"Frantically Reading": Book-to-Film Adaptation of Kevin Kwan's CRAZY RICH ASIANS (Short)

mentioned in episode
*Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians (the book)
*IMDB - Crazy Rich Asians
*PRI Article about the Casting Call  - "What Happens When You Let Everyone in the World Audition for a Hollywood Studio Film"
*The Popcast with Knox and Jamie​​
 
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Phenomenal in Scope: Global Read Aloud with LOVE, HATE & OTHER FILTERS, AMAL UNBOUND, and REFUGEE (Highlight)

We tried to go very light on the spoilers in this #unabridgedhighlights episode, but a few minor spoilers were hard to avoid as we revealed what we loved about these books.​timeline
*Introduction and Overview of Episode: 00:00 - 00:54
*Samira Ahmed's Love, Hate, and Other Filters: 00:55 - 16:30
*Aisha Saeed's Amal Unbound: 16:40 - 39:20
*Alan Gratz's Refugee: 39:32 - 57:33
other mentions
*Clemantine Wamariya's The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After (with Elizabeth Weil)
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I Love the Love Story: Lit Chat Game #4 (Short)

the question​If you could be inserted into a romantic relationship in any book, which one would you choose, and which character are you in this literary love affair?​Like this idea?  Pick up your own copy of the Lit Chat game, conversation starters about books and life, created by the geniuses at Book Riot.  We loved our first round and look forward to more questions on our short story episodes.
 
books mentioned in episode
*Jen - Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl
*Ashley - Elizabeth Acevedo's The Poet X
*Sara - Gayle Forman's If I Stay and Where She Went (and Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series)
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Dude! What Is Wrong With You? Erika Sanchez's I AM NOT YOUR PERFECT MEXICAN DAUGHTER (Book Club)

timeline
*Introduction and Summary of the Book: 0:00 - 01:26
*Main Discussion: 01:26 - 33:39
*​Book Pairings: 34:44 - 40:49
*Classroom Connections: 40:26 - 44:05
 
book pairings
*Jen - ​​​J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye
*Sara - Holly Sloan's Counting by Sevens
*Ashley - Celeste Ng's Everything I Never Told You​
​other books mentioned
Renee Watson's Piecing Me Together
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It'll Be a Surprise!: Season 2 Launch (Short)

In this episode, we're sharing some exciting changes that are coming your way for season two of Unabridged. Among them, some big changes include
*Unabridged Book Club - Each month, we'll read a book together and will have online discussions via Facebook and Instagram, and we'll start having in person meetings in Harrisonburg, VA, beginning in October. #unabridgedbookclub
*Unabridged Highlights - On the third week of each month, we'll have a feature episode highlighting an author, event, social issue, or topic related to the book world. Our first example of this was our episode highlighting three of Jason Reynolds's books, Ghost, When I Was the Greatest, and Long Way Down. #unabridgedhighlights
​*Also in Season Two -
-->Patreon - We now have a Patreon page and look forward to providing swag and extra content for our Patreon supporters. These funds from our supporters will help us do more giveaways, provide more support for classroom libraries, and dive deeper into the podcast.
-->Unabridged Shorts - We're excited to continue with our Unabridged Shorts Episodes this season and look forward to expanding and deepening those topics as this season progresses. #unabridgedshorts
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Who Has the Right to Judge?: Books We Don't Necessarily Recommend but Are Dying to Discuss (Short)

main books mentioned
*Jen - Tara Isabella Burton's Social Creature
*Sara -  Bryn Greenwood's All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
*Ashley - Paul Pen's The Light of the Fireflies
​other works mentioned
*Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley 
*John Lutz's Single White Female
*E. Lockhart's Genuine Fraud
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Everything Is Linked: Jason Reynolds Highlight - LONG WAY DOWN, GHOST, and WHEN I WAS THE GREATEST (Highlight)

**We're having a giveaway of SEVEN (yes, seven!) Jason Reynolds books from Wednesday, August 15, through Wednesday, August 22.  Check Instagram (@unabridgedpod) and Facebook (facebook.com/unabridgedpod) for details and to enter.** 
 
timeline
*Introduction and Summary of the Book: 00:00 - 02:15
*A Long Way Down: 02:15 - 15:31
*Ghost: 15:41 - 26:47
*When I Was the Greatest: 26:57 - 43:28
*Classroom Connections: 43:28 - 47:50
other mentions
*T. S. Eliot's The Hollow Men
*Jason Reynolds's As Brave as You
*Jason Reynolds and Brennan Kiely's All American Boys
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I Missed that Train: Favorite Guilty Pleasure Reads (Short)

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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Describe That in Detail: Tiffany Haddish's THE LAST BLACK UNICORN (Book Club)

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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My Worst Fears Were Realized: Book-to-Screen Adaptations (Short)

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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