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- Author Interview for Claire Handscombe's UNSCRIPTED -- A "Smart Beach Read"
In this Unabridged Podcast episode, the Unabridged team had an amazing opportunity to interview author and podcaster of The Brit Lit Podcast Claire Handscombe about her book Unscripted. Claire describes her debut novel as a "smart beach read."
Sara, Jen, and Ashley all read Unscripted and were delighted to have an opportunity to discuss the work, her love of The West Wing, and writing in general, with Claire.discussion
- Spoiler-free section: 0:00 - 29:22
- Spoiler section: 29:22 - 44:26
mentions
*Libby Page's The Lido
*A. J. Pierce's Dear Mrs. Bird
*Adelle Waldman's The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P
*Martha Alderson's The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master
*Martha Alderson's Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-Step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories
*The West Wing Weekly Podcast
*The Brit Lit Podcast
*The West Wing TV series
*Notting Hill film
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46 min - Worth All the Tears - That Book Enriched My LifeIn this #unabridgedshort episode, we recommend books that made us cry--we're talking ugly tears!--but are worth the sorrow that accompanies them. These are favorite books that made us feel all the things. Want a cathartic experience? Pick up one of these brilliantly evocative novels.We also invite you to share some of your favorite tear jerkers. What books have made you cry but been worth it? Let us know @unabridgedpod!our recommendations--> Ashley*Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You*Jennifer Niven’s All the Bright Places--> Jen*Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close*Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner--> Sara*John Green's The Fault in Our Stars*Rachael Lippincott's Five Feet Apart with Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconisalso mentioned*Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns*Khaled Hosseini's And the Mountains Echoed*Beth Vrabel's Caleb and KitCheck 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.27 min
- Worth All the Tears - That Book Enriched My Life
In this #unabridgedshort episode, we recommend books that made us cry--we're talking ugly tears!--but are worth the sorrow that accompanies them. These are favorite books that made us feel all the things. Want a cathartic experience? Pick up one of these brilliantly evocative novels.
We also invite you to share some of your favorite tear jerkers. What books have made you cry but been worth it? Let us know @unabridgedpod!our recommendations
--> Ashley
*Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You
*Jennifer Niven’s All the Bright Places
--> Jen
*Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
*Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner
--> Sara
*John Green's The Fault in Our Stars
*Rachael Lippincott's Five Feet Apart with Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis
also mentioned*Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns
*Khaled Hosseini's And the Mountains Echoed
*Beth Vrabel's Caleb and Kit
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27 min - Graeme Simsion's THE ROSIE PROJECT - Immerse Yourself in the Way He Sees the World
Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Project is our Unabridged Book Club pick this month. In The Rosie Project, professor Don Tillman has embarked on a mission -- his plan is to find a suitable life partner. He decides to create an extensive questionnaire for female candidates to complete and dubs the quest “The Wife Project.” Along comes Rosie Jarman, who is far from suitable according to the questionnaire. However, she and Don get swept up in another joint project, the quest to find her biological father. Drama ensues.
Spoilers are inevitable throughout our Book Club discussion, so consider whether or not to listen if you haven't yet read the book The Rosie Project!
timeline*Introduction: 00:00 - 01:35
*The Rosie Project: 01:35 - 41:29
*Book Pairings: 41:39 - 48:31
*Classroom Connections: 48:32 - 53:12
book pairings*Ashley - Cory Ann Haydu's OCD Love Story
*Jen - Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
*Sara - Helen Hoang’s The Kiss Quotient
other mentions*Daniel Tammet’s Born on A Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant
*Monica Wood's The One-in-a-Million Boy (Listen to our episode here!)
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54 min - Graeme Simsion's THE ROSIE PROJECT - Immerse Yourself in the Way He Sees the World
Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Project is our Unabridged Book Club pick this month. In The Rosie Project, professor Don Tillman has embarked on a mission -- his plan is to find a suitable life partner. He decides to create an extensive questionnaire for female candidates to complete and dubs the quest “The Wife Project.” Along comes Rosie Jarman, who is far from suitable according to the questionnaire. However, she and Don get swept up in another joint project, the quest to find her biological father. Drama ensues.
Spoilers are inevitable throughout our Book Club discussion, so consider whether or not to listen if you haven't yet read the book The Rosie Project!
timeline*Introduction: 00:00 - 01:35
*The Rosie Project: 01:35 - 41:29
*Book Pairings: 41:39 - 48:31
*Classroom Connections: 48:32 - 53:12
book pairings*Ashley - Cory Ann Haydu's OCD Love Story
*Jen - Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
*Sara - Helen Hoang’s The Kiss Quotient
other mentions*Daniel Tammet’s Born on A Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant
*Monica Wood's The One-in-a-Million Boy (Listen to our episode here!)
Check out what's coming up next.want to support unabridged?
Become a patron on Patreon.Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram.
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54 min - Rachael Lippincott's FIVE FEET APART Book-to-Film Adaptation - Maybe It Is that Star-Crossed Lovers ThingIn this Unabridged Short episode, we discuss the book-to-film adaptation of Five Feet Apart, a book that began as a screenplay. Our opinions about both the book and the film vary greatly, so check out our take on the film, and then let us know what you think on social media!mentioned in episode*Rachael Lippincott's Five Feet Apart with Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis (book)*Five Feet Apart (film)other resources*Shannon Maughan's "Moving on Up: 'Five Feet Apart'"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.33 min
- Rachael Lippincott's FIVE FEET APART Book-to-Film Adaptation - Maybe It Is that Star-Crossed Lovers Thing
In this Unabridged Short episode, we discuss the book-to-film adaptation of Five Feet Apart, a book that began as a screenplay. Our opinions about both the book and the film vary greatly, so check out our take on the film, and then let us know what you think on social media!
mentioned in episode
*Rachael Lippincott's Five Feet Apart with Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis (book)
*Five Feet Apart (film)
other resources*Shannon Maughan's "Moving on Up: 'Five Feet Apart'"
Check out what's coming up next.want to support unabridged?
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33 min - Virginia Festival of the Book (Jason Reynolds, Laurie Halse Anderson, and more!) - Loving Every MinuteIn this Unabridged podcast episode, we focus on our field trip to the Virginia Festival of the Book, held in Charlottesville, VA, from March 20-24. We offer our impressions of four sessions, including a dream conversation between Jason Reynolds and Laurie Halse Anderson and a serendipitous afternoon when we got to see the April Book Club Book authors Beth Macy (with Chris McGreal) and Jarrett Krosoczka in back-to-back sessions.You can find out more information about the annual festival here.timeline*American Addictions: Our Opioids Crisis: 00:00 - 11:31*Carol Troxell Reader: Jarrett Krosoczka: 11:31 - 17:51*Hate / Speech: Confronting Discrimination with Free Expression: 17:51 - 29:07*Writing Tough Topics with Laurie Halse Anderson and Jason Reynolds: 29:07 - 43:17books mentioned from VA Festival of the Book Authors*Beth Macy's Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America*Chris McGreal's American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts*Jarrett J. Krosoczka's Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction*Arjun Sethi's American Hate: Survivors Speak Out*Nadine Strossen's Hate Speech: Why We Should Resist it with Free Speech, Not Censorship*Laurie Halse Anderson's Shout*Jason Reynolds's Track seriesother mentions*Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of ColorblindnessCheck 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.45 min
- Virginia Festival of the Book (Jason Reynolds, Laurie Halse Anderson, and more!) - Loving Every Minute
In this Unabridged podcast episode, we focus on our field trip to the Virginia Festival of the Book, held in Charlottesville, VA, from March 20-24. We offer our impressions of four sessions, including a dream conversation between Jason Reynolds and Laurie Halse Anderson and a serendipitous afternoon when we got to see the April Book Club Book authors Beth Macy (with Chris McGreal) and Jarrett Krosoczka in back-to-back sessions.
You can find out more information about the annual festival here.timeline
*American Addictions: Our Opioids Crisis: 00:00 - 11:31
*Carol Troxell Reader: Jarrett Krosoczka: 11:31 - 17:51
*Hate / Speech: Confronting Discrimination with Free Expression: 17:51 - 29:07
*Writing Tough Topics with Laurie Halse Anderson and Jason Reynolds: 29:07 - 43:17
books mentioned from VA Festival of the Book Authors*Beth Macy's Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
*Chris McGreal's American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts
*Jarrett J. Krosoczka's Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction
*Arjun Sethi's American Hate: Survivors Speak Out
*Nadine Strossen's Hate Speech: Why We Should Resist it with Free Speech, Not Censorship
*Laurie Halse Anderson's Shout
*Jason Reynolds's Track series
other mentions*Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
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45 min - I Love to Eat! -- Cookbooks and Books about FoodIn this short Unabridged podcast episode, we share some of our favorite cookbooks and books about food. Each of us talks about how much cooking she does in her home (spoiler alert: one of us just doesn't cook). We also take on how working toward minimalism impacts our cookbook collections.Our choices range from memoir to investigative nonfiction to the plain old cookboook. We'd love to hear about your food-related recommendations on social media!our recommendationsAshley*Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home: Fast and Easy Recipes for Any Day*Archana Mundhe's The Essential Indian Instant Pot Cookbook *Irma S. Raumbauer's Joy of CookingJen*Bianca Bosker’s Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste *Julie Powell’s Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen*Elizabeth Bard’s Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with RecipesSara*Melissa Joulwan's Well Fed Weeknights: Complete Paleo Meals in 45 Minutes or Less*Jennifer Reese's Make the Bread, Buy the Butter: What You Should (and Shouldn't) Cook from Scratch to Save Time and Money*Michelle Smith's The Whole Smiths Good Food Cookbook: Whole30 Endorsed, Delicious Real Food Recipes to Cook All Year Longalso mentioned*Moosewood Cooks Website*Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal*What's Cooking in Japan?: Healthy Homestyle Recipes Cooked the Kikkoman Way*Naomi Kijima and Laura Driussi's Bento Boxes: Japanese Meals on the Go*Tokiko Suzuki's Japanese Homestyle Cooking*Ruth Reichl's Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table*Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Mealswant 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.34 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…
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