Unabridged: A Book Podcast

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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Those of You Who Have Been Listening Will Not Be Surprised: Monica Wood's THE ONE-IN-A-MILLION BOY (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: 0:00-1:02
*Main Discussion: 1:03-31:52
*​Book Pairings: 31:59-38:25
*Classroom Connections: 38:26-40:05
book pairings
*Sara - Rodman Philbrick's Freak the Mighty
*Jen - Vince Vawter's Paperboy
*Ashley - David Levithan's Love Is the Higher Law
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This Awkward Game . . . Unabridged Style: Bring Your Own Book Game #1 (Short)

Prompt #1: Clear evidence that it's time to call the doctor.
*Sara - Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere
*Jen - Helen Hoang's The Kiss Quotient
*Ashley - Mindy McGinnis's Not a Drop to Drink
Prompt #2: A quote someone would use as an email signature.
*Jen - Sandhya Menon's From Twinkle with Love
*Ashley - Cassandra Clare's The Clockwork Angel
*Sara - Curtis Sittenfeld's You Think It, I'll Say It
Prompt #3: The Moral of the Story Is...
*Ashley - Helena Maria Viramontes's Under the Feet of Jesus
*Jen - Becky Albertalli's Leah on the Offbeat
*Sara - Fredrik Backman's Beartown
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None of Us, I Should Say, Is a Physicist: Blake Crouch's DARK MATTER (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: 0:00-1:00
*Main Discussion: 1:01-35:49
*​Book Pairings: 36:00-43:56
*Classroom Connections: 43:57-49:50
book pairings
*Jen - Wes Moore’s The Other Wes Moore
*Ashley - Marcus Sedgwick’s Midwinterblood
*Sara - Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere
*Jenni - Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Maybe in Another Life
books mentioned in classroom connections
*Jenni - Mary Rodgers’s Freaky Friday and A Billion for Boris
*Sara - Edward Bloor’s Tangerine
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