Books Unbound

By Ariel Bissett & Raeleen Lemay

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Subscribers: 120
Reviews: 4
Episodes: 267


 Sep 16, 2020
Love it! The episodes are thoughtful, informative & full of bookish enthusiasm! Raeleen & Ariel give wonderful reviews/recs (just enough outline without spoilers) & their genuine love of reading shines through in every conversation :)

Eve
 Jul 13, 2020
Delightful conversations and wonderful suggestions. Fantastic to listen to while I cook dinner


 Apr 25, 2020


 Nov 20, 2019

Description

Unbinding books to get to their hearts! Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay discuss the books they've read, the books they've bought, and recommend books to listeners every week!

Episode Date
#266 - Ariel Commits To An Insane TBR Challenge
Nov 04, 2024
#265 - Raeleen Cried in an Airport About Ham
Oct 28, 2024
#264 - 5th Year Anniversary!!!
Oct 21, 2024
#263 - Quarterly Update & Jane Austen Festival Stories!!
Oct 14, 2024
#262 - Our Mini Truck Meetup! 🚚
Oct 08, 2024
#261 - Big Nova Scotia Book Haul REUNION EPISODE!
Oct 01, 2024
#260 - Did Ariel Read Zero Books or MANY Books While Sick??
Sep 16, 2024
#259 - We're FALLING Into The End of the Year 🍂
Sep 09, 2024
#258 - Revisiting Our Awkward Highschool Years 😳
Sep 02, 2024
#257 - We're Actually Reading The Books We're Buying, Who Would Have Thought It!
Aug 26, 2024
#256 - Reading is a Full Contact Sport!
Aug 19, 2024
#255 - Can We Even See What We're Reading?!
Aug 12, 2024
#254 - Raeleen Wears Her New Sweater (Is It Made Of Human Hair?)
Aug 05, 2024
#253 - Raeleen Reads Her Worst Book of the Year
Jul 29, 2024
#252 - Reading Confessions: I'm Reading 10 Books At Once And It's Stressing Me The Hell Out!
Jul 22, 2024
#251 - We Saw Whales and Bought Lots of Books! With Kayley Hyde!
Jul 15, 2024
#250 - Ariel Did Her First Minitruck Bookmobile Event!
Jul 08, 2024
#249 - Quarterly Reading Goals Check In: Have We Fallen Too Far Behind?
Jul 01, 2024
#248 - Ariel Actually Went To Green Gables!!!
Jun 24, 2024
#247 - Raeleen Has To Read in the Dark From Now On
Jun 10, 2024
#246 - Ariel Has Huge Minitruck News! 🚛
Jun 03, 2024
#245 - Raeleen’s Dreams are Kafkaesque 🪲
May 27, 2024
#244 - A Squirrel Stole Ariel's Book
May 20, 2024
#242 - We’re “Lichen” Our Forest Reads 🍄🌲
May 06, 2024
#243 - This Is Becoming Raeleen's Year of DNFs
May 06, 2024
#241 - Forget Eating Them, We're READING Our Fish & Chips!!
Apr 29, 2024
#240 - Falling into Darkness: Seeing the Eclipse and Vampire Books!!
Apr 22, 2024
#239 - From Sourdough to Shrek, We're SWAMPIN Our Quarterly Reading Goals
Apr 08, 2024
#238 - Our Most Important Buddy Read Of All Time
Apr 01, 2024
#237 - Ariel Controversially Joins a Book Club??
Mar 26, 2024
#236 - Why We're No Longer Buying Books!
Mar 18, 2024
#235 - WE DYED OUR HAIR PEACH FOR YOU 🍑
Mar 11, 2024
#234 - Ariel Went To NYC And Only Bought 5 Books?! (That's progress, people!)
Mar 04, 2024
#233 - Reading Confessions: Is Joining A Book Club A Massive Mistake???
Feb 26, 2024
#232 - Raeleen Gifted Ariel an Engagement Book
Feb 19, 2024
#231 - Raeleen Finally Read A Great Book
Feb 12, 2024
#230 - Ariel Has An ENGAGING Story... (aka She Got ENGAGED 💍)
Feb 05, 2024
#229 - Reading Confessions: I Regret Buying My Kindle!
Jan 29, 2024
#228 - Rereading Animal Farm Made Ariel Cry and Cry
Jan 22, 2024
#227 - Have Our Reading Goals Already Flown Out The Window?
Jan 15, 2024
#226 - OUR 2024 READING GOALS!
Jan 02, 2024
#225 - CHRISTMAS BOOK HAUL + REACTING TO LISTENER READING STATISTICS!
Dec 31, 2023
#224 - 2023 READING WRAP UP AND STATS!
Dec 25, 2023
#223 - Reading Confessions: My Husband Keeps Buying Ugly Books
Dec 18, 2023
#222 - Reading The Most Depraved Book We've Ever Read
Dec 11, 2023
#221 - Are We Going To Fail Our Goals??
Dec 04, 2023
#220 - Last Big Book Haul of the Year??
Nov 27, 2023
#219 - Reading Confessions: How Do I Avoid TikTok Books??
Nov 20, 2023
#218 - Going To The Scariest Bookshop of My Life
Nov 13, 2023
#217 - Rating Deckled Edges, Page Numbers, and Colourful Fonts Out Of 10?
Nov 06, 2023
#216 - Meeting Raeleen's OTHER Best Friend
Oct 30, 2023
#215 - We Had Reading and Crocheting Emergencies
Oct 23, 2023
#214 - How Many Of Our Book Goals Can We Still Accomplish This Year?
Oct 16, 2023
#213 - Reading Confessions: Should I Get Rid of My HP Tattoos?
Oct 09, 2023
#212 - We're Both Reading Classics!
Oct 02, 2023
#211 - Ariel Finishes A Book Live on the Podcast (sort of...)
Sep 25, 2023
#210 - Ariel Regrets Buying A 700 Page Book
Sep 18, 2023
#209 - Forcing Our Friends To Read Our Favourite Books! (With Leena Norms!)
Sep 11, 2023
#208 - Buying Books Outdoors (With Terry Fallis!)
Sep 04, 2023
#207 - We're All Book Collectors After All (With AS King!)
Aug 28, 2023
#206 - Surprise Book Mail & Women in Translation
Aug 14, 2023
#205 - The Most Books We've Ever Reviewed Ever?
Aug 07, 2023
#204 - A Stressful Week But At Least We Have Books
Jul 31, 2023
#203 - We're The Most Attractive Podcast on Venus
Jul 24, 2023
#202 - Ariel Went Crazy in Five New Bookstores!!
Jul 17, 2023
#201 - We're In A Reading Frenzy: Raeleen Reads 6 Books!
Jul 09, 2023
#200 - Big Reading Party and Extravaganza!
Jul 02, 2023
#199 - We're Finally in our Emo Phase 😈
Jun 25, 2023
#198 - Raeleen Read A Bunch of Boring Books
Jun 18, 2023
#197 - We've Never Mentioned This Many Classics with CLAIRE FENBY!
Jun 11, 2023
#196 - Vacation vs Staycation: Who Bought More Books?
Jun 04, 2023
#195 - Was This The Best Reading Week of the Year??
May 28, 2023
#194 - How Long Will It Take To Read A 1000 Page Book?
May 21, 2023
#193 - Raeleen's New Kitten Inspired A Book Tag!
May 15, 2023
#192 - How Many Times Has Ariel Met Cheryl Strayed??
May 07, 2023
#191 - Raeleen Has Read 40 Stephen King Books?!
May 01, 2023
#190 - Have You Ever Experienced "Library Anxiety?"
Apr 23, 2023
#189 - Ariel DNFs a Book While Recording the Podcast
Apr 16, 2023
#188 - Are We Sci-Fi Readers Now?!
Apr 09, 2023
#187 - We've Officially Read All Of Ottessa Moshfegh's Novels
Apr 02, 2023
#186 - How Are Our Reading Goals Going??
Mar 26, 2023
#185 - Should We Be Reading More Fantasy?
Mar 19, 2023
#184 - Does Raeleen Truly Know The Great Gatsby?
Mar 12, 2023
#183 - How Well Does Ariel ACTUALLY Know Her Favourite Book?!
Mar 05, 2023
#182 - Ariel Buys An Ereader and it Changes EVERYTHING
Feb 26, 2023
#181 - Will This Be The Biggest Book Haul of The Year???
Feb 19, 2023
#180 - Could Mushrooms Help Us Read More?! with Meghan Hughes!
Feb 12, 2023
#179 - Did Raeleen Read a Single Page while at a Fancy Mexican Resort?
Feb 05, 2023
#178 - Rating Bookish Things Out of 10
Jan 29, 2023
#177: Raeleen has DNF'd Her First Book of the Year
Jan 22, 2023
#176 - Reviewing our First Reads of the Year... In Technicolour!
Jan 15, 2023
#175 - OUR 2023 READING RESOLUTIONS!
Jan 01, 2023
#174 - Christmas Book Haul + Reacting To Listener Reading Stats!
Dec 31, 2022
#173 - TOP BOOKS OF 2022 + YEARLY READING WRAP UP!
Dec 25, 2022
#172 - BOOK CLUB: I Want To Die But I Want To Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Sehee
Dec 23, 2022
#171 - Raeleen's Christmas Tree Book Challenge 🎄
Dec 18, 2022
#170 - How Long Will It Take To Catalogue 1000 Books?
Dec 11, 2022
#169 - Is Ariel The One Who Reads A Lot Now?!
Dec 04, 2022
#168 - Have You Ever Read A Book Without Reading the Synopsis?
Nov 27, 2022
#167 - Bookshopping Destroyed by Covid 😭
Nov 20, 2022
#166 - Ariel's Embarrassing Manicure Story + London Book Haul!
Nov 14, 2022
#165 - Raeleen Bought a House!!! 🏡
Nov 06, 2022
#164 - Ranting and Raving about Lapvona… It’s too gross!
Oct 30, 2022
#163 - Reacting To Our First Book Haul... Did We Ever Read Those Books?!
Oct 23, 2022
#162 - Oops! We Both Read Cannibalism Books! Help!
Oct 16, 2022
#161 - Accidentally Reading The Scariest Book of My Life
Oct 09, 2022
#160 - Birthday Presents and Pumpkin Mugs 🎃
Oct 02, 2022
#159 - Rating Bookish Things Out of Ten!
Sep 25, 2022
#158 - Raeleen is Back on the (Reading) Saddle Again!
Sep 18, 2022
#157 - Reading Popular Books When They’re Popular
Sep 11, 2022
#156 - BOOK CLUB: The Night Circus
Sep 07, 2022
#155 - Ariel Literally Fell In A Well
Sep 04, 2022
#154 - We’re Done With Summer and Ready for Halloween WITH COLLEEN FIDDLER!
Aug 28, 2022
#153 - Has Married Life Changed Raeleen's Reading?
Aug 21, 2022
#152 - The Wedding Episode 👰‍♀️💐
Aug 14, 2022
#151 - In The Field: Book Crawl Through Four Vancouver Bookshops!
Aug 07, 2022
#150 - Ariel Flew From Coast to Coast to Buy Books with Raeleen! Reunion, baby!
Jul 31, 2022
#149 - No Books Were Water Damaged In The Making of This Episode
Jul 24, 2022
#148 - Ariel Read EVERYTHING!! Every book!!
Jul 17, 2022
#147 - Ariel Bought a Zine at an E-Sports Tournament??? 🎮👾
Jul 10, 2022
#146 - Two Ladies Chatting About Books Late Into The Night
Jul 04, 2022
#145 - We've Started Doing Daily Walks? Will It Affect Our Reading?
Jun 27, 2022
#144 - Raeleen Went To The Hospital But Somehow Managed to Buy 15 More Books
Jun 19, 2022
#143 - Ariel Fell Off of a Balcony but Still Managed to Read Something!
Jun 12, 2022
#142 - We Actually Review Books In This One!
Jun 05, 2022
#141 - Books with Talking Animals WITH CORALIE BICKFORD-SMITH!
May 29, 2022
#140 - The Book Haul To End All Book Hauls
May 23, 2022
#139 - The Ruler of Books Tag
May 15, 2022
#138 - Books For Old Houses with MELANIE MURPHY!
May 08, 2022
#137 - The Playing With Your Emotions Book Tag
May 01, 2022
#136 - BOOK CLUB: There’s No Such Thing as An Easy Job
Apr 28, 2022
#135 - Big Reading Wrap Up Before Ariel Leaves for a Wedding!
Apr 24, 2022
#134 - In The Field: We Go To Giant Book Sales!
Apr 17, 2022
#133 - Lactose Intolerance is Affecting our Reading?!
Apr 10, 2022
#132 - Raeleen Sent Ariel A Bookish Care Package 📦
Apr 09, 2022
#131 - Ariel's Revenge Is Spiralling Out of Control
Mar 27, 2022
#130 - Facing the Facts About How Many Books We've Bought (So Far) This Year
Mar 20, 2022
#129 - Ariel Bought Books, Raeleen Read Books
Mar 13, 2022
#128 - Books We Loved Even Though We Dislike The Genre??
Mar 06, 2022
#127 - Ariel Finally Finished a Book (And She Loved It!!!)
Feb 27, 2022
#126 - Raeleen Bought a Microwave and Now Her Reading is ELECTRIFIED! ⚡️
Feb 20, 2022
#125 - Raeleen's Fire Alarm Goes Off And Chaos Ensues 🚨
Feb 14, 2022
#124 - Raeleen's Book Betrayal is Tearing the Podcast Apart
Feb 07, 2022
#123 - Disastrously Giant First Book Haul of 2022 🙈
Jan 30, 2022
#122 - Grumpy Raeleen Reads More Than Ariel
Jan 23, 2022
#121 - Westerns and Bookmark Adventures with BRENNA THUMMLER!
Jan 16, 2022
#120 - Raeleen Reviews A Little Life & Ariel Reacts to the Goodreads Colour
Jan 09, 2022
#119 - OUR 2022 READING RESOLUTIONS!
Jan 02, 2022
#118 - BOOK CLUB: Eileen
Dec 31, 2021
#117 - Christmas Book Haul + Community Reading Stats!
Dec 30, 2021
#116 - OUR 2021 READING WRAP UP!
Dec 26, 2021
#115 - Our Reading Plans For When We're 80 Years Old 👵
Dec 19, 2021
#114 - We Read So Many Audiobooks!?
Dec 12, 2021
#113 - 🥀 Books for our Favourite Flowers 🌻
Dec 05, 2021
#112 - Ariel Bought Literally 20 Books so... BOOK HAUL!
Nov 28, 2021
#111 - Misleading Book Titles WITH LEENA NORMS!
Nov 21, 2021
#110 - Raeleen's Birthday and a Rereads TBR!
Nov 14, 2021
#109 - The Perfect Book for Nana!! 👵🏼
Nov 07, 2021
#108 - 👻 We Read Four Spooky Books for Halloween! 💀
Oct 31, 2021
#107 - Our Spookiest Book Recommendations! 🎃
Oct 24, 2021
#106 - What Is The Book Supply Shortage All About?!
Oct 17, 2021
#105 - Books We Think The Cullens Should Read! 🧛🏻‍♂️
Oct 10, 2021
#104 - Ariel's Birthday and (Weirdly) Locomotives!
Oct 03, 2021
#103 - Our Big City Book Haul
Sep 26, 2021
#102 - In The Field: Adventures From A Bookshop!
Sep 19, 2021
#101 - BOOK CLUB: One Hundred Years of Solitude
Sep 19, 2021
#100 - OUR HUNDREDTH EPISODE REUNION SPECTACULAR!
Sep 12, 2021
#99 - Disappointing Buddy Read??
Sep 05, 2021
#98 - Books for a Horse?! WITH NOELLE GALLAGHER!
Aug 29, 2021
#97 - Ariel Got a First Edition Animal Farm?! (And Also Met A Pug)
Aug 22, 2021
#96 - The Mood Reader Tag! Are We Mood Readers?
Aug 15, 2021
#95 - Raeleen Reads 3 Disappointing Books And Ariel Finds THE PERFECT BOOK?
Aug 08, 2021
#94 - OUR BIGGEST BOOK HAUL YET!
Aug 01, 2021
#93 - Ariel Blurbed A Book! And A Buddy Read Happened!
Jul 25, 2021
#92 - Books We Haven't Read... But Want To!!!
Jul 18, 2021
#91 - BIG NEWS! EEE! And Ariel Got A Library Card!
Jul 11, 2021
#90 - Books We Disagree On!
Jul 04, 2021
#89 - We Accidentally Bought The Same Book!
Jun 27, 2021
#88 - Books to Music Adaptations?! WITH MAX OF WELLDONEBOOKS!
Jun 20, 2021
#87 - Raeleen Has a Disappointing Reread 💔
Jun 13, 2021
#86 - Surrealist Books WITH A.S. KING!
Jun 06, 2021
#85 - Will We Ever Stop Hauling Books? (No!!!) GIANT BOOK HAUL!
May 30, 2021
#84 - Eerie Dystopians WITH SANNE OF BOOKSANDQUILLS!
May 23, 2021
#83 - BOOK CLUB: Emma!
May 18, 2021
#82 - ARIEL'S SHELVES ARE FINALLY DONE!
May 16, 2021
#81 - Are We Pretentious Readers??
May 09, 2021
#80 - Ariel is Becoming a Carpenter?? Bookshelf Update!
May 02, 2021
#79 - How Do We Feel About Book Awards?
Apr 25, 2021
#78 - Raeleen Can’t Stop Thrifting Books!
Apr 18, 2021
#77 - Books for Lo-fi Tokyo Nights 🌃 and Books for Plants! 🪴🌱
Apr 11, 2021
#76 - Midnight Reading Slumber Party!!!
Apr 04, 2021
#75 - What Scorpios Like To Read WITH BRENNA THUMMLER!
Mar 28, 2021
#74 - An Existential Crisis About Bookshelves!
Mar 28, 2021
#73 - Is Shakespeare Good?????
Mar 15, 2021
#72 - We Can't Stop Buying Books 🙈
Mar 07, 2021
#71 - Casting Sean Bean Into Books Characters!
Feb 28, 2021
#70 - Raeleen's Car Is ALIVE!!!
Feb 21, 2021
#69 - Reading Poems and Picking Books For Them!
Feb 14, 2021
#68 - Accidentally Giant Book Hauls? And Chess Books! ♟
Feb 07, 2021
#67 - Books About The Sea! 🌊
Jan 31, 2021
#66 - Raeleen reads a lot and Ariel doesn’t! WHAT ELSE IS NEW?
Jan 25, 2021
#65 - Choosing Books For Our Favourite Video Game!
Jan 17, 2021
Book History: Book Curses! 🔮
Jan 15, 2021
#64 - What Do We Think About Reading Challenges?
Jan 10, 2021
#63 - OUR 2021 READING RESOLUTIONS!
Jan 03, 2021
#62 - Surprise Christmas Book Haul!
Dec 31, 2020
#61 - OUR BIG 2020 WRAP UP!
Dec 27, 2020
#60 - Books To Read While Being Tattooed!?
Dec 20, 2020
#59 - Penguin Buys Simon? Big Publishing News!
Dec 20, 2020
#58 - BOOK CLUB: Before the Coffee Gets Cold!
Dec 17, 2020
#57 - Raeleen is Engaged!!!!
Dec 06, 2020
#56 - BOOK CLUB: Dig!
Nov 30, 2020
#55 - Where To Start With Fantasy!
Nov 22, 2020
#54 - Raeleen Is An Overachiever and Ariel Has More Secret Graphic Novels
Nov 15, 2020
#53 - The Strangest Books We've Ever Read
Nov 08, 2020
#52 - Ariel Gives Raeleen A Bunch of Books
Nov 01, 2020
#51 - Times We've Met Book Celebrities!
Oct 25, 2020
#50 - Fugitive Tales and Farm Stories!
Oct 18, 2020
#49 - Perfect Autumn Reads! 🍂
Oct 11, 2020
#48 - It's Ariel's Birthday!
Oct 04, 2020
#47 - Books For The Reluctant Reader
Sep 25, 2020
#46 - Ariel Officially DNF’s a Book!
Sep 18, 2020
#45 - Where To Start With Stephen King
Sep 10, 2020
#44 - The Fabled Return
Sep 03, 2020
#43 - The Racing To Read Book Tag!
Jul 23, 2020
#42 - Competitive Book Reading
Jul 21, 2020
#41 - The One Where Ariel Tries Reading & Walking
Jul 14, 2020
#40 - Book Hauls & Failed TBR's
Jul 07, 2020
#39 - Classics and Getting Ready to Go OFFLINE!
Jun 30, 2020
#38 - Summer Books and Books NOT From the Perspective of Humans!
Jun 23, 2020
#37 - Recommending Books that Have Been Recommended!
Jun 16, 2020
#36 - #blacklivesmatter
Jun 09, 2020
#35 - Books That Are "Hideous to Look at But Great to Read!"
Jun 02, 2020
#34 - Oatmeal Books and Dark Books WITH LITTLEBOOKOWL!
May 26, 2020
#33 - Reviewing AS King’s Favourite book WITH AS KING!
May 22, 2020
#32 - Green Books and Books That Deserve a Second Chance!
May 19, 2020
#31 - Books That Should Be Retold From Another Character's Perspective!
May 12, 2020
#30 - Hard-Hitting Books and Books to Make You Ugly Cry!
May 05, 2020
#29 - BOOK CLUB: The Memory Police!
May 01, 2020
#28 - It Comes in Threes!
Apr 28, 2020
#27 - MORE Graphic Novels and Bedtime Books!
Apr 21, 2020
#26 - Books That Would Make Great Studio Ghibli Films!
Apr 14, 2020
#25 - Intense Topics and Plot Twists!
Apr 07, 2020
#24 - The Animal Crossing Book Tag!
Apr 06, 2020
#23 - Graphic Novels and Casting Actresses in Books!
Mar 31, 2020
#22 - Great Audiobooks and Recommending Books We Haven't Read??
Mar 24, 2020
#21 - Reverse Recommendations and Books We Didn't Like (But You Might)!!
Mar 17, 2020
#20 - Addressing the Elephant WITH BOOKSANDLALA!
Mar 10, 2020
#19 - Books You Desperately NEED People to Read!
Mar 03, 2020
#18 - Boarding Schools and Big Cities!
Feb 25, 2020
#17 - Library Book Nightmare and Raeleen's New Slogan!
Feb 18, 2020
#16 - Books That "Freak Us Out in an Exciting Way!"
Feb 11, 2020
#15 - How to Get Out of a Reading Slump and "Your Name" Books!
Feb 04, 2020
#14 - Books That Make You Go "HMMM?" and Rare Stolen Books!!
Jan 28, 2020
#13 - WOMEN! WOMEN! READ ALL ABOUT THEM!
Jan 21, 2020
#12 - Introducing Book News and Books That Would Make Great Black & White Movies!
Jan 14, 2020
#11 - Magical 2019 Wrap Up Extravaganza!
Jan 04, 2020
#10 - BOOK CLUB: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Dec 25, 2019
#9 - Xmas Books, Motivational Teachers, and Books to Read in One Sitting WITH STORIESFORCOFFEE!
Dec 17, 2019
#8 - Queer Women, Mysteries, and Retellings!
Dec 10, 2019
#7 - Baking Bread and Weird Books!
Dec 03, 2019
#6 - Books All 20 Year Olds Should Read!
Nov 26, 2019
#5 - Deckled Edges vs Normal Pages and Underhyped Books!
Nov 19, 2019
#4 - Puzzling Books and Intense Stories WITH JESSETHEREADER!
Nov 12, 2019
#3 - Time Travel, Stand Alones, and Books About Being Lost!
Nov 05, 2019
#2 - Witchy Books, Morally Grey Characters, and Mashed Potato Books??!
Oct 29, 2019
#1 - Our New Podcast, What We're Reading, and Books with Unconventional Formats!
Oct 18, 2019