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Hi Ariel and Rayleen! Fun story for you guys: I bought A Tree Grows in Brooklyn at the recommendation of this podcast and the version I found is from 1943 and has a label on the front that says “Due to the critical paper shortage, this reduced size must be adopted to keep this popular bestseller available to the public.” Then in bold: “every word of the original book is contained in this edition.” On the back is a big ad for buying war bonds. So excited to read this tattered gem from the thrift store! I’m also currently reading The Blue Castle and am eating it up. Love this podcast and the amazing recs. Our tastes definitely align.

For the t-shirts in the truck: roll them up and tie them with a ribbon, but colour-code the ribbon according to size. That way the pile will still be neat even when the sizes are all mixed up, and you'll be able to find the one you need more quickly.

Ariel and her family seem like such happy well adjusted people. Moods are contagious and Ariel is always staying positive. I love the mini truck and I'm glad you are living your dream.

Hi Ariel, hi Rayleen ! I wanted to add my two cents to the conversation about used books ! I'm a published french author, it is my full time job to write books. It is good to know that we, as author, perceive no copyright on used books copy of our own books. Exactly like we buy some cups from small pottery business to support them, even if those are new item that are brought into the world, people should know that they are supporting the authors when buying books new. They are as well supporting a long term publishing policy ; because our industry is suffering of surproduction, books in bookstore have a life of two to three weeks, before being replaced by a new release. If people are still buying a new copy of a book published like three month ago, or a year, publisher will consider it a long selling book. If it's becoming a tendency, they will published less books, and they will promote better the few they have chosen carefully, which, for us, writer, will mean having more decent working condition and for you, readers, more delicately crafted stories. I feel like there could be a balance between ethical reason and ecological logic ; buy new if you have the budget, if you know this books will stay with you a long time, or maybe a lifetime, buy new if the edition is pretty or if the author seems young, or at their career debut ! Buy used copy , or better, go to the library, if you're unsure about the future of the book or if you don't have the money to support the writer ! And, good to know : here, in France, when you borrow a book from a library, we perceive a copyright, so it it supporting us, in a very ethical, minimalist and ecofriendly way ! Plus, library are always such beautiful places

Something my brother does with his ereader is getting library books on loan, then putting the ereader on airplane mode and turning off wifi. Apparently as long as it isn't connecting to wifi or internet, he can keep the book well past the library deadline.

Hey there are definitely people checking water quality and they send out warnings! Sometimes parts of the Oslo fjord isn't safe to swim in and we get told when and where to avoid. The fjord next to my super remote cabin is basically always safe to swim in, but we check if the shells are poisonous (they get regularly tested) before we eat them ❤ I am sure Canada has something similar. Only drink water from running streams, not still water when out on a hike. When in doubt - boil it ❤ Stay safe in nature 🌲🌻🌿

Raeleen shines so much in the confessions eps!

Will you make RU-vid videos about the truck? Also, I LOVED hearing the stats about what got sold last time. Please include these if you make a video on your channel!

Googled Tabi Split Shoes, stuff of nightmares

Hey A and R! Do I have the book recommendation for y'all!!! It's called, "The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows" by John Koenig. It is perhaps my favorite book of all time! The reason I bring it up is because of your "made up word/made up phrase" of mashed potato book. This book is a combination of made up words to describe the humanity of experiences you've felt deeply... But didn't quite have the word for it. Here is an example which reminded me of your mashed potato book shenanigans. "Proluctance: n. The paradoxical urge to avoid doing something you've been looking forward to-opening a decisive letter, meeting up with a friend who's finally back in town, reading a new book from your favorite author-perpetually waiting around for the right state of mind, stretching out the bliss of anticipation as long as you can." A more widely known word that originated from this book is Sonder. Y'all should totally check it out if you have the chance! Love the pod. Look forward to it every week. :)

Do you have a guest book for the truck for people to leave their names and notes in? A local to me permanent jeweler has one at her shop for customers to sign. I know it's more of an AirBnB type thing, but it might be a fun thing and it would help you to remember names! :)

It's raining like crazy here, I just finished my morning tea and then I saw the notification. Wonderful

Am i the only one that doesn't get stressed out by reading 10 books at a time? Im such a mood reader. If i forget a plot because its been too long i either re-read it or "receptions it." Totally agree with Raeleens pause idea!!!!

Ariel, I URGENTLY need the link to those Mary Jane’s!!! The people need it!!!

This pod is always such a delight :’) I put this ep in the background while I did my first workout in WEEKS. Thanks for making it more fun 😊

I totally related with the 10 or so books I tend to just put a little tab in them as a bookmark and put them in a come back to you area on my shelf and like you say I when I look at that shelf and enough time has past if I'm not picking it up because I know I wasn't enjoying it enough then move it on. Some books I do want to finish but like it can be overwhelming so I aim to finish say two or three of the outstanding books and just focus on those and if I gravitate to one more then just continue with that. It's giving yourself the freedom and not having too many hard rules just use it as a time to play around and enjoy your books without pressure. And Ariel I recently looked over my Goodreads shelf it's been a while, I made a new shelf called 'Finish Someday' haha where I've moved all of the outstanding books from currently reading. I've just got two current reads and an outstanding one in there now and it's so much easier to look at. Also has Raeleen ever played Cult of the Lamb? I think she'd love it!!! 😊

Embrace your chaotic reader self everyone haha. And yes Rae it is possible to read 10 at the same time haha. I do that quite often.

For the non book owning book lover, what if you went in Canva and designed a few pieces of art that were rectangle colors like book spines and put some of your favorite books and authors on the spines? Since you aren't reading the books and just want a joyful reminder of books you love around your home. Simple cheap art you cant print for less than $1 each mightbe fun.

Hello! I loved this episode, and I particularly loved all the super thoughtful responses to Amy J's eco-anxiety bookish dilemma. I was thinking about what Amy J said about a collection of books (even second-hand books!) giving them crippling anxiety - and I wondered if there could be a way for Amy J to honour and celebrate their favourite stories or love of reading in the home, in a way that avoided physical books entirely (since they appear to be such an emotional trigger/ Amy so strongly associates them with the climate crisis and mass production). One way could be to commission an artist to illustrate the spines or covers of their absolute favourites, and display the art somewhere in the home - or if that's a little costly (fair!) another could be to print out or hand write favourite bookish quotes or passages and display them in frames around the house. Just a thought! Stay gold, Amy J.

Got eco-anxiety? Lucky for us it’s summer and that means it's yard sale season! 😃Second hand books can be purchased inexpensively by making the rounds of your local yard sales/garage sales on the weekends. You’ll find loads of other inexpensive used goodies there too such as clothing, household items and more.

This was such a great episode! I love hearing about the book truck! You all come up with great ideas for the callers, and doesn’t Leena have a beautiful accent? I could listen to her for hours!

I randomly found the melancholy death of oyster boy by Tim burton at a used bookstore the other day(you talked about this a long time ago lol) It’s literally the best thing ever I’m loving it so much😍I would have never known it existed without y’all! Best podcast ever💜💜💜

Ariel your laugh is incredible! It reminds me to not take things too seriously lol

Leena's advice regarding book buying and climate change was so great!!

Amy jaye here from eco anxiety problem! Thank you for your advice! ✨ I liked raleens idea of making them pretty things around the house, and Ariel’s research into the effects made me feels a lot better! I’m housebound so literally never get takeaway coffee so I’ve basically got free passes now right 😂 I do get 99% of any books I buy second hand too so sounds like I’m doing good in the grand scheme of it all! phew 😮‍💨 Also can’t believe I got advice from the Leena the eco queen!!! What a privilege. Totally reframing even thing I do as radical act of defiance against capitalism 🎉

My mom used to do the time capsule thing with Christmas books when I was younger! She wrapped a bankers box in wrapping paper and stored all the Christmas picture books in there, so at the start of December, my sister and I got to open up the box of books and have all "new" ones for the holiday season. It was so much fun! I hope you get the same enjoyment from your time capsule, Raeleen!

The downside of putting the books into the time capsule, is that if you genuinely forget what books are in there, you might buy another copy of one of those books in the next year.

My "currently reading" list is more unhinged than it's ever been. There are 18 books in there. I love Ariel's comment that it's a lake, not a hole. So I'll just continue to splash around, dip my toes in here and there. The books currently on that unhinged pile are, in order of when I started them: Let The Land Speak (Jackie French) The Diary of Virginia Woolf: Volume One 1915-1919 A Booklover’s Companion (Matthew Reisz) My Wars are Laid Away in Books - The Life of Emily Dickinson (Alfred Habegger) Reading by Moonlight: how books saved a life (Brenda Walker) The Lonely City: Adventures in the art of being alone (Olivia Laing) The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy) Under the Greenwood Tree (Thomas Hardy) Home at Grasmere: Extracts from Dorothy Wordsworth’s journal & William Wordsworth’s poems Some of Us Just Fall (Polly Atkin) Night Side of the River (Jeanette Winterson) Words are Eagles (Gregory Day) The Bell of the World (Gregory Day) The Old Ways (Robert Macfarlane) The Year of the Hare (Arto Paasilinna) Wild Geese (Nan Shepherd) Foster (Claire Keegan)

Raeleen's mesh / goth top looks so good! 😍🖤

I feel like Mosscap (A Psalm for the Wild-built) is even more appropriate as a name now for the truck now because of the struggles with the pesky distributor cap. That mossy old cap. (Yes I'm the person who originally suggested the name lol). 💚💚💚 Just like Mosscap the robot, the truck deserves love and to be fixed.

I’m amy z and I was so excited when you said there were three amys today! 😂 I totally appreciate the advice and will definitely try to romanticize my life, lol. I also love movies and love the idea to prioritize those as well.

In Wales you can get information on water levels and quality from Natural Resources Wales. Canada could well have an equivalent body and they may have done some monitoring on that river that's publicly available. Also big congratulations Ariel on being quoted I the Guardian books newsletter. It was exciting to read in unexpected context.

Not to stress about having too many books in my “currently reading” shelf I’ve created a shelf called “Started-stand by-on pause” which keeps them out of view but easy to find (if and when I want to) 📚

I loved this episode! I love the idea of a book time capsule for books that feel only medium, and I love hearing about pod people showing up at the baby mini teeny awesome truck! Question for Ariel and Bissett Books: Are you going to be making this a summer business? (translation: will I have more chances to see the truck?)

I just read this super tear jerking graphic novel that came out this month. It's called age 16,. It's a generational story with tons of generational trauma but I LOVED IT. Probably my fave of the year.

Something that helps me distinguish my academic reading from my hobby reading is to use a different format. I often will read physical copies of my school books since I have to study/annotate them, but I will listen to my fun books on audio. This is also a great way to habit stack cuz you can break up your studies with a little walk or house chores and get to listen to a more fun story! (But, as the wise Ariel said, there is no shame in giving up! Sometimes it’s healthier to use your precious little free time for a different form of rest.)

I may have squealed, when I saw the notification for this episode come out so early!

I wonder if anyone else starts books like me - I start in the second chapter, and then I go back after I’m hooked in the book and start from the beginning!

It's 1:52 am for me, but im really tempted to watch now lol

I am LOVING your shirt, Ariel!! ❤

Ok, when you first held up those shoes I thought they WERE TABIS. 😂

The True Cost really ruined us all back in 2015, han. (And thank god, cause this industry can't continue as it is 😳)

Ariel you are looking so tan! Beach Bum life must be working out, or maybe all those days working the mini truck bookstore ☀️ 😊

Up on RU-vid before Spotify, is that regular?

Ooo yay!

Tabi split shoes=cameltoe on your feet.🐫