time only! https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Check out our new special offer on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/booksunbound Book Club details: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18177294076187199/ Book Club Discord: https://d...
Jul 18, 2021•45 min•Ep. 92
BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS! New books! Failed challenges! We've got it all! *Note: there are a few minutes of annoying static in Raeleen's audio but it gets fully resolved! <3 Buy the mug! Limited time only! https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound Check out our new special offer on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/booksunbound Book Club details: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18177294076187199/ Book Club Discord: https://discord.gg/pXCvAQSMxA The pillow I mentioned.... https://...
Jul 11, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 91
A discussion about what books we disagree on gets out of hand, we try to find books that feel like water colours, we pick out books where cities are central to the story, and we try and pick a book that would make a good cross stitch design or graphic novel! Book Club details: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18177294076187199/ Book Club Discord: https://discord.gg/pXCvAQSMxA Unbinding books to get to their heart with Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay! Submit your book requests at book...
Jul 04, 2021•45 min•Ep. 90
This is a good one, folks! We discover we bought the same book, we accomplish our TBR challenge, Raeleen fails her hardcover challenge and I (Ariel) have to pick her next read, and I have a dumb mug idea live on the podcast (let us know on Instagram if you'd buy it!!). Unbinding books to get to their heart with Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay! Submit your book requests at booksunboundpodcast.com and support the podcast on patreon! patreon.com/booksunbound A special thanks to our Gold Foil Team o...
Jun 27, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 89
