In this Unabridged podcast book club episode, we're discussing Emily Henry's Beach Read . We have a great discussion and pair this one with some other great reads, including Mary Beth Keane’s Ask Again, Yes , Kate Clayborn’s Love Lettering , and Josie Silver’s The Two Lives of Lydia Bird . Beach Read is a contemporary romance that balances witty banter with more serious themes. Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in wha...
Jul 21, 2021•56 min•Season 4Ep. 187
Here at Unabridged, we love listening to other bookish podcasts! Today, we're thrilled to share an episode from our friends Laura and Jodie at The Island Library podcast. On their episodes, Laura and Jo share about the books they've read and debate whether they would take that book along on a deserted island library, where there are ONLY ten precious spots. In this episode, they're discussing Justin A. Reynolds's Early Departures, and they also touch on Reynolds's first book, Opposite of Always....
Jul 14, 2021•51 min•Season 4Ep. 186
In this Unabridged Book Club discussion, we talk about Jacqueline Woodson's Red at the Bone . Spoiler alert: we all loved this powerful, tightly woven story. We pair this one with Randi Pink’s Angel of Greenwood, Tommy Orange’s There There, and Brit Bennett’s The Mothers. Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page. Want to support Unabridged? Follow us @unabridgedpo...
Jul 07, 2021•49 min•Season 4Ep. 185
In this Unabridged episode, Ashley, Jen, and Sara share about one of our favorite topics—young adult lit books that we want to recommend! We're all passionate about YA literature (both for use in the classroom and in our own reading lives!), and we love sharing some of our favorite YA lit novels with you. This time, we're sharing three of our most recent favorites with Nicola Yoon’s Instructions for Dancing, Aiden Thomas’s Cemetery Boys, and Laekan Zea Kemp’s Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet. ...
Jun 30, 2021•34 min•Season 4Ep. 184
In this Unabridged podcast episode, Ashley, Jen, and Sara share about our reading challenges. We each talk about where we are with the Unabridged Reading Challenge , and then we give updates on where we are with our individual challenges including the Uncorked Challenge, the Beyond the Bookends Challenge, the #21backlistin2021 Challenge, and the Tournament of Books. In case you missed it, we first shared about our picks in Episode 162 , so check that out to learn more about our picks! Visit the ...
Jun 23, 2021•31 min•Season 4Ep. 183
In this Unabridged episode, Jen and Sara share their thoughts about the pilot episode of the CW series The 100, which is now available on Netflix. Ashley joins Sara and Jen for the Bookish Check-In and the Give Me One. Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page. Want to support Unabridged? Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram, Facebook , Twitter . | Join our Unabri...
Jun 16, 2021•50 min•Season 4Ep. 182
In this episode, we answer more questions from listeners. If you missed our first episode back in February, you can listen to those responses as well from episode 166 ! We talk about some bookish things, but many of the questions are outside of the bookish realm. We hope that you enjoy this peek into our lives outside of reading! Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Book...
Jun 09, 2021•46 min•Season 4Ep. 181
In this Unabridged Book Club episode, we talk about Laura Taylor Namey's young adult romance novel, A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow. After our discussion (spoiler alert: this one was a big hit for all of us!), we share our pairings including Stephanie Perkins’s Anna and the French Kiss, Amy Spalding’s We Used to Be Friends, and Elizabeth Acevedo’s With the Fire on High. Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in wh...
Jun 02, 2021•55 min•Season 4Ep. 180
In this Unabridged Episode, Sara talks about Flipgrid, a versatile tool that can be used in the classroom. Flipgrid allows students to record video responses and view each other's responses. Listen to the episode for ideas on how to use this awesome (FREE!) tool in the classroom! Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page. Want to support Unabridged? Follow us @unab...
May 28, 2021•5 min
In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we discuss the Netflix screen adaptation of Jennifer Mathieu's Moxie . In the episode, we discuss the book and the adaptation and what we thought of each, so check out the adaptation, and then give this discussion a listen! We also share our Bookish Check-ins and, in our Give Me One, talk about a thing we each like to do by on our own. Let us know on social media: What is something you enjoy doing by yourself? Visit the Unabridged website for our full show not...
May 26, 2021•42 min•Season 4Ep. 179
In this Unabridged episode, we have several amazing middle-grade book recommendations for you all. We share about Jewell Parker Rhodes’s Ghost Boys , Alex Gino’s George , and Dusti Bowling’s Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus as our featured recommendations, and then we each mention a couple of other personal favorites from our recent middle-grade reads. Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're r...
May 19, 2021•43 min•Season 4Ep. 178
In this Unabridged Episode, Jen discusses the process of reflecting on the school year with your students. She talks about different methods of reflection, types of feedback she has received, and changes she hopes to make on the basis of her conversations with students. Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page. Want to support Unabridged? Follow us @unabridgedpod ...
May 14, 2021•10 min
In this Unabridged episode, we discuss a favorite genre that is also a category on the Unabridged Reading Challenge 2021 list—fairy tale retellings. We recommend a few favorites including Marissa Meyer’s Cinder, Brigid Kemmerer’s A Curse So Dark and Lonely, and Erin A. Craig’s House of Salt and Sorrows. Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page. Want to support Una...
May 12, 2021•34 min•Season 4Ep. 177
In this Unabridged episode, we discuss our May book club pick, Ocean Vuong's novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. We discuss the powerful, heartbreaking, lyrical novel, and then we share our pairings, including Kiese Laymon’s Heavy, Lisa Ko’s The Leavers, and Mira T. Lee’s Everything Here Is Beautiful. Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page. Want to support Un...
May 05, 2021•54 min•Season 4Ep. 176
In this Unabridged Teaching Tidbits episode, Ashley shares some teaching tools she'll be taking with her as her family prepares for their big trip. Three tools that she shares are Rocketbooks (which work with Frixion pens), games like Bananagrams, and Osmo games, which work with iPads or Kindle Fire tablets. Some specific things Ashley uses are the Fusion Rocketbook , this pack of Frixion pens , and My First Bananagrams . The Osmo kits her girls love are the Genius kit and the Little Genius kit ...
Apr 30, 2021•11 min
In this Unabridged podcast episode, we share some retellings of classics that we've enjoyed reading. We share our picks including Hena Khan’s More to the Story, Patricia Park’s Re Jane, Rachel Hawkins’s The Wife Upstairs. These recommendations are perfect for the retellings category on our Unabridged Reading Challenge for 2021! Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books ...
Apr 28, 2021•46 min•Season 4Ep. 175
In this Unabridged episode, we talk about a favorite topic for us on the podcast—auto-buy authors! We share some favorite authors and talk about different ways to support authors. We also share our perspectives on what an auto-buy author is for each of us and what would work for that category on the Unabridged Reading Challenge! If you haven't signed up for the challenge yet, you can still join us! Find out everything here . Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the b...
Apr 21, 2021•45 min•Season 4Ep. 174
In this Unabridged Episode, Sara talks about one of her favorite writing resources for the classroom. Writing can be a difficult subject to teach with students of all different levels. Sara loves Kelly Gallagher's work, and one of her must-have books is Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Texts . She thinks this is an essential resource for anyone who wants excellent ideas for teaching writing not only in English class, but across the curriculum. Visit the Un...
Apr 16, 2021•5 min
In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we discuss the Hulu screen adaptation of John Green's Looking for Alaska . In the episode, we only discuss the pilot episode of the series (which, spoiler alert, we all loved!), so check out the pilot if you're interested, and then give this discussion a listen! We also share our Bookish Check-ins and share some of our exercise preferences. Let us know on social media: which do you prefer—cardio or weights? Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes ...
Apr 14, 2021•42 min•Season 4Ep. 173
In this Unabridged Podcast Book Club episode, we discuss Eric Gansworth's memoir in verse, Apple: Skin to the Core . We talk about what worked for us, share quotes, and offer pairings including Angeline Boulley’s Firekeeper’s Daughter, Steve Sheinkin’s Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team, and Laurie Halse Anderson’s Shout. Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Ch...
Apr 07, 2021•51 min•Season 4Ep. 172
In this Unabridged Episode, Jen discusses reasons to use film in the classroom and ways to approach interpreting film with students. She suggests giving students Roger Ebert's " How to Read a Movie ," an essay that is a helpful introduction to interpreting movies and points listeners to a short film, Rodrigo Blaas's Alma , that is an excellent introduction to film analysis. Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what el...
Apr 02, 2021•9 min
In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we circle back to the books we recommended to each other in episode 139 . Each of us got a recommendation from each of our co-hosts, and we read those books and are reporting back about how we felt about them! Be sure to check out episode 139 if you'd like to hear more about why the books were recommended. Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our F...
Mar 31, 2021•40 min•Season 4Ep. 171
In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we discuss author imprints and the way that those can help readers discover new authors to love. We specifically discuss the Rick Riordan Presents imprint and share books we've read from it including Kwame Mbalia’s Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, Yoon Ha Lee’s Dragon Pearl, and Carlos Hernandez’s Sal and Gabi Break the Universe. Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what el...
Mar 24, 2021•36 min•Season 4Ep. 170
In this Unabridged Episode, Ashley talks about the graphic design program Canva . She shares about the benefits of signing up for an educators' account with Canva, and she shares a few tips about using Canva to create images for various purposes as well as suggestions for how it can be used in the classroom with students. To sign up for the Educators' account with Canva, click here . For a quick slideshow with examples and more information about Canva, click here . Visit the Unabridged website f...
Mar 19, 2021•8 min
In this Unabridged Book-to-Screen Adaptation episode, we discuss T o All the Boys: Always and Forever , the Netflix adaptation of Jenny Han's Always and Forever, Lara Jean . We are all huge fans of the To All the Boys I've Loved Before series, and you can catch our discussion of the first film here . Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page. Want to support Unabri...
Mar 17, 2021•50 min•Season 4Ep. 169
In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we discuss some of our favorite tropes and share some book recommendations that have included those tropes. Our recommendations include Beth O’Leary’s The Switch, Helena Hunting’s Kiss My Cupcake, and John Green's The Fault in Our Stars. We talk about some of our favorite and not-so-favorite tropes in romance novels, and we discuss the benefits of tropes for readers. Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the e...
Mar 10, 2021•45 min•Season 4Ep. 168
In this Unabridged Podcast Episode, Sara talks about using graphic memoirs in the classroom. She goes over ideas to use graphic memoirs in literature circles, and some ideas to encourage reluctant readers. Sara also discusses three specific recommendations for graphic memoirs to use in literature circles in your classroom. Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page....
Mar 05, 2021•7 min
In this Unabridged Podcast Book Club episode, we discuss Mira Jacob's graphic memoir Good Talk. We talked about this amazing memoir and also shared our pairings, including Craig Thompsons Blankets, James McBride's The Color of Water, and Jarrett J. Krosoczka's Hey, Kiddo. If you're interested in discussing this one with us, be sure to join us on March 15th on Instagram to participate in our book club chat. Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in t...
Mar 03, 2021•50 min•Season 4Ep. 167
In this Unabridged Podcast episode, Ashley, Jen, and Sara answer questions from listeners. The questions are both bookish and non-bookish, so we enjoyed mixing those up and doing a speed round as well with some of the questions. Many of the questions came from the Unabridged Ambassadors! Remember to check out that program if you're interested in getting more involved with Unabridged. Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested ...
Feb 24, 2021•38 min•Season 4Ep. 166
In this Unabridged Podcast Episode, Jen talks about ways to use some of the features of Google Apps for Education to support reading. She goes over the best ways to distribute Google files to students, the benefits of annotation, and some ideas to support the re-reading of complex texts. Jen also discusses ways to implement collaborative adaptations of these activities in your classroom. Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interes...
Feb 19, 2021•12 min
