Here at Unabridged, we love listening to other bookish podcasts! Today, we're thrilled to share an episode from our friends Laura and Jodie at The Island Library podcast. On their episodes, Laura and Jo share about the books they've read and debate whether they would take that book along on a deserted island library, where there are ONLY ten precious spots. In this episode, they're discussing Justin A. Reynolds's Early Departures, and they also touch on Reynolds's first book,

by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Okay. I am here for some real talk. No, I mean it. Like, Real. Talk. If you aren't here for it, that is totally fine. Maybe skip this post. But, (I warned you.) here is some real talk from a mom, podcaster, teacher, wife, etc., etc., etc. And, spoiler alert, not all of this is bookish. Things are tough. Some days (most days?) I want to crawl into a corner and cry and sleep until 2020 is over. (Seriously, is that an option?) But, I have two k

Samira Ahmed's Internment was our Unabridged Buddy Read for March and Book Club Pick for April. Our episode releases this Wednesday, April 1. In the novel, the protagonist and her parents are taken--in the near future--to an internment camp for Muslim citizens of the United States that is located near Manzanar. Frequently, Ahmed references WW II internment camps like Manzanar as historical context for her novel. Here are other sources--some own voices and some not--that provi

In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we are sharing about a favorite topic of ours, seasonal reads. We discuss some favorite reads that revolve around winter in some way, including Fredrik Backman’s Beartown, Eowyn Ivey’s The Snow Child, Ruta Sepetys’s Between Shades of Gray, and George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series. Our Recommendations Ashley - Fredrik Backman’s Beartown Neil Gaiman’s American Gods Sara - Megan Collins’s The Winter Sister Eowyn Ivey’s The Snow Ch

Just getting started with Unabridged Podcast? Welcome! We're Ashley, Jen, and Sara, and we are teachers and podcasters who are passionate about books. We have four kinds of posts here on our blog. On Mondays, we post about our Bookish Faves, on Tuesdays we do Pub Day Shout-outs, on Wednesdays our episodes drop, and on Fridays, we post book reviews. (Be on the lookout on Thursdays, too; we sometimes have an extra post then!) There are many ways to connect with us! In addition

There's a little bit about books and a whole lot about us in this Unabridged Short episode. Learn what books we loved to teach, what scares us, and what we do outside of reading. (This is more of a stretch for some of us than others!) Feel free to share other questions for us on social media! And let us know: what's the scariest thing YOU've ever done for fun? what are your hobbies (outside of books)? what's your favorite podcast or social media follow . . . that's not book r

In this #unabridgedbookclub episode, we discuss Bryan Stevenson's nonfiction book Just Mercy.  Stevenson discusses his work as an attorney with prisoners on death row and with individuals who were sentenced to life in prison when they were children. During our discussion, we strive to cover the plethora of issues raised by the book, including mass incarceration, the way we deal with mental disabilities and mental illness, the death penalty, and the role of poverty in the crim

"Books draw us deeply into the lives of others, showing us the world through someone else's eyes, page after page." -Anne Bogel, ​I'd Rather Be Reading Timeline Introduction and Summary of the Book: 00:00 - 01:24 Reading People: How Seeing the World through the Lenses of Personality Changes Everything: 01:24 - 35:42 I'd Rather Be Reading: the Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life: 35:52 - 63:46 Other Mentions The Popcast podcast with Jamie and Knox Susan Cain's Quiet: The

-Alternate Titles- ​There was a lot of this type of laughter. OR When you giggle before you start, I feel trepidation. OR I feel like the awkward has gone up a slight bit. OR Always an adventure around here. OR ​I can't wait, or maybe I can. Maybe a long time. Prompt #1: A phrase that would be extra creepy if you whispered it. Jen - Fredrik Backman's Us Against You Ashley - Sarah J. Maas's Throne of Glass Sara - Shea Ernshaw's The Wicked Deep Prompt #2: The Name of a Popular