Unabridged: A Book Podcast

2020-03

Episodes

Wednesday Mar 25, 2020

In this episode, we consider books that we'd recommend to students as great choices to read independently. As the world around us has drastically changed and continues changing, we decided on this topic and talked about some of our favorites, including R. J. Palacio's Wonder, Jenny Han's To All the Boys I've Loved Before series, Nicola Yoon's books, and anything by Jason Reynolds, as well as some other favorites. We focus our discussion on books we think students can access without teacher support and on books that are not extremely heavy but leave the reader with a sense of hope. (We shared our long list on our Bookish Faves post this past Monday.) Be sure to let us know ones you'd recommend on the comments here or on our Instagram posts.
 
Our Recommendations
R. J. Palacio’s Wonder
Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (Ep 90)
Jason Reynolds’s Track series or When I Was the Greatest (or any of his other works) (Ep 34)
John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down
Nicola Yoon’s Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star (Ep 75 - book-to-film adaptation)
Victoria Jamieson’s Roller Girl
Cece Bell’s El Deafo
Raina Telgemeier’s Drama and Guts
Julie Murphy's Dumplin’  (Ep 63 about the book & Ep 64 about the adaptation)
David Yoon’s Frankly in Love
 
Other Mentions
Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman’s Dry
R. J. Palacio’s Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories (including The Julian Chapter), White Bird: A Wonder Story
Click here to view the discussion between Jason Reynolds and Laurie Halse Anderson from Virginia Festival of the Book 2019
 
Give Me One - Something that Makes Us Happy
Jen - flowering trees and spring
Sara - red wine
Ashley - roller coasters
 
Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
 
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Wednesday Mar 18, 2020

In this episode, we had the wonderful experience of interviewing Whitney Conard from The Unread Shelf. She joins us for our bookish check-in (we're big Camille Pagán fans!), shares the origin story of The Unread Shelf Project, and offers tips to help all of us pare down those burdensome stacks of unread books. We round out our discussion with our "Give Me One" segment, talking about our favorite teas.
Bookish Check In
Jen - Camille Pagán’s Forever Is the Worst Long Time (on audio; narrator Timothy Andrés Pabon)
Sara - Knox McCoy’s All Things Reconsidered
Ashley - Helen Hoang’s The Bride Test
Whitney - Camille Pagán's This Won’t End Well
 
Other Mentions
The Popcast
Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Persephone Books
The Little Free Library program
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
Anne Cleeves - The Long Call
The Unread Shelf
Whitney's Email Course
Whitney's Post about Bookish App Recommendations
Join Whitney on this Journey - # theunreadsshelf + the year
Anne Bogel's podcast What Should I Read Next? - The life-changing magic of clearing your unread shelf
Madeline with Top Shelf Text on Instagram
 
Whitney's Top Tips for Your Unread Shelves
Count your unread books
Put all of the unread books in one place
Prioritize the top reads for you
Figure out your barriers and figure out how to overcome them
JUST READ!
 
Give Me One - Favorite Teas
Sara - Harney & Sons’ Hot Cinnamon Spice Tea (Black Tea with Orange and Sweet Clove), Herbal Element tea company
Ashley - Chai (Equal Exchange Organic Chai, 20-Count - Pack of 3)
Jen - Peppermint tea when sick
Whitney's recommendations - Irish Breakfast or Assam blend for coffee drinkers, Simpson and Vail tea company's author line (especially Jane Austen blend), Celestial Seasoning's Bengal Spice
 
Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.
 
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Wednesday Mar 11, 2020

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.
 
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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.

Wednesday Mar 04, 2020

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.
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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.

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