Thanks to a listener request (hi Ann!), we’re discussing the difficulty of adapting a well-loved book, and what makes a good transition from page to screen. We’ll end with what we’re reading this week!
Books and other media mentioned in this episode:
Persuasion by Jane Austen (buy from Bookshop)
Persuasion (film)
Dickinson (TV)
Clueless (film)
The Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkein
Lord of the Rings (films)
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (buy from Bookshop)
Big Little Lies (TV)
Outlander (TV)
Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon
Sam Heughan filmography
The Great American Read (TV)
The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games (film)
Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
Twilight (film)
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (film)
Divergent series by Veronica Roth
Divergent (film)
The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (film)
Lorien Legacies series by Pittacus Lore
I Am Number Four (film)
Shadowhunters (TV)
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (buy from Bookshop)
Gone Girl (film)
Ben Affleck filmography
Rosamund Pike filmography
Gillian Flynn books
The Sandman (TV)
The Sandman series by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman books
Downton Abbey (TV)
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (buy from Bookshop)
Daisy Jones & the Six (TV)
Elvis Presley filmography
Riley Keough filmography
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (buy from Bookshop)
Killers of the Flower Moon (TV)
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (buy from Bookshop)
Red, White & Royal Blue (film)
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (buy from Bookshop)
Lessons in Chemistry (TV)
Brie Larson filmography
The Idea of You by Robinne Lee (buy from Bookshop)
The Idea of You (film)
Harry Styles discography
Bullet Train by Kōtarō Isaka (buy from Bookshop)
Bullet Train (film)
Brad Pitt filmography
Coen Brothers filmography
Quentin Tarantino filmography
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (buy from Bookshop)
Where the Crawdads Sing (film)
Loot (TV)
What We’re Reading This Week:
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Well-Read Episode # 79 - Campus Novels
Well-Read Episode #78 - Fall/Winter 2020 Preview
Well-Read Episode #77 - Cookbooks!
Well-Read Episode #76 - Tackling Our TBRs Part II
Well-Read Episode #75 - What We Read On Our Summer Vacation
Well-Read Episode #74 - Our Favorite Bookish Places
Well-Read Episode #73 - Books to Read after Binge-watching
Well-Read Episode #72 - Fiction by Black Authors
Well-Read Episode #71 - Beach Reads
Well-Read Episode #70 - Our Favorite Audiobook Narrators
Well-Read Episode #69 - Little Women
Well-Read Episode #68 - Out of Our Comfort Zones Part III
Well-Read Episode #67 - Comfort Reads
Well-Read Episode #66 - Spring/Summer 2020 Preview
Well-Read Episode #65 - Love Stories
Well-Read Episode #64 - Book Tourism: France!
Well-Read Episode #63 - Royal Reads
Well-Read Episode #62 - 2019 Wrap-up and 2020 Resolutions
Well-Read Episode #61 - Favorite Books of 2019
Well-Read Episode #60 - Books for December
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