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  • Опубліковано 22 лис 2024

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  • @shaniadanieluk3010
    @shaniadanieluk3010 7 місяців тому +8

    I agree with Ariel in regards to the tracking books vs pages chat however (this is slightly unrelated) I have started doing this thing I’ve called TBR Loyalty Card (idea isn’t mine, just the name, I saw this on tiktok.), where 1 page read = 1 cent, so I track and add up the pages I read and convert to a dollar amount. Only when I have enough will I go buy a new book. For example, a 380 page book would be $3.80. Doing this has been helping me prioritise my longer books and books I already own.

  • @alice.c27
    @alice.c27 7 місяців тому +12

    I'm going through a breakup right now and listening to the podcast has really brought me comfort, thank you so much

    • @itsGabrielaCristina
      @itsGabrielaCristina 7 місяців тому +1

      I'm sorry to hear that! Take care of yourself. I went though that a few months ago and it's no joke. I found books and music to be both great escapes and therapy.

    • @alice.c27
      @alice.c27 7 місяців тому

      @@itsGabrielaCristina thank you for your support

    • @valhicks19
      @valhicks19 6 місяців тому +1

      I am as well, you're not alone! 💓 This has been my comfort podcast time and time again since the pandemic

  • @frannook
    @frannook 7 місяців тому +9

    Last monday was not a monday without you girls! Thank you for the coziness and happiness you bring every time! :D

  • @elizabethlarabie237
    @elizabethlarabie237 7 місяців тому +36

    Ariel has talked about this tea enough that I've decided I need to look for it at my neighbourhood British imports store 😂

    • @elizabethlarabie237
      @elizabethlarabie237 7 місяців тому +11

      I have acquired the biscuit tea

    • @Larissa_KD
      @Larissa_KD 7 місяців тому +1

      @@elizabethlarabie237 I also got it today at my local expat shop hahah

    • @alisonann358
      @alisonann358 7 місяців тому

      I also got some last weekend at my local UK shoppe, worth the trip!

  • @jessicabebenek6471
    @jessicabebenek6471 6 місяців тому +4

    A note about liquorice in tea: this ingredient is actually liquorice root and is naturally very sweet. I’d guess it’s being used in the tea blend to mimic the sweetness of a biscuit. Actually, the flavour that most people don’t like in black liquorice candy is anethole, which also occurs in anise and fennel. Fun fact from an herbal tea nerd! 🌱

  • @raccoonsnacks
    @raccoonsnacks 2 місяці тому

    That toast and jam tea box is so cute! You could make a cute collage with the box once you've finished the tea :)

  • @Nagchampa765
    @Nagchampa765 6 місяців тому +1

    I’ve just come back into the booktube sphere after YEARS and had totally forgot abt Ariel and I’m SO GLAD I came across her again and this podcast I love her energy so much 😭 I’ve also been really sick w my chronic stuff and doing nothing but watching long videos and podcasts I’m so excited to chill and binge these ❤️

  • @p_p_p_p_7732
    @p_p_p_p_7732 6 місяців тому +1

    I used to be the 2nd biggest fan of Yorkshire Tea, but you know what I think might even be better - Barrys Tea from Ireland, oh my god, it's so strong, it's so flavoursome, it's so good!!!

  • @jennaserv
    @jennaserv 7 місяців тому +2

    Love and missed the book news!!!

  • @Shelby_antaya
    @Shelby_antaya 4 місяці тому

    Snow crash sounds like a mix of ready player one and Prayer of the roller boys. Prayer of the Rollerboys is one of my favorite underrated dystopian 80s movies.

  • @torioffline
    @torioffline 6 місяців тому

    i’ve never needed anything as badly as i need that peachy hat

  • @cassandralyne
    @cassandralyne 7 місяців тому +4

    peach should always swing more orange, IMO. super cute beanie!

  • @joreads8782
    @joreads8782 7 місяців тому +1

    Can confirm the statement for Australian tea drinkers. Also went and bought some after hearing Ariel expound it’s goodness. I had been eyeing the toast and jam and went for the biscuit one instead. It’s still pretty good with cows milk FYI.

  • @Talesinmaking
    @Talesinmaking 7 місяців тому +7

    I have missed you guys sooo much, so glad to see you both back and chatting books

  • @marthacampbell6188
    @marthacampbell6188 7 місяців тому +15

    Ariel, I have a tea-related book recommendation for you. It's a dinky little book that I stumbled across in the classics section in my library called The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura. It's a non-fiction book about the history of tea and Japanese Teaism, written in 1906. It has some interesting chapters including Taosim and Zennism, and Flowers. I think you would enjoy it. I'm not sure what KO would make of biscuit tea but there's something quirky and eccentric that comes across in his writing, so who knows, maybe he'd be on board!

  • @lylydagerty8796
    @lylydagerty8796 6 місяців тому +1

    For Ariel - and those who might find themselves in New Brunswick - if you’re willing to drive half an hour from Moncton to the town of Sackville (it’s actually closer to Nova Scotia than Moncton, 15 minutes from Amherst), there’s the cutest indie bookstore called Tidewater Books! My mom and I love spending time there, browing the books and the gifts/decorations section. The whole town very charming too

  • @ashleyl7794
    @ashleyl7794 7 місяців тому

    I was lucky enough to see the eclipse as well!! It really was an unexplainable spiritual experience

  • @bethbcrafts
    @bethbcrafts 7 місяців тому +6

    The original Twister film is one of hollywoods greatest works of art!!!! Helen Hunt is PERFECTION. My husband had never seen it somehow (we’ve been together 12 years and I refer to it all the time but never realized he hadn’t seen it!) so I made him watch it a few weeks ago and he was fully invested. The special effects stand up, probably better than the effects in the new film will.

  • @katerinakokki2013
    @katerinakokki2013 7 місяців тому +1

    I loved Grapes of wrath last summer and I LOVED it, so sad and depressing and so beautiful at the same time ❤️

  • @sarahfolger5232
    @sarahfolger5232 7 місяців тому +5

    I'm in Ohio. The eclipse WAS a spiritual experience. I want to do it every day.

  • @alexia4239
    @alexia4239 7 місяців тому

    Of Mice and Men is one of the books I had to read in high school and I WISH i would've appreciated it back then! I need to reread it sometime in the future.
    Also the edition you have is the one that everyone who had to read of mice and men in school had lol

  • @silvercookies
    @silvercookies 3 місяці тому

    I need to taste this tea now; it sounds delicious. We are a UK colony, so it might be in one of our major supermarkets, as we have many UK items.

  • @lynncornelissen
    @lynncornelissen 7 місяців тому

    I was in the expat store the other day and saw this tea!! Had to bring it home to try and I cannot BELIEVE how much it tastes exactly like cookie dipped black tea. I add milk & a little honey and I love it!

  • @nomorebedtime
    @nomorebedtime 7 місяців тому

    I just finished reading a book that's PERFECT for Ariel: Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin. So good!

  • @sahara0
    @sahara0 7 місяців тому

    I am so happy that Raeleen loved Eve Babitz. She is so underrated and my favourite author of all time. I just love how poetic but funny and witty her writing style is. My favourite book of all time is Sex & Rage by her. It has some standout prose on the sea and alcoholism, and such a peculiar main character. Eve is just so fun.

  • @jille9650
    @jille9650 7 місяців тому

    Thanks for talking about my question on what "display tables" you'd put together for the book truck, hearkening back ep. 77 of Books Unbucket. Can't wait to see what you come up with!

  • @larky3487
    @larky3487 7 місяців тому

    I love that you covered Mice and Men...i went to my Goodwill book store a week ago and spent so much time in their rare/ old book section and Mice and Men was one I purchased..
    I too was pleasantly surprised it was so short.Looking forward to reading it next.
    Love the pod, thank you

  • @CarinaZacharias
    @CarinaZacharias 7 місяців тому +3

    No way! When I read and reviewed "Of Mice and Men" on my channel I remember saying "it reads like a play" - and I didn't even know it was supposed to be a play-novelette. That's so interesting. by the way: I was so looking forward to this episode, thanks you for this great podcast.

  • @susannechinn647
    @susannechinn647 7 місяців тому

    I listen to an Audio Book of Interview with A Vampire by Ann Rice last year. Found it hard to stop listening until the end.

  • @Lyonette0
    @Lyonette0 7 місяців тому

    i love this corner if youtube

  • @myreadsbooks
    @myreadsbooks 7 місяців тому +3

    Raeleen, you should check out Cookie Mueller, very similar vibes to Eve Babitz, but in new york not LA, and the 80’s/90’s not the 60’s/70’s

  • @flippinpages6550
    @flippinpages6550 7 місяців тому

    The audio of Interview with a Vampire scared me crazy. I had read the book and watched the movie. I was surprised at how scary it was.

  • @jennybright1276
    @jennybright1276 6 місяців тому

    Ariel, I learned from a science friend that the capsaicin in chili that makes stuff spicy activates pain receptors so it isn't really a flavor at all. I used to avoid spice at all costs until I worked in a Thai restaurant that made a giant batch of food for staff meal and I couldn't turn away the free meal. Little by little I built up my spice tolerance and now when I eat salsa that's not spicy at all I find it almost bland. I would've never imagined I'd like spicy food!

  • @emmasimons7970
    @emmasimons7970 7 місяців тому

    I've listened since the beginning and I love the podcast! This is my first time commenting so I apologize for the potential awkwardness 😅 I wanted to put a few short books on everyone's radar:
    "One Woman Show" by Christine Coulson is about a 20th century woman, told in museum plaques. This was one of the most unique formats I have read in a long time. It was so fascinating to see that so much can be told in a museum label. I think it's about 208 pages, but with the exception of two or three times, the words are only on the right page so you're really reading like 104 pages. Oh and fair warning, if you are not an art student or haven't taken art history classes, be warned you might have to look up art terms often.
    "A Month in the Country" by J.L. Carr is set after World War I and is about a guy who is restoring a medieval mural that was found in the local church. It is less than 200 pages. I haven't read this myself yet but when I heard someone describing it, I knew I had to buy it and give it a go. They also made it into a movie and it stars Colin Firth and Kenneth Branagh.
    Lastly, "Foster" by Claire Keegan is a short story or novella. I am not usually one for short stories or novellas unless it is a part of a series that I love, but my gosh I fell in love with this story! It is set in Ireland and is about a girl who is sent to live with a couple for the summer while her mother gives birth to her new sibling. In less than 100 pages Claire Keegan has you caring about the characters while it takes some books hundreds of pages to do. I rarely cry at books (and when I do it's a tear) but I very nearly cried at the end. I finished it the other day and it has consumed my thoughts. Every time I think about the characters and the story (again, which is all the time) I feel it in my throat and heart.

  • @EchoLanding
    @EchoLanding 7 місяців тому

    I’ve been drinking and loving the Yorkshire biscuit tea black. I didn’t even think about adding milk to it, oat or otherwise! 😅

  • @literaryrealm
    @literaryrealm 7 місяців тому

    The book that marks a milestone in my reading and changed my reading taste forever (not the be dramatic) is Just Kids by Patti Smith. I became sooo obsessed with 70s NYC when I read it and even went to see Patti in concert twice since reading it. It’s THE 70s book for me. Plus it’s my favourite memoir and so so inspiring (but also very sad). Big recommendation if you enjoyed Eve Babitz :)

  • @a.e.barron2549
    @a.e.barron2549 6 місяців тому

    I'm slowly catching up on these episodes so maybe someone's already said this BUT just in case someone hasn't said it already I'd recommend reading Annie Dillard's essay Total Eclipse ! It's in her collection Teaching a Stone To Talk, and hearing Ariel's description of the eclipse reminded me of Dillard's descriptions

  • @jamwhee18
    @jamwhee18 7 місяців тому +3

    I am curious if Raeleen has read Just Kids by Patti Smith! Sounds like similar vibes but New York instead of LA

    • @MJ-in-Canada
      @MJ-in-Canada 7 місяців тому

      "Just Kids" is an excellent book as are all Patti Smith's books.

  • @avaa2485
    @avaa2485 7 місяців тому

    Happy Monday, y’all! Another great episode, and btw I am LOVING Tove Jansson and got my reading buddy to give it a try too. I did not she was the creator of Moomins! Also queer and amazing. Great recommendation.

  • @redclover3
    @redclover3 7 місяців тому +2

    If you like Eve Babitz you might like Joan Didion's The White Album. And...Down and Out in Paris and London is rough as it chronicles Orwell's hand to mouth existence during that period of his life. Not a light read. Finally, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is a shining pillar of a novel and I highly recommend it.

    • @MJ-in-Canada
      @MJ-in-Canada 7 місяців тому

      Yes, the Joan Didion book is a good suggestion.

  • @jessicasnell7813
    @jessicasnell7813 7 місяців тому

    I grew up in the Pacific Northwest. It is always weird knowing where shows like twin peaks, twilight and others were filmed. Rosalynn, Forks and Snoqualmie Falls and how large tour groups especially from Japan would come into town just to see locations. Ariel I to love Biscuit tea. Since you like Yorkshire tea. You might want to try their Yorkshire Gold.

  • @myriam8190
    @myriam8190 7 місяців тому +1

    You guys, the Normal People TV series is amaaaazing. Don’t wait, watch it now!!

  • @nostalgicbear
    @nostalgicbear 6 місяців тому

    ariel i have a graphic novel suggestion!! it’s similar to the one you read (person being transported to an alien world and looking for someone), but it’s one story and also adds an element of found friends. it’s called skip by molly mendoza, it’s a bit short at 168 pages but the art style is absolutely gorgeous. i’ve never seen anyone else read it but if you can get your hands on it i’d be so curious to hear your thoughts!!

  • @alexandramunn5255
    @alexandramunn5255 7 місяців тому +1

    I feel as if I may have found a true gem of a crossover book between the two of you. Love and Saffron is a epistolary novel about FOOD AND SET IN THE 60s. Could it get any better?

  • @irhonda31
    @irhonda31 7 місяців тому

    I’ve had David’s teas with chocolate and I did not like them at all, but I’ve many David’s teas that I love. I also do not like licorice. I would love to try the biscuit tea (I love McVities digestives!), but I don’t drink caffeine any more. I wish I could wear beanies, but I LOVE my baseball cap from you gals - it’s my favorite cap! You ladies go all out for your parties! I love spicy stuff, so that would have been really fun! I’ve seen the movie Looking for Mr. Goodbar (ages ago), and remember liking it, but have not read the book. Another great episode, ladies!

  • @netogrof
    @netogrof 7 місяців тому +1

    I read Of Mice and Men in high school and it was a very awkward experience. I have a sister with a mental disability and seeing how George used Lennie for money and treated him as less then was really maddening but also the whole narrative that someone with a disability is dangerous and needs to be killed really made me feel so uncomfortable in class discussions.

  • @MinestroneChad
    @MinestroneChad 7 місяців тому

    So interesting to hear about the play-novelette of Steinbeck's! He has another one called The Moon is Down, and I think it's another play-novelette because there's a scene where he introduces six characters at once and it's really hard to keep track of, haha!
    The Grapes of Wrath is a massive effort to get through, but I'd really recommend East of Eden. That's such an incredible book. I think it's his best!

  • @circleofleaves2676
    @circleofleaves2676 6 місяців тому

    Ariel, read Open Me Carefully, which is an exchange of real letters between Emily Dickinson and Sue Gilbert/Dickinson. Also read "The Bee and the Fly: The Improbable Correspondence of Louisa May Alcott and Emily Dickinson" (that one is fictional).

  • @tiffanymorningstar7008
    @tiffanymorningstar7008 7 місяців тому +1

    I wish i could love Steinbeck, but i just cant 😂

  • @MJ-in-Canada
    @MJ-in-Canada 7 місяців тому

    Ariel, I enjoyed Lisa Alward’s “Cocktail,”🍸 especially since the short stories are set in Canada. I was glad that the book was longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize.

  • @bethanygreenwood8259
    @bethanygreenwood8259 7 місяців тому

    I added the tea to my shopping delivery for this week! Will be using the Oat milk 👍

  • @RachelHaraburda
    @RachelHaraburda 7 місяців тому

    I really enjoyed Black Swans, but didn't love slow days fast company much, I don't really remember anything about it. I found Black Swans really funny and sharp. One of my favorite lines was something along the lines of "It seems the only people who don't dye their hair these days are recently released captives"

  • @Shelby_antaya
    @Shelby_antaya 4 місяці тому

    A good reading goal for Raeleen next year could be reading one Murakami book a year! Just saying lol.

  • @rachaelgates3382
    @rachaelgates3382 7 місяців тому

    Raeleen you should definitely check out Joan Dideon! 😊

  • @sullivc5
    @sullivc5 7 місяців тому +1

    Ariel, I'd love to know your thoughts about Julia by Sandra Newman, which is 1984 told through Julia's perspective. Because you love Orwell, does the opportunity to spend more time in a world he created feel good or exciting? Or do you feel somewhat protective of a book you love and don't want it to be messed with? I've sat on both sides of the fence with different books and would be interested to hear your perspective.

  • @silvercookies
    @silvercookies 3 місяці тому

    Stienbeck's The Pearl was the first book with a tragic ending that made me angry and sad, which made me hate the ending. I still hate it now, thinking back on it. I read it as required reading for school as a teen.

  • @oliviac712
    @oliviac712 7 місяців тому +2

    Raeleen oh my goodness you look fantastic in the peach hat! Speaking of peach, have you seen the book "Peach Pit: Sixteen Stories of Unsavory Women" edited by Molly Llewellyn and Kristel Buckley? I first saw it in Waterstones a few weeks ago and thought it would be perfect for Books Unbound, I mean Peach? Unsavory Women? Short stories? Did you guys write it?
    Ps Ariel I'm sorry you didn't like the Bird and Blend tea, but glad you didn't buy it specially on my rec haha maybe just add a little cocoa to the Yorkshire digestive tea instead 😂

  • @MJ-in-Canada
    @MJ-in-Canada 7 місяців тому +1

    Raeleen, definitely seek out more Eve Babitz books. And if you want more 60s/70s California reading, try “Canyon of Dreams: The Magic and the Music of Laurel Canyon” by Harvey Kubernik. 🎶This coffee table book covers several decades of music and contains many photos that bring it to life.
    You can’t discuss 60s/70s California books without mentioning “I’m with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie” by Pamela Des Barres. The ultimate kiss-and-tell book.💋

    • @larky3487
      @larky3487 7 місяців тому +1

      ah yes I'm with the Band 😎 Pamela one of the 1st Groupies, so good

    • @MJ-in-Canada
      @MJ-in-Canada 7 місяців тому

      @@larky3487She's still going strong at 75!😀

  • @arobinreads
    @arobinreads 7 місяців тому

    ❤❤❤

  • @Tinahgirl83
    @Tinahgirl83 7 місяців тому +3

    This episode isn’t showing up in my podcast feed yet. Will it be out on there or just on here today?

    • @BooksUnbound
      @BooksUnbound  7 місяців тому +2

      It'll be out eventually! Spotify is down for podcasts right now 👎🏼

    • @Tinahgirl83
      @Tinahgirl83 7 місяців тому

      @@BooksUnbound Thank you! I usually listen through Apple Podcasts, but I expect if Spotify is down, Apple may be as well.

  • @komaedacoffee4298
    @komaedacoffee4298 7 місяців тому +2

    Finally yes!!🎉🎉❤

  • @sarahfolger5232
    @sarahfolger5232 7 місяців тому

    Gurl, a little Frank's red hot on your Mac cheese. Perfection.

  • @ricardaseven6083
    @ricardaseven6083 6 місяців тому

    can people who've read multiple Murakami's tell me which ones are similar to Colourless? his books are always hit or miss for me and that one was the only one I've completely liked so far

  • @ReadwithStefani
    @ReadwithStefani 7 місяців тому +2

    That hat looks orange on camera 😀

  • @jacquelinegonzalezmahr5301
    @jacquelinegonzalezmahr5301 6 місяців тому

    Emily Dickinson’s letters did come out. Pricey at $49.95.

  • @theautumnreader327
    @theautumnreader327 7 місяців тому +1

    Wooooohooooooo 🎉🎉

  • @Unicosaurus
    @Unicosaurus 7 місяців тому

    Anyone else dieing to know what Ariel puts in her tea? No? Just me eh? 😂🙈

    • @Unicosaurus
      @Unicosaurus 7 місяців тому

      Update: posted this comment too soon. 👋 Oat milk buddy

  • @silvercookies
    @silvercookies 3 місяці тому

    2026, the total eclipse will be visible in parts of Europe. I want to go see it in Iceland.

  • @chooseyourthoughts7692
    @chooseyourthoughts7692 7 місяців тому

    😊😊❤

  • @circleofleaves2676
    @circleofleaves2676 6 місяців тому

    Mezzo is pronounced "MET-sow".

  • @Nagchampa765
    @Nagchampa765 6 місяців тому

    I tired listening to interview with the vampire on audiobook and I literally had to stop it was so insanely pedophilic. I’m sure it’s supposed to speak to the evils of being a vampire but it was just sooo heavy handed and disgusting :/ wild that I neVER heard that before in discussions

  • @suecarol1563
    @suecarol1563 7 місяців тому +1

    I can appreciate his skill but don't like Fitzgerald. I have enjoyed everything I have read so far by Steinbeck.

    • @whoami.24601
      @whoami.24601 7 місяців тому

      This is funny because I’m the exact opposite 😂 I once threw grapes of wrath across the room