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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108: Our 2020 TBR Lists - Round-Robin Style

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,...

Jan 15, 20201 min read

107: Mary Beth Keane's ASK AGAIN, YES - I Had to Open Another Tin of Book Darts

In this Unabridged Book Club (#unabridgedpodbookclub) episode, we discuss Mary Beth Keane's Ask Again, Yes, the amazing multigenerational...

Jan 8, 20201 min read

106: Unabridged Awards 2019 - Y'all Know I'm Indecisive

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...

Jan 1, 20202 min read

105: Holiday Wrap Up 2019 - 3 Favorites from the Year

In this special holiday episode, we're wrapping up 2019 with three recent favorites. Stay tuned next week for our 2019 Unabridged Awards!...

Dec 24, 20191 min read

104: Debate - What Makes a Holiday Movie? - I'm Having a Conversation in My Head

The Unabridged debate over what makes a holiday movie gets a little contentious as Jen and Sara face off (primarily) about Love Actually....

Dec 18, 20191 min read

103: Unpopular Opinion Alert 2019 - I Have Some Trepidation

Unabridged is back with more unpopular opinions! For our second Unpopular Opinion Alert, we take on Where the Crawdad Sings, Verity,...

Dec 11, 20191 min read

102: Hazel Gaynor and Heather Mariah Webb's LAST CHRISTMAS IN PARIS - Tied Up with a Bow

Friends, for our Unabridged Book Club book this month, we're reading Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb's epistolary novel Last Christmas in...

Dec 4, 20191 min read

101: Human Trafficking Awareness with RuthAnn Deveney, Dressember Advocate - Fresh-Squeezed Freedom

The three of us had an amazing conversation with Ruth Ann Deveney about ways that everyone can combat human trafficking every day. We...

Nov 27, 20192 min read

100: Bookish Gifts 2019 - Insert Party Horn Sound Here

Get in the bookish spirit with Unabridged! We're offering our recommendations for some of the best bookish gifts out there from...

Nov 20, 20191 min read

99: Debate - Classics or Not?: I Just Skipped the Scenery...and the Descriptions

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,...

Nov 13, 20191 min read

98: Maggie O'Farrell's I AM, I AM, I AM - Defiance of Death

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...

Nov 6, 20191 min read

97: Spooky Stories - Twisty in All the Right Ways

Join us for our 2019 edition of Spooky Stories! We're here again this season to share with you our latest seasonal and spooky...

Oct 30, 20191 min read

96: Update on Our Recommendations to Each Other: A Love Story . . . and Also Not

Well, we have failed at reading all of our recommendations for each other, but we had a good time with some confessions, some reflection,...

Oct 23, 20191 min read

95: Rainbow Rowell Rocks: You Have to Read It! You Have to Read It!

For this short episode of Unabridged, we are talking all about Rainbow Rowell and our love for her books. While we each have unique...

Oct 16, 20191 min read

94: Literary Friends in Real Life - I Felt Like I Had Somewhere Brilliant to Go

Our short episode in which we pair two characters from two different books, those literary folks we think might be friends in real life,...

Oct 9, 20191 min read

93: Anissa Gray's THE CARE AND FEEDING OF RAVENOUSLY HUNGRY GIRLS - Relationships Between Women

We're thrilled to discuss Anissa Gray's new novel, The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls. Told in the alternating perspectives...

Oct 2, 20191 min read

92: All about the Journey - Bump It Up on the List

For this short episode of Unabridged, we thought about journeys. Nearly every book contains some sort of journey--emotional, moral,...

Sep 25, 20191 min read

91: Book and Song Pairings - I'm Going to Go for It

We took on a new challenge for this episode, offering our ideas for songs that pair beautifully with books. While none of us would call...

Sep 18, 20191 min read

90: To All the Boys I've Loved Before Book-to-Film Adaptation - Get With It!

In our newest short episode, we embark on a discussion of one of our favorite things: a book-to-film adaptation. This time, we're...

Sep 11, 20191 min read

89: Elizabeth Acevedo's WITH THE FIRE ON HIGH - On Her Side

We're thrilled to discuss Elizabeth Acevedo's sophomore novel, With the Fire on High. Protagonist Emoni is a high school student, a...

Sep 4, 20191 min read

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