After we accidentally start off by doing a virtual farm update... Raeleen tells the tale of her car! And then we finally jump in to the books, both great and not so great, that we've read and are reading this week! 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

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#70 - Raeleen's Car Is ALIVE!!!

Basing books off of favourite poems, immigrants coming to the US/Canada, getting into adult literary fiction, and books with quick chapters for a pregnant friend (or anyone!). We've got you covered! 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

#69 - Reading Poems and Picking Books For Them!

We read a lot!! And bought a lot!! It's a big week! 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

#68 - Accidentally Giant Book Hauls? And Chess Books! ♟

Want to read about the ocean? Need a book for your boyfriend? Maybe books from very strange perspectives? We’ve got you covered!! 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

#67 - Books About The Sea! ?

I swear I’ll read more next week!!!!!!!!! - Ariel

#66 - Raeleen reads a lot and Ariel doesn’t! WHAT ELSE IS NEW?

We invest a lot of our life into a farming simulator game, may as well pick books for our fictional in-game spouses too! Plus audiobook narrators, non-fiction that has stuck with us, and new releases we're excited for! 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

#65 - Choosing Books For Our Favourite Video Game, hehe!

In this episode of Book History, Ariel dives into the world of book curses. Used by scribes to protect books from theft, what were these curses all about? Support this monthly series on Patreon: Patreon.com/booksunbound Bibliography: Great curses: https://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/top-10-medieval-book-curses/ CBC report: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/haruki-murakami-toronto-theft-used-books-used-book-store-1.3923235 Info about early scribes: https://sites.dartmouth.edu/ancientbooks/2016/05/24/medieval-book-production-and-monastic-life/ Chains and chests: https://medievalbooks.nl/2015/07/10/chain-chest-curse-combating-book-theft-in-medieval-times/ Earliest book plate: https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=3185 Book plate history and examples: https://lithub.com/a-brief-history-of-personalized-bookplates/ Famous book plates: https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/ex-libris-the-bookplates-of-31-famous-men/ A list of great book curses: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/536874/9-curses-book-thieves-middle-ages-and-beyond

Book History: Book Curses! ?

After our updates on our currently reading, we had a question about reading challenges and had a great conversation about our thoughts!

#64 - What Do We Think About Reading Challenges?

What books do we NEED to read in 2021? Most anticipated releases? Raeleen is doing a book buying ban? And we share some new podcast updates! CMON, 2021, WE'RE READY! 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 

#63 - OUR 2021 READING RESOLUTIONS!

We thought it would be lovely to sit down for a bonus episode at the end of the year to share the books we got around the Christmas period! 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

#62 - Surprise Christmas Book Haul!

Our top 5 books! Best re-reads! Cat books! Books unfinished! Statistics! Mashed potato books conquered and created! It's our big 2020 wrap up! 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

#61 - OUR BIG 2020 WRAP UP!

One of our listeners is getting a tattoo and needs a very specific type of book! Plus it’s time for Japanese fiction, middle grade graphic novels, books like the Goldfinch, and Orwell essays! 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

#60 - Books To Read While Being Tattooed!?

Raeleen has books to haul and shares so many books she read! Ariel has lots of book news including some big information: Penguin is buying Simon & Schuster.. what does that mean for books?  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

#58 - Penguin Buys Simon? Big Publishing News!

We loved this one! It's time to talk about, without spoilers first and then diving into them part way through, about our last book club of 2020! Thanks to everyoen who sent in a clip! 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

#59 - BOOK CLUB: Before the Coffee Gets Cold!

Raeleen has books to haul and shares so many books she read! Ariel has lots of book news including some big information: Penguin is buying Simon & Schuster.. what does that mean for books? 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

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

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