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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Jul 30, 20206 min read

Featured Books for August 2020

August Books In August, we're excited to share two books featuring the work of Jason Reynolds: Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You,...

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Jul 28, 20204 min read

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...

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Jul 22, 202040 min read

135: Books We'd Love to See Adapted with Morgan Hoit @NYCBookGirl

In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we have so much fun talking with Morgan Hoit, @NYCBookGirl, about book-to-screen adaptations. We talk...

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Jul 13, 20208 min read

Some of Jen's Favorite Reads of 2020 (so far)

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) I love my friends, I love my friends, I love my friends. But when we were chatting and decided to do...

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Jun 22, 20202 min read

Adult Nonfiction by Black Authors

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) We at the Unabridged Podcast stand with the Black Lives Matter movement. There are SO many books that we...

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Jun 16, 20204 min read

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...

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Jun 10, 202046 min read

129: Re-release of Angie Thomas's THE HATE U GIVE Book Club Discussion

In light of the unjust loss of Black lives in America and of the Black Lives Matter movement, we wanted to share an episode from 2018...

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May 26, 20204 min read

Pub Day Shout-Outs! May 25, 2020 featuring Yang, Jollett, and Forna

by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Kelly Yang's Parachutes Description from Publisher: "They’re called parachutes:...

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May 20, 202022 min read

126: Plugging into Bookish Communities Online with @readwithtoni from Instagram

In this week's episode of Unabridged, Ashley, Jen, and Sara talk with Toni about the power of developing an online bookish community....

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May 6, 202035 min read

124: Readers' Choice Pick - Katharine McGee's AMERICAN ROYALS

In this Unabridged Podcast book club episode, we discuss the readers' choice spring 2020 pick, Katharine McGee's American Royals. We pair...

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May 4, 20203 min read

5 Graphic Memoirs You Should Read Immediately

by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Some of us (me!) might be having a hard time getting through books. What better way to get through...

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May 1, 20204 min read

Maggie Downs's Braver than You Think - More than a Travel Memoir

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Thanks to partner Counterpoint Press for the ARC of Maggie Downs’s Braver than You Think: Around the...

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Apr 28, 20204 min read

Pub Day Shout-Outs! April 28, 2020 -

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) So it's no surprise that publication dates are shifting! I have an array of books I'd been anticipating...

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Apr 21, 20203 min read

Pub Day Shout-Outs! April 21, 2020 - Finney Boylan, Rai, Tran

by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Here are three books coming out today that I'm looking forward to reading! Jennifer Finney Boylan's Good...

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Mar 18, 20202 min read

117: The Unread Shelf with Whitney Conard - Curate that Unread Shelf and Actually Get Them Read

In this episode, we had the wonderful experience of interviewing Whitney Conard from The Unread Shelf. She joins us for our bookish...

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Feb 26, 20202 min read

114: Read Alike Ideas and Lit Circles - I Think the Risk Is Worth the Reward

In this episode, we're discussing the benefits of using Read Alikes within book clubs and within the classroom. We touch on some of our...

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Feb 3, 20201 min read

Best Reads of 2019 - Jen's Picks

Oh, friends. I gave 51 books five stars in 2019, so this was tough for me! Ultimately, I settled--somewhat arbitrarily--on a top 15,...

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Dec 23, 20192 min read

Nonfiction Focus: Celebrity Memoirs

Selected Reviews Ali Wong’s Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life - I was about two minutes in...

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Nov 6, 20191 min read

98: Maggie O'Farrell's I AM, I AM, I AM - Defiance of Death

For our November Book Club, we're discussing Maggie O'Farrell's I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death, our first Unabridged...

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Oct 23, 20191 min read

96: Update on Our Recommendations to Each Other: A Love Story . . . and Also Not

Well, we have failed at reading all of our recommendations for each other, but we had a good time with some confessions, some reflection,...

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