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[@shannonwilhelm5031]

Hi Ariel! Shannon (mother of Natalie ) here. As soon as Natalie told me they were going on this pilgrimage I knew I had to send that book to you.Its from an exhibit that we went to at a college in Illinois, the name escapes me now,,,, But they had some of her clothes, her actual bed, lots of photos from her life and a TON of her paintings. Oh, and a scaled model of her and Diego's house. It was really something to see. I'm so glad the trip went well and you like the book. One day out of the blue Natalie sent me your house tour video and said, Mom you're going to love this, and I did! You really bring something special to the world, thank you :)

[@michaelabrant4564]

It may have been College of DuPage? I remember going to a Frida exhibit there a couple years ago and it was amazing!

[@shannonwilhelm5031]

@@michaelabrant4564 I think that might be it... 👍

[@MJ-in-Canada]

Ariel puts hours into planning and hosting an Anne of Green Gables pilgrimage to PEI as well as painting her bookmobile, getting all the merch ready, and so much more. I need this kinda energy. Instead, just THINKING about all that she does makes me need to lie down with a cold compress in a darkened room until I feel energized again.🤣

[@ashleyl7794]

SHES INDUSTRIOUS!

[@ExLibrisKari]

In the weeks leading up to Halloween, the book truck definitely needs a shelf labeled “BOOOks” for Ariel’s spooky season book recs 👻🎃

[@okayheykae]

That's such a cute idea! 👻

[@Rachel13dw]

I think probably the reason Suzanne Collins stays within the Hunger Games universe if because she uses the genre/universe to comment on things happening in our world now? I think with this one she said she's commenting on propaganda and the many being ruled by the few.

[@cassandralyne]

As someone with my father having passed away 5 years ago... hearing of you and your dad doing it together just warms my heart in such an incredible way!! My father was the handiest person I knew and he taught me so much. We fixed up my entire first house together and I have such fond memories of him teaching me how to lay tile and not be afraid to rip an entire bathroom out. I long for his help on my new house and all projects I dream of! Enjoy that time with your dad!! I'm so happy for you!

[@sonag4191]

I was hoping the truck would be blue!! French blue sounds like exactly the color I was envisioning. So excited to see it come together!!

[@salamalmahi541]

Same!

[@ScooppyLise]

did you all see that studio Laika (from Coraline and ParaNorman) is making a stopmotion adaptation of Piranesi? I love that they're going the stopmotion route

[@federubiowenk2859]

They are currently doing Wildwood (a great middle age fantasy book) so I guess piranessi will be the next one!

[@eszemaszeszed]

im just great they are still in business😭😭 love stop motion so much🥺

[@aksez2u]

Ariel just gave a great description of what it's like to be a good teacher 😁. All of it: the planning, the curriculum, the handouts for the journals, the stuff to do in case you have extra time, being ON all day. The only things teachers don't have to do is hike 4 hours 😆.

[@Unicosaurus]

An 85 minute episode was totally worth the wait this morning!!

[@Merakkai]

Ariel, you are so lucky to get to do amazing projects with your dad! Those experiences will turn into treasured memories someday. The silly internet comments will be forgotten (hopefully lol).

[@roisinhackett4320]

Hey guys! Love the podcast. I never watch it on KZbin, but came on here to comment. I wanted to comment two weeks ago. Having lived in Belgium, there are two types of Belgian waffles! The waffles you are talking about are Gauffres de Liege (or Liege Waffles), they sprinkle brown sugar on the wafflemaker before putting the batter in, it's also a more oval shape. Liege is a small city in Belgium. The other waffle is Gauffre de Bruxelle (or Brussel Waffle), they are rectangular and ones you'd traditionally find in other European counties or I guess Canada. End of waffle rant. Thank you for the pod.

[@riannevancleemput735]

Hi, Belgian here, there are two kinds of Belgian waffles! You have one from Brussels, that's the one who is more like a 'normal' waffle, airy and fluffy topped with powdered sugar or other kind of things like chocolate, whipped cream, fruits for the tourists. The other kind is from Liège (french speaking part of Belgium), and that's the one with the big sugar parts in it!

[@kimberly1661]

The Anne audiobook read by Rachel McAdams is one of my favorite things ever, I've listened to it so many times and it's so beautifully done. It is on Audible so perhaps one could use a free trial to get it, but honestly it's so lovely I'd be willing to give Amazon money for it if I needed to, I recommend it so much!

[@chooseyourthoughts7692]

Aww I’m glad that you are working on the truck with your dad, that is so special ❤❤

[@reminiscentoss681]

I don't think I've ever seen Ariel this animated before, someone should take her sounds bits and put them to animation, she's got so much LIFE going on in her voice and expressions.

[@justaylin5139]

17:21 Former part time carpet installer here! They crank up the heat so that the carpet will stretch more easily and it also helps with any fold lines

[@okayheykae]

Raeleen's experience with Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is so similar to mine and that's very validating haha. I didn't necessarily find the characters unlikeable (I just didn't care about them), and I don't get the hype (but I wish I did because I feel left out)! And it's so fun to hear more about Ariel's trip - it sounds like it was lovely! Hopefully the mini truck rain delay gave you some extra time to prep instead of feeling rushed!💜

[@xenvonxen]

I feel similar as well ! When I read it, I was really enjoying the beginning but then I somehow found it hard to relate to any of the characters.

[@okayheykae]

@@xenvonxen exactly! I'm curious if people who liked it found the characters relatable, or if that isn't something that impacts how they feel about books

[@vivianhagedorn2793]

This might be a silly question but where do/will you (Ariel) store the book truck at your house? Will you have to take all the books off the shelves and bring them inside in between events?? That makes the most sense but I'm wondering where you'll put them all :)

[@TheJoker037]

Wow, Ariel, that trip sounds amazing! Sounds like you made it even more special. I would love to go on a trip like that sometime.

[@traveljournal9928]

Ariel - would love to see the journaling activities you did for the trip. I am doing a PEI trip in the future and would love some creative inspo and think the ones you shared were such cool ideas.

[@p_p_p_p_7732]

Zevin said they loved A Little Life, and I can really sense some inspo from that, as in I felt Zevin was really trying to make us a feel a certain way, and it seemed quite forced and way too obvious. I enjoyed the first half the most until the incident happened and then it just felt too trite and imo a bit boring.

[@arobinreads]

Loved this so much ❤ Really hope everything went well Ariel

[@ashleyl7794]

About the expanding series and authors getting caught up in their own worlds: I think that it’s similar to the MCU. If you have too many books or too many movies in a series it becomes unapproachable for new fans!!! I think the hunger games is an important story for our time and I hope that Suzanne Colins expanding the series does not take away from the message of the original hunger games trilogy

[@jewelloveslife]

Elsewhere doesn't have the same amount of hype as it used to as a YA book etc but it truly changed my pov and was one of my favorite books growing up I don't know how it would hold up now but I liked it more than AJ Fikry! def one to check out!!

[@francineh.7825]

The Anne of Green Gables trip sounded absolutely amazing! After seeing Ariel's dvd set I just ordered the Anne With An E dvd box set. I adored that show and signed all the petitions for them not to cancel it lol. Raeleen it must be so nice to have new carpets!!

[@dianej19]

unpopular opinion on the new hunger games book coming out, but i am sooooo excited!! the ballad of songbirds and snakes is one of my fave books i read this year and is actually my fave in the series! and im actually so happy that suzanne collins is writing more in the series because i think the world and the characters are so interesting! i really hope she writes a book about finnick!!

[@aisling_90]

Wow Ariel that trip sounded so special and once-in-a-lifetime ❤ Also I'm so happy raeleen got the carpets sorted as the EXACT same thing happened with my flat (white paint split on a mushroom brown carpet 😅)

[@thebugbear]

I'm really sorry people discredit all the amazing work you're putting into your house and the truck. I feel like part of that must come from jealousy and feeling like it's just not possible for one person to do all those things! I know that for myself I can't imagine learning how to do everything you've done around the house - I am the least handy person ever (I already had someone come over to show me how to put up a shelf and I'd still be scared to do it on my own in the future).

[@MJ-in-Canada]

I was so proud of myself for putting up a bookshelf. Then, minutes later, it collapsed.😆

[@adrianaraats5122]

Ariel needs a little ghost with a book vinyl sticker to go on the bumper beside the plate!

[@hello79712]

Gable-ers

[@shaylabateman07]

Missed you last week! I love having this to look forward to on Mondays!

[@heather4142]

Shout out to Raeleen for always being a supportive friend to Ariel and her ideas and adventures! Several episodes ago, Raeleen mentioned "If We Were Villians" by M. L. Rio, and it intrigued me. So I finally looked up the audiobook through my local library and loved it. It was read by Robert Petkoff and was SO good. I highly recommend it to anyone that is into theatre/drama and mystery! Thanks for introducing it to me, Raeleen! I've also listened to "True Grit" (again on audio from my local library) and really enjoyed that as well, and "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (which Raeleen DNF'ed!). Thank you both for rekindling my love of reading, even if it is predominately auditory. On the topic of unlikable characters, I tried, really tried, to read "The Dark Hour" by K. J. Young. I couldn't finish it. Despite how curious I was to find out what was going on in the house and with the old siblings... I couldn't get past the dislikable main character. He really was not my cup of tea. This is getting to be quite a long comment so I'll wrap up. I'm really looking forward to seeing the truck completed and hearing all about your maiden voyage! Bon voyage and good luck!

[@margauxb3591]

As someone whose dad also works out of town and just left this morning the bit about about Ariel's dad made me cry lol But yes! Time with our family is precious and fun and we should get as much as we want!

[@krillias]

I agree that I would love to see Suzanne Collins try something new! I never tried reading A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes because of a lack of interest and I may or may not pick up the Finnick one based on reception/how much my best friend makes me want to read it, but as someone who loved loved LOVED her other series (Gregor the Overlander) when I was young, I know she can write outside of Panem and do it so well. Something weird would be great! Adult maybe?

[@salamalmahi541]

I’m so happy Ariel chose blue because that’s how I imagined the truck ending up being 😍

[@tiamorton1927]

The way I'm literally bursting with excitement over the mini truck! I'm so glad the color change decision was made, my heart was sad when Ariel said she was going to do beige. Also, can anyone tell me in which podcast they reviewed Ducks, Newburyport (if any)? I can't remember if I saw the book on Ariel or Raeleen's shelf, but I'm reading it currently and would love to hear their thoughts!

[@swedish_malin]

There's a list on the website with which books are talked about in which episode! 😊

[@tiamorton1927]

@swedish_malin omg, i completely forgot to check the website! Thank you so much lol

[@CandlewickLibrary]

Suzanne Collins does have another series- Gregor the Overlander- that is a middle grade series which I also enjoyed. The entire Anne series isn’t as good as the first, but I LOVE House of dreams and Rilla of Ingleside. I feel like they have the heart of the first. Of course, I do like all of them, just not on the same level.

[@Kimberlyrecruits]

The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka sounds similar in many ways to Swimming Studies, in the vignettes, ways that it flows, memories. I recommend this! Speaking of vignette, I'm still waiting on your review of Clancy, the newest Twenty One Pilots album. :)

[@circleofleaves2676]

I adored Anne of Green Gables, but I DNF'd Anne of Avonlea. The second book felt like a much more juvenile book, which is weird because the Anne character was older. The first book is timeless.

[@vivianhagedorn2793]

I read all the Anne books growing up and have been a lifelong fan (a self-proclaimed "Anne head" if you will) but the only ones I regularly revisit are books 1-3. I find it makes a wonderful trilogy (minus Davy) but books 4-8 get into Anne as an adult and she is really reduced down to a stereotypical woman from that time. Books 4 and 6 were actually published MUCH later (I believe 1930s instead of 1910/20s like the other 6) as a way to fill in "gaps" in the series which I think added to why they felt so out-of-place.

[@floodedapartment]

I remember Elizabeth Smart's debut novel being mentioned in a previous episode. On the topic of cheating in novels, I read that 'By Grand Central Station' was the first novel to include a pregnant female perspective on adultery. Just a fun fact! Also, the follow up novel 'The Assumption' is a continuation in the same style! Love the podcast, thanks! 😊😊

[@alinegr]

"Liege waffles" are the ones made with sugar crystals, they are usually thick and more tasty, and the batter is more "bread-like" when is comes to the preparation. Belgian waffles vs "American" waffles are both made with more of a pancake-like batter, the only difference is Belgian uses yeast and American uses baking powder, according to some sites

[@huda9445]

I was hesitant to read Anne of Avonlea because I read about Davy , then I convinced myself to try it and I loved the book, there’s a quality in LM’s books that I enjoy ….. Davy wasn’t my favorite but he didn’t irk me as I expected from the reviews.

[@Cindy_Son]

Ariel, just to add to your obsession, a new Canadian dollar has dropped and it has Anne of Green Gables and L.M. Montgomery. It's going to be limited to 3 million coins, which 2 million will be in colour!

[@Erid21]

I've been listening to you guys since the very beginning but this is the first time I write something on the comments 😅. I'm Erika, from Colombia, and I just wanted to let you know that since books and stories always bring me joy, to share with you an hour or so weekly is really significant for me. Thank you for Books Unbound, both of you are lovely, fun and unique. Hugs from this part of the continent. ❤

[@tiffanymorningstar7008]

Honestly since we getting the 2ndh quarter quail and had the 3rd.... If there's a 3rd prequel the 1st quarter quarter quail could be cool since those hunger games are meant to be different

[@byvitaobrien]

The Green Gables trip sounds so incredible!! The celebrant for my parents civil union went to Green Gables & brought me back a bottle of the cordial a good 15 years ago! I think I still have the label somewhere

[@availandco]

Gabrielle Zevin has a bit of a nostalgic style to her writing for me. I’ve read both Tomorrow x3 and A.J. Fikry and her style is dated in a way if that makes sense? It reminds me of being a teen and grabbing random adult fiction books to read and just being enthralled. I may not have fully understood the themes due to how young I was but I would feel impacted yet and still. I wish there was a better way to explain what I think but I really enjoyed both books.

[@OutlanderImagination]

I also listened to Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow on Spotify this week!! Took a little over a week so both last week and finished it this Tuesday (:

[@cargopantcasual]

Speaking of Spotify audiobooks, The Blue Castle is also free!!

[@jodie4251]

The new hunger games book is a tricky one because Suzanne said in an interview that she’ll only write more when she has something to say about the society we live in. Part of me thinks it’s going to be amazing because fans have been asking for a Haymitch book for like 10yrs and she never did it until now. But the fact it’s already got a movie lined up does seem a bit cash grab-y… I also read somewhere that this book is going to focus on the use of propaganda and censorship we’re seeing with current world events. But ultimately we’ll have to wait and see

[@iidifferentworlds]

Ariel's Anne pilgrimage sounds like an absolute dream. Would love to do something like that one day

[@DeeStrange1]

I hate to be totally off topic with this- but I think Ariel needs to know that Build-a-Bear has a Frida Kahlo Collage Bear on sale right now. It didn't feel right not passing this tidbit on.

[@neja2768]

I can't wait for book truck videos on your own channel ariel I've been loving listening to your journey on the pod But I'd loved to see more video content.

[@ierrasay4210]

Name suggestion for Anne of Green Gables fandom : Gablers or Green Gablers?

[@ashleytunny]

I just love this podcast. You guys are so much fun.

[@giuliab21]

Ariel and Rae have the most beautiful hearts Just love these gals so much

[@GrumpyOldCrows]

I loved Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow. The ending not so much.

[@thoughtsofabookaholic777]

Ariel’s love for Anne Of Green Gables is making me want to read it so bad!

[@M3erlia]

The Anne trip sounded just magical!

[@BettyAndersson]

Literally while watching this video, and especially when Ariel showed the (very lovely) Christmas ornament of Green Gables, I realized that Green Gables is referring to the house having green gables 😂 English is not my native language and in Swedish Green Gables is known as Grönkulla, meaning basically Green Hills so I've never thought about what the English name actually meant 😂

[@BettyAndersson]

Also, I felt so similar to Raeleen about Tomorrow and tomorrow! I went into that book expecting to love it, but I expected it to make me feel something very different. In the end I felt like it had some really good parts, some parts I didn't really liked, and in the end it just more than anything made me feel deeply sad, but not like, in a good way? 😅 And I don't really understand the hype about it either. It does however have one of my absolute favorite covers!

[@ninavogel1809]

Anniacs could be a name for Anne fans!

[@GwendolynKensinger]

Found this info from an initial search: Spotify compensates audiobook rights holders based on how long and which titles are listened to. According to Bloomberg, some deals with large publishers may trigger a per-book payment when a customer has listened to 10-20% of the book, while others may require the customer to listen to the entire book or for partial reads to add up to 100%. Spotify also offers non-exclusive deals, which result in smaller royalty payments but allow authors to publish their audiobooks elsewhere. In these cases, Spotify may pay authors 100% of royalties from Spotify sales and 80% of royalties from other sales.

[@erintrolley3074]

Lmaoooooo my comment 🫡🫡🫡😂😂😂

[@Micahlee_19]

Amazing that you got to do a Common Ground Pilgrimage! I've been following Not Sorry productions and Vanessa since HP and the sacred text days. Someday I'll scrape together enough money to go on one of these trips

[@leannerae]

I'm just waiting for the book truck to launch so I get all the merch to support Ariel! 🎉 Regarding the Anne of Green Gables movie vs Netflix series, I haven't seen the movie but I couldn't get through the 1st episode of the Netflix series, so I might have been team older movie! 😅

[@adrianeklingbeil5984]

Raeleen! I think you are talking about Marx in Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow and he's my favorite too! I did really like the book except for that one part where, you know 😭. Ariel, so bummed your book truck has to wait for it's debut 🥺.

[@esmesemple119]

All the best Ariel! This is so exciting

[@kendanault6873]

Make that a tooth triplets! If anyone in the Fraser Valley, BC is familiar with ARC, there was a yellow cement water feature in the kiddie pool. I smashed my face into it right before my grade 4 picture day. My greatest fear is losing my front tooth filling before another important picture event. 😅

[@Kris2397]

I have only read the series of Anne of Green in danish and maybe that's the reason. I have never thought about the first book feeling finshed, maybe because I could relate to Anne in some aspects og nature and though process. I have read all the books multiple times and I only find the last one boring. It´s all news to me that people don't like the second book or David. I find it interesting and somewhat hard to understand 🙂

[@dawnwendalynnwebb98]

Hello Ariel and Raeleen, I just wanted to pop in after watching this pod to say I found a store in Durham Region Ontario that sells the biscuit tea. So if you have any other listeners from that area of Ontario that wanted to try it. It is called The British Isles Shoppe and it is in Ajax Ontario. I haven't tried it yet but very happy I finally get to. I love the regular orange pekoe tea by them. ❤

[@erintrolley3074]

The UK Shoppe in Peterborough, Ontario sells the biscuit tea, jam tea, and the cookies Ariel got from the store in Halifax a few episodes ago! If you’re ever up that way :)

[@dawnwendalynnwebb98]

​@@erintrolley3074 Oh yes, the Ajax store had those too. I guess I should have said they were there as well. It is great that there are a few places to get it from. I have had my first cup and absolutely LOVE it!!

[@lemonlemonster]

TIL the author of Elsewhere and Tomorrow Tomorrow and Tomorrow are the same person! Very cool

[@GwendolynKensinger]

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is my favorite book of all time.

[@GwendolynKensinger]

AJ Fikry is also amazing!

[@lilifane]

I heard a lot of times that Suzanne Collins said in an interview years ago she would only write another Hunger Games book if she had something significant/important to say. And given the current state of the workd noone is actually surprised that she wrote another book in that series. I looooved Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. And I think the hype mostly comes to how much you like/can relate to the characters. Especially since they are so flawed and human. I for example discovered a lot of myself in Sam. Plus, the video games aspect. It's not something you get often in books and I feel this was so beautifully written. When I read Daisy Jones and the Six I constantly had the urge to google songs from it and listen to them because they felt so real. And here I wanted to play these games so much. But I also liked the third character the most and have the same favourite chapter. That chapter was art.

[@salamalmahi541]

I’m glad you’re doing this activity with your dad 🤍 This will be a time to remember

[@ollieb.9731]

I finally managed to read The Blue Castle, best book of the year so far (and I've had a good reading year)!! Thank you for talking it up on the pod, I may never of heard of it otherwise 🥰💖🩵