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00:00 - Leena!!!
03:26 - Raeleen Update
06:48 - What’s Leena Reading?
13:35 - Ballad For Sophie
20:17 - What’s Raeleen Reading?
29:38 - Holly by Stephen King
33:42 - Sea of Tranquility

#209 - Forcing Our Friends To Read Our Favourite Books! (With Leena Norms!)

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!

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Raeleen found a gem at the thrift store and Ariel is in jolly England buying books again!


Links mentioned:

 The Mashed Potato Pin: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound/products/mashed-potato-enamel-pin
 The George Orwell Essay on Tea: https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/a-nice-cup-of-tea/
  Designer of the pin: https://www.instagram.com/shelfworndrawn/



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Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Start
00:01:30 - Mashed Potato May!
00:11:53 - Camping
00:19:26 - Mini Truck Update!
00:22:08 - Book Haul
00:37:53 - What We Read
00:50:52 - The Mail Room
01:05:24 - TBR CHALLENGE



#241 - Forget Eating Them, We're READING Our Fish & Chips!!

Ariel sees the eclipse, does more tea reviews and reads a classic, Raeleen hosts a Twin Peaks party, and reads a new favourite book!


Links mentioned:

 		Our new peach beanie: https://store.dftba.com/collections/books-unbound/products/books-beanie
 		Free patreon mini pod where we made "Dream Bookshop Table Displays": https://www.patreon.com/posts/58273044
  		Westminster Bookshop in Fredericton: https://westminster.bookmarkreads.ca/
  		Sally Rooney’s new novel Intermezzo to be published in September: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/feb/29/sally-rooney-new-novel-intermezzo-to-be-published-in-september
  		Brenna Thummler’s Sheets will be released as a beautiful box set on September 10th: https://www.instagram.com/p/C2fS_JWLwUa/?hl=en&img;_index=3
  		Turtles All the Way Down has a trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XBFNmV0Bzc
  		50th anniversary edition of Carrie: https://www.thebookseller.com/news/hodder-to-publish-50th-anniversary-of-carrie-with-introduction-by-margaret-atwood
  		The letters of Emily Dickerson: https://www.instagram.com/p/C4N2WGWtQXA/
  		Amy Adams and Jenna Ortega will star in Taika Waititi’s Klara and the Sun: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/amy-adams-joining-jenna-ortega-taika-waititis-klara-and-the-sun-1235778914/
  		Lily Gladstone to star in The Memory Police by Yoko Ozawa: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lily-gladstone-to-star-in-memory-police-movie-1235807134/



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Timestamps:


00:00:00 - Peach Hats!
00:01:38 - The Tea
00:05:58 - Party Queens
00:14:01 - The Eclipse
00:22:22 - Book Hauls
00:29:51 - Slow Days, Fast Company
00:34:45 - Of Mice and Men
00:41:49 - The Island of Doctor Moreau
00:44:41 - Don’t Go Without Me
00:50:09 - Snow Crash
01:03:22 - Book News
01:10:51 - The Mail Room



#240 - Falling into Darkness: Seeing the Eclipse and Vampire Books!!

We're a quarter of the way into the year so it's time for a big reading goal check in! We also review tea, talk about sourdough bread, read some listener comments, and more!


Links mentioned:
Ariel's Sourdough Reading Vlog: https://youtu.be/bMh6w-O6u-Q
Raeleen's Sourdough Recipe: https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/beginners-sourdough-bread-recipe
Raeleen's current favourite yoga video: https://youtu.be/mBoFPfqehDE?si=jYFCRS7wi7YoD50g


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Timestamps:
00:00:00 - A tea update
00:08:37 - Bookshelf Shakeup!
00:13:52 - Rae’s new cross-stitch
00:15:27 - Rae’s new hobbie…
00:22:11 - Q1 UPDATE
00:30:07 - Goals
00:37:19 - Statistics
00:43:26 - What we’ve read in 2024
01:04:21 - Tiny Haul
01:05:58 - The Mail Room
01:14:07 - NOTE: Next Week’s Episode



#239 - From Sourdough to Shrek, We're SWAMPIN Our Quarterly Reading Goals

We buddy read a book for the most fun reason ever and we recommend cozy Japanese books!


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Timestamps:
00:00 - Rae’s Cardigan!
03:20 - Life Updates
12:59 - Book Haul!
19:23 - Something Really Fun Happened…
38:04 - Recommendations For Kat Dennings
44:59 - Cozy Recommendations



#238 - Our Most Important Buddy Read Of All Time

Raeleen has a wild birthday party, Ariel joins a book club even after everything we've said, new books are hauled, some books are reviews, and a new website is launched!


Links mentioned:
Every Bookshop in Nova Scotia: https://www.everybookshopinnovascotia.com/


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Timestamps:
00:00 - We’re Just Peachy
06:00 - How was your week?
13:25 - everybookshopinnovascotia.com
16:08 - Book Haul
25:24 - Minitruck Update
32:52 - Ariel Joined A Book Club
55:26 - Mail Room

#209 - Forcing Our Friends To Read Our Favourite Books! (With Leena Norms!)

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