Unabridged: A Book Podcast

I'm Always Here for That: YA To-Be-Read Lists (Short)

works mentioned in episode
*Jen -
*Neal Shusterman's Scythe 
*Tahereh Mafi 's Shatter Me series
 
*Ashley - 
*Leigh Bardugo's Wonder Woman: Warbringer
*Danielle Paige's Dorothy Must Die series
 
*Sara - 
*Jenny Han's To All the Boys I've Loved Before series
*Lance Rubin's Denton Little's Deathdate
 
other mentions
*Neal Shusterman's Challenger Deep, also his Unwind series
*Book Smugglers Blog
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Don't Get in That Car: Tara Westover's EDUCATED (Book Club)

Tara Westover's Educated
 
timeline
*Introduction and Summary of the Book: 0:00 - 01:10
*Main Discussion: 01:11 - 51:47
*​Book Pairings: 51:57 - 58:39
*Classroom Connections: 58:40 - 63:05
book pairings 
*Jen - Jeannette Walls's The Glass Castle
*Ashley - Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible
*Sara - Ruth Warimer's The Sound of Gravel
*Ruth Reichl's Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table
other mentions in classroom connections
*Sara - Dave Pelzer's A Child Called "It"
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The Longest Short Episode Ever: Book-to-Film Adaptation of Angie Thomas's THE HATE U GIVE (Short)

Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give
 
 
mentioned in episode
*Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give (the book)
*The Hate U Give (film)
*Tanisha C. Ford's "The Complexity of Black Girlhood Is at the Heart of The Hate U Give"
*David Canfield's "The Hate U Give author Angie Thomas on why it's wrong to ban her Black Lives Matter novel"
*Kyle Buchanan's "With One Strong Word, ‘The Hate U Give’ Couldn’t Hold Its Tongue"
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A Chill Up the Back of Your Neck: Spooky Reads (Short)

works mentioned in episode
*Jen -
*Samanta Schweblin's Fever Dream
*Libba Bray's The Diviners
*Rin Chupeco's The Girl in the Well
 
*Ashley - 
*Stephen King's Bag of Bones
*Stephanie Perkins's There's Someone Inside Your House
*Short story - William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily"
 
*Sara - 
*Shea Ernshaw's The Wicked Deep
*Justina Ireland's Dread Nation
*Short story - Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tale-Tell Heart"
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Part of My Personality: Anne Bogel Highlights - READING PEOPLE and I'D RATHER BE READING (Highlight)

timeline
*Introduction and Summary of the Book: 00:00 - 01:24
*Reading People: How Seeing the World through the Lenses of Personality Changes Everything: 01:24 - 35:42
*I'd Rather Be Reading: the Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life: 35:52 - 63:46
other mentions
*The Popcast podcast with Jamie and Knox
*Susan Cain's Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking
*Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile's The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery
*Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Blood and Bone
*John Green's The Fault in Our Stars
*Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air
*Nina Riggs's The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying
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Our Children Making Their Rounds: Bring Your Own Book Game #2 (Short)

Prompt #1: A phrase that would be extra creepy if you whispered it.
*Jen - Fredrik Backman's Us Against You 
*Ashley - Sarah J. Maas's Throne of Glass 
*Sara - Shea Ernshaw's The Wicked Deep 
Prompt #2: The Name of a Popular New Indy Band
*Sara - Jennifer Reece's Make the Bread, Buy the Butter
*Ashley - Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
*Jen - Hannah Pittard's Visible Empire 
​​Prompt #3: A Rejected Catch Phrase from a Nineties Sitcom
*Jen - Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre 
*Sara - Amy Kaufman's Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure
*Ashley - Yann Martel's Life of Pi  
Other Mentions
*So Many Damn Books Podcast​​
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Every Time I've Read It I've Found Something New to Love: Angie Thomas's THE HATE U GIVE (Book Club)

Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give
Note: We read a few passages from the text of the novel that include strong language.
 
timeline
*Introduction and Summary of The Hate U Give: 0:00 - 02:10
*Main Discussion: 02:10 - 53:56
*​Book Pairings:  54:06 - 63:26
*Classroom Connections: 63:27 - 69:35
book pairings
*Jen - Gabrielle Union's We're Going to Need More Wine
*Sara - Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil's The Girl Who Smiled Beads
*Ashley - Nic Stone's Dear Martin
​books mentioned in classroom connections​​
*Sara - Jason Reynolds's Long Way Down
*Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird​
*Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely's All American Boys
other works mentioned ​​
*Book Riot's "Is it Time to Retire To Kill a Mockingbird?" by Jennifer Marer
*Jesmyn Ward's Sing, Unburied, Sing
*Jason Reynolds's books
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"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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