by Ashley Dickson-Ellison ( @ashley_dicksonellison ) *I'm updating this post for 2025, and new recommendations are starred with an...

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Selected Reviews *I'm updating this list for 2024, and my latest recommendations are marked with an...

by Jen Moyers ( @jen.loves.books ) In my quest to read more environmental and nature literature for school—and to complete the Unabridged Podcast Reading Challenge!—I've been reading some fabulous books centered on these topics. A while back, I posted " 5 Nonfiction Books about Nature and the Environment "; here's a list of fiction to consider reading in the same vein! Julia Glass's Vigil Harbor ( Bookshop.org | Libro.fm ) I’d read only one of Julia Glass’s prior novels—her

by Jen Moyers ( @jen.loves.books ) This year's Unabridged Podcast Reading Challenge includes the category "Read a book (fiction or nonfiction) that addresses nature or the environment." This has been a goal of mine recently, as well, both because of my current teaching position at a school with an environmental science focus and because this is an area that feels increasingly important. Here, I'm sharing five nonfiction picks (plus some extras in the writeups!); I'll share so

by Jen Moyers ( @jen.loves.books ) While I'll listen to almost anything on audio, I often find that nonfiction is my favorite . . . and, since I sometimes veer more towards fiction when I'm reading print, it's a great way to fit in more nonfiction. Over the summer, I listened to some amazing audiobooks that I thought I'd share—if you're working on the Unabridged Reading Challenge, these offer some fantastic options! Eliot Schrefer's Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natura

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) One of our categories for the Unabridged Podcast Reading Challenge this year is to "Read a Book in an...

As we look forward to 2022(!), we wanted to remind you about our Unabridged Reading Challenge for 2022. We loved hosting our first...

As audiobook listeners, Jen, Sara, and Ashley are always on the lookout for amazing audiobooks! Join Sara, Jen, and Ashley as they share...

by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Jasmine Warga's Other Words for Home (Amazon | Bookshop.org) Friends, I absolutely...

by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) On Wednesday, we'll be sharing book recommendations for books we've read that...

In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we discuss one of our favorite topics, book-to-screen adaptations. In this one, we focus on young...

by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) If you listen to the pod, you know I love a good memoir. We have talked about Ruth Wariner's The...

In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we're discussing specific thrillers that we've read and LOVED (including books by Ruth Ware, Oyinkan...

by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) I've been looking forward to reading Leah Johnson's You Should See Me in a Crown...

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...

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) This week's episode focuses on some YA Lit Recs, which made me think back on my reading over the course...

In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we discuss the Netflix screen adaptation of Jennifer Mathieu's Moxie. We discuss the book and the...

In this Unabridged episode, we have several amazing middle-grade book recommendations for you all. We share about Jewell Parker Rhodes’s...

In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we discuss the Hulu screen adaptation of John Green's Looking for Alaska. In the episode, we only...

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) This week, we're sharing another of our book-to-screen adaptation episodes—this one focused on a tv...