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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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Five of Sara's Favorite Reads of 2021 (Part 2)
by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Hello, friends! I can't believe we are here at the end of 2021. My first half of the year was...
Jan 3, 20226 min read
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Recent Nonfiction Favorites to Add to Your TBR
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Our episode from last Wednesday (which was episode 200!!!!) was all about memoirs,...
Oct 25, 20214 min read
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Danielle Walker's Food Saved Me - An Inspiring and Insightful Memoir
by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Danielle Walker's Food Saved Me: My Journey of Finding Health and Hope through the Power of Food...
Sep 24, 20213 min read
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Pub Day Shout-Outs! for September 21, 2021, featuring Oshiro, Gorman and Long, and Sayman
by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Mark Oshiro's The Insiders (Amazon |...
Sep 21, 20214 min read
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195: Unexpected Joy - Books that Surprised Us in Excellent Ways
In this Unabridged episode, Jen, Sara, and Ashley share book recommendations for book picks that surprised us and brought unexpected joy....
Sep 15, 202113 min read
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191: Expand Your Reading with Our Latest Graphic Novel Recs
In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we talk all things graphic! We share a graphic novel, a graphic memoir, and a graphic nonfiction...
Aug 18, 202117 min read
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Ruth Wariner's THE SOUND OF GRAVEL - Page-Turning Nonfiction
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...
Aug 13, 20213 min read
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My Reading Challenge Made Me Do It
by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) I am so excited to talk about some of my favorite reads from my Beyond the Bookends Reading Challenge,...
Aug 9, 20213 min read
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Some of Sara's Favorite Reads of 2021 (so far)
by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) My reading has been going much better in 2021 than in 2020. I have read quite a few books (for me) in...
Jul 26, 20216 min read
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Some of Jen's Favorite Reads of 2021 (so far)
by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) As usual when I set out to create a concise list of something, I struggled with this task, with creating...
Jul 19, 20217 min read
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Some of Ashley's Favorites of 2021 (So Far)
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Phew, I have read some amazing books so far this year! Every year it feels...
Jul 12, 20217 min read
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Cece Bell's EL DEAFO - A Graphic Novel for All Audiences
by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) I am not a huge reader of graphic novels, but I have a personal interest in Cece Bell's...
Jul 2, 20212 min read
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Pub Day Shout-Outs for June 29, 2021, featuring Bayron, Dorey-Stein, and Myers-Powell
by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Brenda Myers-Powell's Leaving Breezy...
Jun 29, 20214 min read
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Pub Day Shout-Outs for June 15, 2021, featuring Diamond, Michaelides, and the Nanuas
by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) There are SO many good books coming out today, but here are just three books that I'm excited to...
Jun 15, 20214 min read
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Pub Day Shout-Outs! for June 8, 2021, featuring Henderson, Menon, and Wheetman
by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Danielle Henderson's The Ugly Cry...
Jun 8, 20214 min read
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Featured Books for May 2021
May Books On May 5, we're so excited to share our Book Club episode focusing on Ocean Vuong's On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. We'll have...
Apr 25, 20214 min read
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Pub Day Shout-Outs! for April 20, 2021 featuring Zauner, Quindlen, and Nyamayaro
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Michelle Zauner's...
Apr 20, 20214 min read
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172: Eric Gansworth's APPLE: SKIN TO THE CORE - April 2021 Book Club
In this Unabridged Podcast Book Club episode, we discuss Eric Gansworth's memoir in verse, Apple: Skin to the Core. We talk about what...
Apr 7, 202110 min read
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Pub Day Shout-Outs for April 6, 2021 featuring Bowman, French, and Kemp
by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Erin French's Finding Freedom: A...
Apr 6, 20214 min read
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6 Nonfiction Reads by Strong Women
By Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) If you have been listening to the podcast, you know that I am have been reading a lot of non-fiction...
Apr 5, 20217 min read
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