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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5 Captivating Books Highlighting Muslim Characters

Curated by Jen Moyers ( @jen.loves.books ) Discovering stories that reflect a range of experiences and perspectives is one of the joys of...

Mar 74 min read

Katherine Applegate's WISHTREE - Wisdom for All Ages

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

Jun 21, 20242 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Book Review of Adrienne Kisner's SIX ANGRY GIRLS — Anatomical Knitting and Feminism

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Adrienne Kisner’s Six Angry Girls (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) contains multitudes: mock trial and...

May 19, 20233 min read

Dahlia Adler's COOL FOR THE SUMMER - A YA Book for Your Summer TBR

by Jen Moyers ( @jen.loves.books ) Dahlia Adler’s Cool for the Summer ( Bookshop.org | Libro.fm ) is a fabulous YA romance that would...

Apr 21, 20232 min read

Ashley Schumacher's THE RENAISSANCE OF GWEN HATHAWAY - Bards, Princesses, and More!

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

Mar 17, 20233 min read

Priyanka Taslim’s THE LOVE MATCH - Jane Austen with a Twist

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) After my epic, #readausten22 buddy read in 2022, I’m primed for some amazing retellings of Jane Austen’s...

Feb 17, 20233 min read

Jen Sookfong Lee's SUPERFAN: HOW POP CULTURE BROKE MY HEART: A MEMOIR

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) I listened to Jen Sookfong Lee's Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart: A Memoir (Bookshop.org |...

Jan 20, 20233 min read

Dani Shapiro's SIGNAL FIRES - A Novel of Possibility

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) If I'd read Dani Shapiro's Signal Fires (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) any earlier this year, it would likely...

Dec 23, 20223 min read

Emma Straub's THIS TIME TOMORROW - A Time Travel Novel Whose Premise Holds Up

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) ". . . fiction was a myth. Fictional stories, that is. Maybe there were bad ones out there, but the good...

Nov 18, 20223 min read

Jennifer Lynn Barnes's THE INHERITANCE GAMES — The Trilogy Is Finished!

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Since book three of Jennifer Lynn Barnes's The Inheritance Games trilogy (Bookshop.org) came out last...

Sep 9, 20222 min read

Welcome - Introduction and Overview

Just getting started with Unabridged Podcast? Welcome! We're Ashley and Jen, and we are both passionate about books and getting them into...

Jan 22, 20202 min read

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