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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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139: Great Book Recommendations - Our Season 4 Recs for Each Other
In today's episode of the Unabridged Podcast, we each do our best to recommend a book that our friends and co-hosts will love. Be sure to...
Aug 19, 202028 min read
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138: Dive into Nonfiction Reads
In this Unabridged podcast episode, we talk all things nonfiction, and we each make recommendations for nonfiction reads to dive into...
Aug 12, 202033 min read
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Featured Books for August 2020
August Books In August, we're excited to share two books featuring the work of Jason Reynolds: Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You,...
Jul 30, 20206 min read
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Pub Day Shout-Outs! July 28, 2020 featuring Burnham, Alterman, and Otis
by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I am excited to read! Gabriella Burnham's It Is Wood, It Is...
Jul 28, 20204 min read
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135: Books We'd Love to See Adapted with Morgan Hoit @NYCBookGirl
In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we have so much fun talking with Morgan Hoit, @NYCBookGirl, about book-to-screen adaptations. We talk...
Jul 22, 202040 min read
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Some of Jen's Favorite Reads of 2020 (so far)
by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) I love my friends, I love my friends, I love my friends. But when we were chatting and decided to do...
Jul 13, 20208 min read
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Adult Nonfiction by Black Authors
by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) We at the Unabridged Podcast stand with the Black Lives Matter movement. There are SO many books that we...
Jun 22, 20202 min read
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Pub Day Shout-Outs! June 16th, 2020, featuring Barnett, Lee, and Kaur
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Here are three books coming out today that look amazing: Brittany K. Barnett's A Knock...
Jun 16, 20204 min read
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129: Re-release of Angie Thomas's THE HATE U GIVE Book Club Discussion
In light of the unjust loss of Black lives in America and of the Black Lives Matter movement, we wanted to share an episode from 2018...
Jun 10, 202046 min read
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Pub Day Shout-Outs! May 25, 2020 featuring Yang, Jollett, and Forna
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Kelly Yang's Parachutes Description from Publisher: "They’re called parachutes:...
May 26, 20204 min read
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126: Plugging into Bookish Communities Online with @readwithtoni from Instagram
In this week's episode of Unabridged, Ashley, Jen, and Sara talk with Toni about the power of developing an online bookish community....
May 20, 202022 min read
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124: Readers' Choice Pick - Katharine McGee's AMERICAN ROYALS
In this Unabridged Podcast book club episode, we discuss the readers' choice spring 2020 pick, Katharine McGee's American Royals. We pair...
May 6, 202035 min read
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5 Graphic Memoirs You Should Read Immediately
by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Some of us (me!) might be having a hard time getting through books. What better way to get through...
May 4, 20203 min read
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Maggie Downs's Braver than You Think - More than a Travel Memoir
by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Thanks to partner Counterpoint Press for the ARC of Maggie Downs’s Braver than You Think: Around the...
May 1, 20204 min read
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Pub Day Shout-Outs! April 28, 2020 -
by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) So it's no surprise that publication dates are shifting! I have an array of books I'd been anticipating...
Apr 28, 20204 min read
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Pub Day Shout-Outs! April 21, 2020 - Finney Boylan, Rai, Tran
by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Here are three books coming out today that I'm looking forward to reading! Jennifer Finney Boylan's Good...
Apr 21, 20203 min read
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117: The Unread Shelf with Whitney Conard - Curate that Unread Shelf and Actually Get Them Read
In this episode, we had the wonderful experience of interviewing Whitney Conard from The Unread Shelf. She joins us for our bookish...
Mar 18, 20202 min read
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114: Read Alike Ideas and Lit Circles - I Think the Risk Is Worth the Reward
In this episode, we're discussing the benefits of using Read Alikes within book clubs and within the classroom. We touch on some of our...
Feb 26, 20202 min read
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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
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Nonfiction Focus: Celebrity Memoirs
Selected Reviews Ali Wong’s Dear Girls​: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life - I was about two minutes in...
Dec 23, 20192 min read
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