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#328 - The Dog Days of Summer Are Over

#327 - The Summer Heat is Boiling Our Reading!

#326 - In The Field: Book Shopping Adventures Together in Calgary!

#325 - This Is Going To Be The Greatest Reading Summer of Our Lives

#324 - Ariel Finally Finished Her Book and She Didn't Like It!

#323 - When Do We Start Calling This a Reading Slump???

#322 - Are Blind Dates with Books A TRAP?!

#321 - Ariel Had a Terrible Bookshop Experience

#320 - We're Ridin' The Readin' Wave 🌊

#319 - Our Reading Is Leading to Opportuni-TEA! 🍵

#318 - Will We Ever Stop Setting TBRs??? (We probably should..)

#317 - Ariel Read A Book By a Fave Author and... Didn't Like It?! 💔

#316 - Was Les Mis Too Challenging To Finish?

#315 - Ariel is SOUPer Excited about Wuthering Heights

#314 - Annotating Books is Completely Changing Raeleen's Reading!?

#313 - New Year, New Reading Problems

#312 - OUR 2026 READING GOALS!

#311 - Christmas Book Haul MADNESS + Reacting LIVE to YOUR 2025 Reading Stats!

#310 - 2025 READING WRAP UP & STATS

#309 - AI Stole Ariel’s Book Truck!

#308 - Raeleen's 30 Book Haul-Tacular

#307 - Raeleen Reads The Scariest Book She's Ever Read

#306 - Celebrating Six Years With a Pathetic Book Update

#305 - Books on the cob?? 🌽

#304 - How Many Books Can We Fit In Our New Backpacks? 🎒

#303 - Ariel Got Married in a BOOKSTORE!!

#302 - We Chose Our Absolute Favourite Books Of All Time

#301 - Book Stampede! 📚

#300 - 300 Episode Celebration! FINALLY Righting a Serious Wrong 🥲

#299 - The Reading Year is HALF WAY DONE?! 😱

#298 - Confessing our Reading HOT TAKES, SINS, and TRANSGRESSIONS 🔥

#297 - Raeleen DNF's THREE Heavy Hitters in a Row

#296 - Why Ariel Isn't Buying Books Anymore

#295 - Rant Week: Gilmore Girls, Mice, and MORE!

#294 - We Are In The Middle of SEVEN Books

#293 - No Need To Worry, We're Still Reading Queens

#292 - What if we never finish a book again?

#291 - Raeleen Read 1000 Pages but Purchased 5000 Pages Worth Of NEW Books

#290 - Raeleen's Slump is OVER, Baby!

#289 - A Booker's Dozen Book Haul!!!

#288 - Ariel Visited the ACTUAL Animal Farm In England!!!

#287 - Reading Confessions: My Friends Give Awful Book Recommendations 🙈

#286 - We're A Quarter Done 2025 And Our Reading Is Falling Apart

#285 - We're Reading The Biggest Books of the Year!

#284 - Ariel Abandons Everything To Read Orwell (hehe)

#283 - Raeleen Literally Screeches with Book Fury

#282 - Would You Use a Smartphone Sized Ereader? | Reviewing The Boox Palma

#281 - What The Hell Is a Silent Reading Club?!

#280 - Reading Confessions: Special Editions A Money Grab! 🦀

#279 - How Many Books Can Ariel Read At Once??

#278 - We Bough a BOATload of Books 🚢🥲

#277 - Raeleen Actually Cried in H-Mart

#276 - Raeleen Went Ogre The Top With Book Buying

#275 - OUR 2025 READING GOALS!

#274 - Our Biggest Christmas Book Haul EVER! + Reacting to YOUR Reading Stats!

#273 - 2024 READING WRAP UP & STATS!!

#272 - The Countdown Is On!

#271 - We Are Desperately Trying To Finish Our Reading Goals 🥵

#270 - Apparently We're Psychic Because We're Accidentally Reading The Same Book! 🔮

#269 - Ariel Is Running The Podcast Alone!!

#268 - Reading Confessions: Rainbow Bookshelves are OUT!

#267 - JUICY GOSSIP! RAELEEN IS LEAVING BRITISH COLUMBIA!

#266 - Ariel Commits To An Insane TBR Challenge

#265 - Raeleen Cried in an Airport About Ham

#264 - 5th Year Anniversary!!!

#263 - Quarterly Update & Jane Austen Festival Stories!!

#262 - Our Mini Truck Meetup! 🚚

#261 - Big Nova Scotia Book Haul REUNION EPISODE!

#260 - Did Ariel Read Zero Books or MANY Books While Sick??

#259 - We're FALLING Into The End of the Year 🍂

#258 - Revisiting Our Awkward Highschool Years 😳

#257 - We're Actually Reading The Books We're Buying, Who Would Have Thought It!

#256 - Reading is a Full Contact Sport!

#255 - Can We Even See What We're Reading?!

#254 - Raeleen Wears Her New Sweater (Is It Made Of Human Hair?)

#253 - Raeleen Reads Her Worst Book of the Year

#252 - Reading Confessions: I'm Reading 10 Books At Once And It's Stressing Me The Hell Out!

#251 - We Saw Whales and Bought Lots of Books! With Kayley Hyde!

#250 - Ariel Did Her First Minitruck Bookmobile Event!

#249 - Quarterly Reading Goals Check In: Have We Fallen Too Far Behind?

#248 - Ariel Actually Went To Green Gables!!!

#247 - Raeleen Has To Read in the Dark From Now On

#246 - Ariel Has Huge Minitruck News! 🚛

#245 - Raeleen’s Dreams are Kafkaesque 🪲

#244 - A Squirrel Stole Ariel's Book

#242 - We’re “Lichen” Our Forest Reads 🍄🌲

#243 - This Is Becoming Raeleen's Year of DNFs

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

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

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

#238 - Our Most Important Buddy Read Of All Time

#237 - Ariel Controversially Joins a Book Club??

#236 - Why We're No Longer Buying Books!

#235 - WE DYED OUR HAIR PEACH FOR YOU 🍑

#234 - Ariel Went To NYC And Only Bought 5 Books?! (That's progress, people!)

#233 - Reading Confessions: Is Joining A Book Club A Massive Mistake???

#232 - Raeleen Gifted Ariel an Engagement Book

#231 - Raeleen Finally Read A Great Book

#230 - Ariel Has An ENGAGING Story... (aka She Got ENGAGED 💍)

#229 - Reading Confessions: I Regret Buying My Kindle!

#228 - Rereading Animal Farm Made Ariel Cry and Cry

#227 - Have Our Reading Goals Already Flown Out The Window?

#226 - OUR 2024 READING GOALS!

#225 - CHRISTMAS BOOK HAUL + REACTING TO LISTENER READING STATISTICS!

#224 - 2023 READING WRAP UP AND STATS!

#223 - Reading Confessions: My Husband Keeps Buying Ugly Books

#222 - Reading The Most Depraved Book We've Ever Read

#221 - Are We Going To Fail Our Goals??

#220 - Last Big Book Haul of the Year??

#219 - Reading Confessions: How Do I Avoid TikTok Books??

#218 - Going To The Scariest Bookshop of My Life

#217 - Rating Deckled Edges, Page Numbers, and Colourful Fonts Out Of 10?

#216 - Meeting Raeleen's OTHER Best Friend

#215 - We Had Reading and Crocheting Emergencies

#214 - How Many Of Our Book Goals Can We Still Accomplish This Year?

#213 - Reading Confessions: Should I Get Rid of My HP Tattoos?

#212 - We're Both Reading Classics!

#211 - Ariel Finishes A Book Live on the Podcast (sort of...)

#210 - Ariel Regrets Buying A 700 Page Book

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

#208 - Buying Books Outdoors (With Terry Fallis!)

#207 - We're All Book Collectors After All (With AS King!)

#206 - Surprise Book Mail & Women in Translation

#205 - The Most Books We've Ever Reviewed Ever?

#204 - A Stressful Week But At Least We Have Books

#203 - We're The Most Attractive Podcast on Venus

#202 - Ariel Went Crazy in Five New Bookstores!!

#201 - We're In A Reading Frenzy: Raeleen Reads 6 Books!

#200 - Big Reading Party and Extravaganza!

#199 - We're Finally in our Emo Phase 😈

#198 - Raeleen Read A Bunch of Boring Books

#197 - We've Never Mentioned This Many Classics with CLAIRE FENBY!

#196 - Vacation vs Staycation: Who Bought More Books?

#195 - Was This The Best Reading Week of the Year??

#194 - How Long Will It Take To Read A 1000 Page Book?

#193 - Raeleen's New Kitten Inspired A Book Tag!

#192 - How Many Times Has Ariel Met Cheryl Strayed??

#191 - Raeleen Has Read 40 Stephen King Books?!

#190 - Have You Ever Experienced "Library Anxiety?"

#189 - Ariel DNFs a Book While Recording the Podcast

#188 - Are We Sci-Fi Readers Now?!

#187 - We've Officially Read All Of Ottessa Moshfegh's Novels

#186 - How Are Our Reading Goals Going??

#185 - Should We Be Reading More Fantasy?

#184 - Does Raeleen Truly Know The Great Gatsby?

#183 - How Well Does Ariel ACTUALLY Know Her Favourite Book?!

#182 - Ariel Buys An Ereader and it Changes EVERYTHING

#181 - Will This Be The Biggest Book Haul of The Year???

#180 - Could Mushrooms Help Us Read More?! with Meghan Hughes!

#179 - Did Raeleen Read a Single Page while at a Fancy Mexican Resort?

#178 - Rating Bookish Things Out of 10

#177: Raeleen has DNF'd Her First Book of the Year

#176 - Reviewing our First Reads of the Year... In Technicolour!

#175 - OUR 2023 READING RESOLUTIONS!

#174 - Christmas Book Haul + Reacting To Listener Reading Stats!

#173 - TOP BOOKS OF 2022 + YEARLY READING WRAP UP!

#172 - BOOK CLUB: I Want To Die But I Want To Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Sehee

#171 - Raeleen's Christmas Tree Book Challenge 🎄

#170 - How Long Will It Take To Catalogue 1000 Books?

#169 - Is Ariel The One Who Reads A Lot Now?!

#168 - Have You Ever Read A Book Without Reading the Synopsis?

#167 - Bookshopping Destroyed by Covid 😭

#166 - Ariel's Embarrassing Manicure Story + London Book Haul!

#165 - Raeleen Bought a House!!! 🏡

#164 - Ranting and Raving about Lapvona… It’s too gross!

#163 - Reacting To Our First Book Haul... Did We Ever Read Those Books?!

#162 - Oops! We Both Read Cannibalism Books! Help!

#161 - Accidentally Reading The Scariest Book of My Life

#160 - Birthday Presents and Pumpkin Mugs 🎃

#159 - Rating Bookish Things Out of Ten!

#158 - Raeleen is Back on the (Reading) Saddle Again!

#157 - Reading Popular Books When They’re Popular

#156 - BOOK CLUB: The Night Circus

#155 - Ariel Literally Fell In A Well

#154 - We’re Done With Summer and Ready for Halloween WITH COLLEEN FIDDLER!

#153 - Has Married Life Changed Raeleen's Reading?

#152 - The Wedding Episode 👰‍♀️💐

#151 - In The Field: Book Crawl Through Four Vancouver Bookshops!

#150 - Ariel Flew From Coast to Coast to Buy Books with Raeleen! Reunion, baby!

#149 - No Books Were Water Damaged In The Making of This Episode

#148 - Ariel Read EVERYTHING!! Every book!!

#147 - Ariel Bought a Zine at an E-Sports Tournament??? 🎮👾

#146 - Two Ladies Chatting About Books Late Into The Night

#145 - We've Started Doing Daily Walks? Will It Affect Our Reading?

#144 - Raeleen Went To The Hospital But Somehow Managed to Buy 15 More Books

#143 - Ariel Fell Off of a Balcony but Still Managed to Read Something!

#142 - We Actually Review Books In This One!

#141 - Books with Talking Animals WITH CORALIE BICKFORD-SMITH!

#140 - The Book Haul To End All Book Hauls

#139 - The Ruler of Books Tag

#138 - Books For Old Houses with MELANIE MURPHY!

#137 - The Playing With Your Emotions Book Tag

#136 - BOOK CLUB: There’s No Such Thing as An Easy Job

#135 - Big Reading Wrap Up Before Ariel Leaves for a Wedding!

#134 - In The Field: We Go To Giant Book Sales!

#133 - Lactose Intolerance is Affecting our Reading?!

#132 - Raeleen Sent Ariel A Bookish Care Package 📦

#131 - Ariel's Revenge Is Spiralling Out of Control

#130 - Facing the Facts About How Many Books We've Bought (So Far) This Year

#129 - Ariel Bought Books, Raeleen Read Books

#128 - Books We Loved Even Though We Dislike The Genre??

#127 - Ariel Finally Finished a Book (And She Loved It!!!)

#126 - Raeleen Bought a Microwave and Now Her Reading is ELECTRIFIED! ⚡️

#125 - Raeleen's Fire Alarm Goes Off And Chaos Ensues 🚨

#124 - Raeleen's Book Betrayal is Tearing the Podcast Apart

#123 - Disastrously Giant First Book Haul of 2022 🙈

#122 - Grumpy Raeleen Reads More Than Ariel

#121 - Westerns and Bookmark Adventures with BRENNA THUMMLER!

#120 - Raeleen Reviews A Little Life & Ariel Reacts to the Goodreads Colour

#119 - OUR 2022 READING RESOLUTIONS!

#118 - BOOK CLUB: Eileen

#117 - Christmas Book Haul + Community Reading Stats!

#116 - OUR 2021 READING WRAP UP!

#115 - Our Reading Plans For When We're 80 Years Old 👵

#114 - We Read So Many Audiobooks!?

#113 - 🥀 Books for our Favourite Flowers 🌻

#112 - Ariel Bought Literally 20 Books so... BOOK HAUL!

#111 - Misleading Book Titles WITH LEENA NORMS!

#110 - Raeleen's Birthday and a Rereads TBR!

#109 - The Perfect Book for Nana!! 👵🏼

#108 - 👻 We Read Four Spooky Books for Halloween! 💀

#107 - Our Spookiest Book Recommendations! 🎃

#106 - What Is The Book Supply Shortage All About?!

#105 - Books We Think The Cullens Should Read! 🧛🏻‍♂️

#104 - Ariel's Birthday and (Weirdly) Locomotives!

#103 - Our Big City Book Haul

#102 - In The Field: Adventures From A Bookshop!

#101 - BOOK CLUB: One Hundred Years of Solitude

#100 - OUR HUNDREDTH EPISODE REUNION SPECTACULAR!

#99 - Disappointing Buddy Read??

#98 - Books for a Horse?! WITH NOELLE GALLAGHER!

#97 - Ariel Got a First Edition Animal Farm?! (And Also Met A Pug)

#96 - The Mood Reader Tag! Are We Mood Readers?

#95 - Raeleen Reads 3 Disappointing Books And Ariel Finds THE PERFECT BOOK?

#94 - OUR BIGGEST BOOK HAUL YET!

#93 - Ariel Blurbed A Book! And A Buddy Read Happened!

#92 - Books We Haven't Read... But Want To!!!

#91 - BIG NEWS! EEE! And Ariel Got A Library Card!

#90 - Books We Disagree On!

#89 - We Accidentally Bought The Same Book!

#87 - Raeleen Has a Disappointing Reread 💔

#86 - Surrealist Books WITH A.S. KING!

#85 - Will We Ever Stop Hauling Books? (No!!!) GIANT BOOK HAUL!

#84 - Eerie Dystopians WITH SANNE OF BOOKSANDQUILLS!

#83 - BOOK CLUB: Emma!

#82 - ARIEL'S SHELVES ARE FINALLY DONE!

#81 - Are We Pretentious Readers??

#80 - Ariel is Becoming a Carpenter?? Bookshelf Update!

#79 - How Do We Feel About Book Awards?

#78 - Raeleen Can’t Stop Thrifting Books!

#77 - Books for Lo-fi Tokyo Nights 🌃 and Books for Plants! 🪴🌱

#76 - Midnight Reading Slumber Party!!!

#74 - An Existential Crisis About Bookshelves!

#73 - Is Shakespeare Good?????

#72 - We Can't Stop Buying Books 🙈

#71 - Casting Sean Bean Into Books Characters!

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

#69 - Reading Poems and Picking Books For Them!

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

#67 - Books About The Sea! 🌊

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

#65 - Choosing Books For Our Favourite Video Game!

Book History: Book Curses! 🔮

#64 - What Do We Think About Reading Challenges?

#63 - OUR 2021 READING RESOLUTIONS!

#62 - Surprise Christmas Book Haul!

#61 - OUR BIG 2020 WRAP UP!

#60 - Books To Read While Being Tattooed!?

#59 - Penguin Buys Simon? Big Publishing News!

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

#57 - Raeleen is Engaged!!!!

#56 - BOOK CLUB: Dig!

#55 - Where To Start With Fantasy!

#54 - Raeleen Is An Overachiever and Ariel Has More Secret Graphic Novels

#53 - The Strangest Books We've Ever Read

#52 - Ariel Gives Raeleen A Bunch of Books

#51 - Times We've Met Book Celebrities!

#50 - Fugitive Tales and Farm Stories!

#49 - Perfect Autumn Reads! 🍂

#48 - It's Ariel's Birthday!

#47 - Books For The Reluctant Reader

#46 - Ariel Officially DNF’s a Book!

#45 - Where To Start With Stephen King

#44 - The Fabled Return

#43 - The Racing To Read Book Tag!

#42 - Competitive Book Reading

#41 - The One Where Ariel Tries Reading & Walking

#40 - Book Hauls & Failed TBR's

#39 - Classics and Getting Ready to Go OFFLINE!

#38 - Summer Books and Books NOT From the Perspective of Humans!

#37 - Recommending Books that Have Been Recommended!

#36 - #blacklivesmatter

#35 - Books That Are "Hideous to Look at But Great to Read!"

#34 - Oatmeal Books and Dark Books WITH LITTLEBOOKOWL!

#33 - Reviewing AS King’s Favourite book WITH AS KING!

#32 - Green Books and Books That Deserve a Second Chance!

#31 - Books That Should Be Retold From Another Character's Perspective!

#30 - Hard-Hitting Books and Books to Make You Ugly Cry!

#29 - BOOK CLUB: The Memory Police!

#28 - It Comes in Threes!

#27 - MORE Graphic Novels and Bedtime Books!

#26 - Books That Would Make Great Studio Ghibli Films!

#25 - Intense Topics and Plot Twists!

#24 - The Animal Crossing Book Tag!

#23 - Graphic Novels and Casting Actresses in Books!

#22 - Great Audiobooks and Recommending Books We Haven't Read??

#21 - Reverse Recommendations and Books We Didn't Like (But You Might)!!

#20 - Addressing the Elephant WITH BOOKSANDLALA!

#19 - Books You Desperately NEED People to Read!

#18 - Boarding Schools and Big Cities!

#17 - Library Book Nightmare and Raeleen's New Slogan!

#16 - Books That "Freak Us Out in an Exciting Way!"

#15 - How to Get Out of a Reading Slump and "Your Name" Books!

#14 - Books That Make You Go "HMMM?" and Rare Stolen Books!!

#13 - WOMEN! WOMEN! READ ALL ABOUT THEM!

#12 - Introducing Book News and Books That Would Make Great Black & White Movies!

#11 - Magical 2019 Wrap Up Extravaganza!

#10 - BOOK CLUB: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

#9 - Xmas Books, Motivational Teachers, and Books to Read in One Sitting WITH STORIESFORCOFFEE!

#8 - Queer Women, Mysteries, and Retellings!

#7 - Baking Bread and Weird Books!

#6 - Books All 20 Year Olds Should Read!

#5 - Deckled Edges vs Normal Pages and Underhyped Books!

#4 - Puzzling Books and Intense Stories WITH JESSETHEREADER!

#3 - Time Travel, Stand Alones, and Books About Being Lost!

#2 - Witchy Books, Morally Grey Characters, and Mashed Potato Books??!

#1 - Our New Podcast, What We're Reading, and Books with Unconventional Formats!