14 Series Books to Read Right Now
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) The end of 2022 / beginning of 2023 has been a time for me to revisit series books...
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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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Jan 25, 20235 min read
246: Celeste Ng's OUR MISSING HEARTS - January 2023 Book Club
Have you read this propulsive near future dystopian novel by podcast favorite Celeste Ng? To kick off the new year, we're pleased to...
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Sep 1, 202114 min read
193: Get Reading Momentum Going with Our Favorite Fantasy and Dystopian Series Recs
In this Unabridged podcast episode, Ashley, Jen, and Sara talk about one of our favorite topics - we share book series we've loved...
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Nov 2, 20206 min read
Looking for an Escape? 12 Stories and Series to Dive Into
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Friends, it is a tense time. This week is an especially tense one. If there is...
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Aug 24, 20203 min read
8 Books Set in Residential Schools
by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) I'm a big fan of books set in residential schools, whether they're boarding schools or colleges. There...
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Aug 3, 20202 min read
#iloveit: 8 Books that Take on Social Media and Going Viral
by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Purely by accident, I have read some excellent books recently that have involved--to some...
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Jun 8, 20205 min read
YA Lit Books We Love by Black Authors
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) We at Unabridged stand with the Black Lives Matter movement. There are SO many books...
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Jun 5, 20203 min read
Dhonielle Clayton's THE EVERLASTING ROSE - Great Dystopian Fantasy Series
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) “You have to decide for yourself. It is you who must live with the outcome.” “Lies are...
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May 15, 20203 min read
Justina Ireland's DREAD NATION--Historical Fiction with a Twist
by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Welp, this book is definitely a bit out of my wheelhouse. Justina Ireland's book Dread Nation is a...
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Mar 31, 20203 min read
Pub Day Shout-Outs! March 31, 2020 - Chang, Hadlow, Mafi
Here are three books coming out today that I (Jen) am excited to read! Alexandra Chang's Days of Distraction Description from...
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Mar 25, 20202 min read
118: Hopeful Books to Engage Students - What Can I Recommend to Students Right Now?
In this episode, we consider books that we'd recommend to students as great choices to read independently. As the world around us has...
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Feb 28, 20206 min read
Tournament of Books - Days 3 and 4 - Jen's Take
All right, I (Jen) am back with the next two match-ups in the The Morning News Tournament of Books. (If you'd like to read a little more...
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Feb 21, 20205 min read
Tournament of Books - Days 1 and 2 - Jen's Take
You all may be well aware that I (Jen) am low-key obsessed with The Morning News Tournament of Books. I love to read as many of the books...
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Feb 19, 20202 min read
113: Why Teach YA? - There's Nothing I Want More than for Kids to Love What We're Doing
In this episode, we focus on classroom teachers and talk directly about how and why we incorporated Young Adult literature into our...
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Jan 22, 20202 min read
Welcome - Introduction and Overview
Just getting started with Unabridged Podcast? Welcome! We're Ashley and Jen, and we are both passionate about books and getting them into...
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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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Sep 25, 20191 min read
92: All about the Journey - Bump It Up on the List
For this short episode of Unabridged, we thought about journeys. Nearly every book contains some sort of journey--emotional, moral,...
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Aug 30, 20192 min read
Dhonielle Clayton's THE EVERLASTING ROSE - Ashley's Review
Thank you to Partner Netgalley for my advance copy of this novel. I loved The Belles and was so excited to read the sequel, The...
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Aug 28, 20192 min read
88: Autumn TBR Lists - Shopping in My Kindle Closet
We'll let you guess just which one of us went shopping in her Kindle closet . . . and then cheated to share an extra book (or two . . ....
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Aug 7, 20191 min read
85: Global Read Aloud 2019 - I just have to read this quotation
For the second year, we are excited to explore three of the Global Read Aloud books. (You can find out more information about the Global...
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