Unabridged: A Book Podcast

Laurie Frankel's This Is How It Always Is

Episode 21

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: 0:00-0:34

*Main Discussion: 0:35-25:23

*​Book Pairings: 25:31-35:15

*Classroom Connections: 35:16-41:22

book pairings & other connections

*Jen - R. J. Palacio's Wonder

*Ashley - David Levithan's Every Day

*Sara - John Green and David Levithan's Will Grayson, Will Grayson

*Jenni - Monica McInerny's Hello from the Gillespies

*Check out this great NPR article with Laurie Frankel

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books mentioned

*Jen - Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale

*Jenni - Susan Beth Pfeffer's Life As We Knew It

*Ashley - Marie Lu's Legend

*Sara - Ally Condie's Matched

*Lois Lowry's  The Giver series

*Veronica Roth's Divergent Series

*Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games series​

*Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale television series

*Marie Lu's Prodigy

*Marie Lu's Champion

*Susan Beth Pfeffer's The Dead and the Gone

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Favorite Dystopian Novels (Short Story Episode)

books mentioned

*Jen - Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale

*Jenni - Susan Beth Pfeffer's Life As We Knew It

*Ashley - Marie Lu's Legend

*Sara - Ally Condie's Matched

other works mentioned

*Lois Lowry's  The Giver series

*Veronica Roth's Divergent Series

*Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games series​

*Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale television series

*Marie Lu's Prodigy

*Marie Lu's Champion

*Susan Beth Pfeffer's The Dead and the Gone

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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!

timeline

*Introduction and Summary of the Book: 0:00-01:08

*Main Discussion: 01:08-45:17

*​Book Pairings: 46:03-51:06

*Classroom Connections: 51:07-54:39

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book pairings

*Jen - ​​​Toni Morrison's Beloved

*Sara - Laurie Halse Anderson's The Impossible Knife of Memory

*Ashley - Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior

other mentions

*Kelly Jensen's podcast - Hey YA

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Emily X. R. Pan's The Astonishing Color of After

Episode 19

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: 0:00-01:08

*Main Discussion: 01:08-45:17

*​Book Pairings: 46:03-51:06

*Classroom Connections: 51:07-54:39

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book pairings

*Jen - ​​​Toni Morrison's Beloved

*Sara - Laurie Halse Anderson's The Impossible Knife of Memory

*Ashley - Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior

other mentions

*Kelly Jensen's podcast - Hey YA

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books mentioned

*Sara - Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See

*Jen - J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series

*Ashley - Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give

*Jenni - R.J. Palacio's Wonder

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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: 0:00-0:57

*Main Discussion: 0:58-29:10

*​Book Pairings: 29:20-38:20

*Classroom Connections: 38:21-44:30

*Sara - Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give

*Jenni - Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken

*Ashley - Brit Bennett's The Mothers

*Jen - Claire Fuller's Swimming Lessons​

*Alan Gratz's Refugee

*Cynthia Kadohata's Half a World Away

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Siobhan Fallon's Confusion of Languages

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: 0:00-0:57

*Main Discussion: 0:58-29:10

*​Book Pairings: 29:20-38:20

*Classroom Connections: 38:21-44:30

book pairings

*Sara - Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give

*Jenni - Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken

*Ashley - Brit Bennett's The Mothers

*Jen - Claire Fuller's Swimming Lessons​

other works mentioned

*Alan Gratz's Refugee

*Cynthia Kadohata's Half a World Away

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books mentioned

*Jenni - Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

*Sara - Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge

*Ashley - E. Lockhart's We Were Liars

*Jen - Elizabeth Wein's Code Name Verity

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*Elizabeth Strout's My Name Is Lucy Barton​

*J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series

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Unpopular Opinion Alert (Short Story Episode)

books mentioned

*Jenni - Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

*Sara - Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge

*Ashley - E. Lockhart's We Were Liars

*Jen - Elizabeth Wein's Code Name Verity

​
other books mentioned

*Elizabeth Strout's My Name Is Lucy Barton​

*J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series

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