Petition to please call the fake cat books catfishes! Also, Ariel I’d recommend you read A Moveable Feast by Hemingway - he gives a fascinating glimpse into Gertrude Stein’s personality…
I’m currently reading (& loving!) and the Kamogawa Food Detectives and can attest to the fact that there is, indeed, a cat featured in the book, not just on the cover!
The way i shrieked at hearing my name at the end comment! More irish translations : my name is pronounced like: Ash-Ling Oh-Lock-Lin. (Aisling OLoughlin) but the 8145 is just for whimsy's sake 😊
I def recommend the podcast just king things, they made me interested in some of the king books i never thought i would ever read and enjoy! Some of the best critique of his work out there.
Tbh I was so scared of your peachy hair and now I am totally convinced :D It looks so good! Also, I finally finished my biggest mashed potato book today! I had read half way through it TWO years ago and have had it on my night stand every day since (I even moved inbetween😅, placing it back on there):0 I am so glad I've finished it now, since I enjoyed it so much.
@@gomordecai3129 The English title is "The Greatest Polar Expedition of All Time", the German one "Eingefroren am Nordpol" translates to "Frozen at the North Pole". It's about the MOSAiC expedition, where researchers from 37 different nations let their ship freeze into the ice in autumn of 2019 and through the ice's movement were transported all the way over the North Pole during one year. The book is structured as the logbook of the expedition's leader, with pictures and information boxes scattered throughout. It was so breathtaking reading about the different challenges they had and how the international team was able to help and support each other, especially during the pandemic. Did you know that it takes longer to reach a human populated area from the North Pole than from the ISS for example? Just fascinating ^^
i love love love that you chat about your lives as well as books, very fun and entertaining, but also extremely funny that this time on my lunch break i had to cut you off right when you said "should we talk about books" 😅😅
That alphabetical book seems like it could be a cool source of inspiration to spark ideas for art making of journaling prompts... Can't imagine it would make for a particularly enjoyable read, though!
As far as influencing/ bookish scrolling, I’d much rather find myself in the book community than pretty much any other category I could spend money on. I have mostly read poetry and am wanting to venture out and into some fiction, with plot and dialogue. Recommendations coming from well read folks on the internet, seeing from their thoughts and perspective, helps me out a lot personally, as I’m still learning what I would reach for or like in a reading experience. Happy tp be here. Thanks for sharing. ✨
Alphabetical Diaries was originally released as a series of newsletters for the New York Times! That sort of format made sense to me, so I was shocked to hear she was developing the project into a full-length book afterwards. I wonder how the two compare!
Hair tip - if your dye is too bright mix in some hair conditioner into the dye then you’ll get a more pastel colour straight away without having to wash it. When I had purple hair I kept pre-mixed dye & conditioner in the shower and just put it on every other time I washed my hair.
Two thoughts on Alphabetical Diaries. Firstly, with all the talk of how reading diaries could be seen as intrusive, Heti has done something really interesting by publishing it herself (giving permission for people to read it) and splitting up the entries (encoding it and making it impossible for people to truly comprehend what she was thinking/experiencing). Secondly, that cover would have worked great for all the 2010s book cover tags that wanted people to find a book cover with only words on it 😂
Books unbound in the morning on the way to work is an excellent way to kick off my birthday! Riddles of the Sphinx sounds amazing, I’ve gotta grab that one!
funny story. i started Project Hail Mary a while ago and dropped it coz i didn't like the main character's "written voice". then last week saw a few people in this community say they loved it and that they really liked the audiobook - so i picked it up again WITH THE AUDIOBOOK (thanks audible free trial ) aaaand read it in 2 days! IT'S SO LOVELY and possibly one of the best audiobooks i've listened to in a while. the narration is fantastic plus other tidbits in the production that just worked great! so thanks Books Unbound people 🥳 sidenote - "This makes sand" WHAT THE HELL GERTRUDE. it's like the The Orange poem expect it doesn't warm your heart D:
Hey guys 😁I agree with the comment about expanding reading picks. I have read sooooo many books that I would never have come across from recommendations from you two lovelies ❤also thrift shops have lots of obscure choices so I find that helps with variety too 👍🏻
i love your nails, ariel! also, i read the blue castle this week because of your recommendation and absolutely fell in love! i have had a really bad run of mediocre books and to have a book that made me genuinely laugh out loud and bring so much brightness and joy to my week was so meaningful! i love valancy so much and if i made vision boards, she would be front and center. i'll definitely be passing on the recommendation!
It's so refreshing to have 2 bookish content creators who read blacklist books and reasonable amounts of books each week. So much more relatable. I'm reading the same novel as last week too!😊
Motherhood is one of my die-hard favorite books of all time so I was excited for Alphabetical Diaries! Initially I got it digitally through my library and realized quickly it's a read that requires the physical copy; there are some beautiful sentences that I would've highlighted and wanted the ability to flip back to on a whim...so it's a soft DNF until a thrifted copy finds me, because I too have a book buying problem 😅 "I am through with talking but still want the company of other people," owww, so goodddd 🖤🖤🖤
The cover of Alphabetical Diaries is supposed to look like letter magnets on a fridge! That's why that font was chosen and the background is so blank white/cream!
Your hair looks really good, Ariel! I’m excited about the crossword book, I’m not interested in reading it but I would love to know all about it if that makes sense 😅
The New York Times published Sheila Heti's journal entries alphabetically weekly and I really enjoyed reading it each week! I'm excited they ended up publishing it because I cancelled my subscription lol
oh i read the new Murakami and really liked it!! it's quite long and slow and like nebulous and dreamy - if you give it some time, i think you'll enjoy it (there are also unicorns!) and you gotta read the authors note bc he worked on this story for forty years, such an interesting story!
How is the book mobile van progressing Ariel? Your book podcast only popped up on my RUclips today. So I have been watching books unbounded. I have set a 100 book challenge. I think I bite off more than can handle. By April I got to a point of ‘blah’ . My last trip the library, I borrowed 3 memoirs by female politicians, I don’t read this genre. These books are so big and heavy, I think they be my mashed potatoes.
Ok the pin is SO CUTE 😍 man I love this pod!! Also I thought you guys were gonna do a full book buying ban and I was scandalized and intrigued 😂 very curious to see those stats though because I feel the same way about my extremely book centric social media haha
How I think of Gertrude Stein's writing is, every sentence is like a brushstroke of a painting, and if thats what she's trying to do, I'm like, I get it but I still don't enjoy reading it! 😂 The autobiography of Alice B Tolkas is her best, imo.
I actually read The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein last year and it was way more readable than her „language experiments“. But it is her own memoirs written in the third person singular which is a little weird 😂 she was a very original character I suppose and I have very much mixed feelings.
Would you believe me if I said I bought Bunny by Mona Awad day before yesterday? I saw it in a Crossword store and it was hot pink and I just had to have it
Ariel, about the kamogawa food detectives, I am super curious to hear what you think. Right now I feel like I am the only one who did not like this one and I am looking forward to hear your perspective. I picked it up for the same reasons as you guys and I am a fan of the books „before the coffee gets cold“ which it is compared to a lot. So tell me, am I the problem, because I found this one too repetitive, a bit shallow and just boring? 🙈 because then I might give it another chance as I stopped after 6o pages 😅
Have you read any other Sheila Heti? She's definitely weird but (I think) has a beautiful way of thinking. I really enjoyed Motherhood and Pure Colour if you're down with more weird writing!
Have you seen the biopic of Edith Pilaf? It's called La Vie en Rose, stars Marion Cotillard, and is fantastic. It's been a while since I've watched it (at least 12 years), but maybe your cool artist dude makes an appearance haha I don't know
I'm really disappointed to hear that you are still supporting Chapters/Indigo/Coles after I have commented multiple times to let you know that their CEO has a foundation that recruits people to fight in the Israeli Occupation Forces. The least we can do at this time as book lovers is to stop supporting a company that is directly aiding in the genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. I have unsubscribed from the channel and will be cancelling my bookmark subscription. I honestly feel really sad about this as Books Unbound has been my favourite podcast for a few years. I encourage you both and anyone who is reading this to support small, local bookshops over the Indigo corporation. The convenience of shopping at Indigo is not more important than the lives of Palestinian civilians.
It really is a shame that they're not taking this matter seriously. It made me so sad when Bisan posted the video last week happily showing off the first two books she's had since this started, which she got from someone who recovered them from a bombed building. That could be any of us! Even if Indigo wasn't supplying soldiers to Israel, it still sucks to be supporting a huge corporation over your local mom & pop bookstore! It's literally so easy to not shop at Indigo
I was unaware of this connection, so I'll be curtailing my spending at Indigo, so thanks for that info. However, it's a bit harsh to stop supporting the podcast; in this way, you're punishing "the little guys" when it would be more effective to just keep putting the info out there, create more awareness. Ariel is not the bad guy here!
@@brasdorgal I don't have any obligation to support this podcast monetarily and nor does anyone else. I'm choosing not to spend my money and time on someone who is supporting an apartheid regime with their money. If a few thousand people hear this podcast and hear that they are supporting Indigo, that's a few thousand people who could be made aware that they should stop supporting Indigo if Ariel and Raeleen chose to address it. Neither of them have said anything about the Palestinian genocide that I am aware of, and we know that they have spoken up about social issues before like BLM, so it's not as if they aren't socially conscious and aware of what's happening. My money and time are my own and right now I am doing the best that I can to not support people or companies who are complicit in Palestinian genocide, no matter how big or small they are.
just want to say Ariel's curls are POPPIN in this episode
That’s so funny! That’s exactly what I say to my youngest when her curls are in full force. The curls are POPPIN’! And Ariel’s definitely are!
Petition to please call the fake cat books catfishes!
Also, Ariel I’d recommend you read A Moveable Feast by Hemingway - he gives a fascinating glimpse into Gertrude Stein’s personality…
OMG - The Canadian "not polite enough" guilt is rampant in Ariel's story! 😁 So sweet! ❤
I’m currently reading (& loving!) and the Kamogawa Food Detectives and can attest to the fact that there is, indeed, a cat featured in the book, not just on the cover!
Cat Confirmation! 🐈 🥣
So happy to be one of the first certified readers, thank you so much! 🥰
The way i shrieked at hearing my name at the end comment! More irish translations : my name is pronounced like: Ash-Ling Oh-Lock-Lin. (Aisling OLoughlin) but the 8145 is just for whimsy's sake 😊
I def recommend the podcast just king things, they made me interested in some of the king books i never thought i would ever read and enjoy! Some of the best critique of his work out there.
Tbh I was so scared of your peachy hair and now I am totally convinced :D It looks so good! Also, I finally finished my biggest mashed potato book today! I had read half way through it TWO years ago and have had it on my night stand every day since (I even moved inbetween😅, placing it back on there):0 I am so glad I've finished it now, since I enjoyed it so much.
What book was it?
@@gomordecai3129 The English title is "The Greatest Polar Expedition of All Time", the German one "Eingefroren am Nordpol" translates to "Frozen at the North Pole". It's about the MOSAiC expedition, where researchers from 37 different nations let their ship freeze into the ice in autumn of 2019 and through the ice's movement were transported all the way over the North Pole during one year. The book is structured as the logbook of the expedition's leader, with pictures and information boxes scattered throughout.
It was so breathtaking reading about the different challenges they had and how the international team was able to help and support each other, especially during the pandemic. Did you know that it takes longer to reach a human populated area from the North Pole than from the ISS for example? Just fascinating ^^
Raes spirit guides were working overtime with those passport photos tho… 🤣💜✨
i love love love that you chat about your lives as well as books, very fun and entertaining, but also extremely funny that this time on my lunch break i had to cut you off right when you said "should we talk about books" 😅😅
Ariel, I warned you about Gertrude Stein, did I not?🤣
That alphabetical book seems like it could be a cool source of inspiration to spark ideas for art making of journaling prompts... Can't imagine it would make for a particularly enjoyable read, though!
As far as influencing/ bookish scrolling, I’d much rather find myself in the book community than pretty much any other category I could spend money on. I have mostly read poetry and am wanting to venture out and into some fiction, with plot and dialogue. Recommendations coming from well read folks on the internet, seeing from their thoughts and perspective, helps me out a lot personally, as I’m still learning what I would reach for or like in a reading experience. Happy tp be here. Thanks for sharing. ✨
Alphabetical Diaries was originally released as a series of newsletters for the New York Times! That sort of format made sense to me, so I was shocked to hear she was developing the project into a full-length book afterwards. I wonder how the two compare!
Hair tip - if your dye is too bright mix in some hair conditioner into the dye then you’ll get a more pastel colour straight away without having to wash it. When I had purple hair I kept pre-mixed dye & conditioner in the shower and just put it on every other time I washed my hair.
Two thoughts on Alphabetical Diaries. Firstly, with all the talk of how reading diaries could be seen as intrusive, Heti has done something really interesting by publishing it herself (giving permission for people to read it) and splitting up the entries (encoding it and making it impossible for people to truly comprehend what she was thinking/experiencing). Secondly, that cover would have worked great for all the 2010s book cover tags that wanted people to find a book cover with only words on it 😂
Books unbound in the morning on the way to work is an excellent way to kick off my birthday! Riddles of the Sphinx sounds amazing, I’ve gotta grab that one!
Oh em geeee happy birthdayyyyyyyyyyy!!!!
happy birthday!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you ❤❤❤
Happy belated birthday!!
So excited for the Wrap up episode
funny story. i started Project Hail Mary a while ago and dropped it coz i didn't like the main character's "written voice". then last week saw a few people in this community say they loved it and that they really liked the audiobook - so i picked it up again WITH THE AUDIOBOOK (thanks audible free trial ) aaaand read it in 2 days! IT'S SO LOVELY and possibly one of the best audiobooks i've listened to in a while. the narration is fantastic plus other tidbits in the production that just worked great! so thanks Books Unbound people 🥳
sidenote - "This makes sand" WHAT THE HELL GERTRUDE. it's like the The Orange poem expect it doesn't warm your heart D:
The Twisted Ones lives rent free in my brain. It was a wild ride. I can't wait to hear Raeleens thoughts on it!
T. Kingfisher 🎉🎉🎉
I'm doing a readalong on Discord of all of her books and it has been such a delight
Hey guys 😁I agree with the comment about expanding reading picks. I have read sooooo many books that I would never have come across from recommendations from you two lovelies ❤also thrift shops have lots of obscure choices so I find that helps with variety too 👍🏻
i love your nails, ariel! also, i read the blue castle this week because of your recommendation and absolutely fell in love! i have had a really bad run of mediocre books and to have a book that made me genuinely laugh out loud and bring so much brightness and joy to my week was so meaningful! i love valancy so much and if i made vision boards, she would be front and center. i'll definitely be passing on the recommendation!
It's so refreshing to have 2 bookish content creators who read blacklist books and reasonable amounts of books each week. So much more relatable. I'm reading the same novel as last week too!😊
I got the ARC of Riddles of the Sphinx and the final cover looks so GOOD! Love it so much
Motherhood is one of my die-hard favorite books of all time so I was excited for Alphabetical Diaries! Initially I got it digitally through my library and realized quickly it's a read that requires the physical copy; there are some beautiful sentences that I would've highlighted and wanted the ability to flip back to on a whim...so it's a soft DNF until a thrifted copy finds me, because I too have a book buying problem 😅
"I am through with talking but still want the company of other people," owww, so goodddd 🖤🖤🖤
I recently discovered you guys thanks to youtube suggested and I ADORE YOU LADIES!! thanks for the awesome content
The cover of Alphabetical Diaries is supposed to look like letter magnets on a fridge! That's why that font was chosen and the background is so blank white/cream!
Your hair looks really good, Ariel! I’m excited about the crossword book, I’m not interested in reading it but I would love to know all about it if that makes sense 😅
I'm so excited about the Riddles of the Sphinx!
I saved Kamogawa Food Detectives for reading over mealtimes and it was the best week. (If you don't save it, you'll definitely end up hungry!)
The New York Times published Sheila Heti's journal entries alphabetically weekly and I really enjoyed reading it each week! I'm excited they ended up publishing it because I cancelled my subscription lol
Ariel you were always gorgeous but girl, the curls and your red highlights are stunning!!❤❤ Rock those curls and that color girl!!
oh i read the new Murakami and really liked it!! it's quite long and slow and like nebulous and dreamy - if you give it some time, i think you'll enjoy it (there are also unicorns!) and you gotta read the authors note bc he worked on this story for forty years, such an interesting story!
The color on your hair, ladies, is Beautiful!!
I did a no buy February ( books and wool). When I found an intriguing title, I put it on my wish list. That seemed scratch the itch
i love T Kingfisher. her stories are so odd and magical and darling
How is the book mobile van progressing Ariel? Your book podcast only popped up on my RUclips today. So I have been watching books unbounded. I have set a 100 book challenge. I think I bite off more than can handle. By April I got to a point of ‘blah’ . My last trip the library, I borrowed 3 memoirs by female politicians, I don’t read this genre. These books are so big and heavy, I think they be my mashed potatoes.
Now I’m really glad I’ve never gotten around to trying to read any Stein. 😝
Regarding framing, check with a glass store in your area and see if they cut and install the glass and artwork.
I’d love to see the bare book hard covers, please and thanks. ✨
Ok the pin is SO CUTE 😍 man I love this pod!! Also I thought you guys were gonna do a full book buying ban and I was scandalized and intrigued 😂 very curious to see those stats though because I feel the same way about my extremely book centric social media haha
I'd love to see your coral lipstick Raeleen!
Raeleen, have you read The Cat Who Saved Books? It's definitely a cat book that is actually about cats 🐈 Also the Pins are sooooo cute!
This Makes Sand...😂😂
Ariel, if you have any more interest in Jean Cocteau, you’ve GOT to watch his adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, it’s beautiful!
How I think of Gertrude Stein's writing is, every sentence is like a brushstroke of a painting, and if thats what she's trying to do, I'm like, I get it but I still don't enjoy reading it! 😂 The autobiography of Alice B Tolkas is her best, imo.
"Yes" to The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas.
40:00 Oh gosh!! Raeleen is in for a ride and she doesn't even know it yet🧑🚀
I actually read The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein last year and it was way more readable than her „language experiments“. But it is her own memoirs written in the third person singular which is a little weird 😂 she was a very original character I suppose and I have very much mixed feelings.
I agree that The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas is much more readable.
Would you believe me if I said I bought Bunny by Mona Awad day before yesterday? I saw it in a Crossword store and it was hot pink and I just had to have it
Ariel, about the kamogawa food detectives, I am super curious to hear what you think. Right now I feel like I am the only one who did not like this one and I am looking forward to hear your perspective. I picked it up for the same reasons as you guys and I am a fan of the books „before the coffee gets cold“ which it is compared to a lot. So tell me, am I the problem, because I found this one too repetitive, a bit shallow and just boring? 🙈 because then I might give it another chance as I stopped after 6o pages 😅
Have you read any other Sheila Heti? She's definitely weird but (I think) has a beautiful way of thinking. I really enjoyed Motherhood and Pure Colour if you're down with more weird writing!
Ariel, I read 4000weeks you would love it ❤
Have you seen the biopic of Edith Pilaf? It's called La Vie en Rose, stars Marion Cotillard, and is fantastic. It's been a while since I've watched it (at least 12 years), but maybe your cool artist dude makes an appearance haha I don't know
My Chapters also has an online order counter in Ottawa! You have to buzz.
Don't read tommyknockers lol. I tried and only made it half way because it was boring
I think green would look better on raeleen. I think ariel should stick with the warmer tones.
I'm really disappointed to hear that you are still supporting Chapters/Indigo/Coles after I have commented multiple times to let you know that their CEO has a foundation that recruits people to fight in the Israeli Occupation Forces. The least we can do at this time as book lovers is to stop supporting a company that is directly aiding in the genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. I have unsubscribed from the channel and will be cancelling my bookmark subscription. I honestly feel really sad about this as Books Unbound has been my favourite podcast for a few years.
I encourage you both and anyone who is reading this to support small, local bookshops over the Indigo corporation. The convenience of shopping at Indigo is not more important than the lives of Palestinian civilians.
It really is a shame that they're not taking this matter seriously. It made me so sad when Bisan posted the video last week happily showing off the first two books she's had since this started, which she got from someone who recovered them from a bombed building. That could be any of us!
Even if Indigo wasn't supplying soldiers to Israel, it still sucks to be supporting a huge corporation over your local mom & pop bookstore! It's literally so easy to not shop at Indigo
Thank you for sharing this information
I was unaware of this connection, so I'll be curtailing my spending at Indigo, so thanks for that info. However, it's a bit harsh to stop supporting the podcast; in this way, you're punishing "the little guys" when it would be more effective to just keep putting the info out there, create more awareness. Ariel is not the bad guy here!
@@brasdorgal I don't have any obligation to support this podcast monetarily and nor does anyone else. I'm choosing not to spend my money and time on someone who is supporting an apartheid regime with their money.
If a few thousand people hear this podcast and hear that they are supporting Indigo, that's a few thousand people who could be made aware that they should stop supporting Indigo if Ariel and Raeleen chose to address it. Neither of them have said anything about the Palestinian genocide that I am aware of, and we know that they have spoken up about social issues before like BLM, so it's not as if they aren't socially conscious and aware of what's happening.
My money and time are my own and right now I am doing the best that I can to not support people or companies who are complicit in Palestinian genocide, no matter how big or small they are.