Unabridged: A Book Podcast

Unabridged: A Book Podcast

By Ashley Dickson-Ellison and Jen MoyersEducationArtsBooks
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Unabridged: A Book Podcast episodes

  • Anne Bogel's DON'T OVERTHINK IT - I Always Have the "Over" Problem

    In this episode, we have fun discussing Anne Bogel's Don't Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life and its application to our lives. Although we don't go in depth about her other books, I'd Rather Be Reading and Reading People , we enjoyed reading and discussing those way back in episode 43.

     

    Bookish Check In

    Jen - Stuart Gibbs’s Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation
    Sara - Jessica Simpson’s Open Book
    Ashley - Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See
     
    Other Mentions
     
    Anne Bogel's I'd Rather Be Reading
    Anne Bogel's Reading People
    Our episode about Anne Bogel's other two books
     
    Give Me One - Favorite Distraction
     
    Ashley - Calm app / Cute animal videos
    Sara - TV (Top Chef, Project Runway)
    Jen - Romance novels (check out Jen's post of romance faves!)
     
    Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
     
    Want to support Unabridged?
     
    Check out our Merch Store!
    Become a patron on Patreon.​
    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram.
    Like and follow our Facebook Page.
    Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
    Check out our Teachers Pay Teachers store.
    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter.
    Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on Apple Podcasts or on Stitcher.
    Check us out on Podbean.
     
    Please note that we a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
    35 min
  • Anne Bogel's DON'T OVERTHINK IT - I Always Have the "Over" Problem

    In this episode, we have fun discussing Anne Bogel's Don't Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life and its application to our lives. Although we don't go in depth about her other books, I'd Rather Be Reading and Reading People , we enjoyed reading and discussing those way back in episode 43.

     

    Bookish Check In

    Jen - Stuart Gibbs’s Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation
    Sara - Jessica Simpson’s Open Book
    Ashley - Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See
     
    Other Mentions
     
    Anne Bogel's I'd Rather Be Reading
    Anne Bogel's Reading People
    Our episode about Anne Bogel's other two books
     
    Give Me One - Favorite Distraction
     
    Ashley - Calm app / Cute animal videos
    Sara - TV (Top Chef, Project Runway)
    Jen - Romance novels (check out Jen's post of romance faves!)
     
    Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
     
    Want to support Unabridged?
     
    Check out our Merch Store!
    Become a patron on Patreon.​
    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram.
    Like and follow our Facebook Page.
    Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
    Check out our Teachers Pay Teachers store.
    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter.
    Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on Apple Podcasts or on Stitcher.
    Check us out on Podbean.
     
    Please note that we a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
    35 min
  • Kevin Wilson's NOTHING TO SEE HERE - Learning by Fire

    For our March Unabridged Book Club discussion, we're focusing on Kevin Wilson's excellent Nothing to See Here (which was also a Book of the Month pick!). Listen to catch up with what we're reading now and to hear why we chose to pair books like Ninth House, The Girl Who Drank the Moon, and Young Jane Young with Wilson's novel. Finally, we're thinking about movies from our childhood in our Give Me One segment.

    Timeline

    Bookish Check In: 00:00 - 05:40
    Book Club Discussion: 05:45 - 33:46
    Our Pairings: 33:47 - 47:25
    Give Me One: 47:25 - end
     
    Bookish Check In
    Jen - Pierce Brown's Dark Age (Red Rising Book 5)
    Ashley - Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl
    Sara - Megan Angelo's Followers
     
    Our Pairings
    Ashley - Kelly Barnhill’s The Girl Who Drank the Moon
    Jen - Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House
    Sara - Gabrielle Zevin's Young Jane Young
     
    Give Me One - Movie from Childhood
    Jen - E.T.,The Extra-Terrestrial
    Ashley - The Secret of NIMH
    Sara - Girls Just Want to Have Fun
     
    Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
     
    Want to support Unabridged?
     
    Check out our Merch Store!
    Become a patron on Patreon.​
    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram.
    Like and follow our Facebook Page.
    Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
    Check out our Teachers Pay Teachers store.
    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter.
    Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on Apple Podcasts or on Stitcher.
    Check us out on Podbean.
     
    Please note that we a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
    55 min
  • Kevin Wilson's NOTHING TO SEE HERE - Learning by Fire

    For our March Unabridged Book Club discussion, we're focusing on Kevin Wilson's excellent Nothing to See Here (which was also a Book of the Month pick!). Listen to catch up with what we're reading now and to hear why we chose to pair books like Ninth House, The Girl Who Drank the Moon, and Young Jane Young with Wilson's novel. Finally, we're thinking about movies from our childhood in our Give Me One segment.

    Timeline

    Bookish Check In: 00:00 - 05:40
    Book Club Discussion: 05:45 - 33:46
    Our Pairings: 33:47 - 47:25
    Give Me One: 47:25 - end
     
    Bookish Check In
    Jen - Pierce Brown's Dark Age (Red Rising Book 5)
    Ashley - Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl
    Sara - Megan Angelo's Followers
     
    Our Pairings
    Ashley - Kelly Barnhill’s The Girl Who Drank the Moon
    Jen - Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House
    Sara - Gabrielle Zevin's Young Jane Young
     
    Give Me One - Movie from Childhood
    Jen - E.T.,The Extra-Terrestrial
    Ashley - The Secret of NIMH
    Sara - Girls Just Want to Have Fun
     
    Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
     
    Want to support Unabridged?
     
    Check out our Merch Store!
    Become a patron on Patreon.​
    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram.
    Like and follow our Facebook Page.
    Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
    Check out our Teachers Pay Teachers store.
    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter.
    Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on Apple Podcasts or on Stitcher.
    Check us out on Podbean.
     
    Please note that we a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
    55 min
  • 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 favorite YA lit books, such as Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give, as well as classics like Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. We talk about strategies for making read alikes work and ways to manage the difficulties in order to reap the rewards of exploring a variety of books centering around one theme.

    Bookish Check In

    Jen - Jojo Moyes’s The Giver of Stars

    Sara - Axton Betz-Hamilton’s The Less People Know about Us

    Ashley - Brittney Morris’s Slay
     
    Books Mentioned
    Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give
    Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
    Daniel T. Willingham's Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom
     
    Give Me One - Best Books for Book Club Discussions
    Jen - Jon Ronson’s The Psychopath Test, Jon Ronson’s So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed
    Sara - Ruth Wariner’s The Sound of Gravel, Tara Westover’s Educated, Bryn Greenwood’s All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
    Ashley - John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down, Bryn Greenwood’s The Reckless Oath We Made
     
    Resources - Check out our Teachers Pay Teachers materials
    Book Flight Guides - Police Brutality, Fairy Tale Retellings
     
     
    Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
     
    Want to support Unabridged?
     
    Check out our Merch Store!
    Become a patron on Patreon.​
    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram.
    Like and follow our Facebook Page.
    Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
    Check out our Teachers Pay Teachers store.
    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter.
    Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on Apple Podcasts or on Stitcher.
    Check us out on Podbean.
     
    Please note that we a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
    30 min
  • 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 favorite YA lit books, such as Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give, as well as classics like Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. We talk about strategies for making read alikes work and ways to manage the difficulties in order to reap the rewards of exploring a variety of books centering around one theme.

    Bookish Check In

    Jen - Jojo Moyes’s The Giver of Stars

    Sara - Axton Betz-Hamilton’s The Less People Know about Us

    Ashley - Brittney Morris’s Slay
     
    Books Mentioned
    Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give
    Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
    Daniel T. Willingham's Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom
     
    Give Me One - Best Books for Book Club Discussions
    Jen - Jon Ronson’s The Psychopath Test, Jon Ronson’s So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed
    Sara - Ruth Wariner’s The Sound of Gravel, Tara Westover’s Educated, Bryn Greenwood’s All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
    Ashley - John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down, Bryn Greenwood’s The Reckless Oath We Made
     
    Resources - Check out our Teachers Pay Teachers materials
    Book Flight Guides - Police Brutality, Fairy Tale Retellings
     
     
    Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
     
    Want to support Unabridged?
     
    Check out our Merch Store!
    Become a patron on Patreon.​
    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram.
    Like and follow our Facebook Page.
    Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
    Check out our Teachers Pay Teachers store.
    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter.
    Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on Apple Podcasts or on Stitcher.
    Check us out on Podbean.
     
    Please note that we a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
    30 min
  • 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 classrooms. We talk about series we saw our students loving like Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games, Stephanie Meyer's Twilight, and Veronica Roth's Divergent, and we talk about seeing our students fall in love with books. From classics like S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders to A.S. King's Everybody Sees the Ants, we talk about using YA lit in our classes and also the role we think it can play more generally within the classroom setting.

    Bookish Check In

    Sara - Axton Betz-Hamilton's The Less People Know about Us: A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity

    Ashley - Mark Oshiro's Anger Is a Gift

    Jen - Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett's A House in the Sky: A Memoir (@readwithtoni buddy read)

     
    Other Mentions
    Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones
    S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders
    Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games series
    David Baldacci's Wish You Well
    Bob Greene's Be True to Your School: A Diary of 1964
    F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
    Arthur Miller's The Crucible
    Stephanie Meyers's The Twilight Saga
    Katherine Paterson's Jacob Have I Loved
    A. S. King's Everybody Sees the Ants
    R. J. Palacio's Wonder
    Elie Wiesel's Night
    Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
    Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
    Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give
    Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre
     
    Give Me One - A YA Lit Favorite
    Ashley - Emily X. R. Pan's The Astonishing Color of After
    Jen - Alix E. Harrow's The Ten Thousand Doors of January
    Sara - John Green's Turtles All the Way Down
     
     
    Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
     
    Want to support Unabridged?
     
    Check out our Merch Store!
    Become a patron on Patreon.​
    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram.
    Like and follow our Facebook Page.
    Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
    Check out our Teachers Pay Teachers store.
    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter.
    Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on Apple Podcasts or on Stitcher.
    Check us out on Podbean.
     
    Please note that we a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
    40 min
  • 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 classrooms. We talk about series we saw our students loving like Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games, Stephanie Meyer's Twilight, and Veronica Roth's Divergent, and we talk about seeing our students fall in love with books. From classics like S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders to A.S. King's Everybody Sees the Ants, we talk about using YA lit in our classes and also the role we think it can play more generally within the classroom setting.

    Bookish Check In

    Sara - Axton Betz-Hamilton's The Less People Know about Us: A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity

    Ashley - Mark Oshiro's Anger Is a Gift

    Jen - Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett's A House in the Sky: A Memoir (@readwithtoni buddy read)

     
    Other Mentions
    Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones
    S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders
    Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games series
    David Baldacci's Wish You Well
    Bob Greene's Be True to Your School: A Diary of 1964
    F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
    Arthur Miller's The Crucible
    Stephanie Meyers's The Twilight Saga
    Katherine Paterson's Jacob Have I Loved
    A. S. King's Everybody Sees the Ants
    R. J. Palacio's Wonder
    Elie Wiesel's Night
    Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
    Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
    Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give
    Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre
     
    Give Me One - A YA Lit Favorite
    Ashley - Emily X. R. Pan's The Astonishing Color of After
    Jen - Alix E. Harrow's The Ten Thousand Doors of January
    Sara - John Green's Turtles All the Way Down
     
     
    Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
     
    Want to support Unabridged?
     
    Check out our Merch Store!
    Become a patron on Patreon.​
    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram.
    Like and follow our Facebook Page.
    Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
    Check out our Teachers Pay Teachers store.
    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter.
    Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on Apple Podcasts or on Stitcher.
    Check us out on Podbean.
     
    Please note that we a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
    40 min
  • 2020 Love Is in the Air - The Protagonist's Name is in the Title
    In our 2020 Love Is in the Air episode, we're talking all things romance. In this episode, we discuss some of our favorite romance novels, including Linda Holmes's Evvie Drake Starts Over, Casey McQuiston’s Red, White & Royal Blue, and David Yoon’s Frankly in Love just to name a few. While we have varying degrees of expertise in this genre, we all have some recommendations to share with you!
     
    Jen's Picks
    Linda Holmes's Evvie Drake Starts Over
    Alyssa Cole’s Reluctant Royals series; Book 1 - A Princess in Theory
     
    Ashley's Picks
    Casey McQuiston’s Red, White & Royal Blue
    Brigid Kemmerer’s A Curse So Dark and Lonely
     
    Sara's Picks
    David Yoon’s Frankly in Love
    Elin Hildebrand’s The Blue Bistro
     
    Give Me One - Favorite Romantic Getaway or Date Night
    Jen - movie marathon, trip to NY
    Ashley - breweries downtown and local restaurants (Boboko, Cuban Burger, Food Bar Food, Pale Fire Brewing, Three Notch'd, Brothers Craft Brewing)
    Sara - Dinner and a show at home, trips to local vineyards
     
    Other Mentions
    NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast
    Nicola Yoon (author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star)
    Brigid Kemmerer's A Heart So Fierce and Broken
     
     
    Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
     
    Want to support Unabridged?
     
    Check out our Merch Store!
    Become a patron on Patreon.​
    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram.
    Like and follow our Facebook Page.
    Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
    Check out our Teachers Pay Teachers store.
    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter.
    Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on Apple Podcasts or on Stitcher.
    Check us out on Podbean.
     
    Please note that we a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
    30 min
  • 2020 Love Is in the Air - The Protagonist's Name is in the Title
    In our 2020 Love Is in the Air episode, we're talking all things romance. In this episode, we discuss some of our favorite romance novels, including Linda Holmes's Evvie Drake Starts Over, Casey McQuiston’s Red, White & Royal Blue, and David Yoon’s Frankly in Love just to name a few. While we have varying degrees of expertise in this genre, we all have some recommendations to share with you!
     
    Jen's Picks
    Linda Holmes's Evvie Drake Starts Over
    Alyssa Cole’s Reluctant Royals series; Book 1 - A Princess in Theory
     
    Ashley's Picks
    Casey McQuiston’s Red, White & Royal Blue
    Brigid Kemmerer’s A Curse So Dark and Lonely
     
    Sara's Picks
    David Yoon’s Frankly in Love
    Elin Hildebrand’s The Blue Bistro
     
    Give Me One - Favorite Romantic Getaway or Date Night
    Jen - movie marathon, trip to NY
    Ashley - breweries downtown and local restaurants (Boboko, Cuban Burger, Food Bar Food, Pale Fire Brewing, Three Notch'd, Brothers Craft Brewing)
    Sara - Dinner and a show at home, trips to local vineyards
     
    Other Mentions
    NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast
    Nicola Yoon (author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star)
    Brigid Kemmerer's A Heart So Fierce and Broken
     
     
    Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
     
    Want to support Unabridged?
     
    Check out our Merch Store!
    Become a patron on Patreon.​
    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram.
    Like and follow our Facebook Page.
    Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
    Check out our Teachers Pay Teachers store.
    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter.
    Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on Apple Podcasts or on Stitcher.
    Check us out on Podbean.
     
    Please note that we a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
    30 min

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Unabridged is a bookish podcast hosted by teachers. We release episodes twice a month, including a monthly Book Club episode and other bookish topics full of recommendations for your TBR list. Join us…