Unabridged: A Book Podcast

Unabridged: A Book Podcast

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

  • Rainbow Rowell Rocks: You Have to Read It! You Have to Read It!

    ​​For this short episode of Unabridged, we are talking all about Rainbow Rowell and our love for her books. While we each have unique favorites of her work, we can agree that we are all fans, and there are some things that run through her writing that we enjoy.


    ​And as Jen says, "Rainbow Rowell is an auto-buy for us!"

     

    the hosts' favorites

    Ashley’s Pick

    *Rainbow Rowell's Carry On

     

    Jen’s Pick

    *Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl

     

    Sara’s Pick

    *Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor and Park

     

    other mentions​

    *Rainbow Rowell's Wayward Son

    *Rainbow Rowell's Pumpkinheads

    *Rainbow Rowell's Attachments

    *Rainbow Rowell's Landline

    *Francine Pascal's Sweet Valley High series

     

    give me one: one tv show you should watch

    *Sara's pick: Justified

    *Ashley's pick: The Good Place

    *Jen's pick: Fleabag

     

    Check out what's coming up next.

     

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    23 min
  • Literary Friends in Real Life - I Felt Like I Had Somewhere Brilliant to Go

    Our short episode in which we pair two characters from two different books, those literary folks we think might be friends in real life, proved to be more challenging than we anticipated. Fortunately, as friends in real life (ha!), we supported each other, confirming the validity (when we could) of our choices.

    Listen to this new short episode, and then let us know what you think: are these friendships viable? what friendships do YOU think might work in real life?

     

    Jen’s Match

    *Wendy from Claire Lombardo’s The Most Fun We Ever Had with Marianne from Sally Rooney’s Normal People

     

    Sara’s Match 

    *Penny from Shea Ernshea’s The Wicked Deep with Evie from Sarah Henning’s Sea Witch

     

    Ashley’s Match

    *Leigh from Emily X. R. Pan’s The Astonishing Color of After with Lara Jean from Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

     

    Check out what's coming up next.

     

    want to support unabridged?

    Become a patron on Patreon.​

    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram.

    Like and follow our Facebook Page.

    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter.

    Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on iTunes or on Stitcher.

    Check us out on Podbean.

    14 min
  • Literary Friends in Real Life - I Felt Like I Had Somewhere Brilliant to Go

    Our short episode in which we pair two characters from two different books, those literary folks we think might be friends in real life, proved to be more challenging than we anticipated. Fortunately, as friends in real life (ha!), we supported each other, confirming the validity (when we could) of our choices.


    Listen to this new short episode, and then let us know what you think: are these friendships viable? what friendships do YOU think might work in real life?

     

    Jen’s Match

    *Wendy from Claire Lombardo’s The Most Fun We Ever Had with Marianne from Sally Rooney’s Normal People

     

    Sara’s Match 

    *Penny from Shea Ernshea’s The Wicked Deep with Evie from Sarah Henning’s Sea Witch

     

    Ashley’s Match

    *Leigh from Emily X. R. Pan’s The Astonishing Color of After with Lara Jean from Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

     

    Check out what's coming up next.

     

    want to support unabridged?

    Become a patron on Patreon.​

    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram.

    Like and follow our Facebook Page.

    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter.

    Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on iTunes or on Stitcher.

    Check us out on Podbean.

    14 min
  • Literary Friends in Real Life - I Felt Like I Had Somewhere Brilliant to Go

    Our short episode in which we pair two characters from two different books, those literary folks we think might be friends in real life, proved to be more challenging than we anticipated. Fortunately, as friends in real life (ha!), we supported each other, confirming the validity (when we could) of our choices.


    Listen to this new short episode, and then let us know what you think: are these friendships viable? what friendships do YOU think might work in real life?

     

    Jen’s Match

    *Wendy from Claire Lombardo’s The Most Fun We Ever Had with Marianne from Sally Rooney’s Normal People

     

    Sara’s Match 

    *Penny from Shea Ernshea’s The Wicked Deep with Evie from Sarah Henning’s Sea Witch

     

    Ashley’s Match

    *Leigh from Emily X. R. Pan’s The Astonishing Color of After with Lara Jean from Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

     

    Check out what's coming up next.

     

    want to support unabridged?

    Become a patron on Patreon.​

    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram.

    Like and follow our Facebook Page.

    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter.

    Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on iTunes or on Stitcher.

    Check us out on Podbean.

    14 min
  • Anissa Gray's THE CARE AND FEEDING OF RAVENOUSLY HUNGRY GIRLS - Relationships Between Women

    We're thrilled to discuss Anissa Gray's new novel, The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls. Told in the alternating perspectives of the Butler sisters, this novel is timely, compelling, and, at times, heartbreaking.

    We offer pairings and recommendations for the ways that teachers can use this book in their classrooms.
    After you listen, join us on social media throughout October to participate in our book club discussions. We'd love to know what you think!

     

    timeline

    *Introduction and General Discussion: 00:00 - 36:03

    *Book Pairings: 36:03 - 45:43

    *Classroom Connections: 45:44 - 49:54

    book pairings

    *Ashley - Mira T. Lee's Everything Here is Beautiful

    *Jen - Pat Conroy's The Prince of Tides

    *Sara - John Green's Turtles All the Way Down​

     

    classroom connections

    *Laurie Halse Anderson's Wintergirls

    *Yara Zgheib's The Girls at 17 Swann Street

    *Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing

     

    other mentions

    *Piper Kerman's Orange Is the New Black and the Netflix Series

     

    Check out what's coming up next.

     

    want to support unabridged?

    Become a patron on Patreon.​

    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram.

    Like and follow our Facebook Page.

    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter.

    Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on iTunes or on Stitcher.

    Check us out on Podbean.

    51 min
  • Anissa Gray's THE CARE AND FEEDING OF RAVENOUSLY HUNGRY GIRLS - Relationships Between Women

    We're thrilled to discuss Anissa Gray's new novel, The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls. Told in the alternating perspectives of the Butler sisters, this novel is timely, compelling, and, at times, heartbreaking.


    We offer pairings and recommendations for the ways that teachers can use this book in their classrooms.

    After you listen, join us on social media throughout October to participate in our book club discussions. We'd love to know what you think!

     

    timeline

    *Introduction and General Discussion: 00:00 - 36:03

    *Book Pairings: 36:03 - 45:43

    *Classroom Connections: 45:44 - 49:54


    book pairings

    *Ashley - Mira T. Lee's Everything Here is Beautiful

    *Jen - Pat Conroy's The Prince of Tides

    *Sara - John Green's Turtles All the Way Down​

     

    classroom connections

    *Laurie Halse Anderson's Wintergirls

    *Yara Zgheib's The Girls at 17 Swann Street

    *Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing

     

    other mentions

    *Piper Kerman's Orange Is the New Black and the Netflix Series

     

    Check out what's coming up next.

     

    want to support unabridged?

    Become a patron on Patreon.​

    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram.

    Like and follow our Facebook Page.

    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter.

    Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on iTunes or on Stitcher.

    Check us out on Podbean.

    51 min
  • Anissa Gray's THE CARE AND FEEDING OF RAVENOUSLY HUNGRY GIRLS - Relationships Between Women

    We're thrilled to discuss Anissa Gray's new novel, The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls. Told in the alternating perspectives of the Butler sisters, this novel is timely, compelling, and, at times, heartbreaking.


    We offer pairings and recommendations for the ways that teachers can use this book in their classrooms.

    After you listen, join us on social media throughout October to participate in our book club discussions. We'd love to know what you think!

     

    timeline

    *Introduction and General Discussion: 00:00 - 36:03

    *Book Pairings: 36:03 - 45:43

    *Classroom Connections: 45:44 - 49:54


    book pairings

    *Ashley - Mira T. Lee's Everything Here is Beautiful

    *Jen - Pat Conroy's The Prince of Tides

    *Sara - John Green's Turtles All the Way Down​

     

    classroom connections

    *Laurie Halse Anderson's Wintergirls

    *Yara Zgheib's The Girls at 17 Swann Street

    *Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing

     

    other mentions

    *Piper Kerman's Orange Is the New Black and the Netflix Series

     

    Check out what's coming up next.

     

    want to support unabridged?

    Become a patron on Patreon.​

    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram.

    Like and follow our Facebook Page.

    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter.

    Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on iTunes or on Stitcher.

    Check us out on Podbean.

    51 min
  • 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, time--but we wanted to focus on the physical journeys that often lie at the heart of novels to symbolize or catalyze something else.Our TBR lists explode (or shuffle, at the very least) as we each recommend two books with journeys at their centers. Listen to Jen remember our website's url, Sara get past not really loving journey novels all that much, and Ashley consider why audiobooks, while not always quite her first choice, are better than growing her TBR even more. Then, head over to social media to share your recommendations!
     
    our selections
     
    Ashley’s Picks
    *Craig Thompson’s Carnet de Voyage
    *Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi’s Americanah
     
    Jen’s Picks
    *Cormac McCarthy’s The Road
    *Valeria Luiselli’s Lost Children Archive
     
    Sara’s Picks
    *J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows
    *​Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven
     
    other mentions 
    *Camp TOB 
     
    Check out what's coming up next.
     
    want to support unabridged?
    Become a patron on Patreon.​
    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram.
    Like and follow our Facebook Page.
    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter.
    Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on iTunes or on Stitcher.
    Check us out on Podbean.
    25 min
  • 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, time--but we wanted to focus on the physical journeys that often lie at the heart of novels to symbolize or catalyze something else.


    Our TBR lists explode (or shuffle, at the very least) as we each recommend two books with journeys at their centers. Listen to Jen remember our website's url, Sara get past not really loving journey novels all that much, and Ashley consider why audiobooks, while not always quite her first choice, are better than growing her TBR even more. Then, head over to social media to share your recommendations!

     

    our selections

     

    Ashley’s Picks

    *Craig Thompson’s Carnet de Voyage

    *Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi’s Americanah

     

    Jen’s Picks

    *Cormac McCarthy’s The Road

    *Valeria Luiselli’s Lost Children Archive

     

    Sara’s Picks

    *J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows

    *​Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven

     

    other mentions 

    *Camp TOB 

     

    Check out what's coming up next.

     

    want to support unabridged?

    Become a patron on Patreon.​

    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram.

    Like and follow our Facebook Page.

    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter.

    Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on iTunes or on Stitcher.

    Check us out on Podbean.

    25 min
  • 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, time--but we wanted to focus on the physical journeys that often lie at the heart of novels to symbolize or catalyze something else.


    Our TBR lists explode (or shuffle, at the very least) as we each recommend two books with journeys at their centers. Listen to Jen remember our website's url, Sara get past not really loving journey novels all that much, and Ashley consider why audiobooks, while not always quite her first choice, are better than growing her TBR even more. Then, head over to social media to share your recommendations!

     

    our selections

     

    Ashley’s Picks

    *Craig Thompson’s Carnet de Voyage

    *Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi’s Americanah

     

    Jen’s Picks

    *Cormac McCarthy’s The Road

    *Valeria Luiselli’s Lost Children Archive

     

    Sara’s Picks

    *J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows

    *​Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven

     

    other mentions 

    *Camp TOB 

     

    Check out what's coming up next.

     

    want to support unabridged?

    Become a patron on Patreon.​

    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram.

    Like and follow our Facebook Page.

    Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter.

    Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on iTunes or on Stitcher.

    Check us out on Podbean.

    25 min

About Unabridged: A Book Podcast

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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…