Unabridged: A Book Podcast

A Giant Pile: Anticipated Books for 2019 (Short)

Podcast Episode 57 - A Giant Pile: Anticipated Books for 2019
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our anticipated reads
*Jen -
*Helen Oyeyemi’s Gingerbread
*Dane Huckelbridge’s No Beast So Fierce
*Karen Thompson Walker’s The Dreamers
*Patrick Rothfuss’s Doors of Stone
*Rainbow Rowell’s Wayward Son
*Leigh Bardugo's King of Scars
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*Ashley - 
*Myquillyn Smith’s The Cozy Minimalist Home
*Angie Thomas's On the Come Up
*Laini Taylor’s Muse of Nightmares
*Yara Zgheib’s The Girls at 17 Swann Street
*Children’s book - Kwame Alexander's The Undefeated, illustrated by Kadir Nelson
 
*Sara - 
*Taylor Jenkins Reid's Daisy Jones and the Six
*Busy Phillips’s This Will Only Hurt a Little 
*Tommy Orange’s There, There
*Tracey Garvis Graves’s The Girl He Used to Know
other mentions
*Taylor Jenkins Reid's The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
*Myquillyn Smith's The Nesting Place
*Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give
*Dane Huckelbridge's Castle of Water
*John Vaillant's The Tiger
*Karen Thompson Walker’s The Age of Miracles 
*Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Blood and Bone and Children of Virtue and Vengeance
*Laini Taylor's Strange the Dreamer
*Rainbow Rowell's Carry On and Eleanor and Park
*Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom
*Leigh Bardugo's Grisha series, starting with Shadow and Bone
 
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I Will Qualify Them All: Unabridged Awards (Highlight)

favorites by category mentioned in episode
*Jen -
*Most devastating, gorgeous novel that alternates between time periods - Rebecca Makkai’s The Great Believers
*Most satisfying end of a long series that I’ve been reading for years - Sarah J. Maas’s Kingdom of Ash
 
*Ashley - 
*Best memoir that left me tearing up every five minutes - Michelle Obama’s Becoming
*Best YA verse novel that includes brilliant slam poetry - Elizabeth Acevedo’s The Poet X
 
*Sara - 
*Best book I thought I would hate, but ended up LOVING - Rebecca Serle’s The Dinner List
*Most compelling non-fiction that I have read in a LONG time. - John Carreyrou’s Bad Blood​
not my cup of tea
*Ashley - Angelo Surmelis’s The Dangerous Art of Blending In
*Jen - Ariel Lawhon’s I Was Anastasia
*Sara - Emily Giffin’s All We Ever Wanted
favorites by category - children's books 
*Ashley - A book I’ve decided my girls will absolutely have to read (I hope… fingers crossed that they will like it) - Kelly Barnhill’s The Girl Who Drank the Moon
*Jen - A book I immediately had to read with my son - Jacqueline Woodson’s Harbor Me
*Sara - A book filled with nostalgia that I HAD to share with my kids  - Barbara Robinson's The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
favorites from the podcast
*Ashley - Emily X. R. Pan’s The Astonishing Color of After
*Jen - Tara Westover’s Educated
*Sara - Dane Huckelbridge’s Castle of Water
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A Part of Our History: Justina Ireland's DREAD NATION (Book Club)

Justina Ireland's Dread Nation
 
timeline
*Introduction and Summary of the Book: 0:00 - 02:10
*Main Discussion: 02:11 - 40:54
*​Book Pairings: 40:55 - 46:17
*Classroom Connections: 46:18 - 49:04
book pairings 
*Jen - Patrick Ness’s The Knife of Never Letting Go
*Ashley - Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone (Listen to our podcast episode here)
*Sara - Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments series
other mentions 
*The Walking Dead TV series
*Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games
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Not Guilty Enough: Confessing Our Literary Sins (Short)

mentioned in episode
*Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
*Jane Austen's Emma
*Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre
*F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby​
 
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Holiday Wrap-Up! (Short)

In this special holiday episode, we're wrapping up three of our favorite Unabridged Short Story episodes!timeline​Click the episode title to access show notes:
*Episode 35, "Books We Don't Recommend but Would Love to Discuss" (01:33 - 14:26)
*Episode 33, "Guilty Pleasure Reads" (14:36 - 26:55)
*Episode 31, "Book-to-Screen Adaptations" (27:04 - end)
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Our Confessions Being Made: Beat the Holiday Reading Slump (Highlight)

children's anthologies mentioned in episode
*Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls edited by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
*We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson
anthologies mentioned in episode
Jen -
*Here We Are: 44 Voices Write, Draw, and Speak about Feminism for the Real World edited by Kelly Jensen
*Flying Lessons & Other Stories edited by Ellen Oh
*Three Sides of a Heart: Stories about Love Triangles edited by Natalie C. Parker
 
Ashley - 
*#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women edited Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale
*Anthology of Motherhood edited by Rachel Piercey and Emma Wright
*Because I Was a Girl edited by Melissa de la Cruz
 
Sara - 
*Girls Write Now: Two Decades of True Stories by Young Female Voices edited by Girls Write Now
*All the Women in My Family Sing: Women Write the World: Essays on Equality, Justice, and Freedom (Nothing But the Truth So Help Me God) edited by Deborah Santana and America Ferrera
*My True Love Gave to Me: 12 Holiday Stories edited by Stephanie Perkins
other mentions
*Chimamanda Ngozi's We Should All Be Feminists
*Women of NASA Lego Set
*You Should Meet Collector's Set: Women Who Launched the Computer Age; Mae Jemison; Misty Copeland; Jesse Owens; Duke Kahanamoku; Katherine Johnson 
*Barack Obama's Of Thee I Sing
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It Is Just So Precious: Our Kids' Current Reads (Short)

works mentioned in episode
Jen -
--> 11-year-old
*Stuart Gibbs’s series, particularly Spy School books
*Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid
*Christopher Paolini’s Eragon
 
--> 8-year-old
*Jeff Smith’s Bone series
*Geronimo Stilton’s Kingdom of Fantasy series
*Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series 
 
Ashley - 
--> 2-year-old and 4-year-old
*Susan Verde and artist Peter H. Reynolds’s I Am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness 
*Susan Verde and artist Peter H. Reynolds’s I Am Human: A Book of Empathy
*Sheila Hamanaka’s All the Colors of the Earth
*Barack Obama’s Of Thee I Sing with illustrations by Loren Long
 
Sara -
-->10-year-old
*Jason Reynolds’s Miles Morales Spiderman
*Stephen McCranie’s Mal and Chad graphic novels 
 
-->7-year-old
*Jennifer Fosberry’s My Name Is Not Isabella: Just How Big Can a Little Girl Dream?
*Meghan McCarthy's Dare Devil: The Daring Life of Betty Skeleton
*Lina Maslo’s Free as a Bird: The Story of Malala
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These Random People at Dinner: Gretchen Anthony's EVERGREEN TIDINGS FROM THE BAUMGARTNERS (Book Club)

Spoilers are inevitable throughout our discussion, so consider whether or not to listen if you haven't yet read the book, Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners!​timeline
*Introduction and Summary of the Book: 0:00 - 01:13
*Main Discussion: 01:13 - 33:43
*​Book Pairings: 33:53 - 43:15
*Classroom Connections: 43:15 - 45:38
book pairings 
*Jen - Helen Hanff's 84, Charing Cross Road 
*Ashley - Jenny Han's To All the Boys I've Loved Before
*Sara - Josie Silver's One Day in December
other mentions 
*Gilmore Girls TV series
*Cath Crowley's Words in Deep Blue
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I've Developed a Serious Mug Habit: Bookish Gift Ideas for the Holidays (Short)

bookish gifts and online shops
*Blue Q socks - cute, bookish, quotable socks
*The Mountain Thread Company  - coiled rope baskets and totes 
*Riddle’s Tea Shoppe - book themed teas including teas that focus on Harry Potter connections
*Modern Mrs. Darcy shop - book darts, journals, pens, and classes
*Book Riot store - socks, books, t-shirts, and collections
*Carrot Top Paper Shop on Etsy - artistic mugs, postcards, prints, and bookmarks focusing on literary heroines and quotes
*Kulana Stickers on Etsy - personalized vinyl stickers
*Bibliophile pullover from New Vintage Embroidery
great gift books
*Jane Mount's My Ideal Bookshelf and Bibliophile
*Annie Spence's Dear Fahrenheit 451
*Anne Bogel's I'd Rather Be Reading
*Knox McCoy's The Wondering Years
*Rick Riordan's illustrated Percy Jackson books
*Jim Kay's illustrated versions of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter books 1, 2, and 3 
book subscriptions mentioned in episode
*Book of the Month Club - gift options linked here 
*Owl Crate and Owl Crate Junior
*Capsule Books 
*Once Upon a Book Club ​
other book subscription services
*LitJoyCrate
*Bad People Book Club
*An article from the Washington Post highlighting the best book subscriptions of 2018
​reminder about discount codes 
*Once Upon a Book Club ​- Use the discount code UNABRIDGED to receive a 10% discount on your purchase.
*The Mountain Thread Company - Use the discount code UNABRIDGED to receive a 15% discount on your purchase. Offer expires after 12/28. 
*Capsule Books - Use the discount code ESCAPE15 to receive a 15% discount on your purchase.
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Stay the Course and Go for It: Graphic Novels and Comic Collections (Highlight)

works mentioned in episode
*Jen -
*March Trilogy by John Lewis with Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell
*Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
*Runaways by Rainbow Rowell and Kris Anka
*Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8 by Joss Whedon  (Author), Georges Jeanty (Illustrator), Andy Owens (Illustrator), Jo Chen (Illustrator)
*American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
*This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
 
*Ashley - 
*Blankets by Craig Thompson
*Alone by Christophe Chabouté
*Illegal by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin, and illustrated by Giovanni Rigano
*La Perdida by Jessica Abel 
 
*Sara - 
*El Deafo by Cece Bell
*Middle School Is Worse than Meatloaf by Jennifer L. Holm and illustrator Elicia Castaldi
*Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
*Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral​
other mentions
*Saga by Brian Vaughan and Fiona Staples
*Maus by Art Spiegelman
*Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables and the graphic novel adaptation (Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel by Mariah Marsden and Brenna Thummler) 
*Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke and Bone series
*Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
*Rick Riordan's graphic novels
*Griffin and Sabine by Nick Bantock
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