Our Book Cataloguing spreadsheet
A lot of you have wanted a blank version of our yearly spreadsheet! If you’re interested in seeing how we organize our reading and track our book buying and you maybe want to download a copy for yourself to read, here it is!
Link to spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eBsK_Pe9z2fnnahfttnBTMT7c6ZRNB6C6I82ZKiGOms
Ariel’s big challenge for 2026 is to create a new website sharing fun and interesting bookish history from around Nova Scotia. Check it out here: bookhistoryofnovascotia.com
Ariel’s Book History of Nova Scotia Website
Raeleen made this challenge for herself for 2025 but you can use it anytime! Find it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-2RQwlryXtmtb4Ul7eO2bhK1e160gO-V/view
Raeleen’s Shrek Quest Bingo Card
Throughout 2023 and 2024, Ariel visited every bookshop in Nova Scotia and logged her visits. Find that journey here!
Ariel Visited Every Bookshop in Nova Scotia
OUR TOP PICKS
You guys asked, and we have answered! Here is a current list of our most-hyped, most-talked-about books of the moment. You could call it a “Books Unbound Reading Challenge” if you felt so inclined. [This list is from 2022.]
The List: www.booksunboundpodcast.com/new-blog/our-top-picks
RaTIng Bookish Things Out of 10
In some of our episodes we’re working on rating bookish things out of 10! If you want to play along to see how your scores would compare here is a link to the spreadsheet.
Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_JIxcF0xPfnP9LMRWYhoweiCgwYJTqoWjcpyPiIbcD0
Here are the episodes where we rate things:
Episode 159: https://anchor.fm/booksunbound/episodes/159---Rating-Bookish-Things-Out-of-Ten-e1obgs9
In The Field Episodes
Sometimes we go out into the field for book adventures! These are those special episodes and the blog posts that go with them.
Episode 102: Adventures From A Bookshop!
Episode: https://anchor.fm/booksunbound/episodes/102---Adventures-From-A-Bookshop-e17io9d
Blog Post: https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/image-posts/ep102
Episode 134: Going to Giant Book Sales!
Episode: https://anchor.fm/booksunbound/episodes/134---In-The-Field-We-Go-To-Giant-Book-Sales-e1h6o83
Blog Post: https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/image-posts/ep134
Episode 151: Book Crawl In Vancouver!
Blog Post: https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/image-posts/episode-151-images-from-our-vancouver-book-crawl
It’s no secret that we love cats (and cat books) so we have created a short & sweet book tag all about cats!
The Tag: www.booksunboundpodcast.com/image-posts/the-books-unbound-cat-tag