Patreon Preview - Book-to-Film Adaptation, Discussion of Stephenie Meyer's TWILIGHT

In this Unabridged episode, we give listeners a sneak peek into some of the content that we share on Patreon each month. In this one, after our bookish check-in, we share Jen and Sara's book-to-film adaptation discussion of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight. Don't miss the fun trivia! Stick around for the give me one where we share the best concerts we've ever attended!
 
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Brandy Colbert’s The Voting Booth
Jen - Nadia Hashimi’s The Pearl that Broke Its Shell (@readwithtoni buddy read; check out our episode with Toni)
Sara - Lamar Giles’s Not So Pure and Simple
 
Mentioned in Episode
Tayari Jones’s An American Marriage
Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight and the film adaptation
The Lost Boys
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Give Me One - Best Concert We've Attended
Ashley - U2 (with Nelly Furtado as the opening act)
Jenv- Goo Goo Dolls / No Doubt / Bush
Sarav- Goo Dollsv/ Bon Jovi
 
 
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Great Book Recommendations - Our Season 4 Recs for Each Other

In today's episode of the Unabridged Podcast, we each do our best to recommend a book that our friends and co-hosts will love. Be sure to listen to our Bookish Check-in and our Give Me One, where we pick a favorite karaoke song.
 
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Thanhha Lai’s Inside Out and Back Again
Jen - Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic (@bookishladiesclub buddy read)
Sara - Lori Gottlieb’s Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
 
Main Discussion - Our Recs for Each Other
Ashley's Pick for Jen - Pénélope Bagieu’s Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World
Ashley's Pick for Sara - Dhonielle Clayton’s The Belles
Jen's Pick for Ashley - Kiley Reid’s Such a Fun Age
Jen's Pick for Sara - Rachel DeLoache Williams’s My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress
Sara's Pick for Ashley - R. Eric Thomas's Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America
Sara's Pick for Jen - Sharon Huss Roat’s How to Disappear
 
Give Me One - Song We’d Sing at Karaoke
Ashley - Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline”
Jen - “You’ll Be Back” from Hamilton
Sara - Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" and Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer”
 
Other Mentions
Dhonielle Clayton's The Everlasting Rose
 
 
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Dive into Nonfiction Reads

In this Unabridged podcast episode, we talk all things nonfiction, and we each make recommendations for nonfiction reads to dive into that we've loved. We talk about Kirkland Hamill's Filthy Beasts, Kiese Layman's Heavy, Knox McCoy's All Things Reconsidered, and Phuc Tran’s Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In. As always, we find ways to talk about more books, too, and have lots of fun during our discussion. If you're interested in nonfiction reads, be sure to join us for our September book club choice, Chanel Miller's Know My Name.
 
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Marie Lu’s Rebel
Jen - Adrienne Kisner’s Six Angry Girls
Sara - Chanel Miller’s Know My Name
 
Our Picks
Ashley - Kiese Laymon’s Heavy: An American Memoir
Jen - Phuc Tran’s Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In
Sara - Knox McCoy’s All Things Reconsidered
 
Mentioned in Episode
Kirkland Hamill's Filthy Beasts
Marie Lu's Legend, Prodigy and Champion
The Popcast
Episode 135 with Morgan Hoit, @NYCBookGirl, from Avid Reader Press
Episode 137, Stamped Book Club Discussion
Hamilton
Knox McCoy's The Wondering Years
 
Give Me One - What We Wanted to Be When We Grew Up
Jen - a nurse
Ashley - marine biologist
Sara - fashion designer
 
 
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Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi’s STAMPED: RACISM, ANTIRACISM, AND YOU - August 2020 Book Club

In this Unabridged Book Club discussion, we talk about Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You. This phenomenal book is a remix for young people of Kendi’s original Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, and we all felt that it was a phenomenal read and is such a great fit for the classroom.
 
Bookish Check-In
Ashley - Tiffany D. Jackson’s Monday’s Not ComingJen - Robert Kolker’s Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American FamilySara - Sheila Williams’s The Secret Women 
 
Book Pairings
 
Ashley - Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele’s When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
Jen - Kwame Mbalia’s Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
Sara - Nic Stone’s Dear Martin and Rita Williams-Garcia’s One Crazy Summer
 
Give Me One - Favorite Dessert
 
Ashley - Oreo Ice Cream Dessert (This recipe is similar to the handwritten one I have)
Jen - Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars
Sara - Ice cream, but Sara also recommends Monster Cookie Dough Dip
 
Other Mentions
 
Tiffany D. Jackson's Allegedly
Jamie Golden with The Popcast
@readwithtoni buddy read for Hidden Valley Road (Don't miss our episode with Toni!)
the Hamilton musical
Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy
Unabridged Episode - Great Books for the Classroom Written by Black Authors
Revisionist History episode, "The Lady Vanishes" (Note: In the episode, Jen mentions a Freakonomics episode about the Prime Minister of New Zealand and says she'll check on the link. This episode of Revisionist History, about the Prime Minister of Australia, is the correct reference.)
Ibram X. Kendi's interview on Armchair Expert
 
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