Unabridged: Recent Episodes
Ashley, Jen, & Sara
Unabridged is a bookish podcast hosted by three teachers. We release episodes every week, including a monthly Book Club episode and extra Teaching Tidbits episodes every other week. Join us for bookish fun at our website unabridgedpod.com, on social media @unabridgedpod, or via email at unabridgedpod@gmail.com.
Which books are going in your beach bag this summer? In today’s episode, we’re sharing a few great picks for your next vacation—or just your next relaxing afternoon in the sun. From fast-paced thrillers and twisty YA mysteries to a heartfelt rom-com set in the world of podcasting, we’ve got something for everyone.
We're heading into a summer break for Unabridged soon and wanted to make sure we'd shared some fun picks for summer before we pause.
For our beach bag picks, Ashley recommends Lucy Foley’s The Guest List, a compulsively readable thriller set on a remote island during a glamorous wedding weekend. Jen shares Back After This by Linda Holmes, a thoughtful, feel-good rom-com about podcasting, heartbreak, and second chances.
We wrap up with a Lit Chat question: What’s a book or series you think is overrated?
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Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
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Have you read Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson—or maybe even the whole series? In this May 2025 Book Club episode, we’re diving into the twisty world of Ellingham Academy with Stevie Bell and company. But first, we kick things off with a Bookish Check-In. Ashley’s reading Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune (yes, the sequel to The House in the Cerulean Sea), and Jen shares her thoughts on Nnedi Okorafor’s Death of the Author.
Then we dive into all things Truly Devious—what makes Stevie such a compelling protagonist, how Johnson balances multiple mysteries across timelines, and why this one’s a must-read for fans of dark academia and character-driven whodunits. We wrap up with perfect book pairings, plus a few favorite things outside the reading life.
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Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
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Have you watched the Heartstopper series or read the graphic novels by Alice Oseman? In this episode, we’re sharing a conversation that originally aired on Patreon all about the pilot episode of Heartstopper, based on Oseman’s beloved graphic novel series. Before we dive into the adaptation, we kick things off with a bookish check-in—Ashley shares about Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros, and Jen is rereading Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison. We wrap things up with a fun Lit Chat question about whether we prefer borrowing or buying books (spoiler: it depends!).
Whether you’ve read the series, watched the show, or are just curious what all the buzz is about, we hope you’ll tune in and join the conversation.
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Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
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In this month’s Book Club episode, we’re discussing Solito by Javier Zamora, a powerful memoir that chronicles his journey as a nine year old traveling alone from El Salvador to the United States. With vivid detail and emotional clarity, Zamora recounts the two-month trek that took him across borders, through deserts, and into the hands of strangers—some kind, some dangerous—all with the hope of reuniting with his parents on the other side.
We discuss the emotional weight of Zamora’s story, the beauty of his writing, and the way his experience speaks to the resilience of young people navigating unimaginably difficult circumstances. Tune in to hear our thoughts, a few favorite quotes, and recommendations for other powerful reads to pair with this unforgettable memoir.
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Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
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Have you ever found that reading with a friend makes a book even better? In this episode, we (Jen and Ashley) dive into the joys of buddy reading, spotlighting some of our favorite young adult books we've read together through Unabridgedpod Buddy Reads—a community reading experience we host monthly on Instagram.
We share how these reads have shaped our perspectives, helped us connect more deeply with the stories, and brought us closer to our reading community. From emotional reads like Darius the Great Is Not Okay to page-turners like Jennifer Lynn Barnes'sThe Naturals, we’re talking about the power of reading together and the books that have stuck with us along the way.
Whether you’re new to buddy reading or a long-time participant in our monthly chats, this episode is a celebration of shared stories and the friendships that grow from them.
Let us know what you thought about this one! Remember that you can support us on Patreon if you're interested in contributing to the podcast.
Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
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How do you find your place when you feel stuck between worlds?In this episode, Jen and Ashley dive into Kareem Between by Shifa Saltagi Safadi, our March 2025 book club pick. This middle-grade novel in verse explores identity, belonging, and tough moral choices as Kareem navigates friendships, football, and family while feeling caught between cultures.
We discuss our overall impressions, the book’s powerful themes, and some of the moments that stuck with us. Plus, we share book pairings that explore similar themes of identity and community.
Let us know what you thought about this one! Remember that you can support us on Patreon if you're interested in contributing to the podcast.
Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
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Have you read Nella Larsen's Passing (Bookshop.org |Libro.fm), a brilliant classic written in 1929? Today, we're sharing our Patreon discussion of the film adaptation of this, which we both thoroughly enjoyed. We talk about the book and film and share our thoughts about the artistic choices.
We end with a couple of very entertaining Lit Chat Game questions, so be sure to stick around for those!
Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
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It’s book club time! This month, we’re diving into Two Wrongs Make a Right by Chloe Liese—a swoony, opposites-attract romance inspired by Much Ado About Nothing. Fake dating? Revenge plot? Emotional depth? We have thoughts.
In this episode, Jen and I break down our overall impressions, what worked for us, and some standout quotes that stuck with us. We also share our book pairings for this one, including Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert and Sonali Dev’s Austen retellings—because if you loved Two Wrongs Make a Right, we’ve got more recommendations to keep that reading streak going.
Join us for the discussion, and let us know what you thought about this one! Remember that you can support us on Patreon if you're interested in contributing to the podcast.
Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
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Love is in the air! In our annual February episode, we’re back with some romance recommendations just in time for Valentine’s (or Galentine’s!) season. We’re sharing books that have captured our hearts recently, from star-crossed lovers to unconventional storytelling.
But first, we kick things off with our latest reads, including Matt Haig’s The Life Impossible and Jennifer Croft’s The Extinction of Irena Rey—both of which bring unique narrative structures and compelling protagonists to the table. Join us as we chat about what we’re loving (and maybe not loving) in romance right now, with a mix of new releases and backlist gems.
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Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
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What does it mean to explore identity, legacy, and the complexities of family through a literary lens? For our January book club episode of Unabridged, join us as we discuss Percival Everett’s James.
This inventive retelling of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn reimagines the story from Jim’s perspective, giving voice to a character often overshadowed in the original. Packed with humor, grief, and rich reflection, Everett’s novel invites readers to explore themes of race, agency, and storytelling in a whole new way. Don’t miss this engaging conversation about a brilliant book that will be discussed for many years to come.
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Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
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Happy New Year! In this episode of Unabridged, we're diving into our 2025 reading challenges and reflecting on the highs and lows of our 2024 goals. Join us as we share our experiences with various reading challenges—what worked, what didn’t, and the lessons we’re carrying forward. We're also introducing our 2025 Unabridgedpod Reading Challenge. We'd love for you to join us!
Whether you’re new to reading challenges or a seasoned pro, this episode offers inspiration and insight to shape your reading life for the year ahead. Don't forget to check out our Patreon shop for discussion guides, book club resources, and more to support your reading journey!
Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
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As we approach winter break, we wanted to share a re-release of a book club episode about a seasonal novel we loved discussing. Looking for a fun, illuminating holiday-centered read? Check out Sonya Lalli's A Holly Jolly Diwali (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm), our December Unabridged book club pick.
In this episode, Jen and Ashley discuss thoughts about A Holly Jolly Diwali and share our book pairings including Jean Meltzer’s The Matzah Ball (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Thrity Umrigar’s Honor (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm).
Join us on Patreon to have access to our back catalog of recordings and resources. Also, just a reminder that this season, we now have a shop on Patreon where you can purchase book discussion guides and other resources. We appreciate your support so much.
Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
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For our December book club episode of Unabridged, join Ashley and Jen as we discuss Cynthia Hand's The Afterlife of Holly Chase. This modern young adult retelling of A Christmas Carol is packed with holiday spirit, humor, and poignant themes. Alongside our book discussion, Ashley and Jen also share our book pairings to complement your reading experience. Don’t miss this festive conversation!
Join us on Patreon to have access to our back catalog of recordings and resources. Also, just a reminder that this season, we now have a shop on Patreon where you can purchase book discussion guides and other resources. We appreciate your support so much.
Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
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In our November Book Club episode, Jen and Ashley are discussing Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm). Join Ashley and Jen as we explore this haunting post-apocalyptic novel set in a remote Anishinaabe community and as we share our thoughts and pairing recommendations.
As the outside world descends into chaos and communication cuts off, the community must grapple with the collapse of modern systems, rediscover traditional ways of life, and confront the arrival of unsettling outsiders. Filled with tension and resilience, Rice’s novel offers a compelling exploration of survival, identity, and the strength of community.
Join us on Patreon to have access to our back catalog of recordings and resources. Also, just a reminder that this season, we now have a shop on Patreon where you can purchase book discussion guides and other resources. We appreciate your support so much.
Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
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This month on Unabridged, we’re thrilled to share our Patreon discussion about Greta Gerwig’s Little Women with you all. In this beloved adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, Gerwig brings a fresh, nuanced perspective to the March sisters' journeys, exploring themes of independence, ambition, and sisterhood in ways that resonate with today’s audiences. Whether you’re a longtime fan of Little Women or discovering Gerwig’s take for the first time, this episode is full of insights that will deepen your appreciation for the film.
Join us on Patreon to have access to our back catalog of more film adaptation discussions like this one! Also, just a reminder that this season, we now have a shop on Patreon where you can purchase book discussion guides and other resources. We appreciate your support so much.
Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
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In our October Book Club episode, the Unabridged Podcast is diving into Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm). Join Ashley and Jen as they discuss this gripping novel set in 1840s Mexico, where Nena, the daughter of a rancher, faces a sinister threat that lurks near her home, draining men of their blood. After being attacked by this nightmare nine years earlier, Nena is reunited with Néstor, her childhood sweetheart, as they are both pulled into the chaos of the U.S. invasion of Mexico in 1846. Nena, a curandera, and Néstor, a vaquero, must confront their unresolved past while battling a monstrous evil.
In the episode, Ashley and Jen share their overall impressions, what worked for them, and some powerful quotes from the book, including a discussion about Nena’s struggle for freedom. They also offer their book pairings. Don’t miss this deep dive into a historical, supernatural story!
Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
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Are you looking for some spooky reads to get you in the Halloween spirit? We’re back with our 2024 spooky recommendations, perfect for curling up with as the nights get longer. Whether you’re in the mood for dark fairy tales or eerie adventures, we’ve got two books that will give you chills!
In this episode, Ashley recommends Melissa Albert’s The Hazel Wood (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm), a dark, atmospheric fairy tale with twists that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Jen suggests Katherine Arden’s Small Spaces (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm), a creepy middle-grade novel that delivers plenty of suspense and eerie moments, making it perfect for readers of all ages.
Get ready for a frightfully good time with these spooky reads! Also, just a reminder that this season, we now have a shop on Patreon where you can purchase book discussion guides and other resources. You do not have to be a patron to purchase from the shop, so feel free to take a look even if you are not patron! We appreciate your support!
Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
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Have you ever wondered what family secrets are hiding just below the surface? In this episode, Jen and Ashley dive into Jas Hammonds' stunning debut, We Deserve Monuments.
As seventeen-year-old Avery navigates the tension between her mother and her terminally ill grandmother, we unpack the complex relationships, hidden histories, and simmering truths that drive this story forward. We discuss how Avery’s search for answers shakes the foundation of her world. Join us as we explore this emotional and thought-provoking novel about family, identity, and the price of truth.
We now have resources available for purchase on Patreon; these do not require a membership. We appreciate your support so much, and it helps cover the cost of maintaining our podcast. If you haven't joined us there yet, you can check the details out here.
Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
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We're back with Season 8 of Unabridged: A Book Podcast!
Join us for a special "Get to Know the Hosts" episode where we catch up on their summer adventures, bookish highlights, and what’s been keeping them inspired.
Whether you’re a long-time listener or new to the podcast, this episode offers a personal look at the people behind the mic.
Tune in now to hear about their latest reads and what’s coming up next for Unabridged!
We now have resources available for purchase on Patreon; these do not require a membership. We appreciate your support so much, and it helps cover the cost of maintaining our podcast. If you haven't joined us there yet, you can check the details out here.
Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
Want to support Unabridged?
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Are you looking for a cozy mystery with a lot of spilled tea? Be sure to join us as we read and discuss Jesse Q. Sutanto’s Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) as our June 2024 book club pick! This cozy mystery is a perfect summer read that will warm your heart despite the dead body at its center.
We're continuing to add exclusive content over on Patreon. We appreciate your support so much, and it helps cover the cost of maintaining our podcast. If you haven't joined us there yet, you can check the details out here.
Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
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Are you looking for quick reads to breeze through this summer? We're bringing you recommendations for short books to put on your TBR stack (our in your audiobook queue!) for this summer. If you're looking for more short book recommendations, be sure to check out our popular blog post, "9 Great Short Books to Kick Off Your 2024 Reading Goals."
We're continuing to add exclusive content over on Patreon. In addition to monthly bonus episodes, we are now releasing more content on Patreon for subscribers. We appreciate your support so much, and it helps cover the cost of maintaining our podcast. If you haven't joined us there yet, you can check the details out here.
Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
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Are you looking for a book written from an unusual perspective for the 2024 Unabridged Reading Challenge? Henry Hoke's Open Throat, a young adult novel in verse written from the perspective of a mountain lion living in LA, certainly meets the requirements for that category.
This is a fast, compelling read that addresses many social issues from a unique perspective. Listen in to hear Ashley and Jen discuss Hoke's work as well as our pairings.
We're continuing to add exclusive content over on Patreon. In addition to monthly bonus episodes, we are now releasing more content on Patreon for subscribers. We appreciate your support so much, and it helps cover the cost of maintaining our podcast. If you haven't joined us there yet, you can check the details out here.
Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
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How do you find book clubs and buddy reads to join? Jen and Ashley dig into the ways to get involved with book clubs (online and in real life) and buddy reads. If you're doing the 2024 Unabridged Reading Challenge with us, participating in a new book club or buddy read is a category on the list!
Be sure to tune in to hear how to expand your reading with book club and buddy read opportunities.
We're continuing to add exclusive content over on Patreon. In addition to monthly bonus episodes, we are now releasing more content on Patreon for subscribers. We appreciate your support so much, and it helps cover the cost of maintaining our podcast. If you haven't joined us there yet, you can check the details out here.
Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
Want to support Unabridged?
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Have you read Nella Larsen's Passing (Bookshop.org |Libro.fm), a brilliant classic written in 1929? If you haven't read this stellar (short!) book, take time to do that and then join us for the discussion. We share our pairing recommendations as well, including Toni Morrison’s Sula (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm).
We are continuing our Patreon drive and appreciate the support on there so much. Also, if you are participating in our challenge this year, this book is perfect for a pre-1950 classic! If you haven't joined us for the challenge yet, there is still time to participate this year. Check out the Reading Challenge page where you can see all of the categories and can download printables and images for social media.
Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
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Are you joining us for the 2024 Unabridged Podcast Reading Challenge? For one of the categories, we're focusing on books that were published before 1950, so we wanted to share some recommendations for that category on today's episode. Listen in to hear us talk about Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Jane Austen’s Persuasion (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) as well as other things we're reading and doing these days.
If you haven't joined us for the challenge yet, there is still time to participate this year! Check out the Reading Challenge page where you can see all of the categories and can download printables and images for social media.
We're continuing to add exclusive content over on Patreon. In addition to monthly bonus episodes, we are now releasing more content on Patreon for subscribers. We appreciate your support so much, and it helps cover the cost of maintaining our podcast. If you haven't joined us there yet, you can check the details out here.
Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
Want to support Unabridged?
Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. | Join our Unabridged Podcast Reading Challenge. | Visit our curated list of books at Bookshop.org. | Become a patron on Patreon. | Check out our Merch Store. | Visit the resources available in our Teachers Pay Teachers store.
Have you read a middle grade novel in verse recently? This month, we're reading Jasmine Warga’s Other Words for Home (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm), which is perfect for the Unabridged Reading Challenge 2024 category featuring a middle grade novel in verse. Jen and Ashley discuss the book club pick and share our pairings including Thanhhà Lai’s Inside Out and Back Again (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm), Hena Khan’s Amina’s Voice (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Janika Oza’s A History of Burning (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm).
We're continuing to add exclusive content over on Patreon. In addition to monthly bonus episodes, we are now releasing more content on Patreon for subscribers. We appreciate your support so much, and it helps cover the cost of maintaining our podcast. If you haven't joined us there yet, you can check the details out here.
Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
Want to support Unabridged?
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Are you looking for a great middle grade book that highlights equestrian sports and mental health challenges? Listen in to hear author Sarah Ward share about her debut middle grade novel Victory Gallop, which is available exclusively on Amazon.
Jen and Ashley talk with Sarah about her inspiration for the novel and her passion for the writing she's doing. We also hear a little about some of the other projects Sarah has in the works as she prepares to share more writing soon!
Listen in to learn more about the middle grade novel, Victory Gallop, directly from the author, Sarah Ward.
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About Sarah Ward and Victory Gallop
Sarah Ward has been writing and telling stories for as long as she can remember. She lives in Georgia with her husband and dog. Her hobbies include daydreaming about dragons, watching baseball, and drinking copious amounts of hot chocolate. A former teacher and library assistant, Sarah writes stories for both children and adults. Her debut middle grade novel, Victory Gallop, is out now.
You can get the e-book of Victory Gallop for FREE this coming weekend! From March 15 - 17, go to Amazon to get your free e-copy.
The epilogue to Victory Gallop will be available to newsletter subscribers this fall, so sign up on Sarah's website to subscribe to her newsletter!
Learn more about Sarah's books and editing at her website, https://sarahwardbooks.wixsite.com/sarah-ward.
You can find her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/sarahwardbooks.
Sarah is on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@sarahwardbooks.
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Are you looking for a teen coming-of-age love story set in the Australian bush? This month, we're discussing Gary Lonesborough's Ready When You Are (Bookshop.org), which is a YA romance that is perfect for our Unabridged Reading Challenge category Romance by an Indigenous Author.
We also share our pairings including Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper (Bookshop.org) and Benjamin Alire Saenz’s Aristotle and Dante duology including Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm). Be on the lookout for our discussion of the Aristotle and Dante film adapatation coming to Patreon this Friday! If you haven't joined us there yet, you can check the details out here.
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Are you looking for romance recommendations to read this February? We've got some new recommendations for you as we return with our annual Love is in the Air episode. We'll share about our picks for this year's edition, including Kacen Callender’s Stars in Your Eyes (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Jacqueline Firkins’s The Predictable Heartbreaks of Imogen Finch (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm).
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Jen and Ashley read and discuss Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, Little Women(Bookshop.org | Libro.fm). This one is perfect for the Unabridged Reading Challenge category about a classic written before 1950! Check out our reading challenge here. We also share our pairings including Hena Khan’s More to the Story (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Geraldine Brooks’s March (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm).
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What are your reading challenge plans for 2024? We're excited to launch the fourth annual Unabridged Podcast Reading Challenge. Ashley and Jen are also each participating in other reading challenges as well, and we share those with you in the episode. If you're looking to reach some new reading goals this year, reading challenges are a great way to help you reach those goals.
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What happens when a nine-year-old girl decides she's determined to sing at Philadelphia's renowned jazz club? Marie-Helene Bertino's 2 AM at the Cat’s Pajamas(Libro.fm) is the story of Madeleine Altimari and other people all trying to reach their goals on the eve of Christmas Eve.
Listen in to hear our thoughts and our pairings for this book club pick, including Abdi Nazemian’s Like a Love Story(Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Fredrik Backman’s My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry(Bookshop.org | Libro.fm).
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In our annual Unabridged Awards episode, Jen and Ashley share awards we created for some of our favorite books from 2023. We each share three books in this episode, but if you're interested in more of our favorites, be sure to also check out this month's Bookish Fave posts on our blog.
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Have you read Elliot Page's brilliant new memoir, Pageboy (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm)? Jen and Ashley are discussing our thoughts about this powerful book in the November book club episode. We also share our pairings, including George M. Johnson’s All Boys Aren’t Blue (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Kacen Callendar’s Felix Ever After (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm).
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What are some of your favorite books by indigenous authors? We wanted to share a couple of books we've loved recently that are by indigenous authors including Sonora Reyes’s The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Angeline Boulley’s Warrior Girl Unearthed (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm). Let us know your recommendations!
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Are you looking for a ghost story that also explores important social issues? Our October 2023 Unabridged book club pick, Trang Thanh Tran’s She Is a Haunting (Bookshop.org), is a young adult horror novel set in Vietnam and explores the lasting impact of colonialism on the country. Listen in to hear our thoughts about this debut novel and check out our pairings, including Clive Barker’s The Thief of Always (Bookshop.org) and Ryan La Sala’s The Honeys (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm).
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What spooky reads are you adding to your TBR list this year? Ashley and Jen share our recommendations for 2023 including Zoraida Córdova’s The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Isabel Cañas’s The Hacienda (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm). If you'd like more recommendations, don't miss our Spooky Reads episodes from the past few years (episode 198, episode 147, and way back to episode 97!) where we give lots of spooky book recs.
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What do you know about Trujillo's dictatorship in the Dominican Republic? For our September book club pick, Jen and Ashley discuss Julia Alvarez's classic book In the Time of the Butterflies (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm), which is a historical fictional account of the four Mirabal sisters.
We also share our pairings including Mario Vargas Llosa’s The Feast of the Goat (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Daniel José Older’s The Book of Lost Saints (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm). Celeste Ng's Our Missing Hearts (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm), which we read as our January 2023 book club pick and discussed on episode 246, would also be an excellent near-future dystopian fiction pairing.
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Do you enjoy book recommendations from friends? In episode 249, Ashley and Jen each picked a book for the other to read, which is one of the categories for the Unabridged Reading Challenge this year.
To kick off season 7 of the podcast, Jen and Ashley circle back to the books we've recommended for each other, and we share our thoughts after having read the books.
If you're looking for a recommendation from a bookish friend, let us know on social media, and we can recommend something for you to meet that challenge category!
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Are you looking for a serial killer thriller with profound social commentary? Michael Bennett’s Better the Blood (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) is propulsive and leaves the reader with many things to consider.
For our June Unabridged book club, we're discussing Better the Blood, which is perfect for the 2023 Unabridged Reading Challenge, where it can cover categories including a mystery novel, a book by an indigenous author, and a book set in a country you'd like to visit (if New Zealand is on your list!).
We share our pairings as well, including Stephen Graham Jones’s The Only Good Indians (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Jane Harper’s The Dry (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm).
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Are you looking for the perfect summer read? As we head into summer vacations and beach time, Jen and Ashley are sharing some of the latest books we can't stop reading.
Featuring Rebecca Makkai’s I Have Some Questions for You (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Angie Thomas’s Nic Blake and the Remarkables (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm), we'll be sure to share with you some picks that will keep your reading momentum going wherever you find yourself this summer.
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Are you looking for a compelling reimagining of The Little Mermaid? For our May 2023 Unabridged Book Club pick, we're discussing Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea. Jen and Ashley share our thoughts about this YA lit fantasy book.
We share our book pairings, including Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Blood and Bone (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Rivers Solomon's The Deep, with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm).
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Have you read any essay collections that you enjoyed? In this episode, Jen and Ashley are sharing essay collection recommendations for books we loved, which are perfect for the 2023 Unabridged Reading Challenge. You could also choose a poetry collection or a short story collection to complete the category!
Ashley recommends Jessi Klein’s I’ll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm), and Jen recommends Kelly Jensen’s [Don't] Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health (Bookshop.org).
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Are you looking for a food book to complete your Unabridged Reading Challenge for 2023? This memoir is a great pick for that category!
For our April Book Club pick, we're discussing Ruth Reichl’s Save Me the Plums (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm). We also share our pairings, including Kim Fay’s Love and Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Stanley Tucci’s Taste: My Life through Food (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm).
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Are you looking for historical fiction books to add to your TBR list? In today's episode, Jen and Ashley are revisiting this popular topic with our latest recommendations for historical fiction books based on our recent reads.
If you're looking for more historical fiction recommendations, listen in to episode 230 where we shared some recs, and check out Jen's Bookish Fave sharing 7+ Middle Grade Historical Fiction Recs.
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Are you looking for an amazing classic by a Black author? James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) is a perfect fit for the Unabridged Reading Challenge.
We're discussing it as our March book club pick, and we also share our pairings including Tayari Jones’s An American Marriage (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm).
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Do you love reading books that your friends recommend? Jen and Ashley celebrate the joy of recommendations from friends on this year's Unabridged Reading Challenge with a category dedicated to that topic. On today's episode, we're sharing our specific recommendations for each other, which we'll both read for the 2023 reading challenge category. Our picks include Aiden Thomas’s Lost in the Never Woods (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm)and Sara Novic's True Biz (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm). Listen in to hear why we made those choices! How will our recommendations for each other work out? We'll report back later in the year after we've read the recommendations! Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page. Want to support Unabridged?
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Are you looking for an uplifting romance that's full of sweet moments but also powerful social commentary? Check out this month's Unabridged Book Club pick, Chencia C. Higgins’s D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm). Listen in to hear Jen and Ashley discuss this one and share our pairings including Alexis Daria’s You Had Me at Hola (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Sophie Gonzales’s Never Ever Getting Back Together (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm).We're continuing our Patreon efforts - sign up today to support the podcast and to get a bonus episode each month! Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.Want to support Unabridged?
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Are you looking for romance books to read this season? Jen and Ashley are back with our annual Love is in the Air episode, sharing some of our latest favorite romance books with you.We share our picks, Julia Whelan’s Thank You for Listening (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Mariana Zapata’s From Lukov with Love (Bookshop.org). These romance recommendations are from recent reads, but if you're looking for more recommendations, you can listen back to our episodes from previous years, including episode 216, episode 164, and episode 112. What do you recommend? Let us know!Love what we're doing? Support us on Patreon for $5 or more to get at least one bonus episode a month!Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.Want to support Unabridged?
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Have you read this propulsive near future dystopian novel by podcast favorite Celeste Ng? To kick off the new year, we're pleased to share our thoughts on our first book club pick of 2023, Celeste Ng's Our Missing Hearts (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm). We also include our pairings, Valeria Luiselli’s Lost Children Archive (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Veronica Roth’s Poster Girl (Bookshop.org). We're discussing this one on Instagram on January 30th at 8 PM EST, so message us if you'd like to join us! We continue to share bonus episodes on Patreon with at least one new episode each month; $5 of support gives you access to those bonus episodes. We appreciate it! Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
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Have you found a 2023 reading challenge yet? We're excited to share our 2023 Unabridged Reading Challenge, which we discuss on today's episode.Jen and Ashley also share our reflections on our 2022 reading challenges as we look back over the year, and we share our other reading challenge plans for 2023. Jen plans to do the #23backlistin2023 challenge, the ToB reading list, and her own Jane Austen reading challenge (#readausten2023). Ashley plans to participate in the Uncorked Reading Challenge for 2023. Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.Want to support Unabridged?
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Looking for a fun, illuminating holiday-centered read? Check out Sonya Lalli's A Holly Jolly Diwali (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm), our December Unabridged book club pick. In this episode, Jen and Ashley discuss thoughts about A Holly Jolly Diwali and share our book pairings including Jean Meltzer’s The Matzah Ball (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Thrity Umrigar’s Honor (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm). Are you interested in more content from Unabridged? Join us on Patreon where for $5 a month, you get at least one exclusive Patreon episode as well as occasional bonus content. Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page. Want to support Unabridged?Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. | Join our Unabridged Podcast Reading Challenge. | Visit our curated list of books at Bookshop.org. | Become a patron on Patreon. | Check out our Merch Store. | Visit the resources available in our Teachers Pay Teachers store.
In this annual episode that causes us much consternation, Jen and Ashley share some special books we've read during 2022. We reflect over the year, and we each create and give awards to some of our top reads from our 2022 reading lists. It's so hard each year to choose!For a few more picks, join us on Patreon for an extra bonus episode featuring additional bookish awards. (We just couldn't fit them all in here!) For $5 a month, you can be a Bookish Best Friend with access to at least one additional exclusive episode every month. (The bonus awards episode drops at 5 AM EST on Thursday, December 15th.) Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. | Join our Unabridged Podcast Reading Challenge. | Visit our curated list of books at Bookshop.org. | Become a patron on Patreon. | Check out our Merch Store. | Visit the resources available in our Teachers Pay Teachers store.
Looking for an amazing children's book that is perfect for many audiences? For our November book club pick, Jen and Ashley discuss Kelly Barnhill's The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm). We offer our pairings, including Tae Keller’s When You Trap a Tiger (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Melissa Albert’s Our Crooked Hearts (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm). We wrap up by talking about our feelings about whether we are morning or night people. Interested in supporting us? Join our Patreon for $5 a month to get a bonus episode each month.
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On today's Cozy Reads 2022 Recommendations episode, Ashley and Jen share some recent books they've loved that fall into the cozy reads camp. We share about Alexis Hall’s Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake and Sarah Addison Allen’s Other Birds. (Ashley would like to note that her pick has some cozy components but is an open door romance!) As we mention in the episode, Libro.fm is doing Credit Bundles for the holidays, and we're happy to support them as an affiliate! Looking for more cozy reads? Be sure to check out our previous recommendations from episode 151.
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Oh my goodness, drop what you are doing and read this book! Spoiler alert: Jen and Ashley both loved Tiffany D. Jackson's The Weight of Blood (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) so much, and there is a ton to discuss. This one just came out in September. In the episode, we also offer a couple of other spooky reads perfect for the fall reading season including R. J. Jacobs’s Always the First to Die (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé’s Ace of Spades (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm). Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
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In this episode, Ashley talks with Barrett Holmes Pitner, author of The Crime Without a Name: Ethnocide and the Erasure of Culture in America (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm). Pitner shares some thoughts and perspectives on what ethnocide looks like in American history, where we are culturally today, and what we can do to look toward a more fulfilling future tomorrow. Want to Connect with Barrett Holmes Pitner?
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Do you enjoy retellings of the epics? Madeline Miller's The Song of Achilles (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) is a retelling of Homer's The Illiad. Jen and Ashley share our thoughts about this book club pick, and we share our pairings including Jennifer Saint’s Ariadne (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm).
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Have you read any books that center nature or the environment lately? In this episode, Ashley and Jen share books they've read recently - including Charlotte McConaghy's Once There Were Wolves (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Barbara Kingsolver’s Flight Behavior (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) - that consider the role of nature as part of the story. These recommendations are perfect for the 2022 Reading Challenge category about the environment.
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In our August 2022 book club episode, we discuss Laura Gao's Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American. We share pairings for Gao's memoir including Malinda Lo’s Last Night at the Telegraph Club and Gene Luen Yang’s American Born Chinese.
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In this episode of the Unabridged Podcast, Ashley and Jen share some middle grade recs by authors of color perfect for anyone working on the Unabridged Podcast Reading Challenge. Kacen Callendar's King and the Dragonflies and Varsha Bajaj’s Count Me In would both be fantastic additions to your TBR. We round out our book discussion with our Bookish Check-in and share some favorite pet stories.
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Ashley, Jen, and Sara describe—in the bookish check-in—some summer reads they loved this summer, including Diana Gabaldon's Go Tell the Bees that I Am Gone, Alexis Hall's A Lady for a Duke, Peter Swanson's Before She Knew Him, and Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen’s The Golden Couple. Sara shares a big announcement: she's signing off, so we send her off with so much love. And they offer some of their favorite ice cream flavors and places.
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In this Unabridged Episode, Jen discusses the end of the school year and her plan for summer. She talks about taking some much needed rest and relaxation. In addition, she discusses some of the processes she will go through to prepare for the next school year.
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In this episode, Jen and Sara discuss 2018's adaptation of Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows's The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. They discuss this movie--what they liked, what they didn't, and their overall feelings about the adaptation. Check it out and let us know what you think! And don't miss their discussion on the book in last week's episode!
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In this Unabridged episode, Sara and Jen discuss Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows's The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. We also share our pairings, including works by Helen Hanff and Kim Fay.
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Do you need a recommendation for a historical fiction book? Listen to this episode to hear recommendations from Sara, Jen, and Ashley. We feature Ruta Sepetys’s The Fountains of Silence, Sarah Winman’s Still Life, and Kim Fay’s Love & Saffron, and we discuss what we loved about these picks.
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In this Unabridged Episode, Sara discusses an add-on for Google Slides. She talks about Creator Studio, an add on that allows you to convert any Google Slide Show to an animated GIF for video slideshow.
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In this episode, Jen and Sara discuss 2006's adaptation of Lauren Weisberger's The Devil Wears Prada (Libro.fm | Bookshop.org). They discuss this beloved movie--what they liked, what they didn't, and their overall feelings about the adaptation. Check it out and let us know what you think!
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We are long-time Angie Thomas fans here at Unabridged (check out our episodes focused on The Hate U Give here and its adaptation here), so Ashley, Jen, and Sara were thrilled when we heard she was publishing a prequel focused on Maverick. Concrete Rose (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) is (spoiler alert!) a five-star read for us, so we have a wide-ranging discussion of the book. We also share our pairings, including works by Elizabeth Acevedo, Jason Reynolds, and Laekan Zea Kemp.
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Are you a true crime fan? Lucky for you, we have a wide range of opinions on this genre, so our recommendations include picks that would work for any reader depending on your interest and preferences. Our picks include Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff’s Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered, Ronan Farrow’s Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators, and John Carreyrou’s Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup.
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In this Unabridged Episode, Jen discusses how she chooses books for her classroom. She talks about the steps she uses to select, obtain, and vet books that she will use for literature circles, whole class reads, and individual reads. In addition, she discusses whether she uses thematic or chronological units and what she plans on sharing with you in the future.
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In this episode, Jen and Sara discuss Peacock's adaptation of Karen M. McManus's One of Us Is Lying (Libro.fm | Bookshop.org). They discuss the pilot episode--what they liked, what they didn't, and their overall feelings about the adaptation. Check it out and let us know what you think!
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Are you looking for a memoir that is both laugh out loud hilarious and also deeply poignant? In this March Book Club episode, we discuss Jenny Lawson's memoir Furiously Happy. We chat about our thoughts on Lawson's work, and we share our pairings including Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half, Lindy West’s Shrill, and R. Eric Thomas’s Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America.
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In this episode, we're talking all things backlist books! We share our recommendations for some favorites that were published before the year 2000. We share Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies, Louise Edrich’s Tracks, and Lois Lowry’s The Giver. These recommendations are also perfect for those doing the 2022 Unabridged Reading Challenge!
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In this Unabridged Episode, Sara discusses 3 more Google extensions and how to use them to assist in the classroom and in the Google environment. She talks specifically about these excellent extensions to try out immediately. All of these extensions can be found in the Chrome Web Store. The extensions discussed today are Eyedropper, SmallPDF, and Dualless.
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Do you need a recommendation for a book in an unusual format to complete your Unabridged Reading Challenge? Listen to this episode to hear recommendations from Sara, Jen, and Ashley. We feature Jason Reynolds’s Ain’t Burned All the Bright with artwork by Jason Griffin, Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer’s To Night Owl from Dogfish, and Jennifer L. Holm and Elicia Castaldi’s Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff, and we talk about other books we have enjoyed in unusual formats.
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In this Unabridged Episode, Jen discusses how she navigates revision in her writing instruction. She talks about the logistics of assessing revision, the writing process she currently asks students to navigate, and some of the questions she's considered as she balances writing process and product.
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In this Encore Unabridged Love is in the Air episode, we talk about some romance book recommendations we each want to share, including discussions of Alexis Daria's You Had Me at Hola, Alisha Rai’s First Comes Like, and Talia Hibbert’s Take a Hint, Dani Brown. There's something for everyone who is looking for a great romance book to read.
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Are you looking for romance reads that also explore important issues in meaningful ways? We are all fans of Helen Hoang's books and were excited to dive into her latest release. In our February 2022 book club, we're discussing Helen Hoang's The Heart Principle. We also share our pairings, which include Talia Hibbert’s Act Your Age, Eve Brown, Michelle Zauner’s Crying in H Mart, and Jasmine Guillory’s The Wedding Date.
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In this Unabridged Teaching Tidbits Episode, Ashley shares a workflow tool, Asana, that can really help teachers manage both individual projects and team projects. This tool has collaborative features and a robust free version that works well and can really help streamline and organize tasks. Like Slack and Google Keep, which we've shared in other Teaching Tidbits, this is another project management tool that can be really helpful! Visit the Unabridged website for more great content!
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In this Unabridged book to film discussion, Sara, Jen, and Ashley talk all about Sally Thorne's The Hating Game and the recent film adaptation! We also share our latest reads in our bookish check-in, and we talk about some of our kids' latest favorite reads in this week's Give Me One. Don't miss it, and join us on social media to let us know your thoughts!
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In the 2022 edition of this annual episode, Jen, Sara, and Ashley are all happy to share some of their latest romance recs. Our picks this year include Ali Hazelwood’s The Love Hypothesis, Jasmine Guillory’s While We Were Dating, and Jenny Bayliss’s A Season for Second Chances. All of us read a lot of romances in 2021, so we're happy to share some of our top picks with you!
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In this Unabridged Teaching Tidbits Episode, Sara discusses what extensions are and how to use them to assist in the classroom. She talks specifically about three excellent extensions to try out immediately. All of these extensions can be found in the Chrome Web Store. The extensions discussed today are: My Bib, qSnap, and Sir Links-A-Lot.
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Are you looking for a perfect cozy mystery to add to your TBR stack? Listen in to hear these cozy mystery book recommendations from Sara, Jen, and Ashley. We feature Abby Collette’s A Deadly Inside Scoop, Jesse Q. Sutanto’s Dial A for Aunties, and Mia P. Manansala Arsenic and Adobo, and we share our thoughts about what works for it when it comes to cozy mysteries as well as thinking about what exactly qualifies as a cozy mystery!
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In this Unabridged Book Club episode, Jen, Sara, and Ashley discuss Fredrik Backman's Anxious People. We also share our pairings including Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Malibu Rising, Muriel Barbery’s The Elegance of the Hedgehog, and Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney’s Good Company. We are all big fans of Backman's work and enjoyed discussing this one!
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In this Unabridged Episode, Jen discusses reasons to use student-created websites in the classroom, potential projects they can house, and some of the logistics of starting them with students. She provides a few things to consider and identifies some of the long-range skills students can gain by creating their own websites. Visit the Unabridged website for more great content! Want to support Unabridged? Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter. | Join our Unabridged Podcast Reading Challenge. | Visit our curated list of books at Bookshop.org. | Become a patron on Patreon. | Check out our Merch Store. | Visit the resources available in our Teachers Pay Teachers store.
What are you excited to read that comes out in 2022? Each year, we love sharing just a few of the MANY books we're excited to read in the new year!
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What books would you give awards to from your 2021 reading? It's that time for Unabridged! We each pick a couple of books that we absolutely loved from our 2021 reading, and we share the specific custom-made award we're giving for the books we've selected. We also all share one Young Adult Lit pick from the year, and we end the episode with a Non-Bookish Award for our Give Me One.
Looking for more of our award episodes from previous years? Check out our awards episodes from 2020 and 2019!
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In this Unabridged Teaching Tidbits Episode, Ashley talks about a favorite teaching and life hack that she uses to keep things organized - Google Keep. Ashley shares why Keep works well for her and some tips and tricks that you can leverage to maximize Keep's effectiveness in your life and in your classroom!
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What are your reading goals and plans for 2022? We want to know! In this Unabridged episode, Jen, Sara, and Ashley report back on how our challenges for 2021 went, and we each share about our individual reading goals and challenge selections. We are all, of course, doing the Unabridged Reading Challenge for 2022, so be sure to join us for that challenge! Find everything you need to get started here.
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In this encore episode of the Unabridged Podcast, we each share some cozy read recommendations with you. After our Bookish Check-in, we talk about what makes a cozy read for us, and then we each share one that we've loved. The books we chose include Alan Bradley's Flavia de Luce series, Colleen Wright's The White Christmas Inn, and Alexis Hall's Boyfriend Material. We end the episode with our Give Me One . . . Cozy Comfort.
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In this encore episode of our Unabridged Book Club pick from December 2020, we talk about Christina Lauren's holiday rom-com, In a Holidaze. After our Bookish Check-in, where we each share what we're reading, we chat about the novel and then offer another holiday book recommendation. We end with our Give Me One and talk about holiday songs that make us cringe. Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode.
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In this throwback episode from 2019, Jen and Sara get into an uncharacteristic sparring match about the essence of the Love, Actually film while Ashley stays (also uncharacteristically) decidedly neutral.
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In this Unabridged Book Club episode, Sara, Jen, and Ashley discuss their December book club pick, Jean Meltzer's The Matzah Ball. We all discuss this 2021 release (spoiler alert: we all loved it!!!), and then we each share a pairing suggestion. Our pairings include Talia Hibbert’s Get a Life, Chloe Brown, Sarah Adams’s The Match, and Beth O’Leary’s The Switch. This book club pick is perfect for the holiday season and is the perfect mix of a fun romance coupled with serious issues. Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode.
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In this Unabridged Episode, Sara talks about using Slack as a communication tool for teams, content groups, schools, etc. She discusses how she, Ashley, and Jen use it for the podcast and how her instructional technology team uses it in her school district. In addition, she discusses the importance of finding tools to simplify the lives of teachers after a very stressful 2021. Visit the Unabridged website for more great content!
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In this seasonal episode, Jen, Sara, and Ashley are sharing some of their recent favorite reads that would be perfect for holiday reading picks! Our recommendations include Sarah Morganthaler’s Mistletoe and Mr. Right, Sophie Cousens’s This Time Next Year, and Jasmine Guillory’s Royal Holiday. We end the episode by sharing our favorite seasonal drinks for our Give Me One! Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page. Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter. | Join our Unabridged Podcast Reading Challenge. | Visit our curated list of books at Bookshop.org. | Become a patron on Patreon. | Check out our Merch Store. | Visit the resources available in our Teachers Pay Teachers store.
For our November Unabridged Book Club pick, we had so much fun reading this classic novel, Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables (Amazon | Bookshop.org). We also shared our pairings including Alan Bradley’s The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, and Fannie Flagg’s Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man. Sara, Jen, and Ashley all have different levels of experience with this classic novel, so it was super fun discussing our personal experiences with it! Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode.
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In this Bonus Unabridged Episode, Jen shares about our Unabridged Reading Challenge for 2022! We loved doing our very first challenge in 2021, and we are thrilled to announce the 2022 challenge! You can learn about all things related to the 2022 Reading Challenge on this Reading Challenge page, where you can see the 2022 categories, join in on the discussion groups, and download templates to help you keep track (and more!). Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter if you'd like a 2022 reading tracker, which includes the Reading Challenge categories! (If you are already a subscriber, be on the lookout for the 2022 tracker in our newsletter, and just let us know if you didn't get it and would like one!)
This is one of our favorite annual episodes. As many of you know, Sara is our resident gift giving guru, and she carefully curates a list each year of amazing bookish gifts perfect for the book lovers in our lives (and for us to put on our own wish lists!). Jen and Ashley share a few of our favorites, too. Listen in, and let us know what your go to bookish gift picks are! If you're interested in the long list of Bookish Gifts from Sara (our Gift Giving Guru!), be sure you sign up for our newsletter! (And don't miss the links in our blog show notes for our previous Bookish Gifts episodes for more gift ideas!)
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What is a favorite fairy tale retelling for you? At Unabridged, we are having so much fun with the Fairy Tale Retellings category on this year's Unabridged Reading Challenge! We're coming at you this week with three new fairy tale retelling recommendations, including Elizabeth Lim’s Six Crimson Cranes, Sarah J. Maas’s A Court of Thorns and Roses, and Kalynn Bayron’s Cinderella Is Dead, all of which were excellent! Don't miss this fun discussion; you're sure to find a retelling that you'd enjoy!
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In this Unabridged Teaching Tidbits Episode, Jen talks about student seminars. She defines what they are, shares some of the benefits, and offers different ways to implement them in the classroom. She also provides a detailed example of the way she's created a seminar assignment for her English classroom and discusses the reflection process. Visit the Unabridged website for more great content!
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As audiobook listeners, Jen, Sara, and Ashley are always on the lookout for amazing audiobooks! Join Sara, Jen, and Ashley as they share their latest audiobook recommendations including Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom, Frank Herbert’s Dune, and Jennifer Ryan’s The Kitchen Front. Each of these recommendations is not only a great book but is also enhanced by the audio experience. Looking for more recs? Don't miss links to other audiobook posts in our blog show notes.
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In this Unabridged Book Club episode, Jen, Sara, and Ashley discuss Aiden Thomas's Cemetery Boys, which has also been our buddy read for the month! We share our pairings for this one including Kacen Callender’s Felix Ever After, Molly Knox Ostertag’s The Witch Boy (trilogy), and Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite’s Dear Haiti, Love Alaine. We had such a great time discussing this one!
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In this Unabridged Episode, Ashley shares about using the Calm App both for self care and in the classroom. The Calm site and app include an entire suite of resources to help with encouraging mindfulness, practicing meditation, and getting better sleep. Ashley talks about how the resources are grouped by age range and shares some of the ways that she has used the app. She mentions the free resources for teachers Calm provides, and she talks about how teachers can get started with using Calm. Want to support Unabridged?
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We always love sharing our latest memoir recommendations with you all! In this episode, Sara, Jen, and Ashley each pick a memoir that we have read or listened to recently that we loved and want to recommend! Today, our memoir recs include Jenny Lawson’s Broken (In the Best Possible Way), Ashley C. Ford’s Somebody’s Daughter, and Michelle Zauner’s Crying in H Mart. This is a topic we love to revisit because there are always new amazing memoirs coming out to discuss; don't miss episode 138 where we share some nonfiction picks. We end our episode with aspirations for a new hobby to try as our Give Me One topic.
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In this Unabridged episode, Jen and Sara discuss Scream. Before diving into that discussion, Sara, Jen, and Ashley all share our bookish check-in reading, which this week includes Laura Florand’s The Chocolate Thief, Sarah Adams’s The Match, and Ashley Audrain’s The Push. Jen and Sara share their experiences in 1996 watching Scream for the first time, and then they share their thoughts about watching it again now in 2021. Afterwards, we all come back together for our Give Me One where we admit a veggie that we each hate!
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In today's teaching tidbit episode, Sara talks about the book Tina H. Boogren's 180 Days of Self-care for Busy Educators (Amazon | Bookshop.org). She discusses a both the content and setup of the book. In addition, she discusses the importance of self-care and how teaching is even more difficult due to the events going on in our world. We appreciate educators so much, and hope you find this episode helpful.
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In this Unabridged episode, which has become an annual tradition, Sara, Jen and Ashley share our latest thriller and spooky recommendations with you, perfect for fall mood reading. Our recommendations include Alex Michaelides’s The Maidens, Shea Ernshaw’s A History of Wild Places, and Riley Sager’s Survive the Night. We talk about the best ways to enjoy thrillers and wrap up our episode by sharing some of our favorite Halloween memories.
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In this Unabridged Book Club episode, Sara, Jen, and Ashley discuss Darcie Little Badger's young adult lit book Elatsoe (Amazon | Bookshop.org). This fascinating book combines several genres including fantasy and paranormal fiction. We also share our pairings, including Angeline Boulley’s Firekeeper’s Daughter, Aiden Thomas’s Cemetery Boys, and Dhonielle Clayton’s The Belles. We had a great discussion about this outstanding book and hope that you enjoy it!
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In today's teaching tidbit episode, Jen talks about ways to facilitate discussion. She suggests alternate types of discussions and ways to reduce the pressure of sharing ideas aloud in class. She mentions programs like Nearpod, Flipgrid, and Schoology that can offer new ways for students to share ideas, both ahead of class and in the moment. (Don't miss Teaching Tidbits 5, where Jen talks about literature circles, and 18, where Sara talks about Flipgrid.) If you like our teaching ideas and want to see more that we've created, check out our Teachers Pay Teachers store where we share resources. Visit the Unabridged website for more great content!
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In this Unabridged episode, Jen, Ashley, and Sara share some of our favorite authors who write for multiple age groups OR for different genres (or both!). This episode is perfect for those completing the Unabridged Reading Challenge for 2021; this will give you lots of great ideas for who to read for the versatile authors category. We talk about favorite authors such as John Green, Jacqueline Woodson, Rainbow Rowell, Sherry Thomas, and others. Listen in to hear our thoughts, and find us on social media @unabridgedpod to share your favorites with us!
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In this Unabridged episode, Jen, Sara, and Ashley share book recommendations for book picks that surprised us and brought unexpected joy. Our recommendations, including Rebecca Stead’s The List of Things that Will Not Change, Patrik Svensson’s The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World, and Tiffany Haddish’s The Last Black Unicorn, are very different from each other, but they were all books that turned out to be more than what we expected.
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We're back with our Teaching Tidbits episodes for this school year! In our first teaching tidbit episode of season five, Ashley talks about podcasting in the classroom and different ways that teachers can incorporate podcast creation into class activities. Ashley mentions programs like WeVideo and Adobe Spark, which can be used to create the podcasts. (Don't miss Teaching Tidbit 6 where Sara talks about using Adobe Spark!) If you like our teaching ideas and want to see more that we've created, check out our Teachers Pay Teachers store where we share resources.
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In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we discuss one of our favorite topics, book-to-screen adaptations. In this one, we focus on young adult books that have been adapted to films or series. We talk about ones we've discussed on the podcast and others we've loved. This episode is perfect for the 2021 Unabridged Reading Challenge because it covers the category for a YA lit book that has been adapted as well as for the bonus "Watch the Adaptation" category!
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In this Unabridged podcast episode, Ashley, Jen, and Sara talk about one of our favorite topics—we share book series we've loved reading. We're focusing on young adult literature fantasy and dystopian series, and although there are tons of great recommendations in this category, we narrow it down to Marie Lu, Dhonielle Clayton, and S.A. Chakraborty. Check it out, and find us on the socials to share your favorites with us!
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For our Unabridged Book Club pick for August of 2021, we're discussing Balli Kaur Jaswal’s Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows. We talk about our overall impressions, what worked for us, some quotations, and then we pair this one with other books we think readers who loved this would enjoy including Elizabeth Acevedo’s The Poet X, Sandhya Menon’s When Dimple Met Rishi, and Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians.
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In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we talk all things graphic! We share a graphic novel, a graphic memoir, and a graphic nonfiction pick, all of which would work well for the Unabridged Reading Challenge 2021. Listen in to hear what we have to say about our picks including Roz Chast’s Can’t We Talk about Something More Pleasant?, Gene Luen Yang’s Dragon Hoops, and Jerry Craft’s Class Act.
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In this Unabridged episode, we discuss one of our favorite topics, book-to-screen adaptations! In this episode, Ashley, Jen and Sara share their Bookish Check-in, and then Sara and Jen discuss the pilot episode of Riverdale.
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On today's Unabridged episode, we share about a popular topic - books we cannot stop reading! We share about a fantasy favorite, Sarah J. Maas, with A Court of Silver Flames, and romance favorite Alyssa Cole with her thriller When No One Is Watching. We also talk about Laura Hankin’s Happy and You Know It. It's always fun to read a book you can't put down, so we wanted to share some that had that effect on us!
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In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we're discussing specific thrillers that we've read and LOVED (including books by Ruth Ware, Oyinkan Braithwaite, and T.M. Logan), and we're talking more generally about what does and does not work for us when it comes to the thriller genre. We've talked a lot recently about comfort reads and light reads, but we know from our Bookstagram community that thrillers are also a great escape for many readers. Let us know what you have read and loved when it comes to thrillers!
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In this Unabridged podcast book club episode, we're discussing Emily Henry's Beach Read. We have a great discussion and pair this one with some other great reads, including Mary Beth Keane’s Ask Again, Yes, Kate Clayborn’s Love Lettering, and Josie Silver’s The Two Lives of Lydia Bird. Beach Read is a contemporary romance that balances witty banter with more serious themes.
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Here at Unabridged, we love listening to other bookish podcasts! Today, we're thrilled to share an episode from our friends Laura and Jodie at The Island Library podcast. On their episodes, Laura and Jo share about the books they've read and debate whether they would take that book along on a deserted island library, where there are ONLY ten precious spots.
In this episode, they're discussing Justin A. Reynolds's Early Departures, and they also touch on Reynolds's first book, Opposite of Always. Loving what you hear? Check them out at The Island Library, and subscribe to their show here or wherever you listen to podcasts!
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In this Unabridged Book Club discussion, we talk about Jacqueline Woodson's Red at the Bone. Spoiler alert: we all loved this powerful, tightly woven story. We pair this one with Randi Pink’s Angel of Greenwood, Tommy Orange’s There There, and Brit Bennett’s The Mothers.
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In this Unabridged episode, Ashley, Jen, and Sara share about one of our favorite topics—young adult lit books that we want to recommend! We're all passionate about YA literature (both for use in the classroom and in our own reading lives!), and we love sharing some of our favorite YA lit novels with you. This time, we're sharing three of our most recent favorites with Nicola Yoon’s Instructions for Dancing, Aiden Thomas’s Cemetery Boys, and Laekan Zea Kemp’s Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet.
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In this Unabridged podcast episode, Ashley, Jen, and Sara share about our reading challenges. We each talk about where we are with the Unabridged Reading Challenge, and then we give updates on where we are with our individual challenges including the Uncorked Challenge, the Beyond the Bookends Challenge, the #21backlistin2021 Challenge, and the Tournament of Books. In case you missed it, we first shared about our picks in Episode 162, so check that out to learn more about our picks!
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In this Unabridged episode, Jen and Sara share their thoughts about the pilot episode of the CW series The 100, which is now available on Netflix. Ashley joins Sara and Jen for the Bookish Check-In and the Give Me One.
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In this episode, we answer more questions from listeners. If you missed our first episode back in February, you can listen to those responses as well from episode 166! We talk about some bookish things, but many of the questions are outside of the bookish realm. We hope that you enjoy this peek into our lives outside of reading!
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In this Unabridged Book Club episode, we talk about Laura Taylor Namey's young adult romance novel, A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow. After our discussion (spoiler alert: this one was a big hit for all of us!), we share our pairings including Stephanie Perkins’s Anna and the French Kiss, Amy Spalding’s We Used to Be Friends, and Elizabeth Acevedo’s With the Fire on High.
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In this Unabridged Episode, Sara talks about Flipgrid, a versatile tool that can be used in the classroom. Flipgrid allows students to record video responses and view each other's responses. Listen to the episode for ideas on how to use this awesome (FREE!) tool in the classroom!
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In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we discuss the Netflix screen adaptation of Jennifer Mathieu's Moxie. In the episode, we discuss the book and the adaptation and what we thought of each, so check out the adaptation, and then give this discussion a listen! We also share our Bookish Check-ins and, in our Give Me One, talk about a thing we each like to do by on our own. Let us know on social media: What is something you enjoy doing by yourself?
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In this Unabridged episode, we have several amazing middle-grade book recommendations for you all. We share about Jewell Parker Rhodes’s Ghost Boys, Alex Gino’s George, and Dusti Bowling’s Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus as our featured recommendations, and then we each mention a couple of other personal favorites from our recent middle-grade reads.
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In this Unabridged Episode, Jen discusses the process of reflecting on the school year with your students. She talks about different methods of reflection, types of feedback she has received, and changes she hopes to make on the basis of her conversations with students.
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In this Unabridged episode, we discuss a favorite genre that is also a category on the Unabridged Reading Challenge 2021 list—fairy tale retellings. We recommend a few favorites including Marissa Meyer’s Cinder, Brigid Kemmerer’s A Curse So Dark and Lonely, and Erin A. Craig’s House of Salt and Sorrows.
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In this Unabridged episode, we discuss our May book club pick, Ocean Vuong's novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. We discuss the powerful, heartbreaking, lyrical novel, and then we share our pairings, including Kiese Laymon’s Heavy, Lisa Ko’s The Leavers, and Mira T. Lee’s Everything Here Is Beautiful.
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In this Unabridged Teaching Tidbits episode, Ashley shares some teaching tools she'll be taking with her as her family prepares for their big trip. Three tools that she shares are Rocketbooks (which work with Frixion pens), games like Bananagrams, and Osmo games, which work with iPads or Kindle Fire tablets. Some specific things Ashley uses are the Fusion Rocketbook, this pack of Frixion pens, and My First Bananagrams. The Osmo kits her girls love are the Genius kit and the Little Genius kit. Note that both of those kits can be purchased without the base, and they are cheaper that way. You only need to buy the base one time. (Be sure to buy the correct base for the iPad or for the Kindle Fire.) Ashley's girls also love the Detective Agency Osmo game. *The Osmo company runs some great deals, so it's worth watching for discounts.
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In this Unabridged podcast episode, we share some retellings of classics that we've enjoyed reading. We share our picks including Hena Khan’s More to the Story, Patricia Park’s Re Jane, Rachel Hawkins’s The Wife Upstairs. These recommendations are perfect for the retellings category on our Unabridged Reading Challenge for 2021!
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In this Unabridged episode, we talk about a favorite topic for us on the podcast—auto-buy authors! We share some favorite authors and talk about different ways to support authors. We also share our perspectives on what an auto-buy author is for each of us and what would work for that category on the Unabridged Reading Challenge! If you haven't signed up for the challenge yet, you can still join us! Find out everything here.
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In this Unabridged Episode, Sara talks about one of her favorite writing resources for the classroom. Writing can be a difficult subject to teach with students of all different levels. Sara loves Kelly Gallagher's work, and one of her must-have books is Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Texts. She thinks this is an essential resource for anyone who wants excellent ideas for teaching writing not only in English class, but across the curriculum.
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In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we discuss the Hulu screen adaptation of John Green's Looking for Alaska. In the episode, we only discuss the pilot episode of the series (which, spoiler alert, we all loved!), so check out the pilot if you're interested, and then give this discussion a listen! We also share our Bookish Check-ins and share some of our exercise preferences. Let us know on social media: which do you prefer—cardio or weights?
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In this Unabridged Podcast Book Club episode, we discuss Eric Gansworth's memoir in verse, Apple: Skin to the Core. We talk about what worked for us, share quotes, and offer pairings including Angeline Boulley’s Firekeeper’s Daughter, Steve Sheinkin’s Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team, and Laurie Halse Anderson’s Shout.
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In this Unabridged Episode, Jen discusses reasons to use film in the classroom and ways to approach interpreting film with students. She suggests giving students Roger Ebert's "How to Read a Movie," an essay that is a helpful introduction to interpreting movies and points listeners to a short film, Rodrigo Blaas's Alma, that is an excellent introduction to film analysis.
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In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we circle back to the books we recommended to each other in episode 139. Each of us got a recommendation from each of our co-hosts, and we read those books and are reporting back about how we felt about them! Be sure to check out episode 139 if you'd like to hear more about why the books were recommended.
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In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we discuss author imprints and the way that those can help readers discover new authors to love. We specifically discuss the Rick Riordan Presents imprint and share books we've read from it including Kwame Mbalia’s Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, Yoon Ha Lee’s Dragon Pearl, and Carlos Hernandez’s Sal and Gabi Break the Universe.
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In this Unabridged Episode, Ashley talks about the graphic design program Canva. She shares about the benefits of signing up for an educators' account with Canva, and she shares a few tips about using Canva to create images for various purposes as well as suggestions for how it can be used in the classroom with students. To sign up for the Educators' account with Canva, click here. For a quick slideshow with examples and more information about Canva, click here.
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In this Unabridged Book-to-Screen Adaptation episode, we discuss To All the Boys: Always and Forever, the Netflix adaptation of Jenny Han's Always and Forever, Lara Jean. We are all huge fans of the To All the Boys I've Loved Before series, and you can catch our discussion of the first film here.
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In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we discuss some of our favorite tropes and share some book recommendations that have included those tropes. Our recommendations include Beth O’Leary’s The Switch, Helena Hunting’s Kiss My Cupcake, and John Green's The Fault in Our Stars. We talk about some of our favorite and not-so-favorite tropes in romance novels, and we discuss the benefits of tropes for readers.
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In this Unabridged Podcast Episode, Sara talks about using graphic memoirs in the classroom. She goes over ideas to use graphic memoirs in literature circles, and some ideas to encourage reluctant readers. Sara also discusses three specific recommendations for graphic memoirs to use in literature circles in your classroom.
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In this Unabridged Podcast Book Club episode, we discuss Mira Jacob's graphic memoir Good Talk. We talked about this amazing memoir and also shared our pairings, including Craig Thompsons Blankets, James McBride's The Color of Water, and Jarrett J. Krosoczka's Hey, Kiddo. If you're interested in discussing this one with us, be sure to join us on March 15th on Instagram to participate in our book club chat.
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In this Unabridged Podcast episode, Ashley, Jen, and Sara answer questions from listeners. The questions are both bookish and non-bookish, so we enjoyed mixing those up and doing a speed round as well with some of the questions. Many of the questions came from the Unabridged Ambassadors! Remember to check out that program if you're interested in getting more involved with Unabridged.
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In this Unabridged Podcast Episode, Jen talks about ways to use some of the features of Google Apps for Education to support reading. She goes over the best ways to distribute Google files to students, the benefits of annotation, and some ideas to support the re-reading of complex texts. Jen also discusses ways to implement collaborative adaptations of these activities in your classroom.
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In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we discuss the pilot episode of Mismatched, a screen adaptation of Sandhya Menon's young adult romance novel, When Dimple Met Rishi. We all loved this book and enjoyed doing it as a buddy read on Instagram. This adaptation is a perfect fit for our Unabridged Reading Challenge bonus category, watching an adaptation of a YA lit book! This series has six parts and can be found on Netflix.
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In this Unabridged Love is in the Air episode, we talk about some romance book recommendations we each want to share, including discussions of Alexis Daria's You Had Me at Hola, Alisha Rai’s First Comes Like, and Talia Hibbert’s Take a Hint, Dani Brown. There's something for everyone who is looking for a great romance book to read. Any of these picks would be a great fit for our Unabridged Reading Challenge category featuring a romance book by a person of color!
If you're looking for more romance book recommendations, don't miss this great bookish fave from Jen or our previous romance episodes from 2019 (which is a good one but so old it's only available here on our site!) and from 2020. Also be sure to check out our episode with Farrah Rochon about her brilliant book, The Boyfriend Project!
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In this Unabridged Episode, Ashley talks about a few ways to incorporate more poetry into class routines. She talks about activities teachers can do with students to engage with poetry, and she shares a few places to access more poems including sites such as Poetry Foundation and signing up for daily emails such as the Poem-a-Day email subscription. She also mentions Billy Collins' collections curated for classroom use, Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry and 180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day.
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In this Unabridged Book Club episode, we are discussing Sonali Dev's Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors. This one was chosen by the Unabridged Ambassadors and is a perfect fit for two of our Unabridged Podcast Reading Challenge categories, a romance by an author of color and a retelling of a classic. This month, we are having a Book Club discussion on Instagram on February 15th. Just DM us on Instagram or comment here (with your IG handle) if you'd like to join us!
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In this episode of Unabridged, we talk about our reading challenge choices for 2021, including the Unabridged Reading Challenge that we're doing together and our personal choices for an additional reading challenge. We'd love for you to join us for the #unabridgedpodreadingchallenge this year—check out this page for everything you need to dive right in!
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In this Unabridged Episode, Sara discusses creating connections with six word memoirs and ideas on how to use six word memoirs across the curriculum. Let us know some of your ideas on how to use six word memoirs in your classroom!
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In this episode of the Unabridged Podcast, Ashley, Jen, and Sara chat with Adam Schaeuble, host of the Million Pound Mission podcast (now called the Low Carb Hustle podcast) and the Podcasting Business School podcast. After our Bookish Check-in, Adam joins in recommending behavioral science books that can help everyone reach their life goals in 2021. If you have resolutions that you'd like to reach, be sure to check out the episode, and if you have your own self-help books to share, let us know @unabridgedpod!
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In this episode of the Unabridged Podcast, Ashley, Jen, and Sara offer up their book awards for 2020. After sharing their Bookish Check-ins, they each present their award categories and their book picks, which include adult and young adult titles. They end the episode with Non-Bookish Awards.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Talia Hibbert’s Take a Hint, Dani Brown
Jen - Lisa Ko’s The Leavers
Sara - Liz Moore’s Long Bright River
Our Book Picks for Our 2020 Unabridged Awards
Ashley -
A Romance Book that Taught Me I Can Love Love Books - Helen Hoang’s The Bride Test
A New to Me Book that is Fascinating and Important - Brittany Morris’s SLAY (YA Lit Pick)
Jen -
Favorite Re-Read that Was a New Discovery - Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible
A New Take on an Old Subject - Traci Chee’s We Are Not Free (YA Lit Pick)
Sara -
Favorite Memoir that Made Me Laugh Out Loud - R. Eric Thomas’s Here For It
Most Important Book of the Year - Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You (YA Lit Pick)
Other Mentions
Casey McQuiston's Red, White, and Royal Blue
Farrah Rochon's The Boyfriend Project
Helen Hoang's The Kiss Quotient
Beth Macy's Dopesick Schitt's Creek Ted Lasso Fleabag
Previous Awards Episodes
Interested in more awards? Here are the Unabridged Podcast Awards episodes from 2019 and 2018.
Awards for 2019 Awards for 2018
Give Me One - Non-Bookish Unabridged Awards
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In this Unabridged Episode, Jen discusses taking a pause to reflect on changes for the remainder of the school year, including questions to ask, practices to improve, and focuses to implement.
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In the first book club discussion of 2021, we are thrilled to discuss Adib Khorram's Darius the Great Is Not Okay. This brilliant young adult lit book addresses so many important topics including family heritage, bullying, friendship, family dynamics, managing depression, and so many other issues with nuance and humor. If you're interested in discussing this one, it's also our Unabridged Podcast Buddy Read this month! We'll be talking about it on January 11th and 25th on Instagram. Just message us to join!
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Marie Lu’s Skyhunter Jen - Patrick deWitt’s The Sisters Brothers Sara - Rachel Hawkins’s The Wife Upstairs Our Pairings
Ashley - David Yoon’s Frankly in Love Jen - Erika L. Sánchez’s I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Sara - Sarah Moon’s Sparrow Mentioned in Episode
Charles Portis’s True Grit A. S. King’s Everybody Sees the Ants Leigh Bardugo’s Crooked Kingdom Neil Shusterman’s Scythe Brigid Kemmerer’s A Curse So Dark and Lonely Give Me One - A Series You Want to Finish but Haven't
Listen in to hear our responses to this great topic suggested by one of our Unabridged Ambassadors! (Click to learn more about the ambassador program!)
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In this episode of the Unabridged Podcast, after their Bookish Check-ins, Ashley, Jen, and Sara share books they're excited to read in 2021. These are all books by some of their favorite authors, so they also talk about their histories with the authors' previous works. Then, they conclude the episode with the Give Me One segment, sharing some memories of childhood gifts they received from Santa.
Bookish Check-in Ashley - Chip and Dan Heath’s The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Jen - Kate Stayman-London’s One to Watch Sara - James Clear’s Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Our Picks for 2021 Books We're Excited to Read Ashley - Nicola Yoon’s Instructions for Dancing (June 3) Jen - John Green’s The Anthropocene Reviewed (May 18) Sara - Angie Thomas’s Concrete Rose (January 12, 2021)
Mentioned in Episode John Green's An Abundance of Katherines Nicola Yoon's Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give and On the Come Up
Give Me One - Memorable Gift from Santa Listen in to hear special items from childhood that we loved!
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In this bonus episode of the Unabridged Podcast, we share the 2021 Unabridged Podcast Reading Challenge. We hope these categories give you a little push to try some new things in 2021! In episodes through the rest of Season 4, we'll be sharing books that meet the Challenge's categories. And keep an eye on our Bookish Faves and social media (especially our Instagram feed and the Unabridged Book Club Group on Facebook), which will also offer ideas and discussion to help you succeed in meeting the Challenge.
At the end of 2021, for those who have completed the Challenge, we'll have a giveaway!
You can download your own copy of the Reading Challenge here. Share your bookish posts on IG using #unabridgedpodreadingchallenge for extra entries in the giveaway.
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In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we give you a glimpse into our Patreon content with an Unabridged Uncensored recording from Ashley and Sara. Don't miss out on our opinions about a popular thriller, Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - TJ Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea
Jen - Kevin van Whye’s Date Me, Bryson Keller
Sara - Melanie Shankle’s On the Bright Side
Mentioned in Episode
The Sixth Sense
Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl Gone Girl - the film adaptation
The Matrix The Popcast The Big Boo Cast Totally Teen Buddy Read on Instagram
Give Me One - Favorite Christmas Movie
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In this Unabridged Teaching Tidbits episode, Ashley talks about incorporating more hands-on activities into the classroom (or at home), and she shares three of her favorite books for making it easier to find and do activities with kids. Ashley shares two books by Asia Citro, creator of Fun at Home with Kids. Ashley talks about 150+ Screen-Free Activities for Kids: The Very Best and Easiest Playtime Activities from FunAtHomeWithKids.com! and The Curious Kid's Science Book: 100+ Creative Hands-On Activities for Ages 4-8. Then, she shares about Kimberly McLeod's Easy Fun and Easy Crafting with Recycled Materials: 60 Cool Projects that Reimagine Paper Rolls, Egg Cartons, Jars and More!. Ashley also mentions supplies it helps to have available for activities, especially these liquid watercolors. These books are great resources for teachers and moms, and any one of them would be a great gift option!
In this episode of the Unabridged Podcast, Ashley, Jen, and Sara take on the musical phenomenon that is Hamilton. After sharing their Bookish Check-in, each host discusses her Hamilton history, and then they explore together favorite songs, most emotional moments, and favorite scenes. They end the episode with the Give Me One segment, each describing one thing she wants to accomplish in the new year.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Fredrik Backman’s Anxious People Jen - Nancy Jooyoun Kim’s The Last Story of Mina Lee Sara - Lindy West’s The Witches Are Coming Mentioned in Episode
Fredrik Backman's My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell Me She's Sorry Jeremy McCarter and Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton: The Revolution Ron Chernow's Alexander Hamilton The Room Where It's Happening podcast Song Exploder Netflix episode - "Wait For It" Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds's Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism, and You Robin Roberts interview on Disney Plus
Give Me One - Something to Accomplish Before the New Year
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In this episode of the Unabridged Podcast, Ashley, Jen, and Sara reflect on the reading goals they set back in January. After the Bookish Check-in, they reflect on each reading challenge they chose and provide an update on how they did, what they gained, and what has changed in their reading lives in 2020.
After listening to the 2020 reading challenge update, let us know how your reading challenges went this year!
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Sofía Segovia’s The Murmur of Bees Jen - Edward Lee’s Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef's Journey to Discover America's New Melting-Pot Cuisine (for the Read Harder Challenge) Sara - Jessica Redland’s Starry Skies Over the Chocolate Pot Cafe Sally - Jennifer Donnelly's Poisoned Find Sally, one of our Unabridged Ambassadors, @phoenixlib on Instagram! Interested in the Ambassador program? Find out more here.
Reading Challenge Episodes - The Background
2020 Reading Goals and Challenges - Episode 109 Reading Challenge Midyear Check-In - Episode 131 Mentioned in Episode
The Tournament of Books and the Super Rooster John Boyne's A Ladder to the Sky Bernadine Evaristo's Girl, Woman, Other Susan Choi's Trust Exercise Dexter Palmer's Mary Toft; Or, the Rabbit Queen: A Novel Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad Toni Morrison's A Mercy Ali Smith's The Accidental Give Me One - Favorite Holiday Song
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In this Unabridged Episode, Sara talks about an easy-to-use, free tech tool, Adobe Spark, which includes three different options for creating digital projects: Post, Video, and Page. She discusses the ways to access Adobe Spark (online or as an iPad or phone app), talks about ways the podcast uses Adobe Post and offers ideas about how to implement them in the classroom.
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Note: To access Adobe Spark as an app, you will search for each individual tool: Adobe Spark Post Adobe Spark Video Adobe Spark Page
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In this Book Club episode of the Unabridged Podcast, we talk about Christina Lauren's holiday rom-com, In a Holidaze. After our Bookish Check-in, where we each share what we're reading, we chat about the novel and then offer another holiday book recommendation. We end with our Give Me One and talk about holiday songs that make us cringe.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Nic Stone’s Dear Justyce (sequel to Dear Martin) Jen - Muriel Barbery’s The Elegance of the Hedgehog Sara - Rumaan Alam’s Leave the World Behind Our Additional Holiday Book Recommendations
Ashley - Karina Yan Glaser’s The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street Jen - Sarah Morgenthaler’s Mistletoe and Mr. Right (sequel to The Tourist Attraction) Sara - Jenny Bayliss’s The Twelve Dates of Christmas Mentioned in Episode
Christina Lauren's In a Holidaze Our previous holiday episodes - #102 discussing Hazel Gaynor and Heather Mariah Webb's Last Christmas in Paris and #50 discussing Gretchen Anthony's Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners The infamous Love, Actually debate episode, #104 Christina Lauren's The Unhoneymooners Gilmore Girls
Give Me One - Holiday Song that Makes You Cringe
Ashley - “Jingle Bell Rock” Jen - “Frosty the Snowman” Sara - “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer”
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In this episode of the Unabridged Podcast, we share some recommendations for bookish gifts for the upcoming holidays. After our Bookish Check-in, we offer our recs, covering options from snarky to sweet, with plenty of ways to support independent and local businesses. Then, we each share an item from our own wishlist.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Alyssa Cole’s When No One Is Watching Jen - Toni Morrison’s A Mercy Sara - Rachel Joyce’s Miss Benson’s Beetle Our Bookish Gifts Recommendations
Bookshop.org Free as a Bird Books (@freeasabirdbooks) (@jeanellnicolereads) - Jeanell curates books to amplify authors of color. A Fine Quotation - watercolor items with favorite characters and fandoms - thanks to listener Jody for this recommendation! Libro.fm Emily McDowell and Friends - snarky cards, witty bags, plenty of profanity The Lady Jane - cute gifts for every one with a special section of literary gifts (local) Emily Cromwell Designs - Happy, whimsical designs for every booklover Bookshelf Tees - cute bookish tees (woman-owned) Inkwell Threads - bookish tees and other bookish items
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Check out our bookish gifts episodes from previous years, #100 from 2019 and #49 from 2018, and be on the lookout for our upcoming annual giveaway with The Mountain Thread Company!
Give Me One - An Item on Your Wishlist
Ashley - bullet journal accessories Jen - Subscription Box - Book Riot’s TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations
Sara - Libro FM subscription
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In this Unabridged Episode, Jen talks about teaching with literature circles. She defines literature circles, talks about ways to choose books for them, and offers ideas about how to implement them in the classroom, including different options for lit circles roles for students.
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In this episode of the Unabridged Podcast, we share book recommendations that we believe promote and encourage activism in young people. Our selections include Brandy Colbert’s The Voting Booth, Dave Cullen’s Parkland: Birth of a Movement, and Monica Clark-Robinson's Let the Children March, illustrated by Frank Morrison. We also share what we're currently reading in our Bookish Check-In, and we share some activism accounts that we love in our Give Me One segment.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Jenny Han’s We’ll Always Have Summer Jen - Jason Reynolds’s Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel, illustrated by Danica Novgorodoff
Sara - Alan Bradley’s The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (after Jen’s recommendation in our cozy reads episode!)
Our Recommendations for Encouraging Activism
Ashley - Brandy Colbert’s The Voting Booth Jen - Dave Cullen’s Parkland: Birth of a Movement Sara - Monica Clark-Robinson, Frank Morrison (illustrator) Let the Children March (picture book)
Mentioned in Episode
Jenny Han's The Summer I Turned Pretty Jason Reynolds's Long Way Down Mariah Marsden's Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel Dave Cullen's Columbine Enola Holmes Netflix film Our Cozy Reads Recommendations episode Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl: The Manga, Volume 1
Give Me One - Activist Accounts on Instagram
Ashley - @theconsciouskid Jen - @nicstone Sara - @hereweeread
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In this autumn episode of the Unabridged Podcast, we each share some cozy read recommendations with you. After our Bookish Check-in, we talk about what makes a cozy read for us, and then we each share one that we've loved. The books we chose include Alan Bradley's Flavia de Luce series, Colleen Wright's The White Christmas Inn, and Alexis Hall's Boyfriend Material. We end the episode with our Give Me One . . . Cozy Comfort.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Karina Yan Glaser’s The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
Jen - Rumaan Alam’s Leave the World Behind
Sara - Jennifer Weiner’s Big Summer
Our Cozy Reads Recs
Ashley - Alexis Hall’s Boyfriend Material
Jen - Alan Bradley’s Flavia de Luce series
Sara - Colleen Wright's The White Christmas Inn
Mentioned in Episode
Kate Stayman-London's One to Watch
The movie Us
Neal and Jarrod Shusterman’s Dry
Fredrik Backman’s My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry
Libro.fm
Give Me One - A Cozy Comfort
Ashley - Firepit
Jen - Soft, Fluffy Blankets
Sara - Harney and Sons Hot Cinnamon Spice Tea
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In this Unabridged Teaching Tidbits episode, Ashley shares two books that encourage mindfulness in children. Ashley talks about Susan Verde and Peter H Reynolds's I Am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness (which comes from this series) and Brendan Wenzel's A Stone Sat Still. She also shares about the Calm app and Cosmic Kids Yoga, both of which have been great with her own children.
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In this Book Club episode of the Unabridged podcast, Ashley, Jen, and Sara discuss Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam's Punching the Air. After our Bookish Check-in, we share our opinions about the book and some favorite quotations, and then each of us offers another book we think would pair well with this YA novel in verse. Finally, we end by sharing some new favorites we've discovered lately.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Akwaeke Emezi’s The Death of Vivek Oji Jen - Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom Sara - Maureen Johnson, John Green, and Lauren Myracle's Let It Snow
Our Pairings
Ashley - Tayari Jones’s An American Marriage Jen - Nic Stone’s Dear Justyce Sara - Ellen Hopkins’s Burned
Mentioned in Episode
Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing Akwaeke Emezi’s Freshwater Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi's Stamped Jason Reynolds's Long Way Down Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Wes Moore's The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates Nic Stone's Dear Martin “Wait for It” from Hamilton West Wing Weekly Song Exploder podcast and Netflix series Partners podcast
Give Me One - A Recent Favorite
Ashley - Kim’s Convenience on Netflix Jen - In the Dark, most recent episode with Curtis Flowers Sara - Hamilton
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In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we're discussing books for all levels that we believe would work really well for read-aloud choices. We were thrilled to be joined by Holly Hicks, a third-grade teacher and Unabridged Ambassador who has experience choosing and sharing read-aloud picks with her third-grade students. We also share our own experiences with read-aloud picks both at home and in the classroom.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Kate Clayborn’s Love Lettering Jen - Marissa Meyer’s Instant Karma (from NetGalley, out 11/3) Sara - Sarah Morgan’s One More for Christmas Holly - Ruth Ware’s The Turn of the Key and Alex North's The Shadows
Our Read-Aloud Recommendations
Picture Books
Ashley - Ashley Franklin’s Not Quite Snow White, illustrated by Ebony Glenn Holly - Adam Rubin’s Secret Pizza Party, illustrated by Daniel Salmieri Jen - B. J. Novak’s The Book with No Pictures Sara - Drew Daywalt’s The Day the Crayons Quit, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
Middle-Grade Books
Kate DeCamillo’s Because of Winn-Dixie Barbara O’Connor’s Wish Hena Khan’s Amina’s Voice K. A. Holt’s House Arrest
YA Lit
Elizabeth Acevedo’s The Poet X Mentioned in Episode
Ruth Ware's In a Dark, Dark Wood Jane Harper's The Dry Emily X. R. Pan's The Astonishing Color of After Drew Daywalt’s The Day the Crayons Came Home, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers Drew Daywalt’s The Crayons' Christmas, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers My Name Is Earl TV series Shrek Jason Reynolds’s Long Way Down
Give Me One - Favorite Thing about Being a Pet Owner
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In this Unabridged Podcast episode, Sara shares tips for using picture books in the secondary classroom. She discusses the benefits of using picture books and her own teaching experiences. In addition, she recommends two books with which she has had success in her own classroom—David Shannon's A Bad Case of Stripes to teach theme and Jon Scieszka's The True Story of the Three Little Pigs to teach point of view.
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In this Unabridged podcast episode, we're talking all things speculative fiction with Virginia Soenksen, author of The Titan Strain, The Osiris Contingency, and The Ragnarok Resolution. We talk with her about her amazing science fiction series, and then we all recommend books that we've loved within the speculative fiction realm. We wrap up our episode with some favorite museum recommendations in honor of Virginia's role as an art historian and an associate director of a museum.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - The Toni Morrison Book Club by Juda Bennett, Winnifred Brown-Glaude, Cassandra Jackson, and Piper Kendrix Williams Jen - Elizabeth Acevedo’s The Poet X Sara - Dusti Bowling’s Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus Virginia - Janella Angeles's Where Dreams Descend
Featured Books
Virginia Soenksen’s The Titan Strain (The Genetics Chronicles Book 1) - See Ashley's review! Virginia Soenksen’s The Osiris Conspiracy (The Genetics Chronicles Book 2)
Virginia Soenksen’s The Ragnarok Resolution (The Genetics Chronicles Book 3)
Our Speculative Fiction Recs
Ashley - Stephen Graham Jones’s The Only Good Indians Jen - N. K. Jemisin’s The City We Became (check out Jen's review!) Sara - Nancy Farmer’s The House of the Scorpion Virginia - V.E. Schwab’s Vicious
Mentioned in Episode
V. E. Schwab’s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (check out Jen's review here!) Tommy Orange's There There (Listen to our book club episode, or join our Facebook book club discussion for late October by requesting to join here!)
The National Museum of Natural History
Give Me One - Favorite Museum
Ashley - the Louvre Jen - Metropolitan Museum of Art Sara - Air and Space Museum Ginny - Freer Gallery of Art & Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
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This week, Unabridged Podcast is launching into the Halloween spirit with some spooky recommendations. After our Bookish Check-in—featuring a guest appearance by Unabridged Ambassador Talie—each of shares a perfect October pick, and then (for our Give Me One) we talk about our autumn favorites.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Nic Stone’s Shuri Jen - V. E. Schwab’s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Sara - Lamar Giles’s Not So Pure and Simple and Tommy Orange’s There There (listen to our Book Club episode, 146)
Talie - Hench (find Talie at taliesadventures.com or @talielovesbooks on Instagram.)
Our Spooky Reads Recs
Ashley - Kelly Keaton’s Darkness Becomes Her Jen - Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic Sara - Riley Sager’s Lock Every Door
Mentioned in Episode
Shea Ernshaw’s The Wicked Deep and Winterwood Riley Sager’s Home Before Dark Give Me One - Favorite Thing about Fall
Ashley - pumpkin carving Jen - fall leaves/plants
Sara - crisp air, and getting to wear fall clothes
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In this Unabridged Teaching Tidbits episode, Ashley talks about some tips for surviving the trials and tribulations of using technology during the era of virtual teaching. She builds off of what Jen shared in Teaching Tidbit #1 about her experience with virtual teaching so far, and Ashley talks about a few things that have helped her navigate technology during this time.
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In this Unabridged Podcast book club discussion, we talk about Tommy Orange's There There. We all discuss this masterpiece, and then we share our pairings, including Louise Erdrich’s Love Medicine, Akwaeke Emezi’s The Death of Vivek Oji, and Tanya Talaga’s Seven Fallen Feathers.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Stephen Graham Jones’s The Only Good Indians Jen - Julie C. Dao’s Broken Wish (from NetGalley, out October 6) Sara - Lindy West’s Sh*t, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema Main Discussion
Tommy Orange's There There Pairings
Ashley - Louise Erdrich’s Love Medicine Jen - Akwaeke Emezi’s The Death of Vivek Oji Sara - Tanya Talaga’s Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City
Mentioned in Episode
Episode 104 - What Makes a Holiday Movie?
Libro.fm’s ALC Program
Give Me One - A New Interest
Ashley - Indoor plants Jen - Virtual teaching
Sara - Puppies
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In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we revisit a favorite game that we've played on past episodes, Book Riot's Lit Chat Game. After our Bookish Check-in, we dive into the game and answer some impromptu questions related to our reading lives, all while recording our responses. In this episode, we leave you with a favorite store for our Give Me One segment.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Jennifer De Leon’s Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From
Jen - Helen Macdonald’s Vesper Flights
Sara - Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam's Punching the Air
Mentioned in Episode
Ibi Zoboi's American Street and Pride
Helen Macdonald's H Is for Hawk
Lit Chat: Conversation Starters about Books and Life
Richard Adams's Watership Down
Stan and Jan Berenstain's The Berenstain Bears series
Russell Hoban's Tea Time for Frances
Anne Dewdney's Llama Llama Red Pajama
Ezra Jack Keats's The Snowy Day
P. D. Eastman's Are You My Mother?
Elizabeth L. Cline's The Conscious Closet: The Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good
Give Me One - Favorite Store
Ashley - Plant Life Indoors Jen - Stitch Fix
Sara - The Bluest Willow
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In this Unabridged Episode, Jen shares five conclusions she has drawn about teaching virtually after three weeks of instruction with her students. Teaching and learning are definitely different than usual right now, but adjusting our expectations and preparation can make a big difference! We'd love to know your virtual teaching (and learning!) tips, so reach out on social media.
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In honor of the final year of the Global Read Aloud, Unabridged Podcast revisits our episode from last year, in which we discussed Cherie Dimaline's The Marrow Thieves, Padma Venkatraman's The Bridge Home, and Kelly Yang's Front Desk. Join us in celebrating this fantastic program, which highlights books for young people and promotes global collaboration.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Mark Oshiro’s Each of Us a Desert (thanks to Partner NetGalley) Jen - Roshani Chokshi’s The Silvered Serpents (thanks to Partner NetGalley) Sara - Beth O’Leary’s The Switch (thanks to Partner Libro.fm)
Celebrating the Global Read Aloud
Cherie Dimaline's The Marrow Thieves Padma Venkatraman's The Bridge Home Kelly Yang's Front Desk
Mentioned in Episode
Roshani Chokshi's The Gilded Wolves Mark Oshiro's Anger Is a Gift Alexis Hall's Boyfriend Material Beth O'Leary's The Flatshare Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony Cormac McCarthy's The Road Peter Heller's The Dog Stars Neal and Jarrod Shusterman's Dry Mindy McGinnis's Not a Drop to Drink Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven Alan Gratz's Refugee
Katherine Boo's Behind the Beautiful Forevers Give Me One - New Find
Ashley - American Gods Jen - 800 Words
Sara - Olive and June and Speed Cubers
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We are thrilled to share our interview with Farrah Rochon, the USA Today Bestselling author of more than 35 novels, including her latest release, The Boyfriend Project. The two-time RITA Award finalist is a native of South Louisiana. When she is not writing in her favorite coffee shop, Farrah spends most of her time reading, cooking, traveling the world, visiting Walt Disney World, and catching her favorite Broadway shows.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Marie Lu's Wildcard Farrah - Sandra Kitt's Winner Takes All Sara - Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely's All American Boys Lia Louis's Dear Emmie Blue
Mentioned in Episode
Farrah Rochon's The Boyfriend Project (check out Sara's review) and The Dating Playbook (book two in the series, coming out in 2021!) Marie Lu's Warcross and Rebel Helen Hoang's The Kiss Quotient Jasmine Guillory's The Wedding Date Alyssa Cole (An Extraordinary Union) Suzanne Brockman's SEALS series (Book 1, Prince Joe) Priscilla Oliveras (The Island Affair) K. M. Jackson / Kwana Jackson's Real Men Knit Denny S. Bryce's Wild Women and the Blues
Give Me One - Favorite Broadway Musicals
Farrah - Hamilton, Aida, Dear Evan Hansen, Spring Awakening, Once Ashley - Rent Sara - Cabaret
Jen - Hamilton, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Once
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In this Unabridged Episode, we share with listeners a brand new type of episode that we're launching in Season Four, Teaching Tidbits! These bite-sized episodes will focus on books and activities relevant to classroom teachers. We'll share these a couple of times a month on Fridays, so be on the lookout for them in your feed!
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Hena Khan’s Amina’s Voice Jen - Susan Abulhawa’s Against the Loveless World Sara - Jerry Craft’s New Kid
Sara's Teaching Tidbit
Sandhya Menon's When Dimple Met Rishi Never Have I Ever Netflix series
Mentioned in Episode
Our upcoming interview with Farrah Rochon. Be sure to check it out next Wednesday!
Give Me One - Favorite Disney Character
Jen - the genie from Aladdin Sara - Moana from Moana
Ashley - Stitch from Lilo and Stitch
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In this Unabridged Book Club episode, we discuss Chanel Miller's memoir, Know My Name. We discuss the powerful impact of Chanel Miller's words and the way that she is changing the world through sharing her story. In our book pairings, we talk about Laurie Halse Anderson's SHOUT, Jon Krakauer’s Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town, and Jason Reynolds’s and Brendan Kiely’s All American Boys.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Alexis Hall’s Boyfriend Material Jen - Natasha Trethewey’s Memorial Drive Sara - Kate Stayman-London’s One to Watch
Mentioned in Episode
Chanel Miller's Know My Name Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy Episode 78: Laurie Halse Anderson Highlight - It Is Okay to Fight Kiese Laymon's Heavy Episode 138: Dive into Nonfiction Reads
Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak
Our Pairings
Ashley - Laurie Halse Anderson’s SHOUT Jen - Jon Krakauer’s Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town Sara - Jason Reynolds’s and Brendan Kiely’s All American Boys
Give Me One - Instrument You Wish You Played
Ashley - cello Jen - guitar
Sara - guitar or piano
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In this Unabridged episode, we give listeners a sneak peek into some of the content that we share on Patreon each month. In this one, after our bookish check-in, we share Jen and Sara's book-to-film adaptation discussion of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight. Don't miss the fun trivia! Stick around for the give me one where we share the best concerts we've ever attended!
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Brandy Colbert’s The Voting Booth Jen - Nadia Hashimi’s The Pearl that Broke Its Shell (@readwithtoni buddy read; check out our episode with Toni)
Sara - Lamar Giles’s Not So Pure and Simple
Mentioned in Episode
Tayari Jones’s An American Marriage Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight and the film adaptation The Lost Boys
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Give Me One - Best Concert We've Attended
Ashley - U2 (with Nelly Furtado as the opening act) Jenv- Goo Goo Dolls / No Doubt / Bush
Sarav- Goo Dollsv/ Bon Jovi
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In today's episode of the Unabridged Podcast, we each do our best to recommend a book that our friends and co-hosts will love. Be sure to listen to our Bookish Check-in and our Give Me One, where we pick a favorite karaoke song.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Thanhha Lai’s Inside Out and Back Again Jen - Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic (@bookishladiesclub buddy read) Sara - Lori Gottlieb’s Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed Main Discussion - Our Recs for Each Other
Ashley's Pick for Jen - Pénélope Bagieu’s Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World Ashley's Pick for Sara - Dhonielle Clayton’s The Belles Jen's Pick for Ashley - Kiley Reid’s Such a Fun Age Jen's Pick for Sara - Rachel DeLoache Williams’s My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress Sara's Pick for Ashley - R. Eric Thomas's Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America Sara's Pick for Jen - Sharon Huss Roat’s How to Disappear
Give Me One - Song We’d Sing at Karaoke
Ashley - Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” Jen - “You’ll Be Back” from Hamilton
Sara - Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" and Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer”
Other Mentions
Dhonielle Clayton's The Everlasting Rose
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In this Unabridged podcast episode, we talk all things nonfiction, and we each make recommendations for nonfiction reads to dive into that we've loved. We talk about Kirkland Hamill's Filthy Beasts, Kiese Layman's Heavy, Knox McCoy's All Things Reconsidered, and Phuc Tran’s Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In. As always, we find ways to talk about more books, too, and have lots of fun during our discussion. If you're interested in nonfiction reads, be sure to join us for our September book club choice, Chanel Miller's Know My Name.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Marie Lu’s Rebel
Jen - Adrienne Kisner’s Six Angry Girls
Sara - Chanel Miller’s Know My Name
Our Picks
Ashley - Kiese Laymon’s Heavy: An American Memoir
Jen - Phuc Tran’s Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In
Sara - Knox McCoy’s All Things Reconsidered
Mentioned in Episode
Kirkland Hamill's Filthy Beasts Marie Lu's Legend, Prodigy and Champion The Popcast Episode 135 with Morgan Hoit, @NYCBookGirl, from Avid Reader Press Episode 137, Stamped Book Club Discussion Hamilton
Knox McCoy's The Wondering Years
Give Me One - What We Wanted to Be When We Grew Up
Jen - a nurse Ashley - marine biologist
Sara - fashion designer
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In this Unabridged Book Club discussion, we talk about Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You. This phenomenal book is a remix for young people of Kendi’s original Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, and we all felt that it was a phenomenal read and is such a great fit for the classroom.
Bookish Check-In
Ashley - Tiffany D. Jackson’s Monday’s Not ComingJen - Robert Kolker’s Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American FamilySara - Sheila Williams’s The Secret Women
Book Pairings
Ashley - Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele’s When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
Jen - Kwame Mbalia’s Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
Sara - Nic Stone’s Dear Martin and Rita Williams-Garcia’s One Crazy Summer
Give Me One - Favorite Dessert
Ashley - Oreo Ice Cream Dessert (This recipe is similar to the handwritten one I have)
Jen - Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars
Sara - Ice cream, but Sara also recommends Monster Cookie Dough Dip
Other Mentions
Tiffany D. Jackson's Allegedly
Jamie Golden with The Popcast
@readwithtoni buddy read for Hidden Valley Road (Don't miss our episode with Toni!)
the Hamilton musical
Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy
Unabridged Episode - Great Books for the Classroom Written by Black Authors
Revisionist History episode, "The Lady Vanishes" (Note: In the episode, Jen mentions a Freakonomics episode about the Prime Minister of New Zealand and says she'll check on the link. This episode of Revisionist History, about the Prime Minister of Australia, is the correct reference.)
Ibram X. Kendi's interview on Armchair Expert
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As we wrap up Season 3 of the Unabridged Podcast, Ashley, Jen, and Sara look back at Give Me One, a segment we introduced this season. After our Bookish Check-in, we each recommend a Give Me One, and then we end with an episode we recommend from the season.
Thank you so much for all of your support! We definitely are looking forward to Season 4.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Sandhya Menon’s 10 Things I Hate about Pinky Jen - Roselle Lim’s Vanessa Yu’s Magical Paris Tea Shop (coming out August 4)
Sara - Farrah Rochon’s The Boyfriend Project
Discussion - Recommended Give Me One Segments from Season 3
Ashley - Episode 123 - A Worthwhile Purchase During Quarantine Jen - Episode 113 - A YA Lit Favorite Sara - Episode 104 - A Toy You Loved When You Were a Kid
Other Mentions Roselle Lim's Natalie Tan's Book of Love and Fortune Sandhya Menon's When Dimple Met Rishi Emily X. R. Pan's The Astonishing Color of After John Green's Turtles All the Way Down Alix E. Harrow's The Ten Thousand Doors of January Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give Teachers Pay Teachers store Asia Citro's The Curious Kid's Science Book: 100+ Creative Hands-On Activities for Ages 4-8 Asia Citro's 150+ Screen-Free Activities for Kids: The Very Best and Easiest Playtime Activities from FunAtHomeWithKids.com! Kimberly McLeod's Fun and Easy Crafting with Recycled Materials: 60 Cool Projects that Reimagine Paper Rolls, Egg Cartons, Jars, and More John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice series Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi's Stamped: Racism, Anti Racism, and You Give Me One - Recommended Episode from Season 3
Ashley - Episode 113 - Why Teach YA? Jen - Episode 106 - 2019 Unabridged Awards Sara - Episode 104 - Debate - What Makes a Holiday Movie?
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In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we have so much fun talking with Morgan Hoit, @NYCBookGirl, about book-to-screen adaptations. We talk about our latest reads, book-to-screen adaptations we have loved, and books that we would love to see adapted.
Bookish Check In
Ashley - Sally Rooney’s Normal People Jen - Phuc Tran’s Sigh, Gone: A Misfit’s Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit in Sara - Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park Morgan - Chelsea Bieker's God Shot, Emma Straub's All Adults Here, Lorrie Moore's short stories
Our Book-to-Screen Adaptations
Ashley - Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible Jen - Natalie Jenner’s The Jane Austen Society Sara - Rainbow Rowell’s Carry On Morgan - Adrienne Brodeur's Wild Game
Give Me One - Game Night Recommendations
Ashley - Exploding Kittens Jen - Beyond Balderdash Sara - Apples to Apples Morgan - Anomia
Other Mentions
Cormac McCarthy's The Road Lorrie Moore's Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? Garrett M. Graff's The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 Lisa Taddeo's Three Women Hamilton Lev Grossman's The Magicians book series and adaptation Mikel Jollett's Hollywood Park R. O. Kwan's The Incendiaries Lauren Groff's Arcadia Laurence Wright's Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief Jeannette Walls’s The Glass Castle Waco on Netflix Avid Reader Imprint Jenny Han's To All the Boys I've Loved Before - book and film adaptation Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give - book and film adaptation Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley André Aciman's Call Me By Your Name Lady Bird and Greta Gerwig Screen adaptation of Sally Rooney's Normal People Hannibal series, based on Thomas Harris's book Hannibal Mary Ann Shaffer's The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society and the film version The Harry Potter book series and film adaptations The Twilight series and film adaptations Cards Against Humanity (game) The Oatmeal comic (by Matthew Inman, illustrator of Exploding Kittens)
What Do You Meme? (game)
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In this Unabridged podcast episode, we're talking with Katherine Center about her latest book, What You Wish For, which released on July 14th. Katherine shares her first experience as a writer, writing fan fic about Duran Duran, why clown socks are the most fashionable apparel, and how she sets out to fight for joy.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half
Jen - Jennifer Weiner’s Big Summer
Sara - Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds’s Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning
Katherine - Will Storr's The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better
Other Mentions
Ibram X. Kendi's Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Brit Bennett's The Mothers
Katherine Center's Happiness for Beginners
Katherine Center's Things You Save in a Fire
Katherine Center's How to Walk Away
Katherine Center's The Lost Husband
Ingrid Fetell Lee’s Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness
Katherine Center's thoughts on reading for joy on her website
Archie comics
Stranger than Fiction
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In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we have so much fun talking with Mariely Sylvette Martinez of PodQueens Latinas about underrated books and series. She joins us for our Bookish Check-in, and then we chat about what it means to be underrated and why some great books and authors don't seem to get as much buzz as others. Finally, we end with our Give Me One segment and recommend some podcasts that we're enjoying right now.
Bookish Check In
Ashley - Mindy McGinnis's A Madness So Discreet Jen - Kel Kade's Fate of the Fallen Sara - Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible Mariely - Dr. Mayra Llado's Run Your Race: A Guide to Making Your Impossibles Possible
Our Underrated Books and Authors
Ashley - Laini Taylor
*Daughter of Smoke and Bone series
*Strange the Dreamer duology
*Faeries of Dreamdark duology - Blackbringer
Jen - Lauren Oliver
*Before I Fall
*Delirium
*Panic
Sara - Beth Vrabel's Caleb and Kit
Mariely - Mayra Llado's Run Your Race: A Guide to Making Your Impossibles Possible Give Me One - Podcast
Ashley - NPR's Life Kit Jen - NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour Sara - By the Book Podcast Mariely - Trailblazing Out of Corporate Life Other Mentions
Podfest Multimedia Expo @readwithtoni - Episode 126: Plugging into Bookish Communities Online with @readwithtoni from Instagram Jack Canfield's The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be Mindy McGinnis's Not a Drop to Drink and In a Handful of Dust Green Valley Book Fair Marie Lu's Rebel Groundhog Day Jack Canfield's Chicken Soup for the Soul Brigid Kemmerer's A Curse So Dark and Lonely and A Heart So Fierce and Broken Talia Hibbert's Get a Life, Chloe Brown Sarah J. Maas - Throne of Glass and A Court of Thorns and Roses Cassandra Clare - City of Bones George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire series Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Blood and Bone and Children of Virtue and Vengeance The Popcast with Knox and Jamie Rhonda Byrnes's The Secret Marie Kondo's The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing Brandy Ferner's Adult Conversation - Episode 127: Parenting and Partner Tips with Brandy Ferner of ADULT CONVERSATION Wow in the World
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In this Unabridged podcast book club episode, we're discussing Emily Henry's Beach Read. We have a great discussion and pair this one with some other great reads, including Mary Beth Keane’s Ask Again, Yes, Kate Clayborn’s Love Lettering, and Josie Silver’s The Two Lives of Lydia Bird. Beach Read is a contemporary romance that balances witty banter with more serious themes.
Bookish Check In
Ashley - Jacqueline Woodson’s Harbor Me
Jen - Jennifer S. Cohen’s Falling Forward
Sara - Elizabeth L. Cline’s The Conscious Closet: The Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good
Book Pairings
Ashley - Mary Beth Keane’s Ask Again, Yes - episode
Jen - Kate Clayborn’s Love Lettering
Sara - Josie Silver’s The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
Mentioned in Episode
Dressember Summer Book Club
Sally Thorne's The Hating Game
Green Valley Book Fair
Cassandra Clare's Lady Midnight
Brandy Ferner's Adult Conversation - episode
Cormac McCarthy's The Road
Madeline Miller's The Song of Achilles
Bryn Greenwood's All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
Bookish Ladies Club
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On this Unabridged episode, we consider where we are with our reading goals for the year, including how we're doing on the reading challenges we each selected back in January. We talk about the The Modern Mrs. Darcy Reading Challenge with @annebogel, Book Riot's 2020 Read Harder Challenge with @bookriot, and the Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge from @novelknight along with The Unread Shelf Project 2020 with @theunreadshelf.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Laura Hankin’s Happy & You Know It - Sara's review will be published on Friday! Jen - Marlon James’s The Book of Night Women Sara - Layla F. Saad’s Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
Our Reading Challenges
Jen - Book Riot's 2020 Read Harder Challenge with @bookriot → a little more than half Sara - Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge from @novelknight along with The Unread Shelf Project 2020 with @theunreadshelf Ashley - The Modern Mrs. Darcy Reading Challenge with @annebogel
Give Me One - Beach or Pool?
Other Mentions
@readwithtoni on Instagram and our episode with her Marlon James’s Black Leopard, Red Wolf @definitelyra on Instagram and our episode with her @laylafsaad on Instagram N. K. Jemisin's The City We Became - Jen's review John Steinbeck’s East of Eden Marilynne Robinson’s novels (Gilead, Housekeeping, Jack, Lila, Home) The Tournament of Books and Camp ToB Adib Khorram's Darius the Great Is Not Okay Abi Daré's The Girl with the Louding Voice - Ashley's review George M Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue Sandhya Menon's When Dimple Met Rishi
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In this Unabridged Podcast discussion, we recommend some books by Black authors that we think would be a great fit in the classroom. We talk about recommendations for Kid Lit, Middle Grade, and YA Lit, and we touch on books by several of our favorite authors, including Jacqueline Woodson, Kwame Alexander, and Ibi Zoboi.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Anna Solomon’s The Book of V Jen - Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America Sara - Sandhya Menon's When Dimple Met Rishi
Our Recommendations
-Kid Lit Quvenzhané Wallis’s A Night Out with Mama Kwame Alexander’s The Undefeated, illustrated by Kadir Nelson
-Middle Grade Jerry Craft’s New Kid Jacqueline Woodson’s Brown Girl Dreaming and Harbor Me -YA Lit
*Ibi Zoboi's American Street and Pride: A Pride and Prejudice Remix
*Renee Watson’s Piecing Me Together
Give Me One - Movie to Watch with Your Kids
Ashley - Shrek series
Jen - Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Sara - Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse
Other Mentions
Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi's Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning Black Lives Matter Movement Nic Stone's article "Don’t Just Read About Racism—Read Stories About Black People Living" Nic Stone's works, including Dear Martin, Odd One Out, Jackpot, Clean Getaway, Shuri Kwame Alexander's works, including the Crossover series (including The Crossover, Booked, Rebound), Solo, and Swing Ibi Zoboi's My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice Elizabeth Acevedo's The Poet X Angie Thomas's On the Come Up Angie Thomas's Concrete Rose (January 2021) Ernest J. Gaines's A Lesson Before Dying Jacqueline Woodson's The Day You Begin Jason Reynolds's Miles Morales: Spider-Man
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In this bonus episode, we wanted to share a re-release of an episode highlighting three novels by Jason Reynolds, one of our favorite Black authors for young people and for the classroom.
We tried to go very light on the spoilers in this episode, but a few minor spoilers were hard to avoid as we revealed what we loved about these books.
Timeline
Introduction and Summary of the Book: 00:00 - 02:08 Long Way Down: 02:09-14:55 Ghost: 14:56-25:03 When I Was the Greatest: 25:04-41:03
Classroom Connections: 41:04-44:53
Mentioned in Episode
David Greene's "In 'Long Way Down,' The Ghosts Of Gun Violence Chill A Plan For Revenge" Jason Reynolds's As Brave as You Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely's All American Boys Jason Reynolds's Track series Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give
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In light of the unjust loss of Black lives in America and of the Black Lives Matter movement, we wanted to share an episode from 2018 where, for our book club, we discussed one of our most favorite YA literature books for the classroom, Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give. In the episode, we discuss the novel and share pairings including Gabrielle Union's We're Going to Need More Wine, Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil's The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After, and Nic Stone's Dear Martin.
Note: We read a few passages from the text of the novel that include strong language.
Spoilers are inevitable throughout our discussion, so consider whether or not to listen if you haven't yet read the book!
Book Pairings
Jen - Gabrielle Union's We're Going to Need More Wine Sara - Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil's The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After Ashley - Nic Stone's Dear Martin
Books Mentioned in Classroom Connections
Jason Reynolds's Long Way Down Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely's All American Boys
Other Works Mentioned
Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele's When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir Angie Thomas at the National Book Festival Book Riot's "Is it Time to Retire To Kill a Mockingbird?" by Jennifer Marer
Jason Reynolds's books
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Today, we are sharing a message about our decision to postpone the regularly scheduled book club episode.
Resources Mentioned
Episode 41, about Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give Episode 45, about the film adaptation of The Hate U Give
Note: We will be editing these two episodes and re-releasing them next week.
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In this Unabridged Podcast interview episode, we had a wonderful time discussing all things parenting and partners with Brandy Ferner. We read her novel Adult Conversation, which just released on May 5th, and we all felt that the depiction of motherhood with all of its dark humor and relentlessness resonated so much with our experiences.
Bookish Check In
Ashley - Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible
Jen - Marie Lu’s Rebel Sara - Josie Silver’s The Two Lives of Lydia Bird Brandy - Glennon Doyle’s Untamed
Mentioned in Episode
Judy Brady Syfer’s “I Want a Wife” Instagram’s @readwithtoni Adult Conversation Podcast The Adult Conversation Episode where Brandy talks about writing Adult Conversation The Office
Give Me One - Reality TV Recs
Ashley - The Great British Bake Off
Jen - Survivor, Nailed It, So You Think You Can Dance, Next Top Model Sara - The Bachelor/The Bachelorette, The Challenge, Top Chef, Real World, Road Rules
Brandy - Vanderpump Rules, Cameo website, The Bachelor, The Bachelor in Paradise, Too Hot to Handle
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We're so excited to share a preview of "Is There Anything Newer?" an episode of Connections: A Podcast of the James L. Hamner Public Library. This is a short excerpt from our conversation with Jill Hames, director of the James L. Hamner Public Library and host of Connections.
Also, watch for our Bookish Fave at unabridgedpod.com with recommendations for even more middle-grade reads.
Books Mentioned
Gary Paulsen's Hatchet, Brian's Winter (complete Hatchet series)
Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games trilogy)
Clare Vanderpool's Navigating Early
Veronica Roth's Divergent (the Divergent series)
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In this week's episode of Unabridged, Ashley, Jen, and Sara talk with Toni about the power of developing an online bookish community. Toni--who posts @readwithtoni--shares her own bookstagram journey, what she loves about buddy reads, and the books (like Homegoing and All the Ugly and Wonderful Things) that have resulted in some great conversations. We also each share some great, bookstagram-made-me-do-it reads.
Bookish Check In
Ashley - Lyssa Kay Adams’s The Bromance Book Club Jen - Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s Locke and Key series / book 1 Sara - Dionne Searcey’s In Pursuit of Disobedient Women: A Memoir of Love, Rebellion, and Family, Far Away Toni - Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai's The Mountains Sing
Mentioned in Episode
John Boyne's The Heart's Invisible Furies Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing Min Jin Lee's Pachinko Fatima Farheen Mirza's A Place for Us Bryn Greenwood's All the Ugly and Wonderful Things Bryn Greenwood's The Reckless Oath We Made @marianne.reads on Instagram
Give Me One - Book You've Found Because of Instagram
Sara - Lisa Lutz’s The Swallows Ashley - Miranda Popkey’s Topics of Conversation (Book of the Month in general) Toni - Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing Jen - Mikel Jollett’s Hollywood Park
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In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we're discussing specific thrillers that we've read and LOVED (including books by Ruth Ware, Oyinkan Braithwaite, and T.M. Logan), and we're talking more generally about what does and does not work for us when it comes to the thriller genre. We've talked a lot recently about comfort reads and light reads, but we know from our Bookstagram community that thrillers are also a great escape for many readers. Let us know what you have read and loved when it comes to thrillers!
Bookish Check In
Sara - Brandy Ferner’s Adult Conversation Jen - Casey Cep’s Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee Ashley - Jim Kay’s illustrated edition of J.K. Rowlings’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Thrillers We Recommend
Sara - T.M. Logan's Lies Jen - Ruth Ware’s The Turn of the Key Ashley - Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, the Serial Killer Other Mentions
Schitt’s Creek Abby Jimenez’s The Happy Ever After Playlist Emily Henry’s Beach Read Ruth Ware's The Woman in Cabin 10 Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl Paula Hawkins's The Girl on the Train Give Me One - Things that Make Us Happy in Spring
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In this Unabridged Podcast book club episode, we discuss the readers' choice spring 2020 pick, Katharine McGee's American Royals. We pair it with other books we've loved, including Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians (which we discussed in a film adaptation episode here!), Kiera Cass’s The Selection series, and Melissa Bashardoust’s Girls Made of Snow and Glass. We ended the episode by sharing (confessing?) things that we love to do to relax.
Timeline
Intro and Bookish Check In: 00:00 - 06:13
Book Club Discussion: 06:14 - 45:14
Give Me One: 45:15 - end
Bookish Check In
Ashley - Talia Hibbert’s Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Jen - Maggie Downs’s Braver than You Think (out May 12)
Sara - Abby Jimenez’s The Happy Ever After Playlist
Book Pairings
Ashley - Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians
Jen - Kiera Cass’s The Selection series - The Selection Book 1 / Complete Box Set
Sara - Melissa Bashardoust’s Girls Made of Snow and Glass
Other Mentions
Libro.fm
Hamilton the musical
Our Bookish Turn Offs episode
Our Crazy Rich Asians Book-to-Film Adaptation episode
The Bachelor
Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games
Give Me One - One Thing You Do to Relax
Ashley - coloring and lettering
Sara- exercise routine
Jen - reality TV / reading
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This week, we're talking about all of the things that work for us and that have worked for our students to keep the reading momentum going! We talk about favorite authors like Jason Reynolds, Jacqueline Woodson, and Mo Willems, and we share about awesome audio options like Lavar Burton's weekly reading opportunities. To get full access to all of the resources we curated, be sure to sign up for our newsletter where you'll be able to download our guide!
Bookish Check In
Sara - Katharine McGee’s American Royals
Jen - Mikel Jollett’s Hollywood Park
Ashley - Cassandra Clare’s Lady Midnight
Mentioned in Episode
AudioFile's Audiobook Sync
Jason Reynolds - Instagram / Library of Congress
Kwame Alexander - Twitter / YouTube
Jacqueline Woodson - Twitter
Lavar Burton - podcast / Twitter livestream
Mo Willems’s "Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems"
Coco Simon's The Cupcake Diaries series
Anne Bogel’s Don’t Overthink It
Scribd
Give Me One - A Worthwhile Purchase during Quarantine
Ashley - Kimberly McLeod’s Fun and Easy Crafting with Recycled Materials: 60 Cool Projects that Reimagine Paper Rolls, Egg Cartons, Jars and More!
Jen - John Flanagan’s Ranger’s Apprentice series (book 1, The Ruins of Gorlan)
Sara - Canvas set for art projects
Other Mentions
Lego Masters show
Little Fires Everywhere series
Asia Citro's 150+ Screen-Free Activities with Kids
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In this Unabridged podcast episode, we're discussing some bookish turn offs we each have and when it's worth it to push past those turn offs (and when to accept them and move on!). We discuss tons of books including some of our collective favorites like John Boyne’s The Heart’s Invisible Furies, Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See, and Alan Gratz’s Refugee. While we each have different turn offs, we all agree that there are certainly things that attract us and repel us when it comes to choosing books, and it's fun to discuss what those are!
Bookish Check In Ashley - Abi Daré’s The Girl with the Louding Voice
Jen - Eowyn Ivey’s The Snow Child Sara - Riley Sager’s Lock Every Door
Books Mentioned
Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl
Miranda Popkey’s Topics of Conversation
Kate Quinn’s The Alice Network
Martha Hall Kelly’s The Lilac Girls
Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life
John Boyne’s The Heart’s Invisible Furies
Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold’s The Almost Moon
Alice Sebold’s Lucky
Paula Hawkins's The Girl on the Train
Blake Crouch's Dark Matter
Tatiana de Rosnay’s Sarah’s Key
Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief
Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See
Janie Chang’s The Library of Legends
Ruta Sepetys’s Salt to the Sea
George Takei’s They Called Us Enemy
Georgia Hunter’s We Were the Lucky Ones
Alan Gratz’s Refugee
Give Me One - A Show to Binge
Jen - Locke and Key (book), My Brilliant Friend (book)
Sara - Broadchurch, Cheer
Ashley - Schitt’s Creek
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In this episode, we have a great time discussing what we've each learned about the enneagram. We each chose a book (Ashley chose Millenneagram: The Enneagram Guide for Discovering Your Truest, Baddest Self, Jen chose The Essential Enneagram, and Sara chose The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery) to read that explored the enneagram, and we did our best to figure out our numbers. It was an adventure, and we had fun sharing with you! Stick around for our board game recs during our Give Me One at the end of the episode.
Bookish Check In
Jen - Maggie Stiefvater’s Call Down the Hawk
Sara - Ali Wong’s Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life
Ashley - Helen Hoang’s The Kiss Quotient
Enneagram Books We Each Read
Ashley - Hannah Paasch’s Millenneagram: The Enneagram Guide for Discovering Your Truest, Baddest Self
Jen - David Daniels, M.D., and Virginia Price, Ph.D.’s The Essential Enneagram
Sara - Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile's The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery
Other Mentions
Free Enneagram Test that Ashley took
Paid Enneagram Test that Sara took
True Colors Personality Test
Give Me One - Favorite board game to play with your family Ashley - Simple Farm Bingo (farm animal bingo), 5 Minute Dungeon, Mancala Sara - Qwixx Jen - HedBanz
Other Games Mentioned Spot It Uno Moo
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In this episode, we talk about what kinds of reads are bringing us comfort during these challenging times. Sara shares her love of cookbooks like Michelle Smith’s The Whole Smiths Good Food Cookbook, Ashley shares her love of poetry including the grief anthology Kevin Young’s The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing, and Jen shares some great fantasy reads that she's loving including Sarah J. Maas’s House of Earth and Blood. We'd love to know what you're reading that is bringing you comfort! Let us know here or on social media @unabridgedpod!
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Louise Penny’s Still Life
Jen - Susannah Cahalan’s The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission that Changed Our Understanding of Madness
Sara - Katherine Center’s Things You Save in a Fire
Comfort Read Recommendations
Sara -
Cookbooks
Annie F. Downs’s 100 Days to Brave: Devotions for Unlocking Your Most Courageous Self
(See this episode 198 from What Should I Read Next?)
Jen - Sarah J. Maas’s House of Earth and Blood Elana K. Arnold’s Damsel Brigid Kemmerer’s A Curse So Dark and Lonely
Ashley - Wendell Berry’s Window Poems Mary Oliver’s West Wind Nikky Finney’s Rice and Head Off and Split Kevin Young’s The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing, including Phillis Levin’s “Vigil”
Don't miss our episode where we talked about ways to beat a reading slump in Episode 54!
Other Mentions Susannah Cahalan’s Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness Katherine Center’s How to Walk Away Anne Bogel’s Don’t Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life Michelle Smith’s The Whole Smiths Good Food Cookbook: Whole30 Endorsed, Delicious Real Food Recipes to Cook All Year Long
Give Me One - What's Getting Us By Right Now
Jen - Jarrett Lerner’s activities online online streaming of new movies (Onward)
Sara- Joe Wick - daily PE activities for kids (and adults!) Lindsay Brin - Kids' workouts Yaymaker - Virtual paint class
Ashley - Wow in the World podcast (now releasing daily with “Two Whats and a Wow!” as well as weekly!) Highlights Magazine Hidden Pictures - set of 4
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For our April Unabridged Book Club episode and discussion, we talk about Samira Ahmed's near-future YA literature novel, Internment (which was also our buddy read on Instagram in March!), and we make connections to other works including Mark Oshiro’s Anger Is a Gift, George Takei’s They Called Us Enemy, and Nic Stone’s Dear Martin. We end the episode by discussing some things that are helping us cope during this challenging time for our Give Me One. Join us all month on social media as we continue this discussion about Ahmed's Internment!
Timeline
Intro and Bookish Check In: 00:00 - 06:45
Book Club Discussion: 06:45 - 29:52
Give Me One: 40:00 - end
Bookish Check In
Ashley - Gary Schmidt’s The Wednesday Wars
Jen - Rebecca Serle’s In Five Years
Sara - Sarah Dunn’s The Arrangement
Our Pairings
Ashley - Mark Oshiro’s Anger Is a Gift
Jen - George Takei’s They Called Us Enemy
Sara - Nic Stone’s Dear Martin
Give Me One - One Thing Helping Us Cope
Ashley - Cincinnati Zoo Safari Live Events (on their Facebook page and on their YouTube channel) and spending time outside
Jen - Lego Masters show
Sara - FaceTime with family
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In this episode, we consider books that we'd recommend to students as great choices to read independently. As the world around us has drastically changed and continues changing, we decided on this topic and talked about some of our favorites, including R. J. Palacio's Wonder, Jenny Han's To All the Boys I've Loved Before series, Nicola Yoon's books, and anything by Jason Reynolds, as well as some other favorites. We focus our discussion on books we think students can access without teacher support and on books that are not extremely heavy but leave the reader with a sense of hope. (We shared our long list on our Bookish Faves post this past Monday.) Be sure to let us know ones you'd recommend on the comments here or on our Instagram posts.
Our Recommendations R. J. Palacio’s Wonder Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (Ep 90)
Jason Reynolds’s Track series or When I Was the Greatest (or any of his other works) (Ep 34)
John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down
Nicola Yoon’s Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star (Ep 75 - book-to-film adaptation)
Victoria Jamieson’s Roller Girl
Cece Bell’s El Deafo
Raina Telgemeier’s Drama and Guts
Julie Murphy's Dumplin’ (Ep 63 about the book & Ep 64 about the adaptation)
David Yoon’s Frankly in Love
Other Mentions Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman’s Dry
R. J. Palacio’s Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories (including The Julian Chapter), White Bird: A Wonder Story Click here to view the discussion between Jason Reynolds and Laurie Halse Anderson from Virginia Festival of the Book 2019
Give Me One - Something that Makes Us Happy
Jen - flowering trees and spring
Sara - red wine
Ashley - roller coasters
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In this episode, we had the wonderful experience of interviewing Whitney Conard from The Unread Shelf. She joins us for our bookish check-in (we're big Camille Pagán fans!), shares the origin story of The Unread Shelf Project, and offers tips to help all of us pare down those burdensome stacks of unread books. We round out our discussion with our "Give Me One" segment, talking about our favorite teas.
Bookish Check In
Jen - Camille Pagán’s Forever Is the Worst Long Time (on audio; narrator Timothy Andrés Pabon)
Sara - Knox McCoy’s All Things Reconsidered
Ashley - Helen Hoang’s The Bride Test
Whitney - Camille Pagán's This Won’t End Well
Other Mentions
The Popcast
Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Persephone Books
The Little Free Library program
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
Anne Cleeves - The Long Call
The Unread Shelf
Whitney's Email Course
Whitney's Post about Bookish App Recommendations
Join Whitney on this Journey - # theunreadsshelf + the year
Anne Bogel's podcast What Should I Read Next? - The life-changing magic of clearing your unread shelf
Madeline with Top Shelf Text on Instagram
Whitney's Top Tips for Your Unread Shelves
Count your unread books
Put all of the unread books in one place
Prioritize the top reads for you
Figure out your barriers and figure out how to overcome them
JUST READ!
Give Me One - Favorite Teas
Sara - Harney & Sons’ Hot Cinnamon Spice Tea (Black Tea with Orange and Sweet Clove), Herbal Element tea company
Ashley - Chai (Equal Exchange Organic Chai, 20-Count - Pack of 3)
Jen - Peppermint tea when sick
Whitney's recommendations - Irish Breakfast or Assam blend for coffee drinkers, Simpson and Vail tea company's author line (especially Jane Austen blend), Celestial Seasoning's Bengal Spice
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In this episode, we have fun discussing Anne Bogel's Don't Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life and its application to our lives. Although we don't go in depth about her other books, I'd Rather Be Reading and Reading People , we enjoyed reading and discussing those way back in episode 43.
Bookish Check In
Jen - Stuart Gibbs’s Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation
Sara - Jessica Simpson’s Open Book
Ashley - Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See
Other Mentions
Anne Bogel's I'd Rather Be Reading
Anne Bogel's Reading People
Our episode about Anne Bogel's other two books
Give Me One - Favorite Distraction
Ashley - Calm app / Cute animal videos
Sara - TV (Top Chef, Project Runway)
Jen - Romance novels (check out Jen's post of romance faves!)
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For our March Unabridged Book Club discussion, we're focusing on Kevin Wilson's excellent Nothing to See Here (which was also a Book of the Month pick!). Listen to catch up with what we're reading now and to hear why we chose to pair books like Ninth House, The Girl Who Drank the Moon, and Young Jane Young with Wilson's novel. Finally, we're thinking about movies from our childhood in our Give Me One segment.
Timeline
Bookish Check In: 00:00 - 05:40
Book Club Discussion: 05:45 - 33:46
Our Pairings: 33:47 - 47:25
Give Me One: 47:25 - end Bookish Check In
Jen - Pierce Brown's Dark Age (Red Rising Book 5)
Ashley - Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl
Sara - Megan Angelo's Followers
Our Pairings
Ashley - Kelly Barnhill’s The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Jen - Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House
Sara - Gabrielle Zevin's Young Jane Young
Give Me One - Movie from Childhood
Jen - E.T.,The Extra-Terrestrial
Ashley - The Secret of NIMH
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In this episode, we're discussing the benefits of using Read Alikes within book clubs and within the classroom. We touch on some of our favorite YA lit books, such as Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give, as well as classics like Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. We talk about strategies for making read alikes work and ways to manage the difficulties in order to reap the rewards of exploring a variety of books centering around one theme.
Bookish Check In
Jen - Jojo Moyes’s The Giver of Stars
Sara - Axton Betz-Hamilton’s The Less People Know about Us
Ashley - Brittney Morris’s Slay
Books Mentioned Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
Daniel T. Willingham's Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom
Give Me One - Best Books for Book Club Discussions
Jen - Jon Ronson’s The Psychopath Test, Jon Ronson’s So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed
Sara - Ruth Wariner’s The Sound of Gravel, Tara Westover’s Educated, Bryn Greenwood’s All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
Ashley - John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down, Bryn Greenwood’s The Reckless Oath We Made
Resources - Check out our Teachers Pay Teachers materials
Book Flight Guides - Police Brutality, Fairy Tale Retellings
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In this episode, we focus on classroom teachers and talk directly about how and why we incorporated Young Adult literature into our classrooms. We talk about series we saw our students loving like Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games, Stephanie Meyer's Twilight, and Veronica Roth's Divergent, and we talk about seeing our students fall in love with books. From classics like S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders to A.S. King's Everybody Sees the Ants, we talk about using YA lit in our classes and also the role we think it can play more generally within the classroom setting.
Bookish Check In
Sara - Axton Betz-Hamilton's The Less People Know about Us: A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity
Ashley - Mark Oshiro's Anger Is a Gift
Jen - Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett's A House in the Sky: A Memoir (@readwithtoni buddy read)
Other Mentions Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games series David Baldacci's Wish You Well Bob Greene's Be True to Your School: A Diary of 1964 F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby Arthur Miller's The Crucible Stephanie Meyers's The Twilight Saga Katherine Paterson's Jacob Have I Loved A. S. King's Everybody Sees the Ants R. J. Palacio's Wonder Elie Wiesel's Night Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre Give Me One - A YA Lit Favorite Ashley - Emily X. R. Pan's The Astonishing Color of After Jen - Alix E. Harrow's The Ten Thousand Doors of January Sara - John Green's Turtles All the Way Down
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In our 2020 Love Is in the Air episode, we're talking all things romance. In this episode, we discuss some of our favorite romance novels, including Linda Holmes's Evvie Drake Starts Over, Casey McQuiston’s Red, White & Royal Blue, and David Yoon’s Frankly in Love just to name a few. While we have varying degrees of expertise in this genre, we all have some recommendations to share with you!
Jen's Picks
Linda Holmes's Evvie Drake Starts Over
Alyssa Cole’s Reluctant Royals series; Book 1 - A Princess in Theory
Ashley's Picks
Casey McQuiston’s Red, White & Royal Blue
Brigid Kemmerer’s A Curse So Dark and Lonely
Sara's Picks
David Yoon’s Frankly in Love
Elin Hildebrand’s The Blue Bistro
Give Me One - Favorite Romantic Getaway or Date Night
Jen - movie marathon, trip to NY
Ashley - breweries downtown and local restaurants (Boboko, Cuban Burger, Food Bar Food, Pale Fire Brewing, Three Notch'd, Brothers Craft Brewing)
Sara - Dinner and a show at home, trips to local vineyards
Other Mentions
NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast
Nicola Yoon (author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star)
Brigid Kemmerer's A Heart So Fierce and Broken
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In this Unabridged Book Club episode, we discuss Bryn Greenwood's The Reckless Oath We Made. We discuss our overall impressions, what worked and didn't for us in the novel, and some memorable quotations, before getting into our pairings, including Peter Heller’s The Painter, Tracey Garvis Grave’s The Girl He Used to Know, and Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, the Serial Killer. We also share our thoughts on whether this is a keeper for us and how much bookish love we each give it.
Timeline
Introduction and Bookish Check Ins: 0:00 - 4:50
Main Discussion: 4:51 - 41:10
Our Pairings: 41:10 - 48:30
Bookish Love: 48:31 - 51:36
Give Me One: 51:37 - end
Bookish Check In Jen - John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany; buddy read with @readwithtoni on Instagram Sara - Paul Pen's The Light of the Fireflies (see Episode 35, Books We Don't Recommend but are Dying to Discuss!) Ashley - Madeline Miller's Circe
Our Pairings Sara - Tracey Garvis Grave’s The Girl He Used to Know Jen - Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, the Serial Killer Ashley - Peter Heller’s The Painter
Give Me One - A brand/ item/ place to which we're loyal Jen - Apple products Sara - Emily Schromm Ashley - Wild Wolf Blonde Hunny beer
Other Mentions Madeline Miller's The Song of Achilles Bryn Greenwood's All the Ugly and Wonderful Things Broadchurch series
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In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we are sharing about a favorite topic of ours, seasonal reads. We discuss some favorite reads that revolve around winter in some way, including Fredrik Backman’s Beartown, Eowyn Ivey’s The Snow Child, Ruta Sepetys’s Between Shades of Gray, and George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series.
Our Recommendations
Ashley -
Fredrik Backman’s Beartown
Neil Gaiman’s American Gods
Sara -
Megan Collins’s The Winter Sister
Eowyn Ivey’s The Snow Child
Jen -
Ruta Sepetys’s Between Shades of Gray
George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series
Other Mentions
Ruta Sepetys's Salt to the Sea
American Gods - the TV series
The 100 - the TV series
Game of Thrones series
Modern Mrs. Darcy - Anne Bogel's blog
What Should I Read Next - Anne Bogel's podcast
Give Me One - Favorite Cold Weather Activity or Drink
Ashley - sledding and hot chocolate
Sara - visiting a local vineyard
Jen - making snow cream
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In this episode, we're facing the new year (and new decade!) and considering our reading lives and goals. We've also each signed up for a different reading challenge including Book Riot's 2020 Read Harder Challenge, the Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge, and The Modern Mrs. Darcy Reading Challenge for 2020. We're talking all things goal and resolution-oriented, and we're making grand plans for how our reading lives will look this year. Will they work out? We'll keep you all posted.
Our Reading Challenges
Jen - Book Riot's 2020 Read Harder Challenge with @bookriot
Sara - Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge from @novelknight along with The Unread Shelf Project 2020 with @theunreadshelf
Ashley - The Modern Mrs. Darcy Reading Challenge with @annebogel
Other Mentions
The Morning News Tournament of Books
Marie Kondo
20backlistin2020 on Instagram
Give Me One - New Year's Resolutions
Jen - Updating the house, clearing out the clutter
Sara - Monitoring consumption
Ashley - Simplifying and focusing on clear goals
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In this episode, we're discussing some books we can't wait to read in 2020, including Brigid Kemmerer’s A Heart So Fierce and Broken, Bianca Marais’s Hum If You Don’t Know the Words, and Rebecca Serle’s In Five Years. We also talk about Sarah J. Maas's works and end our episode talking about some of our favorite places to eat.
Ashley’s Picks
Brigid Kemmerer’s A Heart So Fierce and Broken - January 7, 2020
Adib Khorram’s Darius the Great Is Not Okay
Valeria Luiselli’s Lost Children Archive
*Listen to Jen’s comments about this one on our “All About the Journey” episode
Jen's Picks
Bianca Marais’s Hum If You Don’t Know the Words
Sarah J. Maas’s House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City series) - March 3, 2020
Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed’s When Stars Are Scattered - April 14, 2020
*Colby Sharp's tweet
Sara’s Picks
Rebecca Serle’s In Five Years - March 3, 2020
Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
Cara Wall’s The Dearly Beloved
Other Mentions
Rebecca Serle’s The Dinner List
Victoria Jamieson’s Roller Girl
Sarah J. Maas’s Court of Thorns and Roses (book 1 in series) and Throne of Glass (book 1 in series)
Give Me One - Our Favorite Type of Food
Taste of Thai in Harrisonburg
Taj of India in Harrisonburg
Corgan’s Publick House of Harrisonburg
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In this Unabridged Book Club (#unabridgedpodbookclub) episode, we discuss Mary Beth Keane's Ask Again, Yes, the amazing multigenerational novel examining two families in a planned community. We make connections to Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere, John Boyne’s The Heart's Invisible Furies, and Ann Patchett’s The Dutch House, and we thoroughly discuss the intricacies of relationships over time and through generations as they are explored in the novel.
Timeline
Introduction - 00:00 - 01:35
General Discussion - 01:36- 39:48
Our Pairings - 39:50 - 46:15
Classroom Connections - 46:16 - 49:52
Our Pairings
Ashley's pick - Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere
Sara's pick - John Boyne’s The Heart's Invisible Furies
Jen's pick - Ann Patchett’s The Dutch House Classroom Connections and Other Mentions
Celeste Ng's Everything I Never Told You
Mira T. Lee's Everything Here Is Beautiful
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
Children's author Kate DiCamillo on the What Should I Read Next? podcast (episode 213)
Give Me One - Favorite Mixed Drink
Sara - Amaretto Sour or Mimosa
Ashley - Negroni
Jen - Margarita
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The hosts of Unabridged once again gathered to reflect on our year of reading and to choose some of our favorites. While Jen (as is typical) wanted to talk about all the books, Sara and Ashley did a much better job reining it in. Check out the episode to hear us talk about The Song of Achilles, Good Talk, and The Heart's Invisible Furies. We revisit favorites from the podcast and share some of our favorite books for kids.
We'd love to know about your favorites of the year! Head over to social media to boost your picks.
Our Individual Awards
Jen
Best Reinterpretation of a Classic - Madeline Miller’s The Song of Achilles*
Most Tear-Jerking YA Novel - Adib Khorram’s Darius the Great Is Not Okay*
Ashley
Poignant, Hilarious, and Brilliant Graphic Memoir with a One-of-a-Kind Style - Mira Jacob’s Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations*
Gripping Story that’s All about Sports, Except that It’s Really All about Life - Fredrik Backman’s Beartown*
Sara
Best Non-fiction that Reads like a Thriller - Nick Bilton’s American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road*
*Best Book of My Year and on My Top 5 of All Time - John Boyne’s The Heart's Invisible Furies
Children's and Young Adult Books
Ashley - Most Affirming Story about Accepting Oneself - Grace Byers’s I Am Enough*, illustrated by Keturah A. Bobo
Sara - Best Graphic Novel I Have Read and Also Got to Meet the Author - Jarrett J. Krosoczka's Hey Kiddo*
Jen - Best Series to Re-read - J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter* series
Not My Cup of Tea
Ashley - Alafair Burke’s The Ex*
Jen - Elizabeth McCracken’s Bowlaway*
Sara - Stephanie Land’s Maid:*Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
Favorite Book from the Podcast
Ashley - Bryan Stevenson's Just Merc*y: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Jen - Ibi Zoboi's Pride*
Sara - Beth Macy's Dopesic*k: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
Give Me One - A Fact People Might Be Surprised to Know about Us
*Jen - studied biology and loves science
*Sara - has an MBA and used to work in banking
*Ashley - was a white water rafting guide
Other Mentions
Anne Bogel's What Should I Read Next?* podcast
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In this special holiday episode, we're wrapping up 2019 with 3 recent favorites. Stay tuned next week for our 2019 Unabridged Awards!
How would you wrap up YOUR year? What are some of your 2019 favorites? Let us know on social media!
timeline
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*Introduction (0:00 - 2:01)
*Episode 87, "Get to Know the Hosts" (002:10 - 28:00)
*Episode 86, "Favorite Audiobooks" (28:10 - 50:11)
*Episode 91, "Book and Song Pairings" (50:22 - 72:13)
*Give Me One (72:23 - end)
give me one - favorite pizza topping
*Ashley - Bacon
*Jen - Ham and Pineapple
*Sara - Extra Cheese
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The Unabridged debate over what makes a holiday movie gets a little contentious as Jen and Sara face off (primarily) about Love Actually. Poor Ashley serves as moderator (sorry, Ashley!).
What do YOU think makes a Christmas movie? Does it have to be ABOUT Christmas, or is it enough to be set during the holiday season? Let us know what you think @unabridgedpod!
movie mentions
*Love Actually
*Elf
*Christmas with the Kranks
*Deck the Halls
***Jingle All the Way
***Notting Hill
***The Polar Express
***The Family Stone
*Christmas Shoes
other mentions
*The Popcast
The Atlantic articles on Love Actually*
--> From 2004 - The Movie Review: 'Love Actually'
--> From 2013 - I Will Not Be Ashamed of Loving Love Actually / Love Actually Is the Least Romantic Film of All Time / Love Actually: Still Awful
give me one - a toy you loved when you were a kid
*Jen's pick - Barbies (organized by name and age)
*Sara's pick - Roller Skates
*Ashley's pick - my teddy bear Fuzzy
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Unabridged is back with more unpopular opinions! For our second Unpopular Opinion Alert, we take on Where the Crawdad Sings, Verity, and The Female Persuasion.
What books did everyone else love that you . . . well, that you don't? Head over to our social media to share your opinion in a safe space. Move past YOUR trepidation to let us know what you REALLY think. And let us know what you think about our unpopular opinions, too.
works mentioned
Ashley's Pick - Meg Wolitzer’s The Female Persuasion*
*Jen's Pick - Colleen Hoover’s Verity
*Sara's Pick - Delia Owens’s Where the Crawdads Sing
give me one: Instagram accounts to follow
*Sara's pick: NYC Book Girl
*Ashley's pick: We Love Big Books and We Cannot Lie
*Jen's pick: Bookish Ladies Club
--> @reading_mom.me
--> @kb.reads19
--> @jessicasbookjourney
--> @the_reading_bee
--> @bradeighgodfrey
--> @musingwithmeirys
--> @chill_jilland_read
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Friends, for our Unabridged Book Club book this month, we're reading Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb's epistolary novel Last Christmas in Paris. This book, set predominantly during World War I, unveils the relationships of two characters, Evie and Tom, through the letters they write to each other and to friends and family. Through the lens of their very personal letters, readers also gain an understanding of other concerns of the time, including the growing role of women in Great Britain, concerns of journalism in telling the truth and supporting patriotism, mental health of soldiers, and (of course!) finding love and companionship in the midst of war. It's a novel of friendship, of fraternity, and of passion, set over the course of years. Join us on social media this month to share your thoughts about Gaynor and Webb's novel!
timeline
*Introduction and General Discussion: 00:00 - 38:03
*Book Pairings: 38:04 - 43:34
Classroom Connections:* 43:35 - 45:18
*Give Me One: 45:20 - 47:45
book pairings
Ashley - Ruta Sepetys’s Salt to the Sea*
*Jen - Kate Quinn’s The Alice Network
Sara - Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See*
other mentions
Alice Walker's The Color Purple*
*Pierre Choderlos de Laclos's Dangerous Liaisons
The Hamilton* Soundtrack
give me one - musician to try
*Jen's pick - Red Hot Chili Peppers
*Sara's pick - Maroon 5
*Ashley's pick - The Chainsmokers
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The three of us had an amazing conversation with RuthAnn Deveney about ways that everyone can combat human trafficking every day. We discuss Dressember (find Ashley and Sara on social media to support their Dressember campaigns) and about how to talk to kids of all ages about human trafficking and how to make a difference. We also share an array of book recommendations for all ages, including Girl Rising by Tanya Lee Stone, Tell Me by Joan Bauer, and Sold by Patricia McCormick.
Starting on December 10, join us on Instagram (@unabridgedpod) for our Dressember Auction--you can win a fabulous prize package and join us in combating human trafficking.
works and authors mentioned
Joan Bauer's Tell Me*
*Tanya Lee Stone's Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time
*Patricia McCormick's Sold
Dave Eggers's What Can a Citizen Do?*
*Innosanto Nagara's A Is for Activist
Vashti Harrison's Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History*
Malala Yousafzai's Malala's Magic Pencil*
Peter H. Reynolds's Say Something*
Francesca Cavallo and Elena Favilli's Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls*
*The Doorstone Film Project's "The Candy Shop"
Aisha Saeed's Amal Unbound*
Shobha Rao's Girls Burn Brighter*
Mende Nazer and Damien Lewis's Slave: My True Story*
Gary Houghan and Victor Boutros's The Locust Effect*: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence
Cyntoia Brown Long's Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System*
other mentions
*International Justice Mission
*RuthAnn on Instagram - @definitelyRA
*30 for 30 Remix Challenge (3o items of clothing in 30 days)
give me one: magazine picks
Sara's pick: People*
***Ashley's pick: Simplify
Jen's pick: Real Simple*
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It's that time of year again, friends. You know it: the time of year when we are all about finding the perfect gift for the bookworms in your life. We have a great time in this episode talking about some of our favorite bookish shops and items for all your bookworm gift-giving needs!
Listen to find out about book sleeves and headbands and earrings and bookmarks and so much more!
featured businesses
*Lyndsey Draws Co. Etsy Shop and Lyndsey's Instagram
*A Hum for Hope - Discount Code: UNABRIDGED10
*Mountain Thread Company - Discount Code: UNABRIDGED
*Bring Your Own
some bookish items we love
*Treat Yo’ Shelf Subscription from $55 (from Snitch Earrings ($20) (from Artsy Heartsy Boutique - Quilled Literary Creations)
*Full Hearts Collection (from Carrot Top Paper Shop)
a few other mentions
*Book Riot's Book Fetish Newsletter
*Bookish Headband from Fablebands ($10.00)
*Bookshop Bookend from Amazon.com ($9.00)
*Knock, Knock Personal Library Kit from Amazon.com ($13.00)
*Personalized Name Bookmark from kraze4paper ($10.00)
*Custom Picture Bookmark from Sweet Cartolina (from $11.00)
*2018 Bookish Gifts Episode
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What do you think of the classics? And, for that matter, how do you define classics? We take on these issues and more in today's episode, discussing the merits of Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Zora Neale Hurston, and more.
Listen to the episode, and then join us on social media to let us know where YOU think about this debate.
works and authors mentioned
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Emma*
Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations*
*Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man
*Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird
*Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God
*F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
*John Steinbeck's East of Eden
*Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
Shakespeare’s Othello, Hamlet*
*James Joyce’s Ulysses
*Clive Cussler (check out Pacific Vortex!)
Samuel Beckett (here's a collection, Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable*)
give me one: apps worth trying
*Sara's pick: PicTapGo
*Ashley's pick: Down Dog
*Jen's pick: IMDb
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For our November Book Club, we're discussing Maggie O'Farrell's I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death, our first Unabridged Readers' Choice pick! This collection of connected essays elicited a different reaction from each of us . . . some of us definitely liked it more than others.
We'd love to know what you think about this memoir. Join us all month on social media to discuss O'Farrell's work.
timeline
*Introduction and General Discussion: 00:00 - 39:28
*Book Pairings: 39:39 - 46:18
Classroom Connections:* 46:19 - 50:18
*Give Me One: 50:19 - 52:58
book pairings
Ashley - Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club*
Jen - Jesmyn Ward's Men We Reaped*
*Sara - Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge -- Listen to Sara's perspective on this novel in Episode 16, Unpopular Opinion Alert
other mentions
Lorrie Moore's short story collections such as Birds of America, including the short story "How" from her collection Self-Help*
Elizabeth Strout's Olive, Again*
give me one - super hero edition
*Jen's pick - Captain America
*Sara's pick - Wonder Woman
*Ashley's pick - Black Panther
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Join us for our 2019 edition of Spooky Stories! We're here again this season to share with you our latest seasonal and spooky favorites. We'll talk the latest books (including Shea Ernshaw's Winterwood, coming out on November 5th... SO GOOD!), and we will share our thoughts about some of the Book of the Month picks from this season (including Alex North's The Whisper Man, Alex Michaelides’s The Silent Patient, and Riley Sager's The Last Time I Lied). What are you reading this season? Find us on social media to share your favorites!
our spooky picks
Jen's Picks
Alex North’s The Whisper Man*
*Jennifer McMahon’s The Invited
Ashley's Picks
Sarah Henning’s The Sea Witch*
*Shea Ernshaw’s Winterwood
Sara's Picks
Riley Sager’s The Last Time I Lied*
Alex Michaelides’s The Silent Patient*
give me one - game edition
*Jen's pick - Exit: The Game (The Abandoned Cabin edition)
*Sara's picks - - Apples to Apples AND Trivial Pursuit: Pop Culture Edition
*Ashley's pick - Code Names
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