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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Sarah J. Maas's HOUSE OF EARTH AND BLOOD - Another Great Read from an Auto-Buy Author - Jen's Review

Sarah J. Maas is an auto-buy author for me. (I can hear Sara and Ashley snickering right now because I DO have a lot of auto-buy authors...

Mar 27, 20203 min read

Rainbow Rowell's CARRY ON- Harry Potter Fans Take Note--Sara's Review

Let’s talk YA fantasy today. I recently finished a YA backlist title, Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. This came highly recommended to me by...

Mar 20, 20204 min read

Tournament of Books - Days 7 and 8 - Jen's Take

Today, we have reached the final round of the Sweet Sixteen of The Morning News Tournament of Books. (If you'd like to read a little more...

Mar 13, 20207 min read

Tournament of Books - Days 5 and 6 - Jen's Take

Today, I (Jen) am discussing the third section of the Sweet Sixteen of The Morning News Tournament of Books. (If you'd like to read a...

Mar 6, 20206 min read

115: Kevin Wilson's NOTHING TO SEE HERE - Learning by Fire

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...

Mar 4, 20201 min read

113: Why Teach YA? - There's Nothing I Want More than for Kids to Love What We're Doing

In this episode, we focus on classroom teachers and talk directly about how and why we incorporated Young Adult literature into our...

Feb 19, 20202 min read

112: 2020 Love Is in the Air - The Protagonist's Name is in the Title

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...

Feb 12, 20202 min read

Best Reads of 2019 - Jen's Picks

Oh, friends. I gave 51 books five stars in 2019, so this was tough for me! Ultimately, I settled--somewhat arbitrarily--on a top 15,...

Feb 3, 20201 min read

110: Winter Books - If I Read a Good Thriller, I'm Thrilled

In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we are sharing about a favorite topic of ours, seasonal reads. We discuss some favorite reads that...

Jan 29, 20201 min read

Tomi Adeyemi's CHILDREN OF VIRTUE AND VENGEANCE: High Tensions and Hard Choices - Ashley's Review

Title and Author: Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Virtue and Vengeance Overall Impression: I loved Children of Blood and Bone and couldn't...

Jan 24, 20202 min read

Roshani Chokshi's THE GILDED WOLVES, Jen's Review

I love a heist. Whether it’s cinematic—like Ocean’s Eleven or The Da Vinci Code —or literary—like Leah Bardugo’s gorgeous Six of...

Jan 3, 20203 min read

Shea Ernshaw's WINTERWOOD -- Jen's Review

Thanks to partner NetGalley for the digital ARC of Shea Ernshaw’s Winterwood in exchange for an honest review. The book released Tuesday,...

Dec 6, 20193 min read

Annie Sullivan's TIGER QUEEN -- Jen's Review

Thanks to Partner NetGalley for the digital ARC of Annie Sullivan’s Tiger Queen in exchange for an honest review. The book released...

Nov 1, 20193 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

Amy Reed's THE BOY AND GIRL WHO BROKE THE WORLD -- Jen's Review

Thanks to Partner NetGalley for the digital ARC of Amy Reed’s The Boy and Girl Who Broke the World in exchange for an honest review. The...

Oct 18, 20193 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

Nadine Brandes's ROMANOV -- Jen's Review

Thanks to NetGalley and TNZ Fiction for the free review copy of this beautiful book! Listen to our interview with Nadine Brandes. If you...

Sep 27, 20193 min read

Cat Winters's THE RAVEN'S TALE - Jen's Review

Thanks to #partner @netgalley for an egalley of The Raven’s Tale in exchange for an honest review. Cat Winters’s The Raven’s Tale is a...

Aug 30, 20193 min read

Dhonielle Clayton's THE EVERLASTING ROSE - Ashley's Review

Thank you to Partner Netgalley for my advance copy of this novel. I loved The Belles and was so excited to read the sequel, The...

Aug 30, 20192 min read

88: Autumn TBR Lists - Shopping in My Kindle Closet

We'll let you guess just which one of us went shopping in her Kindle closet . . . and then cheated to share an extra book (or two . . ....

Aug 28, 20192 min read

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