Unabridged Podcast

Welcome to Unabridged! Ashley Dickson-Ellison and Jen Moyers (shown left to right in the photo) talk books, share recommendations, and celebrate all things bookish. On our blog (see our posts below!) we share bookish faves, pub day shout-outs, show notes, and book reviews.

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Lisa Fipps' STARFISH - Celebrating and Accepting Ourselves

Have you read a middle grade novel in verse for the Unabridged Challenge yet? If you haven't (or if you're looking for a brilliant book...

Jun 7, 20243 min read

Everina Maxwell's WINTER'S ORBIT - A Book that Bridges Genres

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Everina Maxwell's Winter's Orbit (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) is a stunner of a sci fi novel. It's also an...

May 17, 20243 min read

Joanna Ho's THE SILENCE THAT BINDS US - Growing and Learning After Loss

Joanna Ho's The Silence that Binds Us (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) is a brilliant and complex young adult novel that takes on so many vital...

May 3, 20242 min read

Melodie Edwards's ONCE PERSUADED, TWICE SHY - A Brilliant New PERSUASION Retelling

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) On our recent episode about books published before 1950 (for the Unabridged Reading Challenge), I...

Apr 19, 20243 min read

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's THE WAR THAT SAVED MY LIFE - Finding Hope Amid Hardship

by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@ashley_dicksonellison) Are you interested in a brand new take on World War II and its impact on children? Be...

Apr 5, 20243 min read

Travis Baldree's LEGENDS AND LATTES — A Lovely Introduction to Cozy Fantasy

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Travis Baldree's Legends and Lattes (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) represents a new genre for me: cozy...

Mar 22, 20243 min read

Pat Barker's THE SILENCE OF THE GIRLS - The Cost of War

by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@ashley_dicksonellison) I've had Pat Barker's The Silence of the Girls (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) on my TBR...

Mar 8, 20242 min read

Natalia Sylvester's BREATHE AND COUNT BACK FROM TEN - Navigating Identity

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Our February Unabridged Podcast Buddy Read pick was Natalia Sylvester's Breathe and Count Back from Ten...

Feb 23, 20243 min read

Ariel Lawhon's THE FROZEN RIVER - Celebrating the Power of Midwives

by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@ashley_dicksonellison) Are you a historical fiction lover? I do not read a lot of historical fiction, but...

Feb 9, 20244 min read

Emma Lord's THE GETAWAY LIST - A Coming-of-Age Masterpiece

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Thanks to partners NetGalley and Wednesday Books for the digital ARC of Emma Lord’s The Getaway List...

Jan 19, 20244 min read

Elise Bryant's REGGIE AND DELILAH'S YEAR OF FALLING - Being Our Authentic Selves

by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) In Elise Bryant's Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm), we...

Jan 5, 20243 min read

A Year of Unabridged: A Review of 2023 by the Numbers

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) As we approach the end of 2023, I decided it would be interesting once again to look back on the year....

Dec 22, 20233 min read

Talia Samuels' THE CHRISTMAS SWAP - A Fun Twist on Fake Dating

by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) What happens when fake dating looks a lot like being a gold digger? Sleuthing and...

Dec 8, 20232 min read

Byron Graves's REZ BALL - Community and Basketball on the Rez

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Our Unabridged Podcast Buddy Read pick for November is Byron Graves's Rez Ball (Bookshop.org |...

Nov 17, 20233 min read

Sangu Mandanna's THE VERY SECRET SOCIETY OF IRREGULAR WITCHES - Finding an Unlikely Home

by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) How does someone who has always been alone make a change? Sangu Mandanna's The Very...

Nov 3, 20234 min read

Jacqueline Firkins’s THE PREDICTABLE HEARTBREAKS OF IMOGEN FINCH - An Auto-Read Author's Newest Book

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Thanks to partners NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the digital ARC of Jacqueline Firkins’s The...

Oct 20, 20233 min read

Nina LaCour's WE ARE OKAY: Finding Hope in Someday

by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) What happens when a teenager loses her support system? Nina LaCour's We Are Okay...

Oct 6, 20234 min read

Jennifer E. Smith's THE STATISTICAL PROBABILITY OF LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT - An Unabridged Buddy

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Jennifer E. Smith's The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) is a...

Sep 22, 20233 min read

Steven Rowley's THE CELEBRANTS - How to Celebrate and Accept What We Have

by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) How would our lives be different if we knew what others would say when we are gone?...

Sep 8, 20233 min read

Alice Winn's IN MEMORIAM: A Story of Love, Friendship, and War

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Alice Winn's gorgeous In Memoriam (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) is the story of two boys, Ellwood and Gaunt,...

Jun 23, 20232 min read

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