Unabridged Podcast

Welcome to Unabridged, the podcast where teachers take on books! Every week, Sara, Jen and Ashley (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 each week.

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Oct 27, 2020
4 min

Pub Day Shout-Outs! for October 27, 2020, featuring Staebler, Paoloni, Maniscalco, and Washington

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Here are three books coming out today that I can't wait to read! Christian Staebler, Sonia Paoloni, and illustrator Thibault Balahy's Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band Description from Publisher: "Experience the riveting, powerful story of the Native American civil rights movement and the resulting struggle for identity told through the high-flying career of West Coast rock 'n' roll pioneers Redbone. "You've heard the hit

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Oct 20, 2020
4 min

Pub Day Shout-Outs! for October 20, 2020, featuring Kakutani, West, and Pan and Suma

by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Michiko Kakutani's Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread Description from Publisher: "In the introduction to her new collection of essays, Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread, Michiko Kakutani writes: 'In a world riven by political and social divisions, literature can connect people across time zones and zip codes, across cultures and religions, national boundaries and h

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Oct 13, 2020
4 min

Pub Day Shout-Outs! for October 13, 2020 featuring Harrow, Favilli, and Roanhorse

by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Alix Harrow's The Once and Future Witches Description from Publisher: "In the late 1800s, three sisters use witchcraft to change the course of history in a Hugo award-winning author's powerful novel of magic amid the suffragette movement. "In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witchi

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Oct 6, 2020
4 min

Pub Day Shout-Outs! for October 6, 2020, featuring Mbalia, Faruqi, and Gansworth

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) All right, book lovers, this is one of those pub days that overwhelms me, so I'm feeling obligated to share some extras today. I have FIVE books pre-ordered today, FOUR that I've already read thanks to NetGalley, and THREE more than I can't resist mentioning. Here we go: Pre-Ordered Books Jerry Craft's Class Act - My boys and I are SO excited about this follow up to the award-winning graphic novel New Kid. Tana French's The Searcher - French i

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Sep 29, 2020
4 min

Pub Day Shout-Outs! September 29, 2020 featuring Lu, Menez, and Igharo

by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Marie Lu's Skyhunter Description from Publisher: "A broken world. "An overwhelming evil. "A team of warriors ready to strike back. "#1 New York Times-bestselling author Marie Lu is back with an adrenaline-laced novel about the lengths one warrior will go to fight for freedom and those she loves. "Talin is a Striker, a member of an elite fighting force that stan

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Sep 22, 2020
3 min

Pub Day Shout-Outs! for September 22, 2020, featuring Gros, Mclemore, Mejia, and Reynolds

by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Kathleen Gros's Jo: An Adaptation of Little Women (Sort of) Description from Publisher: "With the start of eighth grade, Jo March decides it’s time to get serious about her writing and joins the school newspaper. But even with her new friend Freddie cheering her on, becoming a hard-hitting journalist is a lot harder than Jo imagined. "That’s not all that’s tough. Jo and her sist

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Sep 15, 2020
3 min

Pub Day Shout-Outs! for September 15, 2020, featuring Jackson, LaCour, and Yang

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Here are three(-plus!) books coming out today that I'm excited to read. Tiffany D. Jackson's Grown Description from Publisher: "Award-winning author Tiffany D. Jackson delivers another riveting, ripped-from-the-headlines mystery that exposes horrific secrets hiding behind the limelight and embraces the power of a young woman’s voice. "When legendary R&B artist Korey Fields spots Enchanted Jones at an audition, her dreams of being a famous sing

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Sep 8, 2020
4 min

Pub Day Shout-Outs! for September 8, 2020, featuring Backman, Philippe, and Winters

by Sara Voigt (@meaningmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I am excited to read! Frederik Backman's Anxious People Description from the publisher: "Looking at real estate isn’t usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. The captives include a recently retired couple who relentlessly hunt down fixer-uppers to avoid the painful truth that they can’t

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Sep 1, 2020
4 min

Pub Day Shout-Outs! for September 1, 2020, featuring Woodson, Cole, and Zoboi and Salaam

by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Jacqueline Woodson's Before the Ever After Description from Publisher: "National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson's stirring novel explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have passed. "For as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has been everyone's hero. As a charming, talented pro football star, he's as beloved to the neighborhood kids he plays

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Aug 25, 2020
4 min

Pub Day Shout-Outs! for August 25, 2020, featuring Khorram, Lozada and Lörincz, and Taussig

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Before I share three books coming out today that I'm excited to read, I wanted to highlight two that I've already read. You can read my reviews of Kristina Forest's Now that I've Found You and Daisy Johnson's Sisters at jenlovesbooks.com. Now, on to three brand-new books I haven't read yet! Adib Khorram's Darius the Great Deserves Better Description from Publisher: "In this companion to the award-winning Darius the Great Is Not Okay, Darius su

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Aug 18, 2020
4 min

Pub Day Shout-Outs! August 18, 2020, featuring Kisner, Hamby, and Dunn

by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I am excited to read! Adrienne Kisner's Six Angry Girls Description from Publisher: "Raina Petree is crushing her senior year, until her boyfriend dumps her, the drama club (basically) dumps her, the college of her dreams slips away, and her arch-nemesis triumphs. "Things aren’t much better for Millie Goodwin. Her father treats her like a servant, and the all-boy Mock Trial team votes her out, even

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Aug 11, 2020
3 min

Pub Day Shout-Outs! for August 11, 2020, featuring Boyne, Tidhar, and White

by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Here are three books coming out today that I am excited to read! John Boyne's A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom: A Novel Description from Publisher: "From the bestselling author of A Ladder to the Sky—'a darkly funny novel that races like a beating heart' (People)—comes a new novel that plays out across all of human history: a story as precise as it is unlimited. "This story starts with a family. For now, it is a father and a

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Aug 4, 2020
4 min

Pub Day Shout-Outs! for August 4, 2020, featuring Emezi, Garber, and Leong

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Akwaeke Emezi's The Death of Viveh Oji Description from Publisher: "One afternoon, in a town in southeastern Nigeria, a mother opens her front door to discover her son’s body, wrapped in colorful fabric, at her feet. What follows is the tumultuous, heart-wrenching story of one family’s struggle to understand a child whose spirit is both gentle and mysterious. Raised by a distant father and an understanding but overprotective mother, Vivek suff

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Jul 28, 2020
4 min

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 Stone Description from Publisher: "Two women are drawn into a seductive web of privilege, displacement, sexuality, and other mysteries of the heart in this magnetic debut by a young Brazilian American author to watch. "With sharp, gorgeous prose, It Is Wood, It Is Stone takes place over the course of a year in São Paulo, Brazil, in which tw

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Jul 21, 2020
5 min

Pub Day Shout-Outs! July 21st, 2020 featuring Menon, Johnson, and Dobson

by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Here are three books coming out today that I am excited to read! Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate about Pinky Description from Publisher: "The delightful follow-up to When Dimple Met Rishi and There’s Something about Sweetie, which follows Ashish’s friends Pinky and Samir as they pretend to date in order to achieve their individual goals, to disastrous and hilarious results. "Pinky Kumar wears the social justice warrior badge

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Jul 14, 2020
5 min

Pub Day Shout-Outs! for July 14, 2020, featuring Dave, Center, Klune, and Belcourt

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Saumya Dave's Well-Behaved Indian Woman Description from Publisher: "From a compelling new voice in women's fiction comes a mother-daughter story about three generations of women who struggle to define themselves as they pursue their dreams. "Simran Mehta has always felt harshly judged by her mother, Nandini, especially when it comes to her little 'writing hobby.' But when a charismatic and highly respected journalist careens into Simran's lif

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Jul 7, 2020
4 min

Pub Day Shout-Outs! June 7th, 2020, featuring Bayron, Cross, and Stayman-London

by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Here are three books coming out today that I am excited to read! Kalin Bayron's Cinderella Is Dead Description from Publisher: "Girls team up to overthrow the kingdom in this unique and powerful retelling of Cinderella from a stunning new voice that's perfect for fans of A Curse So Dark and Lonely. "It's 200 years after Cinderella found her prince, but the fairy tale is over. Teen girls are now required to appear at the Annua

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Jun 30, 2020
5 min

Pub Day Shout-Outs! June 30, 2020, featuring Basu, Clarke, and Moreno-Garcia

by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I am excited to read! Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Mexican Gothic Description from Publisher: "From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes a reimagining of the classic gothic suspense novel, a story about an isolated mansion in 1950s Mexico—and the brave socialite drawn to its treacherous secrets. "He is trying to poison me. You must come for me, Noemí. You have to save me. After receiving a frantic

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Jun 23, 2020
3 min

Pub Day Shout-Outs! June 23, 2020 featuring Caletti, Cho, and Guillory

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Deb Caletti's Girl, Unframed Description from Publisher: "A teen girl’s summer with her mother turns sinister in this gripping thriller about the insidious dangers of unwanted attention, from Printz Honor medal–winning and National Book Award finalist author Deb Caletti—perfect for fans of Courtney Summers’s Sadie. "Sydney Reilly has a bad feeling about going home to San Francisco before she even gets on the plane. How could she not? Her mothe

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Jun 16, 2020
4 min

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 at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom Description from Publisher: "Brittany K. Barnett was only a law student when she came across the case that would change her life forever—that of Sharanda Jones, single mother, business owner, and, like Brittany, Black daughter of the rural South. A victim of America’s devastating war on dru

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