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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Apr 5, 20237 min read

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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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...