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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Jan 31, 20203 min read

Nick Bilton's AMERICAN KINGPIN: High-Suspense Narrative Nonfiction - Sara's Review

Oh, boy! Do I have a book for you. This book is a true-crime, narrative nonfiction, and it is fabulous. It is Nick Bilton’s 2017...

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Jan 24, 20202 min read

Tomi Adeyemi's CHILDREN OF VIRTUE AND VENGEANCE: High Tensions and Hard Choices - Ashley's Review

Title and Author: Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Virtue and Vengeance Overall Impression: I loved Children of Blood and Bone and couldn't...

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Jan 17, 20202 min read

Jami Attenberg's ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS, Jen's Review

Jami Attenberg's All This Could Be Yours is a stunning and incisive examination of the obligations we have as parents and as children to...

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Jan 3, 20203 min read

Roshani Chokshi's THE GILDED WOLVES, Jen's Review

Check out this book review discussing Roshani Chokshi's The Guilded Wolves. I love a heist. Whether it’s cinematic—like Ocean’s Eleven...

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Dec 27, 20192 min read

Cynthia Leitich Smith's Hearts Unbroken - Sara's Book Review

Thank you to Candlewick Press for my free review copy of Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith. This book released on October 9th,...

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Dec 20, 20193 min read

Kelly deVos's DAY ZERO -- Jen's Review

Thanks to Partner NetGalley for the egalley of Kelly deVos’s Day Zero in exchange for an honest review. The book released on November 12....

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Dec 13, 20191 min read

Matthew Dicks's TWENTY-ONE TRUTHS ABOUT LOVE -- Jen's Review

Thanks to Partner NetGalley for the digital ARC of Matthew Dicks’s Twenty-one Truths about Love in exchange for an honest review. The...

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Dec 6, 20193 min read

Shea Ernshaw's WINTERWOOD -- Jen's Review

Thanks to partner NetGalley for the digital ARC of Shea Ernshaw’s Winterwood in exchange for an honest review. The book released Tuesday,...

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Dec 6, 20192 min read

Daniel José Older’s THE BOOK OF LOST SAINTS -- Jen's Review

"They came in boats and airplanes, armed with false documents and holy terror and a grinding wariness of what they would find. . . . They...

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Nov 29, 20194 min read

Kwame Mbalia's TRISTAN STRONG PUNCHES A HOLE IN THE SKY -- Jen's Review

Thanks to Partner NetGalley for the digital ARC of Kwame Mbalia’s Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky in exchange for an honest...

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Nov 22, 20192 min read

Lisa Lutz's The Swallows --- Sara's Review

Today I am here to talk to you about a new release by Lisa Lutz, author of The Spellman Files series. Her newest book, The Swallows,...

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Nov 8, 20192 min read

Tracey Garvis Graves's THE GIRL HE USED TO KNOW -- Sara's Review

Hey all! Sara here! I am going to talk to you today about a book I absolutely adored. It was one of those books that came at exactly the...

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Nov 1, 20193 min read

Annie Sullivan's TIGER QUEEN -- Jen's Review

Thanks to Partner NetGalley for the digital ARC of Annie Sullivan’s Tiger Queen in exchange for an honest review. The book released...

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Oct 25, 20191 min read

Rainbow Rowell's PUMPKINHEADS, illustrated by Faith Erin Hicks -- Jen's Review

Thanks to Partner NetGalley for the egalley chapter sampler of Rainbow Rowell's Pumpkinheads! Rainbow Rowell is one of my favorite...

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Oct 18, 20193 min read

Amy Reed's THE BOY AND GIRL WHO BROKE THE WORLD -- Jen's Review

Thanks to Partner NetGalley for the digital ARC of Amy Reed’s The Boy and Girl Who Broke the World in exchange for an honest review. The...

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Oct 11, 20192 min read

Kami Garcia's TEEN TITANS: RAVEN, illustrated by Gabriel Picolo -- Jen's Review

Thanks to Partner NetGalley for the digital ARC of Kami Garcia’s Teen Titans: Raven, illustrated by Gabriel Picolo, in exchange for an...

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Oct 4, 20192 min read

Casey McQuiston's RED, WHITE, & ROYAL BLUE -- Jen's Review

Sometimes, you just jump and hope it’s not a cliff. Thanks to Partner NetGalley for the digital ARC of Casey McQuiston’s Red, White, &...

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Sep 27, 20193 min read

Nadine Brandes's ROMANOV -- Jen's Review

Thanks to NetGalley and TNZ Fiction for the free review copy of this beautiful book! Listen to our interview with Nadine Brandes. If you...

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Sep 20, 20192 min read

Min Jin Lee's PACHINKO - Ashley's Book Review

Upon beginning this novel, I was immediately swept away by the tender, compelling story of the young Sunja, child of Hoonie and Yangjin,...

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Sep 13, 20194 min read

Natasha Deen's IN THE KEY OF NIRA GHANI - Jen's Review

“I feel like I’m living on a fault line. Everything’s great, but I feel like there’s a rumbling deep down where I can’t see or feel it,...

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