Unabridged: A Book Podcast

books / magazines / shows mentioned in episode

*Jen - Sally Thorne's The Hating Game / Nora Roberts' books 

*Sara - People magazine / Unreal series on Lifetime / Sophie Kinsella's Confessions of a Shopaholic / Amy Kaufman's Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure 

*Ashley - Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series / Sarah J. Maas's Throne of Glass series

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Spoilers are inevitable throughout our discussion, so consider whether or not to listen if you haven't yet read the book!

*Introduction and Summary of the Book: 0:00 - 01:10

*Main Discussion: 01:10 - 39:20

*​Book Pairings: 39:44 - 47:09

*Classroom Connections: 47:09 - 50:42

*Jen - Patricia Williams's Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat with contributing author Jeannine Amber

*The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon Prime Video

*Ashley - Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist

*Sara - Kevin Hart's I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons with contributing author Neil Strauss

*Sara - Cece Bell's El Deafo and Tim Tebow's Through My Eyes

*Jen - Trevor Noah's Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

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Tiffany Haddish's The Last Black Unicorn (Episode 32)

Spoilers are inevitable throughout our discussion, so consider whether or not to listen if you haven't yet read the book!

timeline

*Introduction and Summary of the Book: 0:00 - 01:10

*Main Discussion: 01:10 - 39:20

*​Book Pairings: 39:44 - 47:09

*Classroom Connections: 47:09 - 50:42

book pairings and other mentions

*Jen - Patricia Williams's Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat with contributing author Jeannine Amber

*The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon Prime Video

*Ashley - Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist

*Sara - Kevin Hart's I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons with contributing author Neil Strauss

other mentions in classroom connections​

*Sara - Cece Bell's El Deafo and Tim Tebow's Through My Eyes

*Jen - Trevor Noah's Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

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Not-So-Good Adaptations

*Sara - S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders (book/movie) AND Veronica Roth's Divergent Series (book/movie)

*Jen - Stephen King's The Dark Tower (book/movie)

*Ashley - Nicola Yoon's Everything, Everything (book/movie)

Awesome Adaptations

*Sara - John Green's The Fault in Our Stars (book/movie) AND J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series (books/movies)

*Jen - Mario Puzo's The Godfather (books/movies) AND Kass Morgan's The 100 (book/TV series)

*Ashley - J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit (book/movie)

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Spoilers are inevitable throughout our discussion, so consider whether or not to listen if you haven't yet read the book!

*Introduction and Summary of the Book: 0:00-1:02

*Main Discussion: 1:03-31:52

*​Book Pairings: 31:59-38:25

*Classroom Connections: 38:26-40:05

*Sara - Rodman Philbrick's Freak the Mighty

*Jen - Vince Vawter's Paperboy

*Ashley - David Levithan's Love Is the Higher Law

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Monica Wood's The One-in-a-Million Boy (Episode 30)

Spoilers are inevitable throughout our discussion, so consider whether or not to listen if you haven't yet read the book!

timeline

*Introduction and Summary of the Book: 0:00-1:02

*Main Discussion: 1:03-31:52

*​Book Pairings: 31:59-38:25

*Classroom Connections: 38:26-40:05

book pairings

*Sara - Rodman Philbrick's Freak the Mighty

*Jen - Vince Vawter's Paperboy

*Ashley - David Levithan's Love Is the Higher Law

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Prompt #1: Clear evidence that it's time to call the doctor.

*Sara - Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere

*Jen - Helen Hoang's The Kiss Quotient

*Ashley - Mindy McGinnis's Not a Drop to Drink

Prompt #2: A quote someone would use as an email signature.

*Jen - Sandhya Menon's From Twinkle with Love

*Ashley - Cassandra Clare's The Clockwork Angel

*Sara - Curtis Sittenfeld's You Think It, I'll Say It

Prompt #3: The Moral of the Story Is...

*Ashley - Helena Maria Viramontes's Under the Feet of Jesus

*Jen - Becky Albertalli's Leah on the Offbeat

*Sara - Fredrik Backman's Beartown

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Spoilers are inevitable throughout our discussion, so consider whether or not to listen if you haven't yet read the book!

*Introduction and Summary of the Book: 0:00-1:00

*Main Discussion: 1:01-35:49

*​Book Pairings: 36:00-43:56

*Classroom Connections: 43:57-49:50

*Jen - Wes Moore’s The Other Wes Moore

*Ashley - Marcus Sedgwick’s Midwinterblood

*Sara - Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere

*Jenni - Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Maybe in Another Life

*Jenni - Mary Rodgers’s Freaky Friday and A Billion for Boris

*Sara - Edward Bloor’s Tangerine

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Blake Crouch's Dark Matter (Episode 28)

​Spoilers are inevitable throughout our discussion, so consider whether or not to listen if you haven't yet read the book!

timeline

*Introduction and Summary of the Book: 0:00-1:00

*Main Discussion: 1:01-35:49

*​Book Pairings: 36:00-43:56

*Classroom Connections: 43:57-49:50

book pairings

*Jen - Wes Moore’s The Other Wes Moore

*Ashley - Marcus Sedgwick’s Midwinterblood

*Sara - Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere

*Jenni - Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Maybe in Another Life

books mentioned in classroom connections

*Jenni - Mary Rodgers’s Freaky Friday and A Billion for Boris

*Sara - Edward Bloor’s Tangerine

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books mentioned

*Sara - Rebecca Well's Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

*Jen -  Stephen King's Dark Tower series

*Ashley - Cassandra Clare's Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel, Clockwork Prince, Clockwork Princess (box set)

*Jenni - Jen Lancaster's Bitter is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry a Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office

other works mentioned

*J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series (of course!)

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