by Ashley Dickson-Ellison ( @ashley_dicksonellison ) Happy New Year! I'm updating this list for 2025 with some new short book favorites...

by Jen Moyers ( @jen.loves.books ) As we enter the final third of 2024, I'm focusing even more on finishing my reading challenges. If...

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Katherine Applegate's Wishtree (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) has been on my shelf for years—I love...

Are you joining us for the 2024 Unabridged Podcast Reading Challenge? For one of the categories, we're focusing on books that were...

Have you read a middle grade novel in verse recently? This month, we're reading Jasmine Warga’s Other Words for Home (Bookshop.org |...

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

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...

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

Jen and Ashley read and discuss Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, Little Women (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm). This one is perfect for the...

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) One of our categories for this year's Reading Challenge is "Book Published Before 1950," which can...

What are your reading challenge plans for 2024? We're excited to launch the fourth annual Unabridged Podcast Reading Challenge. Ashley...

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

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Hi! This is a 2023 update for this blog post with 10 new recommendations for you! The titles with the...

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...

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) One of our Unabridged Podcast Reading Challenge categories this year is "Classic by a BIPOC Author." Let...

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

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. Bookish Check-in Ashley - Abdi Na

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 Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Alexis Hall's A Lady for a Duke (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) Longtime listeners to the...